Egypt’s Al-Azhar warns of Israeli intentions to undermine ceasefire agreement

Al-Azhar, the top Islamic Sunni institute in Egypt, has strongly condemned what it described as “brutal crimes” carried out by Israel in several areas of Lebanon, which killed dozens of people and injured hundreds of civilians. In a statement, Al-Azhar said the attacks represent a “dangerous escalation” and a “flagrant violation of all international and humanitarian conventions and laws”. It added that targeting innocent civilians reflects a continued pattern of aggression and disregard for human and moral values. The institution warned of what it called Israeli attempts to “ignite the region in order to undermine the current truce and ceasefire agreement”. It stressed that the absence of international and legal accountability “has encouraged the occupier to persist in its criminal […]