UN general assembly calls for immediate truce – as it happened
by Adam Fulton and (earlier) Léonie Chao-Fong, Ashif from World news | The Guardian on (#6FX6W)
United Nations resolution passes with 120 votes in favour of truce. This blog is now closed. Our live coverage continues here
A member of the Hamas delegation visiting Moscow has said that it needs time to locate all of the hostages who have been taken to Gaza by various Palestinian factions, Reuters is reporting, citing Russia's Kommersant newspaper.
Kommersant also reported a member of the Hamas delegation saying that it could not release the hostages until a ceasefire was agreed and that Israeli bombing of Gaza has killed 50 of the hostages seized during raids by Palestinian militants.
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