towards averting a humanitarian catastrophe. it was agreed after days of negotiations and delays. the resolution aims to increase the supplies of aid to the territory but didn t call for an immediate end to the fighting. after the vote the un secretary general, antonio guterres, reiterated his call for a ceasefire. a humanitarian ceasefire is the only way to begin to meet the desperate needs of people in gaza and end their ongoing nightmare. i hope that today s security council resolution may help that finally to happen, but much more is needed immediately. looking at the longer term, i m extremely disappointed by comments by senior israeli officials that put a two state solution into question. as difficult as it might appear today, the two state solution in line with un resolutions, international law and previous agreements is the only path to sustainable peace. our correspondent shaimaa khalil is following developments from jerusalem. this week has shown that diplomatic l
the latest on the cross-country weather system. also tonight, silent night. christmas canceled in a holy city. i m imtiaz tyab in east jerusalem. tonight in bethlehem in the occupied west bank palestinian christians say they won t be celebrating christmas as the carnage in gaza intensifies. pope francis celebrates christmas eve mass praying for those suffering in war. president biden pressing israel to change course. other world leaders not waiting. plus, the mad dash for last-minute gifts. shoppers hitting stores. some simply taking in the sights. a sweet treat for the masses. the california store creating classic candy canes. and later, a santa for everyone, bringing joy to children in their own words. the most important thing about christmas is love. announcer: this is the cbs weekend news. from new york with jericka duncan. good evening and thanks for joining us on this christmas eve. tonight there s a major storm blowing through the midwest. this is
let s ta ke let s take you to those live pictures from tel aviv where we expect to hear from lloyd austin, the us defence secretary, who is on a visit to israel. he s been holding talks there, and we are being told that the news conference will get under way any time soon. so we are going to keep that box up there so we can go to the news conference whenever it comes in. the united states is becoming increasingly isolated in its strong support for israel s military campaign. on sunday, britain, germany and france called for work towards a sustainable ceasefire . this is a live shot, looking across at gaza. we have seen images like this of smoke across the skyline through the day. hamas officials say that 110 palestinians were killed in israeli airstrikes onjabalia the biggest refugee camp in gaza on sunday. israel has issued no direct response but say it s been targeting terrorist infrastructure. on the programme today we ll get more on conditions in gaza and the diplo
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