Russia, China veto US resolution at UN for a Gaza cease-fire
Russia and China vetoed the strongest move yet by the U.S. to pressure Israel at the United Nations Security Council, saying that a resolution endorsing a cease-fire in Gaza was still too weak.
The proposal, which cited “the imperative of an immediate and sustained cease-fire” in Gaza — but didn’t demand one — was the closest the U.S. has come to pressing its ally Israel, which has endorsed only…