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While declaring its support for a ceasefire, the City Council attempted to strike a balance by calling for the violence to end on both sides of the Israel-Hamas war.
The resolution states that councilors recognize “Israel’s right to defend itself within the bounds of international law” and described the Hamas attacks of Oct. 7 that killed some 1,200 people as horrific.