US vetoes resolution in the Security Council for a ceasefire immediate and unconditional in Gaza
▲ Palestinians mourn for relatives killed during an Israeli bombardment in Nuseirat, in central Gaza.Photo Ap
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La Jornada Newspaper
Thursday, November 21, 2024, p. 21
New York. The United States once again used its veto power in the United Nations (UN) Security Council to block a resolution calling for a ceasefire immediate and unconditional in Gaza, while Israeli forces continued their offensive in the Palestinian area, Lebanon and Syria, leaving more than a hundred dead.
The text, promoted by the non-permanent members of the Council, received the vote in favor of 14 of the 15 countries that make up the main executive body of the UN. It was enough No of the United States to stop it, as has already happened on three other occasions.
The US representative, Robert Wood, justified that could not support an unconditional ceasefire that does not allow the release of the hostages.
He considered that the text sent a dangerous message to Hamaswho could understand that You don’t need to go back to the negotiating table. and I would see success his cynical strategy. Wood missed a clear condemnation of the terrorism of the Palestinian militia, responsible for the incursion into Israel, which left 1,200 dead and some 250 hostages on October 7, 2023 and which, therefore, instigated the current conflict, although he recalled that Israel also has the responsibility to facilitate the entry of humanitarian aid into the Gaza Strip.
In that enclave, at least 22 Palestinians were killed by the Tel Aviv attacks, including a first aid worker, Gazan medical sources reported, while in Syria a bombing killed 46 people and 50 were injured in the historic city of Palmyra, the largest offensive since the start of the war, reported the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights.
Hamas has warned Israel that it will not release any prisoners if the war does not end, its acting head in Gaza, Khalil Hayya, told Al Aqsa television channel.
In Lebanon, the Ministry of Health indicated that a preliminary report of the Israeli bombing of Tire left nine dead and 65 wounded, according to Al Jazeera, while three Lebanese soldiers died in an Israeli attack in the south of the country in the town. of Sarafand.
After the continued Israeli attacks on Lebanon, Hezbollah leader Naim Qasem assured that he will respond to the bombings on Beirut with an offensive in the center of Tel Avivwhile showing himself willing to negotiate peace as long as Lebanon’s sovereignty is preserved. Israel cannot impose your conditionsQasem assured the newspaper L’Orient-Le Jour.
Israeli Foreign Minister Gideon Saar stated that any ceasefire agreement must allow Israel leeway to attack Hezbollah in case violations occur to the cessation of hostilities.