The U.N. Security Council has scheduled a vote Monday afternoon on a U.S. resolution that welcomes a cease-fire proposal announced by President Joe Biden that the United States says Israel has accepted
The U.N. Security Council scheduled a vote Monday afternoon on a U.S. resolution that welcomes a cease-fire proposal announced by President Joe Biden that the United States says Israel has accepted. It calls on Hamas, which has said it viewed the proposal “positively,” to accept the three-phase plan.
The draft resolution urges Israel and Hamas “to fully implement its terms without delay and without condition.”
If adopted, it would be the first Security Council resolution on a cease-fire plan aimed at ending the eight-month war between Israel and Hamas in Gaza.
U.S. deputy ambassador Robert Wood told reporters Monday that the United States wanted to make sure all 15 Security Council members were on board.
The council’s scheduling of the vote Monday afternoon indicated that the resolution will likely be adopted unanimously.
Wood described the draft resolution as “the best, most realistic opportunity to bring at least a temporary halt to this war.”
The conflict was sparked by Hamas’ surprise Oct. 7 attack in southern Israel that killed about 1,200 people, mainly Israeli civilians, and saw some 250 others taken hostage. About 120 hostages remain, with 43 pronounced dead.
