Israel-Hamas War: The United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) on Friday (local time) adopted a resolution drafted by Jordan that calls for an "immediate, durable and sustained humanitarian truce" between Israeli forces and Hamas militants in besieged Gaza. The draft resolution received 120 votes in favour and 14 against, along with 45 abstentions. 

"BREAKING: UN General Assembly ADOPTS resolution on "protection of civilians and upholding legal and humanitarian obligations" on the ongoing Gaza crisis FOR: 120 AGAINST: 14 ABSTAIN: 45," the UN News Centre posted on social media platform X (formerly Twitter).

India, along with Iceland, Panama, Lithuania, and Greece, abstained from voting. The Jordan-proposed resolution left out any specific mention of the October 7 attack that acted as the immediate genesis of the ongoing armed conflict between the Palestinian militant outfit and Israel.

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The voting on the Jordanian-drafted resolution took place during the UN General Assembly's emergency special session on the Israel-Palestine crisis. It condemned Israel's action, but not the Hamas terror attack, however, the Canada Amendment condemned the Hamas terror attack.

Canada-led amendment to the draft resolution on the Gaza crisis did not pass at the UNGA. It failed to achieve a two-thirds majority. An amendment proposed by Canada "unequivocally rejects and condemns the terrorist attacks by Hamas" in Israel and the abduction of people from Israeli territory.

During the voting on the Canada-led amendment to the draft resolution, 88 voted in favour of the amendment, 55 voted against the amendment and 23 abstained from voting. The nations that voted in favour of the amendment included India, Australia, US, UK, Austria and Ukraine.

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Meanwhile, Munir Akram, Permanent Representative of Pakistan to the United Nations, said that if Canada was being fair in its amendment it would agree to name Israel as well as Hamas. He stressed that not naming either side was the best choice. He said, "Israel needs to be named too, if you are to be fair and equitable and just."

(Gaza Strip under Israeli bombardment after Hamas unleashed an onslaught in Israel last week. Pic Credits: Reuters)

Israel's counteroffensive in response to the October 7 rampage has so far claimed more than 5,000 lives in the Gaza Strip, as per authorities of the Hamas-controlled Palestinian exclave.


(With inputs from ANI)