The United Nations Security Council will hold an emergency meeting on Sunday over Iran’s attack on Israel, a spokesperson for Malta, this month’s rotating president of the body, told media.
The meeting, scheduled for 8:00 pm GMT (11:00 pm Baghdad time), comes at the request of Israel.
“Iran has been the architect of instability for years, through Hamas, the Houthis, Hezbollah, and other proxies. But now it is standing front and center in its actions to fulfill its ambition to attack Israel,” Gilad Erdan, Israel’s ambassador to the UN, wrote in his letter calling on the Security Council to condemn Tehran.
“The gravity and volume of the attacks are unprecedented, and are a flagrant violation of Israel’s sovereignty, of international law, and of Security Council resolutions,” he said, adding that “Iran poses a direct threat to international peace.”
The Security Council in late March passed a resolution demanding an immediate ceasefire in the Israeli offensive on Gaza for the rest of the Islamic holy month of Ramadan, but Israel refused to comply.
