Australia abstains from UN resolution calling for truce in Gaza, prompting criticism at home

Representative explains resolution did not recognise terror group Hamas as perpetrator of 7 October attack'

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Australia has abstained from casting a vote in a UN resolution calling for an immediate humanitarian truce in Gaza, arguing it was incomplete" because it did not mention Hamas as the perpetrator of the 7 October attack.

On Friday, the United Nations general assembly overwhelmingly called for an immediate, durable and sustainable humanitarian truce" between Israel and Hamas and demanded unhindered aid access to the besieged Gaza Strip.

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