Thursday August 1, 2024
By Mohamed Dhaysane
Emphasizes need for international community to bear responsibilities, end Israeli aggression in Gaza
Dismissed Palestinian prime minister and senior Hamas leader Ismail Haniyeh speaks to security officers during his visit to the Security and Protection Forces' headquarters on July 3, 2008 in Gaza City, Gaza. Haniyeh sought to calm tensions with Egypt following a series of clashes between Egyptian Police and stone throwing protesters yesterday, in an effort to keep the Rafah crossing open. Getty Images/file
MOGADISHU, Somalia - Strongly condemning the assassination of Hamas leader Ismail Haniyeh, Somalia on Wednesday called the incident as violation of international law.
Haniyeh, who was in Tehran to attend the inauguration of Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian, was killed by an airstrike on his guest house overnight. While Hamas has blamed Israel, the latter has neither claimed nor denied responsibility.
Expressing “heartfelt condolences” to the Palestinian people, the Foreign Ministry said: “Somalia fears an escalating pace of violence that could lead to more violations against civilians.”
Mogadishu condemns political killings and violence “in all its forms, whatever its motives are,” the statement said.
It emphasized the need for the international community to “bear its responsibilities and to take immediate action to stop to the Israeli aggression on Gaza and its violations of international law and UN resolutions."
The strike came as Israel and Lebanon have teetered on the edge of all-out war. Hours earlier, the Israeli army claimed killing Hezbollah leader Fuad Shukr in Beirut.
Israel’s war on Gaza also continues, where it has killed nearly 40,000 Palestinians since the Oct. 7 Hamas incursion and left much of the territory in ruins.