UN envoy urges de-escalation in "imploding" Gaza

Riyad Mansour (R front), Permanent Observer of Palestine to the United Nations, addresses a meeting of the Security Council, at the UN headquarters in New York, Oct. 18, 2018. UN Special Coordinator for the Middle East Peace Process Nickolay Mladenov on Thursday warned Gaza is "imploding" with its economic, humanitarian, security and political indicators continuing to deteriorate. (Xinhua/Li Muzi)