Egypt, Sweden, and France have all called upon the UN Security Council to address the latest round of Israeli-Palestinian violence in Jerusalem, Reuters reports. Eight Palestinians have reportedly been killed in a spat of violence over Israel’s recent restrictions on access to Al Aqsa Mosque. Arab League officials are also urging Israel to calm the situation.

This comes as Egypt may open the Rafah border crossing with Gaza by late August as part of a three-way agreement between Hamas, Fatah, and Egypt, exiled Fatah leader Mohammed Dahlan tells the Associated Press. Hamas will also set up a USD 100 mn power plant in Egypt, funded by the UAE, to supply the Gaza Strip with electricity. Egyptian officials stressed the agreements Egypt has reached with Hamas are solely humanitarian and not a political substitution for reconciliatory efforts between rival factions Hamas and Fatah, the head of Islamic Jihad’s media office Daoud Shihab told the Palestine News Network.