The Bangladesh Foreign Ministry has called on all nations and faiths, particularly Muslims, to boycott Israel following over a month of bloodshed in the besieged Gaza Strip.

Speaking at the 8th Extraordinary Islamic Summit in Riyadh, Abdul Momen has called for boycott of Israel and its products urging for an end to “butchery” forever stressing that unity of the Msulim ummah is imperative to end this crisis.

The Joint Arab-Islamic Extraordinary Summit was held to discuss the Israeli aggression against the Palestinian people.

The foreign minister said situation in Gaza is not only a classic example of ethnic cleansing but also genocide by a state power assisted by leaders of the free world and proponents of human rights, humanitarian laws and all moral and ethical values.

He stressed that the Israeli officials should be held accountable for war crimes and crimes against humanity," adding that the killing of innocent civilians, and clearing of areas through barbaric means, has created an environment of terror.

"Such acts need to be punished so that once and for all the ongoing conflict in Gaza ends and all captives must be released so that people can start living peacefully in their own land," he said.

Israel-Gaza war is not a war at all. It is, in fact, barbaric and collective punishment and killing of a captive group of innocent men and women and especially children who cannot be combatants, he said.

He said, “Bangladesh supports and stands strong by our Palestinian brothers and sisters' right to self-determination, sovereignty and independence."

Momen said it is destroying cities and towns, hopes and aspirations of a nation, and calculated deprivation of an occupied people of their rights - to food, shelter, water, essential medicines, fuel and electricity, and of course, a decent life.

"Israel must stop killing of women and children and end occupation," he said.
Momen said a humanitarian corridor needs to be kept open for a continuous, rapid and safe supply of food, water, medicine and other lifesaving materials to the residents of Gaza.

According to the Gaza-based Health Ministry, more than 11,200 Palestinians, majority of them children and women, have been killed in more than a month of brutal attacks by Israeli regime.
 
With the international organizations warning of humanitarian situation in the besieged Gaza Strip, now Israel has begun evacuation of the northern Gaza in a forced displacement of more than one million people from their homes, now reduced to rubble.