Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu thanked the United States and its president, Donald Trump, for vetoing the latest United Nations Security Council (UNSC) resolution calling for a ceasefire in Gaza.

"Thank you, America and @POTUS @realDonaldTrump, for once again showing our enemies that there is no daylight between us," Netanyahu's office wrote on X just after the US veto, citing the Israeli prime minister.

"That is the only way to destroy the Hamas terrorists who are still holding 58 innocent hostages in the dungeons of Gaza. The civilized world should demand their immediate and unconditional release," the statement reads.