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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Edith M. Lederer

US demands condemnation of Hamas at UN meeting, but Security Council takes no immediate action

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The U.N. Security Council held an emergency meeting behind closed doors Sunday, with the United States demanding all 15 members strongly condemn “these heinous terrorist attacks committed by Hamas,” but it took no immediate action.

U.S. deputy ambassador Robert Wood said afterward that “a good number of countries” did condemn the Hamas attack but not all council members. He told reporters they could probably figure out one of them.

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