According to a number of media reports such as British Sky News and Qatar Al Jazeera, Israeli Foreign Minister Cohen said on the 13th that Israel will continue its war with the Palestinian Islamic Resistance Movement (Hamas) regardless of whether the international community supports it or not.
Sky News mentioned that US President Biden said on the 12th that Israel was "losing" the support of the international community because of its indiscriminate bombing of the Gaza Strip. Qatar Al Jazeera reported that Cohen said on the 13th that it would be a mistake to agree to a ceasefire in the Gaza Strip at this stage. "Whether the international community supports it or not, Israel will continue its war with Hamas". He added that "the ceasefire at this stage is a gift to the terrorist organization Hamas, which will make it come back and threaten Israeli residents".
According to the British "Guardian" report, Cohen also called on the international community to take "effective and positive" actions to protect the global waterway. The report mentioned that the Houthi armed forces in Yemen had previously warned that they would consider ships bound for or associated with Israel as "legitimate targets" in the Red Sea.
According to a number of media reports, such as the Associated Press, the United Nations General Assembly adopted a resolution on the realization of a humanitarian ceasefire in the Gaza Strip on December 12, and 153 countries voted in favour, 10 countries including Israel voted against it, and 23 countries abstained. The resolution expressed serious concern about the catastrophic humanitarian situation in the Gaza Strip and the suffering of Palestinian civilians, proposed that Palestinian and Israeli civilians must be protected in accordance with international humanitarian law, demanded an immediate humanitarian ceasefire in the Gaza Strip, immediately and unconditionally released all detainees, and ensured the smooth passage of humanitarian relief.
According to CNN and other media reports, Israeli Permanent Representative to the United Nations Eldin condemned the above-mentioned resolution as "hypocritical" on the 12th, and said that ending the conflict would only benefit Hamas. Hamas welcomed the resolution. Riad Mansour, Permanent Observer of Palestine to the United Nations, said that the UN General Assembly sent a "strong message" and that "today (12th) is of historical significance".
(Source: World Wide Web)
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