Saudi Arabia on Saturday referred to as for an “pressing extraordinary assembly” of the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) to debate the Israel-Gaza warfare. The highest grouping of Islamic nations search to handle the “navy escalation” and “menace to defenceless civilians in Gaza”. Saudi Arabia, which at the moment chairs the session of the Islamic Summit and the Govt Committee of the OIC, has invited the member nations for the assembly on Wednesday in Jeddah.
“On the invitation of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, which chairs the present session of the Islamic Summit and the Govt Committee of the Group of Islamic Cooperation (OIC), the Group’s Govt Committee is convening an pressing open-ended extraordinary assembly on the ministerial stage, to handle the escalating navy state of affairs in Gaza and its environs in addition to the deteriorating situations that endanger the lives of civilians and the general safety and stability of the area,” learn an announcement by the OIC on its web site on Saturday.
“The extraordinary assembly of the Govt Committee of the OIC will happen on Wednesday, October 18, 2023, on the Normal Secretariat headquarters in Jeddah Governorate,” it added.
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The OIC is a grouping of 57 Islamic international locations unfold over 4 continents and is the second largest organisation after the United Nations.
Pakistan, Bangladesh, Turkey, Indonesia, Egypt, and Iran are among the member nations of this grouping together with Palestine.
Round 1,800 individuals are reported to have been killed in Israeli airstrikes which got here after Gaza’s militant group Hamas launched a shock assault on Israel on October 7.
Saudi Arabia, which referred to as on to de-escalate tensions between Israel and Palestine, has put its United States-backed plans to normalise ties with Israel on ice amid the tensions and has additionally engaged with Iran on the problem to to forestall a broader surge in violence throughout the area.
In the meantime, Iran has referred to as on Israel to halt its assaults on Gaza and warned that if Hezbollah enters the struggle, the battle would possibly unfold to different areas of the Center East, inflicting Israel to face a “big earthquake”.