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Tuesday, October 1, 2024
From the Liveblog of
Tuesday, October 1, 2024
UN Security Council schedules emergency meeting at request of Israel and France
Israeli Ambassador Danny Danon addresses an event on the sidelines of the UN General Assembly a United Nations headquarters in New York, September 22, 2024. (Angela Weiss/AFP)
UNITED NATIONS — The UN Security Council has scheduled an emergency meeting on the escalating situation in the Middle East for Wednesday at 10 a.m. local time, at the request of France and Israel.
Israel’s UN Ambassador Danny Danon says in a letter to the council that the Iranian ballistic missile attack on Israel “demonstrates that the charm offensive conducted by Iran and its new president is a mirage and the decision-making in Iran lies with the supreme leader and the Revolutionary Guards.”
He accuses Iran of trying to destroy Israel “with a ring of fire from seven fronts” and urges the Security Council to condemn the country and designate its Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps as a terrorist organization.
