The Arab League has called on the United Nations to impose a no-fly zone over Gaza and lift an Israeli siege of the territory. In a statement, after the meeting of the Arab League's permanent delegates chaired by Oman, the group called on the U.N. to convene its Security Council to discuss the alleged Israeli aggression in the Gaza Strip on an urgent basis to stop its siege and impose a no-fly rule on the Israeli military to protect civilians in the Gaza Strip. The Arab League's appeal has come after a flare-up of violence that is stoking fears of a wider escalation.