Voting 12-0, with the US, UK and Russia abstaining, the UN Security Council passes a resolution calling for “humanitarian pause” in Gaza.
Russia-backed ceasefire bid fails.
Palestinian ambassador to the UN Riyad Mansour says UN Security Council resolution approving a humanitarian pause did not condemn Israeli “indiscriminate attacks” that killed more than 11,000 Palestinians, including some 5,000 children.
On the other hand, Israel rejects the resolution.
Human Rights Watch (HRW) said the UN Security Council resolution calling for “urgent and extended humanitarian pauses and corridors throughout the Gaza Strip” should be a “wake-up call” for Israel.
“That the US finally stopped paralyzing the Security Council on Israel and Palestine so this resolution on the plight of children in Gaza could move forward should be a wake-up call to Israeli authorities,” HRW’s UN director Louis Charbonneau said.
“Global concern, even among [Israel’s] allies, is strong,” he said.
Omar Shakir, HRW’s Israel and Palestine director, said the “world must act to prevent further mass atrocities”.
With the United States, United Kingdom and Russia abstaining, the UN Security Council passes resolution calling for extended humanitarian pauses in Gaza, but calls for a ceasefire remain unheeded, reports Al Jazeera.
Israeli forces launch another raid at the al-Shifa medical complex in Gaza City on Thursday, according to a doctor inside the hospital, as Hamas rejects claims of weapons being uncovered during hours-long raid on Wednesday.
Israeli forces launched another raid at al-Shifa Hospital in Gaza City, entering from the southern part of the medical complex in the early hours of Thursday.
Palestinian Foreign Ministry warns against Israel’s ‘misleading fabrications’ about al-Shifa, where thousands are taking shelter.
Meanwhile, Mustafa Barghouti, general secretary of the Palestinian National Initiative, says what has been happening at al-Shifa Hospital is “the mother of all scandals”.
Qatar calls for international investigation into Israeli raid on al-Shifa Hospital.
Two dozen US lawmakers, including New York Representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, call for a ceasefire in a letter to US President Joe Biden and Secretary of State Antony Blinken.
More than 11,300 Palestinians have been killed in Israeli strikes on Gaza since October 7. In Israel, the official death toll from Hamas’s attacks stands at more than 1,200.
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