UN Security Council Rejects Dueling Pushes to Pause Gaza Fight
- Russia and China reject US resolution on humanitarian aid
- Chinese ambassador calls for longer-term cease-fire for Gaza
The UN Security Council votes on a US resolution, on the fighting between Israel and Hamas, in New York, on Wednesday.
Photographer: Bebeto Matthews/AP Photo
The United Nations Security Council voted down dueling US and Russian resolutions that sought to pause the fighting between Israel and Hamas and open the flow of humanitarian aid, as pressure mounted on Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to let food and medicine into the Gaza Strip.
The council first rejected a US-backed resolution that called for measures including “humanitarian pauses” that would give UN agencies access to provide “essential goods and services important to the well-being of civilians in Gaza, including especially water, electricity, fuel, food and medical supplies.” The resolution gained the support of 10 of the council’s 15 members but Russia and China vetoed it.