Israeli ambassador to Azerbaijan offers condolences over Khojaly genocide

Ambassador of Israel to Azerbaijan George Deek has made a post on his X account over the 32nd anniversary of Khojaly genocide.

“Today we remember the victims who were murdered in Khojaly in 1992. On behalf of Israel, my heartfelt condolences extend to the people of Azerbaijan,” the post by the Israeli ambassador said, Caliber.Az reports.

Today we remember the victims who were murdered in Khojaly in 1992. On behalf of Israel, my heartfelt condolences extend to the people of Azerbaijan.

The pain of our Azerbaijani friends resonates deeply with us. We understand firsthand the horror of witnessing innocent lives,… pic.twitter.com/flSTjQoYaQ

— George Deek (@GeorgeDeek) February 26, 2024

“The pain of our Azerbaijani friends resonates deeply with us. We understand firsthand the horror of witnessing innocent lives, including children, women, and the elderly, senselessly slaughtered in their homes.

Be it the anguish of February 1992 or that of October 2023, such atrocities compel us to continue combatting injustice and hate, and safeguard our shared humanity,” Ambassador Deek posted.

Khojaly is a small town in Azerbaijan. In 1991, its population was 6,300. On the night of February 25-26, 1992, Armenian armed formations, including soldiers from the 366th Motorised Rifle Regiment of the United CIS Forces, committed a blood-chilling crime, genocide, against the peaceful Azerbaijani population of Khojaly.

613 people were killed as a result of the genocide in Khojaly (including those who froze to death on the way there), including 63 children, 106 women and 70 old people. Initially, the fate of 150 people, including 68 women and 26 children, was not known. However, the territorial integrity of Azerbaijan was fully restored as a result of a one-day anti-terrorist operation in September last year. It also liberated the town of Khojaly. The result has been the discovery of more and more mass graves of Azerbaijani civilians.

The number of people missing during the Khojaly massacre has reached 196.