Middle East latest: US vetoes a Gaza cease-fire resolution

The United States has vetoed a U.N. resolution demanding an immediate cease-fire in the Israel-Hamas war in Gaza. That’s because the U.S. said the resolution Wednesday didn’t link the Gaza cease-fire to an immediate release of the remaining hostages who were taken captive by Hamas in October 2023. In the war in Lebanon between Israel and Hezbollah, there have been signs of progress on the cease-fire deal, however Israel’s defense minister says his country insists on the right to act militarily against Hezbollah in any agreement to end the fighting. Lebanon’s government is likely to view any such demand as an infringement on its sovereignty, complicating efforts to end more than a year of fighting.