The draft resolution demands that the cease-fire be respected by all parties and calls for the immediate release of all hostages taken during Hamas’ attack in southern Israel on Oct. 7.

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu called the incident ‘tragic’ in an address to parliament Monday but vowed to gain ‘absolute victory’ in Gaza.

EU’s foreign policy chief Josep Borrell threw his full weight to support the International Criminal Court, whose prosecutor is seeking an arrest warrant against Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and others, including the leaders of Hamas.

Israel asserts that it adheres to international law even as it faces scrutiny in the world’s top courts, one of which last week demanded that it halt its offensive in Rafah.

Groups of settler youth are tailing relief convoys, setting up checkpoints and interrogating drivers. In some cases, far-right attackers have ransacked and burned trucks and beaten Palestinian drivers, leaving at least two hospitalized.