The Chicago City Council approved a resolution calling for an unconditional ceasefire in the Israeli war on Gaza.

After hours of debate, the measure was reduced to one vote — Mayor Brandon Johnson's — with the council vote ending at 23 yes and 23 no. Johnson's tie-breaking vote brought the measure to 24 yeas and 23 nays.

The council was initially expected to vote on the resolution last week, but the vote was postponed because the council instead supported a resolution supporting an international day for Holocaust awareness.

The resolution, sponsored by Councilwoman Danielle Laspata, calls on Congress and President Joe Biden to “facilitate lasting peace in Gaza, starting with a permanent ceasefire.”

“Now we move forward to use this victory as inspiration to continue demanding that Joe Biden stop supporting genocide against our people,” Hatem Abu Dayyeh, national president of the American Palestinian Community Network (USPCN), said in a statement.

As is usual, Jewish groups described the decision as “dangerous.”

The resolution was passed in Chicago by the City Council's Health and Human Relations Committee last month.

After postponing the decision last week, Johnson said he supported a ceasefire in the war-torn region.

He added: “At this stage now, I think we are looking at 25,000 Palestinians killed during this war, and the killing must stop.”