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From the Liveblog of
Tuesday, October 17, 2023
From the Liveblog of
Tuesday, October 17, 2023
UAE, Russia call for emergency UN Security Council meeting on Gaza
Jacob Magid is The Times of Israel's US bureau chief
Russian President Vladimir Putin, right, and President of the United Arab Emirates Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan, talk to each other during their meeting in St. Petersburg, Russia, Oct. 11, 2022. (Pavel Bednyakov, Sputnik, Kremlin Pool Photo via AP)
The UAE and Russia have called for an emergency UN Security Council meeting on the Israeli-Palestinian conflict tomorrow following the blast on a hospital in Gaza City, which is believed to have killed hundreds of Palestinians, a spokesperson for the UAE’s UN mission says.
The IDF has said that Palestinian Islamic Jihad was responsible for firing an errant rocket that struck the hospital, while Hamas has blamed Israel.
