Erdan claimed in his address to the UN Security Council that no one wants to avoid an operation in Rafah more than Israel but insisted that “the road to a permanent ceasefire passes through” the city, yet another show of defiance to global outcry and international humanitarian law.
No ceasefire will be achieved unless all Hamas battalions are destroyed. You cannot put out most of the fire and leave the rest to grow again and spread, he repeated usual narratives of the Zionist regime and its officials.
The Israeli ambassador’s reactions came a day after Russia and China, the two veto-wielding Security Council members as well as Algeria rejected a US draft resolution that they said give a green light to attack on Rafah.
The US-crafted resolution was presented ion Friday but failed to pass as three countries voted against and one country abstained.
IRNA cited diplomatic sources on Saturday that the vote in the UN Security Council on the new ceasefire resolution on Gaza has been postponed to Monday after the US vetoed a separate draft.
The extraordinary meeting entitled "The situation of the Middle East and Palestine" was postponed because of weekend holidays.
China and Russia are calling for an immediate ceasefire to end the suffering of Palestinians in Gaza. They believe that the US resolution did not clearly call for a ceasefire and stop Israel's aggression in Gaza. For the first time, the two countries vetoed a resolution on Gaza, a move that has been hailed by Hamas.
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