In the time immediately surrounding the vote, Israel killed at least 15 Palestinians in Gaza, including children.

As the UN Security Council passed a binding U.S.-sponsored resolution calling for an immediate ceasefire in Gaza on Monday, Israel continued to slaughter Palestinians in Gaza — despite U.S. officials’ insistence that the ceasefire is backed by Israeli officials.

Hamas officials have said that they accept the resolution and look forward to negotiating details like how many Palestinian prisoners will be released, Reuters reports, citing senior Hamas official Sami Abu Zuhri. Zuhri added that it is up to the U.S. to decide whether or not it will put proper pressure on Israel to abide by the plan.

In response to President Joe Biden’s announcement of the U.S.’s three-phase ceasefire agreement at the end of May, Netanyahu said that a ceasefire was a “non-starter” until Gaza “no longer poses a threat to Israel.”

Further undermining U.S. officials’ claims that Israel agrees to the ceasefire resolution is the fact that Israel has continued shelling Gaza and killing Palestinians in the time around and after the vote.

The Gaza health ministry reported on Tuesday that Israel had killed 40 Palestinians and wounded 120 in the previous 24 hours, while video posted online showed Israel shelling tents in a supposed safe zone in central Gaza on Tuesday.

  • @mlg@lemmy.worldEnglish
    6•19 days ago

    Aside from the irony, it honestly wouldn’t be a bad idea to setup a demarc zone with US troops, similar to how Russia placed one in Azerbaijan and Armenia.

    It would at least for the time being ensure the ceasefire actually holds, instead of expecting Israel not to break their “assurances” for the nth time.

    • Flying SquidMEnglish
      2•18 days ago

      If I were Grand Poobah, the entire area would be a special UN administrative zone until something equitable could be worked out between Israelis and Palestinians, no matter how long that took.

      I would also be in favor of the original plan of making Jerusalem such a city permanently.

      • @mlg@lemmy.worldEnglish
        3•19 days ago

        Bruh I only mentioned Russia because it was a recent event, they just happened to play the intermediary.

        It could be literally any other neutral country because its just a DMZ.