UNSC schedules meeting to discuss Israeli strike on Gazan school for August 13

World August 12, 17:57

A diplomatic source at the Security Council earlier said Algeria had requested a council meeting on the issue

UNITED NATIONS, August 12. /TASS/. The UN Security Council will hold a meeting to discuss the recent Israeli strike on the Gazan Al-Taba'een school on Tuesday, Slovenian envoy Samuel Zbogar told reporters.

A diplomatic source at the Security Council earlier said Algeria had requested a council meeting on the issue.

"We will hold a Security Council meeting tomorrow afternoon," Zbogar said in response to a question on the subject.

The Israel Defense Forces said on August 10 that it fired three precision munitions at a "Hamas operational command center housed inside a mosque in the Al-Taba'een school compound." At least 93 people, including 11 children and six women, were killed in the shelling, according to the Palestinian enclave's civil defense service.

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