Today, Wednesday, the UN Security Council postponed again the vote on a draft resolution aimed at improving the catastrophic humanitarian situation in the Gaza Strip as a result of the Israeli aggression, so that complex negotiations on the text continue.

"The Security Council agreed to continue negotiations today to allow additional time for diplomacy. The presidency will reschedule the adoption process for tomorrow (Thursday) morning," Security Council President Jose Javier del La Gasca Lopez-Domíneguez said.

Council members accepted this new postponement, which came at the request of the United States, according to diplomatic sources.

Facing severe criticism for its inability to act since the beginning of the Israeli aggression on the Gaza Strip on October 7, the 15 members have been negotiating for several days on this four-page text proposed by the United Arab Emirates, hoping that through it the UN Council can United by “Speaking with One Voice”.

UAE Ambassador Lana Zaki Nusseibeh commented, "Everyone wants to see a decision that has an impact and is applicable on the ground. There are discussions about how to achieve this."

She expressed her hope that a “positive” result would be reached from these negotiations to break the deadlock, stressing that even if that did not happen, “there will be a vote,” which in this case may witness Washington using its veto power again.

Since the start of the aggression, the Council has broken its silence only once, when on November 15 it adopted a resolution calling for “humanitarian truces.” However, it failed to adopt five other draft resolutions within two months, the last of which called for an “immediate humanitarian ceasefire,” which Washington vetoed on December 8.

But despite the American veto, the UAE, armed with the support of the overwhelming majority in the General Assembly for a ceasefire, launched a new battle in the Council to “go a little further” than the November resolution, according to what its ambassador to the United Nations explained.

The latest version of the draft resolution, which can still be amended, calls for “an urgent suspension of hostilities to allow safe and unimpeded humanitarian access, and for urgent measures to be taken for a permanent cessation of hostilities.”

It is a lighter wording than the previous version, which called for an “urgent and permanent cessation of hostilities,” and was amended at the request of an American, according to diplomatic sources.

While Israel and the United States of America oppose the idea of a “ceasefire,” the wording of the call for a “cessation of hostilities” has been the focus of divisions in the Council for more than two months, between a “cessation,” a “truce,” or a “ceasefire for humanitarian reasons.” It remains one of the main points in the ongoing negotiations.

US Secretary of State Anthony Blinken said in Washington, "We worked intensively on this file. I was on the phone about this topic for two days," adding, "I hope we can reach satisfactory results."

"Everyone is waiting to see what the United States decides to do. It seems that even American diplomats do not know how this will all end," International Crisis Group analyst Richard Gowan told AFP, noting that the Israelis are putting pressure "on the White House to use its veto."

He added, "Ultimately, (US President Joe) Biden and those close to him will have a difficult choice: either suffer more diplomatic damage by using the veto power again, or risk bringing the dispute to light with Israel by allowing the resolution to pass."

Biden recently said that Israel risks losing the support of the international community due to its “indiscriminate” bombing of the Gaza Strip, which makes some observers hope that the Americans will allow the draft resolution to pass despite the opposition of their Israeli ally.

The number of martyrs in the Gaza Strip rose to no less than 20,000 martyrs, including 8,000 children and 6,200 women, while the number of wounded reached 52,600, an infinite toll.