Speakers in Security Council Raise Alarm over Perilous State of Life in Gaza, Unprecedented Israeli Settler Violence, Expansion across West Bank

Speakers in Security Council Raise Alarm over Perilous State of Life in Gaza, Unprecedented Israeli Settler Violence, Expansion across West Bank

Meeting shortly after the third anniversary of the attacks by Hamas and other Palestinian armed groups on Israel, followed by devastating — and ongoing — Israeli military operations in Gaza, the Security Council today heard about the perilous state of life on the Strip, unchecked violence in the West Bank and a two-State solution on the brink, at the organ’s quarterly open debate on the Palestinian question.