UN Security Council to hold emergency session over Israeli decision to occupy Gaza

NEW YORK, Aug. 09 (YPA) – The United Nations Security Council is set to hold an emergency session today following the Israeli occupation government’s decision to fully occupy the Gaza Strip and forcibly displace nearly one million Palestinians from Gaza City and northern Gaza to the south.

Palestine’s permanent observer to the United Nations, Riyad Mansour, said the Security Council session will take place Saturday at 3 p.m. New York time. This follows his meeting with the President of the Security Council, consultations among council members, and the meeting of the Council of Arab Ambassadors called for by Palestine.

Mansour held a press conference in which he highlighted the measures being pursued by Palestine at this important international forum, under the directives of President Mahmoud Abbas and the Palestinian leadership, aimed at blocking the implementation of Netanyahu’s government’s decision to occupy Gaza.

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