Saudi Arabia's foreign minister has condemned Israel's "flagrant violations" of Palestinian rights and called on the international community to act urgently to put an end to military operations in Gaza.
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Prince Faisal bin Farhan Al Saud was speaking in televised remarks at the start of an emergency virtual meeting of the 57-member Organisation of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) as hostilities between Israel and militants in Gaza entered their seventh day.
The Saudi foreign minister condemned what he called the violation of the sanctity of Islamic holy sites and "forcible" eviction of Palestinians from their homes in East Jerusalem.
He called on the international community to carry out its responsibility toward ending this "dangerous escalation", to act urgently to halt military operations and to revive peace negotiations based on a two-state solution.
Israeli strikes in the centre of Gaza City on Sunday brought the death toll in Gaza to more than 180, including 52 children, health officials said.
Eight Israelis have been killed, including a five-year-old boy and a soldier.
Islamist 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 Ramadan.
Israel has retaliated with air and artillery strikes into densely populated Gaza.
Australian Associated Press
