Saudi Arabia and other Muslim and Arab countries called on Saturday to immediately end military operations in the Gaza Strip.

The final communique of the summit of the Arab League and the Organization of Islamic Cooperation held in Riyadh states that the members of the two international organizations “refuse to characterize this war as legitimate defense or to justify him under any pretext”.

The summit condemned “Israel’s aggression in the Gaza Strip, war crimes and barbaric and inhumane massacres by the occupying government”. The communiqué calls for ending the siege of Gaza, allowing humanitarian aid to enter the enclave and stop arms exports to Israel.

In their final communique, Muslim leaders urged the International Criminal Court to investigate “war crimes and crimes against humanity committed by Israel” in the Palestinian territories.

The leaders also called on the UN Security Council to adopt one “decisive and binding resolution” so as to put an end to the Israeli “aggression” in Gaza. Anyone who refuses to support it “encourages Israel to continue its brutal attack that kills innocents (…) and turns Gaza into ruins.”

Saudi Foreign Minister Prince Faisal bin Farhan said on Saturday night that any talks on the future of Gaza could only be about an immediate ceasefire in the enclave.

“The only future (that can be discussed) and this is the united stand of the Arabs, is the immediate ceasefire,” he said at a press conference he gave after the conclusion of the extraordinary session of the Arab League and the Organization of Islamic Cooperation, in Riyadh.

Saudi Arabia and other Muslim and Arab countries have called for an immediate end to military operations in the Gaza Strip, rejecting Israel’s argument that it is acting in “legitimate self-defense.”

Dozens of leaders participated in Saturday’s session, including its presidents Iran’s Ibrahim Raisi, Turkey’s Recep Tayyip Erdogan, Syria’s Bashar al-Assad and Qatar’s Emir Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad al-Thani.

Faisal bin Farhan denounced the “two standards” in the reactions of some countries to the war. “We observe this policy of two standards and two standards (…) I am talking about the countries that (…) turn a blind eye to Israel’s non-compliance with international law,” said the Saudi minister.