The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia has ordered all 57 Muslim countries to an urget meeting as death tolls in Israel-Palestinian war surpassed 3,668.
Platforms Africa reports that 2,329 of these figures are fatalities on the side of Palestine, according to Gaza Health ministry.
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A statement from the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia sighted by Platforms Africa on Haramain Sharifain on Sunday afternoon, showed that the urgent extraordinary session of the Organisation Islamic Cooperation is to be held in Jeddah on 18 and 19 October.
Titled; “By order of The King,” the terse statement reads in part.
“An urgent extraordinary session of the Organisation Islamic Cooperation to be held in Jeddah on 18 and 19 October to discuss and deliberate the escalation between Gaza and the Occupational Forces in Palestine. All 57 Muslim Countries are to attend.”
Meanwhile, the Gaza health ministry said that the number of wounded people from the shelling of Gaza by Israeli forces has also risen to 9,042.
In a dramatic escalation of Middle East tensions, just over a week ago Israeli forces launched a sustained and forceful military campaign against the Gaza Strip, a response to a military offensive by the Palestinian group Hamas in Israeli territories.
The conflict began last weekend when Hamas initiated Operation Al-Aqsa Flood against Israel, a multi-pronged surprise attack including a barrage of rocket launches and infiltrations into Israel via land, sea, and air.
Hamas said the operation was in retaliation for the storming of Al-Aqsa Mosque in occupied East Jerusalem and Israeli settlers’ growing violence against Palestinians.
