The United Nations Security Council voted on a decision to increase humanitarian support to the Palestinian Gaza Strip shortly after 2 a.m. Japan time on the twenty third, and out of 15 nations, 13 together with Japan, the United Kingdom, and France. The decision was adopted with three nations voting in favor and the United States and Russia abstaining. This is the second time for the reason that starting of the army battle between the Israeli military and the Islamic group Hamas that the United Nations Security Council has adopted a decision aiming to defuse the state of affairs, the primary being on the fifteenth of final month.

