PESHAWAR: The Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Assembly unanimously adopted a resolution on Monday condemning Israeli atrocities against innocent Palestinians and called for the deployment of UN forces to ensure a ceasefire.

Special Assistant to Chief Minister on Information and Higher Education, Kamran Bangash had moved the resolution.

Opposition leader Akram Khan Durrani, Inayatullah Khan of Jamaat-e-Islami (JI), Khushdil Khan of Awami National Party (ANP), Nighat Orakzai of Pakistan People's Party (PPP) and Ikhtiar Wali of Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) had signed it. The assembly unanimously passed the resolution after the members expressed anger and concern over Israeli atrocities in occupied Palestine. The resolution read: “The Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Assembly and KP government condemn in strongest terms the bombing and killing of innocent Palestinians by the Israeli military in the city of Gaza.

The recent reports show that 240 Palestinians, including over 65 children, were killed and more than 1,300 wounded in the barbarian Israeli air raids. This is a clear act of terrorism by Israel while violating human rights and most importantly violating the UN Security Council’s resolution.

In the recent attacks which started during the holy month of Ramazan the refugee camp was bombarded by Israeli forces, innocent Palestinian children were killed in the strikes, buildings targeted and bodies pulled out from the debris while thousands of people were left homeless and traumatized. This humanitarian crisis caused by Israeli aggression affected every Palestinian and at the same time hurt the feelings of millions of Muslims across the globe."

"This Assembly and KP government strongly condemn the barbarian acts of Israel and demands the world leaders to join hands for stopping the Israeli atrocities. This Assembly also demands deployment of the UN forces in the area to ensure implementation of the ceasefire."