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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Smoke rises in the air and flames spread across buildings after Israeli strikes in the Shijaiyah neighborhood, in Gaza City, July 20, 2014.
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Israeli soldiers of the Paratroopers Brigade mourn over the grave of Sgt. Bnaya Rubel during the funeral at the military cemetery in Holon, Israel, July 20, 2014.
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A Palestinian man carries a wounded boy to the emergency room of Shifa hospital in Gaza City, northern Gaza Strip, July 20, 2014.
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Israeli soldiers carry the coffin of Maj. Amotz Greenberg, 45, during his funeral in the Israeli city of Hod Hasharon, July 20, 2014.