Saudi Arabia – Israel relations are “freezing”. At most strongly worded statement against Israel since the start of the war against Hamas in Gaza, its Foreign Ministry of Saudi Arabia (in the photo the Saudi Foreign Minister) accused Israel on Wednesday of committing “continuous genocidal massacres” targeting “the tents of defenseless Palestinian refugees in Rafah”, saying that holds Tel Aviv responsible about “what is happening in Rafah and all the occupied Palestinian territories”.

Riyadh, which was in talks for the normalization of relations with Israel before war breaks out, he is escalating his rhetoric against the Jewish state as talks falter, with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu refusing demands to commit to a credible path towards a future Palestinian state as part of normalization talks.

In its statement, the ministry says that “the continued flagrant violations of all international and humanitarian decisions, laws and norms… are exacerbating the magnitude of the previous humanitarian disaster experienced by the Palestinian people”.

He calls on the international community to “stop the massacres” and calls for “those responsible to be held accountable”.