Baku. Rufat Ahmadzadeh – APA. The UN Security Council has called for "an immediate and unconditional humanitarian ceasefire" in the Gaza war between Israel and Hamas at an emergency meeting, APA reports quoting Al Jazeera.
The council met just after midnight on Monday morning as Muslims started celebrating the Eid al-Fitr holiday marking the end of the fasting month of Ramadan.
The pressure for a ceasefire followed new attacks launched by Israel and Hamas on Sunday despite going back and forth over proposals for another temporary halt to nearly three weeks of fighting.
A 12-hour lull on Saturday, agreed to by both sides following intense US and UN mediation efforts, could not be sustained.
The 20-day war has killed more than 1,031 Palestinians, mainly civilians, according to the Palestinian Health Ministry.
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