The Gambia Supreme Islamic Council has condemned Israel over its military action in Gaza and called on the international community to intervene amicably to end the war. 

The council’s condemnation comes as thousands of people both from Palestine and Israel died since a brutal war broke out between Hamas and Israel a week ago. 

“The council is strongly condemning and repudiating those crimes that has surpassed every imagination and has gone beyond every calculation in magnitude; it shows a complete disrespect for human life and a blatant disregard of international treaties, international laws and ethics.

“It’s calling upon the international community to bear its responsibilities by taking a clear position in the face of those crimes by resorting to its own enacted laws  to translate it’s mottoes into action to protect the inalienable human rights of the people of Palestine,” Sheikh Essa Darbo, President of the Supreme Islamic Council said.

According to the statement, the international community must call for an immediate cessation of these heinous crimes and to stand supportively on the side of the victims to “defend them against the assault of oppressive evil doers and to eventually punish the perpetrators”. 

Reporting by Adama Makasuba