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The United States vetoed a UN Security Council resolution calling for an immediate ceasefire between Israel and Hamas in Gaza. The resolution, proposed by the United Arab Emirates, received support from thirteen members, with Britain abstaining. Washington and Israel opposed the ceasefire, believing it would benefit Hamas and proposed military truces instead.

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00:00 In a move that strengthened Washington diplomatically as it defends its ally, the US vetoed a UN

00:07 Security Council resolution calling for an immediate humanitarian ceasefire in the conflict

00:10 between Israel and Palestinian militant organization Hamas in Gaza.

00:15 The United Arab Emirates had proposed a draft resolution, which was supported by 13 members,

00:19 while Britain abstained.

00:21 The vote followed a rare move on Wednesday by UN Secretary-General António Guterres

00:24 to formally alert the 15-member Council to the global threat posed by the two-month-long

00:28 war.

00:30 As the proposal failed, Mohammad Abu Shahab, US Deputy Ambassador to the UN, questioned

00:34 the Council, "What is the message we are sending to Palestinians if we cannot unite behind

00:38 a call to halt the relentless bombardment of Gaza?

00:41 A ceasefire is opposed by both Israel and the United States because they think it will

00:44 only help Hamas.

00:46 Instead, Washington is in favor of military truces that will shield civilians and permit

00:50 the release of hostages that Hamas has kidnapped during the lethal attack on Israel on October

00:55 7."

00:56 The draft resolution, according to the US Deputy Ambassador to the UN, Robert Wood,

00:59 is an "unbalanced document" that is "divorced from reality" and it will not move forward

01:04 a needle on the ground in any concrete way.

01:07 Although the United States strongly supports a durable peace process in which both Israel

01:11 and Palestinians can live in peace and security, the US does not support the resolution's

01:15 call for an unsustainable ceasefire that will only plant the seeds for the next war.

01:20 These were the words of Robert Wood in United Nations Security Council.

01:25 To secure the release of additional hostages and pressure Israel to protect civilians in

01:30 Gaza as it retaliates against Hamas, the United States preferred its diplomacy over actions

01:34 taken by the Security Council.

01:37 But there is a gap between Israel's intention to protect civilians and what has actually

01:40 occurred on the ground, as US Secretary of State Antony Blinken has also admitted on

01:44 Thursday.

01:46 According to Gaza's health ministry, over 17,480 people have perished.

01:51 Israel has begun a ground offensive, imposed a siege and bombardment of Gaza from the air.

01:55 Approximately 2.3 million people living in the Palestinian enclave have been forced to

01:59 flee their homes from most of the parts.

02:02 Citizens are not effectively protected, Qatar's has also earlier informed the council on Wednesday.

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