Israel-Gaza war: Russia calls for immediate ceasefire at UNSC meeting

The United Nations Security Council has been meeting behind closed doors on the war between Israel and Gaza.

Russia and Brazil have both put forward draft resolutions to deal with the crisis.

The Russian draft resolution that was circulated

during a two-and-a-half-hour closed-door UN Security Council meeting is really the first draft by any of the

Security Council members since this conflict began. The Brazilian draft resolution strongly condemns Hamas and its attack last Saturday, while urging Israel to rescind its order for Palestinian civilians to evacuate from northern Gaza.

It comes as the UN Secretary-General says the conflict has reached a 'dangerous new low'.

Al Jazeera's Shihab Rattansi reports from the United Nations headquarters in New York.

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