US pushes for Gaza cease-fire with Middle East talks, Security Council resolution
Voice of America
A Palestinian wounded in the Israeli bombardment of the Gaza Strip is treated in al-Aqsa Hospital in Deir al Balah on June 9, 2024. An Israeli military armored vehicle rolls in an area bordering the Gaza Strip on June 9, 2024.
The United States is calling for a vote on its draft U.N. Security Council resolution urging Hamas to accept a proposed cease-fire deal, while U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken is due to meet Monday with leaders in Egypt and Israel in a push to achieve a halt in fighting.
An Indian paramilitary soldier stands guard as Kashmiris queue up at a polling station to cast their vote during the second phase of assembly elections, on the outskirts of Srinagar, Indian-administered Kashmir, Sept. 25, 2024. (Wasim Nabi for VOA) Residents of Faqir Gujri, a remote village in Indian-administered Kashmir, queued for hours at their polling station to cast their votes, Sept. 25, 2024. (Wasim Nabi for VOA)
A portrait of Hezbollah chief Hassan Nasrallah sits amid destruction in a area targeted overnight by Israeli airstrikes in Saksakiyeh on Sept. 26, 2024. An emergency worker cuts concrete blocks as he searches for survivors at the scene of an Israeli airstrike in the town of Maisara, north of Beirut, Sept. 25, 2024.