Argentina, Brazil, Mexico condemn Israeli aggression on Jenin
Governments of Argentina, Brazil, and Mexico have called for an immediate cessation of hostilities in Palestine and urged the involved sides to prevent the escalation of violence.
"The governments of Argentina, Brazil, and Mexico have learned with dismay of a new large-scale Israeli military intrusion into the city of Jenin in the Palestinian West Bank... express their sincere condolences to the families of those killed and urge all sides involved to immediately cease hostilities to prevent the escalation of a spiral of violence leading to an increase in the number of civilian casualties, displacement of the population and destruction of urban infrastructure in Jenin," according to the joint statement distributed Tuesday by the Mexican Foreign Ministry.
The three Latin American countries condemned terrorism in all their manifestations and called for respect for international humanitarian law and a two-state solution in which Palestine and Israel coexist within mutually agreed and internationally recognized borders.
The Palestinian Ministry of Health announced on Tuesday that 12 people, including five children, were martyred and 140 injured during the Israeli raids, with 30 civilians in critical condition.
The military assault appeared to be the largest attack in the occupied West Bank in around two decades as the regime deployed armed drones and hundreds of troops against the innocent Palestinians.
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