Tunisia has strongly condemned the Israeli raid on the Palestinian territories, particularly on the town of Jenin and its refugee camp in the West Bank, saying it was high time to call the Zionist entity to account.
The Israeli offensive is undoubtedly a flagrant and blatant violation of UN resolutions and international human rights pacts,” denounced the Department of Foreign Affairs in an official reaction to these painful events.
The Israeli assault on the town of Jenin and the Jenin camp has so far claimed the lives of several unarmed Palestinians, both martyrs and wounded.
In a statement issued on Monday by the Department of Foreign Affairs, Immigration and Tunisians Abroad, Tunisia reaffirmed its categorical rejection of the atrocities perpetrated against the brotherly Palestinian people.
In this regard, it urged the international community and the UN Security Council to assume their full responsibility in the face of the injustice being inflicted on the Palestinian people and put an end to the dangerous escalation of the occupation forces, and prevent it from acting as an “irreproachable” power above any form of international accountability.
While vigorously denouncing the attacks on Jenin, Tunisia reiterated its position of principle in favour of the Palestinian cause, stressing that it stands by the Palestinian people in their hard struggle to recover their legitimate and inalienable rights and to establish an independent state on their land, with the holy city of al-Quds as its capital.
Rebellious and defiant, the city of Jenin and its refugee camp in the occupied West Bank have since dawn today been the scene of a major Israeli offensive, the largest since the 2002 aggression.
During this attack, the occupying forces pounded the town of Jenin and its camp with artillery and air raids, killing eight people and wounding 27 others, all Palestinians.
Source: Agence Tunis Afrique Presse