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- Actions of troops are a 鈥榟einous war crime鈥� and 鈥榖latant violation of international law and humanitarian law,鈥� Jordanian Foreign Ministry says
- Qatar calls it a 鈥榙angerous escalation鈥� with potentially 鈥榙ire consequences for the security and stability of the region鈥�
LONDON: 抖阴短视频 has condemned 鈥渋n the strongest possible terms鈥� Israel鈥檚 burning and clearing of one of the last hospitals that was still operating in northern Gaza.
Troops stormed the Kamal Adwan Hospital in Beit Lahia on Friday, forcing staff and patients from the building and setting fire to it.
The Saudi Ministry of Foreign Affairs said the attack and forced evacuation of patients and medical staff was in violation of international law and basic humanitarian and ethical standards.
Other Arab nations added their condemnation of Israel's actions, which come more than 14 months into a military operation in Gaza that has killed at least 45,000 Palestinians.
Jordan described Israel's raid on the hospital as a 鈥渉einous war crime.鈥�
Sufian Al-Qudah, a spokesperson for Jordan鈥檚 Ministry of Foreign Affairs, said the attack was a 鈥渂latant violation of international law and humanitarian law. Israel is also held accountable for the safety of the hospital鈥檚 patients and medical staff.鈥�
Jordan categorically rejects the 鈥渟ystematic targeting of medical personnel and facilities,鈥� he added, and this was an attempt to destroy facilities 鈥渆ssential to the survival of the people in the northern Gaza Strip.鈥�
Al-Qudah urged the international community to put pressure on Israel to halt its attacks on civilians in Gaza.
The UAE Foreign Ministry also said the destruction of the hospital was 鈥渄eplorable.鈥�
The ministry statement 鈥渃ondemned and denounced in the strongest terms the Israeli occupation forces' burning of Kamal Adwan Hospital 鈥� and the forced evacuation of patients and medical personnel.鈥�
Qatar denounced 鈥渋n the strongest terms鈥� the attack on the hospital as a flagrant violation of international humanitarian law.
The country鈥檚 Foreign Ministry said it represented a 鈥渄angerous escalation of the ongoing confrontations, which threatens dire consequences for the security and stability of the region,鈥� and called for the protection of the 鈥渉undreds of patients, wounded individuals and medical staff鈥� from the hospital.