“This must stop,” Australia’s FM says on Israel’s genocide war on Gaza

Canberra (QNN)- Australia’s Foreign Minister Penny Wong has slammed “unacceptable deaths of innocent civilians” in recent Israeli attacks in the Gaza Strip, saying civilians, including women and children “must be protected.”

Wong did not specify which attacks she was referring to but said many were “near schools”. The UN says eight schools being used as shelters have been attacked in Gaza in the past 10 days.

“Australia has been calling for a ceasefire for eight months,” Wong added in her post on X.

Over 38,700 Palestinians have been killed since the start of the Israeli genocide war on Gaza on October 7, most of them children and women, according to the Ministry of Health.