China 'strongly disappointed' by US block of UN Gaza ceasefire resolution

China voiced its "strong disappointment" with the United States for blocking a proposed United Nations Security Council resolution that sought an immediate humanitarian ceasefire in the war on Gaza, Xinhua reported on Wednesday.

This was according to a statement from Zhang Jun, China's permanent representative to the United Nations.

"China expresses its strong disappointment at and dissatisfaction with the U.S. veto," Xinhua reported Zhang Jun as saying.

"The US veto sends a wrong message, pushing the situation in Gaza into a more dangerous one," Zhang said, adding that objection to a ceasefire in Gaza is "nothing different from giving the green light to the continued slaughter".