Kanaani: UNSC resolution on immediate aid to Gaza Positive, But not enough to ease the suffering

The Iranian Foreign Ministry has described the UN Security Council Resolution No. 2720, which demands immediate and unhindered delivery of humanitarian aid to Gaza, as positive but not enough to ease the pains of the Palestinians.

The 15 member-UN Security Council on Friday adopted the resolution on the ongoing crisis in Gaza, with 13 votes in favor. The Resolution, No. 2720, among other points, demands immediate, safe and unhindered delivery of humanitarian assistance directly to the Palestinian civilians throughout Gaza Strip.

In a statement on Saturday, Iranian Foreign Ministry Spokesperson Nasser Kanaani described the resolution as a “positive but insufficient” measure.

“It’s a great pity that after 77 days of barbaric attacks by the Zionist occupation against the defenseless people in Gaza Strip, the US government is still blocking the adoption of a binding UNSC resolution on the cessation of war and ending the Zionist entity’s war crimes and genocide committed in Gaza,” he added.

Kanaani noted that it is practically impossible to send humanitarian aid supplies to Gaza as the Israeli entity continues to bombard the Strip, commits the most unprecedented war crimes in the modern history, and had destroyed over 60 percent of houses and municipal infrastructures in Gaza. “The UN secretary-general’s remarks after the adoption of the Resolution attested to such bitter fact.”

He stressed that Resolution 2720 in no way diminishes the responsibility of the UN Security Council, saying that the US government is still held primarily accountable for the continuation of the Israeli occupation’s barbaric strikes and war crimes against Palestinian people in Gaza and the West Bank.

Yesterday, the United States used its veto to thwart a Russian amendment to a draft resolution in the Security Council demanding an end to the Israeli aggression on Gaza Strip.

More than 20,000 Palestinians have been killed in Israeli attacks on Gaza since October 7.

Hamda Mustafa