This statement was made during his address while leading the Shura Council delegation at the 35th emergency conference of the Arab Parliamentary Union, held today in the Iraqi capital, Baghdad on 18 October 2023.

He said that the aggression suffered by Gaza and Palestinians by the Israeli occupation forces disregards all humanitarian laws and international norms, especially laws protecting children, women, and civilians during times of war.

He also said that the Israeli authorities arm themselves and become more powerful due to the world's alarming lack of response. He added that this silence has effectively transformed into backing for the occupiers, all under the guise of self-defense, enabling them to intensify their unlawful actions, which include targeting innocent civilians, demolishing homes with people still inside, devastating farmland and future generations, all while causing the deaths of children, women, and the elderly.

Al Ghanim warned that the ongoing Israeli aggression on Gaza, which has claimed the lives of thousands, including hundreds of children, and turned wide areas of Gaza into rubble, is not merely a war but undoubtedly a comprehensive genocide and internationally prohibited forced displacement. He added that the occupation forces committed a massacre last night at the Al Ahli Baptist hospital, which claimed the lives of 500 people in addition to hundreds of injured.

He pointed out that this criminal behavior, blatant disregard for humanity, and cold-blooded killing are not beyond this audacious entity, which targets the displaced from their homes, those searching for a safe haven.

18 October 2023