A resolution for the UN that American diplomats are circulating is notable for its strong language in seeking a ceasefire in Gaza and the release of hostages.
| US Secretary of State Antony Blinken, travelling in the Middle East, pressed for a halt to fighting in the Gaza Strip as the United States prepared to introduce a resolution at the United Nations calling for “an immediate and sustained ceasefire”.
. In February, the United States vetoed a Security Council resolution demanding an immediate humanitarian ceasefire.The new resolution also condemns the Hamas-led attacks on Israel of October 7 that set off the war and the hostage-taking that day, and expresses support for the negotiations to free those still being held in Gaza.
The call for an “immediate and sustained” ceasefire was markedly stronger language than a draft Security Council resolution that the United States circulated in February, which called for a temporary ceasefire “as soon as practicable”.The Biden administration also used the resolution to reiterate its opposition to Israel’s planned invasion of the southern Gaza city of Rafah, which is packed with war refugees.
Last week, Hamas presented a new proposal that excluded a previous demand that Israel immediately agree to a permanent ceasefire in return for beginning an exchange of hostages for Palestinians in Israeli prisons, according to people familiar with the negotiations.Israeli officials said ahead of this week’s talks that the broad proposal being discussed included a 42-day pause in fighting, in exchange for the release of 40 of the more than 100 hostages believed to be in Gaza.
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