TUNIS, Oct. 16 (Xinhua) -- Tunisian Parliament Speaker Ibrahim Bouderbala called on the international community to intervene immediately to stop the ongoing Israel-Hamas conflict and lift the siege on the Gaza Strip, the official news agency Tunis Afrique Presse (TAP) reported on Monday.
Bouderbala made the remarks at an online emergency meeting with heads of parliaments for member states of the Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) to discuss the repercussions of the conflict.
The speaker also called for accelerating the delivery of urgent humanitarian aid to the Palestinians.
He urged OIC member states and regional and international bodies to "condemn the Israeli attacks on civilians and to summon Israel to comply with international resolutions."
Tunisia sent on Sunday a relief plane to the Palestinian people, carrying about 12 tons of medical and health supplies and infant formula.
So far, at least 2,808 people have been killed by Israeli airstrikes on Gaza, while some 1,300 people in Israel have died from the Hamas-led attacks. ■
