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 바카라 게임 웹사이트�would help to create the conditions for a sustainable cessation of hostilities,바카라 게임 웹사이트� 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 바카라 게임 웹사이트�an effective mechanism for trying to do the three things that we want to see happen 바카라 게임 웹사이트� which is get hostages out, more aid in, and a lengthy pause to this conflict.바카라 게임 웹사이트�With the U.S. draft, 바카라 게임 웹사이트�what we바카라 게임 웹사이트�re looking at is another possible option, and we바카라 게임 웹사이트�ll be discussing this with friends going forward,바카라 게임 웹사이트� Wood said. 바카라 게임 웹사이트�I don바카라 게임 웹사이트�t think you can expect anything to happen tomorrow.바카라 게임 웹사이트�A senior U.S. official said later Monday that 바카라 게임 웹사이트�We don바카라 게임 웹사이트�t believe in a rush to a vote.바카라 게임 웹사이트� The official, speaking on condition of anonymity ahead of council discussions on the U.S. draft, said, 바카라 게임 웹사이트�We intend to engage in the coming days in intensive negotiation around it. 바카라 게임 웹사이트� That바카라 게임 웹사이트�s why we바카라 게임 웹사이트�re not putting a timeline on a vote, but we do recognize the urgency of the situation.바카라 게임 웹사이트�Arab nations, supported by many of the 193 U.N. member countries, have been demanding a cease-fire for months as Israel바카라 게임 웹사이트�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 doesn바카라 게임 웹사이트�t distinguish between civilians and combatants but says the majority are women and children.Tunisia바카라 게임 웹사이트�s U.N. Ambassador Tarek Ladeb, this month바카라 게임 웹사이트�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 Gaza바카라 게임 웹사이트�s southern city of Rafah and face a 바카라 게임 웹사이트�catastrophic scenario바카라 게임 웹사이트� if Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu goes ahead with his announced plan to evacuate civilians from the city and move Israel바카라 게임 웹사이트�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 바카라 게임 웹사이트�scrupulously comply바카라 게임 웹사이트� with international law, especially the protection of civilians. Without naming either party, it condemns 바카라 게임 웹사이트�all acts of terrorism바카라 게임 웹사이트�In a tough message to Israel, the U.S. draft resolution says Israel바카라 게임 웹사이트�s planned major ground offensive in Rafah 바카라 게임 웹사이트�should not proceed under current circumstances.바카라 게임 웹사이트� And it warns that further displacement of civilians, 바카라 게임 웹사이트�including potentially into neighboring countries,바카라 게임 웹사이트� 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.바카라 게임 웹사이트�Though gaps remain, the key elements are on the table,바카라 게임 웹사이트� 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 바카라 게임 웹사이트�have not been progressing as expected.바카라 게임 웹사이트� 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 Hamas바카라 게임 웹사이트� Oct. 7 attack but its hostage taking and killing, 바카라 게임 웹사이트�murder, and sexual violence including rape.바카라 게임 웹사이트� 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 바카라 게임 웹사이트�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.바카라 게임 웹사이트�