ABU DHABI: Norway believes Israel may have broken international law in its bombardment of Gaza that has levelled neighbourhoods and killed thousands of Palestinians, its foreign minister said on Tuesday (Oct 31).
Foreign Minister Espen Barth Eide told Reuters in an interview that while Oslo supports Israel's right to self-defence, humanitarian law must be adhered to.
"We believe that there have been cases where this proportionality and this distinction have not been fully respected," he said, speaking in the United Arab Emirates. More than 8,000 people have been killed in the Israeli bombardments, according to Palestinian health officials. Israel started its offensive afterNorway served as a facilitator in the 1992 to 1993 talks between Israel and the Palestinian Liberation Organization that led to the Oslo Accords in 1993.
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