Israel-Hamas latest: ‘Hezbollah rocket barrage’ in northern Israel – and IDF responding

Analysis: Why is this UN vote different? By Sean Bell, military analyst The UN Security Council meets again today to try to agree a motion to enable humanitarian aid to flow into Gaza. The motion was first considered on Monday, but without US support it was destined to fail – again – so there has clearly been significant diplomatic effort behind the scenes to secure US support for this latest motion. The UN General Assembly has no authority to direct member nations to act upon its recommendations; however, under the UN Charter, the Security Council does have “teeth” and can…