United Nations: UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has called for a unified Security Council over the ongoing Israeli-Palestinian conflict and regretted the lack of multilateralism.
"We would like to see member states put to action the ideals that we all have to live up to within this organisation," he added.
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With regard to the Security Council, he said the more unified the council is, the stronger its voice and the stronger its impact.
The Security Council on May 7 held a high-level debate on the need to uphold multilateralism and all council members came out in support of it.
Yet days later, the US, an ally of Israel, blocked the proposal for a Friday Security Council meeting, according to diplomats.
The Security Council later agreed on such a meeting on Sunday.
This week's violence in the Gaza Strip is the worst since 2014.
It came after weeks of rising Israeli-Palestinian tension in East Jerusalem, which culminated in clashes at a holy site revered by both Muslims and Jews.
Hamas, the militant group that rules Gaza, began firing rockets after warning Israel to withdraw from the site, triggering retaliatory air strikes.
About 1,800 have been fired at Israeli territory since Monday, and some 430 of them went down inside the strip.
So far, Israel has reported eight deaths due to the rockets out of Gaza.
The Health Ministry in the Gaza Strip says the Israeli response has resulted in 119 deaths and 830 injuries.
The last clash, in 2014, claimed the lives of 70 Israelis and 2,100 Palestinians.