People lift the flag of the Palestinian Fatah movement during a ceremony marking the 20th anniversary of the death of Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat (portrait), at the Palestinian Authority headquarters in the West Bank city of Ramallah on Monday — AFP GAZA, Nov 11 (Reuters/AFP): Israeli forces sent tanks into the western side of Gaza's Nuseirat camp on Monday in a new incursion into the enclave's central area, and Palestinian medics said Israeli military strikes had killed at least 11 people since Sunday night.
Residents said Israeli tanks opened fire as they rolled into that sector of the camp, one of the Gaza Strip's eight historic refugee sites, causing panic among the population and displaced families. One resident, Zaik Mohammad, said the tanks' advance was a complete surprise.
"Some people couldn't leave and remained trapped inside their homes, appealing to be allowed out, while others rushed out with whatever they could carry as they fled," Mohammad, 25, who lives one kilometer away from the targeted area, told Reuters via a chat app.
Saudi crown prince demands Gaza, Lebanon ceasefires at Arab summit
Saudi Arabia's de facto ruler called for immediate ceasefires in Gaza and Lebanon at a joint Arab League and Organisation of Islamic Cooperation summit that will renew calls for a Palestinian state on Monday.
Arab and Muslim leaders gathered in Riyadh, more than a year into the Israel-Hamas war and regional escalation, in what is seen as a chance to send a message to US president-elect Donald Trump.
Opening the summit, Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman said the international community must "immediately halt the Israeli actions against our brothers in Palestine and Lebanon", condemning Israel's campaign in Gaza as "genocide".
"(Saudi Arabia) affirms its support for the brothers in Palestine and Lebanon to overcome the disastrous humanitarian consequences of the ongoing Israeli aggression," he said.
A draft resolution for the summit stresses "firm support" for "national rights" for the Palestinian people, "foremost among which is their right to freedom and to an independent, sovereign state".
Trump must 'stop continued genocide' in Gaza: Iran
Iran on Monday said US president-elect Donald Trump must end the war in Gaza, where the Islamic republic's arch-foe Israel has been battling Hamas for more than a year.
Foreign ministry spokesman Esmaeil Baghaei said during a news conference in Tehran that the incoming American president should "stop the continued genocide" in the Gaza Strip.
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