UN Security Council set to vote on resolution for ceasefire in Gaza

A resolution proposed by the United Arab Emirates demanding a “immediate humanitarian ceasefire in Gaza” will be presented to a vote by the UN Security Council.

It occurs two days after UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres utilised a seldom-used authority to refer “any matter which…may threaten the maintenance of international peace” to the council.

The US is anticipated to vote against the resolution since it has continuously rejected demands for a ceasefire from around the world.

However, US Secretary of State Antony Blinken has called on Israel to take further steps to safeguard civilians, citing a “gap” between its declarations and the actual situation.

Six Palestinians have been murdered in an Israeli raid on the al-Fara refugee camp, according to the Palestinian health ministry in the occupied West Bank. In October, Hamas invaded Israel, killing 1,200 people and capturing 240 hostages, some of whom were freed during a brief ceasefire.
According to Hamas sources in Gaza, Israel’s retaliatory campaign has killed over 17,177 Palestinians, about 7,000 of them were minors.

Gilad Erdan, Israel’s UN envoy, has categorically rejected calls for a ceasefire.

He sent a message to the UN saying that “Hamas is forgiven for their deliberate atrocities” and that “a ceasefire cements Hamas’s control of Gaza”.

Additionally, Erdan declared that the “international community has given the green light” to Hamas’s abuse of Gazans.

“Without the military pressure applied on Hamas no amount of diplomacy can secure the release of hostages,” he stated.

BBC