By Jomaa Younis and Rania Abu Shamala
GAZA CITY, Palestine /ISTANBUL (AA) - The US veto of a draft UN Security Council resolution calling for an immediate ceasefire in the Gaza Strip amounts to direct support for the Israeli genocide against Palestinians, Hamas said Wednesday.
In a statement, the Palestinian group called the veto “an arrogant stance that reflects US contempt for international law and its outright rejection of any international effort to stop the bloodshed of the Palestinian people.”
It stressed that the US position “serves as a green light for the war criminal (Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin) Netanyahu, who is wanted by the International Criminal Court, to continue the brutal genocide against innocent civilians, including children, women and the elderly in Gaza, reaffirming America’s full complicity in this ongoing crime.”
The draft resolution called for an "immediate, unconditional and permanent ceasefire" in the Gaza Strip.