UAE asks UN Security Council to meet on Gaza: ‘As soon as possible’

Israel-Hamas War: The 15-member council could meet as early as Sunday, diplomats said.

The United Arab Emirates asked the United Nations Security Council on Saturday to meet "as soon as possible" following Israel's expanded ground operations in Gaza and the disconnection of telecommunications networks, diplomats said.

Israel-Hamas War: Israeli army soldiers sit atop a tracked vehicle at a position in the upper Galilee region of northern Israel. (AFP)

The 15-member council could meet as early as Sunday, diplomats said, and the UAE has asked for U.N. aid chief Martin Griffiths and Philippe Lazzarini, the head of the U.N. agency providing aid to Palestinians (UNRWA), to brief.