The UN Human Rights Council on Friday demanded a halt to all arms sales to Israel, highlighting warnings of “genocide” in its war in Gaza, which has killed more than 33,000 people.
The resolution, which passed with 28 of the council’s 47 member states voting in favor, 6 opposed and 13 abstaining, marking the first time the United Nations top rights body has taken a position on the nearly six-month war.
Israeli PM Benjamin Netanyahu’s office has said it will allow “temporary” humanitarian aid deliveries via a crossing in the northern Gaza Strip “to ensure the continuation of the fighting and to achieve the goals of the war”.
Earlier, US President Joe Biden had told Netanyahu in a phone call to “empower his negotiators to conclude a ceasefire deal without delay”.
