LA PAZ — Bolivia said Tuesday (Oct 31) it was severing diplomatic ties with Israel as a rebuke for its bloody offensive in the Gaza Strip after a deadly Hamas attack last month.
A satellite image shows the north West border between Israel and the Gaza Strip, amid the ongoing conflict between Israel and Palestinian Islamist group Hamas, October 28, 2023. Planet Labs Pbc/Handout via REUTERS
"We demand an end to the attacks" in the Gaza Strip"which have so far caused thousands of civilian deaths and the forced displacement of Palestinians," she said at the same press conference. Several leaders in the region have spoken out against the offensive, which the Hamas-controlled health ministry says has now killed more than 8,500 Palestinians— two-thirds of them women and children.
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