US Vetoes UN Resolution on Gaza Ceasefire

The US vetoed a resolution in the United Nations Security Council demanding an immediate ceasefire in the war in Gaza that was backed by all the other members of the body.

“The United States rejects this unacceptable resolution,” Counselor Morgan Ortagus told the session, which came the week before the UN’s General Assembly meetings, where the conflict will be a major issue. Ortagus said the resolution fails to adequately condemn Hamas, designated a terrorist organization by the US and the EU.