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the latest reports we have suggesting that israeli i.d.f. forces are getting armored vehicles together they're making their way towards the gaza strip area troops are also being brought in i understand according to the times of israel the i.d.f. is calling up reserves ahead of a possible ground offensive is that if that's what's next to be expected here when i believe that you presented it correctly i don't know that it will develop into a ground offensive over the next coming hours now the strikes are being carried out there are said to be targeting militants but in fact we are seeing a lot of civilians being killed and injured at this point including children do you think this kind of heavy handed response can be justified. when you know it's interesting you say heavy handed response you mentioned better and better odds and bombards that the truth of them there is i think and i think you would agree with me this is been so far one of the most surgical pinpoint military operations in modern military history i think again you will see that t

this is big news. >>> israeli missiles pounding gaza today. the show of force posed days of rocket fire between israel and hamas. the fire is taking a deadly toll. michael warren, welcome to you, sir. >> good evening to you, pierce. >> it is a very dangerous, escalating situation, how will it resolve itself? >> it will resolve itself when they cease-firing rockets at innocent civilians. very simple. they have to stop and the confrontation will stop. >> the israeli rockets are firing and killing more palestinians than israelis are dying. >> well, we have thousands of rockets raining down on our civilians. over the last four years alone, something in the order of 3,000 rockets have been fired by hamas and other terrorists in gaza at our civilians. that's more than twice than the number of v-1 and v-2 rockets dropped on london during world war ii. no government can sit passively by when rockets are trying to kill us when all we want to do is live peacefully among ourselves and our neighbors. >> they're mobilizing ground forces. are you preparing

helped the israelis build the entire system. remember, you can always follow what's going on here in "the situation room" on twitter, just tweet me. i'm wolf blitzer in jerusalem. erin burnett "outfront" starts erin burnett "outfront" starts right now. -- captions by vitac -- www.vitac.com >>> "outfront" next, a new week of conflict begins between israel and gaza. no end in sight tonight. israel's ambassador to the united states "outfront." thousands of israeli troops with tanks are now poised at the gaza word border, ready to move in in a ground invasion if necessary. israel says a ground war is a possibility, but does it add up? and new questions tonight in the benghazi investigation. congress wants to know who changed the talking points an why and we think we know who did. let's go "outfront." good evening, everyone, i'm erin burnett. tonight, under attack. day six of the conflict between israel and gaza. is there an end in sight? tonight, thousands of israeli troops are poised at the border, ready to move at gaza. negotiatio

correspondent so you have been working in the media office in gaza just before israeli rockets hit it this is what he told us earlier. now to have that. no one expected this during the strikes power supplies often get cut off and then it becomes really difficult for us to find fuel for the generator i had at that moment we decided to take a break in our work and go look for gas so that we can continue working early in the morning we left at around one am and added to it all have some of our friends are now in hospital just a little while ago there was a press conference where it was said that such an attack must be completely ruled out as a journalist can become targets for strikes a correspondent should share what he or she sees with the world even israeli journalists report from gaza it's unacceptable that media workers get attacked in such a way in situations like this we usually don't go to our homes just like we did maturing that has deliveries of two thousand and eight in two thousand and nine even though we know this is really dangerous up to the point of a ground operation how

military of continued shelling via the israeli navy gunboats off the coast and fixed land based artillery pieces. from southern israel from hamas twenty five rockets were fired into southern israel over the night israeli anti missile defenses trying to shoot those down some of them land landing in in southern israel as well this immediate escalation in the fighting between hamas and israel came about yesterday afternoon with the targeted killing by environ airstrike of the the leader of hamas is military wing jobbery there's a bit there was a video released shortly after that of the missile striking his car and then a large scale aerial offensive. started after that over gaza loud explosions rocking all only the built up areas there about ten people reported killed including civilians there the great fear now that a ground invasion is imminent israeli sources have said that they're fully prepared to start a gun invasion if they deem it necessary and they have called up reservists possibly stuff yes and we've seen the tension escalating in the region over the past few weeks haven't we tom.

this morning, israeli television is reporting that three israelis were killed in rocket strikes in the southern region of that country. this comes as the israeli military has launched an aggressive campaign to cripple hamas after repeated rocket attacks. as many as 750 this year launched from gaza into southern israel. last night president obama spoke on the phone with prime minister benjamin netanyahu acknowledging israel's right to defend itself following but also urging netanyahu to avoid civilian casualties. hours earlier the israeli government posted this video from youtube showing an air strike yesterday in gaza that killed ahmed al jabari, he is the top military member of hamas. that was a widespread campaign against hamas targets that the israeli military had said it will broaden in the coming days. this morning israeli defense forces, the idf, dropped leaflets over gaza warning residents there to stay away from hamas operatives. >>> also on twitter, a clear message from the israeli defense forces saying we recommend that no hamas operatives, whether low level or senior leaders

the israelis invaded the west bank. all the major cities of the west bank in 2002. this is exactly what we're seeing. we're seeing that the plo does not tallivaolerate violence, do want to see an escalation in violence, but at the same time, this is a political problem. when you besiege 1.5 million people, when israel continued to denide palestinian rights to live side by side in peace and security with israel, this is exactly the outcome, the outcome that we are expected to see. and the israeli government continues to take the same path that they have taken in the past. relying very much on the military power. you know, our people have endured so much. we are aspiring to see an end to the israeli occupation and be able to live in peace and dignity. as long as israelis don't get that, i don't think we'll ever see peace or security in the middle east. >> and i'm reading, mr. ambassador, just getting a statement in from the state department as it concerns secretary clinton, and as soon as we get more information on this,

the israelis say it's not a done deal. andrea. >> of course, it would be unliky to announce it before she arrives. morsi's role, the egyptian president's role, has been so critical here. this is a completely new landscape diplomatically, having a muslim brotherhood president of egypt being the prime mover here, pressured by the u.s., but bringing together all sides? i'm not sure that ayman can hear us. we have a satellite delay. can we talk about the diplomacy from the standpoint of hamas and the muslim brotherhood? >> yeah. andrea, these talks have been now under the auspices of the egyptian government but more specifically under the au spis sis of intelligence officials. they can meet with israel and the palestinian factions. it's unlikely that president m mahmoud morsi was going to sit down with any envoys. he will be heading back to cairo tomorrow to meet with hillary clinton. egyptian officials involved or familiar with them have been telling nbc news this is unlikely to be a long-term truce. this is more likely to be

israeli troops are amassing and with a possibility of a ground invation. first, inside the capital where general petraeus testifies about gen gassy, the ex-cia chief brought down by an affair showed it was a terrorist attack. he also said it was intentionally withheld with his affairs of tipping off the terrorist group. the cia's talking points in response to the missile initially calling it a terrorist attack that was edited out of the final version. the change was not made for political reasons. bear with me now as congressman, ranking member of intelligence. welcome to you. >> good to be here, pierce. >> we now know the white house, the statement coming from tommy. >> the talking points about the intelligence, and the white house and state department changing consulate to diplomatic facility for ak ras pep a line being drawn by the white house that they didn't change anything that the intelligence report went to susan rice other than what you named the consulate or dip the maic facility. what do you make of that? >> well, what is the issue that has been

the israeli defense ministry who i represent and indeed the israeli public mourning civilian deaths on both sides i've seen it running around the south from bomb shelter to bomb shelter dodging rockets hearing the cries of israeli civilians and the cries in the wells of the air raid sirens let me see the graphic footage in gaza of dead children being big pulled and dug out of collapsed buildings to maintain their deaths the hands of israeli israeli air strikes are the fault of hamas. so i can tell you genuinely generally breaks my heart you think that we want to see dead children on any side as i said we mourn every loss of life hamas on the other hand celebrating and they're putting their own civilians in danger i cannot tell you how much we desire quiet how much we desire true peace and calm in this region when we facing an enemy that still to be double war crime whereby they hardly thousand civilians while shooting at our civilians for every decade now we are in this predicament that however with the most strategically surgical precision pinpoint strikes when they're hiding beneath

who said journalists hurt in israeli strikes and they have themselves to blame. we're talking about two media buildings indeed but on the roofs of these media buildings hamas wisely positioned a whole system of communications and electronics for its own personal or operational work we targeted only these and ten as these communications center and i spread films earlier today showing this exactly and you can see an accurate hit on the roof none of the floors were targeted of course there was a little bit of. it as a result of the explosive some windows shattered in the one but they reckon was not to the floors but rather than ten as the communication centers on the roof i think that if a journalist chooses to locate himself near hamas facility that's a mistake and we are now in operation defending half of this country's population and we are determined to continue with this operation until we bring some peace and quiet to this country the equation is very clear if there will be quiet in israel there will be peace and quiet in gaza but of course what the internatio

now a member of the israeli parliament told r.t. that the government has a necessarily escalate a confrontation with hamas we have to believe in mind about all of us of. all how they are civilians. a normal life exactly the same here. so we are politicians in israel exert pressure on our government and we think this . has been engineered. we call it electioneering actually the leadership. lived with was a mutual shelling between gaza and israel for a long time chose this time to. assault on gaza. from this school for edition coming elections and is about. what we are following developments in the middle east conflict on air and online where we've got a dedicated section for a live updates and comments. by russia's efforts to break the un security council silence and find out why moscow is ambassador accuses a certain country of dragging its feet also read russia's proposed draft resolution online. france has been stripped of its cherished top credit score by ratings agency moody's another blow to the debt ridden european union and t

while israelis seem to be very supportive of the air strike sos far, would the israeli people support their troops moving into gaza? >> reporter: well, interestingly a poll done by the newspaper, pretty much a liberal moderate newspaper, says that while something like 84% of israelis, and i must say everyone we talk to and all the politicians do support the current air offensive on gaza, that number drops sharply if they're talking about a ground war. that drops to about 30%. and i think, you know, that's something significant to consider. but more than that, i have spoken to israeli government officials who tell me today and wanted to manufactuemphasize to that israel is hoping that the diplomatic track proves successful. they always say if this doesn't, they are ready, they've gathered their military, we've seen them station tanks and other armor outside gaza, and that they would be ready to, quote, pull the trigger. their aim as they keep telling us, is to stop these rockets coming from gaza into israel, and a military person, a military official has told me they feel as far as isr

israeli what do you make of the hostilities in gaza. i have to say that we are not happy at all with what is happening. in the southern part of israel and especially the old guys we think. mutual shelling of guys and heavy casualties which happen there more than ninety is severely and killed in gaza we feel sympathy with the families there we are. not happy with what's happening with. jewish families with israeli families in the southern part of israel we feel sorry for that and we call on israel which is the very active part of the. koran in countdown to seize the file and to enter a truce and to find. a permanent solution for this confrontation between israel and hamas in gaza because the syrians and both sides are paying the price for this confrontation is a mass deliberately sacrificing its own people by using civilians as human shields . i don't think about this is our place size difference. of what is going to really. have to a very in mind. the civilians in gaza strip for more than five years of blockade from a siege and the isra

i want to have the least interaction with the israelis as possible. >> many israelis don't want to know about palestinians. they don't want to reach out. they don't want to cross into streets and neighborhoods where the palestinians live because of a mixture of stereotypes and so on. >> so we decided to go together to visit each other's neighborhoods. and i would talk to israelis and david would talk to palestinians, and together we would face the harsh realities of our shared land. >> growing up in the 1960's, the palestinians just weren't in the head of anyone. palestinians were different. we knew we had property and it was taken away from us by force. i remember distinctly remembering that this was the wall that separated the east and west jerusalem. and this was no man's land here. >> my family lived in jerusalem for centuries. in 1948 the state was pounded, and for the palestinians this time was called the catastrophe. like many palestinians, my father and his entire family were pushed out of their ancestral home. they moved to a small apartment in east jerusalem because the city w

well alex first of all we have talked about the israelis who died we just said there were six israelis who died but i mean the proportionality is so extreme and you just said that you didn't target this building you just targeted something on top i mean i.d.f. spokesperson in a video even admitted quote we obviously knew there were journalists in the building we were just showing as you were talking extensive damage to that media house the journalist tower one person's leg was actually blown off eight people injured so to say that no people were injured in that attack is completely erroneous but you know you're talking about using force alex i mean the proportionality is just so extreme it's just you know one hundred sixty six palestinians dead but let's talk about palestinian statehood which is coming out of a bid once again this year why when you say that all you guys want to peace and you don't want to harm anyone why is there such aggressive rhetoric coming from high level cabinet officials within the israeli administration foreign minister lieberman suggested that you guys will to

brings us the latest on the developing conflict israeli army. point that all accounts are targeted killings but what we witnessed in the early hours of sunday morning is the israeli in force one in a media building in gaza city and according to palestinian sources and least sixty journalists have been injured in this and they destroyed also know that they were overnight strikes in northern gaza least two children were killed and some fifteen people injured so what we're witnessing is this increase in. this is an encounter despite the fact as i say the israeli army saying that it does only carry out very specific targets the i.d.f. has also confirmed that its navy is now attacking from the sea plus you have these air strikes as well as drones now on saturday that was an emergency meeting of the arab league in cairo and during that meeting the arab league chief i would be accused israel of carrying out war crimes he also said that all arab states and you should reconsider the peace treaties with israel we know that the arab league is going to be s

the israeli army and the israeli government will do everything needed targeting terrorists only. to stop the firing of rockets on israeli cities is really schools on israeli children and if we will need some ground operation we definitely will consider it so at the moment there is a very very simple situation if the terrorists will stop firing rockets israel will stop the attacks on terrorists we want our children sleep safely and go to school safely we want our elders to sleep safely and leave safely that's what we understand you know i think i think everybody around the world wants to live in a state of police and i commend you i commend you for saying that but if i may continue here we are watching we are witnessing a swelling of army troops around the palestinian gaza border there are also armored carriers and tanks the british foreign secretary william hague in just the past ninety minutes has warned against the use of ground forces forces in gaza four years ago a ground invasion did take place which last israel the support of the international community are you really in th

israeli soldiers, civilians. we were in for a couple minutes and then we finally emerged and we did hear these loud thumps in the sky, then we saw these plumes of loud. it was one of those iron dome anti-missile systems that had destroyed the incoming rocket, coming into ashkelon. as a result there was nobody hurt. but it was a terrifying scene. lot of people were scared, especially the young kids were very scared, and this goes on all the time. they get about 1,000 of these rockets that have been launched in the past six days from gaza into israel. the iron dome has worked pretty successfully, anderson. about 90% of the missiles, the anti-missiles that were launched, worked, and they only use it when they sense that one of these rockets or missiles is heading toward a populated area or a strategically important area. if it's just going to a farmland or rural area, they're not going to use it. it's been pretty successful so far. it's probably saved a bunch of lives but it's a very tense situation here in israel a

the israeli defense ministry who i represent and indeed the israeli public mourning civilian deaths on both sides i've seen it i've been running around the south from bomb shelter to bomb shelter dodging rockets hearing the cries of israeli civilians and the cries in the wells of the air raid siren when we see the graphic footage in gaza of dead children being pulled out dug out of collapsed buildings to maintain their deaths at the hands of israel and israeli air strikes are the fault of hamas . so i can tell you they genuinely genuine breaks my heart you think that we want to see dead children on any side as i said we mourn every loss of life hamas on the other hand celebrating and they are putting their own civilians in danger i cannot tell you how much we desire quiet how much we desire true peace and calm in this region when we facing an enemy that is guilty of this double war crime whereby they hotly to own civilians while shooting at our civilians for every decade now we are in this predicament that however with the most strategically surgical precision pinpoint strikes when the

the israeli this israelis policy carries on continues. as i see it the project of colonization in the west bank. is going to not only continue but to be intensified in the next coming. years when one how much is this un bid for the past go ahead. playing. decision makers now go ahead. i think i think you hit upon an absolutely critical. factor here which is that you can look at this issue in terms of israel and the palestinians and israel's actions towards the palestinians because the us is an absolutely key and i would argue extraordinarily destructive player in this process and i mean you know if you want to have a proper understanding of american israeli relations you should probably do better . you would probably do better to consult specialists in erotic literature historians or political scientists like you rob i mean it's you know has achieved simply mind blowing proportions and therefore again picking up from an earlier point i think it's absolutely essential to restore international law. and un resolutions and so on as a criteria

the israeli this israelis policy carries on continues. as i see it the project of colonization in the west bank. is going to not only continue but to be intensified in the next coming. years what how much is this un bid for the past go ahead. playing well i don't want to say that i should makers now go ahead. i think i think you hit upon an absolutely critical. factor here which is that you can look at this issue in terms of israel and the palestinians and israel's actions towards the palestinians because the us is an absolutely key and i would argue extraordinarily destructive player in this process and i mean you know if you want to have a proper understanding of american israeli relations you should probably do better . you would probably do better to consult specialists in erotic literature than historians or political scientists like you rob i mean it's you know it has achieved simply mind blowing proportions and therefore again picking up from an earlier point i think it's absolutely essential to restore international law. and un re

the israelis said they are ready for a ground incursing. it is something that some have suggested the government is reluctant to do. it is a bargaining chip. it is on the table, leverage if there is no diplomacy that is successful. shepherd? >> david lee miller in southern israel. thank you. we will be right back. >>> we are preparing expanded

some of the fighting we've witnessed in the years between israelis and palestinians if indeed the truce holds it will mean that roughly one point seven million gazans will have a spine now from what we've seen eight days of heavy bombardment at the same time it brings with spikes to roughly a million israelis who live in the south of israel and who've been on the receiving end of constant barrage of rockets but i say if it holds because it is perceived as being rather fragile it certainly is a truce that came by surprise it followed a day of deadly violence in which some twenty eight israelis were injured in the first bus bombing in tel aviv since two thousand and six and there were massive israeli air strikes over gaza so the sense on the ground particularly in the hours leading up to the announcement of the cease fire was that israel was going to go ahead with a ground offensive not only on who has said that he is willing to give this truce a chance he says however he does hold open the possibility to reopen the conflict at a later stage he said and i'm quoting i know that there are c

for months and months you have had a million israelis under threat in israeli city its, and there was pressure inside israel from the population saying hey, you know, this is impossible. more than a million israelis can't suffer for so long. so the government was told by the israeli population that it must do it. and in spite of the fact that the youth would be suspected of doing it because of the elections, and the palestinians believed that because of the elections is legal-- israel would not do t the government had to do it. >> brown: when you think about the potential for escalation, though, can either side win this? i mean what are they after? >> the grim reality of this conflict, particularly in hamas and israel is that both sides, even when they bloody each other and end up with many body bags and casualties, mostly civilian palestinians, both of them in a crazy surreal way will claim victory. this is to the going to change the political reality. even if the israelis invade gaza as they did in 2008 when they inflicted-- killed 1300 palestinians, mostly civilian, there was no po

you see the israeli dome missiles fire up, two of them. and a few seconds later, intercept the rocket fired from gaza. you see the flash? and you hear the boom. there it is. as soon as the rocket is intercepted, the sirens stop. roach says people get back to normal. walking their dogs and driving away. obviously, very secure in the israeli iron dome defense system. brand new images, information and tweets coming in virtually nonstop from both sides of the israel hamas conflict. josh levs is at the desk with the latest. what are you seeing, josh? >> don, throughout the day and night and really throughout this entire conflict, this cnn "newsroom" right here, including this international desk, has been following the latest images as they come in from both sides of the conflict. look at this video here, one example of what we have been getting out of gaza. this video takes you inside one of the media centers that was hit. an israeli strike. you can see the devastation and damage inside there. we also have something similar to what was in that

heard an israeli strikes only have themselves to blame. we're talking about two media buildings indeed but on the roofs of these media buildings hamas wisely positioned a whole system of communications and electronics for its own personal or operational work we targeted only these and ten as these communications center and i spread films earlier today showing this exactly and you can see an accurate hit on the roof none of the floors were targeted of course there was a little bit of. it as a result of the explosive some windows shattered in the one but they reckon was not the floors but rather than ten as the communication centers on the roof i think that if a journalist chooses to locate himself near hamas facility that's a mistake we are now in operation defending half of this country's population and we are determined to continue with this operation until we bring some peace and quiet to this country the equation is very clear if there will be quiet in israel there will be peace and quiet in gaza but of course what the international com

army and the israeli government will do everything needed targeting terrorists only. to stop the firing of rockets on israeli cities don't because really schools is really children and if we will need some ground operation we definitely will consider how mass is vowing to keep fighting as long as the attacks continue let's have a quick listen here to the prime minister speaking in just a little bit earlier please stand by. we will never forget the blood of our martyrs and the blood of our leaders this holy blood will not go without a response the great palestinian nation which has sacrificed martyrs for generations will never forget the hamas movement which now millions supports will never forget the blood of its martyrs it is more than ten years. fire rockets were serious on our schools and our citizens and we all the time. to defend we don't provoke and we don't attack believe me there is no provocation from the israeli side only one simple goal to be safe to have safe and peaceful life we want our children to go safely and peacefully to schools and leave safely tha

palestinian triumph an israeli diplomatic defeat as the u.n. overwhelmingly votes to recognize palestinian statehood by upgrading its status and the organization. the new draft constitution based on islamic law gets the seal of approval from egypt's muslim lawmakers or the opposition calling for mass protests to boycott the charter. the world's most famous whistleblower julian assange promises more astonishing we can lease revelations as he speaks exclusively to our team at the court there were an embassy in london. this is r.t. coming to life from moscow was marina joshing palestine as one long away the state recognition at the un after more than just thirds of member states voted in favor of upgrading its status the decision came as a blow to israel and the u.s. who harshly opposed the move and who now say the measure doesn't change anything right after the historic vote my colleague john thomas spoke to our correspondents in new york and tel aviv as well as an activist in gaza. one hundred thirty eight countries including russia voted in sup

going on israeli territory but how many israelis have been killed how many israelis have been killed sitting here right now how bad is that he said one hundred and twenty palestinians let's have a listen was he being killed in the last week. ok greg go ahead because it's a weekend here on i want to be fair gemma's and doesn't want to hear it is since. ok hamas does not care about how many palestinian civilians are killed because they don't do anything in terms of building infrastructure protect they and their for israel you want to kill israeli as they really are some schoolyards. in why israel cares about civilians. still i mean it's not really been mentioned here gentlemen gentlemen nothing's been mentioned here they did the gaza strip is under siege go ahead i would still like to know which arabic newspaper reflects this absolutely ridiculous distorted version of recent history we are now being served up. secondly. is as are the claims that greg norman is making about how mass somehow a justification for mass murder by israel in the gaza strip whether in two thousand and eight two

in authorizing the operation that captured gilad shalit the israeli soldier who was enforcing the. exterior occupation of gaza and who was held captive there and so this is an easy sell to the israeli public what isn't recognized is that you barri was a figure who was maintaining stability inside gaza that often worked in israel's interest he was the person in hamas who negotiated directly with israel and according to gershon baskin who helped negotiate the release of gilad shalit i'm just sorry was involved in up holding the cease fire and bask in what speaking directly to him as sort of a liaison between the israeli military and hamas so i'm really puzzled by this personally because i thought israel's strategy as a sort of rational actor i mean i don't support their strategy in any way it's a settler colonial strategy but their strategy was to domesticate hamas in the same way that they did with fatah in the past and to work with qatar to basically take. hamas and make them sort of who you know stable or in gaza and crack down on the smaller factions and they're not doing that in

it helps the israeli military. in the midst of this recent violence, people front of what is the root cause of this. and the blockade that has been imposed on the gaza support. 1.7 million. i'm going to ask you this. in a matter of days, over a week, the palestinian authority is going to go to the united nations and ask for nonmember observer status for palestine, is that not a joke when you are talking about state recognition on some level when you really have two countries, the west bank and gaza run by different groups and without any political unity? >> absolutely not. this is something that will be presented by the general assembly on behalf of the plo. as i explained to you earlier, the plo remains the sole representative of the palestinian people. on the contrary, it will definitely contribute to the expediting of the israeli military occupation. it will put the palestinians for the first time -- palestine will be an opened state by the member state of the united nations, which is occupying israel, and as th

if the israelis come in, certainly the israelis have a very good sense of that terrain. but hamas owns that terrain. they have what's called internal lines. they'll be able to react very, very quickly. their response times will be very fast. they'll be able to establish tactical ambushes to bring the idf, israeli defense forces, in and then execute these very vicious attacks, not unlike what we've seen in places in baghdad in the early stages of our combat there and certainly in afghanistan as well. so hamas does have a capability. and it can be a very brutal fight on the ground. >> retired army general james "spider" marks, thanks. thanks for sharing your insight. we appreciate it. >>> we're going to take a quick break. we'll be back with much more. >>> 51 minutes past the hour. time to check other top stories this morning. the oil platform explosion in the gulf of mexico caught on camera. >> holy [ bleep ]. look at that. something just blew up. >> yeah, it did. >> sadly, it did. the video was made by a sport fishing tv show. 11 people were injured and one man died afte

of the last twenty four hours we've seen an escalation in violence from israeli air force and israeli naval vessels and feted on trying to get every single part of the gaza strip even.

about a dozen israelis were killed in that operation and then the israelis were able to split up gaza, cut supply lines. this time analysts say hamas could make it tougher. >> they have some better weapons, no question about it. they have much better tank capability with the concord and they have a better capability. >> reporter: white says in 2008/2009 hamas units were not good at close combat with the israelis. they broke and ran and didn't coordinate well. he says since then they made an effort to improve with that with iran's help. brian todd, cnn, washington. >>> petitions from all 50 states, yes, all 50 are asking to withdraw from the u.s. more than 100,000 signatures alone now support a texas secession. that's coming up. >>> first, check out a clip from the next episode of "next list." >> this right here in this spot, this forest on this branch with these mosses is where i feel most at home. my enthusiasm in spreading this, you know, like a religious evangelist, if you know you have the truth, you want to make sure everybody has it. >> it's not for the faint of heart climbing u

the receiving end of violence and the standoff with guards on a bus explosion hit the center of the israeli city of wanting more than a dozen hamas reportedly claimed responsibility. meanwhile the guards are the body count rises to more than one hundred forty as shelling of the trip continues with more destruction and civilian that. but the truth remains elusive would be politicians accusing israel of stalling the ceasefire. was that you are splendors to work full come between the warring sides we'll look at why washington showed sympathy for innocent civilians being killed in some parts of the middle east but not so much in other words. this is coming to life from moscow hello and welcome to the show and we start with breaking news this hour a suspected terror attack has rocked central tel aviv leaving more than a dozen people injured in a bus explosion and let's now get the latest from paula it's clear she's in tel aviv at the moment hello paula a lot of uncertainty here with some sources saying turn people have been injured some say as many as twenty reports say it happened near army hea

journalists are hurt in israeli strikes only have themselves today. we're talking about two media buildings indeed but on the roofs of these media buildings hamas wisely positioned a whole system of communications and electronics for its own personal or operational work we targeted only these and tanner's these communications center and i spread films earlier today showing this exactly and you can see an accurate hit on the roof none of the floors were targeted of course there was a little bit of. it as a result of the explosives on the windows shattered in the one but they reckon was not the floors but rather intended as the communication centers on the roof i think that if a journalist chooses to locate himself near hamas facility that's a mistake we are now in operation defending half of this country's population and we are determined to continue with this operation until we bring some peace and quiet to this country the equation is very clear if there will be quiet in israel there will be peace and quiet in gaza but of course what the internationa

between israel and hamas preventing rounds of calm after the flare up in violence that's killed five israelis and scores of palestinians. but amid a shaky cease fire we'll look at why previous agreements between the two could fail to stop the bloodshed in the region. plus the trillion dollar euro battle of brussels as european leaders gather to wrestle over the new budget their public back home struggle over the cuts. world news live from our moscow headquarters here watching r.t.e. with me lucy tough enough well more than a week of bloodshed on the gaza border has stopped with a cease fire to end the strikes which have killed five israelis and more than one hundred fifty palestinians the truce began shakily with several rockets fired into southern israel after the deal had been sealed our correspondent in tel aviv paula slayer has more. some of the fiercest fighting we've witnessed in years between israelis and palestinians if indeed the truce holds it will mean that roughly one point seven million gazans will have a spine now from what we've seen eight days of heavy bombardment at the same

of israeli israeli air strikes are the fault of mass. so i can tell you genuinely generally breaks my heart you think that we want to see dead children on any side as i said we mourn every loss of life hamas on the other hand a celebrating and they are putting their own civilians in danger i cannot tell you how much we desire quiet how much we desire true peace and calm in this region when we facing an enemy. double war crime whereby they hardly civilians or shooting at our civilians for every decade now we are in this predicament however with the most strategically surgical precision pinpoint strikes when they're hiding beneath their civilian population there will be collateral damage. to egypt now on the third consecutive day of clashes the police in cairo have fired tear gas at crowds protesting against the president's decreed granting him sweeping new powers his decision can now longer be challenged by any authority more than twenty gyptian rights groups have urged him to denounce of the to renounce of their decision the opposition h

between israel and hamas bring the relative calm after the flare up in violence that's killed five israelis and scores of palestinians. but i may have a shaky cease fire we'll look at why bring peace agreements between the two have failed to stop bloodshed in the region. plus the battle of brussels with european leaders said to cross swords over the trillion euros e.u. budget while their public back home angrily protest over a stare at. eleven am in the russian capital you're watching r t with me marina joshie now more than a week of bloodshed on the gaza border has halted with a cease fire to and strikes which have killed five israelis and more than one hundred fifty palestinians the truce began shakily with several rockets fired into southern israel after the deal was sealed well we can now cross live to our correspondent paula sleazier who is in tel aviv for us paula it's been several hours now since the cease fire agreement came into effect so what are the politicians and the people say about the deal. well the ceasefire ends some of the fiercest fighting we've witnessed in years betwee

jewish israelis lie i have to say that no the idea of. critiquing the occupation anyway is very very unpopular even the labor which was traditionally i would a sort of more left leaning although zionist party is today calling itself the center and totally supporting the war so we're having i think everyone in israel is now very clear on being zionist and being and supporting the government line and there is very little i would say deeper critique of the zionism i think that's really the core of the problem is do we believe that we have exclusive rights to lead to do we want to live with other people who are also from there or do we want to live exclusively as jews in our own state and i think that only once we really kind of just mantle that idea and and critique it and. a state for all for this is where everyone lives and equality and when there is a separation of religion of church and state then. then the situation will be able to change. in america we are indoctrinated from a very young age about the propaganda you know american imper

the firing of rockets on israeli cities on these really schools israeli children and if we will need some ground operation we definitely will consider so. is vowing to keep fighting as long as the attacks continue let's have a quick listen here to the prime minister speaking just a little bit earlier please stand by. we will never forget the blood of our martyrs and the blood of our leaders this holy blood will not go without a response the great palestinian nation which has sacrificed martyrs for generations will never forget the. hamas movement which no million supports will never forget the blood of its martyrs it is more than ten years. fire rockets were sitting on our schools and our citizens and we. act to defend we don't provoke and we don't attack believe me there was no provocation from the israeli side only one simple girl to be safe to have safe and peaceful life we want our children to go safely and peacefully to schools and leave safely that's all. let's get more on this now from political analyst. live from gaza thanks very much for coming on the program today i hope qu

the israeli defense ministry who i represent and indeed the israeli public mourning civilian deaths on both sides i've seen it running around the south from bomb shelter to bomb shelter dodging rockets hearing the cries of israeli civilians and the cries in the wells of the air raid sirens when we see the graphic footage in gaza of dead children being pulled out dug out of collapsed buildings to maintain their deaths at the hands of israel and israeli air strikes are the fault of the mass. i can tell you they genuinely genuine breaks my heart you think that we want to see dead children on any side as i said we mourn every loss of life hamas on the other hand a celebrating and they're putting their own civilians in danger i cannot tell you how much we desire quiet how much we desire true peace and calm in this region when we facing an enemy that's guilty of this double war crime whereby they hotly to own civilians who are shooting at our civilians for every decade now we are in this predicament that however with the most strategically surgical precision pinpoint strikes when they're hid

intelligence or israeli official or not ose within the neoconservative camp in washington. well from voting machine glitches to bureaucratic barriers voting wasn't exactly straightforward for many americans strong enough to sign states with occupations to scrutinize other countries elections. report later. now syria's president has rebuffed the western calls to step down and warn that foreign intervention will spark a global disaster this in an exclusive interview for r.t. this week it's online it's halting dot com and we'll be sharing it with you later on this channel interview so if you haven't also explains what bashar assad had to say. the thing that really mark me the most is how really how much more complicated situation inside series that from what we see in the media because i talk to people yes the country is divided but even the people who didn't like us before this conflict started are now so scared that fundamentalists will come to power fundamentalists who are fighting on the side of the free syrian army and syrian people are not about that and this is like the

we are not the key player between the egyptians and the israelis or between hamas and the israelis. we will, i suspect, support bebe netanyahu's policies. whether that includes a ground invasion or just continued air strikes. i think privately we'll probably be telling him the risk of a ground invasion, explaining to him that the united states and israel's friends don't have the influence in the middle east we used to have and with egypt under a muslim brotherhood president and other key players like qatar and saudi arabia, again, not as favorable towards israel as egypt was, that the geopolitical reality has changed, and israel will come off much worse. that's what the big test is. will hamas overplay its hand in this new reality, and will israel recognize this new reality and not try to get what it used to get. >> jamie, finally here, i mean, this is a new region when you think about it. i mean, you've got syria. you've got lebanon, syria on the verge of this civil war. iran close to these kind of dangerous weapons. do you think this is a much more dangerous escalation and kwlishg

it was hit by an israeli air strike. israeli officials say this building was targeted boughts also operating in it, the hamas intelligence service. in the last few hours, we have seen a total of 25 strikes taking place tonight in gaza. these strikes involve not just the air force, but also there is artillery, and the israeli navy. other targets include rockets, as well as tunnels. about half of the population who has died there, some 130 people have died, are civilians. res did not say coping with the air strikes is extremely difficult because they do not have air raid sirens and they do not have any air raid bunkers. listen to what one father had to say. >> i have a daughter. she's always hugged me because she's frightened. she can't do anything. just she's saying that i'm frightened. what shall i do as a father? this is the problem. >> israel says the militants purposely operate in areas with a high civilian population, essentially using these people as human shields. >> shep: david lee, the mentioned the israelis targ

save later. ♪ >>> israeli missiles pounding gaza today. the show of force posed days of rocket fire between israel and hamas. the fire is taking a deadly toll. michael warren, welcome to you, sir. >> good evening to you, pierce. >> it is a very dangerous, escalating situation, how will it resolve itself? >> it will resolve itself when they cease-firing rockets at innocent civilians. very simple. they have to stop and the confrontation will stop. >> the israeli rockets are firing and killing more palestinians than israelis are dying. >> well, we have thousands of rockets raining down on our civilians. over the last four years alone, something in the order of 3,000 rockets have been fired by hamas and other terrorists in gaza at our civilians. that's more than twice than the number of v-1 and v-2 rockets dropped on london during world war ii. no government can sit passively by when rockets are trying to kill us when all we want to do is live peacefully among ourselves and our neighbors. >> they're mobilizing ground forces. are you preparing