Netanyahu cancels diplomats’ visit to US over UN cease-fire vote [Video]

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has canceled a high-level delegation’s planned visit to Washington after the U.S. decided not to use its veto power and instead abstained from Monday’s U.N. Security Council demand for an immediate cease-fire in Gaza.

The U.S. has previously vetoed three resolutions calling for a Gaza cease-fire.

The resolution, which passed 14-0, calls for a cease-fire during the ongoing Muslim holy month of Ramadan. It also demands the release of all hostages taken captive during Hamas’ Oct. 7 surprise attack in southern Israel. However, the measure does not link that demand to its call for a cease-fire.

International aid officials say the entire population of the Gaza Strip — 2.3 million people —is suffering from food insecurity and that famine is imminent in the hard-hit north.

More than 32,000 people have been killed in the territory, and more than 74,000 wounded, according to Gaza’s Health Ministry, which …