Egypt on Saturday condemned the public execution in a Libyan football stadium of one of its nationals, reportedly by jihadists, and urged the international community to help restore security there.

An Islamist armed group carried out a videotaped execution of the Egyptian man in a stadium in Derna in the east, in what Amnesty said Friday highlighted Libya's descent into lawlessness.

The former spokesman for Egypt's deposed Islamist president Mohammed Morsi faces trial for allegedly helping an ex-premier try to flee to Sudan, a judicial source said on Saturday.

Yasser Ali, who was arrested in Cairo in December, is accused of aiding a "convicted man sought by the judicial authorities", a reference to Islamist former prime minister Hisham Qandil.

An Egyptian court sentenced five men to death on Saturday for the murder in January of a policeman on duty at a church just outside Cairo.

The men were convicted of shooting to death the officer and were also accused of forming a terrorist cell and planning attacks against the police and the army.

Israel pounded Gaza on Saturday with scores of air strikes, killing 10 Palestinians, mostly women and children, and bringing down an 12-story apartment building as Egypt called for new truce talks.

Since a previous round of frantic Egyptian diplomacy collapsed last Tuesday, shattering nine days of calm, 86 Palestinians and a four-year-old Israeli boy have been killed in the violence.

An Islamist armed group carried out a videotaped execution of an Egyptian man in a football stadium in Libya, in what Amnesty said Friday highlighted the country's descent into lawlessness.

The video of the execution in the eastern city of Derna was posted on social media websites, including YouTube.

Iran plans to send aid to the beleaguered Gaza Strip after Egypt said it would allow the shipment to enter the Palestinian territory, an Iranian diplomatic source said on Friday.

The official IRNA news agency said Cairo had agreed to transfer humanitarian aid bound for the coastal enclave, citing a foreign ministry source in Tehran.

Serial African club title winners Al-Ahly of Egypt are among six sides chasing three CAF Confederation Cup semi-finals places this weekend.

The other hopefuls include Zambians Nkana, Ivorians Sewe San Pedro, Tunisians Etoile Sahel, Congolese AC Leopards and Malians Real Bamako.

A collision between two coaches servicing the Egyptian Red Sea resort of Sharm el-Sheikh killed 33 people on Friday, a health ministry official said.

Two Saudis and a Ukrainian woman were among 41 people injured in the accident, 50 kilometers (30 miles) from Sharm, the official said.

Britain, France and Germany have launched a fresh bid at the U.N. to end six weeks of violence in Gaza, after Israeli warplanes killed three top Hamas commanders, inflicting a heavy blow on the movement's armed wing.

The European initiative on Thursday came as fighting flared on the ground and an Egyptian-led effort to broker peace talks teetered on the verge of collapse.

Three Al-Jazeera journalists jailed by Egypt for alleged ties with Islamists filed appeals Thursday against their convictions, their network said in a statement.