UNITED NATIONS —The United States proposed on Saturday (Oct 21) a draft UN Security Council resolution that says Israel has a right to defend itself and demands Iran stop exporting arms to 'militias and terrorist groups threatening peace and security across the region.
A general view during a vote at a meeting of the United Nations Security Council on the conflict between Israel and Hamas at UN headquarters in New York, US, Oct 16, 2023.UNITED NATIONS —The United States proposed on Saturday a draft UN Security Council resolution that says Israel has a right to defend itself and demands Iran stop exporting arms to "militias and terrorist groups threatening peace and security across the region.
The move by the United States comes after it vetoed a Brazilian-drafted text on Wednesday that would have called for humanitarian pauses in the conflict between Israel and Palestinian Hamas militants, to allow aid access to Gaza. Israel has vowed to wipe out the Hamas Islamist group that rules Gaza, after its gunmen burst through the barrier fence surrounding the enclave on Oct 7 and rampaged through Israeli towns and kibbutzes, killing 1,400 people.
Lebanon's Iran-backed, heavily armed Hezbollah group has clashed with Israel across the Lebanese border multiple times since Oct 7 in the deadliest confrontations since they fought a month-long war in 2006.The US draft resolution demands Iran stop exporting arms to groups threatening peace and security across the region, including Hamas. Iran's mission to the UN in New York did not immediately respond to a request for comment.
In a letter sent the same day as the Hamas attack, Israel told the council it would "act in any way necessary to protect its citizens and sovereignty from the ongoing terrorist attacks originating from the Gaza Strip." But it does not appear to have formally invoked Article 51, diplomats said.
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