United Nations, United States: The United States is submitting to the UN Security Council its draft resolution on the need for an "immediate ceasefire" in Gaza for a Friday vote, the US ambassador's spokesman said Thursday.
The US resolution "will unequivocally support ongoing diplomatic efforts aimed at securing an immediate ceasefire in Gaza as part of a hostage deal ... we will be bringing this Resolution for a vote on Friday morning," Nate Evans, spokesman for US Ambassador Linda Thomas-Greenfield, said in a statement.
