A vote on a Chicago City Council resolution calling for an immediate cease-fire in Gaza set for Wednesday will be postponed after a group of 28 aldermen petitioned for a delay, according to the measure’s sponsors.

       The aldermen calling for the delay, led by Ald. Debra Silverstein, 50th, pointed last week to a council vote set for this week on a resolution commemorating 79 years since the liberation of the Auschwitz Nazi concentration camp. They cited sensitivity concerns as they asked for the cease-fire vote to be put off for a month.

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       Ald. Rossana Rodriguez-Sanchez, a lead sponsor of the cease-fire resolution, plans to use a procedural move Wednesday to table it. The Northwest Side alderman expects the vote will be rescheduled for a new City Council meeting in the next few weeks, she told the Tribune Monday.