Five countries, including Russia and China, voted in favor of the Russian draft resolution, while four countries, the United States, Britain, France, and Japan, voted against it, while six countries abstained from voting, including Brazil.

The UN Security Council failed to adopt a Russian draft resolution calling for a humanitarian ceasefire in the Gaza Strip, which the Israeli army has launched violent bombardment on for the 11th day in a row.

Five countries, including Russia and China, voted in favor of the Russian draft resolution, while four countries, the United States, Britain, France, and Japan, voted against it, while six countries abstained from voting, including Brazil.

The adoption of any resolution in the UN Security Council requires the approval of at least nine of the fifteen members of the Council, and the non-use of veto power by any of the five permanent members of the Council (the United States, Britain, France, Russia and China).

Russian Ambassador to the United Nations, Vasily Nebenzia, expressed his regret that Western countries "obstructed the sending of a joint and unique message from the Security Council in the service of selfish and purely political interests."

The Russian diplomat warned that his country is "deeply concerned about the unprecedented humanitarian catastrophe in Gaza, and the very great danger of the conflict expanding" to the entire region.

His British counterpart, Barbara Woodward, responded to the Russian ambassador, saying that her country "cannot support a resolution that avoids condemning the terrorist attacks launched by the Hamas movement."

As for the Palestinian Ambassador to the United Nations, Riyad Mansour, who was invited to attend the session, he appealed to the Security Council “not to send a signal that Palestinian lives do not matter.”

He added, "Do not dare say that Israel is not responsible for the bombs it drops on the heads of Palestinians. Do not justify the killings... What is happening in Gaza is not a military operation. This is a large-scale aggression against our people. These are massacres against innocent civilians."

The Security Council was supposed to vote during Monday's session on a second draft resolution submitted by Brazil, the rotating president of the Council during the month of October.

But diplomats reported that the Security Council will meet again this evening, Tuesday, to vote on the Brazilian text.