The resolution, drafted by the council\u2019s 10 elected members who serve two-year terms, goes further than previous drafts to highlight what it calls the \u201c deepening of suffering \u201d of Palestinian civilians.<\/p>\n
\u201cI can understand the anger and frustration and disappointment of the Palestinian people who might be watching this session of the Security Council, hoping that there is some help in the pipeline, and this nightmare could be brought to an end,\u201d Riyad Mansour, the Palestinian ambassador to the UN, said in his remarks late Thursday. \u201cI can imagine the anger and frustration that it did not happen.\u201d<\/p>\n
\t Displaced Palestinians flee Gaza City, with their belongings along the coastal road toward southern Gaza, September 18, 2025. (AP\/Abdel Kareem Hana)<\/p>\n Algeria, one of the leaders of the resolution, also expressed dismay at another failed council action for Gaza, saying that it wanted to apologize to Palestinians for not doing enough to save civilians\u2019 lives.<\/p>\n But, Alegria\u2019s UN ambassador, Amar Bendjama, said that despite the failure to pass, \u201c14 courageous members of this Security Council raised their voice. They have acted with conscience and in the cause of the international public opinion.\u201d Pakistan\u2019s ambassador called the vote, which took place during the 10,000th meeting of the Security Council, \u201ca dark moment.\u201d<\/p>\n The resolution vote on Thursday had also reiterated demands from previous resolutions, including for the release of all hostages held by Hamas and other terrorist groups following their October 7, 2023, surprise attack in southern Israel that launched the war in Gaza.<\/p>\n In opposing similar resolutions since November, the US has complained that the demands, including a ceasefire, were not directly linked to the unconditional release of hostages and would only embolden Hamas terrorists.<\/p>\n Danny Danon, Israel\u2019s ambassador to the UN, blasted the new resolution, saying that it would \u201cnot release the hostages and will not bring security to the region.\u201d<\/p>\n \u201cIsrael will continue to fight Hamas and protect its citizens, even if the Security Council prefers to turn a blind eye to terrorism,\u201d he said in a statement Thursday.<\/p>\n The resolution also expressed \u201cdeep alarm\u201d after a report released last month by the world\u2019s leading authority on food crises said Gaza City has become gripped by famine, and that it\u2019s likely to spread across the territory without a ceasefire and an end to restrictions on humanitarian aid. A review by Israel released last week found the report was \u201cpoliticized\u201d and \u201cmethodologically flawed.\u201d<\/p>\n Israeli forces have pressed on with a new ground offensive in Gaza City. The latest Israeli operation, which started Tuesday, further escalates a conflict that has roiled the Middle East and likely pushes any ceasefire and hostage release deal further out of reach.<\/p>\n The Israeli military, which says it wants to \u201cdestroy Hamas\u2019 military infrastructure,\u201d hasn\u2019t given a timeline for the offensive, but there were indications it could take months.<\/p>\n \t IDF soldiers operating in Gaza in this handout photo cleared for publication on September 18, 2025. (IDF)<\/p>\n That same day, a team of independent experts commissioned by the UN Human Rights Council concluded that Israel is committing genocide in Gaza, issuing a report that called on the international community to end it and take steps to punish those responsible for it. Israel rejected the report as \u201cdistorted and false.\u201d<\/p>\n Last week, the UN General Assembly voted overwhelmingly to support a two-state solution to the Israel-Palestinian conflict and urged Israel to commit to a Palestinian state.<\/p>\n The US veto of the resolution comes as about half of Americans say the Israeli military response in the Gaza Strip has \u201cgone too far<\/a>,\u201d according to the survey from The Associated Press-NORC Center for Public Affairs Research. That\u2019s up from November 2023, when 40% said Israel\u2019s military action had gone too far.<\/p>\n But at the same time, Americans overall, particularly Republicans, are less likely to say that negotiating a ceasefire should be a high priority for the US government than they were just a few months ago, when the US was holding ceasefire talks with Hamas.<\/p>\n
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