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SECURITY COUNCIL LIVE: Gaza ceasefire is ‘increasingly fragile’, UN warns

A group of Palestinian children and adults stand behind a chain-link fence at a UNICEF-supported nutrition screening point in Khan Yunis, southern Gaza Strip.
© UNICEF/Eyad El Baba Children wait at a UN-supported malnutrition treatment centre in Khan Younis, southern Gaza.

SECURITY COUNCIL LIVE: Gaza ceasefire is ‘increasingly fragile’, UN warns

Peace and Security

The Security Council turns again to the Middle East crisis in New York on Tuesday, with debate focusing on the fragile Gaza ceasefire, a worsening humanitarian crisis there and efforts to advance a US-backed peace plan.UN senior political affairs official Khaled Khiari warned of increasingly dire conditions in Gaza and the West Bank, while former UK Prime Minister and US-led Board of Peace member, Tony Blair, said the council needs to mobilise funds for recovery at this “pivotal juncture”. You can follow all the UN's meetings coverage here but follow live and in-depth updates below. 

Broadcast of the Security Council session.