UN finally passes ceasefire resolution: The United Nations Security Council voted for a resolution demanding an immediate ceasefire in Gaza for the remaining month of Ramadan, as the US abstained from the vote and the remaining 14 members voted for the resolution, Reuters reported. Egypt welcomed the decision in a statement from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.

Remember: US abstentions on resolutions regarding Israel are not a common occurrence. The US has for decades used its veto power to prevent the Security Council passing resolutions condemning Israeli actions in Palestine.

US-Israeli relations come under further strain: After news of the vote, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu canceled plans for a high-level Israeli delegation to visit Washington, where talks were expected to cover Israel’s planned invasion of Rafah. Netanyahu called the move a “clear retreat” of the US’ steadfast policy to back Israel.

Regardless of the vote, Israel says it has no plans to halt its war: “We will operate against Hamas everywhere — including in places where we have not yet been,” Israeli Defence Minister Yoav Gallant said in response to the news. “We have no moral right to stop the war while there are still hostages held in Gaza.”

The war to date: Over 32k Palestinians have been killed by Israel in the nearly six months since the war on Gaza began and the besieged enclave on the brink of famine as Israel complicates — and targets — the delivery of humanitarian aid.

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