in the southern area of the gaza strip was targeted heavily overnight particularly the smuggling tunnels which gazans called the survival smuggling tunnels israel killed three media workers shorthand journalists two of them a cameraman for the t.v. channel another for the educational television channel according to israel these stations that these media workers work for are not legitimate journalistic enterprises and therefore susceptible to being targeted any time. israel is not winding down. and more will be. speak to young. journalists from. very welcome to the program and as this conflict has taken another ugly turn we've had the opinion that an escalation in israel's military support in the aftermath of this bombing is now i know one of a number voidable will do you think. i don't think it's unavoidable i think this terrorist atrocity which was expected by security forces is something that unfortunately we need. as country would have to factor in when we fact when we confront the jihadi regime of which is using the gaza strip as a rocket base and as a base for exporting terrorism al

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 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 and to know who has said that he is willing to give this truce a chance he says however he does hold

israel after the deal was sealed here's our correspondent in tel aviv policy or. a ceasefire has been announced and agreed to by both israel and hamas this is the second time in two days that we've heard such an announcement but this time it's a new does seem as if it's accurate now the ceasefire is a surprise to everyone it comes off to a bloody day both in israel and gaza on wednesday there was a bus bombing in tel aviv twenty eight people were injured and very much the reaction after that us bombing was definitely not he was not going to launch a ground offensive into gaza rather than announce a cease fire so definitely here in tel aviv people have been taken by surprise now the israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu earlier held a telephone calls with the american president barack obama in that phone call he said that israel was ready to give this cease fire a chance is what is of course very concerned around the claim that it needs to lift its blockade of the information we have is that while agreeing to the cease fire it has not given the nod that in fact

let's go to southern israel where israeli tanks are on the move. the israeli defense forces say at least 30,000 troops are being mobilized along the border with gaza and thousands more are getting their marching orders. as we said, cnn's frederick is live along the border. you have been on the front lines there. what type of military activity are you seeing? >> hi, randi. a lot of military activity going on here between the border area between gaza and israel. we just had armored vehicles come through here and moving in closer to the border. of course, a lot of people believe that israelis must launch a ground offensive into gaza quite soon and we are seeing a lot of troops really near the border of our area and the israelis have also called in tens of thousands of reservists and reporting for duty right now. when you go along the border area you see units that are hiding behind tree lines and they are, obviously, very wary of getting shot at from gaza. you see a lot of tanks emasing there and armored vehicles and armored bulldozers, as well. the o

israel particularly southern israel since this whole operation began back on wednesday but early on saturday i was here in tel aviv when the missiles sounded and people ran for cover and it turned out that the i and go back three which had been deployed only earlier only a few hours early on saturday had managed to intercept a long range in rainy and so we are witnessing longer range missiles and managing to reach further into the jewish state and that is sending panic particularly in cities like tel aviv that are further inland the idea of army chief has also called for an increase in the pace of air strikes and this comes after massive it strikes on saturday morning so all the government buildings of the hamas leadership be completely destroyed and that is the same building where just a day earlier the egyptian prime minister had made it and when he was in gaza at this building that now essentially is a mound of rubble he. had hoped and certainly many of her party would be a ceasefire in place now the israelis do deny the fact that they broke that cease fire but we have heard from

southern israel. joining me now is john alterman, director of the middle east program at the center for strategic and international studies. thanks for joining us this morning. >> my pleasure, thank you. >> did either side make out better than the other in this agreement. >> it's much too early to tell you about what seems to me is there's a military side of this which israel clearly won. there's a political side. i'm not sure who won, whether hamas won, whether israel is going to win. it seems at this point that mahmoud abbas looks like he's losing. if he stays irrelevant, this may be the beginning of the end of abbas. >> there's also a story this new egypt story for president morsy, clearly the forefront of brokering this deal. what is america's role now dealing with morsy in this is conversation of keeping the peace was israel and hamas? >> i think the united states has realized for a long time that it can't dictate to morsy and that there's going to have to be new u.s./egyptian relationship. what'

first to david lee miller who is live for us this evening in southern israel. today, we heard from hamas leaders. what are they saying david lee? >> shep, let me give you breaking news, just a few moments ago we got word that three israeli cities in southern israel came under rocket attack. we could see the interceptor missiles overhead. this happening just a few moments ago. it was the first rocket attack we have seen in southern israel in the last several hours. now, as for the question about the hamas leadership, as hamas -- as i sudden say as gaza came under fire today by the israelis. the leader, exiled leader of hamas, michelle was speaking in cairo, that's where the cease-fire discussions are taking place. and he said that hamas is not calling for any ground war or escalation, but despite the fact that hamas over the last year has fired more than 700 rockets into israel, he said israel is the aggressor in this conflict. listen to what he said. >> we will not accept any -- they are the ones who attack. a cease-fire will cure when our demands are met. >> j

and more than one hundred fifty palestinians the truce began shakily with several rockets fired into southern israel after the deal had been sealed more from our correspondent in tel aviv paula slayer. a 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 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 o

israel after the deal was sealed here's our correspondent in tel aviv policy or. the ceasefire ends some of the fiercest fighting we've witnessed two 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 but 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 s

israel particularly southern israel since this whole operation began back on the wings day but only on saturday i was here in tel aviv when the missiles sounded and people ran for cover and it turned out that the iron dome bakri which had been deployed only earlier only a few hours earlier on saturday had managed to intercept a long range ukrainian in mosul so we are witnessing longer range missiles and managing to reach further into the jewish state and that is sending panic particularly in cities like tel aviv that will further inland the idea on the chiefs has also called for an increase in the pace of air strikes and this comes off to masturbate strikes on saturday morning so all the government buildings of the hamas leadership be completely destroyed and that is the same building where just a day earlier the egyptian prime minister had made it and when he was in gaza at this building right now essentially is an island of rubble. had hoped to end something many of hope that they would be a cease fire in place now the israelis do deny the fact that they broke that cease fire but

israel expanding the bombing campaign in gaza and hamas rockets raining down on southern israel. it's only getting worse. so is the u.s. doing enough to support its ally israel? you'll hear from batched john bolton and senator john mccain and a live report from southern israel. senator-elect ted cruz is here. he said he knows how to get the g.o.p. message out to hispanic voters. you'll hear his plan, but first, the crisis in the middle east. >> we've got the sirens going. we've got the sirens going. we'll keep going. this area was hit once before. we're going to keep moving. we're going to grab this. keep coming this way. >> they're crumbling all over the middle east. >> you have people determined to destroy israel. >> we want hamas to stop firing on us, and we want to create a situation where they cannot fire at us every other day and pair lies after the country. it's a terrorist group that wants the destruction of israel. no nation would put up with what hawaii 6 israel has up until now. they have to defend their people and their nation. >> this is where the rocket hit. you can

hundred rockets here in southern israel including ashos. israel deployed iron dome missile defense and blows up the 25 missiles . we found out today it is far from perfect. we have more missiles coming in and you can see people running. this is the safest place come in under here. missiles are coming here. this is a building where three people died and you can hear the screaming and see the police trying to get everyone in and now we wait. awful seconds in this part of the world knows what it is like to wait as the missiles coming here and you know it is here, but the question is where it will hit. explosion nearby. and what you know if that is a iron dome exploding or intercepting the missile or another hit somewhere around the densely populated residential area. that is the iron dome and we'll walk around to the other side . you will see the damage. when you talk about what these missiles can do. that's it. this is the other side of the apartment building we are on with a direct hit killed three people inside of that apartment and serious

in southern israel, leland vitter, fox news. >>> the iraqi government released a terrorist from custody. vice president joe biden called iraq's prime minister this week and told him not to release the terrorist, but the prime minister said that iraq no long her legal grounds to hold him. he is now back home in beirut. a development as senator mccain and lindsay graham are calling the results of this administration's failed foreign policies. >>> new developments in the consulate attack in libya. the white house said it never altered the cia's talking points, blaming the attack on al qaeda. former cia director petraeus told congress on friday the agency always knew that terrorism was involved. he's more. >> reporter: the mystery of who changeed the ci attacking -- on the libya attack deepens today as the white house weighs in and said no one there made the controversial changes. according to sources on capitol hill, former cia director general david petraeus told lawmakers on friday that the original cia unclassified memo said it was an al qaeda-linked terror attack. but that al qaeda par

israel particularly southern israel since this whole operation began back on wednesday but only on saturday i was here in tel aviv when the missiles sounded and people ran for cover and it turned out that the iron dome battery which had been deployed only earlier only a few hours early on saturday had managed to intercept a long range ukrainian most self so we are witnessing longer range missiles and managing to reach further into the jewish state and that is sending panic particularly in cities like tel aviv that will further inland the i think here on the chief has also called for an increase in the pace of airstrikes and this comes off to masturbate strikes on saturday morning so all the government buildings of the hamas leadership be completely destroyed and that is the same building where just a day earlier the egyptian prime minister had made it and when he was in gaza at this building right now essentially is an island of rubble he had hoped and soaking many of hope that they would be a cease fire in place now the israelis do deny the fact that they broke that cease fire but we have

one of the rockets that came in southern israel. some were intersepted and some were not. israeli air strikes continue to pound. the way you saw huge explosions all over the gaza strip. and weapons and infrastucture places that were targeted and also that got hit, a family home. 11 family members died in that. we are 100 palestinians dead inside of the gaz strip. half of those civilians, about half were militants along the israel/gaza border. they are now staring out at a lot of the israeli tanks. it is israeli infrantry getting ready for a ground invasion . it would come in the next 24 or 48 hours. they would push in and try to occupy the land that is used to launch 1,000 rockets at israel. right now, in cairo, there is a seize- on cease-fire discussion. egyptian and turkishes and qataries are mediating it . the israelis are there and both sides want different thengs there. is a lot of pressure on the israelis to come up with a deal and now other arab donors to hamas in the islamic before we enter a ground invasion . that could mean more civilian casulties. and terps of i

fox's david lee miller is live in southern israel with the latest on the conflict. david? >> reporter: at this hour, top ministry in israel are meeting behind closed doors to discuss a post-cease-fire agreement. as they continue to talk, the bloodshed continues. in the past if hours, israel continued to attack sites in gazsites ingaza. in total they targeted 1400 sites. among them, a stadium, a sports stadium where the israelis said hamas militants were launching rockets to israel. among the other targets, the media center where they say the militants were using communications facilities to get in touch with people on the ground. in total, more than 100 palestinians have been killed. half of them civilians. among them 1 11 civilians. all of them from the same family. most women and children killed from a single airstrike over the weekend. israel says the strike was the result of targeting the home of a rocket mastermind who was working for the militants. meanwhile, the militants in gaza continue to fire rockets in to israel. today, more than 100 rockets were launched. almo

can stop the rocket fire into southern israel. so as far as i understand, as far as the israeli military is concerned they want to see a knockout punch to hamas. now, whether or not they can keep it, whether or not it's within their capability is something that quite a few people have questioned right now. >> suarez: and what's the mood in israel proper? people must be looking on and wondering what's next? very much so. most of the communities in israel south, certainly the communities within miles of the gaza bordered are currently being ordered to go to their bomb shelters. and the communities are very much aware that they're under the line of rocket fire right now as it were. but that's -- just in the south people are worrying that this is going to be the start of something bigger. israel saw an exchange of violence across syria this morning. officials here said that rockets may have come from egypt so people in israel are wondering (inaudible) and whether instphablt the region right now will lead to them having confrontations

rockets from gaza hit several sites on southern israel. israel spopded with the attack on the house of the hamas commander. egypt's prime minister is visiting the gaza strip. there might actually be a live picture. more than two dozen people have been killed in the past three days of fierce fighting between militants in those areas. five of those killed, children. at the live desk, melissa mollet, news 4. >>> violence in the middle east sparking large protests in our region. last night two groups made their voices heard outside the white house. one crowd gathered in support of israel. the other pro-palestinian. secret service police and a metal fence were all that separated the two groups. >> we walked from the state department to the white house because of the united states' stance with the state of israel. >> we have heard rumors that there would be an anti-israel protest in front of the state department that would end at the white house, so we figured we would come here and support israel. >> despite their differences, both groups seem

our goal was to protect our people so that the population of southern israel would not have to live in daily fear. i hope, i hope, that these understandings rich with egypt and with the united states as well and we should thank the american government will hold and that we get peace. that is good for israel and also good for gaza. >> thank you very much for joining me. >> my pleasure, sir. >> he joins me now, welcome to you, sir. how much of a concern is it to you, that hamas had nothing to do with this cease fire. >> palestine and the question is not the issue. gaza is part of the palestinian people. and the question of leadership, it is authentic. people elected leader but if the americans try to divert the attention of the central issue of how to go about controlling one party or another, this would be a great mistake to peace in the region >> are you concerned that all the dealings here appear to be have been done directly with hamas and not with a wider group? >> president was not absent from the negotiations. of course when there is a fire, it goes to the cause of the fire. but i

stop the rocket fire into southern israel. so as far as i understand, as far as the israeli military is concerned they want to see a knockout punch to hamas. now, whether or not they can keep it, whether or not it's within their capability is something that quite a few people have questioned right now. >> suarez: and what's the mood in israel proper? people must be looking on and wondering what's next? very much so. most of the communities in israel south, certainly the communities within miles of the gaza bordered are currently being ordered to go to their bomb shelters. and the communities are very much aware that they're under the line of rocket fire right now as it were. but that's -- just in the south people are worrying that this is going to be the start of something bigger. israel saw an exchange of violence across syria this morning. officials here said that rockets may have come from egypt so people in israel are wondering (inaudible) and whether instphablt the region right now will lead to them having confrontations

lost a soldier in southern israel today. so we have confirmed that with the israeli military as well. that's made that announcement. there reports a second israeli soldier may have been killed near the border as well. now, those two developments, we can look at how close everything is, because when you think of the middle east, you think of a big place. but, you know, technically it should take you 20 minutes to drive this distance without checkpoints or closures or borders or anything like that. it is a completely different story when you have to make the journey. look, we're talking here about northern gaza, here is southern israel. if there are deaths of israeli soldiers, it would have occurred close to the border, the part you see here. if those two deaths are changing the equation right now in terms of what israel is prepared to accept, that might be something to take into consideration. >> and what is so interesting is the crucial role that egypt plays, but it also can't be ignored that egypt won't let anybody from gaz

throughout the day there was barrage after barrage in southern israel. i talked to one man a volunteer ambulance driver. he returned home only to discover that his home had been hit by a rocket. meanwhile, israel during the last several hours has continued to pound gaza. there have been reports of a massive fire in downtown gaza city. there are reports that israeli military has hit a building that houses journalists and french news agency afp. they say it houses the intelligence service of hamas. in addition to the israeli air force, the israeli navy is also launching attacks against gaza. we have exclusive video that our fox news crew recorded today that shows israeli artillery on the outskirts of gaza firing into the strip. israeli forces remain amassed along the border ready if necessary for a ground incurs. lastly, tucker, the death toll on both sides continued to escalate, at least 21 palestinians were killed, two more israelis died in the conflict. for the first time an israeli soldier is among them the soldier was killed by a mortar. diplomacy con

southern command saying this is just the beginning of the operations and others saying that they are prepared to do all that is necessary to defend israel's security that includes the israeli prime minister and others and they say that they don't rule out a ground offensive all of which all of which these various constellation of little bits of knowledge point towards the possibility of a ground offensive set obviously zero has been threatening to turn the health situation as you say to a full fledged ground invasion prompting comparisons with operation cast lead but how much support does hamas have in all this. well if you cast our minds back to two thousand and eight nine the new year their operation cast lead was the last time things became this intense around gaza israel launched a full scale ground offensive then which was heavily criticized around the world including a u.n. investigation for the for the high numbers of civilian casualties that resulted in most one and a half hours of. civilians died in gaza as that ground offensive continues and there are fears that that may ha

rockets overweigh in talent tell every evening feeling in the center of the city as the rain as israel southern command to worms but this is just the beginning of the operations by the israeli defense forces. also the bad news building just hours after a twenty four hour european strike brought over twenty countries to a standstill new figures suggest the eurozone is back in recession. and beijing ushers in the new top officials which will lead the country for the next decade in ten minutes from now we look at how the world might be changed by china's emerging economic might. live from our new center here in moscow this is r.t. with international news and comment twenty four hours a day the israeli military is converging on gaza as it continues to pummel the palestinians from the sea and land the operation pillars of defenses on the verge of turning into a new invasion as tel aviv says its prepared to go all the way under the pretext of self-defense three israelis and at least fifteen palestinians including children and a pregnant woman have already been killed is into the people just

over the past 24 hours there have been a barrage of rocket fire into southern israel. but we've noticed there have been several israeli air strikes inside here. >> ayman, it's worth bringing up the fact this is the biggest conflict between the two sides, between israel and the palestinians, since egypt's leadership has changed. and we know that egypt has a different reaction to this than they did under president morsi than they had in the past under former president mubarak? >> reporter: absolutely. on a few different fronts. one, the leadership here, it's currently aligned with the one that runs egypt. and president morsi comes from that. and the more important one, for the past several days they've been trying to mediate between the palestinian faction in israel. they reached a truce, but that truce didn't hold for long. more importantly, israel is trying to resume a bit of a leadership role. yesterday, they lobbied to secure the security council. and also they convened with the arab league to try to put an end to the barrage of fire. some for its part are calling on

southern command that this is only the beginning of this operation those of the prime minister benjamin netanyahu saying that all measures necessary would be taken to secure the defense of the israeli people and another defense spokesman more recently saying that this was not going to be a quiet night ahead all of those points to the possibility that israel may be getting ready for that much feared ground offensive because of t's have been mounting in gaza and it seems that there is possible although yet unconfirmed evidence that tanks and troops have been moving south towards the garzon border a question on everyone's lips will this spill over into such a damaging and devastating ground conflict as happened back in two thousand and eight tonight what about the international community's response to all of this are they exerting pressure on both sides. they are indeed on the on israel side israel of course saying that it has the right to defend itself and that it will take all measures necessary the u.s. has come out and said that indeed it considers that israel does have the right to de

southern command that this is only the beginning of this operation those of the prime minister benjamin netanyahu saying that all measures necessary would be taken to secure the defense of the israeli people and another defense spokesman more recently saying that this was not going to be a quiet night ahead all of those points to the possibility that israel may be getting ready for that much. ground offensive because when teams have been mounting in gaza and it seems that there is possible although yet unconfirmed evidence that tanks and troops have been moving south towards the garzon border a question on everyone's lips will this spill over into such a damaging and devastating ground conflict as happened back in two thousand and eight tonight the u.s. has come out and said that indeed it considers that israel does have the right to defend itself egypt said that its prime minister and the delegation will visit garza tomorrow on a mission of solidarity with the palestinian people and the egyptian president mohammed morsi has trying to put pressure on the u.s. to in turn put pressure on

this from fox's lehman from southern israel. >> almost sounds like deja vu all over again. we were standing on the same hole talking about the effect of the we were close to a cease-fire and there were reports that they cease-fire. these reports appear to be more concrete legitimate least it is not over until the last rocket fired as early as 10 minutes ago we saw a big explosion inside the gaza strip so we think hillary clinton, secretary of state in egypt right now and she and the egyptian president are expecting to have a news conference. whether that happens and the punt and of is that debate and clearly there are conflicting reports that there will likely be a ceasefire to end they 8 and a very bloody day at that. the bombings started again and this is the raw intensity we saw with the suicide bombing that you see over year. all the glass knocked out and this is where passengers were. the iron dome has protected tel aviv from hamas missiles but did not protected from this and brings fear to the country's largest city. >> terror in the streets again. ten time the day. g

as i mentioned, more than 100 rockets have been fired from gaza into southern israel. you heard ayman refer to that happening today alone. many rockets fired into israel have been intercepted by the country's missile defense system. it is known as the iron dome. nbc news correspondent stephanie gosk joins me from tel aviv. this missile defense that we talk so much about, stephanie, is significant in many ways. it kept down the loss of life, which certainly would have escalated this crisis far faster than what we're seeing. >> reporter: yeah. it gives them some breathing room. if there was a rocket that landed here in tel aviv that killed a number of people or killed even more people down south besides the three that were killed in one attack, you'd be in a different situation. there would be more public pressure. right now you have tens of thousands troops waiting for the order to go in, and israel's in a position where they could call that order, depending on public pressure and where they see this offensive going. the difficulty going into gaza as apresident obama ta

hamas fired a rocket towards southern israel. ainsley: calls for the israeli blockade on the gaza strip. now, crossing with egypt, the border just opened. israel and the palestinians set to negotiate a deal that could and rocket fire on israel and open the borders of the blockade of palestinian territory. those talks are set to begin soon. gregg: mohammed morsi played a key role in brokering a truce in gaza. calling for a holy war, to liberate palestinians. they call it a game of grand deception, explaining there have been enough negotiations and that if the enemy knows nothing about the language being used. ainsley: susan rice speaking out about her remarks about the consulate attacked in libya. jennifer griffin is live in washington. what is the latest from ambassador rice today? >> well, she's not spain specifically who gave the talking points. but she presented her initial statements on an anti-islam youtube video. she said that it sparked a riot. she said that the information and talking points were given to her by the intel

into southern israel. this comes after the israeli forces carried out several raids of the gaza strip in response to rocket fire over the weekend. the rocket hit a house in israel and damaged nearby cars overnight. no one was hurt. more than 110 rockets have hit israel since saturday. >>> this morning we're learning more about the fbi investigation that revealed that now former cia director david petraeus was having an affair. a senior member of the military says petraeus' mistress, author paula broadwell, was sending threatening e-mails to an unpaid social liaison at an air force base in tampa. that woman has been identified as jill kelley. she reportedly went to the fbi when she received the harassing messages, and that's what triggered the bureau's investigation. >> mrs. broadwell sent these threatening e-mails to her, and she was frightened, and she went to the fbi. oh, i can't believe it, but that's what it is. >> one of petraeus' former associates says petraeus and his wife were longtime friends of k

it is completely stopped life here in southern israel. and this is israel's response which they say will go on for a number about of days. it was about four years ago to the day that israel launched operation led which they went into gaza with ground troops and tanks. israelis are saying their ground forces including tanks and also infantry soldiers are on standby to once again launch an operation into gaza. here in southern israel school has been canceled for tomorrow as have a number of other things including work, any type of wedding, any type of gathering just because how scared everyone is of this possible hamas retaliation which hamas says could begin at any moment. rick, back to you. rick: leland vittert on the ground in southern israel. leland, thanks. jenna: right now on our top story the investigation into the terror attack in benghazi killing our ambassador there and three other americans. senator john mccain speaking moments ago after a closed-door briefing. take a listen. >> we will be introducing this afternoon a resolution

border is the head of israel's southern command saying that this is just the beginning by what i was the egyptian foreign minister as you were saying a moment ago that actually telephoned hillary clinton the u.s. secretary of state just a couple of hours ago saying please rein in israel apparently it's done little. to no good whatsoever in tel aviv bottom thank you. or when i was joined live from embattled gaza by human rights activist eighty eight more about joining us here on the program it's a pleasure to see you today thank you for coming on israeli officials hailing the operation is a successful series of pinpoint strikes with minimal collateral damage that sound about right to you or. i've just come back from schieffer asked every single ambulance that comes in every ten minutes was actually or children coming in to the hospital i've seen. she didn't have a hand that was just pulled out of the ambulance it is the civilians who are the vast amounts of the injured that are coming into she said we just spent time in the intensive care unit there was a little girl and i rather she'

three of them landed in southern israel. how do you see that? how seriously do you say that in terms of a violation of the cease-fire thus far? >> we assumed it would take a while for the cease-fire to take hold. it has taken hold, hasn't been fire for a while, and, of course, we are notiring, so there is a cease-fire anderson. >> ambassador oren, appreciate your time tonight, thank you. >> thank you. >>> as the ambassador said, right now rockets are silent. but death and deconstruction on both sides. i will speak with former senator george mitchell, president obama's special envoy to the middle east. what it's like inside the negotiating rooms in this, with the most difficult of all solutions to try to come up with. we'll be right back. [ male announcer ] this is steve. he loves risk. but whether he's climbing everest, scuba diving the great barrier reef with sharks, or jumping into the market, he goes with people he trusts, which is why he trades with a company that doesn't nickel and dime him with hidden fees. so he can worry about other thin

it promises the people of southern israel, peace and iet. it promises them that they no longer have to live in constant fear of an incoming rocket launched from the gaza strip. it promises them for the first time in a very long time the possibility to live a normal life. and from our point of view, if these promises are fulfilled, that is a good thing. >> i understand that also it promises the people of gaza, perhaps a better future. we're hearing via the new york times as i speak to you that the terms also state the underlying grievances, of gaza, the movement that impedes through gaza, will be started 24 hours after the cease-fire is in effect. now, that is clearly a big move by israel. >> reporter: i think it is important to remember, piers, the following. there is cause and there is effect. when we pulled out of gaza in 2005, when we took down our settlements and took back to the international front tier, there were no restrictions in place. our restrictions were in place when we started to see hostility from gaza, and terrorism and rock

and southern israel near the gaza border is right in the rocket's path. near the gaza border, fred, good morning. you have been on the front line near gaza. what are you seeing there? >> hi, randi. we're seeing israeli troops massing there on the front line there. we are massing several sights where we're seeing tanks and bulldozers that are getting ready to invade gaza if they, in fact, are ordered to do so. they said that they're just g getting ready for it right now and perfect to conduct a round of offensive if they feel they are not achieving the goals they want to achieve with the current campaign of the air raids that are going on. of course, the big goal that they have is to stop rocket from coming outside of gaza. i can tell you as we speak right now, we're hearing more planes overhead and more drone activity over gaza and also several plumes of smoke come up from air strikes right now. a new wave of air strike that is happening right now as we speak. the israeli troops on the ground seem to be very, very focused. we were with forward operating r

israel and so constantly be looking out for the alarms. >> the jewish community stands behind israel right now. no one wants war, but every citizen has a right to be defended by its country. >> reporter: now police defy quite a few barricades out here, as well as nearly 20 officers. they tell us no arrests were made and no injuries also out here. another protest is planned for tomorrow afternoon out here at the same location we're life in san francisco, cara lou, ktvu, channel two news. >> israeli war planes released more than 350 rockets into israeli. israel. at least 19 palestinians and three israelis are dead. israel accuses hamas of causing the conflict. there are signs that israel is ready to intensify its attacks with trucks seen carrying tanks and armored personnel towards gaza. >> and three other americans on september 11th. the video is shown to a closed door hearing of the intelligence committee. the panel will hear from form cia director david petreas tomorrow, just one week he resigned over an extramarital affair. >> director petreas went to tripoli, and he went to many p

more rockets from gaza landing in southern israel today. one sent flying in the direction of jerusalem. israeli police said more than 60 rockets were fired by midday. thousands of israeli reservists remain gathered at the border with gaza. israel threatening to take the next step if if hamas doesn't stop the rocket fire into israel. the next step ground troops moving in. we want to bring in ambassador dennis ross, served as adviser to four presidents and is a mideast diplomacy analyst. it's great to have you with me today. big news coming within the last hour, al jazeera reporting that the ceasefire is going to be announced this evening in cairo. now egypt will reportedly be agreeing to oversee this plan which is said to include an easing of the crossroads into gaza. so peace appears to be eminent but what do you make of the transparency of what the outline of it deal is? >> well, i think we still need to see it implemented. having spent a lot of time in the middle east, done a lot of negotiations, one thing i know about this part of the wo

stores and markets are beginning to reopen in southern israel as we speak. and across the border in gaza, palestinian children returning today to school the first time in more than a week as the cleanup there is beginning. now, one of the big points of the cease-fire agreement is easing of the blockade around gaza and for the first time what that means, a lot of ambiguity around that statement and for the first time we're seeing palestinian fishermen being able to fish off the coast of gaza, a restricted activity under the previous sort of engagement rules before this cease-fire went into effect. and now seeing fishermen take their boats out and fish off the coast of gaza and another big point of the change here in the last three days or so, is the fact that israeli troops have moved off the border and now it's just small groups of palestinian and hamas security officials and israeli troops patrolling that joint border between israel een just in the past 72 hours, now, it isn't clear what's going to happen in the future, but both sides, israel and hamas are