Algeria announced today that it has submitted a draft resolution calling for an immediate ceasefire in the Gaza Strip amid the Israeli offensive on the Palestinian enclave.
State television reported that the draft will be put to a vote in the UN Security Council on Tuesday.
Algeria is a non-permanent member of the UN Security Council. That draft is opposed by the United States, which has veto power in the Council.
The US envoy to the UN, Linda Thomas-Greenfield, said today that the Algerian draft resolution “will not pass”, hinting that Washington could use a veto to reject it.
According to US diplomatic sources who spoke to Anadolu, the Algerian draft calls for an immediate ceasefire in Gaza for humanitarian purposes based on last month’s interim order by the International Court of Justice, which obligates Israel to take measures to prevent acts of genocide.
At least 127 Palestinians were killed in Israeli attacks in the Gaza Strip in the past 24 hours, bringing the number of those killed since the start of the attacks on October 7 last year to 28,985.
Israeli forces have been carrying out attacks on the blockaded Gaza Strip for 135 days, leaving the population without food, water and other basic necessities.
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