UN Security Council denounces Israeli attack on school in Gaza, blames US for weapons supply

UN Security Council members denounced the Israeli military's recent attack on a school sheltering displaced people in Gaza that killed at least 100 Palestinians, while Russia and China held the US accountable for the incident due to weapons support.

"When pushing for Security Council Resolution 2735, the US claimed that Israel had accepted a cease-fire agreement, but the reality is quite the opposite," Fu Cong, Permanent Representative of China to the UN, told the Council during an emergency session on Palestine on Tuesday that was requested by Algeria.

Saying there are no "credible signs of Israel's commitment to a cease-fire," Cong said "what we see is ever-expanding military operations and ever-rising civilian casualties."

The Chinese envoy noted that the US is the "largest supplier of weapons" to Israel and has enough influence over the country.

"We hope that the US will take sincere and responsible actions to push Israel to stop its military operations in Gaza as soon as possible, and to stop slaughtering civilians," he added.

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