Top UN Officials Work To Restore Calm Amid Escalating Violence In Gaza
Fahad Shabbir (@FahadShabbir) Published November 14, 2018 | 03:18 AM
UNITED NATIONS, (UrduPoint / Pakistan Point News - 14th Nov, 2018 ) ::UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres said on Tuesday said Tuesday he is closely following the explosive situation in Gaza after an Israeli raid and bombings against the Strip, while his Special Coordinator for the region, Nickolay Mladenov, works with all sides to try and restore calm.
Urging all parties to "exercise maximum restraint," Guterres noted that efforts to implement a ceasefire are ongoing in close collaboration with the Egyptian authorities, the main interlocutor between the Israeli Government and the Hamas group, which has controlled Gaza since 2006.
According to media reports, the latest violence erupted on Sunday evening when an Israeli special forces operation took place several miles into the Strip that resulted in the death of at least six Palestinians.
The Hamas forces reportedly responded with hundreds of rocket launches across the border, and Israeli forces continued the escalation by bombing several sites, including the Hamas-run television station Al-Aqsa tv.
A Palestinian from the occupied West Bank working in the southern Israeli city of Ashkelon was also reportedly killed by rocket fire.
The situation in the Gaza Strip has been extremely volatile since March when demonstrations started at the border fence to protest against Israel's longstanding blockade and the deteriorating living conditions in Gaza. Over 150 Palestinians have been killed by the Israeli security forces and more than 10,000 demonstrators have been wounded; half of them by live fire.
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