The Proposed Resolution 'Calls for the Urgent Suspension of Hostilities to Allow Safe and Unhindered Humanitarian Access, and for Urgent Steps Towards a Sustainable Cessation of Hostilities.' Security Council Resolutions Are Legally Binding, but in Practice Many Parties Choose to Ignore Them
The U.S. and U.K. abstained because of the resolution’s failure to condemn Hamas’ terrorist attacks into Israel on Oct. 7, and Russia because of its failure to demand a humanitarian cease-fire, which Israel and the United States oppose.
At least 101 employees of the main United Nations agency working in the Palestinian territories have been killed in Gaza since October 7, the agency said Friday.
Roughly 12 children with cancer or blood disorders have been evacuated with their relatives from Gaza to Egypt and Jordan to continue their treatment safely, the World Health Organization said Friday.
US Secretary of State Antony Blinken gave one of his most direct condemnations yet of the mounting death toll in Gaza, saying "far too many Palestinians have been killed."