US vetoes UN Security Council resolution demanding immediate Gaza ceasefire

US vetoes UN Security Council resolution demanding an immediate Gaza ceasefire. Picture: Abdel Kareem Hana/AP

The United States vetoed a UN Security Council resolution demanding an immediate and permanent ceasefire in Gaza because it was not linked to the release of hostages.

The resolution before the UN’s most powerful body also did not condemn Hamas’s deadly attack in Israel on October 7 2023, which ignited the war, or say the militant group must disarm and withdraw from Gaza — two other US demands.