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UN envoy: 'Cycle of violence needs to end'

Nickolay Mladenov, UN Special Coordinator for the Middle East Peace Process, gave a summary of the situation unfolding on the Gaza Strip at a special session of the UN Security Council. 

He used his address to condemn the actions of Israelis killing unarmed civilians in the buffer zone and the placement of improvised explosive devices by Hamas on the Gaza fence.

Mladenov also raised concerns about the prospect of the situation in Gaza leading to further instability in the region.