The United Nations Security Council is due to vote on a much-delayed resolution calling for a pause to the hostilities in Gaza after members wrangled over wording while aid efforts in the Gaza Strip neared collapse, AFP reports.

The humanitarian situation in Gaza was rapidly deteriorating, with a senior UN official saying Israel’s steps to allow in aid were “far short” of mounting need.

Members of the council had grappled for days to find common ground on the resolution, a vote on which was pushed back several times throughout Tuesday, after being postponed Monday.