Pakistan calls Israeli bombing on Gaza hospital as 'war crime'

October 18, 2023

By The South Asia Times

ISLAMABAD - Pakistan on Wednesday condemned the Israeli bombing on a hospital in Gaza and called it "war crimes."

In a statement, the Foreign Ministry said Islamabad is condemned in the strongest possible terms the Israeli attack on Al-Ahly Al-Mamadany Hospital in Gaza resulting in hundreds of casualties.

"Attacking a hospital, where civilians were seeking shelter and emergency treatment is inhumane and indefensible. The indiscriminate targeting of civilian population and facilities is a grave violation of international law and constitutes war crimes," it said.

"We call on the international community to take urgent measures to bring an immediate end to the Israeli bombardment and siege of Gaza and the impunity with which Israeli authorities have operated in the last few days."

According to Palestniians Health Ministry, over 500 innocent people including over 250 children were killed by Israel when they bombed on a hospital in Gaza where most of injured people were under treatement