Moreover, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, the President of Libya's Presidential Council, Mohamed Al-Manfi, Pakistan's caretaker prime minister, Anwarul Haq Kakar, and Malaysian PM Anwar Ibrahim also arrived in Riyadh for the summit.
The protesters, rallying against the existence of the Jewish state, set fire to an Israeli flag at Columbus Circle, chanted anti-Israel slogans, and splattered fake blood on the New York Times building during their march through Manhattan.
Israel's Permanent Representative to the United Nations, Gilad Erdan, lambasted the United Nations Security Council for failing to condemn the October 7 Hamas terror attacks and the slaughter of unarmed civilians.
US President Joe Biden is set to meet Chinese counterpart Xi Jinping next Wednesday in the San Francisco Bay Area, CNN reported citing senior US administration officials.
In his opening remarks at the Saudi-African Summit, he said, "We stress the necessity of stopping this war and forced displacement and creating the conditions for the return of stability and peace."
Following the attack on the Shifa hospital in Gaza, the Israel Defence Forces said that the Hamas terror group misfired a projectile that was aimed at IDF troops operating in the vicinity.
Israel and Hamas are currently negotiating two hostage release proposals, one involving a small number of people to be released, and the other involves the release of 100 or more civilians held in Gaza, as per the officials, The New York Times reported.
The Israel Defence Forces (IDF) on Saturday said that the 401st Brigade has eliminated approximately 150 terrorists and taken control over Hamas's strongholds in northern Gaza.
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu responded to French President Emmanuel Macron's call for Israel to stop attacking the civilians in Gaza, said that Hamas is responsible for these deaths, and not Israel, The Times of Israel reported.
The Israeli government is considering shutting down the activities of the Hezbollah-affiliated, Beirut-based Al Mayadeen TV news channel in the country, according to Hebrew media reports.