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Jordan will put to vote a resolution Friday largely condemning the humanitarian situation in Gaza before the UN General Assembly.
The draft text calls for an “immediate ceasefire” and “unhindered humanitarian access” to the Gaza Strip.
The draft text makes no mention of Hamas terror attacks of October 7 on Israeli soil when the group killed more than 1,400 people, including Israeli troops, on Israeli soil, according to the Israeli UN Ambassador.
Israel declared war on Hamas, which rules Gaza Strip, and has pounded the blockaded enclave with devastating airstrikes, that have killed thousands.
Jordanian Foreign Minister Ayman Safadi accused Israel of “making Gaza perpetual hell on Earth” at an emergency session of the General Assembly convened on Thursday.
The foreign minister spoke on behalf of 22 Arab nations at the General Assembly on Thursday.
Israeli UN Ambassador Gilad Erdan responded, saying: “The drafters of the resolution claim to be concerned about peace.”
“Yet the depraved murderers who initiated this war are not even mentioned in the resolution,” he added.
General Assembly resolutions are not binding and carry mainly symbolic weight at the UN.
The UN Security Council, meanwhile, has faced its own set of challenges, with frustration mounting over its inability to approve a legally binding resolution on the conflict.
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