Decision

Humanitarian situation in Gaza, the need to reach a ceasefire and the risks of regional escalation

Effect: Adopted
Result: 312 for · 131 against · 72 abstained counted electronically, no names
Date: 18 January 2024, 12:47–12:59
Kind: Resolution

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Margin: by a clear majority
Text: Motion B-9-2024-0071
Dossier: 2024-2508
Source: Motion for a resolution
Votes: 82 votes · 57 roll calls · 54 amendments
Requested by: The Left (1 roll call, 5 split votes, 1 separate vote) · Greens (1 roll call) · S&D (1 roll call, 1 split vote) · EPP (1 roll call) · ECR (1 roll call, 1 split vote) · ID (1 roll call)
Sitting: Thursday 18 January 2024
Final vote: 163603

Margin: by a clear majority
Text: Motion B-9-2024-0071
Dossier: 2024-2508
Source: Motion for a resolution
Votes: 82 votes · 57 roll calls · 54 amendments
Requested by: The Left (1 roll call, 5 split votes, 1 separate vote) · Greens (1 roll call) · S&D (1 roll call, 1 split vote) · EPP (1 roll call) · ECR (1 roll call, 1 split vote) · ID (1 roll call)
Sitting: Thursday 18 January 2024
Final vote: 163603

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Result

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Adopted by a clear majority.

Parliament adopted the text as its official position.

Before the final vote, MEPs decided on 54 amendments (11 adopted, 43 rejected) and 21 parts of the text voted on separately (10 adopted, 2 rejected, 9 lapsed). 6 alternative motions lapsed once the text was adopted.

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All votes on this decision, 82

In voting order. **Result**: for–against–abstained (a show of hands has no count). **Requested by**: the groups that asked for a roll call, a split vote or a separate vote.
No.	Vote	Recorded	Result	Requested by
1	Amendment 12 to paragraph 1 RC-B9-0068/2024 – § 1 – Am 12	Roll call	207 for, 274 against, 29 abstained Rejected
2	Amendment 26 to paragraph 1 RC-B9-0068/2024 – § 1 – Am 26	Roll call	257 for, 242 against, 17 abstained Adopted	Requested byroll call: EPP
3	Separate vote on paragraph 1	Roll call	0 for, 0 against, 0 abstained Lapsed	Requested bysplit: The Left

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Votes on this decision, continued
No.	Vote	Recorded	Result	Requested by
2	Amendment 26 to paragraph 1 RC-B9-0068/2024 – § 1 – Am 26	Roll call	257 for, 242 against, 17 abstained Adopted	Requested byroll call: EPP
3	Separate vote on paragraph 1	Roll call	0 for, 0 against, 0 abstained Lapsed	Requested bysplit: The Left

Votes on this decision, continued
No.	Vote	Recorded	Result	Requested by
4	Amendment 37 to paragraph 1 RC-B9-0068/2024 – § 1 – Am 37	Roll call	109 for, 352 against, 22 abstained Rejected
5	Amendment 35 to paragraph 1 RC-B9-0068/2024 – § 1 – Am 35	Roll call	159 for, 321 against, 19 abstained Rejected	Requested byroll call: The Left
6	Amendment 36 to paragraph 1 RC-B9-0068/2024 – § 1 – Am 36	Roll call	179 for, 321 against, 15 abstained Rejected
7	Amendment 24 to paragraph 1 RC-B9-0068/2024 – § 1 – Am 24	Roll call	196 for, 298 against, 29 abstained Rejected	Requested byroll call: S&D
8	Separate vote on paragraph 1	Show of hands	Lapsed	Requested bysplit: The Left
9	Separate vote on paragraph 1	Show of hands	Lapsed	Requested bysplit: The Left
10	Amendment 38, adding text after paragraph 1 RC-B9-0068/2024 – After § 1 – Am 38	Roll call	86 for, 407 against, 20 abstained Rejected
11	Amendment 39, adding text after paragraph 1 RC-B9-0068/2024 – After § 1 – Am 39	Roll call	76 for, 408 against, 26 abstained Rejected
12	Amendment 40, adding text after paragraph 1 RC-B9-0068/2024 – After § 1 – Am 40	Roll call	45 for, 428 against, 37 abstained Rejected
13	Amendment 13 to paragraph 2 RC-B9-0068/2024 – § 2 – Am 13	Roll call	122 for, 368 against, 28 abstained Rejected
14	Separate vote on paragraph 2	Show of hands	Adopted	Requested bysplit: ECR
15	Paragraph 2 — part 2 RC-B9-0068/2024 – § 2/2 Part voted on: “that word”	Roll call	314 for, 156 against, 38 abstained Adopted	Requested byroll call: ECR; split: ECR
16	Amendment 28, adding text after paragraph 3 RC-B9-0068/2024 – After § 3 – Am 28	Roll call	202 for, 292 against, 21 abstained Rejected	Requested byroll call: Greens
17	Amendment 14 to paragraph 4 RC-B9-0068/2024 – § 4 – Am 14	Roll call	368 for, 138 against, 15 abstained Adopted
18	Separate vote on paragraph 4	Roll call	0 for, 0 against, 0 abstained Lapsed
19	Amendment 41 to paragraph 4 RC-B9-0068/2024 – § 4 – Am 41	Roll call	57 for, 449 against, 7 abstained Rejected	Requested byroll call: The Left
20	Vote on text inserted after paragraph 4	Show of hands	Rejected
21	Amendment 43 to paragraph 5 RC-B9-0068/2024 – § 5 – Am 43	Roll call	190 for, 315 against, 16 abstained Rejected	Requested byroll call: The Left
22	Amendment 30, adding text after paragraph 5 RC-B9-0068/2024 – After § 5 – Am 30	Roll call	215 for, 247 against, 50 abstained Rejected	Requested byroll call: Greens
23	Amendment 44, adding text after paragraph 5 RC-B9-0068/2024 – After § 5 – Am 44	Roll call	109 for, 382 against, 30 abstained Rejected
24	Amendment 45, adding text after paragraph 5 RC-B9-0068/2024 – After § 5 – Am 45	Roll call	170 for, 326 against, 17 abstained Rejected
25	Amendment 46, adding text after paragraph 5 RC-B9-0068/2024 – After § 5 – Am 46	Roll call	90 for, 404 against, 16 abstained Rejected
26	Amendment 47, adding text after paragraph 5 RC-B9-0068/2024 – After § 5 – Am 47	Roll call	217 for, 292 against, 8 abstained Rejected
27	Amendment 59, adding text after paragraph 5 RC-B9-0068/2024 – After § 5 – Am 59	Roll call	99 for, 395 against, 22 abstained Rejected	Requested byroll call: The Left
28	Amendment 48 to paragraph 6 RC-B9-0068/2024 – § 6 – Am 48	Roll call	176 for, 308 against, 33 abstained Rejected
29	Amendment 49, adding text after paragraph 6 RC-B9-0068/2024 – After § 6 – Am 49	Roll call	31 for, 469 against, 12 abstained Rejected
30	Amendment 15 to paragraph 7 — part 1 RC-B9-0068/2024 – § 7 – Am 15/1 Part voted on: “Text as a whole without the words: ‘Palestinian terrorism and’”	Roll call	421 for, 82 against, 15 abstained Adopted	Requested bysplit: S&D
31	Amendment 15 to paragraph 7 — part 2 RC-B9-0068/2024 – § 7 – Am 15/2 Part voted on: “those words”	Roll call	241 for, 248 against, 17 abstained Rejected	Requested bysplit: S&D
32	Amendment 50 to paragraph 7 RC-B9-0068/2024 – § 7 – Am 50	Roll call	89 for, 408 against, 19 abstained Rejected
33	Paragraph 7 — part 1 of 2 Part voted on: “Reiterates its call for an end to the occupation of the Palestinian territories; recalls that Israeli settlements in the West Bank, including East Jerusalem, are illegal under international law; calls for the de-escalation of tensions in the West Bank, including East Jerusalem; strongly condemns the rise in extremist settler violence committed against Palestinians”	Show of hands	Lapsed	Requested bysplit: The Left
34	Paragraph 7 — part 2 of 2 Part voted on: “and calls for restrictive measures to be imposed on extremist settlers who violate human rights and international law;”	Show of hands	Lapsed	Requested bysplit: The Left
35	Amendment 16, adding text after paragraph 7 RC-B9-0068/2024 – After § 7 – Am 16	Roll call	259 for, 227 against, 27 abstained Adopted
36	Amendment 17 to paragraph 10 RC-B9-0068/2024 – § 10 – Am 17	Roll call	144 for, 334 against, 38 abstained Rejected
37	Amendment 51 to paragraph 10 RC-B9-0068/2024 – § 10 – Am 51	Roll call	210 for, 288 against, 14 abstained Rejected
38	Amendment 33, adding text after paragraph 10 RC-B9-0068/2024 – After § 10 – Am 33	Roll call	121 for, 387 against, 8 abstained Rejected	Requested byroll call: ID
39	Amendment 18 to paragraph 11 RC-B9-0068/2024 – § 11 – Am 18	Roll call	113 for, 369 against, 30 abstained Rejected
40	Amendment 52 to paragraph 12 RC-B9-0068/2024 – § 12 – Am 52	Roll call	179 for, 319 against, 8 abstained Rejected
41	Amendment 53 to paragraph 13 RC-B9-0068/2024 – § 13 – Am 53	Roll call	85 for, 394 against, 29 abstained Rejected
42	Amendment 23 to paragraph 13 RC-B9-0068/2024 – § 13 – Am 23	Roll call	211 for, 283 against, 26 abstained Rejected	Requested byroll call: S&D
43	Amendment 29 to paragraph 13 RC-B9-0068/2024 – § 13 – Am 29	Roll call	202 for, 293 against, 21 abstained Rejected	Requested byroll call: Greens
44	Amendment 19 to paragraph 13 RC-B9-0068/2024 – § 13 – Am 19	Roll call	366 for, 142 against, 7 abstained Adopted
45	Amendment 20 to paragraph 14 RC-B9-0068/2024 – § 14 – Am 20	Roll call	123 for, 359 against, 30 abstained Rejected	Requested byroll call: ECR
46	Amendment 54 to paragraph 14 RC-B9-0068/2024 – § 14 – Am 54	Roll call	85 for, 410 against, 15 abstained Rejected
47	Amendment 27 to paragraph 14 RC-B9-0068/2024 – § 14 – Am 27	Roll call	239 for, 242 against, 33 abstained Rejected	Requested byroll call: Greens
48	Amendment 55, adding text after paragraph 14 RC-B9-0068/2024 – After § 14 – Am 55	Roll call	111 for, 395 against, 13 abstained Rejected
49	Separate vote on paragraph 16	Show of hands	Adopted	Requested byseparate: The Left
50	Amendment 56 to paragraph 19 RC-B9-0068/2024 – § 19 – Am 56	Roll call	31 for, 473 against, 4 abstained Rejected
51	Separate vote on paragraph 19	Counted	247 for, 246 against, 24 abstained Adopted	Requested bysplit: The Left
52	Separate vote on paragraph 19	Show of hands	Lapsed	Requested bysplit: The Left
53	Separate vote on paragraph 19	Show of hands	Lapsed	Requested bysplit: The Left
54	Amendment 57, adding text after paragraph 19 RC-B9-0068/2024 – After § 19 – Am 57	Roll call	35 for, 451 against, 15 abstained Rejected
55	Paragraph 20 — part 1 of 2 Part voted on: “Urges the VP/HR to coordinate these efforts to respond to the situation so as to deliver a strong EU response in order to protect the right of passage as enshrined in the UN Convention on the Law of the Sea of 1982;”	Show of hands	Adopted	Requested bysplit: The Left
56	Paragraph 20 — part 2 of 2 Part voted on: ‘urges the VP/HR to maintain and support the UN-led peace process to end Yemen’s conflict;’	Show of hands	Adopted	Requested bysplit: The Left
57	Separate vote on paragraph 21	Counted	299 for, 141 against, 66 abstained Adopted	Requested byseparate: The Left
58	Amendment 22 to paragraph 22 RC-B9-0068/2024 – § 22 – Am 22	Roll call	232 for, 256 against, 21 abstained Rejected	Requested byroll call: ECR
59	Amendment 58 to paragraph 22 RC-B9-0068/2024 – § 22 – Am 58	Roll call	110 for, 388 against, 12 abstained Rejected
60	Amendment 1, adding text after citation 5 RC-B9-0068/2024 – After citation 5 – Am 1	Roll call	423 for, 78 against, 8 abstained Adopted	Requested byroll call: ID
61	Amendment 2 to recital A RC-B9-0068/2024 – Recital A – Am 2	Roll call	373 for, 109 against, 22 abstained Adopted	Requested byroll call: ID
62	Separate vote on recital A	Show of hands	Rejected
63	Separate vote on recital B	Show of hands	Adopted	Requested byseparate: The Left
64	Recital C — part 1 of 2 Part voted on: “whereas during a humanitarian pause, 81 hostages were released as part of an Egyptian- and Qatari-mediated deal in exchange for the release of Palestinian detainees, and more humanitarian aid was allowed to enter the Gaza Strip;”	Show of hands	Adopted	Requested bysplit: The Left
65	Recital C — part 2 of 2 Part voted on: “whereas the hostages that were freed during the humanitarian pause, mainly women and children, have recounted psychological, physical and sexual abuse by their captors;”	Show of hands	Adopted	Requested bysplit: The Left
66	Amendment 3, adding text after recital C RC-B9-0068/2024 – After recital C – Am 3	Roll call	371 for, 127 against, 19 abstained Adopted	Requested byroll call: ECR
67	Amendment 4, adding text after recital C RC-B9-0068/2024 – After recital C – Am 4	Roll call	212 for, 241 against, 55 abstained Rejected	Requested byroll call: ECR
68	Amendment 5 to recital D RC-B9-0068/2024 – Recital D – Am 5	Roll call	229 for, 250 against, 28 abstained Rejected	Requested byroll call: ID
69	Amendment 6 to recital E RC-B9-0068/2024 – Recital E – Am 6	Roll call	252 for, 235 against, 26 abstained Adopted	Requested byroll call: ECR
70	Amendment 7 to recital F RC-B9-0068/2024 – Recital F – Am 7	Roll call	218 for, 264 against, 32 abstained Rejected	Requested byroll call: ID
71	Amendment 8 to recital H RC-B9-0068/2024 – Recital H – Am 8	Roll call	109 for, 380 against, 20 abstained Rejected	Requested byroll call: ECR
72	Amendment 9, adding text after recital H RC-B9-0068/2024 – After recital H – Am 9	Roll call	131 for, 343 against, 38 abstained Rejected
73	Amendment 10 to recital K RC-B9-0068/2024 – Recital K – Am 10	Roll call	342 for, 112 against, 60 abstained Adopted
74	Amendment 11 to recital L RC-B9-0068/2024 – Recital L – Am 11	Roll call	320 for, 171 against, 16 abstained Adopted
75	Separate vote on recital L	Show of hands	Lapsed	Requested byseparate: The Left
76	Final vote — text as a whole Motion for a resolution (as a whole)	Counted	312 for, 131 against, 72 abstained Adopted
77	Alternative motion for a resolution B9-0068/2024	Show of hands	Lapsed
78	Alternative motion for a resolution B9-0069/2024	Show of hands	Lapsed
79	Alternative motion for a resolution B9-0071/2024	Show of hands	Lapsed
80	Alternative motion for a resolution B9-0073/2024	Show of hands	Lapsed
81	Alternative motion for a resolution B9-0075/2024	Show of hands	Lapsed
82	Alternative motion for a resolution B9-0077/2024	Show of hands	Lapsed

Roll calls requested by The Left, Greens, S&D, EPP, ECR, ID · split votes by The Left (5), S&D, ECR · separate votes by The Left.

Text

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Motion B-9-2024-0071

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2024/2508(RSP) · Resolution on a topical subject

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Permalink: https://news.eu-parl.st-solutions.dev/decisions/2024-01-18/13
Official source: Results of votes, sitting of 18 January 2024 (European Parliament)
Data source: EP Open Data API: decisions of the sitting MTG-PL-2024-01-18
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Retrieved: 25 September 2026

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European Parliament (2024). “Humanitarian situation in Gaza, the need to reach a ceasefire and the risks of regional escalation”. Decision, 18 January 2024. votingId 163603, document B-9-2024-0071, reference 2024-2508. EU Parl Watch Research. https://news.eu-parl.st-solutions.dev/decisions/2024-01-18/13 (retrieved 25 September 2026). Official source: Results of votes, sitting of 18 January 2024 (European Parliament), https://www.europarl.europa.eu/doceo/document/PV-10-2024-01-18-VOT_EN.html. Data: EP Open Data API: decisions of the sitting MTG-PL-2024-01-18, https://data.europarl.europa.eu/api/v2/meetings/MTG-PL-2024-01-18/decisions?format=application%2Fld%2Bjson (CC BY 4.0).

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@misc{epw-decision-2024-01-18-13,
  author = {{European Parliament}},
  title = {{Humanitarian situation in Gaza, the need to reach a ceasefire and the risks of regional escalation}},
  year = {2024},
  date = {2024-01-18},
  howpublished = {\url{https://news.eu-parl.st-solutions.dev/decisions/2024-01-18/13}},
  url = {https://news.eu-parl.st-solutions.dev/decisions/2024-01-18/13},
  urldate = {2026-09-25},
  publisher = {EU Parl Watch Research},
  note = {Decision. votingId 163603, document B-9-2024-0071, reference 2024-2508. Official source: https://www.europarl.europa.eu/doceo/document/PV-10-2024-01-18-VOT\_EN.html. Data: EP Open Data API: decisions of the sitting MTG-PL-2024-01-18 (CC BY 4.0)}
}