Kuala lumpur,SANA- The Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) called for putting a stop to hostilities in the Gaza Strip warning of continued attacks on civilians in the Palestinian.

According to a joint communique issued following the 58th ASEAN Foreign Ministers’ meeting ASEAN expressed grave concern over the dire humanitarian situation in Gaza, and condemned all attacks against civilians and civilian infrastructure, which have resulted in an alarming number of casualties, particularly among women and children.

It also denounced the continued restricted access to humanitarian aid, relief supplies and other basic needs, leading to the further deterioration of the humanitarian crisis in Gaza.

ASEAN member countries reaffirmed their support for the UN Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA) in the execution of its mandate.

They called for the full resumption of rapid, safe, unimpeded and sustained humanitarian access to all those in need.

ASEAN, a regional intergovernmental association of 10 Southeast Asian countries, namely Brunei, Cambodia, Indonesia, Laos, Malaysia, Myanmar, the Philippines, Singapore, Thailand, and Vietnam, was established in 1967.

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