While the Israeli army has strengthened its offensive on Gaza, and after several failures of the Security Council to take a position on the Israel-Hamas war, 120 of the 193 members of the United Nations (UN) General Assembly, including France , voted, Friday October 27, for an “immediate, lasting and sustained humanitarian truce leading to the cessation of hostilities”. Forty-five countries abstained. Israel and its powerful sponsor, the United States, found themselves isolated, with only 12 other countries voting with them against a truce.
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Israel-Hamas war: UN General Assembly votes largely in favor of “humanitarian truce”
