Mechanism urged to halt Israeli attacks

Arab leaders call for cease-fire in Gaza amid bombing of schools, safe zones

Arab leaders are rallying for the need to activate international accountability mechanisms in the face of Israel's continued aggressions, including the bombing of UN agency-aided schools and "safe zones", as they renewed calls for an immediate and permanent ceasefire in Gaza.

In the last 24 hours, Israel's military had bombed a UN-run school as well as a "safe zone" it designated in the Gaza Strip, leaving at least 42 Palestinians dead while wounding dozens.

The attacks on Tuesday hit the UN's Al-Razi School in the central Nuseirat refugee camp and a main street lined with market stalls in the southern Al-Mawasi area, where thousands of displaced Palestinians had sought shelter.