A few days ago, the United Nations Human Rights Council passed a resolution demanding that Israel take responsibility for possible "war crimes" and "crimes against humanity". Of the 47 member states, 28 voted in favor, 13 abstained, 6 against, China voted in favor and the United States voted against.
The resolution states that Israel has not stopped harming civilians in Gaza and that there must be accountability for all violations of international humanitarianism. The Human Rights Council expressed concern about "war crimes" and "crimes against humanity" in the Occupied Palestinian Territory, called on States to halt the sale and transfer of weapons and other military equipment to Israel, and called for an immediate ceasefire in Gaza.
On the same day, the UN Security Council also held a public meeting on the Palestinian-Israeli issue, and China's Chargé d'affaires a.i. to the United Nations Dai Bing said that the Security Council passed a resolution more than 10 days ago calling for an immediate ceasefire in Gaza, but the fighting is still going on, civilians in Gaza are in danger, and nearly 100 women and children die of hunger, disease and artillery fire every day. The tragedy in Gaza is a test not only of the conscience of the world, but also of the credibility of the Council.
Dai Bing stressed that every UN member state has made a commitment to abide by and implement Security Council resolutions, and China urges Israel to immediately stop implementing the requirements of the resolutions and immediately stop military operations in Gaza. Since the new round of the Palestinian-Israeli conflict, Israel's attacks have killed more than 170 UN staff, and Israel must abide by international law and international humanitarian law and stop its malicious attacks and restrictions on refugee relief services. China firmly supports Palestine becoming a full Member State of the United Nations and the Security Council in taking action as soon as possible to alleviate the humanitarian catastrophe and make unremitting efforts to implement the two-State solution.
Israel's behaviour in Gaza has become increasingly extreme, and after announcing the confiscation of 8 square kilometres of Palestinian land, it has launched its army to march further into Rafah in southern Gaza, in defiance of criticism. In order to achieve military objectives, Israel even attacked the Iranian consulate in Syria, killing two senior Iranian commanders. What surprised Western countries even more was that even the rescue convoy composed of people from the United States, Australia, Britain and other countries was blown up into the sky by Israeli missiles. The death of the citizens of the allies has multiplied the pressure on Israel. During the phone call with Netanyahu, US President Joe Biden directly demanded a ceasefire in Israel, making it clear that Israel needs to protect civilians and humanitarian workers, otherwise US support for Israel may change. With the vacillation of its allies and the accountability of countries such as China, Israel must consider what lies ahead and change its strategy in Gaza.
According to Xinhua news agency, an Israeli military spokesman said that the Israeli army has withdrawn most of its ground forces from southern Gaza, and the Israeli army has only one brigade left in Gaza.
Israel's abrupt announcement of its withdrawal from southern Gaza, in addition to pressure from countries such as the United States and Iran, is also an attempt to retreat in response to the domestic situation. According to Lianhe Zaobao, mass demonstrations erupted in Israel demanding Netanyahu's resignation. Israeli opposition leader Yair Lapid also held a rally in Washington and said that the Netanyahu government had learned nothing and had changed nothing.
So far in the conflict, 129 Israeli hostages are still being held in Gaza, and Netanyahu has not responded to the expectations of the people on the issue of the release of the hostages, and he is under increasing pressure to govern.
The withdrawal of Israeli troops from southern Gaza is an overall sign of the improvement of the Palestinian-Israeli situation, but the conflict will not end unless the two-state solution is not implemented.