US sinks Palestine's UN membership bid in UNSC vote

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US has vetoed a widely supported Palestine's UN membership bid in Security Council despite growing international distress over the humanitarian crisis in Gaza. Thursday's vote came more than six months into Israel's military invasion in the besieged Palestinian territory that has left nearly 34,000 Palestinians dead — mostly babies, women and children — and wounded over 76,770. The draft resolution, which was