MIDDLE EAST CRISIS LIVE: Security Council holds emergency meeting on collapse of Gaza health system

The UN Security Council is due to meet in emergency session at 10am in New York on the collapse of health services in Gaza. The meeting was called by Algeria, the leading voice for the Arab world on the Council which has just taken the gavel as president for the month of January. The UN health chief Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus is due to brief ambassadors alongside High Commissioner for Human Rights Volker Turk. App users can follow here.

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MIDDLE EAST CRISIS LIVE: Security Council holds emergency meeting on collapse of Gaza health system

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