It was the night of Tuesday that the UN Security Council discussed the crisis in Gaza. The fact that an overwhelming majority of UN member states voted for an immediate humanitarian ceasefire in the Gaza Strip has provoked the Israeli authorities. The country will not agree to a ceasefire, said Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. In front of the assembly, Israel’s UN ambassador, Gilad Erdan, stood up and donned a yellow star. Gilad Erdan’s yellow star says “never again”. Photo: Eduardo Munoz Alvarez / AP A historical reference to the yellow Jewish stars that the Nazis forced them to wear, and a jab at the Security Council that has not come up with a collective condemnation of Hamas. – Some of you have forgotten why this organization was created, so I want to remind you: Every time you look at me from this day, you will remember me what it means to be silent in the face of evil, said the ambassador. The “true cost” of the crisis – Every minute now is the difference between life and death for the Palestinians in Gaza, said Riyad Mansour, the Palestinians’ UN envoy. He quoted former UN Secretary-General Dag Hammarskjöld as saying that the UN was not created to bring humanity to heaven, but to save us from hell. Photo: MICHAEL M. SANTIAGO / AFP – Gaza is now hell on earth. Saving humanity from hell today means, for the UN, saving the Palestinians in the Gaza Strip, said the Palestinian envoy. Several of the UN’s independent organizations also spoke for the Security Council. They also used strong descriptions of the situation in Gaza. A child wounded in Israeli bombardment receives treatment in the intensive care unit of Nasser Hospital in Khan Younis in southern Gaza. Photo: MAHMUD HAMS / AFP – More than 420 children are killed or injured in Gaza every day; a number that should shake the soul of each one of us. That was said by Cathrine Russell, Unicef chief, and clarified that the “true cost” of the crisis in Gaza will be measured in children’s lives. Collective Punishment “The devastation is unprecedented, and the human tragedy unfolding under our watch is unbearable.” At least 221 schools and more than 177,000 homes have been damaged or destroyed and clean water is running out quickly, according to Cathrine Russell. Photo: Hatem Ali / AP Philippe Lazzarini, head of the UN aid organization for Palestinian refugees, to the ambassadors in the UN Security Council. Israel is carrying out a collective punishment of the Palestinians, he stressed. – I have said it many times, and I will say it again: No place is safe in Gaza. The WHO has recorded 34 attacks against the health service in Gaza, including 21 hospitals. 12 of Gaza’s 35 hospitals are now out of service. Continuing the debate Despite strong descriptions, the Security Council did not reach a new resolution on Tuesday night. They expressed that they will continue the dialogue on Tuesday at 20 Norwegian time. Whether the parties in the council have reached an agreement, however, is highly uncertain. In the UN Security Council, both the USA, Russia and China have veto power. Until now, the US has stopped all statements that do not mention that Israel has the right to defend itself. Russia and China have stopped the US proposal for a statement because the US is not asking for a ceasefire.
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