The strike on a school in Gaza City that the Israeli army said was serving as a command center for Hamas terrorists and which killed at least 93 people on Saturday has drawn condemnation from around the world.
Overview of reactions
Iran condemns a war crime and calls on the international community to support the Palestinian people.
Qatar, which is acting as a mediator between Israel and Hamas, has called for an urgent international investigation.
The head of European Union (EU) diplomacy, Josep Borrell, said he was horrified by the images of a school in Gaza used as a shelter, hit by an Israeli strike, which reportedly left dozens of Palestinians dead.
France condemns the Israeli strike in the strongest possible terms.
The United Kingdom said it was horrified by the Israeli strike and called for an immediate ceasefire. Hamas must stop endangering civilians. Israel must comply with international humanitarian law, British Foreign Minister David Lammy said on X.
Spain has condemned the attack on the Al Daraj school, in which dozens of civilians died.
The Russian Foreign Ministry said Moscow was deeply shocked by what happened.
The Turkish Foreign Ministry denounced a new crime against humanity.
The United Nations (UN) special rapporteur for the Palestinian territories, Italy’s Francesca Albanese, accused Israel of genocide of the Palestinians.
The head of the World Health Organization (WHO), Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, posted on X: I am speechless. How many more women and children will lose their lives before a ceasefire? The horror suffered by civilians in Gaza must end.
The Lebanese Hezbollah party, pro-Iranian and a close ally of Hamas, said that what the enemy government has done confirms (…) that talking about a ceasefire and setting new dates for negotiations is nothing but lies and deception that will not fool the Palestinian people, their resistance factions and the support fronts.
Kuwait considered that this is a continuation of flagrant violations of international law.
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Oman considered that targeting schools and civilian facilities constitutes a flagrant violation of international humanitarian law and international legitimacy resolutions.
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