JERUSALEM, Israel – As Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu prepares for a visit to New York and Washington next week, the United States again vetoed a U.N. Security Council resolution on Thursday calling for an immediate Gaza ceasefire. The veto comes as U.S. Ambassador to Israel Mike Huckabee sharply criticized "outrageous lies" circulating on social media that Israel was involved in Charlie Kirk's murder.

The veto was the sixth one the U.S. has cast concerning a ceasefire. Of the 15 Security Council member nations, 14 supported the resolution, which demanded that Israel lift restrictions on all humanitarian aid coming into Gaza. It also blamed Israel for a disputed U.N. report of "famine" in the Gaza Strip.

Morgan Ortagus, counsellor at the U.S. mission to the United Nations, war

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