Arab ministers meet Palestinian official in Cairo

Arab ministers have met with a Palestinian official in Cairo to discuss efforts to end Israel's war on Gaza.

The ministers met with Palestine Liberation Organisation (PLO) executive committee general secretary Hussein al-Sheikh to discuss "efforts to stop the Israeli war against Gaza, the inevitability of achieving a ceasefire, and full access to aid", according to the Egyptian foreign ministry's spokesperson.

The ministry added that US Secretary of State Antony Blinken will also meet Sheikh, along with the ministers from Egypt, Saudi Arabia, Qatar, Jordan and the UAE.