UNITED NATIONS: The US on Tuesday once more vetoed a draft UN Safety Council decision on the Israel-Hamas warfare, blocking a requirement for a right away humanitarian ceasefire because it as a substitute pushes the 15-member physique to name for a brief ceasefire linked to the discharge of hostages held by Hamas.13 council members voted in favour of the Algerian-drafted textual content, whereas Britain abstained. It was the third such US veto because the begin of the present combating on Oct 7. US ambassador to the UN Linda Thomas-Greenfield signalled Saturday that the US would veto the draft decision over issues it might jeopardise talks between the US, Egypt, Israel and Qatar that search to dealer a pause within the warfare and the discharge of hostages held by Hamas within the Gaza Strip. “Demanding an immediate, unconditional ceasefire without an agreement requiring Hamas to release the hostages will not bring about a durable peace. Instead, it could extend the fighting between Hamas and Israel,” Thomas-Greenfield informed the council forward of the vote.The Algerian-drafted decision vetoed by the US didn’t hyperlink a ceasefire to the discharge of hostages. It individually demanded a right away humanitarian ceasefire and unconditional launch of all hostages.The US has now proposed a rival draft decision calling for a brief ceasefire within the Israel-Hamas warfare and opposing a significant floor offensive by its ally Israel in Rafah, in line with the textual content seen by Reuters on Monday. It mentioned it plans to permit time for negotiations and won’t rush to a vote. Till now, Washington has been averse to the phrase ceasefire in any UN motion on the Israel-Hamas warfare, however the US textual content echoes language that President Joe Biden mentioned he used final week in conversations with Israeli PM Benjamin Netanyahu. The US draft decision would see the Safety Council “underscore its support for a temporary ceasefire in Gaza as soon as practicable, based on the formula of all hostages being released, and calls for lifting all barriers to the provision of humanitarian assistance at scale.” That is the second time since Oct 7 that Washington has proposed a Safety Council decision on Gaza. Russia and China vetoed its first try in late Oct.
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