Kuwait to submit draft resolution to UNSC on Gaza

By Safvan Allahverdi

WASHINGTON (AA) - Kuwait on Tuesday said it would submit a draft resolution at the United Nations Security Council (UNSC) on "protection of the Palestinian people."

Speaking to journalists ahead of the UNSC meeting on Israel's deadly violence in Gaza, Kuwait's envoy to the UN Mansour Al-Otaibi said the proposal will be submitted on Wednesday.

According to the Palestinian Health Ministry, at least 61 Palestinian demonstrators have been martyred by cross-border Israeli gunfire in one of the deadliest single-day massacres in the country's history.

Trump sparked international outcry last December when he unilaterally recognized Jerusalem as Israel's capital and vowed to relocate Washington's embassy to the city.

The embassy relocation coincides with the 70th anniversary of Israel’s establishment in 1948 -- an event Palestinians refer to as the “Nakba” or the “The Catastrophe”.

Thousands of Palestinians had gathered on Gaza Strip’s eastern border early Monday morning to take part in protests aimed to commemorate the Nakba anniversary and protest relocating the U.S. Embassy from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem.

Following the Israel's deadly violence toward Palestinians, Turkey recalled its ambassadors in Israel and the U.S. for consultations. Similar action came from South Africa.

Since the border rallies began on March 30, more than 100 Palestinian demonstrators have been killed by cross-border Israeli gunfire, according to the Palestinian Health Ministry.