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Diplomats say UN Security Council to hold emergency meeting after deadly Rafah strike

General view of a UN Security Council meeting at UN headquarters in New York on April 17, 2024. (Charly Triballeau/AFP)
The UN Security Council has convened an emergency meeting for Tuesday, diplomats tell AFP, after an Israeli strike targeting two senior Hamas figures also reportedly killed dozens of Palestinians at a displaced persons camp in the southern Gaza city of Rafah.
The closed-door meeting was requested by Algeria, which is currently a non-permanent member of the council, diplomats say.
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