Algeria calls on Security Council for emergency meeting on Palestine

NEW YORK, Sept. 04 (YPA) – Algeria called for an emergency meeting of the UN Security Council to discuss the situation in the West Bank and Gaza Strip in light of the Israeli occupation forces’ escalation of their military operations there.

“This meeting is expected to be programmed (held and called for) by the Slovenian Presidency of the Security Council before the end of the week, in light of the continuation of the brutal security campaign against the West Bank, which has claimed the lives of nearly 700 civilians, including more than 150 children, since last October.”

The brutal security campaign caused hundreds of millions of dollars in damage to infrastructure as the Israeli occupation forces continued their crimes against the Palestinians in the Gaza Strip, raising the death toll to approximately 41,000 dead.

Algeria’s call came in coordination with the mission of the State of Palestine to the United Nations in New York.

It is expected that this meeting will allow Security Council members to affirm their support for an immediate ceasefire in Gaza and renew their commitment to the principle of the two-state solution as the only way to achieve lasting and just peace in the Middle East.

YPA