Arab leaders call for Gaza, West Bank, east Jerusalem to become unified Palestinian state

FRANCE 24

11 November 2024 at 4:09 am·1-min read

UAE Vice President and Deputy Prime Minister Sheikh Mansour bin Zayed Al Nahyan poses with Saudi Arabia's Crown Prince Mohamed bin Salman, Qatar's Emir Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad al-Thani, Kuwait's Crown Prince Sheikh Sabah al-Khaled al-Hamad al-Sabah and Turkey's President Recep Tayyip Erdogan in Riyadh on November 11, 2024.

Arab and Muslim leaders on Monday called for the Israeli-occupied West Bank, Gaza Strip and annexed east Jerusalem to become a unified Palestinian state. In a statement issued at the closing of a summit in Saudi Arabia, the leaders also said Israel must fully withdraw from Arab territories it has occupied since 1967 to allow "comprehensive" regional peace. Read our blog to see how the day's events unfolded.

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Yesterday's key developments:

At least 40 Palestinians were killed by Israeli strikes across Gaza on Sunday, including two dozen killed in a strike on a residential building in the northern town of Jabalia.
Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu said he approved a deadly September attack on Hezbollah communications devices which killed 40 people in Lebanon, the first time Israel has admitted involvement.
An Israeli strike on Sunday killed 23 people including seven children in the village of Almat, north of the capital Beirut. Israeli attacks have killed at least 3,186 people and injured 14,078 in Lebanon since October 2023, the Lebanese health ministry said.
US warplanes staged multiple strikes overnight on Iran-backed Houthi advanced weapons storage facilities in Yemen, the Pentagon said.

(FRANCE 24 with AFP, AP and Reuters)

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