Al-Azhar imam urges world peoples, leaders to support Palestinians in their case

CAIRO - 15 May 2020: Al-Azhar Grand Imam Ahmed el Tayyeb called on the world peoples and leaders to support the peaceful and oppressed Palestinian people in their legitimate and just cause towards recovering their right, their land and their sanctuaries.

In a post on his official pages on social media, he added “stop the killing and support the due owners of the right. Abandon silence and double standard policies, if we are truly working for peace."

"I pray to Allah to have mercy on the martyrs of Palestine and to shower them with mercy and forgiveness," he added.

Earlier, ten Palestinians including two women and eight children were killed in an Israeli attack on Saturday on al-Shati refugee camp in Gaza Strip, Wafa News Agency reported.

The bodies of a woman and two children from Abu Hatab family were pulled from under the rubble, raising the number of people killed in the Israeli air assault that targeted their home in the al-Shati refugee camp to 10.

Palestinians in the area say they were given no warning prior to the attack.

A baby who was pulled out from the rubble is so far the only survivor of the attack.