Blinken calls on Hamas to accept Gaza ceasefire plan

The UN Security Council has voted overwhelmingly to approve the proposal, with 14 of the 15 members voting in favour and Russia abstaining.

US secretary of state Antony Blinken has said the UN Security Council’s vote in favour of a US-backed proposal for a Gaza ceasefire and hostage release made it “as clear as it possibly could be” that the world supports the plan, as he again called on Hamas to accept it.