Chinese President Xi Jinping on Tuesday attended the BRICS extraordinary virtual summit on the Palestinian-Israeli issue, saying it is imperative that the parties to the conflict must end hostilities and achieve a ceasefire immediately.
Xi called on the parties to stop all violence and attacks against civilians immediately.
“First, the parties to the conflict must end hostilities and achieve a ceasefire immediately, stop all violence and attacks against civilians, release civilians held captive, and act to prevent loss of more lives and spare people from more miseries,” he said.
The Chinese leader also said that humanitarian corridors must be kept secure and unimpeded, and more humanitarian assistance should be provided to the population in Gaza.
“The collective punishment of people in Gaza in the form of forced transfer or water, electricity and fuel deprivation must stop,” he said.
“The international community must act with practical measures to prevent the conflict from spilling over and endangering stability in the Middle East as a whole,” he added.
Israel has been pounding Gaza since October 7. The United Nations in its latest update said that more than 11,000 people have since been killed in the conflict with a majority of them being children and women.
