Photo: Israel Defense Forces paratroopers brigade operate within the Gaza Strip by Israel Defense Forces.
U.N. Security Council Urged to Convene Amid Mass Casualties in Gaza
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New York, N.Y. The Israeli assault on the Nuseirat camp has claimed the lives of hundreds and left numerous others wounded.
President Abbas is engaged in intensive communications with relevant Arab and international parties to convene this urgent session of the UN Security Council,” a statement posted to X by the Palestinian permanent observer mission to the U.N. said.
EU Diplomat Condemns Gaza ‘Bloodbath’ Following Israeli Rescue Operation
Israeli attacks in central Gaza killed scores of Palestinians, many of them civilians, on Saturday amid a special forces operation to free four hostages held there, with the death toll sparking international outrage.
At least 274 Palestinians were killed and 698 wounded in Israeli strikes on the Nuseirat refugee camp in central Gaza, Gaza’s health ministry said on Sunday. The Israeli military said its forces came under heavy fire during the daytime operation.
The EU’s top diplomat, Josep Borrell, called it a “massacre,” while the U.N.’s aid chief described in graphic detail scenes of “shredded bodies on the ground.”
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