Wood said the resolution’s authors declined to condemn Hamas’ Oct. 7 attack that killed 1,200 people, including women, children and elderly.
In response to the Hamas attack, Israel’s two-month military campaign has killed more than 17,400 Palestinians in the Gaza Strip, most of them women and children, according to the territory’s Health Ministry, which does not differentiate between civilian and combatant casualties in its figures.
Wood added that the draft also “failed to acknowledge that Israel has the right to defend itself against terrorism.”
Israeli Ambassador to the U.S. Gilad Erdan thanked the U.S. “for standing firmly by our side.”
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