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Saturday, October 7, 2023
UN Security Council to hold emergency meeting amid Hamas attack on Israel
A general view of a United Nations security council meeting at the United Nations headquarters in New York City on March 20, 2023. (Ed Jones/AFP)
The United Nations Security Council will hold an emergency meeting on Sunday on the violence in the Middle East, the body said in a statement issued after deadly attacks by Hamas terrorists on Israel.
The council will convene Sunday at 3:00 p.m. local time (1900 GMT) to discuss “the situation in the Middle East, including the Palestinian question,” according to a statement.
The meeting will be closed to the press and public.
