According to CCTV News, the United Nations Security Council will vote on a new draft resolution on the situation in Gaza proposed by Algeria on the morning of the 20th local time.
It is reported that the resolution proposed by Algeria demands that "all parties must abide by an immediate humanitarian ceasefire", "refuse to force the Palestinians to leave their homes", and demand "the immediate and unconditional release of all detainees".
In addition, the United States submitted a draft resolution on Gaza to the UN Security Council, calling for a temporary ceasefire in the Palestinian-Israeli conflict and warning Israel against invading Rafah from the ground.
It is worth mentioning that Washington has previously opposed the use of the term "ceasefire" when the United Nations acts on the Palestinian-Israeli conflict.
Since the outbreak of the new round of the Palestinian-Israeli conflict, the United States has repeatedly used its veto power in the Security Council, resulting in the failure to adopt a number of resolutions related to the Palestinian-Israeli situation, such as urging a ceasefire.
U.S. Permanent Representative to the United Nations Linda Thomas-Greenfield infographic.
According to CCTV News, on the 19th, many places in the Gaza Strip were hit by Israeli army airstrikes. The southern Gaza city of Rafah was attacked by Israeli forces on the same day, and the footage showed that houses were damaged. In Deir el-Ballah in central Gaza, a number of people were injured and houses were damaged as a result of Israeli air strikes.
Israel's recent announcement that it is planning a ground military operation against the southern Gaza Strip city of Rafah has sent panic among local Palestinians, already suffering from extreme overcrowding, hunger and energy shortages. It is reported that more than 1 million of Gaza's 2.3 million Palestinians have sought refuge in Rafah, and Israel's plan has raised concerns in the international community that the move will dramatically worsen the humanitarian crisis in Gaza.
"People are worried that there will be a catastrophe in Rafah, and the military operation (of the Israeli army) will be different from the past," one of the displaced people said. Rafah, currently the most populous place in the Gaza Strip, is a small place that houses a large population. If the Israeli army launches an offensive, it will inevitably attack civilians. Those unarmed civilians, they have done nothing, what is wrong with them? ”