Hamas condemns UNSC over rejection of Russian ceasefire resolution
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Hamas condemns the UN Security Council after it rejected a Russian resolution calling for a ceasefire in occupied Palestine.
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Gilad Erdan, Permanent Representative of the Israeli occupation to the United Nations, right, addresses members of the UN Security Council at United Nations headquarters, Oct. 16, 2023 (AP)
The Palestinian Islamic Resistance has expressed deep disappointment and condemnation for the countries that voted against the Russian draft resolution advocating for a "humanitarian ceasefire" in the Gaza Strip.
The resolution aimed to establish corridors for aiding and rescuing civilians caught in the midst of the ongoing conflict.
According to Hamas, the opposing stances "provide a green light to the Zionist occupation, enabling them to commit more crimes and escalate the genocidal war against over two million Palestinian citizens."
The Palestinian Resistance stressed that the Israeli occupation's actions constitute a blatant violation of international and humanitarian conventions, norms, and laws.
The UN Security Council voted to reject a Russia-proposed draft resolution to resolve the humanitarian crisis in the Gaza Strip. The resolution on Monday received four votes in favor, five against, and six abstentions.
"We regret that the council once again has found itself a hostage to the ego, to the selfish intentions of the Western bloc of countries," Russian Ambassador Vassily Nebenzia said after the vote.
Following other states' draft resolution proposals, the Russian mission to the United Nations included amendments to its resolution to condemn the indiscriminate Israeli strikes against the Palestinians in the Gaza Strip and call for a humanitarian ceasefire amid the dire situation for the civilians there.
Palestinian ambassador Riyad Mansour said the council had a moral duty to act in a bid to end the Israeli aggression on the Gaza Strip he said was claiming 12 lives every hour.
"Don't send the signal that the Palestinian lives don't matter," Mansour said, adding, "Don't dare say Israel is not responsible for the bombs it is dropping over their heads."
The Palestinian envoy made it clear that "what is happening in Gaza is not a military operation. It is a full-scale assault against our people. It is massacres against innocent civilians."
The Israeli occupation has cut off supplies of water and power to the already-besieged Gaza Strip. The UN agency supporting Palestinian refugees has warned that the Strip faces an "unprecedented human catastrophe" if water and other vital supplies are not restored.
Earlier, the Palestinian Ministry of Health confirmed that the number of Palestinians killed in the ongoing Israeli aggression on the Gaza Strip has reached more than 2,700 martyrs, with around 10,000 injuries.
In the same context, the Euro-Mediterranean Human Rights Monitor stated that "Israel's relentless aerial and artillery attacks on the Gaza Strip have turned it into a hellhole where death and destruction prevail in extremely complex humanitarian conditions, without any basic life services."
In a report published on its website, the Monitor said it documented the killing of at least 14 Palestinians every hour on the eighth day of the Israeli aggression on Gaza, which included the dropping of more than 6,000 bombs on the densely populated area of over two million people, equivalent to a quarter of a nuclear bomb.
