Arab League to convene emergency meeting today
Istanbul, Turkey - The Arab League will be holding an emergency meeting on Wednesday on possible responses to Israel’s ‘crimes of genocide and starvation’ in the Gaza Strip, the 22member bloc said.
The announcement came on Tuesday from Arab League Deputy Secretary-general Hossam Zaki, who said permanent delegates would convene for the meeting, requested by Palestine, at the league’s headquarters in Cairo, according to the Egyptian official news agency.
On Monday, Palestine’s representative to the Arab League Muhannad Al Aklouk said he submitted a request to the league’s General-secretariat to hold an extraordinary session at the level of permanent delegates ‘to discuss the Arab movement over the continuation of the crime of genocide, the starvation policy and forced displacement of the Palestinians being committed by the Israeli occupation in the Gaza Strip’.
Gaza death toll surpasses 32,900
Meanwhile, the Palestinian
death toll from Israel’s ongoing attacks on the Gaza Strip has reached 32,916 people since last October, Gaza’s Health Ministry said on Tuesday.
A ministry statement said some 75,494 other people have also been injured in the onslaught.
“At least 71 people were killed and 102 others injured in Israeli attacks in the last 24
hours,” the ministry said.
“Many people are still trapped under rubble and on the roads and rescuers are unable to reach them,” it added.
Israel has waged a deadly military offensive on the Gaza Strip since a cross-border attack by Hamas on October 7, 2023, which killed nearly 1,200 people.
Arab League’s permanent delegates would convene for the meeting, which was requested by Palestine, at its HQ in Cairo