Tirumurti stressed the need to immediately resume direct peace talks and commitment to a two-state solution.
UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres also expressed grave concern “by the serious escalations in the Occupied Palestinian Territory and Israel, including the latest escalation in Gaza, which add to the heightened tensions and violence in occupied East Jerusalem.”
He said he is deeply saddened to learn of the increasingly large numbers of casualties, including children, from Israeli airstrikes in Gaza, and of Israeli fatalities from rockets launched from Gaza.
“The Secretary-General’s thoughts are with the families of the victims. Israeli security forces must exercise maximum restraint and calibrate their use of force. The indiscriminate launching of rockets and mortars towards Israeli population centres is unacceptable,” a statement issued by his spokesperson said.
India deeply concerned at violence in Jerusalem s Temple Mount, evictions in Sheikh Jarrah & Silwan
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Last Updated: May 12, 2021, 11:06 AM IST
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At least 31 persons were killed in spiralling violence till 9 p.m. (local time) on Tuesday as Gaza-based militants fired hundreds of rockets on Israel since Monday evening. Israel has carried out hundreds of airstrikes at Hamas and Islamic Jihad targets in the coastal strip.
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Israeli police clash with Palestinians at the compound that houses Al-Aqsa Mosque in Jerusalem
Amid escalating tensions between Israel and Palestinian militants, India has expressed deep concern at clashes and violence in Jerusalem s Temple Mount as well as over evictions in Sheikh Jarrah and Silwan neighbourhoods and called on both sides to avoid changing the status-quo on the ground.
The United Nations
The UN Special Coordinator for the Middle East Peace Process has called on all sides to deescalate the situation in the Occupied Palestinian Territory, amid reports that dozens of people were killed in air strikes and rocket attacks.
“Stop the fire immediately. We’re escalating towards a full scale war”, Tor Wennesland said in a post on Twitter.
Stop the fire immediately. We’re escalating towards a full scale war. Leaders on all sides have to take the responsibility of deescalation. The cost of war in Gaza is devastating & is being paid by ordinary people. UN is working w/ all sides to restore calm. Stop the violence now
Tensions could escalate to full-scale war, UN Middle East envoy warns
United Nations
12 May 2021, 20:21 GMT+10
The UN Special Coordinator for the Middle East Peace Process added his voice to calls for calm in the Occupied Palestinian Territory late on Tuesday, warning that the situation is escalating towards a full-scale war , amid continuing air strikes and rocket attacks. Stop the fire immediately. We re escalating towards a full scale war , Tor Wennesland said in a post.
According the UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA), as of 5 pm Tuesday (local time) at least 28 people, including 10 children, were reported to have been killed in Gaza in Israeli airstrikes, and two women were killed in Israel as a result of rockets fired from Gaza. Many more are said to be injured on both sides.
UNITED NATIONS, May 12: Amid escalating tensions between Israel and Palestinian militants, India has expressed deep concern at clashes and violence in Jerusalem’s Temple Mount as well as over evictions in Sheikh Jarrah and Silwan neighbourhoods and called on both sides to avoid changing the status-quo on the ground.
India’s Permanent Representative to the UN Ambassador T S Tirumurti tweeted that in the UN Security Council meeting on Tuesday on the escalation in East Jerusalem, he said that India is “deeply concerned at clashes & violence in Haram Al Sharif/Temple Mount” and “equally concerned about evictions in Sheikh Jarrah & Silwan neighbourhoods.”