RIYADH: Saudi Arabia has welcomed the issuance on Monday of a UN Security Council resolution calling for an immediate ceasefire in Gaza during the holy month of Ramadan, the Saudi Press Agency reported.

The Kingdom has also expressed hope that a cessation of hostilities will lead to a permanent and sustainable ceasefire; the release of all hostages held by Hamas; and the parties’ compliance with their obligations under international law, as well as an increase in the flow of humanitarian aid to civilians in the Gaza Strip to enhance their protection, the SPA added.

The Kingdom has renewed its calls on the international community to assume its responsibility to stop the Israeli occupation’s attacks on civilians in the Gaza Strip, and to emphasize the necessity of ending the suffering, to provide hope to the Palestinian people, a statement said.

It also called for Palestinians to obtain their rights to live in safety and self-determination through a reliable and irreversible path to establishing a state within the 1967 borders, with its capital in East Jerusalem, in accordance with the Arab Peace Initiative and relevant international resolutions.