Algeria pushes UN Security Council to demand Gaza ceasefire

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Delegates during a United Nations Security Council meeting at UN headquarters in New York, US on September 21, 2023. PHOTO | AFP

Algeria has drafted a UN Security Council resolution to demand an immediate humanitarian ceasefire between Israel and Hamas, a move that the United States - a council veto power - opposes because it says it would only benefit the Palestinian militants.

The draft, seen by Reuters on Thursday, also "rejects the forced displacement of the Palestinian civilian population" and again demands all parties comply with international law and calls for full, rapid, safe, and unhindered humanitarian access into and throughout the entire Gaza Strip.