United Arab Emirates Proposes UN Security Council Emergency Session To Discuss Situation In Gaza

JAKARTA - The United Arab Emirates (UAE) on Saturday 28 October requested an emergency meeting of the United Nations Security Council (DK PBB) to discuss the situation in the Gaza Strip in connection with the expansion of Israel's ground attacks in the enclave.

The UAE has requested an emergency UN DK meeting to be held as soon as possible given Israel's announcement that it is "expanding ground operations" in Gaza," a UAE mission spokesman for the United Nations Shahad Matar said on social media X, quoted from Antara, Sunday, October 29.

The UAE is a non-permanent member of the Security Council for the period 2022-2023.

The UAE Foreign Ministry condemned Israel's ground operations in Gaza on Saturday morning local time and voiced deep concern over Israel's military escalation.

The statement reaffirmed UAE's insistence on immediately carrying out a ceasefire to ensure that civilians and civilian institutions were not targeted.

Gaza has been the target of Israel's relentless airstrikes since Hamas launched a surprise attack on October 7.

The Palestinian group launched Operation Hurricane Al-Aqsa a massive attack on Israel, using various methods, including rocket launches, land, sea, and air infiltration.

Israel retaliated against the attack with persistent airstrikes, which intensified its intensity on Friday night as they began to carry out ground attacks amid the blackout of total telecommunications and internet networks in Gaza.

At least 7,703 Palestinians, including 3,595 children, have been killed in Israeli attacks, while the death toll in Israel has reached more than 1,400.

As many as 2.3 million Gazans are also facing food, water and medicine shortages due to an Israeli blockade in the region.

Few humanitarian aids have managed to enter Gaza since the opening of the Rafah crossing on the Gaza-Egyptian border last weekend.