"UN Security Council Urges Aid Access for Gaza in Upcoming Vote"

The United Nations Security Council is expected to vote on a resolution demanding that Israel and Hamas allow aid access to the Gaza Strip and establish UN monitoring of humanitarian assistance. The fate of the resolution depends on negotiations between the United States and the United Arab Emirates, with the US seeking to tone down language on a cessation of hostilities. UN officials and aid agencies warn of a humanitarian catastrophe in Gaza, with the majority of the population displaced and facing mass starvation and disease. The resolution needs at least nine votes in favor and no vetoes from the US, France, China, Britain, or Russia.