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| Friday Briefing: U.N. Prepares to Vote on Gaza Aid | Friday Briefing: U.N. Prepares to Vote on Gaza Aid |
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| After a week of delays, the U.S. held high-level negotiations with Egypt yesterday to find a compromise on a U.N. Security Council resolution that would allow for scaled-up, safe delivery of aid to Gaza, an American official said. | After a week of delays, the U.S. held high-level negotiations with Egypt yesterday to find a compromise on a U.N. Security Council resolution that would allow for scaled-up, safe delivery of aid to Gaza, an American official said. |
| Here’s the latest. | Here’s the latest. |
| The U.S. Deputy Ambassador to the U.N., Robert Wood, told reporters earlier in the day that the U.S. was still in talks but was not yet ready to sign off on the resolution, which also called for pauses in fighting. | The U.S. Deputy Ambassador to the U.N., Robert Wood, told reporters earlier in the day that the U.S. was still in talks but was not yet ready to sign off on the resolution, which also called for pauses in fighting. |
| Egypt, which controls the Rafah border crossing into Gaza, wants the U.N. to take over the delivery of aid to the enclave. The U.S., under pressure from Israel, has said that Israel must be involved in checking aid deliveries and disputes that U.N. inspections will speed them up. | Egypt, which controls the Rafah border crossing into Gaza, wants the U.N. to take over the delivery of aid to the enclave. The U.S., under pressure from Israel, has said that Israel must be involved in checking aid deliveries and disputes that U.N. inspections will speed them up. |
| A vote, which the Council has delayed three times this week at the request of the U.S., could come later in the day. | A vote, which the Council has delayed three times this week at the request of the U.S., could come later in the day. |
| In Israel, the military said it learned that its forces had come close to finding three hostages before they were mistakenly killed by Israeli troops last week. Footage from a combat dog’s Go-Pro camera captured the voices of the young hostages. | |
| Grim milestone: The death toll in Gaza has reached roughly 20,000, according to officials there. It’s the heaviest loss on the Arab side in any war with Israel in 40 years. |