On the first anniversary of Israeli attacks on the Gaza strip, Maulana Jawwad, a renowned Shia scholar said that all the peace loving people and countries should take stern action against the Israeli aggression.

Expressing his dismay over the criminal silence of the international community specially the United Nations, Maulana Jawwad said that the Israeli terrorism should not be ignored any longer.

Condemning the Israeli aggression against the Palestinians especially in the Gaza, he said that the aggressors have used and still using all kinds of forces against the innocent people.

He also condemned the United States for its blind support for Israel and its crime against humanity.

Maulana Jawwad, the Friday Prayer Leader at Historical Asafi Mosque of Lucknow, also urged the Organisation of the Islamic Conference (OIC), Arab League as well as the Indian government to take immediate diplomatic steps to save Palestinian from the on going genocide in Gaza and help restore peace in the region.

He demanded the withdrawal of Israeli forces from the Palestinian territories.

"Since 1948, tens of thousands of innocent Palestinians including women and children have been massacred by Israel and this cruelty is being perpetrated in the name of fighting Palestinian terrorism", he said, adding that the root cause of the conflict in West Asia continues to remain the illegal Israeli occupation of Palestinian lands.

The Israeli attack on Palestinians in the Gaza Strip last year claimed lives of more than 1,000 innocent Palestinians, including 322 children and 76 women.

More than 4,560 Palestinians including 1,600 children and 678 women have reportedly been wounded in those inhuman attacks.

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