Israeli Trade kicked

DOHA - Qatar ordered the closure of Israel's trade office in Doha over the Jewish state's war on Gaza, Qatar's official news agency reported on Sunday, citing a foreign ministry official.

"The ministry has summoned the head of Israel's trade office in Doha and gave him an official memorandum of Qatar's decision to close the bureau," the agency quoted the official as saying.

Qatar, previously the only Gulf Arab state with Israeli trade ties, said officials working at the Jewish state's trade office, open since 1996, have seven days to leave the country.

Qatar and Mauritania decided on Friday to "suspend" their relations with Israel at an Arab summit in Doha called to discuss the Israeli onslaught on Gaza, a Mauritanian diplomat told AFP.

Israel declared a unilateral ceasefire at 2.00 am (0000 GMT) on Sunday to end its 22-day-long air and ground campaign launched in response to Gaza militants for firing rockets into the Jewish state.

Israeli man slaughtered at least 1300 innocent civilians people on the pretext of mortar attacks, including more than 400 children, wounded another 5,300, and left much of the impoverished Hamas-ruled territory in ruins.