News - Middle East: Iranian Foreign Minister Hossein Amir-Abdollahian and his Saudi counterpart, Prince Faisal bin Farhan, have underlined the need for an urgent ceasefire in Gaza and the delivery of humanitarian aid to the besieged territory.

During a meeting in Geneva on Wednesday, Amir-Abdollahian said the Muslim world needs to “exert strong pressure on the Zionist regime and the US government in order to immediately implement the ceasefire and send immediate humanitarian aid to the Palestinian people.”
Bin Farhan said Riyadh and Tehran have a “common view” regarding the Palestinian issue and the cessation of Israel’s barbaric aggression on Gaza.
“We have a common view on supporting the Palestinian nation and the immediate establishment of a ceasefire and the sending of urgent humanitarian aid, and we will continue our efforts,” the Saudi foreign minister added.
Prior to the meeting, Bin Farhan censured the “double-standard approach” by the international community toward Israel’s brutal war on the besieged Palestinian territory, saying, “What is coming to pass in Gaza is against all international conventions.”
The top Saudi diplomat slammed the silence and absence of international action, and said, “Double standards regarding the Gaza war are intolerable.”
Israel waged the brutal war on Gaza on October 7 after the Palestinian resistance groups carried out Operation Al-Aqsa Storm against the occupying entity in retaliation for its intensified atrocities against the Palestinian people.
Since the start of the offensive, the Tel Aviv regime has killed at least 18,412 Palestinians, mostly women and children, and injured 50,100 others.
The illegal entity has also imposed a “complete siege” on the territory, cutting off fuel, electricity, food and water to the more than two million Palestinians living there.