Syrian doctors treat a child following a chemical attack, Apr. 4, 2017, at a makeshift hospital in the town of Khan Sheikhoun, northern Idlib province, Syria. (Edlib Media Center, via AP)
Netanyahu expressed “shock and outrage” regarding a chemical weapons attack on civilians in Syria, calling on the international community to take action.
By Jonathan Benedek, World Israel News
More than 90 people were killed in an apparent chemical weapons strike by Syrian or Russian army jets on Tuesday in Syria’s northwestern province of Idlib, according to British-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights (SOHR).
The Abu Dhabi-based Sky News Arabia said 67 civilians were killed and at least 200 were injured in the airstrike, which released “toxic gas.”
The Syrian government did not comment, though it has previously rejected accusations that it practices chemical warfare.
SOHR reported that the attack caused many people to either choke or faint, with some foaming at the mouth. Photographs posted on social media showed rescue workers hosing down almost-naked children, who were writhing in pain on the floor.
A British doctor at the scene wrote in a Twitter post that sarin gas was released in the attack. Many Syrian opposition groups are calling on the United Nations to investigate.
The UN’s High Commissioner for Human Rights, Zeid Ra’ad al-Hussein, denounced the UN several weeks ago for failing to end the “senseless carnage” in Syria. The lack of UN action is primarily due to a stark divide between UN Security Council members.
“When I saw pictures of babies suffocating from a chemical attack in Syria, I was shocked and outraged,” Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, addressing the state memorial ceremony Tuesday for late President Chaim Herzog at Mount Herzl in Jerusalem, said in a statement
“There’s no, none, no excuse whatsoever for the deliberate attacks on civilians and on children, especially with cruel and outlawed chemical weapons. I call on the international community to fulfill its obligation from 2013 to fully and finally remove these horrible weapons from Syria.”
Iranian children at a Tehran rally called the hijabs they were wearing missiles aimed at…
Murat has a close relationship with his brother Hasan and has been a recurring character…
The report states that there was a need for medical schools to teach about antisemitism,…
Dozens of political commentators and analysts have blamed Israel for every issue in the world,…
Reservists repeatedly called up for duty, families burying loved ones, evacuees still displaced from their…
The judge said the amount in damages awarded to the comedian will be determined at…