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UN Security Council passes resolution demanding Gaza ceasefire
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https://news.sky.com/story/un-security-council-passes-resolution-demanding-gaza-ceasefire-13101682
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The resolution also demanded the immediate, unconditional release of all hostages - not linked to a timeline - and “emphasises the urgent need to expand the flow of humanitarian assistance to… the Gaza Strip”.
After the vote, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu cancelled a planned visit to Washington by a delegation as “the US withdrew from its consistent position in the security council”.
The Israeli delegation was to present White House officials with plans for an expected ground invasion of the strategic Gaza town of Rafah, where more than one million Palestinian civilians have sought shelter from the war.
Emphasising that her country’s support for the objectives “is not simply rhetorical,” Ms Thomas-Greenfield said that the US “is working around the clock to make them real on the ground, through diplomacy”.
She also said a ceasefire could have come “months ago” had Hamas been ready to release the hostages, accusing the group of throwing roadblocks in the path of peace.
The US had vetoed three previous resolutions demanding a ceasefire in Gaza, the most recent a measure backed by the 22-nation Arab Group at the UN on 20 February.
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