- The prime minister's office said that the decision was made "in light of the change in the US position".
- Netanyahu had previously threatened to cancel the visit, which comes ahead of an anticipated Israeli ground offensive in Gaza - which the Biden administration has opposed.
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Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has officially cancelled an Israeli delegation visit to the White House this week.
In a statement posted online by public broadcaster Kann, the prime minister's office said that the decision was made "in light of the change in the US position".
Netanyahu had previously threatened to cancel the visit, which comes ahead of an anticipated Israeli ground offensive in Gaza - which the Biden administration has opposed.
Netanyahu said the US's failure to veto the ceasefire resolution was a "clear retreat" from its previous position.
He added it would hurt war efforts against Hamas in Gaza - as well as efforts to release over 130 hostages being held there.
White House spokesperson John Kirby says the US was "very disappointed" Israel would not send its delegation to Washington in order "to have full conversation on [Israel's planned offensive in] Rafah".
UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres says today's resolution "must be implemented" to secure a ceasefire and the "immediate and unconditional release of all hostages".
"Failure would be unforgivable," he says on X, the platform formerly known as Twitter.
Guterres has repeatedly called for Israel to give "total" access to humanitarian goods throughout Gaza, where the UN says some 1.1m people are struggling with catastrophic hunger and starvation.
"It is time to silence the guns," he said at the Rafah crossing between Egypt and Gaza last week.
The US ambassador to the UN, Linda Thomas-Greenfield, has set out why the US abstained on the UN Security Council's Gaza resolution.
First, she refers to an earlier US resolution that was blocked by Russia and China as "they still can't bring themselves to condemn Hamas’ terrorist attacks on October 7".
"They have shown time and time again that they are not actually interested in advancing a durable peace through diplomatic efforts," she says.
On today's resolution, Thomas-Greenfield believes "key edits" were ignored, particularly the condemnation of Hamas.
"We did not agree with everything in the resolution," she says. "For that reason, we were unfortunately not able to vote yes."
She adds: "However, as I said before, we fully support some of the critical objectives in this nonbinding resolution.
"And we believe it was important for the council to speak out and make clear that any ceasefire must come with the release of all hostages."