On August 7, the foreign ministers of eight countries — the United Arab Emirates (UAE), Qatar, Jordan, Indonesia, Pakistan, Turkey, Saudi Arabia, and Egypt — issued a joint statement expressing the strongest condemnation of Israel's violations in the Gaza Strip, highlighting attacks on healthcare facilities and medical infrastructure, strikes on civilian areas, and the continued killing of Palestinians, including women and children.
According to the statement, deliberately targeting hospitals, ambulances, and medical personnel constitutes a grave violation of international humanitarian law. The group stressed that protecting medical facilities and health workers, as well as ensuring the timely and unhindered delivery of medical supplies and aid across Gaza, is a legal obligation that cannot be compromised under any circumstances.
Hamas welcomed the statement, saying it reflects the severity of Israel's violations of the ceasefire, which threaten the entire agreement. Hamas called on the signatory countries, mediators, and the U.S. administration to act immediately to prevent Israel from undermining the deal signed in October, while affirming that Palestinian factions have engaged responsibly in the process and that pressure should now shift to Israel to end violations and fulfill its obligations.
The warning comes as Gaza's health system remains on the brink of collapse despite the ceasefire. Only about half of the territory's 36 hospitals are partially operational. On August 1, an Israeli airstrike hit a pharmaceutical warehouse at Al-Aqsa Martyrs Hospital in Deir el-Balah, while Gaza's Health Ministry reported that shortages of cancer and blood disorder medications have reached 61%, leaving cancer patients at risk of early death.
The foreign ministers said Israel's violations breach commitments under the comprehensive plan to end the Gaza conflict and are undermining efforts to implement the second phase, after U.S. President Donald Trump announced that Hamas had accepted the roadmap, including provisions on weapons management.
The group also linked the Gaza offensive to settler attacks in the West Bank, settlement expansion, and unilateral measures in Jerusalem, calling them 'a systematic policy to impose facts on the ground by force, undermining the foundations of the two-state solution and stripping Palestinians of their legitimate rights, in flagrant violation of international law and relevant UN resolutions.'
Gaza's Government Media Office said Israeli forces carried out 4,091 ceasefire violations over 300 days, killing more than 1,254 Palestinians and wounding 4,121 others. Only 35% of expected aid trucks entered the territory, 10,703 people were allowed to leave via the Rafah crossing, and 159 Palestinians were detained during the truce.
On the same day, the United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) reported that at least 300 children have been killed in Gaza over the 300 days since the ceasefire took effect.
