On Monday, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu canceled sending his delegation to Washington after the latter refrained from using its veto power against the draft Gaza ceasefire resolution in the Security Council.

Earlier Monday, 14 countries voted in favor of the resolution adopted by the Security Council for a ceasefire in Gaza during the month of Ramadan, and the United States abstained from voting.

Following the vote, Netanyahu’s office said in a statement: “The United States did not use its veto power today against the new text that calls for a ceasefire without the condition of releasing the kidnapped.”

It added: "This is a clear retreat from the consistent American position in the Security Council since the beginning of the war."

Netanyahu's office considered that this retreat "harms the war effort and efforts aimed at releasing the kidnapped, because it gives Hamas hope that international pressure will allow it to obtain a ceasefire without the release of our kidnapped."

According to the statement, “Netanyahu made clear last night that if the United States retreats from its principled position, he will not send the Israeli delegation to it.”

He concluded by saying: "In light of the change in the American position, Prime Minister Netanyahu decided that the delegation will not travel."

A delegation including Israeli Minister of Strategic Affairs Ron Dermer and National Security Advisor Tzachi Hanegbi was scheduled to leave for Washington in the coming days, according to the Hebrew newspaper Haaretz.

It was agreed to send the delegation during a phone call between Netanyahu and US President Joe Biden last week.

The visit was scheduled to discuss the possible military operation to invade Rafah, which Washington declared its opposition to on more than one occasion.

Repeatedly, the United States has used its “veto” power to prevent the issuance of Security Council resolutions calling for a ceasefire, and it recently attempted to pass a resolution that did not include a direct call for a ceasefire, which Russia and China aborted with a “veto.”