ISRAELI OCCUPIED GAZA, 12 Dec. - (ANA) - In Gaza, as airstrikes, shelling and gunfire continued to kill and maim Palestinians, UN human rights chief Volker Türk on Wednesday rejected suggestions by the Israeli military that the so-called "Yellow Line" of concrete blocks it has erected inside the enclave represented a new border.

 

"The Security Council resolution is very clear about not calling anything a border or anything else, it is about a territory that needs to be respected in its entirety," he said, referencing a resolution adopted by the Council on 17 November in support of a comprehensive plan to end the conflict.

 

"We call on all parties to respect the ceasefire and to ensure that we can indeed move to the next phase [of the peace plan]," the High Commissioner told journalists in Geneva. Gaza "remains a place of unimaginable suffering, loss and fear. While the bloodshed has reduced, it has not stopped," he insisted.

 

Resolution 2803 (2025) received 13 votes in favour and none against, with permanent members China and Russia abstaining.   - (ANA) -

 

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