Libyan Prime Minister Abdul Hamid al-Dbeibeh announced from the Palestinian embassy in Tripoli on Monday that he had dismissed his foreign minister Naglaa al-Manqoush, who met with her Israeli counterpart Eli Cohen in Rome. 

Al-Dbeibeh arrived at the Palestinian embassy alongside several government ministers, where he expressed Libya's refusal to normalize relations with Israel, and his commitment to criminalizing any contact with official representatives. 

The Palestinian Foreign Ministry welcomed the announcement, adding that al-Dbeibeh affirmed his support for the Palestinian struggle to achieve their "full rights" and the establishment of independent state with Jerusalem as its capital. 

Manqoush and Cohen met last week under the auspices of the Italian foreign minister to reportedly discuss the establishment of ties between the two countries and the possibility of Israel providing humanitarian assistance to Libya.

Once the news of the meeting broke, Libyan people took to the streets to protest any ties with Israel, prompting officials both from Libya's UN-backed government and its competing authority to denounce the meeting.