Oxfam: US veto of UNSC Gaza ceasefire resolution 'shameful'

Oxfam has issued a statement denouncing the US' veto of the latest UN Security Council ceasefire proposal for Gaza as a "profound failure". 

"It is shameful that the United States has once again used the veto to block consensus on a life-saving ceasefire, while they continue to approve deadly arms transfers to fuel the violence and humanitarian catastrophe," Brenda Moyfa, head of Oxfam's New York Office, said.

"This vote underlines Israel's continued impunity to commit atrocities in Gaza. We need urgent reform within the UN Security Council," the statement read.