Palestine condemns US veto on UN resolution demanding Gaza ceasefire

The Palestinian presidency has denounced the US for vetoing a UN Security Council resolution that called for a ceasefire and an end to Israeli aggression in the Gaza Strip.

In a press statement published by the official Palestinian news agency WAFA, the presidency said on Wednesday that the US used its veto for the fourth time, encouraging Israel to persist in its



“crimes” against the Palestinian and Lebanese peoples while defying international law and legitimacy.

The statement stressed that Palestine’s demands to the UN Security Council and the international community were clear: to halt the “aggression,” enforce a ceasefire, and address the “crimes” Israel has committed against the defenseless Palestinian people