According to US President Joe Biden, the US will make sure israel has the resources it needs to defend itself against these terrorists because it is Israel's right and duty to avenge the killing of its citizens. The great majority of Palestinians, both inside and outside the Gaza Strip, do not identify with Hamas. Speaking at a joint news conference with Australian prime minister Anthony Albanese, Biden stated, "Hamas is despicable, and, not surprisingly, cowardly as well. It is hiding behind Palestinian civilians."

The US-authored draft resolution on the Gaza crisis was vetoed by russia and china in the UN Security Council.

Israel-Hamas war: What happened in the last 24 hours?

1. The draught resolution, written by the US, demanded that the prisoners be freed and denounced Hamas' attack on Israel. The resolution acknowledged both nations' rights to self-defense and refrained from requesting a truce. Voting against the resolution were UAE, china, and Russia.

2. The Israeli ambassador to the UN, Gilad Erdan, expressed his surprise that these nations abstained from voting on the resolution. "Those who voted against the US-led resolution have demonstrated to the world that this Council is unable to uphold the victim of these horrible crimes' right to self-defense and to carry out the most fundamental duty of denouncing terrorists who resemble ISIS. He declared, "Israel has been attacked and will continue to be attacked."

3. If any of your countries endured a similar massacre, I am certain that you would act with much greater force than israel," he said.

4. A total of 10 nations voted in favour of the resolution while two abstained.

5. To counter the US-authored draft, russia put forward its proposal calling for an "immediate, durable and fully respected humanitarian ceasefire".

6. The US and the UK vetoed the Russian draft and eventually both resolutions were rejected.
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26/10/2023 06:59 AM