Ambassador of the embassy of the State of Palestine, Abdullah Abu Shawesh, has said Palestine is ready to sit on the negotiation table with Israel to end hostilities.
According to him, the president of the State of Palestine, Mahmoud Abbas, is ready to sit on the roundtable to make peace based on international law and the United Nations General Assembly Resolution to put an end to the Israel Hamas war.
The ambassador stated this on Thursday at a press briefing in Abuja.
According to the ambassador, 96 per cent of Gazans are facing high malnutrition, including 49,300 pregnant women. 36 children have died due to severe malnutrition and dehydration. 65 per cent of the roads network has been destroyed. 31 university buildings have been completely destroyed, while 55 others have been partially destroyed, leaving 88,000 college students and 5,000 professors unable to access their universities.
He added that the Israeli bombardments have claimed the lives of 10,449 secondary school students, 613 university students, 419 school teachers and staff, and 111 university professors and staff.
Additionally, 16,250 school students were injured and 625,000 students have been denied the right to education.
He said 174 Palestinian media correspondents were killed and 190 were injured, with 87 media outlets destroyed.
He accused Israel of using all means and measures to stifle the truth and the voice of reality on the ground.
He said The Palestinian Ministry of Endowments and Religious Affairs reported that 238 of its employees and preachers were martyred, 19 others arrested, 814 mosques completely destroyed, while 148 were partially destroyed. Additionally, 3 churches were completely destroyed, 8 cemeteries were completely destroyed, and 11 partially. 148 graves were dug up, and thousands of bodies were stolen.