UN Security Council Passes Gaza Cease-Fire Resolution as US Abstains

UN Security Council passes Gaza cease-fire resolution as US abstains: The United Nations Security Council approved a resolution Monday calling for an “immediate cease-fire” in Israel’s war against Hamas in the Gaza Strip.

The resolution passed the Security Council 14-0, with the US abstaining and declining to exercise its veto power.

The measure calls for a pause in the fighting to last through the Muslim holy month of Ramadan, which ends April 9, as well as the unconditional release of hostages taken in the Oct. 7 Hamas attack in the Gaza Strip.

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu had demanded the US veto the cease-fire resolution, threatening to cancel plans to send a delegation to Washington to discuss plans for a ground offensive in the southern Gaza city of Rafah.

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