Secretary-General of the Organization of Islamic Conference (OIC) Eklemeddin Ihsanoglu called the Executive Committee at the foreign minister level for an emergency meeting over IsraelÂ’s massacres in Palestine. According to the written declaration by the OIC, Palestinian leader Mahmoud Abbas sent a letter to Ihsanoglu calling OIC foreign ministers for an emergency meeting in order to stop the violence in the country. Following his meetings with the relative parties, Ihsanoglu announced AbbasÂ’s call to all member countries yesterday. On Thursday, Abbas received a phone call from Ihsanoglu, who asked Abbas to encourage Palestine to remain in integrity and union toward the outer world. Meanwhile, Palestinians crowded a funeral ceremony for the 18 civilians, mostly women and children, killed in an Israeli artillery attack on Beit Hanoun.