Live updates | Israel plans to keep fighting as UN General Assembly votes for a cease-fire in Gaza
Israel pressed ahead with an offensive against Gaza’s Hamas rulers that it says could go on for weeks or months. But the United Nations General Assembly voted overwhelmingly to demand a humanitarian cease-fire in a strong demonstration of global support for ending the Israel-Hamas war. General Assembly resolutions are not legally binding, but the assembly’s messages are important barometers of world opinion. The vote Tuesday also shows the growing isolation of the United States and Israel.More than 17,700 Palestinians have been killed in Gaza, around two-thirds of them women and children, according to the Health Ministry in the Hamas-controlled territory. About 90% of Gaza’s 2.3 million people have been displaced within the besieged territory, where United Nations agencies say there is no safe place to flee. With only a trickle of humanitarian aid reaching a small portion of Gaza, residents face severe shortages of food, water and other basic goods. Israel says 97 of its soldiers have died in its ground offensive…
13 Dec 04:43 · iNFOnews.ca