Italy on Friday abstained in a vote
at the United Nations General Assembly on a resolution calling
for an "immediate humanitarian truce" in the Gaza Strip.
Ambassador Maurizio Massari, Italy's Permanent Representative to
the UN, said Rome did not back the non-binding resolution, which
passed with 120 votes in favor, 14 against and 45 abstentions,
because it failed to condemn Hamas.
The motion was blasted by Israel and the United States for the
same reason.
"It lacks unequivocal condemnation of Hamas's attacks on Israel,
it lacks recognition of the right of any State under attack, in
this case Israel, to defend itself, and it fails to mention the
demand for the immediate, unconditional release of the hostages
(taken by Hamas) on 7 October," Massari said.
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