The UN Security Council's vote on Gaza has been rescheduled

 The UN Security Council's vote on Gaza has been rescheduled

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Israel-Hamas war: A top UN official said that Israel's efforts to let supplies fell "far short" of the expanding demand during the discussion at the UN's Manhattan headquarters, which was held against the background of Gaza's deteriorating circumstances.

The discussion took held against the background of Gaza's worsening situation at the UN headquarters in Manhattan.

United Nations: Members of the UN Security Council argued over phrasing on Wednesday, delaying the vote on a long-delayed resolution demanding an end to the Israel-Hamas conflict even as the number of casualties in Gaza keeps rising.

A top UN official said that Israel's actions to let supplies in were "far short" of the mounting demand during the discussion at the UN's Manhattan headquarters, which was held against the background of Gaza's deteriorating circumstances.

The Security Council's rotating president, Jose Javier de la Gasca Lopez-Dominguez of Ecuador, said, "The Security Council has agreed to continue deliberations today to allow some extra time for diplomacy and the president tomorrow (Thursday)". Will move the adoption to early in the morning."

Voting on the idea was postponed on Monday and rescheduled many times on Tuesday as council members have been unable to come to an agreement on it for days.

Israel, a permanent member of the Security Council with a veto power and backed by the United States, has objected to the word "ceasefire".

The "elimination" of Hamas is a must for any truce in Gaza, according to Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's statement on Wednesday.

However, Russia and the Arab League increased their diplomatic pressure on Israel to put an end to hostilities, requesting a truce at the Russian-Arab cooperation summit in Morocco.

Prior to this most recent delay, International Crisis Group analyst Richard Gowan said that "everyone is primarily stuck waiting to see what the US should decide to do."

"It seems even American diplomats don't know how this saga should end," he said.

The events of this week come after a deadlock earlier in the month, when the US stalled the Security Council's vote on the war resolution in spite of extraordinary pressure from UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres.

A "immediate humanitarian ceasefire" was demanded in that resolution for the Gaza Strip, where Israel has been carrying out lethal strikes in response to Hamas's unprecedented October 7 invasion.

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The identical non-binding resolution was approved by the UN General Assembly last week by 153 votes to 10 with 23 abstentions from the 193 member nations.

Motivated by such resounding backing, Arab nations declared a fresh endeavor in the Security Council.

"Immediate and permanent halting of hostilities to allow unrestricted transportation of humanitarian aid to the Gaza Strip" was the request made in a draft letter created by the UAE that AFP was able to see on Sunday.

But the amended paragraph that AFP saw in the final form seemed to be an attempt to salvage some kind of accord.

It was more indirect, requesting "an immediate suspension of hostilities to allow safe and unimpeded emergency access, and immediate steps regarding a permanent cessation of hostilities."

Israel's "limited" efforts to let supplies into Gaza, according to U.N. official Tor Wennesland, "are positive, though fall far short of what necessary to address the humanitarian emergency on the ground."

After the October 7 assault, in which 1,140 persons were murdered, mostly civilians according to Israeli sources, Israel promised to "destroy" Hamas.

The Hamas administration in Gaza said that 20,000 people had died within Palestinian territory.