US vetoes UN Hamas-Israel ceasefire resolution– www.washingtonexaminer.com
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The United States vetoed a United Nations Security Council resolution Wednesday that called for an immediate and unconditional ceasefire between Israel and Hamas in Gaza.
The U.S. was the only country that voted against the resolution, and it did so because the wording of it did not make the ceasefire contingent upon the release of the roughly 100 Israeli hostages whom Hamas kidnapped over a year ago. Seven Americans are believed to be held by Hamas.
The resolution did call for the release of hostages held in Gaza, but the U.S. opposed the demand for an “unconditional ceasefire that failed to release the hostages,” Robert Wood, the deputy U.S. envoy to the U.N., said during the session in New York. “These two urgent goals are inextricably linked. This resolution abandoned that necessity.”
