The United Nations Securit calling for more humanitarian aid to# flow into Gaza after a week of delays.## The U.S. abstained from the vote,# which did not demand a cease-fire.

In the meantime, American officials are# saying Iran was deeply involved in the## planning of attacks against commercial# shipping vessels in the Red Sea.

JOHN YANG: Bodies and burials# overwhelm Gaza.

Officials of## the Hamas-run Health Ministry say# the death toll has passed 20,000.

After another airstrike, Anwar Dhair# buried the next generations of his family.

ANWAR DHAIR, Gaza Strip Resident# (through translator): My daughter,## he JOHN YANG: Those lucky enough to# survive still face a bleak fate.## The few remaining hospitals don't# have enough staff or supplies for## meaningful treatment.

This school has# been turned into a field hospital.

DR. BASHIR AL-HOURANI, Deir Al-Balah Field# Hospital (through translator): We can't do## an the whole world, to support us# in providing medical equipment,## providing medicines, lifting the siege on Gaza.

JOHN YANG: Staff at the Al-Zawayda clinic provide# what care they can, but without enough early## childhood vaccines, these children will be far# susceptible to illnesses like polio or measles.

Lama Al Afesh is a nurse.

LAMA AL AFESH, Nurse (through translator):# We have a shortage of childhood es pecially those who are newborn# babies aged 1 and JOHN YANG: Clinic psychologist Waleed# Omar Hamdan said he worries about## the long-term consequences,# mental, as well as physical.

WALEED OMAR HAMDAN, Clinic Psychologist# (through translator): Things were fragile## somehow psychiatric cases among children, adolescents# and adults has increased significantly.

JOHN YANG: But even with the best medical# care, Gazans can't recover without food and## water.

International aid organizations estimate# that half-a-million people are starving in Gaza,## and say the situation could collapse into famine.

MAHMOUD AL-QISHAWI, Pious Projects: Even if# we provide food, but we have li ke we have no access to gas.

So we go to streets# to gather some wood to burn the food, and also a huge number of families, and# we don't have food that is enough for them.

JOHN YANG: Aid trickles through the# Rafah Crossing and newly open Kerem## Shalom crossing.

But once inside Gaza, aid# workers struggle to reach those who need it.

Israeli officials say there is no shortage.

COL. MOSHE TETRO, Israeli# Defense Forces: In terms of food,## the reserves in Gaza Strip are# suffic MAN (through translator): The# result of vote is as follows.

JOHN YANG: After many delays, the# Unit approved a resolution calling for# much more humanitari MAN: Abstentions?

JOHN YAN of a Russian amendment calling for a cease-fire.

LINDA THOMAS-GREENFIELD, U.S. Ambassador# to the United Nations: encour we're deeply disappointed,# appalled, actually, that,## once again, the council was not able to condemn# Hamas' horrific terrorist attack on Octo JOHN YANG: Today, a Southern Israel kibbutz said# it had determined that one of its residents,## an American-Israeli citizen, was# killed in the initial Hamas attack## October 7.

Kibbutz Nir Oz said Hamas took# 73-year-old Gad Haggai's body to Gaza.

In a statement, President Biden said: "I# reaffirm the pledge we have made to all## the families of those still held hostage.

We# will not stop working to bring them home."

With American support, the Israeli offensive# pushes forward, determined to complete its## mission.

As Christmas nears, the region# prepares for a different kind of holiday.## Near Bethlehem's Church of the Nativity, revered# by Christians as the traditional birthplace of## Christ, rubble takes the place of Christmas# lights, a gesture of solidarity with Gaza.

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ISSA THALJIEH, Pastor, Church of the# Nativity (through translator): Art is a## messag message is that people can see the real scene,# that Christmas comes during war and hardship.

JOHN YANG: For the "PBS NewsHour," I'm John Yang.