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Italy abstains in vote on UN resolution on Gaza

Resolution failed to condemn Hamas says Italian ambassador

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(ANSA) - ROME, OCT 28 - Italy on Friday abstained in a vote at the United Nations General Assembly on a resolution calling for an "immediate humanitarian truce" in the Gaza Strip.
    Ambassador Maurizio Massari, Italy's Permanent Representative to the UN, said Rome did not back the non-binding resolution, which passed with 120 votes in favor, 14 against and 45 abstentions, because it failed to condemn Hamas.
    The motion was blasted by Israel and the United States for the same reason.
    "It lacks unequivocal condemnation of Hamas's attacks on Israel, it lacks recognition of the right of any State under attack, in this case Israel, to defend itself, and it fails to mention the demand for the immediate, unconditional release of the hostages (taken by Hamas) on 7 October," Massari said. (ANSA).
   

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