UN Security Council to vote on Gaza ceasefire resolution

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The UN Security Council is voting on a resolution put forward by the UAE calling for an "immediate humanitarian ceasefire in Gaza"

It comes two days after Secretary General Antonio Guterres made the unprecedented step of invoking Article 99 of the UN charter

This allows him to bring to the council "any matter which in his opinion may threaten the maintenance of international peace and security"

The US has consistently opposed international calls for a ceasefire and is thought likely to vote against the resolution

The Palestinian health ministry in the occupied West Bank says six Palestinians have been killed in an Israeli raid on al-Fara refugee camp

Hamas attacked Israel in October, killing 1,200 people and taking 240 hostages, some of whom were released during a short-lived truce

Hamas officials in Gaza say Israel has killed more than 17,177 people in its retaliatory campaign, including about 7,000 children

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