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Saudi Arabia condemns Israel's 'flagrant violations' of Palestinian rights

Saudi Arabia's foreign minister, Prince Faisal bin Farhan Al Saud, on Sunday condemned Israel's "flagrant violations" of Palestinian rights and called on the international community to act urgently to put an end to hostilities.

Prince Al Saud was speaking in televised remarks at the start of an emergency virtual meeting of the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) as escalation between Israel and armed Palestinian factions in Gaza entered the seventh day.