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Maldives leader says Israel must be held to account for ‘genocide’ in Gaza

Maldives President Mohamed Muizzu addresses the 79th United Nations General Assembly at the UN headquarters in New York [Mike Segar/Reuters]

Maldives President Mohamed Muizzu has told the United Nations that Israel must be held accountable for the crimes it is committing in Gaza, including “genocide”, as well as its attacks on journalists and other violations of international law.

“The ongoing massacre, the genocide by Israel in Gaza is a travesty of justice and the international system,” the leader of the Indian Ocean archipelago told the UN General Assembly in New York on Tuesday.

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