CAIRO: Egypt summoned the ambassadors of the UN Security Council s five permanent members on Sunday in protest at its delay in passing a resolution for an end to Israel s onslaught on Gaza, the foreign ministry said.

Egypt, one of two Arab nations to have signed peace treaties with the Jewish state, had called Israel s invasion of Gaza ugly… aggression and accused the Security Council of failing to intervene quickly to end the crisis.

The ambassadors were summoned to express Egypt s displeasure with the council not adopting a binding resolution for Israel to stop its aggression on Gaza, a ministry statement said.

On Saturday, Egyptian Foreign Minister Ahmed Aboul Gheit said that Israel had interpreted the Security Council s delay as a green light to invade Gaza. -AFP