The Israeli Foreign Minister, Eli Cohen, expressed this Saturday his “outright” rejection of the “despicable call by the United Nations for a ceasefire” in Gaza, following the resolution approved in the General Assembly in that regard at the initiative of the Arabian countries.

“I categorically reject the despicable UN call for a ceasefire. “Israel intends to act to eliminate Hamas as the world acted against the Nazis and ISIS (Islamic State),” the head of Israeli diplomacy said in a message on the social network X (formerly Twitter).

The General Assembly approved this Friday, with 120 votes in favor and 14 against, a non-binding resolution to call for “the cessation of hostilities” and “an immediate, sustainable and lasting truce” in Gaza.

After the vote, the Israeli ambassador to the UN, Gilad Erdan – who on Tuesday called for the resignation of Secretary General António Guterres for his alleged pro-Palestinian bias – issued disqualifications against the UN, an institution “that no longer has a shred of legitimacy or relevance”.

“Today is a dark day for the UN and for humanity because the majority of the international community has shown that it prefers to defend the Nazi terrorists of Hamas rather than the State of Israel, which follows the laws to defend civilians,” the ambassador asserted.

This Friday marks 20 days of conflagration in the Gaza Strip, where intense Israeli bombing has claimed the lives of more than 7,300 Gazans, according to Hamas.

More than 1,400 people have died in Israel, including more than a thousand civilians murdered in the brutal attack perpetrated by the armed wing of Hamas on October 7 that triggered the current war, the worst that has pitted Israeli troops against the Islamist militias in Gaza.