2023-12-12 05:09:52
Taking over from the paralyzed Security Council, the UN General Assembly on Tuesday overwhelmingly demanded “an immediate humanitarian ceasefire” in Gaza, a non-binding text intended to put pressure on Israel and its American ally.
The resolution was adopted by 153 votes in favor, 10 against (including Israel and the United States), and 23 abstentions from 193 member states, while an American amendment wanted to add a condemnation of the “abominable terrorist attacks by Hamas” of the 7 October was rejected.
Joe Biden on Tuesday criticized the Israeli government in an unprecedented way for its opposition to “a two-state solution” and warned of an erosion of international support because of the bombings “blind” of Gaza.”There is no doubt about the need to suppress Hamas“, the American president said during a reception in Washington intended to raise funds for his re-election campaign. About Benjamin Netanyahu, the 81-year-old Democrat said: “He’s a good friend but he needs to change“, or “this government in Israel makes it very difficult for it to change“, according to a transcript of his remarks provided by the White House.
The Israeli army, for its part, announced Tuesday in a press release that it had recovered the bodies of two hostages in the Gaza Strip during a military operation. “During an operation in Gaza, the bodies of hostages Eden Zakaria and (soldier) Ziv Dado were discovered and brought back to Israel“, states this press release, without immediately specifying when this operation took place.
On the ground, the Israeli army on Tuesday further intensified its offensive against Hamas in the besieged Gaza Strip, where the civilian population lives.hell on earth“, according to a UN official, and is trying to escape the bombs in humanitarian conditions that are more desperate every day. Ground fighting accompanied by deadly airstrikes are raging particularly in the area of Khan Younes, the large city in the south, where hundreds of thousands of civilians had taken refuge after fleeing the war in northern Gaza.
In the northern Gaza Strip, the Hamas health ministry said the army launched an attack on the Kamal Adwan hospital in Beit Lahiya on Tuesday, after “besieged and bombarded” for several days. This hospital houses 3,000 displaced people, according to its director. The maternity ward was affected by the fighting which killed two mothers, the UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) announced on Monday.
In Jenin, in the occupied West Bank, Israeli forces killed six Palestinians on Tuesday, according to the Palestinian Ministry of Health.
Taking over after another failure of the paralyzed Security Council, the UN General Assembly is due to vote on a resolution demanding “an immediate humanitarian ceasefire“in the Palestinian territory, a text which has every chance of passing but is not binding.
Follow the situation live below.
1702529103
#Direct #IsraelGaza #War #General #Assembly #calls #humanitarian #ceasefire #reread #direct