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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Edith M. Lederer

U.N. Security Council schedules a vote on a resolution urging humanitarian pauses, corridors in Gaza

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After four failed attempts, the U.N. Security Council scheduled a vote Wednesday on a resolution which would call for “urgent and extended humanitarian pauses and corridors throughout the Gaza Strip" in the Israel-Hamas war.

The final draft watered down language from a “demand” to a “call.” It also watered down a demand for “the immediate and unconditional release of all hostages held by Hamas and other groups” to a call.

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