Russia, China Veto US Resolution at UN for a Gaza Cease-Fire
- Text endorsed ‘immediate and sustained cease-fire’ in Gaza
- Resolution was the most forceful push from US on ally Israel
The United Nations Security Council meeting.
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Russia and China vetoed the strongest move yet by the US to pressure Israel at the United Nations Security Council, saying that a resolution endorsing a cease-fire in Gaza was still too weak.
The proposal, which cited “the imperative of an immediate and sustained cease-fire” in Gaza — but didn’t demand one — was the closest the US has come to pressing its ally Israel, which has endorsed only a limited halt in fighting to free hostages held by Hamas.