Baghdad - The Iraqi government announced general mourning throughout Iraq for three days, for the victims of the Baptist Hospital massacre in Gaza.
The government Spokesman, Basem Al-Awadi, said in a statement: “While good efforts from all parts of the world are working to achieve a ceasefire in the occupied Palestinian territories, provide relief to the afflicted among our Palestinian people, and alleviate the burden of the hideous attack carried out by the Zionist occupation forces, the news comes bearing significant signs.” A complete war crime, and for these forces to commit a massacre in the utmost renunciation of all moral and humanitarian obligations, by bombing the Baptist Hospital in the middle of the occupied Gaza Strip, causing the martyrdom and the injury of hundreds of children, and women.”
He added: "The Zionists have thus gone far in crossing all borders and red lines, in an aggression that extends to their shameful past in committing massacres from Qana, Sabra and Shatila, all the way to their present heinous crime."
He continued: "The burden of responsibility has risen on the international community and on every observer who sees these transgressions on the part of the Zionists, and the entire world has become called upon to take more than denunciation, in order to stop the Israeli death machine that targets civilians, while it is delusional that by doing so it will settle the "Palestinian issue."
He stressed that: “Just as we call on our Arab brothers, friendly countries, and the free world, to adopt a unified position by issuing an urgent and immediate resolution from the UN Security Council to stop this blatant, ugly aggression, we find, on this sad day, an opportunity to repeat Iraq’s firm and principled position on the right of the Palestinian people to free and dignified life on his land and national soil, and not to back down from obtaining this right, which will not lapse with time, and will only become more established.”
He continued: “We declare general mourning throughout the Republic of Iraq for three days, out of loyalty and honor to the innocent souls who fell victim to international silence before they fell victim to the fire of barbaric aggression.”
Source: National Iraqi News Agency