US decision not to veto security council resolution prompts Israel’s Netanyahu to cancel Washington trip
A Palestinian girl stands over shrouded bodies, killed in overnight Israeli bombardment, at Al-Aqsa Martyrs Hospital in Deir al-Balah.
Israel accused Washington of changing its position, saying the US decision to abstain and not veto the resolution “hurts both the war effort and the effort to release the hostages, because it gives Hamas hope that international pressure will allow them to accept a ceasefire without the release of our hostages”.
A US official said Washington was “perplexed” by Israel’s decision not to send a delegation, calling it an “overreaction” prompted by Israeli domestic political considerations. Washington has become increasingly frustrated with Mr Netanyahu in recent weeks. There have been public differences over the lack of aid entering Gaza, the plan for Rafah and the lack of a postwar arrangement, but Monday’s events mark a new low in bilateral relations since the start of the
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