The6 UN Security Council’s five-month standoff over war is prolonged when Guyana abstains and Russia, China, and Algeria reject the resolution. A US draft resolution that linked the release of Hamas hostages to an immediate ceasefire in Gaza was vetoed by Russia and China.
After previously stifling calls for an immediate ceasefire in the area at the UN, this was the first time the US has backed such demands.
Netanyahu says Israel plans to launch a ground offensive in Rafah with or without US support, as he meets the US secretary of state in Israel
Antony Blinken has been in the Middle East to discuss a post-war plan to govern and secure Gaza, as the US grows more critical of Israel’s military campaign
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