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US Vetoes UN Resolution Demanding Gaza Ceasefire and Hostage Release
The United States vetoed a UN Security Council resolution favored by 14 members, calling for a ceasefire, humanitarian aid, and hostage release amid escalating conflict.
- On Thursday, the United States vetoed a U.N. Security Council resolution demanding an immediate, unconditional ceasefire and hostage release, despite 14 members supporting the measure.
- The draft, advanced by the Council’s 10 elected non-permanent members after late-August talks, responds to a United Nations famine declaration and a report showing Gaza City gripped by famine last month.
- The resolution cited a 'catastrophic' humanitarian situation in Gaza, urging aid for 2.1 million Palestinians amid over 65,000 deaths and extensive damage, including 750 buildings destroyed in Jabalia.
- The veto further highlighted U.S. and Israeli isolation, with Danny Danon, Israel's ambassador to the UN, saying `Resolutions against Israel will not release the hostages and will not bring security to the region,' while Morgan Ortagus defended the veto, arguing it fails to condemn Hamas.
- The issue will be central to next week's annual U.N. summit in New York, with a U.N.-mandated international investigative commission concluding Israel commits genocide in Gaza since October 2023, while diplomats expect the United States to veto the measure as it has in the past year.
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The US has again blocked a UN Security Council resolution calling for a ceasefire in the Gaza Strip.
The United States again vetoed in the UN Security Council a draft resolution calling for an immediate, unconditional and permanent ceasefire in the Gaza Strip, The resolution also called for the release of hostages in the hands of the Islamic Resistance Movement (Hamas) and other Palestinian militias, in addition to the entry of humanitarian aid into the territory.The draft was introduced by non-member countries such as Algeria, Denmark, Greece,…
The US has again blocked a UN Security Council resolution calling for a ceasefire in the Gaza Strip. Two Israelis were killed in an attack at a border crossing between Jordan and the occupied West Bank.
The draft resolution vetoed by the United States condemned Israel for causing hunger to the civilian population of Gaza as a method of war.
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