The Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) has condemned the recent Israeli onslaught against UN-run school in the Gaza Strip that killed at least 40 Palestinians in Nuseirat, most of them women and children.

OIC said in a statement that it considered this an extension of the ongoing crime of genocide in the Gaza Strip and a flagrant violation of the provisions of international humanitarian law, the Geneva Convention and relevant United Nations resolutions, as well as orders issued by the International Court of Justice.

Israeli forces bombed a UN-linked school in central Gaza in an overnight raid on Nuseirat refugee camp in central Gaza with the Gaza’s government media office and Health Ministry confirming that the death toll included 14 children and nine women.


The international Islamic body also hailed the decision of the Secretary-General of the United Nations to include Israel, the occupying power, on the list of violators of children’s rights in armed conflicts, or the so-called “List of Shame,” considering that this is an important step to support the rule of international law and end the culture of impunity with regard to Israeli war crimes and ensuring justice for Palestinian victims.

OIC called on the international community, especially the UN Security Council, to assume its responsibilities and work to put an end to the ongoing Israeli military aggression against the Palestinian people.

It further called for the need to take serious measures to ensure that the perpetrators of war crimes and the crime of genocide against the Palestinian people are held accountable.

More than eight months of Israeli genocidal war on the besieged Gaza Strip has left over 36,700 Palestinians dead and more than 83,500 others wounded.