Doha: The Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) strongly condemned the Israeli bombing that targeted a church in Gaza City, which resulted in the killing and injuring of several Palestinian civilians, in addition to severe damage to the church building and its historic facilities. The organization also expressed its deep denunciation of the repeated attacks and incursions carried out by settlers under the protection of Israeli occupation forces on the St. George Church in Al Khader and the Christian cemetery in the town of Taybeh near Ramallah, warning of the serious dangers of the ongoing escalation targeting Islamic and Christian holy sites in the occupied Palestinian territories.

According to Qatar News Agency, the OIC stressed that these attacks constitute a flagrant violation of international laws, conventions, and resolutions that guarantee the protection of places of worship, while holding the Israeli occupation authorities fully responsible for the continuation of these violations. The organization called on the international community to condemn these assaults, take urgent action to stop them, and work toward providing international protection for the Palestinian people, their land, and their holy sites.