Security Council backs resolution calling for urgent humanitarian pauses in Gaza

Palestinians displaced by the Israeli bombardment of the Gaza Strip have gathered at a tent camp in Khan Younis (Fatima Shbair/AP)

The UN Security Council has approved a resolution calling for “urgent and extended humanitarian pauses and corridors throughout the Gaza Strip” after four failed attempts to respond to the Israel-Hamas war.

The vote was 12-0 with the US, UK and Russia abstaining.