CNN —
The United States has vetoed a draft resolution at the UN Security Council which called for a humanitarian pause in
besieged Gaza – sparking more criticism of political paralysis in the powerful global body.
The brief draft resolution, proposed by Brazil, condemned the October 7 terror attacks in Israel by Palestinian militant group Hamas, which killed over 1,400 people, and urged the release of hostages taken.
It also called on all parties to comply with international law and protect civilian lives in Hamas-controlled Gaza amid a ferocious retaliation by Israeli warplanes. The international community should engineer “humanitarian pauses” in the fighting to allow for aid delivery, it said.