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Immediate session urged

OIC chief flays

Israeli attacks

ISLAMABAD: Dr. Hamid Algabid, OIC Secretary General has expressed grave concern over the continuing Israeli attacks on Lebanese towns and villages.

He said these attacks have taken a toll of tens of dead and wounded among Lebanese civilians and led to the displacement of tens of thousand Lebanese citizens, says a message received here.

The OIC Secretary General strongly condemned the Israeli attacks and reaffirmed the solidarity of the Islamic Ummah with the Lebanese people in their struggle to regain their rights and liberate their occupied territory.

He appealed to the international community to seek an immediate cessation of the attacks and take the necessary steps to ensure full implementation of Resolution 425 of the Security Council which guarantees Israeli withdrawal from the occupied Lebanese territories, which alone is likely to end the continuing vicious circle of violence.

The Secretary General believe that the Israeli attacks on the Lebanese people and Israel's continuing closure and siege of Palestinian territories as well as its decision to freeze the peace negotiations, threaten the peace process and undermine stability in the region.-APP