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Protesters across the Middle East have held a second day of demonstrations against Israel's military assault on the Gaza Strip.
In the occupied West Bank, one protester was killed and at least two others critically injured by Israeli fire at a protest near Ramallah on Sunday.
In Yemen, tens of thousands of people gathered in and around a stadium in the capital, Sanaa, chanting anti-Israeli slogans and criticizing Arab leaders for failing to act.
"How long will the silence last? Arabs wake up!" read one banner.
The demonstration was backed by the ruling party, opposition groups and other organizations.
A few members of Jordan's parliament burned the Israeli flag under the parliament dome while in session on Sunday, after calling for the expulsion of the Israeli ambassador to Amman.
Action demanded
In Lebanon, hundreds of Lebanese and Palestinian refugees staged a sit-in near the United Nations office in central Beirut.
The protesters held banners calling on the global body to put pressure on Israel to end the attacks that have killed more than 280 people.
The protest was organized by the Lebanese-branch of the Muslim Gamaa group, along with Hamas and other groups. Lebanon is host to more than 400,000 Palestinian refugees living in 12 camps across the country.
Al Jazeera's Rula Amin, reporting from Beirut, said that people were demanding more decisive action from their leaders.
"From the people we have heard very critical remarks, not only against Israel, but also against Arab governments. Many were angry at the Egyptian government, they feel they needed to do more," she said.
'Firm stand'
The Hezbollah movement, which fought a 33-day war with Israel in 2006, has condemned the attacks as a "war crime and a genocide that requires immediate action from the international community and its institutions".
In a statement, the group called on Arab countries to "take a firm stand and exert its utmost efforts against the Israeli barbarism - which is covered by the US - and the international community to stop this ongoing massacre".
The Arab League will not meet to discuss a common response to the Israeli assault until a summit in Doha, Qatar, on January 2.
Arab foreign ministers were due to hold an emergency meeting on Sunday, but the meeting was postponed until Wednesday.
Amr Moussa, the Arab League secretary-general, said the delay was because many ministers were busy in separate meetings of two Arab regional groups - the Gulf Co-operation Council (GCC) and the Maghreb Union.
"The time worries us very much because of the delay in holding the ministerial meeting but we will not remain silent and consultations are continuing," he said.
The attack will, however, be discussed by the GCC, which on Saturday described the situation as "barbaric" and "ugly".
Protest attacked
Demonstrations also took place across Iraq.
Dozens of Palestinian refugees gathered in Baghdad's eastern Baladiyad neighborhood chanting anti-Israeli slogans and waving messages of support for Gaza.
Dalil al-Qasoos, the Palestinian ambassador to Iraq, said: "I'd like to say to my relatives and to my people in Gaza that Gaza will remain steadfast in the face of Americans and Zionists whatever the plots and conspiracies hatched by tyrants and arrogant enemies."
In Mosul, a suicide bomber blew himself up among a crowd of demonstrators killing at least four people and injuring 20 others, police said.
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Protesters demonstrate against the Israeli air strikes on Gaza, in Sanaa, December 28, 2008.
Al-Jazeera
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