The UN Security Council on Saturday evening, will meet in New York for private consultations to discuss the situation in the Middle East, the agency said, citing unnamed sources at the UN. This information, referring to the official announcement by the representative of the UN agency confirms France Presse.
As the source of the agency, consultations will begin at 22:00 local time (6:00 on Sunday in Moscow). As expected, they may decide to call an extraordinary meeting of the UN Security Council.
Writes newspaper The Jerusalem Post, according to latest figures, as a result of massive Israeli air force bombing of the Gaza Strip, launched on Saturday morning killed more than 230 people, among whom, according to some estimates, civilians, including children.
Hamas responded with rocket shelling of southern Israel, killing 58-year-old resident of the city Netivet Beberi Vankin.
A few hours ago, Israeli media have information that Israel has begun subtend infantry and armor to the border with the Gaza Strip, it is possible that they will take part in ground operations against militants of Hamas. According to the received from unnamed representatives of the Ministry of Defense, the operation, called "Cast lead, could take several weeks.
The main purpose of the operation, Defense Minister Ehud Barak called the cessation of terrorist activities by Hamas against Israeli civilians, including the cessation of rocket attacks on Israeli towns.
On Wednesday 31 December in Cairo, a meeting of Foreign Ministers of member countries of the Arab League, then on January 2, in the Qatari capital Doha will host the summit of the organization. Representatives of Arab states earlier recall, condemned the Israeli attack on Gaza.
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