In response to the planned Security Council meeting in regards to the escalating violence in the south, Israeli Ambassador to the UN Danny Danon said:
"We will not accept a call on both sides to exercise restraint. There is a side that attacks and fires 400 missiles at a civilian population and there is a side that protects its citizens. "
"Any member of the Security Council should ask themselves how they would respond after a barrage of missiles on their country," the ambassador added