FO terms collective punishment being endured by people of Gaza unprecedented, unacceptableReiterates call for immediate, unconditional ceasefire to avert humanitarian catastropheISLAMABAD:

The strikes come just hours after the U.S. stood alone against an unusual U.N. resolution that called for an immediate cease-fire.

HRW said the United States was at risk of “complicity in war crimes” after it blocked a U.N. Security Council resolution that had near-unanimous support.

Israel pressed its offensive against Hamas militants in Gaza on Saturday after the United States blocked an extraordinary UN bid to call for a ceasefire in the two-month war.

The United States and Israel oppose a ceasefire in the war in the Palestinian enclave of Gaza because they believe it would only benefit the Islamist militant group Hamas. Washing

The U.S. is facing criticism from the Palestinian Authority that governs the West Bank, and other global leaders and organizations, after it vetoed a U.N. Security Council resolution calling for an immediate humanitarian ceasefire in the Israel-Hamas war.