Lest we forget the/another key world risk event going on right now

Following an emergency meeting of the UN Security Council last night a UN spokesman said that the UN chief was travelling to the region today (Saturday) to meet with officials from both sides to secure a “lasting resolution”.

Speaking to press, the UN’s Under-Secretary-General for Political Affairs Jeffrey Feltman said that

The Secretary-General is extremely concerned that this escalation will further increase the already appalling death toll among Gazan civilians.

The UK’s Independent newspaper has more here