i think miss cole decarlo for a briefing, and i'll give you the flow to miss lisa dalton, us. thank you mister president, members of the security council. here we are again, an aftermath of yet another horrendous episode and this brutal war and gaza. like under secretary general, the carlo were deeply horrified by the strike on alta by him school in under raj, by his really forces. on saturday, the school sheltering several 100 displays families, many of whom had moved there because of recent evacuation orders. and the strike was conducted during don prayers. initial report suggest this was one of the deadliest attacks on a school sheltering displaced people since the start of this conflict, tragically, this is far from an isolated incident. indeed, such attacks appear to be occurring with increasing frequency. the most recent and the incidents include 3 schools hit within 48 hours between $3.00 and $4.00 august and 2 schools hit on 8 august all and gaza city without being on saturday. the latest such attack. according to o h. c, a char. this has at least the 21st strike on a

decarlo for her briefing. mr. president, distinguished members of the council, we request this urgent meeting at attend the council today to address a matter of grave importance and urgency, one that threatens the national peace and security and challenges the very principle of which this esteemed body was founded. as we address it our letter to you today, mr. president, the assassination of ismail haniyeh, the political chief of the islamic resistant movement hamas and great leader of the palestinian people legitimated the struggle for self-determination as the result of an aggressive act of terrorism by zionist occupying regime of israel. mr. haniyeh, who was in tehran on an official invitation to attend the inauguration ceremony of the new president and with the presence of leaders of many foreign countries was targeted alongside his companion and his -- in his residence in tehran at 2:00 a.m. local time. this act of terror is just another manifestation of israel indicating terrorism and sabotaging palestinians

thank you also and the secretary general decarlo and director dalton for here. very so bring briefing, we continue to support the united nations vital. i'll be a difficult to implement humanitarian efforts in gaza. the united states is deeply concerned about reports of civilian casualties following the august 10th stripe by the adf on the compound in gaza. that included a school and a mosque, sheltering desperate displaced people, including women and children. we have raised our concerns with israel, and while they indicated they were targeting senior senior officials from us and palestinian jihad, they have an obligation to do everything possible under international humanitarian law to protect civilians. we more in every civilian lost in this horrific incident. and in this conflict, but this much, we do know and must be acknowledged from us, continues together and continues to operate out of schools with no regard for the wellbeing of civilians. israel has a right to pursue from us. israel has a right to respond to threats, but how it does that matters. we've s

i now give the floor to misses rosa decarlo. >> mr. president, members of the security council, once again the council is holding emergency meeting to discuss alarming developments in the middle east. this is just a little over week after i briefed on the houthi attack on tel aviv and israel's strike and response. earlier today, we all saw the news that ismail haniyeh, the leader of hamas's political bureau, was killed together with a bodyguard in tehran. mr. ismail haniyeh had been in toronto at the invitation of the government of the islamic republic of iran to attend the inauguration of the new president. in a letter to the security council president today, iran accused israel of carrying out an attack that killed mr. ismail haniyeh and claimed it was a serious infringement of israel's sovereignty and territorial integrity and a blatant violation of international law. iran's supreme leader and other senior officials have vowed to avenge mr. haniyeh's death , warning israel of, and i quote, harsh punishment intended to instill deep r