The head office of the Muslim World League has sent a humane appeal to the United Nations regarding the tragedies caused by the Israeli aggression against Gaza. In the appeal, the Muslim World League calls on the United Nations to take swift measures in stopping the Israeli aggression against the population of Gaza who have been facing an extensive criminal holocaust, an act prohibited by all religions and international laws, and condemned by all principles and conventions of human rights issued by the United Nations.

His Excellency the Secretary-General of the Muslim World League Dr. Abdullah Abdul-Muhsin Al-Turky called upon the Secretary-General of the United Nations in a written appeal for the United Nations to take action in saving the Palestinian people of Gaza from this collective punishment that which comprises of the killing of civilians, demolishing neighbourhoods populated with civilians, and bombarding masjids, schools, medical complexes, markets, fuel cisterns and power generators. His Excellency noted that the Israeli bombardment of civilian homes has killed entire families. The number of those whom Israel killed with its devastating weapons count to more than 500 martyrs, while the injuries reach almost 3,000.

In his appeal, Dr. Al-Turky mentioned about the extreme suffering which has befallen the population of Gaza, a population Israel strives to starve, prevent medicine from, expose to the bitter cold of the winter by preventing fuel and cutting off the electrical supply from Gaza city and its hospitals, an action which has caused great death toll amongst the ill and wounded.

In his appeal, Dr. Al-Turky emphasised that Israel has no respect for religious values, having devastated twelve masjids in Gaza, after bombarding them with a torrent of missiles and incendiary bombs, killing the worshippers therein, destroying its contents and burning the copies of the Holy Qur'an therein. His Excellency pointed out that international conventions prohibit attacking places of worship.

Dr. Al-Turky requested from the Secretary-General of the United Nations to declare the UN’s legal stance in regards to the war crimes Israel is perpetrating against Gaza, and that the international community is obliged to deter Israel and stop it from going forward with this criminal aggression, which his Excellency described as one of the most horrendous kinds of terrorism humankind has witnessed.

Dr. Abdullah Abdul-Muhsin Al-Turky
Secretary-General of the Muslim World League
Makkah Al-Mukarramah, 08th Muharram 1430 hegira