The Coalition of Muslim Organisations, Ghana (COMOG) has announced that it will begin picketing in Accra and at various regional capitals on Friday 27th October 2023 to call for a ceasefire in Gaza.
COMOG called on all peace-loving Ghanaians who share in the plight of the Palestinian people to join them in drumming home their demand for a UN intervention to stop the murders in Palestine.
The group extended their condolences to the bereaved families and also offered their solidarity and prayers to the people of Palestine.
The Pro-Palestine group described the ongoing conflict as “senseless destruction of life and property which is being perpetrated on the innocent and defenseless people of Palestine.”
The Muslim group also condemned Ghana’s abstention from voting on the proposed Russian resolution on Gaza at the UN Security Council.
COMOG said Ghana’s position as issued by the Foreign Ministry coupled with its abstention at the UN Security Council voting is totally at variance with its Foreign Policy.
A statement issued by the group said “What can be more reasonable in such a crucial act of dehumanization than calling for a ceasefire, the release of hostages (on both sides), access to humanitarian aid, and safe evacuation of civilians in Gaza.”
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Israeli–Palestinian conflict
The Israeli–Palestinian conflict is an ongoing armed conflict between Palestinian militant groups led by Hamas and Israel. The conflict began on 7 October 2023 with a coordinated surprise offensive on Israel.
The attack began in the morning with a barrage of at least 3,000 rockets launched from the Hamas-controlled Gaza Strip against Israel. In parallel, some 2,500 Palestinian militants breached the Gaza–Israel barrier and massacred civilians in neighboring Israeli communities. At least 1,400 Israelis were killed, including 260 people at a music festival in Re’im.
Unarmed civilian hostages and captured Israeli soldiers were taken to the Gaza Strip, including women and children. Israel began conducting retaliatory strikes before formally declaring war on Hamas a day later.
The Gaza–Israel conflict has been ongoing since 2006. Hamas avoided major engagements with Israel in 2022 and most of 2023, instead covertly preparing for its major offensive, Operation Al-Aqsa Flood. Hamas said it received support from Iran for the attack, which it says was in response to Israeli settler violence, the blockade of the Gaza Strip, the desecration of the Al-Aqsa Mosque in Jerusalem, as well as Israeli atrocities against Palestinians over the decades
