Arab and Muslim leaders call for end to Gaza war

on Gaza, where over 11,000 people had been killed as of Friday, 40 percent of them children, according to Palestinian officials. Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman, Saudi Arabia's defector ruler hosted the summit as the Kingdom has sought to exert its influence to press the United States and Israel for an end to hostilities in Gaza. In an address to the summit, Prince Mohammed said the Kingdom affirms its

condemnation and categorical rejection of its barbaric war against our brothers in Palestine. Palestinian President Makmud Abbas said Palestinians are facing a general-sider war and called on the United States to end Israeli aggression. Iranian President Ibrahim Raecee hailed the Palestinian group Hamas for its war against Israel, and urged Islamic countries to impose oil and good sanctions on Israel. Raecee's trip to Saudi Arabia is the first by

an Iranian head of state in more than a decade. The latest alliances as Raecee has engaged more closely with Iran. It has pushed back against U.S. pressure to condemn Hamas and put on hold its plans to normalize ties with Israel. Qatar, where several Hamas leaders are based, says it is seeking to mediate the release of Israeli hostages and hopes a humanitarian truth would be reached soon.

Hamas had called on the summit to take a historic and decisive decision, and move to stop the war against the Palestinian people. The Zionist aggression immediately. Arab foreign ministers were divided, however. Some countries led by Algeria called for a complete cut in diplomatic ties with Israel to delegates to Reuters. Other Arab countries pushed back. Many have established diplomatic relations with Israel. They stressed the need to

keep channels open with Netanyahu's government.