The United Nations Security Council (unsc) has met behind closed doors in an emergency session amid the war between israel and gaza but failed to achieve the agreement needed for a joint statement.

At least 1,100 people have already reportedly been killed since Hamas, the Palestinian group that controls the blockaded Gaza strip, launched an assault on Israeli towns on Saturday and took hundreds of people hostage.

Israel retaliated by declaring a state of war and pounding densely-populated Gaza, killing hundreds of people.