OIC condemns Israeli plan to seize full military control of Gaza

The Organisation of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) on Tuesday strongly condemned Israel’s plan to impose full military control over the Gaza Strip and reaffirmed its support for a two-state solution.

“We consider this announcement a dangerous and unacceptable escalation, a flagrant violation of international law and an attempt to entrench the illegal occupation and impose a fait accompli by force in contravention of international law, international humanitarian law and relevant United Nations resolutions," Turkey's deputy UN envoy Fikriye Asli Guven told reporters on behalf of the OIC.

"We demand the immediate and comprehensive cessation of the Israeli aggression against the Gaza Strip," she said, demanding that Israel "immediately and unconditionally allow the entry of humanitarian assistance at scale into the Gaza Strip, including food, medicine, and fuel."

Guven also said Israel's killing of journalists in Gaza "is a deliberate policy to silence the journalists, but we are all aware that the truth cannot be silenced."