In deadly Israel, the third emergency meeting of the UN Security Council in a week Offensive in Gaza -After the United States blocked the joint statement calling for an immediate ceasefire between Israel and Hamas, it did not end with any concrete results.

According to reports, the meeting on Sunday was held after the United States reportedly obstructed Israel’s two resolutions last week to condemn Israel’s military response and call for a ceasefire. In the intense bombing of the 2 million besieged enclave, nearly 200 people (including 58 children) were killed.

Israel has proven that its bombing operations were retaliation for rocket attacks launched by Hamas fighters. But the Gaza-based Hamas movement said its actions were a response to Israel’s policy of forcibly displacing Palestinians in East Jerusalem and the Israeli forces’ attack on the Al-Aqsa Mosque last week. Israel missed the deadline for Hamas to withdraw its troops from the mosque compound.

At the time of the latest round of inaction, US President Joe Biden has yet to show any signs that he plans to increase public pressure on Israel, but has repeatedly emphasized Israel’s right to self-defense.

Critics, including members of Biden’s party, accused the Israeli government of whitewashing Israeli strikes that killed at least 192 Palestinians in Gaza.

Since Monday, at least 10 Israelis, including two children, have been killed by rockets in the Gaza Strip.

U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations Linda Thomas Greenfield said at the emergency meeting that the United States is “working tirelessly through diplomatic channels” to stop the fighting.

She said: “The United States has made it clear that if all parties seek a ceasefire, we are ready to provide support and good rotation.”

Although Norway, China and Tunisia led the negotiations, the Security Council has yet to issue a joint statement.

The United States, China, France, Russia, and the United Kingdom are all permanent members of the Security Council, giving them veto power over the joint statement. China has previously called on the United States to be the only voice of opposition to this issue.

On Monday, senior Fatah officials told Al Jazeera that they were disappointed with the US position.

Sabri Saidam, a member of the Fatah Central Committee, told Al Jazeera: “The positive and serious atmosphere in Biden’s recent appeal to President Abbas does not reflect the United States’ presence in the United Nations last Tuesday. The position of the Security Council.” President of Palestine.

“Words are needed, not words!” he added.

“Must stop immediately”

UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres began a meeting on Sunday, calling for a ceasefire.

He said: “This meaningless cycle of bloodshed, terror and destruction must stop immediately,” “All parties must respect international humanitarian law and international human rights law.”

At the same time, the Palestinian Minister of Foreign Affairs Riyad al-Maliki (Riyad al-Maliki) defendant Israel committed “war crimes” during the week-long offensive.

Israeli warplanes aimed at Palestinian enclaves, and fires and thick smoke rose above buildings in Gaza City [File: Anas Baba/AFP]

Gilad Erdan, the Israeli ambassador to the United Nations, in turn accused Hamas of carrying out indiscriminate attacks in order to gain political gain and put civilians in the country at risk.

On Sunday, Israeli President Benjamin Netanyahu said that Israel’s air strikes will continue to be carried out with “full force” and will “take time”, adding that he “wants to impose a heavy price on the Hamas ruler in Gaza”.

‘Work harder’

US ambassador Thomas Greenfield warned at the meeting that returning to armed conflict will only make the negotiated two-state solution between the two countries more distant.

However, the United States has little willingness to deviate from its support for Israel.

In a phone call with Netanyahu on Saturday, Biden was concerned about civilian deaths caused by Hamas rockets. The White House’s reading of the call did not mention the United States urging Israel to join the ceasefire being promoted by Middle Eastern countries.

U.S. Representative Adam Schiff, the Democratic chairman of the House Intelligence Committee, urged Biden on Sunday to increase pressure on both sides to end current fighting and revival negotiations to resolve conflicts and crises between Israel and the Palestinians .

“I think the U.S. government needs to step up its efforts to demand that Israel and the Palestinian Authority stop violence, achieve a ceasefire, end these hostilities, and return to the process of trying to resolve this long-standing conflict,” said Schiff, a California Democrat. ) Told CBS’ “Face the Country” plan.

At the same time, more and more US senators called for a ceasefire on Sunday. Democratic Senator Chris Murphy and Republican Todd Young, a senior member of the Foreign Relations Group, said in a statement: “Due to the Hamas rocket attack and the Israeli’s In response, both parties must realize that too many people have lost their lives and that the conflict must not escalate further.”

The other 25 U.S. Democratic senators and two independents issued similar separate statements urging an immediate ceasefire.

In the continuing bombing of the Gaza Strip, the famous American progressive Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez called Israel an “apartheid country.”

The hopeful Bernie Sanders, the former Democratic presidential candidate, also criticized Israel’s military operations in Gaza.

“The destruction in Gaza is unreasonable. We must urge an immediate ceasefire. The killing of Palestinians and Israelis must end. We must also seriously consider the nearly $4 billion in military aid provided to Israel each year. The United States aids human rights violations. Is illegal.”