The latest version of the U.S.’s Security Council draft comes as Hamas has outlined its ceasefire proposal, offering to release all hostages in exchange for hundreds of Palestinian prisoners.
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A U.S. draft resolution to the U.N. Security Council seeking an “immediate ceasefire” in Gaza if all hostages held by Hamas are released, Secretary of State Antony Blinken said Wednesday, a month after Washington vetoed an Arab nations-led effort to enforce a ceasefire.Key Facts
Blinken, who is on an official tour to the Middle East, told Saudi broadcaster Al-Hadath that the U.S. has put forward a resolution before the Security Council “that does call for an immediate ceasefire tied to the release of hostages.”
Blinken said he hoped countries would support the resolution, as “that would send a strong message, a strong signal.”
Commenting on a potential ceasefire agreement, the top U.
