Ten countries, including the United States and Israel, opposed the resolution calling for a ceasefire in Gaza, which the UN General Assembly passed by an overwhelming majority on Tuesday.

The United Nations General Assembly issued the resolution with a majority of 153 votes, 10 against, and 23 abstentions. The resolution calls for an immediate ceasefire in Gaza, where Israel is launching attacks against the armed Hamas movement. It also calls on all parties to comply with international humanitarian law and demands that Hamas release the hostages it kidnapped during the surprise attack on October 7, which left more than 1,200 Israelis dead.

Hamas released about 100 of the estimated 240 hostages during the temporary ceasefire that ended on December 1.

Many humanitarian organizations, policymakers and countries have raised concerns that the Israeli attack on Gaza has created a humanitarian crisis and put millions of civilians at risk. The Hamas-run Health Ministry in Gaza said more than 18,000 people had died in the Strip since the war began.

In addition, international organizations have sounded the alarm about the lack of necessary supplies, food and water available to Palestinians in Gaza.

The non-binding resolution passed Tuesday comes days after the United States vetoed a UN Security Council resolution that also called for a ceasefire in the Israeli war on Gaza. This decision would have required Israel to stop its war against Hamas in the Gaza Strip.

Below are the eight countries that joined the United States and Israel in opposing the resolution: Austria; Czechia; Guatemala; Liberia; Micronesia; Nauru; Papua New Guinea; Paraguay.

In just over two months, the Israeli bombing and siege imposed on Gaza led to the deaths of more than 18,000 Palestinians, including more than 7,000 children, and the displacement of about 90% of the Strip’s population. Israeli officials rejected international pressure for a ceasefire and pledged that the war would continue, perhaps for months or even years.

The vote in the General Assembly on Tuesday showed the extent of the isolation of the United States and Israel, and after weeks of absolute American support for Israel in its war on besieged Gaza, statements began to emerge publicly indicating a rare disagreement between the two sides, centered on the future of the conflict and the “next day” after the war, and a solution. The two countries.

US President Joe Biden, who insists that the two-state solution is the way to end the conflict between Israelis and Palestinians, revealed disagreements on Tuesday with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, who, for his part, confirmed that he would not allow his country to “repeat the mistakes of Oslo,” a position that disturbs. Washington, which sponsors the peace project in the region.

These public positions come in light of the escalation of international pressure on Israel, with the United Nations General Assembly issuing, by an overwhelming majority, a non-binding resolution calling for a “humanitarian ceasefire” in the Gaza Strip, which, according to a UN official, has become “hell on earth” as a result of Israeli bombing. It does not stop, and the humanitarian conditions continue to deteriorate.