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U.N. Security Council at impasse over Israel-Hamas war in Gaza

The U.S. and China said they favored a statement on Gaza, but it failed for lack of consensus approval. The U.N. chief condemned the attacks and appealed for the fighting to end.

Palestine's U.N. Ambassador Riyad Mansour speaks to reporters outside the Security Council
Palestine's U.N. Ambassador Riyad Mansour speaks to reporters outside the Security Council (AN/U.N. Web TV)

With the world body's most powerful arm deadlocked, U.N. Secretary-General António Guterres appealed for an immediate halt to the fighting in Gaza and the release of all hostages.

After a meeting of senior U.N. leaders, Guterres appeared before a regular press briefing in New York on Monday to condemn the "abhorrent attacks" by the Palestinian militant group Hamas and others against Israeli towns and villages.

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