The war in the Gaza Strip began on Oct 7, 2023, when Hamas gunmen stormed into Israeli communities, killing around 1,200 people and abducting about 250 hostages, according to Israeli tallies.
Since then, Israel’s military has leveled swaths of the Palestinian enclave, driving nearly all of its 2.3 million people from their homes, giving rise to deadly hunger and disease and killing more than 41,000 people, according to Palestinian health authorities.
The General Assembly on Oct 27 called for an immediate humanitarian truce in Gaza with 120 votes in favor. Then in December, 153 countries voted to demand – instead of calling for – an immediate humanitarian ceasefire in December.
A two-thirds majority of those present and voting – abstentions don’t count – is needed to pass the draft resolution on Wednesday. Mansour told reporters on Monday that while he expected the draft text to be adopted, it would likely be with less support than received by the resolutions last year.
The Palestinian Authority represents the Palestinian people at the UN, where it is a non-member observer state and the delegation is known as the State of Palestine.
