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Algeria will present a draft resolution in the UN Security Council calling for an immediate ceasefire in the Gaza Strip. The council held an emergency meeting on Tuesday, following a deadly airstrike by Israel near Rafah in the southern Gaza Strip on Sunday. The emergency meeting was requested by Algeria and supported by Slovenia. Algeria’s resolution calls for an immediate end to the military offensive and a ceasefire in the Gaza Strip, according to the draft made available to dpa. Palestinian militant organization Hamas is also called upon to release all hostages. Several diplomats told dpa …