SULAIMANI (ESTA) — Saudi Arabia on Sunday denounced Israel’s “flagrant violations” of Palestinian rights and called for global action to end military operations.
Addressing a meeting of the Organization of Islamic Cooperation, Saudi Foreign Minister Prince Faisal bin Farhan Al Saud condemned what he called the violation of the sanctity of Islamic holy sites, according to Reuters.
Prince Faisal also condemned the “forcible” eviction of Palestinians from their homes in East Jerusalem and urged the international community to end this “dangerous escalation” and revive peace negotiations based on a two-state solution.
Israel’s strikes in the center of Gaza City on Sunday brought the death toll in Gaza to 181, including 52 children, Reuters cited health officials as saying.
Israel has reported 10 dead, including two children.
Militant group Hamas began its rocket assault on Monday after weeks of tensions over a court case to evict several Palestinian families in East Jerusalem, and in retaliation for Israeli police clashes with Palestinians near the city’s Al-Aqsa Mosque, Islam’s third holiest site, during the holy month of Ramada.
Israel sees all of Jerusalem as its eternal and indivisible capital, while the Palestinians want the eastern section as a capital of a future state. Israel’s annexation of East Jerusalem is unrecognized internationally.
