Israel-Hamas War Day 74: US vows support for Israel as calls mount for Gaza ceasefire | Top 10 updates
Here are top 10 updates on Israel-Hamas war, 1) Hamas released a short video on Monday showing three elderly Israeli hostages whom the Islamist group seized during its October 7 rampage. Israel denounced it as a “criminal, terrorist video", Reuters reported.
2) The three men - identified by Israel as 79-year-old Chaim Peri, 80-year-old Yoram Metzger, and 84-year-old Amiram Cooper - were taken hostage over 10 weeks ago with about 240 others by Hamas infiltrators who carried out a killing spree in Israeli communities. 3) Israel and Hamas agreed to a week-long ceasefire at the end of November, mediated by Qatar and Egypt, that included the release of more than 100 hostages in Gaza in exchange for 240 Palestinian women and teenagers from Israeli jails.
4) Efforts are underway to try to arrange for the release of more hostages, with the heads of the US CIA and Israel's Mossad, and Qatar's prime minister expected to meet and discuss the issue. 5) The UN Security Council delayed until Tuesday morning a vote on an Arab-sponsored resolution calling for a halt to hostilities in Gaza to allow for urgently needed aid deliveries to a massive number of civilians as members intensified negotiations to try to avoid another veto by the United States, as per AP reports.
6) The US vetoed a Security Council resolution on December 8 that was backed by almost all council members and dozens of other nations demanding an immediate humanitarian cease-fire in Gaza. 7) The draft resolution that was being considered by the 15 council members on Monday recognizes that civilians in Gaza don’t have access to sufficient food, water, sanitation, electricity, telecommunications, and medical services “essential for their survival." 8) More than 19,400
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