saying that 2.3 million palestinians have been fighting for their lives and facing death. meanwhile, israel s ambassador to the un criticised the resolution and said that the un should have focused on the humanitarian crisis of the hostages. for more on the day s events, our correspondentjohn sudworth sent this update. after the long drawn out diplomacy, the drafting and redrafting, finally, the moment of truth. the wide show of support from most security council members was no surprise. the resolution the uae has put in blue this morning responds to the calls for a sustainable cessation of hostilities and a massive scale up of humanitarian aid. often in diplomacy, the challenge is meeting the moment in the world we live in, not in the world we want. all eyes were on the us and russia. in the end, they both abstained. but it wasn t a veto, and so the resolution passed. guns fire. on the ground, its immediate practical implications may be limited. the us did much to tone do
on the ground . the palestinian ambassador to the un, called it a step in the right direction. but reiterated calls for an immediate ceasefire saying that 2.3 million palestinians have been fighting for their lives and facing death. meanwhile, israel s ambassador to the un criticised the resolution, and said that the un should have focused on the humanitarian crisis of the hostages. russia s ambassador to the un criticized the us for not doing more to restrain israeli operations in gaza, saying it is giving israel a license to kill civilians. this comes amid complaints that the resolution is watered down. us ambassador to the un linda thomas greenfield said the us abstained from the vote because the council did not condemn hamas october seventh attack on israel. here s what she said after the vote. it took many days and many, many long nights of negotiating to get this right. but, today, this council provided a glimmer of hope amongst a sea of unimaginable suffering. tod
Which is under a blockade by israel are running out of fuel. The un agency for Palestinian Refugees says it will have to stop working there tonight if it doesnt get a fresh supply of fuel. But israel has accused hamas a designated terror group by the uk government of Stockpiling Hundreds Of Thousands of litres. Israel has allowed limited supplies of food, water and medicine in but Charities Say vast amounts more are needed. Israels Prime Minister is due to make a statement around now. This takes place amid a bitter diplomatic row between israel and the un. In a few moments well hear live from Ourjournalists On The Ground Rushdi Abualouf whos been in gaza throughout the conflict and our International Editorjeremy bowen, whos across the border in Southern Israel. But first our special correspondent fergal keane, who is injerusalem, has been working with teams who are on the ground in gaza, and has this report. A warning it contains some distressing images. Each climbing cloud, a marker o
for a deal to be done. does that make sense? makes no sense and may be indicative we ll have difficulties with the russian spon sorps resolution, so no, makes no sense whatsoever. there is a lot of people out there who think the united states is essentially being played, the obama administration, the united states is being played by russia and syria. you say what? i m very, very concerned and very skeptical. i m concerned that john kerry has to fly to geneva to meet about a resolution that is going through the united nations security counsel. why isn t he coming to new york while they shape this agreement? i note with some interest that yesterday bashar assad s aircraft began their bombing operations and killing operations, which had been stood down while the threat of the united states launching attack was prevalent, and so i m very
makes no sense and may be indicative we ll have a lot of difficulties with the russian sponsors resolution, so no, makes no sense whatsoever. there is a lot of people out there who think the united states is essentially being played, the obama administration, the u.s. is being played by russia and syria. to them you say what? i m very, very concerned and very skeptical. i m concerned that john kerry has to fly to geneva to meet with them about a resolution that is going through the united nations security council. why isn t lab roff coming to new york while they shape this agreement? i note with some interest that yesterday bashar assad s aircraft began their bombing operations and killing operations, which had been stood down while the threat of the united states launching attack was prevalent, and so i m very skeptical, and i hope that i m wrong. i talked to david kay, former