Following the most recent outbreak of violence in Gaza and the latest developments, Pier Antonio Panzeri, Chair of the European Parliament Subcommittee on Human Rights, stated: “We cannot remain silent in the face of what happened on Monday: a number of Palestinians killed and injured, amongst them several children, during the mass demonstration near the Gaza fence. Nothing can ever justify the use of military force against civilians who exercise their legitimate rights to protest peacefully.”
"At the same time we have to underline that Hamas and other extremist groups in Gaza must stop fuelling the fire and exploit for their own political benefit these demonstrations, which are the expression of a population already suffering from more than a decade of blockade, under harsh humanitarian living conditions and without any prospect for the future."
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