22 Palestinians have been martyred during raids by Israeli forces in Khan Younis as Palestinian Foreign Ministry strongly condemns Israeli Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich’s statement regarding justifying killing and starving of two millions in Gaza.

The martyrdom toll of Palestinians in Israeli aggression on Gaza since October 7 last year has risen to 39677 while more than 91645 others have been wounded.

The ministry said that this statement is a blatant violation of the rules of international law and principles of humanity, a blatant challenge to the international court of justice and its precautionary orders.

It called on the international criminal court to issue an arrest warrant against Smotrich for approving and supporting the policy of genocide.