UNSC adopts US-drafted resolution on Gaza ceasefire

KABUL (Pajhwok): The United Nations Security Council (UNSC) on Monday adopted a US-drafted resolution supporting a ceasefire plan in Gaza, according to a media report on Tuesday.

This comes as Washington leads an intense diplomatic campaign to push Hamas to accept the proposal.

The text — passed with 14 votes in favour and Russia abstaining — “welcomes” the truce and hostage release proposal announced on May 31 by President Joe Biden, and urges “parties to fully implement its terms without delay and without condition.”

The resolution says Israel has accepted the truce plan, and “calls upon Hamas to also accept it”.

Hamas in a statement, referring to its demands that include a permanent ceasefire in Gaza and a complete withdrawal of Israeli forces from the territory said it “welcomes the Security Council resolution … (and) would like to reaffirm its readiness to cooperate with the brother mediators to enter into indirect negotiations regarding the implementation of these principles”.

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