The United Nations' Security Council held an emergency meeting on Gaza this morning in New York.
The death toll in Gaza climbed to at least 90 on Monday as Israel continued to strike targets within the Palestinian enclave and UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon headed to Egypt to attempt to secure a ceasefire, RIA Novosti reports.
Plumes of smoke rose across Gaza as Israel pummeled the city of 1.7 million from sea and air for a sixth straight day in response to a surge in Palestinian rocket fire earlier this month.
Gaza’s Health Ministry said 91 Palestinians, many of them women and children, had been killed since Israel’s military campaign began on November 14. The Israeli Defense Forces put the figure at 95, with one third of the dead civilians.
Gaza health officials said 25 people have been killed so far on Monday, including three children.
