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Source: https://www.washingtonpost.com/national-security/2024/06/10/unsc-israel-gaza-ceasefire-resolution/
UN Security Council Adopts Gaza Ceasefire Resolution
(Washington Post) Karen DeYoung - The UN Security Council approved, 14-0, a U.S.-sponsored resolution Monday to support an American-backed ceasefire plan for Gaza. Russia abstained. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has publicly objected to certain elements of the plan, including the staging of a withdrawal of forces and of hostage releases, a future in which Israel has no security control over Gaza, and a two-state solution. Israel, which is not a council member but attended the meeting, noted that in recent months "this council has adopted three resolutions calling for the release of hostages. And each time Hamas has utterly ignored your request. Hamas does not care what the council has to say because they have never been held responsible for the crimes by the council." Israeli representative Reut Shapir Ben-Naftaly noted that the four recently freed Israeli hostages were found in civilian-occupied apartments under Hamas guard, meaning that "these so-called innocent civilians" were "not uninvolved." "Israel will not engage in meaningless and endless negotiations, which can be exploited by Hamas as a means to stall for time," she added.