the cnn newsroom. i wolf blitzer in washington, and we re following breaking news. israel now appears ready to formally publicly sign up to president biden announced ceasefire plan i m for gaza. in a statement attributed only to a government official, but widely understood to be the prime minister s office says, israel won t end the war without reaching its objective. but it now says, and i m quoting now the proposal presented enables this route to achieve those goals. and israel will indeed do so. and quote, our white house correspondent are left signs and standing by over at the white house are achieved national security correspondent, alex mark court is here with me in the cnn newsroom. alex pressure has been growing and growing on the israeli prime minister benjamin at tiny. but this appears to be a major breakthrough. it does appear to be significant or hearing more and more positive signs from both sides, from both hamas and israel. we have this new statement, albeit