UN Security Council To Meet Over Gaza Conflict

Axios reports:

The United Nations Security Council was preparing to meet Sunday, as the aerial bombardment between Israel and Hamas between entered a seventh day.

Four Palestinians died in airstrikes early Sunday, as Israeli forces bombed the home of Gaza’s Hamas chief, Yehya al-Sinwar, per Reuters.

t least 149 people have died in Gaza and 10 others in Israel since the fighting erupted last Monday — including 41 Palestinian children and two Israeli children.

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The situation in #Gaza keeps worsening for civilians. Over 100 killed, more than a thousand injured, hundreds of homes destroyed.

Governments meeting today at the UN Security Council must put civilian life over politics and demand immediate ceasefire.https://t.co/g1p09m2tg4

— NRC MiddleEast (@NRC_MiddleEast) May 16, 2021