israel from hamas rockets were fired into southern israel israeli anti missile defense is trying to shoot those down some of them land landing in southern israel as well this immediate escalation came about yesterday afternoon loud explosions rocking the only the built up areas there about ten people reported killed including civilians the great fear now that a ground invasion is imminent israeli sources have said that they're fully prepared to start again of asian if they deem it necessary and they have called up reservists possibly the last time that we've seen any operation of this intensity was over the new year of two thousand and eight to nine when israel launched operation cast lead pretty much following the same pattern as we've seen so far but with a ground operation following the same stated objectives as israel says now to destroy the terrorist infrastructure on the ground in gaza meeting heavy fighting there was a lot of civilian casualties and damage as a result. bottom reporting right there well the violence in the region is now spiraling with hamas having responded to

in southern israel. by missiles that were launched on purpose at civilians all the israeli attacks on us military targets i mean honestly i don't know what it is i think has what israel woman has being killed dozens of children have injured and then you know as i started more of this is what happens ok you know i mean i jump in go ahead. you know but i would like to. then talks about using human shields and targeting civilians so how the current round begin there was a lull until november eighth november eighth israel with its height precision technology israel killed a palestinian child then there was retaliatory by the palestinian this is this is as usual are going to not already there wasn't all a fire down there were hundreds and hundreds of this was on fire and on fire and they're going to have to let me talk to you then you're going to have to behave let me talk you get your time when you're always going to retaliate by firing them. by firing on israeli soldiers so how israel retaliate israel where

it's really up to hamas the the people of southern israel have been in bomb shelters where they have less than fifteen seconds warning more than a million israelis have spent the weekend in bomb shelters during two thousand and twelve we have more than nine hundred missiles launched it israel and israel has shown remarkable restraint but now what israel has done is to capitated the military command of hamas and attacked the missile storage spots and that's what they've done so far the next step is up to hamas unfortunately i'm told by the i.d.f. in the last twenty four hours two hundred forty five missiles have been launched it israel so if they continue to do that i'm sure there will be additional attacks up to and including a ground assault if that's the only way for israel to defend itself ok norman where do you came in on this i mean another ground assault you've written a book about the last one. i don't think there will be a ground assault with i do think it's true that it's pretty similar in the build up to what happened in two thousand and eight two thousand and nine back the

it's really up to hamas the the people of southern israel has been in bomb shelters where they have less than fifteen seconds warning more than a million israelis have spent the weekend in bomb shelters during two thousand and twelve we have more than nine hundred missiles launched it israel and israel has shown remarkable restraint but now what israel has done is to capitated the military command of hamas and it attacked the missile storage spots and that's what they've done so far the next step is up to hamas unfortunately i'm told by the i.d.f. in the last twenty four hours two hundred forty five missiles have been launched that israel so if they continue to do that i'm sure there will be additional attacks up to and including a ground assault if that's the only way for israel to defend itself ok norman where do you came in on this i mean another ground assault you've written a book about the last one. i don't think there will be a ground assault with i do think it's true that it's pretty similar in the build up to what happened in two thousand and eight two thousand and nine back the

in southern israel by missiles that were launched on purpose at civilians all the israeli attacks our military target everyone is very emotional because i think that's what israel on a woman who's being killed dozens of children have injured and then you know there's already starting to be more of this is what happens ok norman you want to jump in go ahead. here but i would like to. talks about using human shields targeting civilians so how the current round begin there was a lull until november eighth november if israel with its high technology israel killed the palestinian child then there was retaliatory by this is this is as usual are good enough already there. wasn't at all a fire down there were hundreds and hundreds i was on fire on fire there and they're going to have to let me talk to you then you're going to have to behave let me talk you got your time to go and you're always going to stay in ian's retaliate by firing them. by firing on israeli soldiers so how the israel retaliate israel where it's high tech solution technology then fired on the soccer field and killed two m

israel says 50 rockets were fired into southern israel in that time and it launched further strikes on gaza in return. sirens have been sounded in tel aviv where two rockets were fired on the city. now to an israeli border town to join my colleague ben. >> rockets have been fired into this town a few kilometers from israel-gaza border. the sirens sounded five minutes ago. before that, an hour ago. normally the rockets are intercepted by the israel anti- missile shield, but one of them did get through to my lef andt and landed in open ground, not injuring anyone. two have landed in the tel aviv area with no casualties. but it does show the increase ranged that some of the rockets being fired out of gaza now have. the faja rocket which is applied by iran is thought to have a range of 75 kilometers -- supplied by iran. israel's military offensive in gaza continues. >> soon after sunrise, people came out to assess the damage. after a long night of air strikes in gaza, israel hits up to 150 targets across the palestinian territory. there appear to be few casualties. this was a hamas interio

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. we have hamas rocket attacks have been intensifying in the past couple of weeks hundreds of rockets fired from gaz

israel from hamas rockets were fired into southern israel israeli anti missile defense is trying to shoot those down some of them land landing in southern israel as well this immediate escalation came about yesterday afternoon loud explosions rocking the only the built up areas there about ten people reported killed including civilians the great fear now that a ground invasion is imminent israeli sources have said that they're fully prepared to start again of asian if they deem it necessary and they have called up reservists possibly the last time that we've seen any operation of this intensity was over the new year of two thousand and eight to nine when israel launched operation cast lead pretty much following the same pattern as we've seen so far with the ground operation following the same stated objectives as israel says now to destroy the terrorist infrastructure on the ground in gaza meeting heavy fighting there was a lot of civilian casualties and damage as a result. right after the assault started we spoke to harry fear a documentary filmmaker activist working in gaza he sai

israel from hamas rockets were fired into southern israel over the night israeli anti missile defenses trying to shoot those down some of them land landing in southern israel as well this immediate escalation came about yesterday afternoon loud explosions rocking all only the built up areas there the great fear now that a ground invasion is imminent israeli sources have said that they're fully prepared to start to go and if they deem it necessary and they have called up reservists possibly the last time that we've seen in any operation of this intensity was over the new year of two thousand and eight to nine when israel launched operation cast lead pretty much following the same pattern as we've seen so far with the ground operation following this same stated objectives as israel says now to destroy the terrorist infrastructure on the ground in gaza meeting heavy fighting there was a lot of civilian casualties and damage as a result. but israel now announcing that all male members of hamas are targets planes are dropping leaflets over gaza warning palestinians to keep away from militan

correspondent david lee miller reports from southern israel tonight. >> reporter: for the 1400 airstrikes by israeli forces take an toll on militants in gaza and the civilian population. among the latest targets, a sports stadium that israel says was used as a launching site for rockets and the international media center. that israel says militants used for communications. palestinians say the death toll in gaza has now reached more than 100. half of them are zillians.

israel from hamas twenty five rockets were fired into southern israel over the night israeli missile defenses trying to shoot those down some of them land landing in southern israel as well this immediate escalation came about yesterday afternoon loud explosions rocking all the built up areas there about ten people reported killed including civilians the great fear now that a ground invasion is imminent israeli sources have said that they're fully prepared to start a garden of asian if they deem it necessary and they have called up reservists possibly the last time that we've seen any operation of this intensity was over the new year of two thousand and eight to nine when israel launched operation cast lead pretty much following the same pattern as we've seen so far with a ground operation following the same stated objectives as israel says now to destroy the terrorist infrastructure on the ground in gaza meeting heavy fighting there was a lot of civilian casualties and damage as a result. the u.n. security council has talent agent closed door meeting after palestinians called for an

israel from hamas twenty five rockets were fired into southern israel over the night israeli missile defenses trying to shoot those down some of them land landing in in southern israel as well this immediate escalation came about yesterday afternoon loud explosions rocking the only the built up areas there about ten people reported killed including civilians the great fear now that a ground invasion is imminent israeli sources have said that they're fully prepared to start a garden of asian if they deem it necessary and they have called up reservists possibly the last time that we've seen any operation of this intensity was over the new year of two thousand and eight to nine when israel launched operation cast lead pretty much following the same pattern as we've seen so far but with a ground operation following the same stated objectives as israel says now to destroy the terrorist infrastructure on the ground in gaza meeting heavy fighting there was a lot of civilian casualties and damage as a result. the u.n. security council has held an arrogant closed door meeting after palestinia

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 between israelis and palestinians the final death toll is five israelis who have been killed and more than one hundred and fifty palestinians who have died many of these palestinians also billions of women and children there's also wide scale destruction and devastation across the gaza strip if indeed the truce holds it will mean that roughly one point seven million gazans will have a spike 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 that holds because i

the people of southern israel get peace and quiet that they deserve. my problem is who we're up against. hamas is a foremidable -- >> go ahead, finish your thought. >> hamas is a formidable enemy because they're so stream. you said in your interduction they fired a rocket at jerusalem. jerusalem is a city that is so special for millions of people across this planet. and, yet, they fired a rocket at jerusalem. you know because you know the realities here. jerusalem is a huge arab population. they could have killed arab people. in the end, the rocket overflew jerusalem and landed in the west bank. they could have killed palestinians. they don't care. stle they have no regard for human life. it's amazing. >> it's a complicated history, complicated geography. israel, the west bank, gaza strip, golan heights in the north. mark, thank you very much for joining us. we appreciate your time. >>> coming up in our 2:00 eastern time hour, i'll speak with hanan ashwari. i'm going to ask her about the israeli response in gaza and the growing fears of an all out war.

israel from hamas twenty five rockets were fired into southern israel over the night israeli missile defenses trying to shoot those down some of them land landing in southern israel as well this immediate escalation came about yesterday afternoon loud explosions rocking all the built up areas there about ten people reported killed including civilians the great fear now that a ground invasion is imminent israeli sources have said that they're fully prepared to start a gun of asian if they deem it necessary and they have called up reservists possibly the last time that we've seen any operation of this intensity was over the new year of two thousand and eight to nine when israel launched operation cast lead pretty much following the same pattern as we've seen so far with a ground operation following the same stated objectives as israel says now to destroy the terrorist infrastructure on the ground in gaza meeting heavy fighting there was a lot of civilian casualties and damage as a result outside bodies such as the u.n. also calling for restraint on all sides. the u.n. security council

border is the head of israel's southern command saying that this is just the beginning. of reporting right there an hour straight to gaza for us here for a reaction and an eyewitness account from an american human rights activist joke joining us live program and a big welcome to you sir nice to see you fifteen people are said to about been killed in guards or already what do we know about other casualties i understand that you've just returned from one of the hospitals in the area. yes that's correct and a number of other internationals here visited the largest hospital in the gaza strip this morning and the casualties there are mounting as you know and many are horrendous i saw for one example a one year old girl who had been injured shortly shortly before our arrival in israel's bombing of satan and i've been told although i have not yet had time to confirm that she died after we left it's worth remembering i think that this current immediate exchange of hostilities began a week ago with israel's killing of a thirteen year old boy who was playing football during an inc

border is the head of israel's southern command saying that this is just the beginning. american human rights activist is in gaza and told us there's evidence to suggest israeli forces are committing war crimes by targeting civilians with a controversial weapon. late last night i witnessed what i'm pretty sure was the use of white phosphorus and in civilian neighborhood. i spoke as well this morning of the director of al shiva hospital who indicated to me that he thought some of the enjoy as he had seen passing through their emergency room were consistent with the use of white phosphorus and he also spoke of the fact that the mounting casualties coring into hospitals throughout the gaza strip are aggravated by the lack of essential medicines and medical supplies caused by israel's ongoing see it's not simply a matter of massive deaths and injuries horrific as that would be in and of itself there is also a lack of the basic necessities needed to treat them so it's a disaster here a manmade disaster in more ways than one. when only my colleague spoke to an israeli official

border is the head of israel's southern command saying that this is just the beginning. and american human rights activist a joke a trend is in gaza he told us just a bit earlier there's evidence to suggest that israeli forces are committing war crimes by targeting civilians with a controversial weapon. late last night i witnessed what i'm pretty sure was the use of white phosphorus and in civilian neighborhood tell how i spoke as well this morning of the director of al shiva hospital who indicated to me that he thought some of the n.g.'s he had seen passing through their emergency room were consistent with the use of white phosphorus and he also spoke of the fact that the mounting casualties pouring into hospitals throughout the gaza strip are aggravated by the lack of essential medicines and medical supplies caused by israel's ongoing see it's not simply a matter of massive deaths and injuries horrific as that would be in and of itself there's also a lack of the basic necessities needed to treat them so it's a disaster here a manmade disaster in more ways than one. now

i want to bring in fred pleitgen in southern israel. also there, a senior correspondent for global post. fred, i know you're hearing jets right now. what's the latest where you are? >> absolutely right, anderson, there are jets from the israeli military just passing overhead, literally a couple minutes ago. it looks as though gaza might be in for a few more air strikes. what's happened here on the ground in ashkelon, we are only about eight miles away from the border with gaza, they've had at least 20 rockets come over from gaza here in ashkelon. what they have in place here is a missile defense system called the iron dome and across southern israel, the israeli defense forces say that missile defense system has intercepted as many as 130 rockets coming out of gaza but of course, it can't intercept all of them. that's the reason the israelis say why they keep sending war planes over there to try and suppress especially the medium and long range rockets coming out of gaza, because one of the things that also happened today is that the ou

back to you in new york. >> leland live with us from southern israel. thank you very much. >>> lawmakers have questions about the benghazi terror attacks and who changed the talking points on who was behind it. doug luzader is live with us with more on that. >> staff change coming up from the white house in the president's second term. this controversy could throw a refrn in the works -- wrench in the works. president obama in burma but it may be a farewell tour for secretary of state hillary clinton. he is the odds on favorite to replace her for the united nations susan rice. he is preparing to block her because in the wake of the attack on the u.s. consulate in libya she misled the nation they say playing down the al qaeda for the attack. over the weekend a debate about where her talking points came from. he knew from the get go this was a terrorist attack. >> i don't know what the democrats and white house are trying to hide. neither what any of them are saying general petraeus and grap said the intelligence community and the entirety signed off on t

fighting in gaza and southern israel. let's go to cairo right now. cnn's ian lee is standing by. egypt's president is very much involved getting praise from the u.s. and others and palestinians, what's going on? what's the egyptian role? describe it to us in a nutshell. >> reporter: well, wolf, what we're seeing is a resurgence of egypt as a strong vocal diplomatic player. president mohamed morsi and his base muslim brotherhood historically have strong ties with hamas. and we saw this recently during this conflict as members of the muslim brotherhood were visiting hamas officials in gaza. and so they have this -- they're hoping to put influence on hamas to bring about a cease fire. if you look at egypt, egypt has historically had a good working relationship with israel. it did under president hosni mubarak. so far we've seen them continue that. it's likely to see if we do see a cease fire, when we see a cease fire tharks egypt will be at that core, wolf. >> this is a huge test for president morsi if he succeeds in getting

if they don't stop sending these rockets into southern israel, we're going in. they held off for a bit during the negotiations. but you're right, laura, if in fact we see a ground war, it could change the entire landscape of what we're looking at there right now. >> if the israelis push across the border using land forces, the narrative changes, the picture changes in ways that will make it that much more difficult to get back to a negotiation. >> reporter: so the bottom line, if we see ground troops go in, laura, it can make it a lot harder for long-term peace between these two. >> in the meantime hamas and israel have such different views for what they want even as a truce. both sides demanding very different things. >> reporter: right. hamas says we want to move around freely, we want trade freely in gaza, in this region, and of course they also have been saying that they want israel to stop targeting its military leaders. we've seen that just in the last day or so. israel, on the other hand, says, look, we're not talking about anything until you stop sending

israel two of them a couple of hours ago reaching as far north as israel's second largest city tel aviv. they didn't actually hit the city but but landed close enough to it to really unnerved the israeli population and to anger politicians and a spokesman for the israeli defense establishment here who say there will be retaliation the general for israel's southern command said that earlier today this is just the beginning of israeli operations all the spokesman i've spoken to have said that this is still early stages of this operation it could go on for some days yet and they have got big plans to try and root out what they call the terrorist infrastructure. in garza how mass have said that israel in starting this bombing campaign have opened the gates of hell and that they will fight to defend the palestinian people from what they call the the israeli occupation and aggression so it seems possible that a ground war is on the cards and if that happens the death and destruction that we saw in operation cast lead in two thousand and eight to nine it seems very likely that that will be rep

three people have been killed in militant rocket attacks into southern israel. meantime, israeli warplanes are pounding gaza, targeting launch and infrastructure sites. >>> a murder indictment. pedro hernandez is accused of kidnapping and murdering etan patz. he was the first missing child to appear on a milk carton. the indictment alleges he was lured into a basement and killed there. >>> president obama says he's open to new ideas but any budget deal has to include higher taxes on the wealthiest americans. in his first press conference since winning re-election, the president issued a challenge to top republican senators, john mccain and lindsey graham, threatening to block susan rice from becoming the next secretary of state. over her handling of the benghazi terror attack. the president says instead of targeting the u.s. ambassador to the u.n., mccain and graham should, quote, go after me. >>> maine's new senator-elect, confirms he will caucus with democrats but he ran as an independent. he said he'd like to be a bridge between the two parties. his decision

that the people of southern israel no longer have to live in constant fear. of those missiles coming from gaza. we want to come out of this with a sustained period of quiet for the people of southern israel. we hope it's possible. we believe it's possible. once again, it will be achieved through diplomacy or military action. i hope diplomacy can work. >> yesterday you launched -- the israeli air force an air strike against a building in gaza that killed ten civilians including children. you were going after some sort of hamas leader. is that what the target was? what happened? obviously, a major blunder occurred. >> we don't want to hit innocent civilians. civilian population of gaza is not our enemy. >> what happened in this incident? >> our enemy is people shooting the rockets. >> civilians were killed. >> i understand. we are looking at xhaktly what happened there. obviously it was a foul-up. we don't know exactly how or what happened. i can say the following and that's did difference of israel and hamas. when they shoot rockets in to israel and they kill

>> david lee miller in southern israel. thank you. we will be right back. >>> we are preparing expanded

>> david lee miller in southern israel. thank you. we will be right back. >>> we are preparing expanded coverage for the fox report tonight. we will have team coverage in israel as it is developing. and much more on the scandal

southern israel was not quite so lucky. there were five people injured there when a house was targeted by one of the rockets. today the deadliest day for gaza, more than 20 have been killed. the deadliest attack over the course of the day was in a residential building. more than 12 people were killed when the building was hit. and then proceeded to collapse. most of the people that were killed were from the same family, including women and children. richard? >> stephanie, we've been watching channel 2 news out of israel, quoting hamas saying the negotiations for the cease-fire have failed. and saying that 90% of demands, that was hamas is saying. 90% of demands have been met what are you hearing about the cease-fire? >> well our understanding is that those talks continue. even though those comments are being reported by israeli tv, coming from hamas, that the delegates from the palestinian side and from the israeli side. as well as egyptians and a qatari envoy are still talking about the cease-fire possibility. here on the

>> equally condemning terror -- [inaudible] against civilians be it in southern israel or in gaza, we cannot all subscribe to the hierarchy of blame that the foreign secretary has offered for the immediate crisis. in relation to the u.n. resolution, which is a modest proposal from palestine, does the secretary of state not believe that if time is running out for a two-state solution, it is time the international community took this chance to create more semblance of a two-state process? >> well, i think as i explained, there is a complootly inadequate -- completely inadequate program in recent years. so we just have to judge what is the best hope for that now. and i don't believe a debate and vote on the resolution of the general assembly is going to improve matters. if it happens, we will do everything we can to try to make it improve matters, but it will make things more difficult for the u.s. administration and possibly for the israeli government, whatever their intentions, to engage in the peace process over the coming months. and that is why at this moment -- not forever, but at

rockets regularly fly into southern israel. december 2008, israel launches operation cath led. 22 day military offensive in the gaza strip. 2012, israel says more than 760 rockets have been fired from gaza since the start of the year. 24 hours later, israel kills hamas' military chief of staff and launches operation pillar of defense with the goal of stopping rocket fire. >> rick: in other news, new developments in the u.s. consulate attack in libya. the white house now denying that it altered the c.i.a.'s talking points that blame the attack apparently on al-qaeda. this after david petraeus told lawmakers on friday that the agency knew well all along that terrorism was involved. congressman peter king of new york was in that briefing. he told megyn kelly that he wants to find out who made those changes. take a listen. >> especially since the president and the vice president, the administration have hidden behind the pack all along that susan rice only said on the tv programs what she was told, was the best estimate of the inte

in response, gaza militants fired 60 rockets towards southern israel. in the meantime an israeli man with a knife and an ax attacked a security guard today at the u.s. embassy in tel aviv. the guard was slightly wounded in the leg but was able to file a warning shot in the air and catch the suspect. the suspect's motives are still unclear. >>> secretary of state clinton is heading to the middle east in a big show of diplomacy with a goal of trying to get israel and hamas to stop fighting. tracie potts has more details on what the obama administration right now is hoping this trip will accomplish. >> reporter: more explosions in gaza this morning as tensions between israel and hamas show no sign of ending. negotiations are under way with egypt as mediator. >> we're encouraged by the cooperation and the consultation we've had with the egyptian leadership. we want to see that, again, support a process that can deescalate the situation. >> reporter: but the two sides are far apart. hamas wants israel to stop killing its leaders. israel insists on a cease-fi

percent of these raby children in southern israel have post-traumatic stress disorder and israel was heavily criticized by a part of the world community i agree with you there i remind you and i point out that that was four years ago is the lowest civilian to militant casualty rate in history twenty nine percent of those killed were civilians and i'm not belittling the death of any civilians but so far lower than any other military campaign in the last century i think that we will see something similar to start with hoping to achieve a number of things first and foremost to significantly degrade the command and control operational abilities of hamas. and you can keep track of what's happening in gaza on our website and i would put a timeline featuring a live updates on the latest with everything from eyewitness accounts from the besieged strip to official statements from the sides. and also that right now for you how he's issued a warning to israel for its threat to the internet in gaza they've also prepared detailed instructions for users on how to avoid a communications blackout st

israel against the cease fire deal to check the latest underscore are to. doubts over whether the truce can hold out our fueled by the underlying disputes between israel and hamas that are far from resolved or just going to war on their deeply divided relations and how previous deals have panned out. this ceasefire deal doesn't even begin to address the root causes of the conflict and as long as they remain the decades long cycle of violence is almost assured to continue by now most people lost track of all the previous cease fire agreements and more generally of where it all started and it became for the most part a chicken and egg conversation you have the years long suppression of the palestinians we saw the radical forces among them by using and striking its well with is well coming back at them so hard that even most peaceful palestinian started sympathizing with radical forces without going too far back in history in two thousand and six the cigars elected hamas that promised a more affirmative response to the story of the occupation in response israe

and to make the southern cities of israel secure. the defense minister said today and he emphasized this, and we will do anything, and i repeat anything to keep those cities secure. the israelis are emphasizing repeatedly from different sources they'll do whatever it takes. when the americans warn that israel will do more this evening, they're echoing what the israeli spokesman said earlier. this is a very difficult night ahead. >> and martin, i'm sure you heard our colleague talk about the level of tension and how the expectation of what is next is consuming those that he's witnessed in gaza. what are seeing there? is there a worry this will escalate beyond the point that we are now, which is frightening in itself? >> reporter: it certainly is frightening in itself. the big fear is of a ground invasion by israeli forces into gaza. the air attacks are bad enough and killed 13 palestinians at least. they've injured a couple of hundred, and on the israeli side three israelis were killed today, and about 70 are in hospital. most of them

retaliation for hundreds of rocket strikes on southern israel. police say three israelis have been killed in fresh attacks by hamas and other militant groups. hamas which controls gaza says 18 palestinians have been killed. >>> as israel pounds targets in gaza, the israeli army is moving troops towards the border with gaza. militants will pay a price for an attempt to strike at the heart of tell aviv. i spoke with the israeli ambassador to the united states in the last hour. >> the prime minister of israel has to go into a bomb shelter. imagine if the president of the united states had to go to a bomb shelter. 150 million americans were under rocket fire, what kind of steps the united states would take to ensure the safety of its citi n citizens. those are the types of steps we're going to have to take. >> we're joined now by two veteran middle east analysts. peace and development of the university of maryland and also with the brookings institution here in washington. erin daair aaron david miller i arab peace negotiations. guys, thanks very muc

can i also express our concern for the people in southern israel and for the grave loss of life in gaza. i think all of us, across the european union, including also america and beyond, need to be putting pressure on israeli prime minister and on all those that have contactto with hamas o stop the fighting, stop the bombing, and that is exactly what i have done. over the weekend, i spoke twice to the israeli prime minister, once with the president of israel. my partners are also working very hard to persuade both sides that we need a cease-fire. beyond that, with a proper discussion on the future of israel and palestine in them he is right to say any such cease- fire deal can be turned into permanent peace if there are a meeting for resumption of negotiations towards a two-state solution. this has shown us again there is once with the president of israel. no peace nor a peace process. the international community had done their responsibility for the abject failure of having a meaningful negotiations nine years on from the promise of the road map for peace. can he therefor set out to the

israel after the deal was sealed here is our correspondent in tel aviv policy. no ceasefire ends 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 spike 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 and watches 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 and to know who has said that he is willing to give this truce a chance he say

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