JAKARTA - The naturalness of Israel carrying out a massive military operation against the Palestinian people in Jenin City, the West Bank is considered to have threatened peace after a ceasefire in the Gaza Strip. The Indonesian government strongly condemns the Israeli military operation.

Indonesia sees the escalation of violence in the West Bank as revealing Israel's covert intention to continue to undermine the territory and continue their occupation of Palestinian soil.

"International law violations by Israel show its main intention: Make its illegal occupation permanent in the Palestinian territories", according to a statement by the Indonesian Ministry of Foreign Affairs (Kemlu) through social media X, Sunday, January 26.

Indonesia sees the root of the conflict problem that Israel started from the start by rejecting the independence and rights of the Palestinian people. Based on this, the Indonesian state urges the international community to take firm action against the injustice suffered by the Palestinian people. Indonesia also invites all countries in the world to cooperate and recognize the sovereignty of the Palestinian state.

The ceasefire decision in the Gaza Strip began on January 19, Israel actually launched an attack on Jenin and Jenin refugee camps in the Palestinian West Bank region on Tuesday (21/1/2025), and continued to spread to Palestinian villages and remote areas on the fourth day.

According to Palestinian authorities, the Israeli military operation had claimed the lives of at least 12 people and injured more than 40 others. Israeli media reported that the operation was an attempt by Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to convince Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich, who opposed the ceasefire agreement in the Gaza Strip, to stay in government.


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