UN Security Council calls emergency meeting on Gaza escalation

Jacob Magid is The Times of Israel's US bureau chief

The UN Security Council will convene for an emergency session tomorrow to discuss the latest escalation in the Gaza Strip, two diplomats representing countries on the panel tell The Times of Israel.

This will be the fourth emergency session held to discuss the Israeli-Palestinian conflict since the establishment of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s hardline government less than five months ago. The Security Council has also held four of its mandated monthly meetings on the conflict during that same period.

Wednesday’s meeting will take place behind closed doors at 3 p.m. It was requested by the United Arab Emirates, China and France, the diplomats say.

Council members will be briefed on the security escalation by the UN’s Mideast envoy Tor Wennesland, but no resolution is expected at the conclusion of the meeting, the diplomats add.

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