UN Security Council meets over Middle East escalations

FILE - The U.N. Security Council meets at the organization's headquarters, July 13, 2023. It heard on July 31, 2024, an Iranian appeal for considering sanctions against Israel in the killing of Hamas political chief Ismail Haniyeh in Tehran. Iranian protesters wave Iranian, Palestinian and Hezbollah flags in a demonstration to condemn the killing of Hamas leader Ismail Haniyeh, at Felestin (Palestine) Square in Tehran, Iran, July 31, 2024. A supporter of the Islamist Hamas movement carries her son, who holds a toy machine gun, during a protest in the southern port city of Sidon, Lebanon, July 31, 2024, to condemn the killing of Hamas political chief Ismail Haniyeh.

Iran and Israel each appealed to the U.N. Security Council on Wednesday to strongly condemn the other for recent deadly attacks. The council called for calm in a region it fears is sliding toward a wider war.