A masked Palestinian stands next to a burning tyre during clashes with Israeli troops in the West Bank village of Khobar near Ramallah, July 22, 2017. REUTERS/Mohamad Torokman

 

LONDON: Sweden, France, and Egypt have requested an urgent meeting of the United Nations Security Council to discuss ways to address the deadliest outbreak of Israeli-Palestinian violence for years, a Swedish diplomat said on Saturday.

"Sweden, France & Egypt request #UNSC to urgently discuss how calls for de-escalation in #Jerusalem can be supported," Carl Skau, the country's ambassador to the Security Council, said on Twitter.

Skau then tweeted three hours later, "Important statement by #Quartet Envoys on volatile situation in #Jerusalem."