Robert Wood said that the American draft resolution is the best available opportunity to end the war (Reuters)
Robert Wood, the US deputy delegate to the UN Security Council, said that his country has a draft resolution that will help the ongoing efforts to release detainees in the Gaza Strip, after Washington used its veto on a draft resolution to stop the Israeli war on the Strip.
Wood added in statements to Al Jazeera, "We hope that our draft resolution will not collide with attempts to thwart it."
The American diplomat described the draft resolution he was talking about as “the best available opportunity to end the war,” and said that the Islamic Resistance Movement (Hamas) should not waste the opportunity and negotiate in good faith to end this war.
Last Tuesday, the United States used its veto against an Algerian draft resolution in the Security Council regarding the Israeli war on the Gaza Strip, which obstructed the demand for an immediate ceasefire for humanitarian reasons. This is the third time that Washington has used its veto power since the start of this war.
Negotiations continue under Egyptian and Qatari mediation between Hamas and Israel in order to reach a prisoner exchange deal and a ceasefire in the Gaza Strip, in light of international and regional concerns about the danger of Tel Aviv expanding its military operations in the city of Rafah, adjacent to the Egyptian border and crowded with displaced Palestinians.
Since last October 7, Israel - which is on trial before the International Court of Justice on charges of committing "genocide" crimes against the Palestinians - has been waging a devastating war on the Gaza Strip that, as of Thursday, has left 29,410 martyrs and 69,465 injured, most of them children and women, in addition to... To thousands of people missing under the rubble, according to the Palestinian authorities.
Source: Al Jazeera