The US vetoed the resolution of three UN requirements that allowed for help in the track.
Israelite Foreign Minister Gideon Saar thanked the US President and his government unique veto A resolution of the UN Security Council that allowed humanitarian aid to enter the Gaza Strip.
In his account on social network X, Saar said that “the proposed resolution only strengthens Hamas and impairs US efforts to reach a hostage agreement.”
The US Secretary of State, Marco Rubio, said on Wednesday that the country sent “a strong message” by vetoing the resolution, which he described as “counterproductive.”
“We will not support any measure that does not condemn Hamas, require Hamas to disarm and abandon Gaza, establish false equivalence between Israel and Hamas or ignore Israel’s right to defend himself,” Rubio said in a statement.
Os United States vetoed aloneOn Wednesday, a resolution to facilitate the entry of humanitarian aid in Gaza, a text presented by the 10 non-permanent members of the UN Security Council. It was the 5th time that the United States has vetoed a critical resolution to Israel since the beginning of the war in Gaza on 7 October 2023.
The other 14 board members, including countries closest to Israel, such as France and the United Kingdom, voted in favor of a resolution that contained just Three requirements: A ceasefire, the release of Hamas detained hostages and the facilitation of large-scale humanitarian aid to the Gaza Strip, which suffers an unprecedented humanitarian crisis.
The American veto emerged at a time when the conditions in Gaza continued to deteriorate in the face of Israel’s growing military operation and its decision to prevent humanitarian aid from the Enclave. These developments resulted in thousands of victims, destruction of civil infrastructure and large -scale displacement, as well as a critical risk of hunger for virtually the entire population of the enclaveaccording to the UN.
The Israeli Army confirmed on Wednesday that the Gaza Humanitarian Foundation (GHF), the group supported by Israel and the United States that distributes food on the enclave, would not open its distribution centers and that it would be forbidden to circulate on roads leading to the places of distribution centers.
The GHF announcement took place on Tuesday, after the Hamas government, which controls Gaza, accused Israel Death of 27 inhabitants From the enclave that had been directed to the help distribution point in Rafah. According to Hamas, At least 102 people were killed near humanitarian aid distribution points Since the Geneva -based Foundation began operating in the Gaza Strip earlier last week.
Two bodies of hostage recovered by Israel
Israel also announced that he recovered the bodies of two citizens who were kidnapped by Hamas in the October 7, 2023 attack on Israeli territory that triggered the war in the Gaza.
In a statement, Prime Minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, says that the bodies of Judih Weinstein e Gad haggai were recovered and returned to Israel.
“During a special operation of the Shin Bet and Army in the Gaza Strip, the bodies of two of our hostages detained by the murderous terrorist organization were brought back to Israel,” the statement.
The same document says that the two Israeli citizens were murdered on October 7, and Hamas transported the bodies to the Gaza Strip. The two Israelites lived at Kibbutz Nir Oz, near the Palestinian enclave.
