How World Leaders React To Israel-Hamas War (Image: @ eye.on. palestine2)
The Israel-Hamas war entered its sixth day and the Israeli Defense Forces are conducting large-scale attacks on Hamas targets in Gaza Strip. Israel”s embassy in Washington earlier said that the death toll due to the Hamas attacks had surpassed 1,200. Thousands of people in Gaza region have no access to water and electricity. The only power plant in the region ran out of fuel and shut down on Wednesday.
Israel is reportedly preparing for a land attack in Gaza and has mobilised troops as well as tanks on the border with Gaza. Israel is mainly trying to destroy the military and governing capabilities of Hamas. Experts say that the military operations in Gaza, which is one of the most densely populated places in the world, may last for weeks or months. As the conflict is intensifying, the entire world is severely concerned about how many lives this will cost on both sides. Below are some of the responses by few world leaders on the escalating Israel-Hamas conflict.
“We are fighting with full force on all fronts. We have gone over to the offensive. Every Hamas member is a dead man,” – Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu
“We will wipe Hamas off the face of the earth” – Israeli Defence Minister Yoav Gallant
“There are moments in this life, and I mean this literally, when the pure unadulterated evil is unleashed on this world. The people of Israel lived through one such moment this weekend.” – US President Joe Biden
“People of India stand firmly with Israel in this difficult hour. India strongly and unequivocally condemns terrorism in all its forms and manifestations.” – PM Narendra Modi
“I pray for those families who have seen a day of celebration turned into a day of mourning and ask for the immediate release of the hostages.” – Pope Francis
“Preventing people meeting their most fundamental needs and bombing housing where civilians live – in short, conducting a conflict using every sort of shameful method – is not a war, it’s a massacre.” – Turkey’s President Recep Tayyip Erdogan
“Exerting unremitting efforts through regional and international communication to achieve coordination that pushes for a halt of the current escalation”. – Saudi Arabia”s Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman
““I think that many people will agree with me that this is a vivid example of the failure of United States’ policy in the Middle East,” – Russian President Vladimir Putin
