UN Security Council passes resolution backing Biden's ceasefire plan in Gaza and urging Hamas to accept hostage deal 'without delay'

The United Nations Security Council on Monday voted to adopt President Joe Biden's resolution that outlined a ceasefire plan between Israel and Hamas. 

Russia abstained from the vote, while the other 14 council member nations voted in the ceasefire plan's favor. 

The resolution states that Israel has accepted the ceasefire plan and calls on Hamas' leaders to accept the three-phase plan 'without delay and without condition.' 

The first phase of the resolution calls for Hamas to release Israeli hostages in exchange for Palestinian prisoners held in Israel jails and Israeli forces leaving certain populated areas of Gaza. 

The vote came as Secretary of State Antony Blinken was traveling to the region Monday, meeting with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in Jerusalem amid ceasefire negotiations.