The head of the regional council has accused Israel of inciting violence and inciting violence at the Al-Aqsa Mosque in Jerusalem.
The leader of the Arab League has condemned the Israeli protests on the Gaza Strip as “impartial and reckless” and said Israel had encouraged violence in the past by acting in Jerusalem.
The violence erupted after Israeli forces stormed the Al-Aqsa Mosque on Monday for the third day in a row, firing rubber-covered ammunition, grenades and tear gas at Palestinian worshipers inside the third most holy shrine of Islam in the last days of the holy month. of Ramadan.
In response to the violence, Hamas, the group that controls the Gaza Strip, issued a ruling, saying Israel had 6pm (15:00 GMT) to withdraw its troops from the Al-Aqsa Mosque.
Shortly after the deadline, Hamas fired several rockets at Israel. Israelis took action to provoke a temporary uprising in the region, killing 28 people, including 10 children.
“The Israeli aggression in Jerusalem, as well as the government’s tolerance of anti-Palestinian Jews, is what made this possible,” Arab League chief Ahmed Aboul Gheit said in a statement.
The attack on Gaza was a “sad demonstration of the bloodshed of children”, he said, adding that “Israeli initiatives” insulted Muslims at the end of the Eid holiday at the end of the holy month of Ramadan.
Foreign ministers of the Arab League held an emergency meeting on Tuesday to discuss the situation in Jerusalem.
The conference will also highlight the importance of the Palestinian cause representing the Arab world and the alliance with the Palestinians in Jerusalem, he said.
Based on the situation in Jerusalem, Egypt has declared a “complete rejection of and condemnation of the Israeli occupation,” Foreign Minister Sameh Shoukry told the League.
Shoukry said Cairo reached out to Israel in an attempt to resolve the conflict but met with apathy.
“In the last few days, Egypt has reached out to Israel and other affected countries and encouraged them to do everything possible to end the devastation in Jerusalem,” Shoukry said. “But we didn’t find the right answer.”
In contrast, the head of the Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC), who held an emergency meeting in Jeddah, “praised the courage of the Palestinian people living in Jerusalem and their response to the Israeli invasion of the sanctuary,” the Saudi news agency SPA said. .
Turkey also opposed Israeli air strikes.
“The Israeli government must realize that it cannot suppress the Palestinian people ‘rights and interests by using impartial and unlimited power,” the Turkish Foreign Minister said.
Gaza’s health ministry says at least 28 Palestinians, including 10 children, have been killed. Israel has denied the allegations, saying it killed at least 20 Hamas militants and that one-third of the missiles that Hamas failed, resulting in the killing of Palestinians.
