RISING CIVILIAN TOLL AND DIPLOMATIC TENSIONS
Israeli strikes on Wednesday killed at least 16 people in Gaza, including 12 in a single attack on a tent sheltering displaced residents, according to the territory’s civil defense agency.
On Tuesday, another 27 people were killed in southern Gaza near a GHF aid site, where Israeli troops opened fire. The Israeli military has said the incident is under investigation.
Pressure on the council has grown in recent weeks, with both sides trading accusations over the war’s toll on civilians.
Palestinian UN envoy Riyad Mansour urged council members to act. “All of us will be judged by history as to how much we have done in order to stop this crime against the Palestinian people,” he said Tuesday.
Israel’s UN ambassador, Danny Danon, blasted the resolution as unhelpful and politically motivated.
“This resolution doesn’t advance humanitarian relief. It undermines it. It ignores a working system in favor of political agendas,” Danon said in remarks prepared for the council. “It ignores the one party still endangering civilians in Gaza: Hamas.”
