His Eminence the Grand Imam of Al-Azhar, Prof. Ahmed Al-Tayeb, welcomes the resolution approved by the United Nations Security Council (UNSC), which backs ceasing assault on Gaza, complete withdrawal from the Strip, releasing hostages from both sides, the return of the displaced to their houses, the entry of supplies to Gaza Strip, and the reconstruction of Gaza.
Al-Azhar hopes that the UNSC provides all necessary guarantees for the implementation of the newly adopted resolution for saving the blood of the innocent. Al-Azhar also stresses that this resolution, even if belated and after the deaths of more than 37 thousand martyrs, is a step in the right direction, and as a final chance to restore confidence in the international community and institutions to enhance international peace and security and to grant the Palestinian people their rights for establishing their independent state.