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Security Council Meets on Gaza Fighting

Wednesday, 7 January 2009, 1:16 pm
Press Release: United Nations

Security Council Meets on Gaza Fighting, Ban Renews Ceasefire Call

New York, Jan 6 2009 6:10PM

The Security Council convened on the Israel-Hamas conflict in Gaza this evening, with Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon warning that today’s deadly Israeli shelling of United Nations schools where hundreds of Gazans had sought refuge made a ceasefire more urgent than ever.

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