The leftist presidents of Chile and Colombia have both recalled their ambassadors to Israel for consultations, as the pair condemned Israel’s military operations in the Gaza Strip, ongoing since the bloody Hamas attacks of October 7.
Chilean President Gabriel Boric said the summoning was due to the “unacceptable violations of international humanitarian law.”
He stressed the country’s condemnation of the Israeli military operations, saying they “entail collective punishment of the Palestinian civilian population in Gaza.”
He cited the Hamas health authorities’ death toll of over 8,000, saying they were mostly women and children.
Colombia’s president, Gustavo Petro, also said he was recalling Bogota’s ambassador to Israel, saying he could not remain in the country “if Israel does not stop the massacre of the Palestinian people.”
On Monday, Bolivia’s leftist government announced the severing ties with Israel over “the aggressive and disproportionate Israeli military offensive” in Gaza.
Meanwhile Saudi Arabia on Wednesday slammed Israel’s airstrike at the densely populated Jabaliya refugee camp in Gaza, with the kingdom’s Foreign Ministry issuing a statement expressing itself on the matter.
“The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia condemns in the strongest terms possible the inhumane targeting by the Israeli occupation forces of the Jabaliya refugee camp in the besieged Gaza Strip, which caused the death and injury of a large number of innocent civilians,” the Foreign Ministry said in a statement posted on social media platform X, formerly Twitter.
( Source DW)
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