The Associated Press (AP) news agency reports that Israel is privately objecting to a US attempt to pass a resolution at the UN Security Council that would lead to a ceasefire in Gaza.
According to the AP, the US has circulated a revised draft of a UNSC resolution aimed at bringing about a ceasefire in Gaza, and which states that the council “welcomes the new ceasefire proposal announced on May 31, which is acceptable to Israel … [and] calls upon Hamas to also accept it”.
But an Israeli official told the AP that the language overlooks Israel’s stated aim of destroying Hamas as a military force. Israel also objects to the proposed language in the resolution that “rejects any attempt at demographic or territorial change in the Gaza Strip”.
The official told the AP, speaking on condition of anonymity, that Israel also objects to the resolution’s reference to “actions that reduce the territory of Gaza, such as through the permanent establishment officially or unofficially of so-called buffer zones”, which Israel said it plans to establish.
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