Arab and Muslim leaders meet in Riyadh for urgent talks on Gaza, Lebanon’s crisis

Arab and Muslim leaders have began arriving in Saudi Arabia in advance of a critical summit scheduled for Monday, aimed toward addressing the continuing Israeli army moves in Gaza and Lebanon. The gathering, introduced via the Saudi Foreign Ministry in late October, is part of an global push to propose for a -kingdom way to the Israeli-Palestinian battle. The summit comes amid escalating violence following the October 7 assault by way of Hamas on southern Israel, which ended in over 1,two hundred deaths, normally civilians. Israel’s next army response has caused more than 43,600 casualties in Gaza, in general civilians, consistent with the Gaza Health Ministry. The United Nations has corroborated the figures, calling the situation dire. The Saudi Press Agency (SPA) stated that the summit will recognition on the persevering with Israeli aggression in Palestinian territories and Lebanon, in addition to the wider nearby tendencies. The assembly follows a comparable accumulating in Riyadh last year, in which the Arab League and the Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) condemned Israeli movements in Gaza, labeling them as “barbaric.” Key attendees include Nigerian President Bola Tinubu, Lebanese caretaker Prime Minister Najib Mikati, and Pakistani Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif. Sharif is anticipated to name for an instantaneous cessation of the violence in Gaza, describing the state of affairs as a genocide and condemning Israel’s “ongoing adventurism” inside the area. Saudi Foreign Minister Prince Faisal bin Farhan chaired a preparatory ministerial meeting on Sunday to finalize the time table for Monday’s summit. The assembly underscores Saudi Arabia’s leadership function in rallying local powers in opposition to Israeli actions and its efforts to result in a political technique to the prolonged warfare. In addition to the humanitarian toll in Gaza, the violence has spilled over into southern Lebanon, where Hezbollah militants, sponsored with the aid of Iran, have engaged in pass-border exchanges with Israel. These hostilities escalated in late September following Israel’s intensification of airstrikes within the vicinity.