The UN Security Council met behind closed doors Saturday night to consider a statement on the situation in Gaza after Israel launched a ground offensive, diplomatic sources said.
The council meeting was convened at the request of Libya, the only Arab nation in the 15-member UN body.
Earlier in the day, Riyad Mansour, the Palestinian observer to the United Nations, told reporters: "We expressed strong desire for the Security Council tonight to send a very strong message by adopting a presidential statement that would request or demand from Israel an immediate ceasefire."
UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon, shocked by the Israeli military move, has conveyed his "extreme concern and disappointment" to Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert.
Source:Xinhua
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