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Kuwait urges ‘immediate ceasefire’ for Gaza at Gulf summit
Kuwait’s ruler on Sunday urged an immediate ceasefire in Gaza, as he addressed a summit of the Gulf Cooperation Council held after nearly 14 months of war in the Palestinian territory...
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Kuwait urges ‘immediate ceasefire’ for Gaza at Gulf summit
Agence France-Presse . Kuwait City 02 December, 2024, 00:03
Kuwait’s ruler on Sunday urged an immediate ceasefire in Gaza, as he addressed a summit of the Gulf Cooperation Council held after nearly 14 months of war in the Palestinian territory.
Emir Sheikh Meshal al-Ahmad al-Sabah called on the international community to implement ‘an immediate ceasefire, providing international protection for innocent civilians and ensuring the opening of safe corridors and the arrival of urgent humanitarian aid’.
The meeting of the six-member GCC comes at a time of acute and on-going uncertainty for the Middle East following Hamas’s October 7, 2023 attack on Israel and a subsequent war on Gaza, which has repeatedly threatened spill-over into a wider regional conflagration.
The Palestinian health ministry said the Israeli army killed two people in the occupied West Bank on Sunday, after Israel’s military announced a strike in the area of Jenin.
The ministry said in a statement two people were killed ‘due to the occupation’s aggression on the village of Siir in the Jenin district’, referring to Israel.
Sheikh Meshal hit out at what he characterised as the ‘double standards in the application of relevant international laws, charters and resolutions’ which he said had undermined ‘the region’s security and stability’.
He said Kuwait was ‘optimistic’ about a ceasefire agreed between Israel and Hezbollah in Lebanon that he said would contribute ‘to reducing escalation in the region’.
Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates and Qatar and other countries also welcomed last week’s a truce after a year of conflict that killed thousands in Lebanon and caused mass displacement on both sides of the border.
Fighting escalated in September after continuous cross-border strikes, initiated by Iran-backed Hezbollah in support of Hamas.
The Kuwaiti ruler spoke in support of Saudi’s work to form a global body pushing for an independent Palestinian state and lauded ‘positive and constructive’ work by Iran and the GCC.
Saudi Arabia had appeared close to a normalisation deal with Israel prior to October 2023 but Riyadh indicated it was unwilling to move ahead while Israel pursued its campaign in Gaza, hardening its position in recent months saying it would not recognise Israel without an independent Palestinian state.
Anxious about being drawn into tit-for-tat strikes between Israel and nearby Iran, also precipitated by fighting in Gaza, the wealthy and traditionally western-allied Gulf monarchies have sought to cultivate improved relations with Tehran.
An Israeli air raid on Iran in October was the most recent in a series of retaliatory attacks between the two countries.
Meanwhile, Hamas’s armed wing published a video Saturday of an American-Israeli hostage held in Gaza since the October 7, 2023 attack on Israel.
In the video, whose date cannot be verified, Edan Alexander addresses US president-elect Donald Trump in English and Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu in Hebrew.
He calls on Israelis to put pressure on the government to secure the release of the hostages seized on October 7.
‘This video has upset me, but beyond the hope it gives us, it shows how bad the situation is for Edan and the other hostages and how much they are crying out and hoping to be saved now,’ his mother, Yael Alexander, said during a speech at a rally for the hostages in Tel Aviv Saturday evening.
Agence France-Presse . Kuwait City 02 December, 2024, 00:03
Kuwait’s ruler on Sunday urged an immediate ceasefire in Gaza, as he addressed a summit of the Gulf Cooperation Council held after nearly 14 months of war in the Palestinian territory.
Emir Sheikh Meshal al-Ahmad al-Sabah called on the international community to implement ‘an immediate ceasefire, providing international protection for innocent civilians and ensuring the opening of safe corridors and the arrival of urgent humanitarian aid’.
The meeting of the six-member GCC comes at a time of acute and on-going uncertainty for the Middle East following Hamas’s October 7, 2023 attack on Israel and a subsequent war on Gaza, which has repeatedly threatened spill-over into a wider regional conflagration.
The Palestinian health ministry said the Israeli army killed two people in the occupied West Bank on Sunday, after Israel’s military announced a strike in the area of Jenin.
The ministry said in a statement two people were killed ‘due to the occupation’s aggression on the village of Siir in the Jenin district’, referring to Israel.
Sheikh Meshal hit out at what he characterised as the ‘double standards in the application of relevant international laws, charters and resolutions’ which he said had undermined ‘the region’s security and stability’.
He said Kuwait was ‘optimistic’ about a ceasefire agreed between Israel and Hezbollah in Lebanon that he said would contribute ‘to reducing escalation in the region’.
Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates and Qatar and other countries also welcomed last week’s a truce after a year of conflict that killed thousands in Lebanon and caused mass displacement on both sides of the border.
Fighting escalated in September after continuous cross-border strikes, initiated by Iran-backed Hezbollah in support of Hamas.
The Kuwaiti ruler spoke in support of Saudi’s work to form a global body pushing for an independent Palestinian state and lauded ‘positive and constructive’ work by Iran and the GCC.
Saudi Arabia had appeared close to a normalisation deal with Israel prior to October 2023 but Riyadh indicated it was unwilling to move ahead while Israel pursued its campaign in Gaza, hardening its position in recent months saying it would not recognise Israel without an independent Palestinian state.
Anxious about being drawn into tit-for-tat strikes between Israel and nearby Iran, also precipitated by fighting in Gaza, the wealthy and traditionally western-allied Gulf monarchies have sought to cultivate improved relations with Tehran.
An Israeli air raid on Iran in October was the most recent in a series of retaliatory attacks between the two countries.
Meanwhile, Hamas’s armed wing published a video Saturday of an American-Israeli hostage held in Gaza since the October 7, 2023 attack on Israel.
In the video, whose date cannot be verified, Edan Alexander addresses US president-elect Donald Trump in English and Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu in Hebrew.
He calls on Israelis to put pressure on the government to secure the release of the hostages seized on October 7.
‘This video has upset me, but beyond the hope it gives us, it shows how bad the situation is for Edan and the other hostages and how much they are crying out and hoping to be saved now,’ his mother, Yael Alexander, said during a speech at a rally for the hostages in Tel Aviv Saturday evening.
