US diplomats have vowed to reject a French-backed UN Security Council resolution calling for an immediate end to hostilities between Tel Aviv and Palestinian fighters, insisting it will “undermine” efforts to reach a ceasefire.
Proposed by Paris on Wednesday, the draft resolution voices “grave concern at the escalation of violence” in Gaza, calling for an end to the fighting while condemning all attacks on civilians, including “indiscriminate firing of rockets against civilian areas,” though it stopped short of citing any party by name.
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