With Agency reports
The United States has vetoed an Arab-backed U.N. resolution on Tuesday demanding an immediate humanitarian cease-fire in the Israel-Hamas war in the embattled Gaza Strip.
Arab nations had put to vote, a U.N. resolution demanding an immediate humanitarian cease-fire in Gaza, knowing it will be vetoed by the United States but hoping to show broad global support for ending the Israel-Hamas war.
The vote in the 15-member Security Council was 13-1 with the United Kingdom abstaining, reflecting the wide global support for ending the more than four-month war that started with Hamas’ surprise invasion of southern Israel that killed about 1,200 people and saw 250 others taken hostage.
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Since then, more than 29,000 Palestinians have been killed in Israel’s military offensive, according to the Gaza Health Ministry.
Today’s veto is the third U.S. veto of a Security Council resolution demanding a cease-fire in Gaza.
[AP]
