(JNS) The United Nations Security Council has passed a draft resolution calling for a ceasefire in Gaza for the rest of Ramadan. 

The United States abstained and the remaining 14 council members including Russia, China and the UK voted for the resolution.

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Monday cancelled a senior delegation to Washington after the resolution passed, saying that the passage of the resolution “hurt the war effort.” 

China and Russia vetoed a separate US-drafted Security Council ceasefire resolution on Friday morning which condemned Hamas for the October 7 massacres.

The new text, which was the subject of a vote on Monday “demands an immediate ceasefire for the month of Ramadan respected by all parties leading to a lasting sustainable ceasefire, and also demands the immediate and unconditional release of all hostages.”

It also “demands the immediate and unconditional release of all hostages” as well as the “lifting of all barriers to the provision of humanitarian assistance at scale.”

The non-permanent members worked on the draft resolution with the US over the weekend to avoid a veto.

“We expect, barring a last-minute twist, that the resolution will be adopted and that the United States will not vote against it,” diplomats told AFP on Friday.