Cairo/London — The Arab League, Britain, Ireland many other countries on Tuesday called for an independent probe into the massacre of Palestinians by trigger-happy Israeli troops on Monday.

The Arab League’s Permanent Committee on Human Rights on Tuesday urged the International Criminal Court prosecutor to urgently investigate “the crimes of the Israeli occupation” against Palestinians.

Britain also called on Tuesday for an investigation after Israeli troops shot dead scores of Palestinians on the Gaza border.

“Israel is an oppressive and murderous entity and its politicians and officers must be taken to the International Criminal Court,” Amjad Shamout, Arab League’s Permanent Committee on Human Rights chairman, said in a statement.

The Arab League will hold emergency talks Wednesday to discuss what it has called Washington’s “illegal” relocation of its embassy to the disputed city.

In London, junior British foreign office minister Alistair Burt told parliament, “There should be an investigation into this. The United Kingdom has been clear in calling for urgently a need to establish the facts of what happened, including why such a volume of live fire was used ...”

“There are different forms of inquiry that are possible through the United Nations and we have to find the right formula, but it is important to find out all the facts.”

In Dublin, Ireland summoned Israel’s ambassador to Dublin Zeev Boker on Tuesday to protest after Israeli forces killed 59 Palestinians.

Foreign Minister Simon Coveney “summoned the Israeli ambassador to Ireland... to express Ireland’s shock and dismay at the level of death and injury yesterday on the Gaza Strip,” the ministry said in a statement.

“The ambassador has been informed of Irish demands for an independent international investigation into yesterday’s deaths led by the UN,” it added.

French President Emmanuel Macron condemned the “violence of the Israeli armed forces against the protesters” while EU foreign policy chief Federica Mogherini said “we expect all to act with utmost restraint to avoid further loss of life”. — Agencies

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan accused Israel of “state terror” and “genocide”.

Turkey also said it was recalling its ambassadors to the United States and Israel “for consultations”, while South Africa recalled its ambassador to Israel “until further notice”.

The Kremlin on Tuesday urged countries to avoid action that might inflame tensions in the Middle East and expressed deep concern after Israeli forces killed scores of Palestinians.

“From the very beginning, Moscow expressed concern that actions by the United States could provoke tensions in the Middle East,” Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said.

“Unfortunately, that is exactly what happened.”

The Kremlin is monitoring the situation on the Gaza border closely, Peskov added, saying the death of many dozens of Palestianias “can only elicit the deepest concern”.

Palestinians on Tuesday marked the Nakba, or “catastrophe”, commemorating the more than 700,000 Palestinians who fled or were expelled in the 1948 war surrounding Israel’s creation.