<div style="text-align: justify; "><b><span style="font-size: 1rem;">Saudi Arabia on Monday condemned the Israeli attacks on Rafah, the latest of which was the targeting of tents of displaced Palestinians near the warehouses of UNRWA that killed at least 45 people, mostly children and women.&nbsp;</span><br></b></div><div style="text-align: justify; "><br></div><div style="text-align: justify;">The foreign ministry, in a statement on social media X, also affirmed the Kingdom’s rejection of the blatant violations by the Israeli occupation forces of all international and humanitarian laws.&nbsp;</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br></div><div style="text-align: justify;">It also called on the international community to intervene immediately.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Saudi Foreign Minister Prince Faisal bin Farhan said Monday that the humanitarian situation in Gaza is completely unacceptable.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Prince Faisal stressed that the two-state solution to the Palestinian-Israeli conflict remains the foundation for permanent peace and security in the region.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br></div><div style="text-align: justify;">He also noted that there are several European countries planning to officially recognize the State of Palestine to follow Spain, Ireland and Norway, in an attempt to implement the two-state solution.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Jordan also strongly condemned the “ongoing war crimes committed by Israeli occupation forces in Gaza,” particularly the ‘latest incident involved the bombing of a refugee camp near the UNRWA headquarters in western Rafah.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br></div><div style="text-align: justify;">“This act defies the rulings of the International Court of Justice and constitutes a severe violation of international law and international humanitarian law,” a statement from the Jordanian foreign ministry said.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Jordan reiterates its ‘unequivocal condemnation of these actions’, embassy spokesperson Sufian Qudah said.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Qudah described them as blatant violations of international law and international humanitarian law, contravening all human and moral values.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br></div><div style="text-align: justify;">These actions were war crimes that the international community must confront, ensuring accountability for those responsible, he said, calling for an immediate and effective international action to hold Israel accountable for its practices and violations.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Qudah urged the international community to “stop Israel’s continuous breaches of international law and international humanitarian law, to ensure the protection of unarmed civilians in Gaza, and to safeguard aid organizations and their staff, particularly UNRWA.”</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Turkiye will ‘do everything possible’ to hold ‘barbaric’ Israel to account over Rafah strikes, President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said on Monday.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br></div><div style="text-align: justify;">“We will do everything possible to hold these barbarians and murderers accountable who have nothing to do with humanity,” he said.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br></div><div style="text-align: justify;">French President Emmanuel Macron on Monday said he was “outraged” over Israel’s latest strikes on Rafah that killed dozens of displaced persons. According to Arab News reports&nbsp;</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br></div><div style="text-align: justify; ">bnbd/fas</div>