UN Security Council to hold emergency session after Gaza hospital blast
Tel Aviv, Israel, October 18: The United Nations Security Council is scheduled to hold an emergency session on Wednesday following an explosion at a Gaza hospital that has set the Middle East on edge.
Russia and the United Arab Emirates called for an open meeting shortly after the explosion, in the courtyard of Al-Ahli Arab Hospital in Gaza City, which according to Hamas sources killed some 500 Palestinians.
The explosion rocked the hospital as Palestinian terrorists in Gaza fired heavy barrages of rockets at southern and central Israel. Alarms sounded in cities including Rishon Lezion, Petach Tikvah, Bnei Brak, Ramat Gan and Bat Yam.
The Israel Defense Forces released intercepted Hamas communications confirming the disaster was caused by a Palestinian Islamic Jihad rocket fired f...