The UN Security Council is expected to issue a communiqué in what will be its first response to the latest Zionist military offensives against the Gaza Strip.

The UN Security Council is expected to issue a communiqué in what will be its first response to the latest Zionist military offensives against the Gaza Strip, the council presidency said late Wednesday.

Hardeep Singh Puri, the Indian UN ambassador who holds the rotating council presidency for November, made the statement to the press at the end of a closed-door emergency council meeting.

“The communiqué is being translated into various UN working languages, including Arabic, Chinese, French and Russian,” he said, adding that its major content includes the expression of the facts.

"There wasn't any attempt to adopt a statement," Puri said of the closed council meeting. "We have a communiqué, and the communiqué will be available."

The Security Council invited representatives of Palestine and the Zionist entity at the closed-door meeting, and representatives of all the 15 council members also aired their views on the Zionist military offensives against the Gaza Strip, Puri said.

The meeting was convened to show "the urgency of this situation," Puri said, adding that he did not want to "speculate" on the specific council response to the Zionist military action, strongly condemned by the Palestinians and the Arab world.
The conflict between the entity of occupation and the Palestinian Resistance has been escalating in recent days.

The Zionist air force carried out several air strikes on Palestinian targets in Gaza and killed a Hamas military commander on Wednesday. A large number of enemy troops amassed along the border.

However, Puri, speaking in his national capacity, underlined the need for both the sides to "exercise maximum restraint" in order to avoid further deterioration of the situation.

"The violence has to stop," he said, adding that "We will monitor the situation" on the ground.