Kuwaiti Foreign Minister Sheikh Salem Abdullah Al-Sabah confirmed that the ongoing war on the Gaza Strip for the twenty-third day in a row by the Israeli army is a “war of revenge, not a defensive one,” reaffirming his country’s position of rejecting normalization with Israel unless an independent Palestinian state is established.

The Kuwaiti minister said in a press conference today that today is the 23rd day of the war on the Gaza Strip, “and we are witnessing a war of revenge, not a defensive one, by the Israeli occupation forces. We are also witnessing collective punishment and war crimes.” He wondered, “How can more than three thousand children be killed and this action not be "War crime."

He stressed, "The Palestinian issue is our first issue, and there is no ambiguity. It is a constant topic over 60 years of time, and Kuwait has not deviated from this line at all," stressing his country's position of rejecting normalization with Israel, "unless an independent Palestinian state is established on the borders of June 4, 1967." In accordance with international resolutions.”

Regarding a parliamentary proposal regarding banning normalization and dealing with Israel, Sheikh Salem said that Kuwait has had a law prohibiting cooperation with Israel since 1964, and it is in effect until today, indicating that the position of the government, the council, and the Kuwaiti people, young and old, is consistent and there is no disagreement regarding the Palestinian issue.

The Kuwaiti Foreign Minister also stressed his country's categorical rejection of displacing or expelling Palestinians from the Gaza Strip.
He expressed his regret at the double standards in dealing with what is happening in Gaza by some countries, hoping that influential countries with the UN Security Council would stop the war.

Sheikh Salem Al-Sabah said that Kuwait has three demands: stopping the war immediately, bringing aid into Gaza, and a final solution to the Palestinian issue based on the establishment of a Palestinian state in accordance with international treaties on the 1967 borders. Otherwise, the cycle of violence that we see currently will be seen in the future.

For the twenty-third day, the most violent confrontation between Israel and the Islamic Resistance Movement (Hamas) continues after the Palestinian movement launched an unprecedented attack under the name “Al-Aqsa Flood” against Israel, to which the latter responded by declaring a state of war and launching a large-scale military operation against Hamas in the Gaza Strip in the name of "Iron swords."