Extracts: This was the second emergency meeting of the UN Security Council in less than a week on the situation in Gaza
Israel wanted to talk about the six captives who were discovered dead in Gaza over the weekend
Algeria wanted to talk about violations of international human rights law in the West Bank
But the overarching sentiment from members of the UN Security Council was frustration Frustration that the ceasefire they endorsed in resolution 2735 three months ago has yet to be accepted by Israel
A ceasefire that called for the release of the captives as well as the withdrawal of Israeli forces from all of Gaza
The United States said diplomacy takes time
Other council members, like Guyana and Slovenia, said more needs to be done to bring this conflict to an end and threatened to take further action if progress isn’t seen
The UN Security Council (UNSC) convened after the Israeli military recovered the bodies of six captives from Gaza
Palestine’s UN envoy urged an end to Israel’s apartheid, unlawful killings and ethnic cleansing of Palestinians while the Israeli envoy called on the UNSC to condemn Hamas
