US tells UN it does not support call for Gaza ceasefire.

In advance of a postponed decision on Friday by the United Nations Security Council on a demand for an urgent humanitarian truce in the Israel-Hamas war, the United States, which possesses the right to veto, informed the 15-member council that it does not support demands for such a step.

“This would only plant the seeds for the next war—because Hamas has no desire to see a durable peace,” Deputy United States Ambassador to the United Nations Robert Wood told the council, which was meeting to be informed by United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres. It was a meeting to discuss the situation.

A vote on a resolution that the United Arab Emirates wrote was postponed for several hours until 5:30 p.m. (2230 GMT). This is only a few hours after Secretary of State Antony Blinken of the United States of America meets in Washington with ministers from Egypt, Jordan, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, the Palestinian Authority, and Turkey.

“Today this council will vote, and it will have the opportunity to respond to the deafening calls across the world to bring this violence to an end,” Mohamed Abushahab, the Deputy United Arab Emirates Ambassador to the United Nations, said to the council.

Jordan’s Foreign Minister, Ayman Safadi, told reporters in Washington that if the Security Council does not accept the resolution, “it is giving Israel a license to continue with its massacre of Palestinians in Gaza.” Safadi made this statement by the statement that he made.

The draft resolution not only calls for an immediate truce in the humanitarian sector, but it also states that the civilian populations of both Israel and Palestine must be safeguarded. Furthermore, it requires all captives’ immediate and unconditional release and access to humanitarian organizations.

“DEPART FROM ALL effort.”
The United States of America has made many attempts to get the council to condemn an attack that Hamas carried out on October 7. Israel claims that during this incident, 1,200 people were murdered, and 240 others were held prisoner. Wood referred to the council’s delay in action as a “serious moral failure.”

The Israeli government has chosen to concentrate its vengeance against Hamas in Gaza by starting a ground invasion, establishing a blockade, and attacking the territory from the air. According to the Health Ministry of Gaza, there have been more than 17,480 deaths during this conflict. The great majority of Gaza’s population, which is estimated to be 2.3 million, has been forced to flee their homes.

It is necessary for a resolution to receive at least nine votes in favor and to avoid vetoes from the permanent members of the council, who are the United States of America, Russia, China, France, and Britain. The council requested a break in the fighting a month ago to allow relief to enter Gaza. This request came after repeated unsuccessful attempts to take action.

“I urge the council to spare no effort to push for an immediate humanitarian ceasefire, for the protection of civilians, and for the urgent delivery of lifesaving aid,” Guterres said during a press conference.

Guterres took an unusual action by publicly alerting the body to the war’s global threat on Wednesday. Guterres has been advocating for a humanitarian ceasefire for a considerable time.

According to statements made by Israel’s Ambassador to the United Nations, Gilad Erdan, on Friday, the Security Council was informed that Hamas had violated a ceasefire on October 7.

“The irony is that regional stability and the security of both Israelis and Gazans can only be achieved once Hamas is eliminated, not one minute before,” Erdan told reporters. “So the true path to ensuring peace is only through supporting Israel’s mission—not calling for a ceasefire.”