UN warns of 'uncontainable crisis' as clashes between Israelis and Palestinians claim more than 200 lives

The heaviest exchange of fire in years, sparked by unrest in Jerusalem, has killed 197 in Gaza since Monday, along with 10 in Israel, according to authorities on both sides.

Palestinians evacuate children, women, and the elderly from under the rubble of their destroyed home after an Israeli air raid on Gaza City, on 16 May. Source: NurPhoto via Getty Images

Israeli strikes killed 42 Palestinians in the Gaza Strip on Sunday, the worst daily toll yet in almost a week of deadly clashes, as the UN Security Council met amid global alarm at the escalating conflict.

UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres pleaded for an immediate end to the "utterly appalling" violence and warned of an "uncontainable security and humanitarian crisis".

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