Netanyahu, 'the US is taking a step back from previous positions' - Breaking news. Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's office said this about the US position at the UN headquarters today.

   "This withdrawal - he added - affects the war effort and to free our hostages because it offers Hamas the hope that international pressure will allow it to obtain a ceasefire without freeing our hostages". Reproduction reserved © Copyright ANSA. (HANDLE) . The US vote "is a clear step back  from the US's constant positions since the beginning of the war".