The US government has rejected a claim by Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu that the UN Security Council’s demand for an immediate ceasefire in Gaza has damaged negotiations between Israel and Palestinian militant organization Hamas over the release of hostages. US State Department spokesman Matthew Miller said that statements from Netanyahu’s office implying that Hamas rejected the latest proposal in the hostage negotiations because of the UN resolution were “inaccurate in almost every respect and it is unfair to the hostages and their families.” “I can tell you that that response was…