Containing escalation in region begins with ending Israeli massacre in Gaza: Aboul Gheit

CAIRO - 17 April 2024: Secretary-General of the League of Arab States Ahmed Aboul Gheit received Wednesday, at the headquarters of the General Secretariat, Major General Patrick Gochat, Head of the United Nations Truce Supervision Organization mission, which is concerned with follow-up and field monitoring of the implementation of the armistice agreements between Israel and its neighbors.

 

Jamal Rushdi, the official spokesman for the Secretary-General, stated that the meeting witnessed an exchange of views on the regional situation in light of the war that Israel continues to wage against the Gaza Strip in defiance of international law and international humanitarian law, as well as against the backdrop of the dangerous escalation and successive security tensions on more than one level, especially in the last days.

 

The spokesman quoted Aboul Gheit as confirming during the meeting that the escalation could get out of the control of the parties carrying it out, threatening security in the entire region, adding that containing the continuing and dangerous deterioration in the security situation in the region "begins with putting an end to the massacre that Israel continues to commit daily in Gaza, and by implementing the Security Council’s resolution that requires an immediate ceasefire in addition to the entry of humanitarian aid to the population who are today living on the brink of famine."

 

Rushdi explained that the Secretary-General of the League listened to a detailed presentation presented by Major General Goshat about the conditions and confrontations on the various fronts monitored by the UN monitoring mission, including the Blue Line, which represents the armistice line between Lebanon and Israel.

 

Aboul Gheit stressed that political solutions remain the best way to achieve security for all parties, but it remains difficult to reach such solutions with the Israeli occupation insisting on achieving its goals by using armed forces, and continuing to target civilians.