Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman said on Monday that Israel is committing a campaign of “genocide” in Gaza, a charge that Jerusalem vehemently denies.
The kingdom’s de facto ruler called on the international community to “immediately halt the Israeli actions against our brothers in Palestine and Lebanon.”
Jerusalem has also repeatedly emphasized that its fight is with Hezbollah terrorists and not with the Lebanese people.
The prince’s harsh criticisms of Israel’s military confrontations with the Iranian-back terrorist organizations came during a joint Arab League and Organization of Islamic Cooperation summit held in Riyadh on Monday.
Arab and Muslim leaders arrived in Saudi Arabia on Monday for the summit organized by the country’s foreign ministry to focus on the wars in Gaza and Lebanon.
Saudi Foreign Minister Prince Faisal bin Farhan Al Saud announced the summit in late October.
Attendees would “discuss the continued Israeli aggression on the Palestinian territories and the Lebanese Republic, and the current developments in the region,” the official Saudi Press Agency said on Sunday.
