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US vetoes UN resolution calling for Gaza ceasefire
4 June 2025 21:20 BST
Fourteen members of the 15-member United Nations Security Council (UNSC) on Wednesday voted in favour of calling for an immediate ceasefire in Gaza, but a US veto killed the resolution.
The UNSC has five permanent nations with veto power, and another ten that rotate membership.
The US said it cannot vote for a resolution that blames Israel, rather than Hamas, for the conditions in Gaza
Human rights groups, as well as UN staff, have described those conditions as a "genocide" and a "famine" perpetrated by Israel.