CAIRO, Egypt.- The Arab Ministers of Foreign Affairs agreed on an extraordinary meeting to be held in Cairo, the Egyptian capital, to discuss the aggression of Israeli forces on the Palestinian people in the Gaza Strip.

The Deputy Secretary-General of the Arab League, Hosam Zaki, indicated that the scheduled meeting was requested by Saudi Arabia and is destined to react against the illegal decision taken by the United States to move its embassy to Jerusalem.

Secretary-General Aboul Gheit also condemned the massacre carried out by Israel in the Gaza Strip and requested that the International Criminal Court open an investigation.

Some 60 Palestinians were killed and more than two thousand people were injured during the protests for the American Embassy´s opening in Jerusalem.