CAIRO: The international community was urged on Saturday to call on Israel to cease its attacks and provocative actions against the Palestinian people.

Egyptian Foreign Minister Sameh Shoukry called on the UN Security Council to 鈥渦phold its responsibility鈥� and 鈥減ut measures in place to protect Palestinian rights.鈥�

President Abdel Fattah El-Sisi warned of a 鈥渧icious cycle鈥� of violence.

El-Sisi received a call from French President Emmanuel Macron, the Egyptian presidency said, and the two discussed 鈥渃oordinating efforts to stop the escalation in the Gaza Strip between the Palestinian and Israeli sides.鈥�

El-Sisi鈥檚 spokesman said he 鈥渨arned against the danger of the situation deteriorating and sliding into more violence, the worsening of humanitarian conditions in Gaza and the region entering into a vicious cycle of tensions threatening regional stability and security.鈥�

The Foreign Ministry had appealed to 鈥渂oth the Palestinian and Israeli sides to exercise the highest degrees of restraint.鈥�

Shoukry made a series of calls, including to his counterparts in Russia, Turkiye, Germany, France, and Spain, to rally 鈥渋nternational actors鈥� to 鈥渋ntervene immediately.鈥�

In a call with Jordan鈥檚 Foreign Minister Ayman Safadi, both men 鈥渆xpressed their deep concern about the progressive and dangerous deterioration of events.鈥�

In a separate statement, Safadi warned of the 鈥渧olatility鈥� of the situation, 鈥減articularly in light of what cities and areas of the West Bank are witnessing of Israeli attacks and violations against the Palestinian people.鈥�

Shoukry also called UAE Foreign Minister Sheikh Abdullah bin Zayed to discuss 鈥渢he gravity of the current situation and the need to make every effort to prevent the security situation from getting out of control.鈥�

In a call with EU foreign policy chief Josep Borrell, Shoukry stressed the 鈥渋mportance of stopping the escalation and all sides exercising restraint.鈥�

A Foreign Ministry statement said that Shoukry and Russia鈥檚 Sergei Lavrov stressed 鈥渢he need for an immediate stop to the escalations鈥� ahead of Sunday鈥檚 emergency UN Security Council meeting.

Cairo called on the international community to 鈥渦rge Israel to stop the attacks and provocative actions against the Palestinian people and to adhere to the principles of international humanitarian law with regard to the responsibilities of an occupying state.鈥�

A Turkish Foreign Ministry source said that Turkish Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan held phone calls with his Qatari, Saudi, Egyptian, Palestinian, and Iranian counterparts to discuss the conflict between Israeli forces and Pales.

Earlier, Turkiye鈥檚 Foreign Ministry said Ankara was in close contact with all parties and stood ready to help de-escalate the situation.