The United Nations Security Council is due to vote today on a much-delayed resolution calling for a pause to Israeli bombing in Gaza after members wrangled over wording while aid efforts in the enclave near collapse, AFP reports.
The humanitarian situation in Gaza was rapidly deteriorating, with a senior UN official saying Israel’s steps to allow in aid were “far short” of mounting need.
Members of the council had grappled for days to find common ground on the resolution, a vote on which was pushed back several times throughout yesterday, after being postponed Monday.
An official scheduling document said the 15-member body would finally vote today.
Israel, backed by its ally Washington, a veto-wielding permanent Security Council member, has opposed the use of the term “ceasefire.”
Richard Gowan, an analyst at the International Crisis Group, said that “everyone is basically stuck waiting to see what the US will decide to do.”
“It looks like even US diplomats do not know how this saga will end,” he added.
