United States vetoes Gaza cease-fire resolution at United Nations

Israel

Sept. 19 (UPI) -- The United States voted down a United Nations Security Council resolution calling for a permanent end to the fighting in Gaza and the release of all hostages on the grounds that it did not contain sufficient condemnation of Hamas . The other 14 countries on the council all backed the draft resolution, which was put forward by its 10 non-permanent members , in the vote at the United Nations in New York on Thursday. Permanent members the United States, Britain, France, Russia

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