by Middle East Eye News Staff at Middle East Eye
The UN Security Council passed a resolution on Monday calling for an “immediate ceasefire” in Gaza for the remainder of the Muslim holy month of Ramadan, after the United States abstained from the vote, declining to veto it.
The resolution, which was backed by 14 nations except the US, also called for the release of all Israeli captives held in Gaza and “the urgent need to expand the flow” of aid into the besieged enclave.
Amar Bendjama, Algeria’s ambassador to the UN and a sponsor of the resolution, welcomed the breakthrough and said the Security Council was “finally shouldering its responsibility as the primary organ responsible for maintaining international peace and security”.
“This bloodbath has continued for far too long,” he said.
Monday’s vote came as Israeli leaders continued to reiterate their intent to press on…
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