Mogadishu, May 22, 2021

The government of the Federal Republic of Somalia condemned the Israeli occupation forces' targeting of the Qatar Red Crescent Society (QRCS) headquarters in the Gaza Strip with airstrikes on Monday, May 17, which resulted in the killing and wounding of a number of innocent people and causing severe damage to Hamad Bin Khalifa Hospital for Rehabilitation and Prosthetics.

In a statement, the Somali Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation considered this step unjustified and a flagrant violation of international law and moral and humanitarian values.