Dec 13, 2023, 8:45 AM

UN General Assembly overwhelmingly demands Gaza ceasefire

UN General Assembly overwhelmingly demands Gaza ceasefire

TEHRAN, Dec. 13 (MNA) – The United Nations General Assembly has overwhelmingly passed a resolution calling for an immediate humanitarian ceasefire in the Israeli regime's months-long genocidal war on the Gaza Strip.

The 193-member assembly adopted the resolution with 153 votes in favor on Tuesday.

Nine countries voted the resolution down, including the United States in line with its unfaltering political support for the Israeli regime.

The US, however, does not hold a veto power at the assembly, unlike the UN Security Council, where it has blocked successive such resolutions.

Washington has also provided Tel Aviv with more than 10,000 tons of military equipment since the latter began the war on Gaza on October 7 in response to an operation staged by the Palestinian territory's Resistance groups.

Gaza's Health Ministry says 18,205 Palestinians have been killed, most of them women and children, and nearly 50,000 others wounded throughout the Israeli military campaign so far.

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