'The US has defined a UN resolution for a truce in Gaza' - Breaking news. The final draft "unequivocally supports international diplomatic efforts to establish an immediate and lasting ceasefire," Reuters writes.

It is not yet clear when or if the United States will ask the 15-member Council to vote on the text negotiated last month. To pass, a resolution needs at least nine votes and no vetoes from the U.S., France, Great Britain, Russia or China..