Saudi Arabia has urged the international community to hold Israel accountable for its blatant violations and crimes in the Gaza Strip and the occupied West Bank including East Jerusalem.

In a statement in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia's Foreign Ministry said a delegation of Arab Ministers and OIC led by Foreign Minister Prince Faisal bin Farhan will visit the capital of several permanent members of the UN Security Council to highlight the situation in Palestine.

According to China's state media, the delegation is in Beijing to discuss with Chinese leadership the much needed ceasefire in Gaza, the protection of civilians and a just settlement of the Palestinian issue.