UN Security Council approves first ceasefire resolution for Gaza in six months of war. US abstention gives way to a text that calls for the cessation of hostilities during Ramadan and the release of all hostages held by Hamas.

Israel had threatened to cancel a delegation's trip to Washington if the United States did not veto the proposed resolution this Monday. The abstention, therefore, puts the two traditional allies even more at odds after weeks of criticism and warnings from the White House to the Government of Benjamin Netanyahu.