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Days after India voted in favour of a UN resolution adopted on November 9 condemning Israeli settlements in Palestine, National Spokesperson of Trinamool Congress Saket Gokhale said, "Very glad that Republic of India voted in favour of the resolution". Posting on X the voting result, he added, " Israel's occupation of Palestine through settlers is ILLEGAL. Israel's apartheid must end NOW". A total of 145 countries voted in the favour of the resolution, 18 absatined on the vote while seven including the US, Canada, Hungary, Israel, Marshall Islands, Micronesia and Nauru, voted against the resolution.

"By a recorded vote of 145 in favour to 7 against (Canada, Hungary, Israel, Marshall Islands, Federated States of Micronesia, Nauru, United States) with 18 abstentions, the Committee approved the draft resolution titled “Israeli settlements in the Occupied Palestinian Territory, including East Jerusalem, and the occupied Syrian Golan” (document A/C.4/78/L.15). By its terms, the Assembly would condemn settlement activities in the Occupied Palestinian Territory, including East Jerusalem, and in the occupied Syrian Golan and any activities involving the confiscation of land, the disruption of the livelihood of protected persons, the forced transfer of civilians and the annexation of land, whether de facto or through national legislation," the UN statement on the resolution said.

Last month, India abstained from voting in the UN General Assembly on a draft resolution submitted by Jordan, which called for an immediate truce in the war between Israel and Hamas.

On Sunday, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu reiterated his vow to defeat Hamas, pledging to "stand firm against the world if necessary" the Times of Israel reported. In a joint press conference,  PM Netanyahu, Defense Minister Yoav Gallant, and Minister Benny Gantz urged the Western leaders to throw their support behind the Jewish state, stating that its victory would mean "victory for the entire free world as well".

The response has come amid several countries' expressed concern over the deteriorating humanitarian situation and the civilian casualties in the Strip. Netanyahu also urged worldwide backing for his opposition to a ceasefire that doesn't include the return of the hundreds of hostages being held in Gaza by Palestinian terrorists and called on Americans to join the demand for the destruction of Hamas, which he said "poses a danger to them too". He charged that most Americans share that realization, the Times of Israel reported.

(With input from agencies)