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The United States opposed a proposed UN Security Council resolution demanding an immediate cease-fire in Gaza. The draft, circulated by Algeria, emphasized the dire humanitarian conditions in Gaza and the need for compliance with previous resolutions. However, the US believes another resolution will not change the situation on the ground.
US Deputy Ambassador Robert Wood told reporters ahead of Wednesday's monthly Mideast meeting that "another resolution is not necessarily going to change anything on the ground".
Street fighting and Israeli bombardment rocked Gaza's far-southern Rafah on Wednesday.
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Israel's army said Wednesday it took control of a vital Gaza-Egypt corridor it suspects aided weapons smuggling as United States said new U.N. resolution on the war in Gaza will not going to change the situation on the ground.