The US vetoes a ceasefire resolution in Gaza at the UN for the third time. Washington is preparing an alternative proposal for a temporary cessation of hostilities in which the concept of “ceasefire” is mentioned for the first time.

The US draft, under negotiation, “supports a temporary ceasefire in Gaza as soon as feasible, based on the formula of the release of all hostages and [on] the lifting of all barriers to the provision of aid large-scale humanitarian”