US vetoes UN resolution backed by many nations demanding immediate humanitarian cease-fire in Gaza
The United States vetoed a United Nations resolution Friday (local time) backed by almost all other Security Council members and many other nations demanding an immediate humanitarian cease-fire in Gaza.
Supporters called it a terrible day and warned of more civilian deaths and destruction as the war goes into its third month.
The vote in the 15-member council was 13-1 with the United Kingdom abstaining.
The United States vetoed a United Nations ceasefire resolution Friday (local time) backed by almost all other Security Council members (AP)
US Deputy Ambassador Robert Wood criticised the council after the vote for its failure to condemn Hamas' October 7 attack on Israel in which the militants killed about 1200 people, mostly civilians, or to acknowledge Israel's right to...