MADRID, October 26 (EUROPA PRESS) –

The leader of the political wing of the Islamic Resistance Movement (Hamas), Ismail Haniye, this Wednesday thanked Russia and China for vetoing the resolution submitted by the United States before the UN Security Council, considering the resolution “biased”. supports Israel.

“The Chief of the Political Bureau praised Russia and China’s positions on the Security Council and their frustration with the US resolution biased in favor of the occupation, and expressed his gratitude to all countries inside and outside the Security Council who called for an end to the occupation. of aggression against the Palestinian people in Gaza,” read the statement compiled by the ‘Filastín’ newspaper, which is linked to Hamas.

Haniye also called on the international community “to force the occupation” to respect Human Rights and implement International Humanitarian Law against civilians in the Gaza Strip “in particular and Palestine in general.”

The United Nations Security Council on Wednesday again failed to take a position on the situation in Gaza after two opposing resolutions proposed by Russia and the United States were vetoed.

The American text, which includes Israel’s right to self-defense and a “humanitarian pause” to allow aid into Gaza, has received ten votes in favor, two abstentions and three votes against, two from veto-wielding countries: Russia and China. The Russian proposal, which calls for a ceasefire in the Gaza Strip and condemns the “despicable” attacks by Hamas, has received four votes in favor, nine abstentions and two against, from the United States and Britain, which also have the right to call for a ceasefire in the Gaza Strip. to veto.

The two most divisive points of conflict between the countries in the organization, which cannot agree on a position regarding the situation in Gaza, are an immediate ceasefire and the right to self-defense on the part of Israel.

Last Wednesday, the United States vetoed a resolution Brazil submitted to the UN Security Council advocating the creation of a humanitarian corridor after the vote was postponed twice.

Meanwhile, Gaza is under a total siege imposed by the Israeli government, which has also continuously bombed the enclave for more than two weeks, resulting in the deaths of more than 6,500 Palestinians since October 7. Additionally, the Palestinian Authority has reported more than a hundred deaths in the West Bank.