SAARC Journalist Forum call on UN Security Council to ensure ceasefire in Israel Gaza Conflict

Kathmandu/Dhaka. SAARC Journalist Forum call on UN Security Council and International Community to ensure an immediate humanitarian ceasefire in Israel and the Occupied Palestinian Territories to prevent further harm to civilians.

SAARC Journalist Forum released press statement on Israel Gaza Conflict and urge for UN and International Community to ensure an immediate humanitarian ceasefire in Israel and the Occupied Palestinian Territories.

“SAARC Journalist Forum call on U.N. Security Council, the U.N. Secretary General, and all world leaders to ensure an immediate humanitarian ceasefire in Israel and the Occupied Palestinian Territories to prevent further harm to civilians,” said in the statement released by SAARC Journalist Forum.

SJF further said, “At least 19 journalists, who are civilians under international law, have been killed in the first 10 days of the war, most of them in Gaza. The escalating conflict has resulted in the deadliest week for journalists in Israel and the Occupied Palestinian Territories.”

“SAARC Journalist Forum condemn on inhuman attacks on journalists and civilian in Gaza and urge to ceasefire immediately with needed humanitarian assistance and establish peace in the region,” stated in the press statement released by SAARC Journalist Forum President Raju Lama and Secretary General Md Abdur Rahman.