CCTV News (news broadcast): With the arrival of the New Year’s holiday, there is sufficient supply of goods in various markets, stable price operation and strong consumer demand.

　　On the first day of New Year’s Day holiday, traditional Chinese New Year’s goods such as flaming lanterns, cartoon ornaments of the Year of the Dragon and red Chinese knots were put on the shelves in Nanchang, Jiangxi Province, and the festive atmosphere attracted the public to buy them.

　　The flower market in Qian ‘an, Hebei Province has also ushered in the peak season of sales. Colorful Phalaenopsis and flaming azaleas decorate the holiday market.

　　Now is the season when a large number of citrus fruits are on the market. Regardless of the southern and northern markets, raked oranges, tangerines and sugar oranges have become consumers’ favorite.

　　During the festival, local commercial departments also strengthened the market monitoring of daily necessities, smoothed the circulation links, and ensured the sufficient supply of various daily necessities. In Jiangsu, leading enterprises in circulation actively connect with the "vegetable basket" production base; In Anhui, launch a new round of "Huimin Vegetable Basket" fair-price sales activities; In Hubei, key commercial outlets extend their business hours to meet the consumption needs of residents during the holiday season.

　　According to the data of the market operation monitoring system of the Ministry of Commerce, recently, the inventory of daily necessities in wholesale markets and supermarkets has increased in different degrees. Due to the influence of low temperature, rain, snow and freezing in the north, the price of vegetables in the region has increased, the price of eggs has dropped slightly, and the prices of other varieties are generally stable.

According to Agence France-Presse reported on December 14th, the White House said on the 14th that the United States hoped that the war between Israel and Hamas would end "as soon as possible". Earlier, the Israeli Defense Minister told visiting US Presidential National Security Assistant jack sullivan that the war would continue for several months.

John Kirby, spokesman for the White House National Security Council, said that during his visit to Tel Aviv, Sullivan also discussed the issue of changing Israel’s military operations in Gaza into "low-intensity operations" in the near future.

According to the report, the rising number of civilian casualties in the Gaza Strip has deepened the contradiction between the two allies of the United States and Israel.

Kirby said at the press conference: "I think we all hope that the war will end as soon as possible." He also claimed that if Hamas gave in, the war "could end today", but "it seems unlikely now".

Kirby said that the US government has not "imposed demands" on Israel, and the timetable given by Israeli Defense Minister Joyaf galante is "consistent" with the previous statements of many Israeli officials.

However, the spokesman also said that during his visit to Israel, Sullivan raised "sharp questions" to Israeli officials about Israel’s offensive plan.

Kirby said: "Sullivan did talk about the possibility of transitioning from high-intensity actions we are seeing to low-intensity actions in the near future. But I don’t want to give a timetable for this. "

The Israeli Prime Minister told the United States: Continue to fight until "absolute victory."

According to a report by Reuters on December 14th, according to a statement issued by the office of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, Netanyahu told visiting US Presidential National Security Assistant jack sullivan on the 14th that Israel would continue its war against Hamas until it "won an absolute victory".

According to reports, Netanyahu said that he and Sullivan discussed regional threats, including Iran’s agent Hezbollah in Lebanon and its agent Houthi in Yemen, to ensure the safe return of hostages held by Hamas and continue to provide humanitarian assistance to civilians in Gaza.

The statement reads: "I told our American friends that our heroic soldiers did not fall in vain. Inspired by the deep sorrow of their fall, we will continue to fight more resolutely than ever before until Hamas is eliminated-until we win an absolute victory. "

According to a report by DPA on December 14th, Hamas leader ismail haniya pointed out in his speech on the evening of 13th that all post-war plans in Gaza Strip excluding Hamas are "fantasy" and "delusion".

Chana also confirmed that he was willing to negotiate "all proposals or initiatives to end this aggression".

Chana said that Hamas is willing to hold talks on a possible political path to "ensure the right of the Palestinian people to have an independent state with Jerusalem as its capital".

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Author: Reference News

Source: Xinhua News Agency

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