Following fierce negotiations, the UN Security Council voted on Friday, December 22, a resolution which “requires all parties to authorize and facilitate the immediate, safe and unhindered delivery of large-scale humanitarian assistance” in the Gaza Strip. The text, adopted by 13 votes in favor, none against and two abstentions (United States and Russia), calls for “create the conditions for a lasting cessation of hostilities”, but does not call for an immediate ceasefire, which the Americans did not want. It has evolved significantly since the version proposed on Sunday by the United Arab Emirates, whose vote was scheduled for Monday, before being postponed several times. Follow our live stream.
Israel will continue to examine the contents of humanitarian convoys. The Jewish state quickly reacted to this resolution. “Israel will continue to act in accordance with international law, but will review, for security reasons, any humanitarian assistance to Gaza”wrote Israeli Foreign Minister Eli Cohen on X.
An Israeli soldier killed by fire from Lebanon. The Israeli army announced the death of a soldier killed by a rocket fired from the Lebanese side of the border with the north of the Jewish state. Another soldier was injured. Exchanges of fire between Israel and Hezbollah, an allied movement of Hamas and Iran, have been daily since the start of the war between Hamas and Israel.
More than 400 Palestinians killed in two days, according to Hamas. According to the Hamas Ministry of Health, more than 410 people have been killed in the last 48 hours in the Gaza Strip, including 16 on Friday in an Israeli bombardment. It hit a house in Jabaliya and five, including four members of the same family including a little girl, in an attack on a car in Rafah.