African Union leaders: Israel must respond positively to international demands for a permanent ceasefire

Arab media announced, today (Sunday) the leaders of the African Union, in the final statement of their 37th meeting in the capital of Ethiopia, also asked the Zionist regime to accept international requests for a permanent ceasefire. give a positive answer in the Gaza Strip.

The heads of the African Union, while condemning the collective punishment of civilians in the Gaza Strip and trying to forcibly transfer them to the Sinai Peninsula, demanded an end to the siege of the Gaza Strip.

In this meeting, they condemned the aid of some countries to the Zionist regime and allowing this regime to continue military operations in the Gaza Strip.

In addition, in this statement, the leaders of the African Union called for an independent international investigation into violations of international humanitarian law, attacks on hospitals, journalists, and the media, as well as the use of prohibited weapons by the Zionist regime in the war against the Gaza Strip. .

On October 15, 2023, the Palestinian resistance groups launched a surprise operation called “Al-Aqsa Storm” from Gaza (southern Palestine) against the positions of the Israeli regime, which finally ended on December 3, 1402 On November 24, 2023, a four-day temporary ceasefire was established between Israel and Hamas, or a pause for the exchange of prisoners between Hamas and Israel.

This pause in the war continued for seven days and finally on the morning of Friday, December 10, 2023, the temporary ceasefire ended and the Israeli regime resumed attacks on Gaza. In order to retaliate for the surprise attacks of the “Al-Aqsa storm” and to compensate for its failure and to stop the resistance operations, this regime has closed all the crossings of the Gaza Strip and is bombarding this area.