Is this justice? World leaders pan US veto of Gaza ceasefire resolution at UN

After United States had vetoed the UN resolution calling for immediate Gaza ceasefire, Israel has intensified its attacks even in those places where they had told the civilians to flee.

Fuming at US’s action, Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan said “Is this justice?” Erdogan also called for United Nations Security Council’s reformation. Despite Gaza receiving a huge support from other countries, US vetoed the ceasefire proposal, he pointed out.

While delivering a speech in Istanbul, Erdogan said all values relating to humanity "are being murdered in Gaza".

"From now on, humanity won’t think the USA supports the Universal Declaration of Human Rights," said Erdogan.

Meanwhile, Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas said the United States' veto made it complicit in what he described as war crimes against Palestinians.

Abbas also held the US responsible for the bloodshed of Palestinian children, women and the elderly in the Gaza Strip.

Amid the intensifying attacks, the Arab-Islamic Summit ministerial committee met with US secretary of state, Antony Blinken in Washington. The committee members called on the US to pressure Israel into a ceasefire.

A release by the Qatar’s ministry of foreign affairs said that the members of the committee expressed their disappointment at the failure of the UNSC to vote on immediate ceasefire for the second time.

“Members of the ministerial committee stressed their call for the United States to play a broader role in pressuring the Israeli occupation for an immediate ceasefire, expressing their disappointment at the failure of the UN security council, for the second time, to vote on a resolution for an immediate ceasefire in the Gaza Strip for humanitarian reasons, after the United States used its veto power,” the statement read.

Israeli hostage killed in Gaza

Sahar Baruch, 25, one among the 240 hostages taken by Hamas on October 7 attacks is reportedly killed in captivity. A joint statement from Kibbutz Be’eri, and the Hostages and Missing Families Forum announced the report.

“It is with great sadness and a broken heart that we announce the murder of Sahar Baruch who was kidnapped from his home by Hamas terrorists to Gaza on Black Saturday and murdered there. His brother Idan was murdered by Hamas on October 7. We share in the unbearable grief of his parents, Tami and Roni, his brother, Guy and Niv, his family and all his loved ones. We will demand the return of his body as part of any hostage return deal. We will not stop until everyone is at home.”

Earlier, Hamas had released a video depicting Baruch's hair shaven, saying he had been held hostage for 40 days. Hamas has claimed Baruch’s death was caused by Israeli Defence Forces.

“We consider the terrorist organization Hamas responsible for the safety of the abductees and anticipate that it will continue to try to use psychological terror against the citizens of Israel and the world through the distribution of such documents, for its murderous purposes," the army statement read.