Pakistan again pressed the United Nations Security Council to demand an immediate, unconditional and permanent truce in Gaza on Friday.
With the Council of Council, Pakistan’s permanent representative of the UN ASIM IFTIKHAR AHMED Islamabad’s “unwavering support” to the Palestinian right to self -determination and called for an end to Israeli military operations.
He said that Pakistan “stands with humanity, justice and international law,” and noted that Gaza’s civilians remain under merciless bombardment and blockade, with children starving, hospitals destroyed and families lacking food, medicine and shelter.
Ahmed emphasized that Pakistan stands with most of the council members and the wider UN membership in reflecting the international community’s expectations of an urgent stop for the matches.
Displaced Palestinians fleeing from Northern Gaza due to an Israeli military operation moving south after Israeli forces ordered residents of Gaza City to evacuate to the south, in the central gaza strip, September 18, 2025. Photo: Reuters
US Vetoes Gaza Army
The United States on Thursday, practicing his veto again and averted a UN Security Council’s call for a ceasefire in Gaza at the UN Headquarters in New York City, USA, where it shielded its allied Israel from meaningful diplomatic pressure.
The 14 other members of the Council supported the decision that began in August in response to the UN’s official statement of famine after almost two years of Israel’s war against Hamas in the Palestinian territory.
The vote came when Israeli thought and Jets knocked Gaza City, the target of a larger new earth offensive that forced Palestinians to flee to the south.
Israel launched its long-expected earth offensive in Gaza City on Tuesday, targeted Hamas militants and got widespread international alarm, with the UN condemning it as a “carnage”.
The United States has repeatedly rejected this approach several times, most recently in June, when it used its veto to support Israel.
Smoke rises after Israeli strikes during a military operation in Gaza City, 18 September 2025. Photo: Reuters
Israel war against Gaza
Since October 2023, Israeli attacks across Gaza have killed more than 65,000 people and wounded 157,951, says the Palestinian Ministry of Health in the enclave.
Last November, the International Criminal Court issued arrests for Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and his former Defense Minister Yoav Gallant for war crimes and crimes against humanity in Gaza.
Palestinians, displaced by the Israeli military offensive, take shelter in a tent camp, in the middle of an Israeli operation, in Gaza City, September 18, 2025. Photo: Reuters
Israel is also facing a genocide at the International Court of Justice for his war against the enclave. The proposed agreement includes a break in hostilities, increased humanitarian assistance and negotiations on the release of prisoners
