Arab League (AL) Secretary General Amr Moussa on Tuesday condemned the Israeli military actions on the Gaza Strip that caused at least 19 Palestinian deaths and 45 injuries, the Egyptian official MENA news agency reported.
Saying the Israeli action is not the first time, Moussa warned such practices hinder fruitful negotiations required to realize peace in the region.
The AL chief also urged Israel to halt its settlement policy in order to achieve progress in the stalled Mideast peace process.
According to an earlier report, Israeli forces backed by tanks and bulldozers killed 17 Palestinians and wounded 45 others in an incursion into Zeitoon neighborhood on Tuesday in eastern Gaza City.
Two more Palestinian militants were killed on Tuesday evening in an Israeli airstrike in the northern Gaza Strip town of Beit Hanoun, medics and witnesses said.
Meanwhile, Israel Radio reported that one rocket launched from Gaza hit the town of Sderout and wounded at least five Israelis, and a status of emergency was declared in the town.
Source:Xinhua
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