Security Council adopts first "immediate ceasefire" resolution in Gaza with US abstention. The resolution, adopted with 14 votes in favor and one abstention, "demands an immediate ceasefire for the month of Ramadan" A call that the US had blocked on three occasions.
After more than five months of war, the UN Security Council on Monday adopted its first resolution calling for an "im immediate ceasefire" in Gaza. The call was blocked on several occasions by the United States, which on this occasion abstained.