Saudi Arabia issued a strong condemnation on Wednesday in response to a visit by Israel’s National Security Minister, Itamar Ben Gvir, to the Har Habayis in Yerushalayim.
The statement said, “The Foreign Ministry expresses the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia’s condemnation in the strongest terms possible of the Israeli Minister of National Security’s storming of the blessed Al-Aqsa Mosque under the protection of the occupation police and the expulsion of worshippers from the mosque. The Kingdom reiterates its denunciation of the continued blatant Israeli transgressions against the sanctity of the Al-Aqsa Mosque.”
Ben Gvir made the visit to the site following his return to the Israeli cabinet last month amid the ongoing war against Hamas in Gaza.
Earlier this year, Ben Gvir had stepped down from his ministerial role after expressing opposition to a ceasefire deal in Gaza.
In the same statement, the Saudi foreign ministry criticized another Israeli action on Wednesday, denouncing a strike on a United Nations facility located in the Jabalia refugee camp. According to Gaza’s civil defense agency, the attack claimed the lives of 19 individuals, including nine children.
“The Kingdom condemns these ongoing Israeli violations of international law and international humanitarian law, and calls upon the international community to put an end to the Israeli war machine, which does not respect any humanitarian values, laws, or international norms.”
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