Greater than 5,000 Palestinians, primarily civilians, have been killed throughout the Gaza Strip in relentless Israeli bombardments in retaliation for the assaults by the Palestinian militant group, based on the most recent toll from Gaza’s Hamas-run well being ministry.
China has kept away from explicitly condemning Hamas for the assaults.
Washington has mentioned it hopes China’s friendship with Hamas backer Iran may assist calm the battle, notably after Beijing brokered a detente between Tehran and its long-time foe Saudi Arabia this yr.
“Probably the most urgent process now’s to stop the scenario from escalating additional and from resulting in a extra critical humanitarian catastrophe,” Overseas Minister Wang informed Cohen.
He additionally reiterated Beijing’s place {that a} two-state answer is the one viable end result to the battle.
China “sincerely hopes that the Palestine concern might be resolved in a complete and simply method on the idea of the ‘two-state answer’, and that the professional safety considerations of all events might be resolved in a real and thorough method because of this”, Wang mentioned.