The United States vetoed an Arab-backed U.N. resolution Tuesday demanding an immediate humanitarian cease-fire in the Israel-Hamas war in the embattled Gaza Strip.The vote in the 15-member Security Council was 13-1 with the United Kingdom abstaining, reflecting the wide global support for ending the more than four-month war that started with Hamas' surprise invasion of southern Israel that killed about 1,200 people and saw 250 others taken hostage.Since then, more than 29,000 Palestinians have been killed in Israel's military offensive, according to the Gaza Health Ministry.It was the third U.S. veto of a Security Council resolution demanding a cease-fire in Gaza.This is a breaking news update. Read the original story below:Arab nations are putting to a vote a U.N. resolution demanding an immediate humanitarian cease-fire in Gaza, knowing it will be vetoed by the United States but hoping to show broad global support for ending the Israel-Hamas war. The Security Council scheduled the vote on the resolution at 10 a.m. EST (1500 GMT) Tuesday. U.S. Ambassador Linda Thomas-Greenfield says the Biden administration will veto the Arab-backed resolution because it may interfere with ongoing U.S. efforts to arrange a deal between the warring parties that would bring at least a six-week halt to hostilities and release all hostages taken during Hamas' surprise Oct. 7 attack in southern Israel.In a surprise move ahead of the vote, the United States circulated a rival U.N. Security Council resolution that would support a temporary cease-fire in Gaza linked to the release of all hostages, and call for the lifting of all restrictions on the delivery of humanitarian aid. Both of these actions 맥스카지노�would help to create the conditions for a sustainable cessation of hostilities,맥스카지노� the draft resolution obtained by The Associated Press says.U.S. deputy ambassador Robert Wood told several reporters Monday that the Arab-backed resolution is not 맥스카지노�an effective mechanism for trying to do the three things that we want to see happen 맥스카지노� which is get hostages out, more aid in, and a lengthy pause to this conflict.맥스카지노�With the U.S. draft, 맥스카지노�what we맥스카지노�re looking at is another possible option, and we맥스카지노�ll be discussing this with friends going forward,맥스카지노� Wood said. 맥스카지노�I don맥스카지노�t think you can expect anything to happen tomorrow.맥스카지노�A senior U.S. official said later Monday that 맥스카지노�We don맥스카지노�t believe in a rush to a vote.맥스카지노� The official, speaking on condition of anonymity ahead of council discussions on the U.S. draft, said, 맥스카지노�We intend to engage in the coming days in intensive negotiation around it. 맥스카지노� That맥스카지노�s why we맥스카지노�re not putting a timeline on a vote, but we do recognize the urgency of the situation.맥스카지노�Arab nations, supported by many of the 193 U.N. member countries, have been demanding a cease-fire for months as Israel맥스카지노�s military offensive has intensified in response to the Hamas attack that killed 1,200 people and saw some 250 others taken hostage. The number of Palestinians killed has surpassed 29,000, according to the Gaza Health Ministry, which doesn맥스카지노�t distinguish between civilians and combatants but says the majority are women and children.Tunisia맥스카지노�s U.N. Ambassador Tarek Ladeb, this month맥스카지노�s chair of the 22-nation Arab Group, told U.N. reporters last Wednesday that a cease-fire is urgently needed.He pointed to some 1.5 million Palestinians who sought safety in Gaza맥스카지노�s southern city of Rafah and face a 맥스카지노�catastrophic scenario맥스카지노� if Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu goes ahead with his announced plan to evacuate civilians from the city and move Israel맥스카지노�s military offensive to the area bordering Egypt where Israel says Hamas fighters are hiding.In addition to a cease-fire now, the Arab-backed draft resolution demands the immediate release of all hostages, rejects the forced displacement of Palestinian civilians, calls for unhindered humanitarian access throughout Gaza, and reiterates council demands that Israel and Hamas 맥스카지노�scrupulously comply맥스카지노� with international law, especially the protection of civilians. Without naming either party, it condemns 맥스카지노�all acts of terrorism맥스카지노�In a tough message to Israel, the U.S. draft resolution says Israel맥스카지노�s planned major ground offensive in Rafah 맥스카지노�should not proceed under current circumstances.맥스카지노� And it warns that further displacement of civilians, 맥스카지노�including potentially into neighboring countries,맥스카지노� a reference to Egypt, would have serious implications for regional peace and security.Thomas-Greenfield, in a statement Sunday, explained that the United States has been working on a hostage deal for months. She said U.S. President Joe Biden has had multiple calls over the last week with Netanyahu and the leaders of Egypt and Qatar to push the deal forward.맥스카지노�Though gaps remain, the key elements are on the table,맥스카지노� she said, and the deal remains the best opportunity to free the hostages and have a sustained pause that would enable lifesaving aid to get to needy Palestinians.The 15 Security Council members have been negotiating on the Arab-backed resolution for three weeks. Algeria, the Arab representative on the council, delayed a vote at U.S. request while U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken was recently in the region, hoping to get a hostage deal. But Qatar said Saturday the talks 맥스카지노�have not been progressing as expected.맥스카지노� And the Arab Group decided over the weekend that they had given the U.S. enough time and put their resolution in final form for a vote.What will happen after the U.S. casts its veto remains to be seen. The Arab Group could take their resolution to the U.N. General Assembly, which includes all 193 U.N. member nations, where it is virtually certain to be approved. But unlike Security Council resolutions, assembly resolutions are not legally binding.The Security Council will then likely start discussing the much-lengthier U.S. draft resolution, which would for the first time not only condemn Hamas맥스카지노� Oct. 7 attack but its hostage taking and killing, 맥스카지노�murder, and sexual violence including rape.맥스카지노� Some council members blocked the condemnation of Hamas in two previous council resolutions on Gaza.The U.S. draft doesn't name Israel, but in a clear reference the draft 맥스카지노�condemns calls by government ministers for the resettlement of Gaza and rejects any attempt at demographic or territorial change in Gaza that would violate international law.맥스카지노�