The U.N. Security Council emerged from an emergency session late Sunday on the worsening situation in Gaza, expressing “serious concern” about the nearly two weeks of fighting between Israel and the Islamist Hamas group that has cost more than 400 lives.
UN Security Council Calls for Immediate Gaza Cease-fire
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Palestinians standing next to a damaged wall watch rescuers searching for bodies and survivors under the rubble of an apartment building that was destroyed by an Israeli missile strike, in Gaza City, July 21, 2014.
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Israelis take cover as a siren sounds during a rocket attack fired by Palestinian militants from Gaza, in Tel Aviv, Israel, July 21, 2014.
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President Barack Obama, right, and French President Francois Hollande place flowers at the Bataclan, site of one of the Paris terrorists attacks, to pay respects after arriving in town for the COP21 climate change conference in Paris.
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An Israeli armored personnel carrier advances as smoke rises from the Gaza Strip, July 20, 2014.