The opposition group calls on all Arabs to take a decisive stand against the siege that has been “suffocating the lives of the people in Gaza”

Major Egyptian political party, the Muslim Brotherhood (MB), hailed the Egyptian army's support for a peaceful popular revolution, urging the country's Supreme Council of the Armed Forces to recognize the desire of Egyptians for ending the siege of Gaza,

According to a Thursday statement published by the organization's official English website Ikhwanweb, the opposition group called on all Arabs to take a decisive stand against the siege that has been “suffocating the lives of the people in Gaza.”

Egypt's ousted regime under Hosni Mubarak served the interests of Israel by assisting and keeping silent on the killing of Gazans, the statement by the MB said.

Now that the Arab world is getting rid of their US-backed authoritarian regimes in recent popular revolutions, the time has come for Egypt's ruling government to help Arab brothers in Gaza, the group said.

Egyptian Foreign Minister Nabil Elaraby has reportedly warned Israel against launching a military operation in Gaza.

Meanwhile, Israel has not allowed a cement convoy, sent by the International Egyptian Federation, to enter the Gaza Strip through Egypt's Rafah border crossing, although the Egyptian organization had received a permit to travel to Gaza via Rafah border.