Summary
The Arab League has called on the international community to end Israeli air strikes on Gaza and to protect Palestinians, ahead of a foreign ministers' meeting later Monday.
The Israeli campaign was launched in response to rocket fire from Gaza.
The Arab League meeting comes amid intense international efforts to broker a truce, and with Abbas seeking U.N. intervention.
Ties between Cairo and Hamas, the Palestinian Islamist movement, have worsened since Egypt's military ousted president Mohammad Morsi last July.
A Hamas official said the militant Islamist movement, the main power in Gaza since 2007, has said it would not agree to a ceasefire without gaining terms.
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