The Latest | UN endorses US-backed cease-fire plan as Blinken holds talks on Gaza

The U.N. Security Council has overwhelmingly approved a U.S. resolution welcoming a cease-fire proposal. The U.S. says Israel has accepted it, and Hamas welcomed it in a statement shortly after the Monday vote. U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken also has begun a new visit to the region in the shadow of the dramatic rescue of four Israeli hostages held in Gaza and turmoil in Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s government. Blinken met with Egyptian President Abdel Fattah el-Sissi in Cairo on Monday and will also travel to Israel, Jordan and Qatar. While President Joe Biden, Blinken and other U.S. officials have praised the hostage rescue, the operation resulted in the deaths of a large number of Palestinian civilians.