Over 3,000 Palestinians have been killed in Gaza and thousands injured since Israel bombarded the besieged strip with relentless strikes after Hamas’ unprecedented attack on Saturday, October 7.

Meanwhile, the United States used its veto power to block a United Nations Security Council resolution that sought to facilitate a temporary halt in the hostilities to enable the delivery of humanitarian aid to Gaza

On Wednesday, the United States stood as the only dissenting vote against the resolution, while 12 members cast their votes in favor. Russia and the United Kingdom chose to abstain from voting on the matter.

The Brazil-drafted text would have condemned violence against all civilians, but the US said that it did not do enough to underscore Israel’s right to self-defence. The US has typically exercised its Security Council veto to shield Israel from critical resolutions.

The vote took place against the backdrop of escalating tensions in the region, as large gatherings of protesters mobilized in several nations. These demonstrations were sparked by an alleged Israeli airstrike on a Gaza hospital on Tuesday, which killed hundreds of people

Meanwhile, several pro-Palestinian groups held an 'emergency protest' in Chicago.  Chicago Coalition for Justice in Palestine (CJP) and other groups conemned Israel for the bombing of a Palestinian hospital in Gaza.

US lawmaker Rashida Tlaib has accused the Joe Biden administration of funding a "genocide" against Palestinians and put the onus on Israeli military for bombing a hospital in Gaza, Fox News reported. Rep Tlaib, the sole Palestinian American in the US Congress while addressing a pro-Parlestine rally on Capitol Hill on Wednesday broke down into tears and called for a ceasefire in the ongoing war between Israel and Hamas.

"That's what's been really painful -- just continue to watch people think it's okay to bomb a hospital where children. You know, what's so hard sometimes is watching those videos and the people telling the kids, 'Don't cry.' But like, let them cry! And they're shaking, and somebody -- you know this -- they keep telling them not to cry in Arabic. They can cry, I can cry, we all can cry. If we're not crying, something is wrong," Tlaib said.

"I'm telling you right now President Biden, not all America is with you on this one. And you need to wake up and understand that," she added. "We are literally watching people commit genocide and killing a vast majority... and we still stand by and say nothing. We will remember this."

Still intermittently crying, she went on to tell protesters they were "on the right side of history."Tlaib first repeated Hamas' claim that Israel bombed the hospital in a Tuesday post on X after news of the explosion broke. Hamas continues to push the narrative despite video evidence and an assessment from the US National Security Council that a terrorist group's own rockets caused the reported damage and deaths, Fox News reported. "Israel just bombed the Baptist Hospital killing 500 Palestinians (doctors, children, patients) just like that," Tlaib tweeted on X platform.