The US vetoes for the third time a UN resolution to call for an end to the war in Gaza. The US ambassador, Linda Thomas-Greenfield, justified her vote because it "jeopardizes the delicate negotiations" underway, and proceeding to vote today was "irresponsible" The Chinese ambassador, Zhang Jun, regretted that the result of today's vote "demonstrates that on the issue of a ceasefire in Gaza, it is clear that it is not that the Security Council does not present an overwhelming consensus"