The US has vetoed an Arab-backed and widely supported UN resolution demanding an immediate humanitarian ceasefire in the Israel-Hamas war in the embattled Gaza Strip, saying it would interfere with negotiations on a deal to free hostages abducted in Israel.The vote in the 15-member Security Council was 13-1 with the UK abstaining, reflecting strong support from countries around the globe for ending the more than four-month war, which started when Hamas militants invaded southern Israel, killing

The US has vetoed an Arab-backed and widely supported UN resolution demanding an immediate humanitarian ceasefire in the Israel-Hamas war in the embattled Gaza Strip, saying it would interfere with negotiations on a deal to free hostages abducted in Israel.The vote in the 15-member Security Council was 13-1 with the UK abstaining, reflecting strong support from countries around the globe for ending the more than four-month war, which started when Hamas militants invaded southern Israel, killing about 1,200 people and taking 250 others hostage.