ISTANBUL 

The Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) called on the UN Security Council on Tuesday to immediately intervene to halt Israel’s genocidal war on the Gaza Strip.

The Israeli army pounded the Gaza Strip early Tuesday, killing at least 404 people, injuring hundreds, and breaking a ceasefire agreement that took effect on Jan. 19.

In a statement, the Jeddah-based organization held “Israel, the occupying power, fully responsible for this unrelenting crime against the Palestinian people.”

The pan-Islamic grouping called on the international community, in particular, the Security Council, “to assume its responsibility by bringing an immediate end to the Israeli aggression, opening crossings, ensuring delivery of humanitarian aid to all parts of the Gaza Strip, standing up against attempts to displace the Palestinian people and annex their land, and providing international protection for them.”

More than 48,500 Palestinians have been killed, mostly women and children, and over 112,000 others injured in a brutal Israeli military campaign in Gaza since October 2023.

In November 2024, the International Criminal Court issued arrest warrants for Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and his former Defense Minister Yoav Gallant for war crimes and crimes against humanity in Gaza.

​​​​​​​Israel also faces a genocide case at the International Court of Justice for its war on the enclave.