Countries including UAE and more than 20 others accuse Israel of committing genocide during a collective meeting.
The international community has expressed overwhelming criticism towards Israel's plan to impose full military control over the Gaza Strip. This decision, announced in August 2025, has been met with warnings of severe humanitarian and legal consequences.
The Ministerial Committee assigned by the Extraordinary Joint Arab-Islamic summit on developments in the Gaza Strip includes several countries and organizations, such as Bahrain, Egypt, Indonesia, Jordan, Nigeria, Palestine, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Turkey, United Arab Emirates, Bangladesh, Chad, Djibouti, Gambia, Kuwait, Libya, Malaysia, Mauritania, Oman, Pakistan, Somalia, Sudan, Yemen, The League of Arab States, The Organisation of Islamic Cooperation, and more.
The United Nations, through High Commissioner for Human Rights Volker Türk, has insisted that the plan must be stopped immediately, as it violates international law and risks catastrophic forced displacement, civilian deaths, and atrocity crimes. The UN called for ceasefire, humanitarian access, and the release of hostages and Palestinian detainees.
Several countries, including Germany, the European Union, the United Kingdom, Denmark, Saudi Arabia, Spain, Turkey, and China, have explicitly condemned the plan. Germany announced the suspension of arms exports to Israel, and Norway said it would reconsider its sovereign wealth fund investments in Israel.
France strongly condemned the plan, emphasizing that occupation and forced displacement violate international law, undermine prospects for a viable Palestinian state, threaten regional stability, and fail to improve Israel’s security or the hostages’ situation. France called for Hamas to release hostages and engage in ceasefire talks while reaffirming support for a two-State solution.
Within Israel, the plan faced opposition from military officials who warned that occupying Gaza City risks high Israeli and Gazan civilian casualties and may ultimately play into Hamas’s tactical advantage.
The consequences highlighted in these responses include a deepening humanitarian crisis in Gaza with risks of massive civilian displacement, deaths, infrastructure destruction, and a collapse of essential services such as healthcare, food, water, and electricity. There are also increased accusations of war crimes against Israel for deliberate targeting and siege of Gaza’s civilian population, prompting legal actions such as South Africa’s case against Israel at the International Court of Justice alleging genocide.
The international condemnation extends to the Israeli minister's entry into the Al Aqsa Mosque, which has been condemned as a violation of international law by over 20 countries and two organizations. The Arab-Islamic plan for the reconstruction of the Gaza Strip is to be implemented immediately, with the members of the joint summit calling on the international community, particularly the permanent members of the Security Council, to take urgent action to halt Israel's aggressive policies.
The summit reiterated the need to preserve the legal and historical status quo in the Islamic and Christian holy sites in Jerusalem, and emphasized that a just and lasting peace can only be achieved through the implementation of the two-state solution. The Israeli announcement is seen as an attempt to consolidate the illegal occupation and impose a fait accompli by force. The members of the joint summit called on the international community to act urgently to prevent further suffering of the Palestinian people and to support peace negotiations and humanitarian relief efforts.
- The League of Arab States and The Organisation of Islamic Cooperation are among the countries and organizations included in the Ministerial Committee for addressing developments in the Gaza Strip.
- Various nations, like France, Germany, the United Kingdom, Denmark, Saudi Arabia, Spain, Turkey, China, and Norway, have condemned the decision to impose full military control over the Gaza Strip.
- The international criticism encompasses accusations of war crimes against Israel for the deliberate targeting and siege of Gaza's civilian population, leading to legal actions such as South Africa's case against Israel at the International Court of Justice for alleged genocide.
- The international community is urged to take immediate action to halt Israel's aggressive policies and support peace negotiations and humanitarian relief efforts for the Palestinian people.
- The Arab-Islamic plan for the reconstruction of the Gaza Strip echoes the need to preserve the legal and historical status quo in Islamic and Christian holy sites in Jerusalem, while emphasizing that a just and lasting peace can only be achieved through the implementation of the two-state solution.
