New Delhi, April 9 -- Abdullah Abu Shawesh, Palestine's Ambassador to India, has strongly criticised the ongoing Israel-Gaza conflict, calling it not a mere conflict but a " genocidal war" waged by the US and Israel against the Palestinian people.

He emphasised that the violence extends to the West Bank, where he claims Israeli forces have "ethnically cleansed" 40,000 Palestinians.

While speaking with ANI on Wednesday, Shawesh said, "It is not a conflict. It is an Israeli or American-Israeli war on Palestine, on Gaza and against the Palestinian people. You cannot call this conflict. You can call a conflict between two friends a conflict. But this is a genocidal war conducted by the US and Israel against Palestinian people."

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