USA thus stopped the proposal at the vote held late on Wednesday. An official reason for the US veto was that the ceasefire was not linked to the issue of the release of the hostages.
The other 14 member countries in the council voted for the resolution, which also mentioned the humanitarian situation in Gaza. The situation in the proposal was referred to as "catastrophic", which is fairly harsh language in a UN resolution.
The proposal also demanded that Israel lift all blockades against aid transports to Gaza's 1.2 million inhabitants.
The resolution was developed by representatives of the ten countries that are elected to the council for a two-year term.
The US is one of the Security Council's five permanent members and has the right to veto, giving it the opportunity to stop proposals in the council. The other four member countries with veto power are France, the United Kingdom, China, and Russia.
The US has also previously exercised its veto power in votes on resolutions related to the Gaza war. In November, during President Joe Biden's term, a veto was imposed when the issue of a ceasefire was not linked to the future of the hostages.
