The US Secretary of State is on his eighth visit to the Middle East since the Israel-Hamas war began in October.
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00:00 The UN Security Council has approved its first resolution endorsing a ceasefire plan aimed
00:09 at ending the war in Gaza.
00:12 The resolution, written by the US, received 14 votes in favor at the 15-member Security
00:19 Council.
00:20 A three-phase ceasefire proposal announced by US President Joe Biden last month, which
00:27 calls for an initial six-week ceasefire and the exchange of some Israeli captives held
00:32 in Gaza for Palestinian prisoners held in Israeli jails.
00:37 After the vote, the Palestinian ambassador to the UN spoke.
00:41 "Now the burden is on the Israeli side to implement this resolution and to have the
00:50 ceasefire immediately in place and also to have the exchange, including the release of
00:57 Palestinian prisoners, and to make this ceasefire a permanent ceasefire."
01:04 Hamas welcomed the UN's resolution backing for a ceasefire in Gaza.
01:10 And in a statement, they said they were ready to cooperate with mediators and enter in direct
01:16 negotiations.
01:17 [Whoosh]