UN Security Council ceasefire resolution was 'one-sided in its impact'

Former UN assistant secretary-general Ramesh Thakur discusses the passing of the UN Security Council’s immediate ceasefire resolution on Monday, saying it was "one-sided" in its impact. “I think it reflects a lot of anger in the UN community on the civilian carnage that’s inevitable when you have a war – I think they forget a couple of key things though,” Mr Thakur told Sky News host Sharri Markson. “One, the war started with the Hamas attacks on October 7 that were particularly brutal and gruesome, and were it not for what happened on 7th of October, there would be no Israeli military presence in Gaza today. “The second they forget is that the war could indeed end if Hamas releases all the hostages, surrenders weapons and hand it over for trial. The senior commanders are responsible for what happened on 7th October. “And the third thing is I think they ignore the reality that the civilian casualties are so high.”