Prime Minister Muhammad Shtayyeh said, “Time is blood in the Gaza Strip. Every hour, Israel kills 6 children and 4 women,” calling on the international community for an immediate ceasefire.

This came during his participation, today, Thursday, in the International Conference for Gaza Relief in Paris, called for by French President Emmanuel Macron, with high-level international participation.

The Prime Minister said that the "Palestinian Path of Pain" did not begin on October 7, but rather is 75 years old, in refugee camps, in the diaspora, in the West Bank and Jerusalem, and under siege and war in the Gaza Strip.

He added: Self-defense does not give a country the right to occupy the lands of another country. We are the victim of the occupation, and we are the ones who have the right to defend ourselves.

He continued: “Israel violates international humanitarian law and commits crimes against innocent people, including murder, siege, displacement and starvation,” stressing that Israel’s war is not against Hamas, but against all the Palestinian people.

He said: “What is required is to stop the war immediately so that humanitarian relief becomes meaningful. What does it mean for a Palestinian to get dinner and be killed the next day?”

He added: "This international community must move away from double standards," stressing that the Palestinian people, in Gaza and the West Bank, need international protection and an end to the war.

He stressed that the Palestinian territories are indivisible. It is not possible to talk about the day after the Gaza Strip without talking about the day after all the Palestinian territories. Partial solutions will not produce results, stressing the necessity of a political horizon that ends the suffering of the Palestinian people by ending the occupation.

The Prime Minister called for the leaders of the occupying state to be tried in the International Court for the war crimes they carried out against the Palestinian people, saying: International courts must take a clear stand to try criminals, and international humanitarian law must not be divided.