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Gaza Strip: UN calls for immediate and unconditional truce - Death toll over 1.000

Gaza Strip: UN calls for immediate and unconditional truce - Death toll over 1.000

The UN Security Council has called for an "immediate and unconditional humanitarian ceasefire" in Gaza.

An emergency session, held in New York, adopted unanimously a statement, calling for a truce over the Muslim holiday of Eid al-Fitr "and beyond".

On Sunday Israel and Palestinian militants continued their offensives despite a 24-hour ceasefire announced by Hamas.

More than 1,030 Palestinians - three out of four civilians - and 43 Israeli soldiers as well as two Israeli civilians have been killed.