US calls emergency UN meeting over Gaza mortar attacks on Israel
US calls emergency UN meeting over Gaza mortar attacks on Israel
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Washington D.C. [USA], May 30 (NT): The United States on Tuesday called for an emergency United Nations Security Council (UNSC) meeting to talk about the current mortar shelling fired from Gaza into Israel.

The meeting is programmed to be held on Wednesday afternoon, according a statement from the US mission to the UN.

The emergency meeting has been called after US ambassador to the UN- Nikki Haley criticized the Palestinians for the rocket attacks, naming them "militants", as The Hill reported.

"The recent attacks out of Gaza are the largest we have seen since 2014. Mortars fired by Palestinian militants hit civilian infrastructure, including a kindergarten."

Worth mention here at least five people were injured after rockets were reportedly fired in the yard of an empty kindergarten near the Gaza Border on Tuesday as ANI reported.

"The Security Council should be outraged and respond to this latest bout of violence directed at innocent Israeli civilians, and the Palestinian leadership needs to be held accountable for what they're allowing to happen in Gaza," Haley further asserted.

It should be noted that Approximately 70 rockets and mortars were reportedly fired by the Hamas and other terrorist wings towards Israel on Tuesday morning.

The Israeli military issued a statement that told this was the "biggest rocket and mortar attack launched from Gaza since 2014."

 

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