CAIRO, Egypt: Saudi Arabia’s Foreign Minister, Prince Faisal bin Farhan, arrived in Cairo on Sunday to chair a meeting of the Ministerial Committee on Gaza.
The meeting has been assigned by the Extraordinary Joint Arab and Islamic Summit on developments in the Gaza Strip, the Saudi Press Agency (SPA) reported.
It will also be attended by Kaya Kallas, High Representative of the European Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy and Vice-President of the European Commission, to discuss the latest developments in the enclave amid the Israel-Hamas conflict.
Meanwhile Israeli airstrikes across the southern Gaza Strip killed at least 30 Palestinians on Sunday, including a senior Hamas political leader, as the military intensified its offensive in Rafah and Khan Younis, Palestinian and Israeli sources said.
The Palestinian news agency Wafa, citing medical sources, reported that dozens of civilians were killed in a series of airstrikes, with the death toll rising throughout the day.
Two hospitals in southern Gaza said they had received 17 bodies from overnight strikes, including several women and children.
The recent escalation follows the collapse of a ceasefire between Israel and Hamas. The truce, which began in January, temporarily halted Israeli bombardments after 15 months.
During the ceasefire, 25 Israeli hostages and the bodies of eight others were released in exchange for Palestinian prisoners.
However, Israel resumed military operations last week after negotiations for a long-term truce failed.
The health ministry in Gaza said Sunday that at least 50,021 people have been killed in the Palestinian territory since Israel launched the military campaign in October 2023.
“The toll for the Israeli aggression has reached 50,021 martyrs and 113,274 wounded since October 7, 2023”, a ministry statement said.
