The diplomat warned of a war scenario on the ground by urging the UN Security Council (UNSC) to analyze this case as top priority.

This is an attack over more than two million Palestinians in the Gaza Strip; therefore, it is a matter for UNSC, Mansour insisted.

Brazilian Ambassador to UN Mauro Vieira, on the other hand, stated that UNSC has a crucial responsibility in this conflict.

“Brazil believes that the UNSC must act ahead of a nearly unprecedented escalation of violence and an unfolding humanitarian catastrophe,” Vieira added on behalf of his nation.

The responsibility encompasses both the immediate response to the unfolding humanitarian crisis and at later stages when intensified multilateral efforts will be needed to restore a peace process, Vieira stressed.

“Neither Israelis nor Palestinians should have to endure similar suffering ever again,” Vieira added.

Russian Ambassador Vasily Nebenzya, on the other hand, called Israel’s attacks as unacceptable.

“Israel’s collective punishment actions towards Palestinians in Gaza as well as its demands to evacuate more than one million civilians in 24 hours and concentrate them to the south are also unacceptable and may have irreversible catastrophic consequences, regionally and globally,” Nebenzya said.

Over 423,000 Palestinians fled their homes in the overpopulated region after seven days of bombardment, according to the UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs, but the figure could be higher in the complex scenario.

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