The UN Security Council will vote on a new draft resolution calling for an immediate ceasefire in Gaza, despite the threat of a third US veto on such a text, AFP reports.

The document, prepared by Algeria, “demands an immediate humanitarian ceasefire that must be respected by all parties.”

The draft resolution opposes the “forced displacement of the Palestinian civilian population.” It additionally demands the release of all Hamas hostages.

Similarly to other previous drafts spurned by the United States and Israel, the new text does not condemn Hamas’s October 7 assault.

The United States warned over the weekend that Algeria’s text was not acceptable, threatening to veto it.

“We don’t believe that this Council product will help the situation on the ground,” US Deputy Ambassador to the UN Robert Wood said.

“If this resolution does come to a vote, it will not go forward,” Wood said.

According to Wood, the passage of such a ceasefire resolution would endanger ongoing delicate diplomatic negotiations which could see the release of hostages from Gaza.

The United States instead began circulating an alternate draft, seen by AFP.

While that text does include the word “ceasefire” — which the United States has previously avoided, vetoing two drafts in October and December which used the term — it does not call for the end of hostilities to happen immediately.