Arab League convenes on Gaza siege

An emergency meeting of the Arab League (AL) council started on Monday to discuss the continued Zionist regime's raids and siege on the Gaza Strip, the Egyptian official MENA news agency reported.

The meeting at the level of permanent delegates was presided by the Algerian Ambassador to the AL Abdel Qader Hajjar and attended by AL Secretary General Amr Moussa, said the report.

The meeting of the Cairo-based Arab bloc is set to hammer out a comprehensive Arab plan including political and diplomatic steps on facing the regime's strikes on Gaza which have murdered at least 37 Palestinians.

Earlier on Monday, Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak urged the Zionist regime to stop its military operations and siege on Gaza which have caused not only Palestinian lives but also escalated humanitarian crisis in the Palestinian territories.

The main power station that supplies Gaza electricity completely stopped on Sunday night due to fuel shortage.

The usurper Zionist regime on Thursday tightened a closure that has been imposed on Gaza since mid June last year.

All crossings leading to Gaza have been closed down.

Since Thursday, the regime has been barring fuels and basic food products from reaching the coast strip.