The situation in the Middle East, including the Palestinian question - Security Council, 9696th meeting

The situation in the Middle East, including the Palestinian question. Briefing Security Council in Wake of Hamas Leader Ismail Haniyeh's Killing in Tehran, Under-Secretary-General Calls for Regional De-escalation

• Categories: Meetings & Events / Security Council
• Video Length: 01:58:44
• Production Date: 31 July 2024
• Asset Language: Arabic; English; French; Russian; Spanish; Chinese; Original
• Personal Subject: ROSEMARY A. DICARLO; DMITRY A. POLYANSKIY
• Corporate Name: SECURITY COUNCIL
• Subject Topical: ARMED CONFLICTS; MIDDLE EAST SITUATION; ACCOUNTABILITY; CEASEFIRES; NEGOTIATION; PALESTINE QUESTION; PEACEMAKING; DEATH; POLITICAL VIOLENCE
• Geographic Subject: IRAN; ISRAEL; LEBANON; MIDDLE EAST; PALESTINE; GAZA
• MAMS Id: 3242387
• Parent Id: 3241885

Description

The Security Council met on short notice to consider the situation in the Middle East, and were briefed by Rosemary DiCarlo, Under-Secretary-General for Political and Peacebuilding Affairs, amid rising tensions in the Middle East. Alarmed by the killing of Hamas’ leader Ismail Haniyeh in Tehran, which comes on the heels of several recent escalatory events in the Middle East, the UN top political affairs official called today for diplomatic efforts to change the region’s trajectory towards peace and stability. Urging regional de-escalation, she said that “while violence continues unabated in Gaza after months of relentless diplomatic efforts, the situation across the Blue Line and inside Lebanon is on an increasingly worrying path”. In a tragic incident on 27 July, 12 children were killed, and dozens injured in an apparent strike by Hezbollah from Lebanon on a soccer field in the Druze village of Majdal Shams in the Golan Heights.

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