The US, which so far vetoed every call for a ceasefire in Gaza, has used its strongest language to date as it hopes to bring about a pause in the fighting.
Is today the moment the world's top diplomatic body comes together in a collective call for a ceasefire in Gaza? Or will messy, discombobulating and cynical geopolitics get in the way? Will Russia vote for an American resolution? At 9am New York time the United Nations Security Council will vote on a resolution calling for a ceasefire between Israel and Hamas. Déjà vu? Yes. We've been here several times before.
A key issue, as ever in this Gaza ceasefire resolution quest, has been the issue of condemning Hamas without condemning Israel - a red line for Arab bloc in the Security Council. They highlight that the Israel-Palestinian hostilities didn't begin with the 7 October Hamas attack and they insist on condemnation of Israel's actions since the incursion. Another issue in early drafts of the text had been the much-talked-about Israeli-planned assault on Rafah.
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