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CAIRO: The Palestinian Authority submitted a memorandum on Sunday calling for an emergency Arab League meeting at the foreign ministerial level, according to WAFA, the Palestinian news agency.
The request for the meeting comes in light of the “brutal and ongoing Israeli aggression against the Palestinian people, including the escalation of the storming of the Al-Aqsa Mosque by thousands of settlers,” WAFA quoted Arab League Ambassador Muhannad Al Aklouk as saying.
Meanwhile, at least 313 Palestinians have been killed, including 20 children, and nearly 2,000 wounded by Israeli air strikes in Gaza since Saturday, the health ministry of the Palestinian authority reported on Sunday.
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Seven people were also killed by Israeli army fire in the occupied West Bank, including a child, it added.
Israel’s army said Sunday it aims to evacuate all Israelis living close to the Gaza Strip within 24 hours as it deployed tens of thousands of soldiers to fight Palestinian who had infiltrated into Israel.
“Our mission for the upcoming 24 hours is to evacuate all residents living around Gaza,” military spokesman Daniel Hagari told reporters, adding that fighting was still on to “rescue hostages” held by militants in Israel.