MUSCAT: His Excellency Sayyid Badr Al Busaidi, Oman’s Foreign Minister urged the international community to intervene to stop the humanitarian crisis in Gaza and Lebanon following the ongoing attack by Israel.

Speaking at the joint Arab-Islamic Extraordinary Summit, Al Busaidi said: “We are witnessing a humanitarian crisis that has worsened in Gaza and Lebanon as a result of the continued Israeli aggression and the policy of genocide by Israel.

“Lives are being lost and innocent people are being deprived of the most basic rights to life as a result of this genocide,” he added.

“The scenes of bombing, destruction and genocide that residential neighborhoods, health and educational facilities and basic infrastructure are being subjected to exceed all standards of humanity, and call for joint action to open unrestricted corridors that enable the delivery of necessary relief,” he said.

Sayyid Badr explained that the effects of “this tragic situation in occupied Palestine and Lebanon have extended to include a dangerous escalation in other regions of the Middle East, which threatens regional stability as a whole.”

Sayyid Badr also affirmed Oman’s position “which calls for an immediate ceasefire in Gaza and a halt to Israel’s hostile operations in Lebanon. We stress the need to conduct an independent international investigation into the repeated violations.” “There is no way to peace and stability except through political solutions based on respecting the rights of peoples and preserving the sovereignty of states,” he added.

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