UN Security Council falls silent on Gaza fighting

November 21, 2012 01:41

The UN Security Council is silent on Israel's offensive in the Gaza Strip. A draft press statement circulated to the 15 members' capitals overnight seems to have failed to win the unanimous approval that would have led to its adoption.

The Security Council has no meetings set for today, a sign that the draft statement on the escalating violence in Gaza between Israel and Hamas is dead. Russian Ambassador Vitaly Churkin yesterday said that the United States was "filibustering" the council.

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