THE United States urged the United Nations security council on Monday to support the three-phase plan announced by President Joe Biden aimed at ending the nearly eight-month-long Israeli invasion of Gaza.

US ambassador Linda Thomas-Greenfield said that her country has circulated a draft resolution to the 14 other council members to back the proposal.

Israel’s invasion, which followed a Hamas surprise attack on it on October 7, has killed more than 36,000 Palestinians in Gaza – mostly women and children.