DUBAI, May 16 — The Organisation of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) today had called for an immediate halt to what it described as Israel's barbaric attacks on Gaza and blamed "systematic crimes" against the Palestinians for hostilities now in their seventh day.

SHAH ALAM, May 16 — A group of senior journalists in Malaysia condemning the atrocities perpetrated by the Israeli military in Gaza has urged Israeli journalists and global organisations to strongly condemn the act and had also called for an immediate end to the assault.

TEL AVIV/GAZA, Aug 28 — Israeli aircraft and tanks struck Hamas facilities in Gaza on Friday and militants fired half a dozen rockets towards southern Israel, the military said, as mediators work for calm along the volatile frontier.