RAMALLAH, Palestine / ANKARA

Palestine said Thursday that the Israeli genocidal war on Gaza will not bring security or stability, after the US vetoed a UN Security Council resolution demanding an immediate ceasefire in the enclave.

"The continued genocidal war in Gaza, settler terrorism in the West Bank…and the use of the US veto in the UN Security Council will not bring security or stability to anyone," Palestinian Authority spokesman Nabil Abu Rudeina said in a statement cited by the state news agency Wafa.

The spokesman warned that the US veto will encourage Israel "to continue its aggression and crimes."

He called for immediate humanitarian access to Gaza and Palestinian self-determination under international law.

"What is required now is to force the (Israeli) occupation to stop its war and aggressions in the West Bank, including Jerusalem, and pressure it to comply with international legitimacy resolutions," Abu Rudeina said.

On Wednesday, the US vetoed a UN Security Council draft resolution that called for an "immediate, unconditional and permanent ceasefire" in the Gaza Strip.

Slovenia proposed the draft resolution on behalf of the Security Council's 10 elected members -- Algeria, Denmark, Greece, Guyana, Panama, Pakistan, South Korea, Sierra Leone, Somalia, and Slovenia -- and received 14 votes.

Israel, rejecting international calls for a ceasefire, has pursued a genocidal offensive in Gaza since October 2023, killing nearly 54,700 Palestinians, most of them women and children. Aid agencies have warned about the risk of famine among the enclave's more than 2 million inhabitants.

Last November, the International Criminal Court issued arrest warrants for Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and his former Defense Minister Yoav Gallant for war crimes and crimes against humanity in Gaza.

Israel also faces a genocide case at the International Court of Justice for its war crimes against civilians in the enclave.