Relentless attacks
At the same time as the General Assembly vote, Al Jazeera reported on Thursday that an Israeli attack on Palestinian security guards escorting a humanitarian aid shipment in Gaza killed at least 12 people and injured dozens.Since dawn on Thursday, at least 35 Palestinians have been killed in Israeli airstrikes targeting various areas in Gaza, the Palestinian news agency WAFA reported.
Children and women were among seven killed when a residential building in Gaza City's al-Jalaa Street was bombed, WAFA said. Another 15 were killed in the bombing of a house where displaced people were taking shelter, west of Nuseirat camp in the central Gaza Strip, it added.
Indonesia's Foreign Ministry reaffirmed its commitment to the Palestinian cause by proposing the "Demand for cease-fire in Gaza" resolution during Wednesday's General Assembly session.
Hadi Rahmat Purnama, an assistant professor of international law and chair of the Centre for International Law Studies at the Faculty of Law at Universitas Indonesia, told China Daily that Jakarta has "committed to the objective of the UN to keep international peace and security".
He explained that the resolutions "come naturally" in response to the US veto of a similar cease-fire resolution at the UN Security Council last month.
"Although the UNGA resolutions do not have as much weight as the UNSC resolutions, they are a sign that the international community is concerned about the situation in Gaza," Purnama said.
"The resolutions will also put pressure on other states, especially the US and others, to resolve this massive humanitarian atrocity in Palestine, particularly in Gaza."
Philippe Lazzarini, head of UNRWA, wrote on X on Wednesday: "We need to scale up our support to the people of Gaza and need all parties to continue (the) facilitation of safe, unimpeded and uninterrupted humanitarian access to ensure aid reaches those who need it most. With political will, this is possible."
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