- Foreign Office calls ceasefire breach ‘blatant defiance’ of peace accord, seeks ‘urgent, effective’ steps to protect civilians
- Reaffirms Islamabad’s long-standing position on establishment of ‘an independent, sovereign, viable and contiguous State of Palestine’
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan on Wednesday strongly condemned Israel’s renewed strikes in Gaza—launched despite a US-backed ceasefire agreement—and called on the international community to take “urgent and effective” measures to halt the violations and protect civilians, according to a Foreign Office press statement.
A Foreign Office spokesperson in a statement said Pakistan “strongly condemns the renewed attacks by the Israeli occupying forces in Gaza, resulting in the loss of numerous civilian lives.” It added that such actions “run contrary to the spirit of the peace agreement signed in Sharm El-Sheikh in the presence of leadership from the Muslim and Arab world, the US, Europe, and the UN.”
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Pakistan Strongly Condemns Israel’s Violations of the Gaza Peace Agreement
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The FO urged the global community to “take urgent and effective measures to end these violations and ensure full implementation of the ceasefire and protection of Palestinian civilians.”
According to Gaza’s Health Ministry, at least 87 Palestinians, including women and children, have been killed since the truce came into effect, while two Israeli soldiers were reportedly killed by Palestinian fighters in southern Gaza over the weekend, according to media reports.
More than 100 airstrikes were carried out on Sunday in Rafah and Khan Younis in the south, Jabalia in the north, and parts of central Gaza, the report added.
Israel has blamed Hamas for triggering the latest flare-up through an alleged attack on its forces in Rafah, but the group has denied any role in the incident.
Reaffirming Pakistan’s “unwavering support” for the Palestinian cause, the statement reiterated Islamabad’s long-standing position on the establishment of “an independent, sovereign, viable and contiguous State of Palestine, based on pre-June 1967 borders, with Al-Quds Al-Sharif as its capital.”
Pakistan was among eight countries that had earlier worked with former US President Donald Trump’s administration on a peace framework aimed at ending Israeli military operations in Gaza.
Poll shows majority of Americans back Palestinian statehood
Meanwhile, a new Reuters/Ipsos poll revealed that most Americans—including 80 percent of Democrats and 41 percent of Republicans—support the recognition of a Palestinian state, underscoring growing public divergence from Trump’s stated opposition to such recognition.
The six-day survey, which concluded on Monday, found that 59pc of respondents favoured US recognition of Palestinian statehood, while 33pc were opposed, and the remainder were unsure or declined to respond.
Among Republican respondents, 53pc opposed recognition, while 41pc said they would support it. The poll also found a marked shift in sentiment toward Israel’s conduct in Gaza—with 60% of Americans saying the Israeli response had been excessive, compared to 32pc who disagreed.
A number of US allies, including Britain, Canada, France and Australia, have recently joined dozens of other nations in formally recognizing the State of Palestine—moves that have drawn sharp criticism from Israel, whose 1948 founding displaced hundreds of thousands of Palestinians and set off decades of conflict.
Israel’s military campaign in Gaza has devastated large swathes of the enclave since Hamas’s surprise attack on Israel in October 2023.
Trump, who returned to the White House in January, has publicly backed Israel’s actions but brokered a ceasefire this month, raising hopes for a potential breakthrough toward lasting peace.
According to the Reuters/Ipsos poll, 51pc of Americans said Trump “deserves significant credit” if the ceasefire leads to durable peace, while 42pc disagreed. Notably, one in four Democrats said the former president should be credited if peace efforts succeed, despite only one in 20 expressing approval of his overall performance.
The online survey polled 4,385 respondents nationwide and carries a margin of error of two percentage points.
