Qatar has expressed its “strong condemnation and denunciation” of Israel’s attack on Jenin in the occupied West Bank and the killing of civilians there, describing the violence as a “flagrant violation of international humanitarian law and human rights”, Al Jazeera reports.

Qatar’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs also called on the international community “to assume its responsibilities in confronting these violations, and to work to ensure the full protection of civilians in accordance with the provisions of international law and relevant agreements”.

“The Ministry reiterates the State of Qatar’s firm position on the justice of the Palestinian cause, and the legitimate rights of the brotherly Palestinian people, including the establishment of their independent state on the 1967 borders, with East Jerusalem as its capital,” it added.