UN Security Council vote on Gaza humanitarian resolution delayed again

“We’re still working through the modalities of the resolution,” US National Security Council spokesman John Kirby said on Tuesday afternoon when the vote was still set for 5pm

Palestinians search for survivors after the Israeli bombardment of the Gaza Strip outside a morgue in Rafah on Tuesday (Hatem Ali/AP)

A UN Security Council vote on an Arab-sponsored resolution to spur desperately needed humanitarian aid deliveries to Gaza during some kind of a halt in the fighting, first postponed from Monday, has been pushed back again until Wednesday.

Security Council members were in intense negotiations on Tuesday.