UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres’s invocation of Article 99 of the UN Charter is unlikely to yield results when the UN Security Council meets later today, said Ian Wilson, a lecturer in politics and security studies at Murdoch University in Perth, Australia.

“The US will veto any resolution calling for a ceasefire, no matter how carefully it’s worded,” Wilson told Al Jazeera.

“The US has vetoed 46 resolutions, including those condemning Israel’s illegal annexation of Golan Heights. They are utterly contemptuous of the rules-based order they claim to espouse.

“The US always vetoes anything that seeks to constrain Israel. It is absolutely counterproductive as the whole world sees them condoning and providing the arms for wholesale massacre,” Wilson adds.