U.S. vetoes UN Israel-Hamas ceasefire resolution with lone 'No'

'We could not support an unconditional ceasefire that failed to release the hostages,' Robert Wood, the deputy U.S. ambassador to the UN, told the council

The United States vetoed a United Nations Security Council resolution calling for an Israel-Hamas ceasefire on Wednesday morning, citing its failure to condition a halt in hostilities directly to the release of the hostages, whom Hamas continues to hold in the Gaza Strip.

“We could not support an unconditional ceasefire that failed to release the hostages,” Robert Wood, deputy U.S. ambassador to the United Nations, told the council.