The UN Security Council’s approval of a resolution calling for an immediate end to hostilities emboldened Hamas to reject the latest ceasefire proposal, Israel Foreign Minister Israel Katz stated. Hamas said on Monday that it was rejecting the latest proposal and sticking to its core demands, which include an end to the war and a full withdrawal from Gaza. Mr Katz told Israeli Army Radio that the UN resolution indicated to Hamas that international pressure was closing in on Israel and that it need only wait for the war to end through that pressure rather than agreeing to make any concessions.
