The College of Dentistry / University of Karbala organized this morning, Wednesday, October 18, 2023, a protest against the hideous Baptist Hospital massacre, in the presence of Assistant Professor Dr. Muhannad Salah Abdel Sattar, Dean of the College, and all of his assistants, Professor Dr. Ayed Hamid Hassan, Assistant Professor Ali Salman Abdel Amir, and a number From the teachers, staff and students of the college, as the Zionist occupation fighters – yesterday evening, Tuesday – bombed the courtyard of the National Baptist Hospital in Gaza, Al Karama and Al Ababa, according to what was announced by the Ministry of Health in the Strip, killing hundreds of innocent members of the oppressed Palestinian people, most of whom were displaced women and children. And those who took refuge in it in search of a safe place.
The participants in the protest called for an end to the criminal Zionist attack on the Gaza Strip and on all parts of occupied Palestine, stressing that Iraq is a state and a people that will always stand by the Palestinian people. On this sad day, we find an opportunity to repeat Iraq’s firm and principled position on the right of the Palestinian people to A free and dignified life on his land and national soil, and not to back down from obtaining this right, which will not lapse with time, and will only become more established.
In this regard, the Iraqi government spokesman, Mr. Basem Al-Awadi, announced general mourning throughout the Republic of Iraq for three days, out of loyalty and honor to the innocent souls who fell victim to international silence before falling victim to the barbaric fire of aggression. His Excellency the Minister of Higher Education and Scientific Research, Dr. Naeem Al-Aboudi, tweeted, describing the massacre. Yesterday at the Baptist Hospital, “a major crime that undermines humanity and its international rights in front of the eyes of international organizations is committed by the Zionist entity against the Palestinians in Gaza… Targeting the Baptist Hospital and the loss of innocent lives places the entire world facing a historical responsibility in which there is no room for passive neutrality.”
millimeter. Sultan Karim Sultan
Media and Government Communications Division
