28 Feb. 2024
Malaysia’s deputy foreign minister has said that Israel must be held accountable for the relentless bloodshed and widespread destruction in the Gaza Strip, Malaysian National News Agency has reported. Datuk Mohamad Alamin made his comments in his speech at the 55th session of the UN Human Rights Council in Geneva, according to MEM.
“The very least that we can do is to ensure that the council lives up to its mandate,” said Alamin. “Silence, inaction and preferential treatment from this council implies complicity too.” He described the current situation in Rafah in the south of the Gaza Strip as “disastrous”.
Alamin also noted that he personally witnessed the “heart-wrenching humanitarian devastation” at the Rafah Border Crossing on February 23. “Victims are barely surviving, in what seems to be an endless nightmare,” he said. The Malaysian official renewed his call for an immediate and permanent ceasefire in Gaza and stressed the need to hold Israel accountable for the bloodshed and widespread destruction in the enclave.
“Malaysia will stand with the oppressed and castigate atrocities while advocating for peace and the well-being of all mankind,” stressed the deputy minister.