The UN Security Council approved this Monday (10) a United States resolution on a ceasefire in the Gaza Strip.
Russia abstained from the vote, while the remaining 14 members of the body voted in favor. The USA finalized the document on Sunday (9) after six days of negotiations between the members.
Biden presented a three-phase ceasefire plan on May 31, which he described as an Israeli initiative. Some Security Council members questioned whether Israel had accepted the plan to end fighting in Gaza.
The resolution welcomes the new ceasefire proposal, “which Israel has accepted, calls on Hamas to also accept it, and urges both parties to fully implement its terms without delay and without conditions.”
“We are waiting for Hamas to agree to the ceasefire agreement that it claims to want,” US Ambassador to the UN Linda Thomas-Greenfield told the council before the vote.
“With each passing day, unnecessary suffering continues,” he added.
The resolution also details the proposal and clarifies that “if negotiations take more than six weeks to phase one, the ceasefire will continue as long as negotiations continue.”
The UN council in March demanded an immediate ceasefire and the unconditional release of all hostages held by Hamas.
For months, negotiators from the US, Egypt and Qatar have been trying to broker a ceasefire. Hamas says it wants a permanent end to the war in the Gaza Strip and an Israeli withdrawal from the Palestinian territory, which is home to 2.3 million people.
Israel is targeting Hamas, which rules Gaza, for an October 7 attack. More than 1,200 people were killed and more than 250 were taken hostage by Hamas on that date, according to Israeli counts. More than 100 hostages are believed to remain detained in Gaza.
Israel launched an air, land and sea attack on Palestinian territory, killing more than 36,000 people, according to Gaza health authorities.
Source: CNN Brasil
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