UN Orders Truce In Gaza, Israeli Prime Minister Responds

Benjamin Netanyahu

Benjamin Netanyahu, the prime minister of Israel, has postponed his trip to Washington, DC.

Netanyahu, who was scheduled to visit the US with a high-ranking delegation, canceled the trip in protest over the UN Security Council resolution calling for an immediate end to hostilities.

An immediate ceasefire in Gaza was demanded in a resolution that the UN Security Council had passed.

This happened after over 30,000 people—mostly women and children—were killed in an Israeli offensive.

The resolution demanded not just an instant ceasefire but also the “immediate and unconditional release of all hostages,” UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres stated in a post on Oct. X.

“The fighting in Gaza must end now. The hostages must be released now. And we must not lose sight of the big picture. A lasting end to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict can only come through a two- State solution,” he tweeted.

By permitting the motion to succeed without requiring the release of Hamas hostages in order to maintain the cease-fire, Netanyahu said that the United States was reversing course from what he claimed had been a “principled position.”

According to the story, the Israeli team was supposed to present ideas for a possible ground invasion of the strategically important Gaza town of Rafah to White House officials.

The strike on Israel on October 7, which claimed the lives of almost 1,200 people—many of them civilians—was the catalyst for the Israeli invasion on Gaza.

The terrorists took nearly 200 captives during the assault.

As of right now, there are about 100 captives held by Hamas after an earlier exchange of hostages, some of whom lost their lives as a result of Israeli air attacks.

Israel had promised to keep bombing Gaza until the Hamas regime that controlled the territory was destroyed.