USA, abstention at the UN does not change our policy - last minute. "The abstention of the United States" in the vote on the resolution on the ceasefire in Gaza "does not changed our policy", says spokesman for the American National Security Council.
Washington "has always asked that the ceasefire be linked to the release" of the hostages by Hamas, John Kirby says in a briefing with a small group of journalists, underlining that Washington has always asked for this to be the case.