{"id":19585,"date":"2023-10-30T19:13:14","date_gmt":"2023-10-30T19:13:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news.pakistaninewspaperlist.com\/south-africa-calls-for-un-force-to-protect-civilians-in-gaza\/"},"modified":"2023-10-30T19:13:14","modified_gmt":"2023-10-30T19:13:14","slug":"south-africa-calls-for-un-force-to-protect-civilians-in-gaza","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pakistaninewspaperlist.com\/news\/south-africa-calls-for-un-force-to-protect-civilians-in-gaza\/","title":{"rendered":"South Africa calls for UN force to protect civilians in Gaza"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div dir=\"auto\">\n<p>South Africa on Monday called for the United Nations to deploy a rapid protection force to protect civilians in the Palestinian enclave of Gaza from further bombardment as Israel <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dawn.com\/live\/pakistan\">steps up its retaliation<\/a> for a deadly attack by Hamas.<\/p>\n<p>South Africa has long been an advocate for peace in the region, likening the plight of Palestinians to its own under the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dawn.com\/news\/1060819\">apartheid regime<\/a> that ended in 1994.<\/p>\n<p>In calling for a protection force, South Africa has gone further in its support for the Palestinians than most nations, some of which have called for a ceasefire or the opening of a humanitarian corridor to allow aid into Gaza.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"media  sm:w-1\/2  w-full  media--right  media--embed  media--uneven\">\n<p>    <iframe class=\"nk-iframe\" onload=\"setInterval(()=&gt;{try{this.style.height=this.contentWindow.document.body.scrollHeight+'px';}catch{}}, 100)\" width=\"100%\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" style=\"height:400px;position:relative\" src=\"https:\/\/www.dawn.com\/news\/card\/1633998\" sandbox=\"allow-same-origin allow-scripts allow-popups allow-modals allow-forms\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<\/figure>\n<p>Israel has tightened its blockade and bombardment of Gaza since <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dawn.com\/news\/1779807\">Hamas fighters stormed into Israel<\/a> on Oct 7 and killed some 1,400 people.<\/p>\n<p>Palestinians in Gaza reported fierce air and artillery strikes early on Monday.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cEntire generations of families have been wiped out in Gaza over the last three weeks,\u201d the foreign ministry said in a statement.<\/p>\n<p>A member of the Palestinian community in Johannesburg had 25 family members killed in an Israeli air strike on Monday morning, the statement said, while family members of a senior Palestinian diplomat in South Africa were killed in their apartment building the day before.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe numbers of non-combatants killed, especially the numbers of children killed, requires that the world to show that it is serious about global accountability,\u201d the statement said.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"media  sm:w-1\/2  w-full  media--right  media--embed  media--uneven\">\n<p>    <iframe class=\"nk-iframe\" onload=\"setInterval(()=&gt;{try{this.style.height=this.contentWindow.document.body.scrollHeight+'px';}catch{}}, 100)\" width=\"100%\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" style=\"height:400px;position:relative\" src=\"https:\/\/www.dawn.com\/news\/card\/1780611\" sandbox=\"allow-same-origin allow-scripts allow-popups allow-modals allow-forms\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<\/figure>\n<p>Medical authorities in Gaza said earlier today that 8,306 people had been killed in the three-week war.<\/p>\n<p>South African President Cyril Ramaphosa has previously offered to help mediate in the conflict.<\/p>\n<p>South Africa also said earlier this month that its foreign minister held a call with the leader of Hamas about getting aid into Gaza, while underlining that it did not support the group.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>South Africa on Monday called for the United Nations to deploy a rapid protection force to protect civilians in the Palestinian enclave of Gaza from further bombardment as Israel steps up its retaliation for a deadly attack by Hamas. 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