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UN Security Council meets on Gaza-Israel, but fails to agree on statement

Israel has pounded Gaza City with missiles in response to Hamas's surprise assault [Mahmud Hams/AFP]

The United Nations Security Council (UNSC) has met behind closed doors in an emergency session amid the war between Israel and Gaza but failed to achieve the unanimity needed for a joint statement.

At least 1,100 people have already been killed since Hamas, the Palestinian group that controls the blockaded Gaza Strip, launched an assault on Israeli towns on Saturday and took hundreds of people hostage.

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