Wed, 2023-12-13 08:37
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan’s top diplomat at the United Nations said on Tuesday Israel’s war on Gaza was not to destroy Hamas following a surprise attack launched by the group in October but to erase the “idea of Palestine” as the UN General Assembly passed a resolution demanding an immediate humanitarian cease-fire.
Israel resorted to airstrikes and initiated a ground offensive in Gaza after the Oct. 7 attack that killed 1,200 people and was described by Hamas as a response to the deteriorating condition of Palestinian people living under Israeli occupation.
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