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Monday, July 21, 2014
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Monday, July 21, 2014
UN Security Council to meet on Gaza in coming hours
Add ToI as a Preferred Source on GoogleThe United Nations Security Council will hold an emergency meeting in the coming hours on the situation in Gaza, where Gaza officials say the Palestinian death toll passed 100 in a single day.
Diplomats say the meeting was requested by council member Jordan, following a call by Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas.
Abbas said earlier that “what the occupation forces did today in Shejaiya is a crime against humanity,” referring to an hours-long Israeli assault near Gaza City that Gaza sources say has claimed 62 Palestinian lives and wounded another 250.
“Those who committed it will not go unpunished,” Abbas added.
The Israeli army says 13 soldiers were killed in Gaza fighting on Sunday.
–AFP
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