US ‘appalled’ that Security Council resolution doesn’t condemn Hamas for October 7

US Ambassador Linda Thomas-Greenfield laments that the resolution passed by the UN Security Council does not denounce Hamas over the October 7 atrocities.

“Ultimately, while we are encouraged that the council spoke out on this humanitarian crisis we’re deeply disappointed — appalled, actually — that once again, the council was not able to condemn Hamas for the horrific terrorist attack [it perpetrated] on October 7,” the American envoy says.

“I can’t understand why — why some council members are standing in the way and why they refuse to condemn these evils unequivocally,” she continues.

“Why is it so hard to condemn Hamas for slaughtering young people at a concert, for butchering families alive, for the reports of widespread sexual violence? I will never understand why some council members have remained silent in the face of such evil.”