Occupation forces have also resumed ground operations on Wednesday and re-occupied part of the Netzarim Corridor.
The members of the joint Arab-Islamic Extraordinary Summit on Gaza have reiterated their condemnation of Israel’s renewed assault on the besieged enclave and called for the implementation of the ceasefire deal.
In a statement on Thursday, published by Qatar’s foreign ministry, the joint ministerial committee slammed Israel’s violation of the ceasefire deal. The committee also warned that the escalation would increase “the threat of a wider conflict in the region”.
“The Ministerial Committee reiterates its demands to the international community to assume its moral and legal responsibilities and to immediately intervene to put pressure on Israel (the occupying power) to immediately cease its aggression and violations,” the joint statement said.
The committee was formed in November 2023, a month into Israel’s genocidal war in the Gaza Strip. The members include the foreign ministers of Qatar, Jordan, Palestine, Egypt, Saudi Arabia, Bahrain, Türkiye, Nigeria, and Indonesia.
In their statement, they called for the protection of “Palestinian civilians from Israel’s unjust war machine” and the opening of all crossings to ensure the flow of humanitarian aid into the Gaza Strip.
“The Ministerial Committee affirms the urgent necessity of a sustainable ceasefire in Gaza, end the Israeli escalation, resume dialogue, and ceasefire negotiations for the implementation of all the stages of the ceasefire agreement,” the committee added.
Israel broke the ceasefire deal on Tuesday by resuming the onslaught in the Gaza Strip, killing more than 430 Palestinians, mainly women and children, according to the latest figures by local authorities.
Israel had already killed more than 61,700 Palestinians before the truce deal, with the figure expected to be higher as occupation forces continue their brutal attacks on the blockaded territory.
Occupation forces have also resumed ground operations on Wednesday and re-occupied part of the Netzarim Corridor, a buffer zone that splits the north and south of the Strip.
Israel has carried out the latest attacks after consulting its top ally, the United States,over the pretext of releasing the remaining captives. This is despite Hamas fulfilling the terms of the first phase of the ceasefire deal by releasing 33 captives.
The resumption of the war was met with global rejection, including by the mediators Qatar and Egypt.
Israel had already breached the ceasefire agreement by launching multiple attacks on the Gaza Strip during and starving its 2.1 million population by blocking the entry of aid.
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu had repeatedly rejected completely halting the war while threatening to occupy the Gaza Strip.
On Wednesday, occupation forces threw posters across the besieged enclave with images of Netanyahu and U.S. President Donald Trump with Arabic text that called for the illegal expulsion of Palestinians.
