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Al Jazeera
Al Jazeera
Politics
Lorraine Mallinder

Ceasefire or pause? Words UN members can’t agree on to stop Israel’s bombs

Palestinians react at the site of Israeli air raids on houses, as the conflict between Israel and Palestinian group Hamas continues, in Khan Younis in the southern Gaza Strip, on October 26, 2023 [Mohammed Salem/Reuters]

During a visit to Moscow on Friday, a member of a Hamas delegation reportedly said that the group won’t release the captives taken during the October 7 attacks on Israel until a ceasefire agreement has been reached.

The news comes as the United Nations Security Council struggles to agree on whether to impose a ceasefire or a humanitarian pause allowing aid to flow to the Gaza Strip’s besieged population – largely because of political differences among members.

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