The United States has blocked Algeria’s request to the UN Security Council demanding the body to issue a statement blaming the Israeli army for the massacre carried out in northern Gaza on Thursday, killing over 100 Palestinians. The US was the only country out of 15 to not back Algeria’s statement on the massacre in Al-Rashid Street. The Palestinian ambassador to the UN, Riyad Mansour, on Thursday, pleaded for the Security Council to condemn the episode in Gaza that saw Israeli forces open fire on Palestinians scrambling for food aid in the war-torn enclave. “The Security Council should say e…