6:35 a.m.: China says it is working to “restore peace in the Middle East”
China is also trying to mediate in the conflict. “Let us work together to quickly calm the situation in Gaza and restore peace to the Middle East as soon as possible,” Foreign Minister Wang Yi declared on Monday to a delegation of diplomats from Arab countries and to the predominantly Muslim population. . “A humanitarian catastrophe is unfolding in Gaza,” he told the delegation’s senior diplomats, including the foreign ministers of the Palestinian Authority, Indonesia, during his opening speech in Beijing. , Egypt, Saudi Arabia and Jordan. According to him, “the situation in Gaza affects every country in the world, calling into question the notion of good and evil and the fundamental principles of humanity.”