Numerous members of the UN Security Council denounced Hamas over its massive assault on Israel but the United States regretted the lack of unanimity.
UNITED NATIONS, United States — Numerous members of the UN Security Council denounced Hamas on Sunday over its massive assault on Israel but the United States regretted the lack of unanimity.
"There are a good number of countries that condemned the Hamas attacks. They're obviously not all," senior US diplomat Robert Wood told reporters after the closed-door session. Watch more News on iWantTFC Diplomats said the Security Council did not consider any joint statement, let alone a binding resolution, with members led by Russia hoping for a broader focus than condemning Hamas.
"It's abnormal that the Security Council doesn't say anything," Ambassador Zhang Jun said, who earlier promised Chinese support for a condemnation of "all attacks against civilians."
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