Sputnik news agency reported that Russia will request a new Security Council meeting on the Palestinian-Israeli conflict.

The agency quoted Russia's Deputy Permanent Representative to the United Nations, Dmiter Polyansky, as saying: "We will certainly hold a new session of the Security Council."

Last Tuesday, the Security Council failed to pass a Russian draft resolution that called for a humanitarian truce in the Gaza Strip, after America, Britain, and France used their veto power against the draft.