The Cairo-based Arab League (AL) condemned Saturday Israeli actions in the West Bank and the Gaza Strip where six Palestinians were killed
earlier in the day. "Today's massacres in Nablus and Gaza are only the continuation of
Israel's long criminal history which is replete with human rights violations," AL Assistant
Secretary General Mohamed Sobeih said in a statement carried by Egypt's MENA news agency.
The pan-Arab bloc also called for collective legal actions against the Jewish country.
"The international community is required to support Arab League and Palestinian National
Authority efforts to hold a meeting in Geneva to discuss Israel's violations of the Fourth Geneva Convention," added Sobeih.
The Fourth Geneva Convention, for the protection of civilians in time of war, is one of the four treaties of the Geneva Conventions. It was adopted in 1949.
On Saturday predawn, an Israeli warplane fired one missile at four Palestinians who were
trying to infiltrate into Israel through the security fence between northern Gaza Strip and Israel.
Three were killed and one survived, according to an Israeli army spokesman and Palestinian
witnesses.
In a separate incident earlier on Saturday, the Israeli troops invaded the northern West
Bank city of Nablus and killed three activists affiliated to Fatah's armed wing al-Aqsa Martyrs
Brigades.
The current Israeli military escalation against the Palestinians in the West Bank and Gaza
coincides with the one year anniversary of the 22-day Israeli military offensive on the Hamas-
run Gaza Strip, which started in late December last year and left some 1,400 Palestinians killed.