UNITED NATIONS—The United States circulated the final draft of a United Nations Security Council resolution late Thursday that would support international efforts to establish “an immediate and sustained cease-fire” in the Israel-Hamas war as part of a deal to release hostages taken captive during Hamas’ surprise attack on southern...
Destroyed buildings are seen through the window of an airplane from the U.S. Air Force overflying the Gaza Strip, Thursday, March 14, 2024.
The US circulated the initial draft on February 19, a day before it vetoed a widely supported Arab-backed resolution demanding an immediate humanitarian cease-fire in the war in the embattled Gaza Strip, saying it would interfere with negotiations on a deal to free the hostages. The Israeli military said Wednesday it will go ahead with its planned offensive in the southern city of Rafah—where 1.4 million displaced Palestinians have sought safety—and plans to move civilians toward “humanitarian islands” in the center of the territory.
The final draft “unequivocally supports international diplomatic efforts to establish an immediate and sustained cease-fire as part of a deal that releases the hostages, and that allows the basis for a more durable peace to alleviate humanitarian suffering”—eliminating the word “temporary.” The final draft “rejects any forced displacement of the civilian population in Gaza in violation of international law.”
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