[News] Escalation is a result of 75 years of Israeli violations: Cuba

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Escalation is a result of 75 years of Israeli violations: Cuba
Al Mayadeen English - October 8, 2023
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The Cuban Foreign Ministry underlines that the United Nations Security
Council must fulfill its obligations and put an end to the impunity of
"Israel".
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   - Fire and smoke rises above buildings during an Israeli occupation air
   strike in Gaza City on October 8, 2023 *(AFP)*

Cuba expressed its deep concern about the escalation of violence in
occupied Palestine, stressing in a statement issued by its Foreign Ministry
that this escalation comes as a result of 75 years of permanent violation
of the inalienable rights of the Palestinian people and of "Israel's"
aggressive and expansionist policy.

The statement called for "a comprehensive, just, and lasting solution to
the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, based on the establishment of two
states," allowing the Palestinian people to exercise their right to
self-determination and establish an "independent, sovereign state within
the pre-1967 borders, with the Eastern part of al-Quds as its capital."

The Cuban Foreign Ministry underlined that the United Nations Security
Council must fulfill its obligations and put an end to the impunity of
"Israel", the occupier, through the historical complicity of the United
States that repeatedly obstructs the work of the UNSC, undermining peace,
security, and stability in the Middle East region.

Elsewhere, Cuba also stressed the need to "achieve peace" and search for a
solution through negotiations that prevent further escalation of the
conflict, which has already claimed the lives of tens of thousands of
people so far.
Al-Aqsa Flood

The Israeli occupation woke up at dawn Saturday to a sudden and widespread
attack launched by the Palestinian Resistance into Gaza Envelope
settlements, successfully taking Israeli occupation forces and illegal
settlers captive while causing hundreds of fatalities among them, under an
Operation dubbed Al-Aqsa Flood, in a huge intelligence flop.

Hours after the start of the operation, Israeli occupation Prime Minister
Benjamin Netanyahu confirmed in a recorded statement that "Israel" is "at
war",
<https://english.almayadeen.net/news/politics/netanyahu-says-israel-at-war-hamas-initiated-surprise-attack>
adding that Hamas initiated "a surprise attack."

Israeli media suggested that more than 300 Israelis had been killed and at
least 1,100 wounded so far, while *Channel 13* indicated that the number of
Israeli deaths is "only the tip of the iceberg compared to the real number."

On its part, the Israeli occupation launched a new aggression against the
Gaza Strip, conducting extensive air raids against residential buildings
<https://english.almayadeen.net/news/politics/iof-bomb-residential-areas-in-gaza-strip-resistance-retaliat>
in the Strip that claimed the lives of 256 Palestinians so far, including
20 children.

*Read more: Former Mossad chief says 'Israel' had no clue what was going on
<https://english.almayadeen.net/news/politics/former-mossad-chief-says-israel-had-no-clue-what-was-going-o>*
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