Hamas welcomed the adoption of the US-drafted resolution, saying it is ready to co-operate with mediators over implementing the principles of the plan.
The United Nations Security Council has backed a proposal outlined by US President Joe Biden for a ceasefire between Israel and Hamas in the Gaza Strip and urged the Palestinian militants to accept the deal aimed at ending the eight-month-long war.
“Today we voted for peace,” US ambassador to the UN Linda Thomas-Greenfield told the council after the vote. Algeria, the only Arab member of the council, supported the resolution because “we believe it can represent a step forward toward an immediate and lasting ceasefire,” Algeria’s UN ambassador Amar Bendjama told the council.The resolution also goes into detail about the proposal, and spells out that “if the negotiations take longer than six weeks for phase one, the ceasefire will still continue as long as negotiations continue”.
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