Hamas Receives UN DK Ceasefire Resolution And Ready To Negotiate, Senior Official Says US Faces Examination

Voting on the UN Security Council. (Twitter/@UN_News_Centre)

JAKARTA - Senior Hamas militant group official Sami Abu Zuhri said Tuesday his party accepted the UN Security Council's ceasefire resolution and was ready to negotiate.

Hamas received UN Security Council resolutions on the ceasefire, withdrawal of Israeli troops and exchange of hostages with detainees detained by Israel, he told Reuters, as quoted June 11.

Next, continued Abu Zuhri, it depends on Washington to ensure Israel complies with the resolution.

"The US government faces a real test to carry out its commitment to forcing the invaders to immediately end the war as an implementation of the UN Security Council's resolution," he explained.

As previously reported, Palestinian militant group Hamas, its ally of Islamic Jihad and Palestinian Authority led by President Mahmoud Abbas welcomed the resolution of the United Nations Security Council which supports the proposed ceasefire in Gaza.

The United Nations Security Council on Monday supported a proposal for an Israeli-Hamas ceasefire in the Gaza Strip promoted by US President Joe Biden, urging Palestinian militants to accept an agreement aimed at ending the eight-month war.

A total of 14 UN DK members voted for a resolution in favor of a three-phase ceasefire plan set by President Biden on May 31. Meanwhile, Russia chose abstain from the vote.

The resolution welcomes a new ceasefire proposal, declaring Israel has accepted it, asking Hamas to agree to it, and "encourages both parties to fully implement its provisions without delay and unconditionally."

The resolution also detailed the proposal and explained that "if negotiations last longer than six weeks for the first phase, the ceasefire will continue as long as negotiations continue."

The latest conflict in Gaza broke out when Hamas militants attacked Israel on October 7, killing 1,200 people and kidnapping about 250 others, according to Israeli tallies.

Meanwhile, health authorities in Gaza announced on Monday that the death toll of Palestinians since the war broke out on October 7, 2023, had reached 37,124 people, while 84,712 others were injured, quoted from WAFA,