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Humanitarian aid trucks enter through the Kerem Shalom crossing from Israel into the Gaza Strip on Monday, Dec. 18, 2023. The Security Council's adoption of a new U.N. resolution to spur desperately needed aid to Gaza has been bogged down by two issues important to the United States — a reference to a cessation of hostilities and putting the U.N. in charge of inspecting trucks to ensure they are actually carrying humanitarian goods. (AP Photo/Hatem Ali, File)

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UN Security Council again delays Gaza aid resolution vote as high-level talks try to avoid US veto
By EDITH M. LEDERER - Associated Press
Tue,12/19/23-11:02PM , 56 Reads
UNITED NATIONS (AP) — The U.N. Security Council again Wednesday delayed the vote on a new U.N. resolution on desperately needed aid to Gaza for another day as the Biden administration struggles to change key wording in high-level negotiations seeking to avoid a U.S. veto.
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Palestinians search for bodies and survivors in the rubble of a residential building destroyed in an Israeli airstrike, in Rafah, southern Gaza Strip, Friday, Dec. 15, 2023. (AP Photo/Fatima Shbair)

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UN Security Council delays vote on resolution urging cessation of hostilities in Gaza to deliver aid
By EDITH M. LEDERER - Associated Press
Mon,12/18/23-11:55AM , 35 Reads
UNITED NATIONS (AP) — The U.N. Security Council delayed until Tuesday morning a vote on an Arab-sponsored resolution calling for a halt to hostilities in Gaza to allow for urgently needed aid deliveries to a massive number of civilians as members intensified negotiations to try to avoid another veto by the United States.
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Palestinian United Nations Ambassador Riyad Mansour, right, speaks during a press conference ahead of a U.N. General Assembly vote on a resolution calling for a cease fire between Israel and Hamas in Gaza, Tuesday, Dec. 12, 2023, at U.N. headquarters. (AP Photo/Bebeto Matthews)

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UN General Assembly votes overwhelmingly to demand a humanitarian cease-fire in Gaza
By EDITH M. LEDERER - Associated Press
Tue,12/12/23-1:58PM , 85 Reads
UNITED NATIONS (AP) — The U.N. General Assembly voted overwhelmingly on Tuesday to demand a humanitarian cease-fire in Gaza in a strong demonstration of global support for ending the Israel-Hamas war.
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The United Nations flag flies on a stormy day at the U.N. during the United Nations General Assembly, Thursday, Sept. 22, 2022. Palestinians are hoping that a vote Tuesday, Dec. 12, 2023, in the U.N. General Assembly on a nonbinding resolution demanding an immediate humanitarian cease-fire will demonstrate widespread global support for ending the Israel-Hamas war, now in its third month. (AP Photo/Ted Shaffrey, File)

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Palestinians hope a vote in the UN General Assembly will show wide support for a Gaza cease-fire
By EDITH M. LEDERER - Associated Press
Mon,12/11/23-8:02PM , 50 Reads
UNITED NATIONS (AP) — The Palestinians are hoping that a vote Tuesday in the U.N.
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