The GA voted after the Security Council failed four times in the past two weeks to take action
on Friday overwhelmingly called for an immediate humanitarian truce between Israel and Palestinian militants Hamas and demanded aid access to the besieged Gaza Strip and protection of civilians.
A Canadian-led bid to amend the resolution to include a rejection and condemnation of the “terrorist attacks by Hamas… and the taking of hostages” failed to get the two thirds majority needed, garnering 88 votes in favor, 55 against and 23 abstentions. Israel ordered some 1.1 million people in Gaza – almost half the population – to move south on October 12.
The General Assembly called for “the immediate and unconditional release of all civilians who are being illegally held captive.” It did not name Hamas anywhere in the text.The resolution adopted “calls for an immediate, durable and sustained humanitarian truce leading to a cessation of hostilities.”“A ceasefire means giving Hamas time to rearm itself, so they can massacre us again,” Israel’s UN Ambassador Gilad Erdan told the assembly on Thursday.
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