The conflict between Israel and Hamas entered the 64th day. The Israeli army is conducting operations in Khan Yunis. Rockets from the Gaza Strip were fired at Tel Aviv and other cities in central Israel.
After the United States vetoed the UN Security Council proposal for a ceasefire in the Gaza Strip, reactions to this move are coming. 13 countries voted for the draft, the USA vetoed it, while Great Britain abstained.
Israel's ambassador to the United Nations, Gilad Erdan, thanked US President Joseph Biden for the fact that the US vetoed the resolution in the Security Council demanding a cease-fire in the Gaza Strip.
Erdan pointed out on the X social network that Biden "stood firmly" on Israel's side.
Israel's ambassador criticized the United Nations, saying it was "unbelievable" that the UN is busy debating a resolution that, according to him, "will allow Hamas terrorists to remain in power in Gaza."
"The ceasefire will be possible only after the return of all the hostages and the destruction of Hamas," Erdan emphasized.
The Palestinian militant group Hamas condemned the United States' decision to veto a draft resolution on a Gaza ceasefire at a United Nations Security Council meeting on Friday, describing it as an "immoral and inhumane stance."
"American obstruction of the ceasefire resolution is direct participation in the killing of our people," said Izzat Al-Rishk, a member of the Hamas political bureau.
After the UK abstained in the UN Security Council vote, the country's mission to the UN said it could not vote on "a resolution that does not condemn the crimes committed by Hamas against innocent Israeli civilians on October 7".
The UK has stressed that it is "gravely concerned" about the humanitarian situation in Gaza and that civilian deaths and displacement cannot continue.
"Israel needs to be able to deal with the threat posed by Hamas, and it needs to do so in a way that respects international humanitarian law, so that such an attack could never happen again," the statement said.
Israeli Foreign Minister Eli Cohen accused United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres of siding with Hamas in calling for a ceasefire in the Gaza Strip.
"Invoking Article 99, which has not been used for the war in Ukraine or the civil war in Syria, is another example of Guterres' biased and one-sided stance," Cohen wrote on the X Network.
Cohen says the cease-fire call "embarrasses the position of the Secretary-General" and is a "Mark of Cain" at the UN.
The Israeli minister reiterated that a ceasefire at this time would prevent the destruction of Hamas, which he claims is committing war crimes and crimes against humanity, and allow it to continue to rule in Gaza.
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