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Ambassador says letter delivered to Security Council, urges immediate withdrawal from Jenin and West Bank
Summary
An ambassador told a meeting that they delivered a letter to the president of the U.N. Security Council asking for urgent action to stop fighting in Jenin, Tulkarem and other parts of the occupied Palestinian territory and to extend the Gaza ceasefire to the West Bank and East Jerusalem.
An ambassador said they delivered a letter to the president of the United Nations Security Council and urged the council to act quickly to halt military operations in Jenin, Tulkarem and other parts of the occupied Palestinian territory.
The ambassador said the letter, which was also given to the U.N. secretary-general and the president of the U.N. General Assembly, requests an immediate cessation of hostilities and withdrawal of Israeli forces from areas “they are not supposed to be in,” particularly the Jenin refugee camp. “More than 20 buildings were destroyed,” the ambassador said, drawing a parallel to images from the fighting in Gaza.
The ambassador said the ceasefire agreed for the Gaza Strip should be permanent and should cover the Gaza Strip, the West Bank and East Jerusalem. They said they had requested an urgent Security Council meeting yesterday and that consultations were ongoing; the president of the Security Council was expected to brief attendees at 11:30 and the council might act “possibly as early as tomorrow.”
The ambassador said copies of the letter were available and that they delivered five copies to be shared among attendees. They said the president of the Security Council and other council members had been consulted and that they hoped the Security Council, as “the highest authority in the U.N. system of the maintenance of international peace and security,” would “shoulder its responsibility” to stop the reported aggression in the northern West Bank.
A questioner asked when the Security Council meeting might take place and what the ambassador expected the council to do; the ambassador said scheduling and consultations are handled by the president of the General Assembly and repeated the request that fighting stop immediately and forces withdraw from specified areas.
The remarks addressed urgent diplomatic engagement at the U.N. level and did not report any formal Security Council decision taken during the meeting. The letter delivery and requests for an emergency council session were described as ongoing diplomatic steps rather than completed actions.
