The criteria for membership. Of the 15 council members, 12 voted yes while britain and switzerland abstained. We agree that the people of the West Bank And Gaza must be given the political perspective of a credible route to a Palestinian State and a new future. And it needs to be irreversible. This is not entirely in our gift but our recognition of a Palestinian State should be part of it. We believe that such recognition of Palestinian Statehood should not come at the start of a new process. But it doesnt have to be at the very end of the process. The palestinian president Mahmoud Abbas condemned the us veto as unfair, unethical, and unjustified, saying in a statement that it challenged the will of the international community, which strongly supports palestine s full membership. The push to recognise its statehood comes after more than six months of war in gaza, while israel continues expanding settlements in the occupied west bank. Thats a move widely considered a violation of intern
Also reports that Cruise Missiles as well towards israel from iran, Israeli Forces are planning to intercept as many of those ads as possible with the help of United States but at this moment, we do not yet know what the results of these attacks may be. Or what the targets are. We have reporters and analysts all over the map as we track this news. I want to get straight to Jeremy Diamond on the ground in jerusalem, who has some new reporting jeremy. What do you learning about . What iran is undertaking in this retaliation right now well, alex, over the course of the last several hours, weve been reporting that iran has launched the waves of drones in the direction of israeli territory more than 100 drones currently making their way aid israel with multiple hours of travel time before they are expected to hit their targets or to try and hit their targets within israeli territory. But now Iranian State media is reporting that in addition to those drones, iran has also fired Ballistic Mis
Is cnn worlds news hello everyone, and thank you so much for joining me this sunday. Im pregnant the whitfield and we begin with a Major Development in the war in gaza after month seven tenths fighting. Israel says, it is withdrawing. Its Ground Forces from the Southern City of khan yunis. Israel described the area as a major hamas stronghold and it put together its biggest ever Military Division for the operation there as the city became a key battleground in what is now a six month war. Were also so learning that israels planned reopening of the erez Border Crossing in the north of gaza is being delayed. It would have allowed more aid to flow into gaza. Todays developments follow a call last week between President Biden and israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. Sources tell cnn during read that call President Biden gave Netanyahu A List of things he wanted to see done to ease the Human Suffering in gaza and it all comes as israel marks a grim milestone, it has now been exactly s
happening now, breaking news. we re just hours away with a truce between israel and hamas, the end of hostilities set to end at 3:00 a.m. eastern time followed by the return of 50 captives. the israeli government says the hostage release won t occur now before friday. welcome to our viewers in the united states and around the world. i m wolf blitzer in tel aviv, israel. and you re in the situation room. this is cnn breaking news. we re following the breaking news right here in the middle east. the agonizing wait for the first major release of hostages from gaza. let s get straight to cnn s jerry diamond, joining us from not far from the gaza border. we just learned from the israel security council that no hostages will be released before friday. what else are you learning? reporter: yeah, that s right, wolf. israel s national security adviser saying the release of the hostages, which was expected to take place tomorrow, will now be delayed until friday. he says in a s