A draft U.N. resolution calling for an immediate cease-fire in Gaza was blocked by Washington because it failed to call out Hamas as a terrorist organization.

NEW YORK: The US on Thursday vetoed a UN Security Council resolution that called for an immediate and permanent ceasefire in Gaza, as well as the lifting of all restrictions on…

The draft text, which received 14 votes in favour, would have demanded an immediate ceasefire in Gaza and Israel to lift restrictions on aid.