Syrian President Bashar al-Assad had a telephone conversation with Russian President Vladimir Putin in which they discussed the situation in the Gaza Strip. The Syrian president's office reported this information on its Telegram channel.
During the conversation, the two leaders expressed their support for the immediate delivery of aid to Gaza and called for an end to the shelling of the enclave, as well as the forced displacement of its residents.
"There was a telephone conversation between Presidents al-Assad and Putin. During the call, they emphasized the urgent necessity of delivering humanitarian aid to the civilians in the Gaza Strip and called for an immediate halt to the shelling and forced displacement carried out by Israel against innocent people in Gaza," the statement reads.
Earlier, a spokesperson for the United Nations Secretary-General, Stephane Dujarric, reported that Israeli authorities had notified the international organization of their demand for 1.1 million Palestinians to evacuate to the southern Gaza Strip within a 24-hour timeframe. The Israel Defense Forces cited the presence of Hamas militants sheltering in tunnels beneath residential buildings and civilian structures in Gaza City as the reason for their directive. The evacuation order extended to "all UN personnel and individuals seeking refuge in UN facilities." Hamas urged Gaza residents to disregard Israel's advisory, and they also called upon the UN to take action against the forced displacement. In a meeting with US Secretary of State Antony Blinken in the Jordanian capital, Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas expressed his rejection of the "forced displacement" of Gaza's population.
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Based on materials from TASS