Pakistan condemns Israel's killing of Palestinians.

KARACHI -- Pakistan on Friday condemned the killing of Palestinians by Israel's armed forces.

'The international community has the obligation to take cognizance of these aggressive actions, which are in violation of international law and international humanitarian law,' the Foreign Office said in a statement.

'Pakistan believes that a permanent solution of the Palestinian issue lies in the establishment of a viable, independent and contiguous state of Palestine, on the basis of internationally agreed parameters, the pre-1967 borders, and with Al-Quds Al Sharif as its capital', the statement added.

The situation escalated in Gaza early Tuesday after an Israeli airstrike killed Bahaa Abu al-Atta, a...

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