‘The United States will submit a draft resolution requesting an immediate ceasefire linked to the release of the hostages held by Hamas’, said the US representative.
‘The US resolution will be put to vote on Friday will support ongoing diplomatic efforts aimed at securing an immediate ceasefire in Gaza as part of a hostage deal’, said Nate Evans, spokesman for US Ambassador Linda Thomas-Greenfield.
Evans added, ‘The measure is an opportunity for the Council to speak with one voice to support the diplomacy happening on the ground and put pressure on Hamas to accept the deal on the table’.
Previously, the United States, Israel’s main backer, used its UN Security Council veto to block the world body from calling for an immediate ceasefire in the Palestinian territory.
Since blocking an Algerian draft resolution calling for an immediate humanitarian ceasefire in Gaza at the end of February, US officials have been negotiating an alternative text focusing on support for diplomatic efforts on the ground for a six-week truce in exchange for the release of hostages.
According to the media sources, his text had little chance of gaining the Council’s approval and a new version was circulated to Security Council members on Wednesday.
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