Hundreds of thousands of Gazans displaced by Israel’s military onslaught are living without sufficient food or water, amid squalor and disease.įailure to demand a cease-fire, the International Rescue Committee said, is “unjustifiable.” resolution but said it fell woefully short of the needs.

allies.Īid organizations welcomed Friday’s U.N. Staunch backing of Israel by the Biden administration has softened slightly as urgent appeals for a cessation of hostilities have grown domestically, including among Biden’s Democratic base 11 months ahead of a tight presidential election, and among numerous U.S. fought to water down the language so that it did not contain a call for a cease-fire. The Security Council resolution passed after days of negotiations in which the U.S. Biden, in brief comments outside the White House, was more taciturn, saying he’d had a “private” conversation with the Israeli leader and did not request a cease-fire.

stance on the resolution, which stopped short of demanding a cease-fire while calling for “unhindered” humanitarian aid for Gaza. The prime minister’s office said after the phone call that Netanyahu had “expressed his appreciation” for the U.S.

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