Thursday, November 21

Tag: Middle East

US vetoes UN resolution backed by many nations demanding immediate humanitarian cease-fire in Gaza

US vetoes UN resolution backed by many nations demanding immediate humanitarian cease-fire in Gaza

The United States vetoed a United Nations resolution Friday (local time) backed by almost all other Security Council members and many other nations demanding an immediate humanitarian cease-fire in Gaza. Supporters called it a terrible day and warned of more civilian deaths and destruction as the war goes into its third month. The vote in the 15-member council was 13-1 with the United Kingdom abstaining. The United States vetoed a United Nations ceasefire resolution Friday (local time) backed by almost all other Security Council members (AP) US Deputy Ambassador Robert Wood criticised the council after the vote for its failure to condemn Hamas' October 7 attack on Israel in which the militants killed about 1200 people, mostly civilians, or to acknowledge Israel's right to...
‘First swap crucial’: How the Israel-Hamas hostage deal will likely work

‘First swap crucial’: How the Israel-Hamas hostage deal will likely work

US officials have a working list of 10 hostages that they believe are likely to be released from Gaza on day one, a source familiar told CNN. It was not clear whether any of the three American hostages —including three-year-old Abigail Edan — would be released on the first day. The working list consists of 10 individuals who Hamas had proposed releasing earlier in the negotiations. The list consists of information such as gender, nationality and age, but the names of the individuals were never offered. The deal is structured in such a way that each day, a group of hostages to be released would be handed off to the Red Cross; the Red Cross would then take the group to a designated border point, which will largely depend on the location of those hostages, the source familiar...
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