17 May 2021

UN Security Council meeting over Israel-Palestine

From Morning Report, 7:20 am on 17 May 2021

On Sunday an Israeli airstrike in Gaza killed more than two dozen people in the deadliest day in the conflict this week.

The air strike levelled a 13-storey building hosting a number of media offices, including the Gaza bureaus of Al Jazeera television and the Associated Press.

Gaza's health ministry says more than 180 people have died so far. Israeli authorities have reported 10 fatalities.

Philippa Tolley spoke to Jerusalem BBC correspondent Paul Adams.