As the dead toll from the Gaza conflict approaches 10,000, the UN Security Council is unable to reach a consensus

 As the dead toll from the Gaza conflict approaches 10,000, the UN Security Council is unable to reach a consensus

There were still disagreements after more than two hours of deliberations behind closed doors on Monday. While several other council members are pushing for a "humanitarian cease-fire" to provide much-needed relief and stop additional civilian casualties in Gaza, the United States is advocating for "humanitarian pauses."

The month-long Israel-Hamas conflict was not resolved by the UN Security Council on Monday, once again failing to reach a consensus.

There were still disagreements after more than two hours of deliberations behind closed doors on Monday. While several other council members are pushing for a "humanitarian cease-fire" to provide much-needed relief and stop additional civilian casualties in Gaza, the United States is advocating for "humanitarian pauses."

Following the discussion, U.S. deputy ambassador Robert Wood told reporters, "We talked about medical pauses and we're interested in developing language on that score." "But there are opinions within the council concerning whether that's acceptable."

Reporters were previously informed by U.N. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres that he desired an immediate humanitarian cease-fire in Gaza as well as an end to the "spiral of escalation" that was already occurring from the occupied West Bank, Lebanon, or Syria to Iraq and Yemen.

International humanitarian law, according to Guterres, is obviously being broken and requires the protection of people and infrastructure that is necessary for their survival. She emphasized that "no party to an armed conflict is above" these standards. He demanded the unconditional return of the detainees that Hamas kidnapped and transferred from Israel to Gaza on October 7.

This month's Security Council president, China, together with the Arab representative, the United Arab Emirates, summoned Monday's meeting in response to the "crisis of humanity" in Gaza, where over 10,000 people have died in less than a month.

The ambassador of the United Arab Emirates, Lana Nusseibeh, said that all fifteen council members "are fully engaged" and that attempts would be made to close the differences and come to a conclusion.