US seeks urgent UN meeting on Gaza rocket attack
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The United States has called for an emergency meeting of the UN Security Council after Gaza militants fired dozens of rockets and mortar shells into southern Israeli, wounding three soldiers.
The US Mission to the United Nations said it expects the meeting to take place Wednesday afternoon.
US Ambassador Nikki Haley said the Security Council "should be outraged and respond" to the largest attacks out of Gaza since 2014, which she said are "directed at innocent Israeli civilians."
Haley said "the Palestinian leadership needs to be held accountable for what they're allowing to happen in Gaza."
The sudden firing of dozens of mortars and rockets follows weeks of mass Palestinian protests along the Gaza border with Israel. Over 110 Palestinians, many of them unarmed protesters, have been killed by Israeli fire. Israel says it holds Gaza's Hamas rulers responsible for the bloodshed.
Israel's UN Ambassador Danny Danon called on the Security Council and UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres to "strongly condemn Hamas and hold the terrorist organization accountable for these latest attacks."
