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

israel says the operation is in response to the relentless barrage of rockets flying into southern israel. the israeli defense forces say militants have launched almost 600 rockets into the country in the past three days alone. around a third of which have been intercepted by israel's famed iron dome anti-missile system. since wednesday, three people have died in israel and, for the first time since the gulf war in 1991, the commercial center, tel aviv, has also come under tack. >> the attempt last night by the terrorists in gaza to launch rockets on tel aviv only underscores the danger that the israeli public faces. >> reporter: tonight, a neighborhood of tel aviv, a popular night spot, was quiet. >> i'm stressed, also, but you know, life is continuing. >> reporter: the israeli military isn't taking any chances, as soldiers and armored vehicles mass near the gaza border, preparing for a ground offensive. >> we are preparing for any possibility. a ground operation is a possibility, though it hasn't been decided on at this point. >> reporter: another sign a ground invasion may be imminent.

with its targeted killings and mass for its side has also said that it will stop firing rockets into southern israel and staging cross border attacks now there's a lot of questions still hanging over the whole issue of whether or not it is what its blockade on gaza that has been in place for several years now we do understand that is what must begin talks re opening this for the border crossings and lifting the blockade and. easing restrictions on the movement of both people and goods the text however does say that the whole discussion for the procedures for this will begin some twenty four hours after the cease fire was announced so while the cease fire at the moment is holding basically is a lot of tension on the ground and a lot of questions as to whether or not it will stand the test of time falsely or there are a middle east correspondent a lot of question may have stopped did divisions between israel and hamas remain sparking fears the truce is doomed from the start out he's going to teach you can has more now on the tensions that led to this latest round of violence. this ceasefire dea

again israel's military both its northern and southern front is right now this weekend the country's fod into syria in response to a mortar attack on the golan heights televisa warning of tougher action against militants in gaza to offer salvos from the palestinian territory fall asleep as the latest. only on sunday afternoon israel fired into syrian territory for the first time since the nine hundred seventy three war as spoke earlier with the israeli defense forces spokesperson unit who did confirm that these warning shots took place he said that they were in response to a mortar shell for link near and the israeli military post in the golan heights now these ladies do not believe that they were the target they do believe that the shell was part of the byproduct of the internal fighting taking place in syria between forces loyal to side and rebel fighters but the army is saying that it won't tolerate more attacks from syria that violates the disengagement agreement between israel and syria now there have been several such incidents over the past two weeks just last week three syria

>> the rockets being fired into southern israel are being smuggled through egypt. give jenkins and i were there just a few years ago and you could see the ahe blim areas where this stuff is taking place. the rockets are being fired from the west bank and being smuggled into hezbollah. you mentioned iron dome, they intercepted 87 rockets today. 66 landed in israel. iron dome is actually one of the most effective anti-incoming us tems in the world. yet they can't intercept all of them. the only way they can insure that they can shut this down is to close route philadelphia into egypt and push them back far enough that they can't reach the big cities with the big rockets. megyn: your point about benghazi is interesting. the terrorists have not received retribution for the attack unleashed on us and may to some extent feel emboldened. who is pulling the strings with hamas? >> obviously jabari isn't doing that any more because they killed him. you have islamic jihad support about it iranians and you have the muslim brotherhood, radical elements of radical islamists taki

nbc's martin fletcher reports from southern israel. >> reporter: ground invasion of gaza or truce. the officials say it's 50-50 leaving 3.5 million israelis to the mercy of palestinian rockets. defended by israel's new hero, the iron dome, an antimissile missile system, made in israel helped by american money. of 900 rockets fired at israel in six days, only about 30 hit populated areas. >> we enjoy the iron dome, which is a huge success, and luckily -- >> reporter: the siren now. >> right. >> reporter: there's a siren now. let's see what happens. it will only fire -- >> reporter: the system calculates which rockets will hit an inhabited area and knocks it out like here and ignores all others, but it fails two missing about two out of ten, officials say, making life scary. children in bomb shelters for the sixth straight day. i'm afraid of the sirens, the 7-year-old says. there's another siren. we're going in the kids' shelter. just as we left. not sure how many rockets are being fired right now, but the iron dome one, two, three -- four iron dome rockets are exploding. we'll see w

three people in southern israel were killed overnight. six were hurt. israel launched an offensive, killing the military commander. there are 11 policemens killed. 100 injured. islamist group retaliated this morning firing dozens of rockets into israel. we'll keep an eye on the numbers for you this morning and keep you updated. >>> today lawmakers will be getting more answers about september's deadly attack on the u.s. consulate in benghazi, libya. those attacks killed four americans, including ambassador chris stevens. republicans have been criticizing the obama administration for not responding quickly enough to the violence outside the consulate. >>> david petraeus will testify before the house intelligence committee tomorrow. it was unclear until yesterday whether petraeus would still answer questions after his sudden resignation as cia director. his close friend said petraeus did not like conspiracies going around that he had something to hide. he will not answer questions about the sex scandal that cost him his job. >>> president obama is defendin

there's also been palestinian rocket fire coming out of gaza into southern israel. the fear that grips the people here is one that can't be described. people here extremely nervous, extremely anxious about the conditions. you mentioned there were sirens going off in israel. there are no sirens that go off here in gaza. people very much feel a sense of anxiety waiting for that next possible israeli air strike. there was in the last hour or so an air strike that took place in the central part of gaza, according to a spokesperson for hamas. earlier today, a residential building in the northern part of the gaza strip was levelled by an israeli air strike. 35 people in that building believed to have been trapped but no casualties as a result of that air strike. one of the problems that we've been talking about, and one of the fierce that many palestinians describe for us, is the fact that gaza is so densely populated. israel may be trying to carry out precision strikes and targeting specific buildings or vehicles, but the way gaza is when you carry out a strike of that m

israel's military is engaged on both its northern as well as southern frontiers right now there are new reports that israel had fired into syrian territory apparently in response to a mortar attack at the golan heights and tel aviv's warning of tougher action against militants in gaza after a surge in salvos from the palestinian territory let's cross over live now to our correspondent on the ground paula slayer paula these warning shots into syria what more can you tell us about what's going on there well. for the first one since the one nine hundred seventy three war in too soon to reach as just kind of the phone with the i.d.f. spokesperson who does confirm that these warning shots took place he says that they were in response to a. felony of any israeli military post in the israelis do not believe that they are the target. she they believe of the internal faction fighting happening inside syria between fighters and forces loyal to the sitting president bashar assad but the army does say that it will not tolerate any more checks from syria that violate the disengagement agreement betw

welcome back israel's military is engaged on both its northern and southern front right now the country has fired into syria in response to a mortar attack on the golan heights and is warning of tougher action against militants in gaza. from the palestinian territories. reports. only on sunday afternoon israel fired into syrian territory for the first time since the nine hundred seventy three war as though clearly of with the israeli defense forces listen unit who did confirm that these warning shots took place he said that they were in response to a mortar shell for link near and the israeli military post in the golan heights now these ladies do not believe that they were the target they do believe that the shell was part of the byproduct of the internal fighting taking place in syria between forces loyal to side and rebel fighters but the army is saying that it would tolerate more attacks on syria that violates the disengagement agreement between israel and syria now there have been several such incidents over the past two weeks just last week three syrian tanks crossed over the demil

israel's military is engaged on both its northern and southern front is right now the country's fired into syria in response to a mortar attack on the golan heights and television is warning of tougher action against militants in gaza. in the palestinian territory paula slee reports. early on sunday afternoon israel fired into syrian territory for the first time since the nine hundred seventy three war as spoke earlier with the israeli defense forces spokesperson unit who did confirm that these warning shots took place he said that they were in response to a war to show for a link near any israeli military post in the golan heights now these ladies do not believe that they were the target they do believe that the shell was part of the byproduct of the internal fighting taking place in syria between forces loyal to side and rebel fighters but the army is saying that if one hundred made more attacks from syria that violates the disengagement agreement between israel and syria now there have been several such incidents over the past two weeks just last week three syrian tanks crossed ove

welcome back israel's military is currently engaged on both its northern and southern front is the country a far into syria for the first time since the seventy's response to a mortar attack on the golan heights and it is warning of tougher action against militants in gaza after a surgeon from the palestinian territory reports now. only on sunday afternoon israel fired interest syrian territory for the first time since the nine hundred seventy three war as spoke earlier with the israeli defense forces christian unit who did confirm that these warning shots took place he said that they were in was once to a mortar shell for link near and the israeli military post in the golan heights now these ladies do not believe that they were the target they do believe that the shell was part of the byproduct of the internal fighting taking place in syria between forces loyal to assad and rebel fighters but the army is saying that if one hundred made more attacks from syria that violates the disengagement agreement between israel and syria now there have been several such incidents over the past two wee

israel's military is engaged on both its northern and southern front is this weekend the countries fired into syria in response to a mortar attack on the golan heights and television warning of tougher action two against militants in gaza after a surge in salvos from the palestinian territory. early on sunday afternoon israel fired into syrian territory for the first time since the one nine hundred seventy three war as spoke earlier with the israeli defense forces folks listen unit who did confirm that these warning shots took place he said that they were in response to a mortar shell falling near and the israeli military post in the golan heights now these ladies do not believe that they were the target they do believe that the shell was part of the byproduct of the internal fighting taking place in syria between forces loyal to assad and rebel fighters but the army is saying that it won't tolerate more tests from syria that violates the disengagement agreement between israel and syria now there have been several such incidents over the past two weeks just last week three syrian tanks c

we want to come out of this with a new reality in southern israel, that the citizens of our country no longer have to live in fear of an incoming rocket launched by hamas in gaza. that's the bottom line. when that can be achieved, this operation is over. >> because there are some reports quoting hamas officials as saying shortly a formal announcement will be made of a cease-fire. >> we have no illusions as to hamas, what their radical agenda is, what they'd like to do if they could. we saw earlier today they fired a rocket at this city where we're sitting now, a city of jerusalem, a city that is so special to tens of millions of people across the planet. they shot a rocket -- you know jerusalem, wolf. this city has jewish neighborhoods and arab neighborhoods. they could have killed palestinians. the rocket ended in the west bank and they don't care. it could have landed on one of the holy sites of the three great religions. what were they thinking? i think that demonstrates more than anything else who we're up against and why it's important to come out of this with clear arrangements t

a lot of damage done in southern israel. so right now that is a priority over the next few days, weeks, and months, greg? >> conor we are hearing word of an arrest in yesterday's terrible bus bombing in tel aviv. can you confirm that? >> israeli police have arrested arab israeli man. they have not released any other information on his name or age. he was tied to a terrorist cell base in the west bank. this attack that happened yesterday didn't kill anyone but it wounded more than 20 people in tel aviv it really did send shock waves through israel. this type of attack a suicide bombing attack used to be common in verizon. in tel aviv it has been stopped ever since the israeli government put up the barrier between the west bank and the rest of israel. but this attack yesterday in the heart of tel aviv did send shock waives through israel but police say they have arrested one man and they expect other arrests in the coming days, greg. >> conor powell live in jerusalem. conor, thanks very much. under this tenuous cease-fire agre

israel and in to israel in general. the other issues may not necessarily be involved hamas but the egyptians and the smuggling of weapons in to the gaza strip and more often than not go through the sinai peninsula and egypt's territorial waters and probably pressure on egypt to deliver and secure that smuggling route so that weapons don't end up in hamas' hand. that's what they brought to the table. certainly hamas would only do so with assurances that israel going to stop assassination of the leaders and easing of the blockade and we understand issues discussed perhaps in coming days or weeks. it is really -- it goes back to a central issue, this buys time for the people of did za in terms of attacks and doesn't address the larger issue of gaza in context of the ongoing israeli-palestinian conflict and something people say has to be addressed, part of a larger picture. not an isolated one. >> thanks so much. >>> we want to go to tel aviv and correspondent stephanie gosk joins me. as you were hearing in the reporting, u

israel's military is engaged on both its northern and southern from tears right now the country's fired today into syria in response to a mortar attack on the golan heights and televisa also warning of tougher action against militants in gaza after a surgeon solvers two from the palestinian territory fall asleep erodes it up. early on sunday afternoon israel fired into syrian territory for the first time since the nine hundred seventy three war i spoke earlier with the israeli defense forces spokesperson unit who did confirm that these warning shots took place he said that they were in response to a mortar shell falling near and the israeli military post in the golan heights now these ladies do not believe that they were the target they do believe that the shell was part of the byproduct of the internal fighting taking place in syria between forces loyal to assad and rebel fighters but the army is saying that it won't tolerate more checks from syria that violates the disengagement agreement between israel and syria now there have been several such incidents over the past two weeks just

david lee miller live in southern israel. david lee, it sounds like the cease-fire is holding at least for now. that's right. trace. it's a little more than five hours since the cease-fire got underway. it is quiet along the border except for the occasional southbound overhead of israeli drones. the scene there very different than hours ago when the cease-fire was announced. there was a barrage of rockets fired into israel. when it took effect, there was a heavy trickle if you will will of rockets. as many as one dozen. the israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu is saying that depending on the outcome of the truce, israel is still going to consider the possibility of military action. >> i know there are citizens expecting a more severe military action and perhaps we shall need to do so. but at this time the right thing for israel is to use this opportunity to achieve a long lasting cease-fire. >> the israeli prime minister said that he and president obama are going to work together to prevent smuggling of weapons into gaza

and an update on the fragile truth between hamas and israel. >> life in gaza and southern israel appears to be normal. as markets reopen and children play outside for the first time in eight days. and in a telling sign, israelis troops began to pull back from the border with gaza. as many as 40,000 israeli reservists hold up for a possible ground invasion were allowed to return home. >> hamas and thousands of supporters took to the streets of gaza today with its leader, and declaring the recent violence, a victory for the isl islamic militant group. >> and this victory is over and will never come back again. >> despite more than 160 dead and hundreds more injured, palestinians are celebrating, the cease-fire agreement not only calls for an end to the violence, but also, the easing of israel's blockade of gaza and palestinian major demands for the past five years, as the fragile cease-fire continues, israeli leaders are claiming victory even though the jewish state had rockets and six israelis killed including two soldiers. the military says its bombs inflicted serious damage to hamas' le

welcome back israel's military is engaged on the both its northern and southern frontiers right now the country has fired into syria in response to a mortar attack on the golan heights and television warning of tougher action against militants in gaza surgeon some of those from the palestinian territories reports. only on sunday afternoon israel fired into syria in territory for the first time since the nine hundred seventy three war as spoke earlier with the israeli defense forces there's a unit who did confirm that these warning shots took place he said that they were in this once to a mortar shell falling near any israeli military post in the golan heights now these ladies to me that they were the target they do believe that the shell was part of the byproduct of the internal fighting taking place in syria between forces loyal to assad and rebel fighters but the army is saying that if one hundred made more attacks on syria that violates the disengagement agreement between israel and syria now there have been several such incidents over the past two weeks just last week three syrian t

israel's military is currently engaged on both its northern and southern front test the country fired into syria for the first time since the seventy's response to a mortar attack on the golan heights and television is warning of tougher action against militants in gaza after a surge in some of those from the palestinian territory in our ports. only on sunday afternoon israel fired into syrian territory for the first time since the nine hundred seventy three war as though karelia with the israeli defense forces listen unit who did confirm that these warning shots took place he said that they were in response to a war to show for a link near and the israeli military post in the golan heights now these ladies to me that they were the target they do believe that the shell was part of the byproduct of the internal fighting taking place in syria between forces loyal to assad and rebel fighters but the army is saying that if one hundred made more attacks on syria that violates the disengagement agreement between israel and syria now there have been several such incidents over the past two w

israel in retaliation israel's iron dome missile defense system has reportedly shot down about fifteen grad rockets in the past hour those are the big rockets that can cause a lot of damage they were aimed at the southern israeli city of beersheba what's on everyone's the question everyone's lips now is how will this go from this point will it escalate into the feared ground invasion that everyone is speculating may happen israel has called up some of its reserves and they have said they're perfectly ready to start a ground invasion if they deem it necessary everyone on tenterhooks to see whether that actually comes to pass or not it all started earlier today with the missile strike on the car of our med after judge beery the head of hamas his military wing that that targeted killing as these raids call it was followed by this bombing offensive which has already claimed civilian lives it's expected that the death toll will rise as the as the bombing of the offensive continues there has been international reactions to it egypt has demanded that this offensive stop and says that there. p

israel's military is in gauged on both its northern and southern frontiers right now the country has fired into syria apparently in a response to a mortar attack on the golan heights and tel aviv is warning of tougher action against militants in gaza this after a surge in salvos from the palestinian territory falsely or has more. early on sunday afternoon israel fired into syrian territory for the first time since the nine hundred seventy three war i spoke earlier with the israeli defense forces spokesperson unit who did confirm that these warning shots took place he said that they were in response to a mortar shell fall in near any israeli military post in the golan heights now these ladies do not believe that they were the target they do believe that the shell was part of the byproduct of the internal fighting taking place in syria between forces loyal to side and rebel fighters but the army is saying that it won't tolerate more checks from syria that violates the disengagement agreement between israel and syria now there have been several such incidents over the past two weeks jus

this is a man returning to his home in southern israel. now, i want to get one more picture here, because twitter has become really important part of all this. and what we're seeing on both sides here are tweets that involve a lot of images. this video here, the idf has sent out a youtube video saying hamas is using all sorts of false claims and they take you through it on youtube. and one more thing to show you here. this is a picture that hamas has put on its site on twitter. this is the hamas militants, brigades, showing a militant with a foot on what appears to be the head of an israeli soldier. and twitter has become an essential part of the fight for the public support in this battle world worldwide. >> thank you very much, josh. >>> egypt is sending aid to palestine, and cnn is there when a convoy of supplies crosses a border. that story is next. ♪ [ gordon ] for some this line is a convenience. how you doing today? i'm good thanks. how are you? i'm good. [ gordon ] but for others, it's all they can afford. every day nearly nine m

israel's military is currently engaged on both its northern and southern front is the country fired into syria for the first time since the seventy's response to a mortar attack on the golan heights. his warning of tougher action against militants in gaza after surgeon salvos from the palestinian territory reports. only on sunday afternoon israel fired into syrian territory for the first time since the nine hundred seventy three war as though they really are with the israeli defense forces folks listen unit who did confirm that these warning shots took place he said that they were in response to a mortar shell for link near and the israeli military post in the golan heights now these ladies do not believe that they were the target they do believe that the shell was part of the byproduct of the internal fighting taking place in syria between forces loyal to assad and rebel fighters but the army is saying that if one hundred eight more attacks from syria that violates the disengagement agreement between israel and syria now there have been several such incidents over the past two weeks jus

-- rockets to southern israel. i would make one point to what jeffrey said, which i generally agree with. the fact is that the administration has been focused largely in this region on israel and iran. and that has taken up an enormous amount of energy. combining that with the disruption we've seen in the region from the arab awakening it has not been a perfect time to engage in large scale diplomacy to try to solve which is admittedly a difficult problem between hamas, the palestinian authority and israel. >> there's so many unintended consequences from action forcing events outside this fear of american influence really. let's talk also about, there have been some blogs in "the washington post" and others have had some blogs with people surmising that israel may have had a different game plan, that this all may be part of preparing the battlefield if you will for going against iran. i just want to get your perspectives here. you're both very smart guys and analysts on all of this. israel had reasons to specific -

. >>> this is martin fletcher in southern israel where everyone is desperate to know, ground invasion of gaza or truce? officials say it is 50/50, leaving three and a half million israelis at the mercy of palestinian rockets, defended by israel's new hero, the iron dome, an anti-missile defense system made in israel, helped by america. of 900 rockets fired at israel in six days, only about 30 hit populated areas. >> we enjoy the iron dome which is a huge success. and luckily -- >> reporter: there is a siren now? >> right. >> reporter: there is a siren now. just to see what happens -- >> it will only fire. >> reporter: the system calculates which rockets will hit an inhabited area and knocks it out like here, and ignores all others. but it fails, too, missing about two out of ten, officials say two out of ten, officials say, making life scary. children in bomb shelters for the sixth straight day. i'm afraid of the sirens, seven-year-old romi says. >> there is another siren and just as we left, not sure how many rockets are being fired right now. but the iron dome, one, two, three, four

palestinian rockets have gone off from gaza into southern israel. there is that incident you referred to yesterday on sunday there was an israeli air strike that targeted one residential building in which 12 people were inside. ten of those from a single family including four children. israel says that house belonged to a leading member of hamas and the campaign over the past several days suggest they are perhaps now targeting the specific homes of some of the leaders in hamas' military wing and political echelon. >> let's turn to stephanie gosk. >> reporter: the view here is that they're not going to stop attacking until the rockets stop coming this way. you had more than 40 rockets coming from gaza into southern israel. a lot of the rockets are being stopped by this missile defense system we've been hearing a lot about called iron dome. it's been incredibly successful. it stopped about a third of nearly 1,000 rockets that have come out of gaza, intercepted them. it's interesting because what the system does, it tracks the trajectory of the rocket

and palestinian rocket hit a building in southern israel injuring several people. president barack obama said that he has been in touch with various leaders in the region. >> we are actively working with all of the parties in the region to see if we can end those missiles being fired. without furtheres coalition of violence in the region. >> mr. barack obama add if the violence continues it will be hardtory get back to the two state solution. >>> the police are looking for suspects in the city's 2nd murder this year. a man in his 40s was shot to death last night in the 300 block of icy drive as he sat in the car with a woman of the police say the suspect's took her purse and ran in separate directions. and the second homicide since june. >>> the authorities are trying to identify a body pulled from the waters in san francisco bay. the u.s. coast guard found the body of a man near fort baker at 8:00 this morning and trying to see if his description matches any missing person's reports in the area. >>> checking some bay area headlines. another big step tomorrow for t

. >> the israelis launched the offensive because a million people around southern israel are living their life every day under fear of rockets and about a week ago it began on wednesday. we had the major air assaults that started this. there's talk of cease-fire negotiations in egypt and one report an israel enjoy flew to egypt to did you say cease -- discuss cease-fire. the last thing that could keep the tanks were rolling across the field. a major escalation in the next 24 to 48 hours. >> leeland, viewers will want to know the area you're in. you yourself have had to duck for cover. how safe are you at the moment? >> in many ways you're not safe from artillery, mortgagors or rockets but we're every day they're under fire from rockets. the only advantage we have on this side is we get the warning sirens sometimes. in the palestinians under threat from the israel air force don't have warning sirens. there's an element of danger. this is war and there's no question about that. while in some ways it's made to look surgical when you see the bombs coming in, laser guided, unfortunately civili

martin fletcher reports on that from southern israel. >> reporter: ground invasion of gaza or truce? officials say it's 50/50. leaving 3.5 million israelis at the mercy of palestinian rockets. defended by israel's new hero, the iron dome, an antimissile missile system made in israel helped with american money. of 900 rockets fired at israel in six days, only about 30 hit populated areas. >> we enjoy the iron dome, which is a huge success. and luckily -- >> reporter: there's a siren now. let's see what happens. it will only fire. the system calculates which rockets will hit an inhabited areas, like here, but it misses 2 out of 10, making life scary. children in bomb shelters for the sixth straight day. i'm afraid of the sirens, this 7-year-old says. another siren -- just as we left, not sure how many rockets have been fired right now, but the iron dome -- one, two, three, four iron dome rockets are exploding. we'll see what damage it did. five rockets fired from gaza, four intercepted, one got through and fell in a garden. there's some drama right now. nobody knows if there's casualti

gaza border and also wednesday morning there have been barrages of rockets landing inside southern israel now essentially what hamas is asking for is for the blockade that israel has imposed over gaza for several years now to be lifted it also wants to see the borders opened the israelis for this side want to say should of hostilities they also want the right to be able to track down and kill any kind of people that they have information on who are about to carry out militant activities so at this stage it is still possible that a ground operation could be called on we in fact are hearing from the israeli foreign minister avigdor lieberman he has said and i'm quote quoting that calls from the international community to refrain from a ground operation only strengthened her masse. and extend the conflict so at this stage the question of peace is just as a new suit as ever. our poll let's now take a look at the international community and. the violence and the. two of for the so is there any progress being made there at all. well there's a lot of questions being asked particularly over the u

a rocket launched from the gaza strip strikes land in southern israel but not hurting anyone. this after a night of cross-border violence. the military says more than 110 rockets pounded israel since saturday. this violence could spark more hostility just a couple months before israel's elections. the country's leaders say the race won't keep them from attempting to stop the rocket attacks. at the live desk, angie goff, news 4. >>> this morning we're learning more about the investigation that revealed that now former cia director david petraeus was having an affair. petraeus' mistress, author paula broadwell, was sending liaison at an air force unpaid base in tampa. that woman is reported as jill kelley. she reportedly went to the fbi when she received the threatening message, and that is whatriggered 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 kelley an

. >> the rocket fire continues, 1 million people in southern israel under attack. hundred the missiles have been fired out of the gaza strip at southern israel since this began and is really air force is pounding away behind us. we went for a drive around the gaza strip and found israel matching dozens of armored personnel carriers, and also armored bulldozers getting ready for a ground invasion. many save could come in the next 24 or 48 hours, the first time israel has headed into gaza on the ground in four years. we are now in day 3 of israeli air strikes to, quote, soften up the gaza strip to try and eliminate as much of hamas's weapons storage facilities as they can kill a number of stop militants. this all began wednesday when a very surgical strike with great intelligence israel killed the chief of hamas military's wing. on the other hand you have hamas responding with their rocket fire into israel. that started this. for many months it was going on, three rockets today and now hundreds of rockets many of which have been intercepted by the iron dome. not all

will be responded to also on the southern israeli border we have seen a flare up of violence between the israelis and palestinian militants the latest we heard from the israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu is that his country is ready to strike harder against the gaza strip if it does not stop attacking israel he made these remarks today sunday at the weekly cabinet meeting in which he said and i'm quoting that the world must understand that israel cannot sit idly by while attempts are made to attack it the hostilities along the israel gaza border have it's going to choppy particularly this past weekend this follows israeli airstrikes that killed six palestinians four of whom were teenagers and two of whom belonged to the militant group islamic jihad according to the gaza health ministry spokesperson there are a number of people who were injured the biggest stands at around thirty including children the problem though is that often in these israeli airstrikes israel lands of killing civilians and not militants as its intention. it is a must have taken responsibility for this att

israel and the grave loss of life in gaza. yes specifically what we can do to bring this cease-fire back. all of us across the european union including also america and beyond need to be putting pressure on the israeli prime minister and all those with contact with hamas to d escalate, stop the fighting, stop the bombing and that is what i have done. over the weekend i spoke twice to the israeli prime minister, wants to the president of israel. my friend the foreign secretary is working on this as well to be -- persuade both sides the need a ceasefire and beyond that we need proper discussion about the future of israel and palestine. >> i agree with the prime minister. he is right to say any cease-fire deal can only be turned into a permanent peace if there are meaningful resumption of negotiations. this week have shown once again there is neither peace nor a peace process. the reality is the international community dumped their responsibility for the abject failure of having meaningful negotiations nine years on from the prom

on both its northern and southern front is right now the country fired into syria today in response to a mortar attack on the golan heights. warning of tougher action against militants in gaza to offer salvos from the palestinian territory paula slee is called the latest. early on sunday afternoon israel fired into syrian territory for the first time since the one nine hundred seventy three war as spoke earlier with the israeli defense forces folks first in unit who did confirm that these warning shots took place he said that they were in response to a more to show for link near and the israeli military post in the golan heights now these ladies do not believe that they were the target they do believe that the shell was part of the byproduct of the internal fighting taking place in syria between forces loyal to assad and rebel fighters but the army is saying that it won't tolerate more tests from syria that violates the disengagement agreement between israel and syria now there have been several such incidents over the past two weeks just last week three syrian tanks crossed over th

waters of rockets and again this morning monday there were a number of kids that fell on southern israel they landed in open spaces and they were no reports of injuries were there has been some buildings damaged three israeli civilians have so far been killed me around a dozen have been injured we're looking at statistics of about a million israelis who are living in a state of lockdown when you talk about the south of israel the schools there have been shot businesses are closed and most people are choosing to stay at home out of fear that they will be caught by a rocket the situation is such that from the time a siren sounds people have fifteen seconds to get to a bomb shelter and if you look for example at the city of store which is right on the israeli gaza border here you have bus shelters that are essentially bomb shelters and playgrounds where the toys are camouflaged but there are essentially bomb shelters as well so people are very nervous to be caught in the open streets they use these bomb shelters for protection since wednesday more than a thousand rockets have fell on his ro

israel's military is engaged on both its northern and southern frontiers right now there are reports that the country has fired into syrian territory this apparently in response to a mortar attack on the golan heights and tel aviv as a warning of tougher action against militants in gaza after a surge in salvos from the palestinian territory of archies possibly or has more. early on sunday afternoon israel fired into syrian territory for the first time since the one nine hundred seventy three war as spoke earlier with the israeli defense forces folks first in unit who did confirm that these warning shots took place he said that they were in response to a mortar shell falling near any israeli military post in the golan heights now these ladies do not believe that they were the target they do believe that the shell was part of the byproduct of the internal fighting taking place in syria between forces loyal to assad and rebel fighters but the army is saying that it would tolerate more attacks on syria that violates the disengagement agreement between israel and syria now there have been

reports today that one did hit a school in southern israel. thankfully, though, it was empty at the time. leland vittert live on the israel-gaza border for us now. leland. >> reporter: jon, we were at that school, there was no kids there, because they don't have snow days here, they have rocket days. today being one of them. behind me in the black abyss is the israeli artillery and their cannons moving about. for the first time today we heard them firing into gaza, ranging in their guns for a possible ground offensive as we were in the line of fire for the rockets. this is the rocket that came through the concrete roof of a major school here, a high school, through here, embedded itself there down in the ground. this is a bench where students would normally sit. you can see it's now peppered with shrapnel, something like this shrapnel which obviously destroyed the bench could very easily kill a student. okay, you got the sirens going, we've got the sirens going, we are going to keep going. this area was hit once before, we are going to keep mo

marley if southern -- particularly in southern israel and gaza where stores and markets are beginning to reopen, people are beginning to clean up, and in southern israel schools will open over the next few days, so life is beginning to return to normal. and in a really telling sign, many of the israeli troops along the border are beginning to pull back. signs that bulldozers and armored personnel vehicles are beginning to be moved off that border, and many of the 40,000 or so israeli reservists who were called up for a possible ground invasion, they are now beginning to be sent home. so life really is beginning to return to normal, but there is still a lot of fear about how long this ceasefire will hold, if it will hold. both sides, not surprisingly, are claiming victory. here in israel the government and the military say they inflicted serious damage to hamas' leadership and to their ability to fire rockets into southern israel and to other parts of israel like tel aviv and jerusalem. now, hamas and palestinians took to the street today in gaza celebrating what they say is a huge vic

southern israel. all of this followed mounting tensions in recent days. on saturday, another palestinian militant group claimed responsibility for this attack on an raeli army jeep at wounded four soldiers. the israelis and hamas had exchanged other blows, as well, and, earlier this week, neither side showed any sign of stepping back. >> ( translated ): the islamist and nationalist parties have the right to resist the zionist occupation and to confront its aggression by all available means. >> the matter has definitely not ended, and we will decide how and when to act at the time when there will be a need. >> suarez: with today's escalation, egypt pressed for an end to the israeli air strikes. today, palestinian president mahmoud abbas asked the arab league to call an urgent meeting to discuss the strikes, and united nations chief ban ki-moon called for a "de-escalation of tensions." >> suarez: for more, i'm joined by phone with sheera frenkel, middle east correspondent for the "times of london" in jerusalem. sheera, we reported on the rising tensions bet

in southern israel, a rocket fired from gaza killed an 18- year-old soldier. it's the fourth death in israel and the first military casualty after nearly a week of violence. at least 130 people have been killed in gaza, half of them civilians. the international community is stepping up efforts to stop the fighting. secretary of state hillary clinton headed to the region for meetings beginning with prime minister benjamin netanyahu. >> america's commitment to israel's security is rock solid and unwavering. that is why we believe it is essential to deescalate this situation in gaza. >> if there's a possibility of achieving a long-term solution to this problem through diplomatic means, we prefer that. >> reporter: on his flight back from asia, president obama called egyptian president mohamed morsi for the third time in 24 hours. morsi is leading the cease-fire efforts. secretary clinton sits down with him wednesday. tuesday jerusalem residents took cover when air ride sirens sounded. a hamas rocket missed the city. in gaza residents are picking through what's le