PUTRAJAYA: Prime Minister Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim has condemned the recent attacks on Al-Ahli al-Arabi Hospital in Gaza, which claimed the lives of 500 Palestinians.
"The attacks (on Al-Ahli al-Arabi Hospital) by the Israelis are extreme.
"Regardless of who committed the attacks, this is the result of war, it has to stop. It's time for us to de-escalate the situation.
"It has reached the level of insanity, and humanity has been lost as women and children continues to become the victims."
Anwar again slammed the Western world over their hypocrisy over the treatment of the Palestine-Israel conflict.
"It is regrettable that the Western countries talk about human rights, but they seem to have categories - they are upper-class people and then there are slave-class people, and we strongly condemn this."
Anwar also said that he will be mulling whether to travel to a few countries to discuss the matter or to make phone calls.
"I will go to Riyadh tomorrow to attend the Gulf Cooperation Council-Asean summit and afterwards I will meet with Saudi Arabia Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman for discussions.
"I am also mulling to travel to a few countries or make phone calls to their leaders to discuss about it."
Anwar had earlier officiated The Path Towards Greater Prosperity for Malaysia, organised by Universiti Malaya through the Social Wellbeing Research Centre (SWRC) at the Putrajaya International Convention Centre (PICC), here.
Also present were Minister in the Prime Minister's Department (Sabah, Sarawak Affairs and Special Functions) and acting Domestic Trade and Cost of Living minister Datuk Armizan Mohd Ali and Universiti Malaya board of directors chairman Tan Sri Zarinah Anwar.