Consultations are continuing in the Security Council to agree on a formula condemning the (French) massacre.

The United Nations Security Council held an emergency meeting on Thursday to discuss the repercussions of the “flour massacre,” in which the Israeli occupation army killed more than 100 Palestinians and wounded nearly a thousand who gathered north of Gaza City to receive humanitarian aid.

During the session called by Algeria, the Palestinian delegate to the United Nations, Riyad Mansour, called for the issuance of a resolution calling for a ceasefire in Gaza.

Mansour told reporters, "This brutal massacre is evidence that as long as the Security Council is paralyzed and the veto is imposed, the Palestinians are paying with their lives."

The Palestinian official's statement came after the United States used its veto power last week for the third time to block a draft resolution calling for an immediate ceasefire in Gaza.

Condemn the massacre

Mansour added, "I met with (US Ambassador) Linda Thomas-Greenfield this morning," noting that he "begged her" for the council to take action "to condemn this massacre."

He continued, "The Security Council must say, 'Enough is enough,'" adding, "If they have the courage and determination to prevent the recurrence of these massacres, then what we need is a ceasefire."

For his part, United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres expressed his "shock" at these events, which he condemned, calling for an "effective independent investigation" to determine the circumstances of what happened and those responsible for it.

Algeria presented to the Security Council table a draft presidential statement in which the 15 members of the Council express their “deep concern” about what happened.

According to the text, the draft statement places responsibility for what happened on “the Israeli forces that opened fire,” but the text did not pass because presidential statements can only be approved unanimously.

America vs

Mansour said after the meeting that “14 members supported the text,” while a diplomatic source said that the United States voted against it because it refused to hold Israel responsible for what happened.

The source explained that discussions in the corridors of the Security Council will continue in an attempt to reach a formula that receives the required consensus.

Robert Wood, Deputy US Ambassador to the United Nations, said, “The parties are working on the wording to see if we can reach a statement,” indicating the possibility that an agreement in this regard may be reached later.

Al Jazeera obtained scenes documenting the first moments when the occupation forces opened fire on the Palestinians while they were waiting for aid trucks to arrive.

The massacre occurred in the northern Gaza Strip, which is facing famine under the Israeli siege, with continued reports of children dying as a result of drought and malnutrition.

Since Operation Al-Aqsa Flood, which was carried out by the Palestinian resistance on October 7, Israel has been waging a devastating war on the Gaza Strip, leaving tens of thousands martyred and wounded, most of them children and women, and causing an unprecedented humanitarian crisis.

Source: Al Jazeera + French