Israel-Hamas: UN General Assembly votes 153 in favour of Gaza ceasefire | LIVE

The 193-member United Nations (UN) General Assembly is set to vote Tuesday on a draft resolution demanding an immediate humanitarian ceasefire in the conflict between Israel and Hamas militants in the Gaza Strip, according to diplomats.

Earlier in the day, the Palestinian foreign minister accused Israel of using starvation as a weapon of war against around 1 million Gazans and described this as an "utter international failure" to protect Palestinians, a charge an Israeli official rejected as "obscene."

"We are living through this dystopian reality that excludes Palestinians from the basic, most basic rights afforded to all human beings," Palestinian Foreign Minister Riyad al-Maliki said.

Israel said its instructions to people to move to areas it says are safer are among measures it is taking to protect civilians as it tries to root out Hamas militants who killed 1,200 people and took 240 hostage in its Oct. 7 attack. In remarks to reporters, Israel's ambassador to the United Nations in Geneva, Meirav Eilon Shahar, criticized al-Maliki's address for making no mention of Hamas and its deadly attacks on Israel.

Israel's retaliatory assault has killed at least 18,205 people and wounded nearly 50,000, according to the Hamas-run Gaza health ministry, which says many thousands more dead are uncounted under the rubble or beyond the reach of ambulances.

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