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United Nations:<\/strong> The United States has vetoed a United Nations resolution backed by almost all other Security Council members and many other nations demanding an immediate humanitarian ceasefire in Gaza. Supporters called it a terrible day and warned of more civilian deaths and destruction as the war goes into its third month.<\/p>\n

The vote in the 15-member council was 13-1 with the United Kingdom abstaining.<\/p>\n

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Palestinians sit by the building of the Al-Nadi family destroyed in the Israeli bombardment of the Gaza Strip in Nusseirat refugee camp.<\/span>Credit: <\/span>AP<\/cite><\/p>\n

US deputy ambassador Robert Wood criticised the council after the vote for its failure to condemn Hamas\u2019 October 7 attack on Israel in which the militants killed about 1200 people, mostly civilians, or to acknowledge Israel\u2019s right to defend itself. He declared that halting military action would allow Hamas to continue to rule Gaza and \u201conly plant the seeds for the next war\u201d.<\/p>\n

\u201cHamas has no desire to see a durable peace, to see a two-state solution,\u201d Wood said before the vote. \u201cFor that reason, while the United States strongly supports a durable peace, in which both Israelis and Palestinians can live in peace and security, we do not support calls for an immediate ceasefire.\u201d<\/p>\n

Israel\u2019s military campaign has killed more than 17,400 people in Gaza \u2014 70 per cent of them women and children \u2014 and wounded more than 46,000, according to the Palestinian territory\u2019s Health Ministry, which says many others are trapped under rubble. The ministry does not differentiate between civilian and combatant deaths.<\/p>\n

In a vain effort to press the Biden administration to drop its opposition to a ceasefire, the foreign ministers of Egypt, Jordan, the Palestinian Authority, Qatar, Saudi Arabia and Turkey were all in Washington on Friday. But their meeting with Secretary of State Antony Blinken took place only after the UN vote.<\/p>\n

United Arab Emirates deputy ambassador Mohamed Abushahab said before the vote that the resolution, which his country sponsored, had garnered nearly 100 co-sponsors in less than 24 hours, a reflection of global support for efforts to end the war and save Palestinian lives.<\/p>\n

After the vote, he expressed deep disappointment about the US veto and warned that the Security Council is growing isolated and \u201cappears untethered\u201d from its mandate to ensure international peace and security.<\/p>\n

\u201cWhat is the message we are sending Palestinians if we cannot unite behind a call to halt the relentless bombardment of Gaza?\u201d Abushahab asked. \u201cIndeed, what is the message we are sending civilians across the world who may find themselves in similar situations?\u201d<\/p>\n

Russia\u2019s deputy UN ambassador Dmitry Polyansky called the vote \u201cone of the darkest days in the history of the Middle East\u201d and accused the United States of issuing \u201ca death sentence to thousands, if not tens of thousands more civilians in Palestine and Israel, including women and children.\u201d<\/p>\n

He said \u201chistory will judge Washington\u2019s actions\u201d in the face of what he called a \u201cmerciless Israeli bloodbath\u201d.<\/p>\n

The council called the emergency meeting to hear from Secretary-General Antonio Guterres, who for the first time invoked Article 99 of the UN Charter, which enables a UN chief to raise threats he sees to international peace and security. He warned of a \u201chumanitarian catastrophe\u201d in Gaza and urged the council to demand a humanitarian ceasefire.<\/p>\n

Guterres said he raised Article 99 \u2014 which hasn\u2019t been used at the UN since 1971 \u2014 because \u201cthere is a high risk of the total collapse of the humanitarian support system in Gaza\u201d. The UN anticipates this would result in \u201ca complete breakdown of public order and increased pressure for mass displacement into Egypt,\u201d he warned.<\/p>\n

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A Palestinian child wounded in the Israeli bombardment of the Gaza Strip is treated in Khan Younis.<\/span>Credit: <\/span>AP<\/cite><\/p>\n

Gaza is at \u201ca breaking point,\u201d he said, and desperate people are at serious risk of starvation.<\/p>\n

Guterres said Hamas\u2019 brutality against Israelis on October 7 \u201ccan never justify the collective punishment of the Palestinian people\u201d.<\/p>\n

\u201cWhile indiscriminate rocket fire by Hamas into Israel, and the use of civilians as human shields, are in contravention of the laws of war, such conduct does not absolve Israel of its own violations,\u201d he stressed.<\/p>\n

The UN chief detailed the \u201chumanitarian nightmare\u201d Gaza is facing, citing intense, widespread and ongoing Israeli attacks from air, land and sea that have reportedly hit 339 education facilities, 26 hospitals, 56 health care facilities, 88 mosques and three churches.<\/p>\n

More than 60 per cent of Gaza\u2019s housing has reportedly been destroyed or damaged, some 85 per cent of the population has been forced from their homes, the health system is collapsing, and \u201cnowhere in Gaza is safe,\u201d Guterres said.<\/p>\n

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An explosion in northern Gaza is viewed from Israel.<\/span>Credit: <\/span>Getty<\/cite><\/p>\n

Riyad Mansour, the Palestinian UN ambassador, told the council that Israel\u2019s objective is \u201cthe ethnic cleansing of the Gaza Strip\u201d and \u201cthe dispossession and forcible displacement of the Palestinian people\u201d.<\/p>\n

\u201cIf you are against the destruction and displacement of the Palestinian people, you have to be in favor of an immediate ceasefire,\u201d Mansour said. \u201cWhen you refuse to call for a ceasefire, you are refusing to call for the only thing that can put an end to war crimes, crimes against humanity and genocide.\u201d<\/p>\n

Israel\u2019s UN Ambassador Gilad Erdan stressed that regional stability and the security of Israelis and Gazans \u201ccan only be achieved once Hamas is eliminated \u2014 not one minute before\u201d.<\/p>\n

\u201cSo the true path to ensure peace is only through supporting Israel\u2019s mission \u2014 absolutely not to call for a ceasefire,\u201d he told the council. \u201cIsrael committed itself to the elimination of Hamas\u2019 capabilities for the sole reason of ensuring that such horrors could never be repeated again. And if Hamas is not destroyed, such horrors will be repeated.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Palestinians displaced by the Israeli ground offensive on the Gaza Strip set up a tent camp in the Muwasi area.<\/span>Credit: <\/span>AP<\/cite><\/p>\n

In Washington, Jordan\u2019s top diplomat told reporters that the killings of Palestinian civilians in Israel\u2019s bombardment and siege of Gaza were war crimes and threatened to destabilise the region, the US, and the world for years to come.<\/p>\n

\u201cIf people are not seeing it here, we are seeing it,\u201d Jordanian Foreign Minister Ayman Safadi said, adding: \u201cWe\u2019re seeing the challenges that we are facing talking to our people. They are all saying we\u2019re doing nothing. Because despite all our efforts, Israel is continuing these massacres.\u201d<\/p>\n

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