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BRICS call for ‘unconditional’ Gaza ceasefire, condemn air strikes on Iran

Brazil's President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva (C) speaks during the first plenary session of the BRICS summit in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, on July 6, 2025. (AFP)
  • The bloc's statement came as Gaza truce talks between Israel and Hamas resumed in Doha, and as pressure mounted to end the war.
  • The BRICS gathering includes Israel's arch foe Iran, but also nations like Russia, which have close ties with the country.

Rio de Janeiro, Brazil — BRICS leaders meeting in Rio de Janeiro on Sunday called for negotiators to reach a quick and unconditional ceasefire to end the 22-month-old war in Gaza.

“We exhort the parties to engage in good faith in further negotiations to achieve an immediate, permanent and unconditional ceasefire,” the 11-nation bloc said in a final summit statement.

The BRICS also called for a “full withdrawal of Israeli forces from the Gaza Strip and all other parts of the Occupied Palestinian Territories.”

The bloc’s statement came as Gaza truce talks between Israel and Hamas resumed in Doha, and as pressure mounted to end the war, which began with Hamas’s October 7, 2023, attacks.

Israel’s retaliatory campaign has killed at least 57,418 people in Gaza, also mostly civilians, according to the Hamas-run territory’s health ministry. The United Nations considers the figures reliable.

The BRICS gathering includes Israel’s arch foe Iran, but also nations like Russia, which have close ties with the country.

Iran won the diplomatic backing of fellow BRICS nations meeting, with the bloc condemning recent Israel and US air strikes on military, nuclear, and other facilities.

“We condemn the military strikes against the Islamic Republic of Iran since 13 June 2025, which constitute a violation of international law,” leaders said in a summit statement, without naming the United States or Israel by name.

Israel’s Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is due to visit the White House on Monday for talks with US President Donald Trump, who is pushing to end the war and has said he hopes for a ceasefire deal in the coming week.