Pakistan to observe Solidarity Day with Palestinians on Friday: Tahir Ashrafi

While talking to media in Islamabad on Tuesday, Maulana Ashrafi said that the day is being observed to strongly condemn Israeli brutalities against the residents of Gaza.

“Pakistan is continuously highlighting Israeli violence against Palestinians at international forums and also engaging with Muslim countries including the Organization of Islamic Council (OIC),” he said.

The latest escalation of tensions between Israel and Hamas, which governs Gaza, has now entered its second week. So far 212 Palestinians, including 61 children, have been killed since the and more than 1,500 are wounded.

Even on Tuesday, explosions lit up the night sky over Gaza City as Israeli forces continued its bombardment on Gaza strip. There were more than 30 Israeli aerial attacks overnight, and also bursts of Palestinian rocket fire.

Israeli police, in its latest act of violence, stormed the compound of Al-Aqsa Mosque, firing rubber-coated steel rounds, stun grenades and tear gas at Palestinian worshippers inside the mosque in the final days of the holy month of Ramadan.