Egypt condemned on Sunday Israeli military attacks in the West Bank which led to the murder and injury of scores of Palestinians over the past few days. In a statement, the Foreign Ministry denounced repeated Israeli attempts to expand scope of confrontations inside the Palestinian territories, including the West Bank and east Jerusalem as well as its excessive use of force, destruction of infrastructure and arrests which are accompanied by and torture operations. Egypt warned that such violations should not be left unaccountable and that Israel, as an occupying force, must abide by legal obligations and protect Palestinian residents instead of its continued attempts to fuel up the conflict. It renewed warning of hazards of the scorched earth policy adopted by Israel to undermine future Palestinian state, torpedo remaining hope of Palestinians to restore their legitimate rights and establish their own independent state within 1967 borders with East Jerusalem as its capital. Egypt called on the influential parties in the international community and the UN Security Council to take a firm stance to end such illegal practices and provide a protection to the Palestinians. Source: State Information Service Egypt