The Palestinian death toll in the war-torn Gaza Strip had risen to 56,259, with 132,458 others injured since the outbreak of the latest round of conflict between Hamas and Israel on Oct 7, 2023, said Gaza's health authorities on Thursday.
Over the past 24 hours, Israeli attacks claimed 103 Palestinian lives and injured 219 others, as reported by the health authorities.
On Thursday, Israel bombed a street near a flour distribution center in central Gaza city of Deir al-Balah, resulting in at least 18 deaths and many injuries, according to Palestinian media outlets.
The Palestinian Interior Ministry in Gaza condemned the Israeli airstrike, which targeted on-duty police and security personnel, as well as numerous civilians.
The Israeli side has yet to respond to the attack.
Palestinian death toll in Gaza rises to 56,259
Nicaragua's co-foreign minister Valdrack Jaentschke has warned that militarism must never be allowed to rise again, as Japan's recent moves to lift its arms export ban and revise the pacifist Constitution continue to draw international concern.
This year marks the 80th anniversary of the opening of the Tokyo Trials, where Japan's Class-A war criminals from World War II were brought to justice.
In an interview with China Global Television Network (CGTN), Valdrack Jaentschke voiced his concern that today's world order is being undermined by interventionism and other challenges.
"It is necessary for us to remember that after the end of World War II, countries worked hard to build a new international order based on international law. However, regrettably, more than 80 years later, we are seeing that this once explored and attempted order is being challenged by interventionism, a confrontational mindset, and tendencies like 'might makes right.' These are precisely the conditions that gave rise to fascism and militarism in the past, which ultimately led to the tragedy of World War II," he said.
He said the international community has a responsibility to pursue a new international order -- one fundamentally grounded in peace.
"Looking back at the history more than eight decades ago and comparing it with today's reality, it is our responsibility to recognize that the world should, and must, build a new international order that is more just, fairer, rooted in international law, based on a logic of mutual benefit and shared success, and fundamentally grounded in peace," said the minister.
"Today, as we revisit the Tokyo Trials, it is meant to remind the world that such a tragedy must never be repeated -- and that we must do everything in our power to prevent it from happening again. We must stop that dark world -- born from militarism, interventionism, and fascism -- from ever returning," he said.
Nicaraguan FM warns of militarism revival
