Food and items stalls are arrange by distributors exterior the burnt-out ruins of the UN company, The United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees within the Near East (UNRWA) constructing (L), within the Jabalia refugee camp, within the northern Gaza Strip.
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The U.N. Security Council on June 10 accepted its first decision endorsing a cease-fire plan aimed toward ending the eight-month Israel-Hamas battle in Gaza.
The vote on the U.S.-sponsored decision was 14-0, with Russia abstaining.
The decision welcomes a cease-fire proposal introduced by President Joe Biden that the United States says Israel has accepted. It calls on Hamas, which initially stated it considered the proposal “positively,” to just accept the three-phase plan.
It urges Israel and Hamas “to fully implement its terms without delay and without condition.”
The battle was sparked by Hamas’ shock Oct. 7 assault in southern Israel that killed about 1,200 individuals, primarily Israeli civilians, and noticed about 250 others taken hostage. About 120 hostages stay, with 43 pronounced useless.
Israel’s army offensive has killed greater than 36,700 Palestinians and wounded in extra of 83,000 others, in keeping with the Gaza Health Ministry. It has additionally destroyed about 80% of Gaza’s buildings, in keeping with the U.N.
The Security Council adopted a decision on March 25 demanding a humanitarian cease-fire in Gaza throughout the Muslim holy month of Ramadan which ended April 9, with the U.S. abstaining. But there was no halt to the battle.
Source: www.thehindu.com
