The UN General Assembly adopted a resolution with 158 votes demanding an immediate, unconditional end to Israel’s war on Gaza and an immediate access to humanitarian aid for the citizens of Gaza.

The resolution urges "an immediate, unconditional, and permanent ceasefire" in the Gaza Strip, where the war has so far claimed the lives of at least 44,805 Palestinians, mostly women and children, including 333 aid workers.

The United States, Israel and seven other countries voted against the ceasefire resolution, while 13 countries abstained.

The world body also threw its support behind the U.N. Palestinian relief agency UNRWA, adopting a second resolution with 159 votes in favor to deplore a new Israeli law that will ban UNRWA's operations in Israel from late January.