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The compromise statement noted IDF presence during the incident but didn’t assign blame directly or call for a ceasefire.
JNS has learned the U.N.’s sexual violence in conflict envoy will address the media in her recent trip to Israel.
“We don’t have all the facts on the ground,” the U.S. envoy said. That’s the problem.”
“It lies with Hamas, because Hamas started this on Oct. 7 in its invasion,” said Robert Wood, U.S. deputy ambassador to the United Nations.
Washington is calling for a halt to fighting only after the conclusion of diplomatic efforts, stressing both the release of Israeli hostages and humanitarian aid for Palestinians.
Israel’s Foreign Affairs Ministry rejected the U.N. Human Rights Council’s call to withhold weapons from Israel over alleged violations.
Linda Thomas-Greenfield, the U.S. ambassador to the United Nations, combined two phrases she tends to use, “durable solution” and “final resolution,” a connected JNS source said.
“The pace of hostage talks can be frustrating,” said the U.S. deputy ambassador to the United Nations. “Negotiations at such high stakes do not always yield immediate results.”
The head of the U.N. agency, which is supported only by donations, wrote to the U.N. General Assembly president seeking permanent U.N. support.
“We have to plan for all possibilities,” said a State Department spokesman, amid congressional legislation to defund the scandal-plagued agency.
The document was sent to United Nations decision-makers.
Israel has “forcefully” rejected the allegations, which it calls “despicable and unfounded.”
