The UN Security Council wanted to get the focus back on Gaza

 

I think a lot of focus has been on Lebanon in recent days and weeks.

But clearly, as that’s happening, Israel continues its daily bombardment of Gaza, particularly now in the north, and that’s why this meeting was called.

We heard the briefing from Philippe Lazzarini, the head of UNRWA, who pointed out that while so many Palestinians are struggling to survive every day, there are certainly going to be long-term effects.

He pointed out that 650,000 Palestinian children in Gaza have been out of school for a year now because those schools have been turned into shelters.

Many of those school-turned-shelters have been bombed by Israel.

So this is having long-term implications for Palestinian children for years to come.