China reiterated its demand Saturday for an independent state of Palestine as it told the UN that powerful nations cannot replace justice through their strength.

Palestine is the “biggest wound” to human conscience; Foreign Minister Wang Yi told the 79th session of the General Assembly in New York.
“But might cannot replace justice,” he said, while noting the conflict in the Gaza Strip was causing more casualties each day and fighting has started again in Lebanon.
“Palestine’s long-held aspiration to establish an independent state should not be shunned anymore, and the historical injustice suffered by the Palestinian people should not be ignored anymore,” said the Chinese foreign minister.
Wang’s address to General Assembly came amid an Israeli onslaught against the besieged coastal enclave of Gaza since Oct. 7, which has resulted in the deaths of more than 41,500 Palestinians.
Israeli has intensified its aerial bombardment on Lebanon in recent weeks, targeting residential areas and market places, and assassinating, among others, Hezbollah chief Hassan Nasrallah on Friday.

The continued arms and diplomatic support from the US and its allies has sustained the Israeli onslaught on Gaza and Lebanon for nearly a year.