The United States used its veto power when the UN Security Council voted on a resolution that would have called for an immediate ceasefire in Gaza.
The United States used its veto power and prevented the UN Security Council from passing a resolution that would have demanded an immediate ceasefire in the Gaza Strip.
The United States was the only member country out of the 15 members of the Council to oppose the resolution.
The resolution called for “an immediate, unconditional and permanent cease-fire that will be respected by all parties.”
The United States used its veto because, according to the United States, the resolution did not link demands for the release of Israeli hostages held by the terrorist organization Hamas to a directly demanded cease-fire.
The release of the hostages was included in the resolution in a separate sentence.
This is not the first time that the US has revoked Gaza ceasefire resolutions for the same reason.
The war in Gaza has already lasted more than 13 months. Almost 44,000 people have lost their lives in the war, the Palestinian Ministry of Health, which operates under Hamas, says.
Source: Reuters, AP