The United Nations (UN) Security Council convenes a meeting to discuss a resolution proposed by the United States on the Gaza crisis at the UN headquarters in New York, U.S., March 22, 2024. The resolution was vetoed by China and Russia. China says the U.S. draft is ambiguous in calling for an immediate ceasefire and that it only sets preconditions for a ceasefire, which essentially green-lights continued killing. /CFP

Palestinians perform Friday prayers of the Muslim holy month of Ramadan near the ruins of a destroyed mosque by the Israeli airstrikes in Rafah, Gaza Strip, March 22, 2024. /CFP

Israeli forces search the Palestinian village of Dayr Ibizi, following a reported shooting incident against Israeli settlers nearby, in the occupied West Bank, on March 22, 2024. Israel has declared 800 hectares in the occupied West Bank as state land on March 22, in a move that will facilitate the use of the ground for settlement building. /CFP

This picture taken from Israel's southern border with the Gaza Strip shows an airdrop of humanitarian aid over the besieged Palestinian territory, March 20, 2024. UN Humanitarian Relief Coordinator Martin Griffiths on March 22 emphasized the urgent need for Israel to remove obstacles hindering aid distribution in Gaza. /CFP

Displaced Palestinians are fleeing from the area near Gaza City's Al-Shifa hospital and are walking along the coastal highway as they arrive at the Nuseirat refugee camp in the central Gaza Strip, March 18, 2024. Israeli troops entered Al-Shifa Hospital in Gaza City in the early hours of March 18 morning and have been combing through the sprawling complex, killing more than 170 gunmen. /CFP

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu (L) attends a joint press conference with the German Chancellor Olaf Scholz after their meeting in Jerusalem, Israel, March 17, 2024. Netanyahu said that any Gaza peace deal that weakens Israel and leaves it unable to defend itself against hostile neighbors would be unacceptable. /CFP