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More than 1,000 Palestinians are trapped under the rubble in Gaza, Eyad Al-Bozom, spokesman for the Hamas Interior Ministry said on Monday in a statement, warning of a humanitarian and environmental crisis.<\/p>\n
Israel has imposed a \u201ctotal siege\u201d<\/a> to stop food and fuel from reaching the enclave of 2.3 million people, many poor and dependent on aid in response to a surprise Hamas offensive<\/a> on October 7 that left 1,300 Israelis dead, according to officials.<\/p>\n After it suffered the deadliest attack in its history, Israel unleashed a relentless bombing campaign of the Gaza Strip that has flattened neighbourhoods and killed at least 2,750 people, mainly civilians, and wounded 9,700, the enclave\u2019s health ministry said.<\/p>\n Separately, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu\u2019s office denied reports of a ceasefire in Gaza that would enable aid to enter and foreigners to flee to Egypt, 10 days into the conflict with Hamas.<\/p>\n \u201cThere is currently no ceasefire and humanitarian aid in Gaza in return for removing foreigners,\u201d a statement from Netanyahu\u2019s office said.<\/p>\n Interim Prime Minister Anwaarul Haq Kakar on Monday said that Israel\u2019s \u201cdeliberate, indiscriminate and disproportionate\u201d targeting of civilians in Gaza was against \u201call norms of civility and in manifest violation of international law\u201d.<\/p>\n The statement by the premier comes a day after Foreign Minister Jalil Abbas Jilani slammed<\/a> Israel for \u201ccommitting a genocide\u201d against Palestinians and said the grave situation stemmed from seven decades of illegal occupation of the Palestinian territories.<\/p>\n In a statement on social media platform X (formerly Twitter), Kakar said, \u201cPakistan is deeply concerned on the ongoing violence and loss of life in Gaza. We stand in solidarity with the oppressed people of Palestine and call for an immediate ceasefire and lifting of the blockade in Gaza.\u201d<\/p>\n He said that the violence needed to be viewed in \u201cthe context of years of forced and illegal occupation of Palestinian territory and repressive policies against its people\u201d.<\/p>\n \u201cThe UN and international community must immediately act to open safe and unrestricted humanitarian corridors for transportation of urgently needed relief supplies to the besieged Gaza,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n The prime minister added that Pakistan was closely coordinating with the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) and its member states on the \u201cfast deteriorating situation\u201d in Gaza.<\/p>\n He said that the foreign minister would also be attending an emergency meeting of the OIC\u2019s executive committee on October 18 and \u201ccall for urgent action to alleviate the suffering of people of Gaza\u201d.<\/p>\n More than one million people have fled their homes in Gaza in scenes of chaos and despair as Israel bombarded the Hamas-ruled territory and continued massing troops on Monday in preparation for a full-blown ground invasion.<\/p>\n Following an Israeli order to move to the south of the Gaza Strip, people have fled their homes in the north of the enclave to seek shelter wherever they can, including on the streets and in UN-run schools.<\/p>\n Israel\u2019s \u2018deliberate, disproportionate\u2019 targeting of Gaza civilians in violation of international law: PM Kakar<\/h2>\n
One million Gazans flee as Israel readies for ground attack<\/h2>\n