Algeria is circulating a proposed UN Security Council resolution that would demand an immediate cease-fire in Gaza and order Israel to halt its military offensive in the southern city of Rafah immediately.
The draft resolution, obtained on Wednesday evening by The Associated Press, also demands that the cease-fire be respected by all parties. It also calls for the immediate release of all hostages taken during Hamas' attack in southern Israel on October 7.
Some diplomats said they hoped for a quick vote, even as early as Wednesday.
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US Ambassador Linda Thomas-Greenfield said: 바카라We're waiting to see it and then we'll react to it.바카라
The United States has vetoed multiple resolutions demanding a cease-fire in Gaza.
The draft demands compliance with previous Security Council resolutions that call for the opening of all border crossings and humanitarian access to Gaza's 2.3 million people who desperately need food and other aid.
The proposed resolution says that 바카라the catastrophic situation in the Gaza Strip constitutes a threat to regional and international peace and security바카라. It expresses grave concern at 바카라famine spreading throughout the Gaza Strip바카라 and the suffering of Palestinians who took refuge in Rafah.
The resolution would demand that Israel "immediately halt its military offensive, and any other action in Rafah바카라.
The draft condemns what it calls 바카라the indiscriminate targeting of civilians, including women and children, and civilian infrastructure바카라 and reiterates the council's demand for all parties to comply with international law requiring the protection of civilians.
Algeria's UN ambassador, Amar Bendjama, who is also the Arab representative on the Security Council, told reporters after emergency closed council consultations Tuesday that he would be sending the draft resolution to the 15-member council later in the evening.
Algeria called the emergency council meeting as Israel pushed ahead with its military operation in Rafah, where over a million Palestinians had sought refuge. It followed Sunday night's Israeli airstrikes that triggered a fire engulfing tents in a camp for displaced Palestinians west of Rafah, killing 45 people and injured over 100 others.
