The UN Security Council will meet for a second straight day on Palestinian territories, this time focusing on Israel’s months-long assault on the occupied West Bank, Al Jazeera reports.

Yesterday’s UNSC meeting tackled the grim situation in onslaught-battered Gaza, with Russia’s deputy UN ambassador Dmitry Polyansky criticising Israeli leaders for not moving to phase two of the ceasefire deal.

Britain’s deputy ambassador, James Kariuki, condemned Israeli Defence Minister Israel Katz’s “warning of the total destruction of Gaza”, Al Jazeera added.