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Brazil, which currently holds the rotating presidency of the UN Security Council, called a Friday meeting of the body to discuss the ongoing conflict between Israel and Hamas, its foreign affairs ministry said Wednesday...
Brazilian Foreign Affairs Minister Mauro Vieira has interrupted an Asia trip to travel 'to New York to participate in a meeting of the United Nations Security Council, called by Brazil... to address the situation in the Gaza Strip,' the Ministry said in a statement...
Brazil previously called an emergency meeting of the Security Council on Sunday, the day after Hamas launched a surprise attack on Israel...
As Israel pounded Hamas targets in the Gaza Strip, a densely populated enclave of 2.3 million people, in response, the death toll there has also reached 1,200 people, including a high number of civilians, according to Palestinian authorities...
Earlier on Wednesday, Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva called for urgent international action to protect both Palestinian and Israeli civilians, especially children...
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