New York – Algeria on Monday called for an urgent meeting of the UN Security Council on recent developments in the West Bank and Gaza Strip. The call was made in coordination with the Permanent Mission of the State of Palestine to the United Nations in New York, amid rising concerns over the intensified operations by Zionist occupation forces in the West Bank and the ongoing genocide against the Palestinian people in Gaza.
The meeting, set to take place by the Slovenian presidency of the Security Council before the end of the week, comes as the severe military campaign against the West Bank continues. Since last October, the violence has claimed nearly 700 civilian lives, including over 150 children, and caused hundreds of millions of dollars in infrastructure damage. Meanwhile, Zionist forces continue their brutal assaults on Palestinians in Gaza, pushing the death toll to almost 41,000.
This urgent meeting aims to give Security Council members the opportunity to reaffirm their support for an immediate ceasefire in Gaza and to renew their commitment to the two-state solution as the only path to a lasting and just peace in the Middle East. The Council is also expected to condemn the actions of the Zionist occupation authorities, which threaten to undermine any hope of establishing a Palestinian state and deny the Palestinian people their historical rights.
