Pakistan condemns Israeli attack on aid ships

ISLAMABAD, May 31 (Xinhua) -- Pakistani Prime Minister Syed Yousuf Raza Gilani has strongly condemned the attack of Israeli Defense Forces on a peaceful flotilla, resulting in loss of innocent lives and injuries to many, PM office said Monday.

Meanwhile Pakistan's Foreign Ministry also strongly condemned the use of brazen force by Israel against the humanitarian mission that was embarked on delivering humanitarian aid to the Palestinian people in Gaza.

"The killing of members of this humanitarian mission, which also included women, is brutal, inhuman and constitutes a flagrant violation of international law and norms," a Foreign Ministry statement said.

The statement said Pakistan is seriously concerned over the well-being and whereabouts of the Pakistani citizens and journalists including senior TV anchors Syed Talat Hussain and Raza Mahmood Agha who were onboard the flotilla of aid ships bound for Gaza.

The Foreign Ministry is in constant touch with its missions in the region to ascertain the well-being of Pakistani nationals, it said.

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