Pakistan’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Photo: File
Pakistan strongly condemned the recent attacks by the Israeli forces in Gaza, urging the international community to take urgent and effective measures against ceasefire violations.
According to a press release issued by the Ministry of Foreign Affiairs, such actions are contrary to the spirit of the peace agreement signed in Sharm El-Sheikh in the presence of leadership from Muslim and the Arab world, the US, Europe, and the UN.
Pakistan urges the international community, to take urgent and effective measures and ensure full implementation of the ceasefire and protection of Palestinian civilians.
Reaffirming its unwavering support for the Palestine people, Pakistan calls for an immediate end to Israeli hostilities and reiterates its principled position for the establishment of an independent, sovereign, viable and contiguous State of Palestine, based on pre-June 1967 borders, with Al-Quds Al-Sharif as its capital.
On October 13, Hamas freed the last living Israeli hostages from Gaza under a ceasefire deal and Israel sent home busloads of Palestinian detainees, as US President Donald Trump declared the end of the two-year long war.
Hours later, Trump convened Muslim and European leaders in Egypt to discuss the future of Gaza Strip and the possibility of a wider regional peace, even as Hamas and Israel, both absent from the gathering, are yet to agree on the next steps.
The Israeli military said it had received all 20 hostages confirmed to be alive, after their transfer from Gaza by the Red Cross. The announcement prompted cheering, hugging and weeping among thousands waiting at ‘Hostage Square’ in Tel Aviv.
In Gaza, thousands of relatives, many with tears of joy, gathered at a hospital where buses brought home nearly 2,000 Palestinian prisoners and detainees, freed by Israel as part of the accord.
Hamas, Israel sign first phase of US-brokered peace plan
On October 9, Israel and Hamas signed a landmark ceasefire and hostage-prisoner exchange deal — the first phase of a US-brokered peace plan aimed at ending two years of devastating war in Gaza that has claimed more than 67,000 lives of Palestinian people including children, men, women and elderly, and reshaped Middle East politics.
The agreement — mediated by the United States, Qatar, Egypt and Turkiye — commits both sides to halt hostilities, facilitate the release of Israeli hostages and Palestinian prisoners, and allow large-scale humanitarian aid into Gaza.
At the White House, President Trump called it “the beginning of lasting peace,” saying he planned to travel to the Middle East on Sunday to attend a signing ceremony in Egypt and address the Israeli Knesset.
