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UN Security Council urges immediate lifting of Gaza aid blockade, calls for ceasefire and release of hostages
Summary
Representatives at an urgent United Nations Security Council meeting called for the immediate lifting of an Israeli blockade on Gaza, protection for humanitarian workers, and the release of hostages held since October 2023, warning that Gaza faces critical famine risk without rapid aid access.
Representatives at an urgent United Nations Security Council meeting on the humanitarian situation in Gaza on an unspecified date called for the immediate lifting of an Israeli blockade that has stopped aid for more than two months, demanded the release of hostages held since October 2023, and urged a return to a ceasefire and progress toward a two-state solution.
Representative (UK, Denmark, France, Greece, and Slovenia), Representative to the United Nations, who opened the meeting, welcomed “the release of Bridal Alexander yesterday” and said the council should “reiterate our call for all of the remaining hostages who have been cruelly held by Hamas for over 18 months to be released immediately.”
The representative framed the aid blockade as a central cause of civilian suffering in Gaza and warned against using humanitarian assistance “as a…
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