Israel bombed the home of Hamas's chief in Gaza as hostilities stretched into a seventh day. The United Nations Security Council is due to meet on Sunday to discuss ways to restore calm
With no sign of an end to the worst outbreak of Israeli-Palestinian violence in years the United Nations Security Council was due to meet later on Sunday to discuss the hostilities.
"These are moments of horror that no one can describe. Like an earthquake hit the area," said Mahmoud Hmaid, a father of seven who was helping with the rescue efforts. Many of the rockets have been intercepted by an Israeli anti-missile system while some have fallen short of the border. U.N. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres reminded all sides on Saturday that "that any indiscriminate targeting of civilian and media structures violates international law and must be avoided at all costs,” U.N. spokesman Stephane Dujarric said in a statement.
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