On Thursday, Morocco strongly condemned the recent Israeli strikes that have caused hundreds of casualties in the Gaza Strip since Monday.
The Minister of Foreign Affairs, African Cooperation and Moroccans Resident Abroad, Nasser Bourita, expressed this condemnation “in the strongest terms” at a press conference held at the end of the 1266ᵉ ministerial meeting of the African Union Peace and Security Council. He stressed that the Kingdom is closely monitoring the escalation of violence against civilian populations in Palestinian territory.
Describing these attacks as contrary to peace efforts in the region, he urged all parties involved to work for an “immediate ceasefire”. In parallel, large-scale demonstrations took place on Tuesday evening in several Moroccan cities, where thousands of people expressed their outrage at the Israeli bombardment of Gaza.
In Casablanca, Rabat and Tangiers, demonstrators waved Palestinian flags and banners denouncing “genocide” and a “holocaust” in Gaza, while chanting slogans against the normalization of relations with Israel and in support of the Palestinian people.
On Tuesday, after several weeks of stalemate, Israel carried out its deadliest strikes on Gaza since the truce came into effect on January 19. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu warned that these attacks were “just the beginning”.
These massive bombardments put an end to the relative calm that had prevailed in the Gaza Strip since the ceasefire, following fifteen months of conflict triggered by the unprecedented Hamas attack on Israeli soil on October 7, 2023.