strip would just fall into the sea they really have no end game for the gaza strip. when to try to domesticate hamas but now we see them creating more instability and so in the long run we're going to continue to see chaos and bloodshed certainly a terrifying situation there max blumenthal writing fellow at the nation institute joining us from brooklyn new york thanks so much thanks and i do want to stay on the story but take a little bit of a different angle here the battlefield has actually expanded not just to the land and the people but to cyberspace as well the israeli defense force has been live tweeting much of the action including that the i.d.f. has embarked on an operation against hamas an iranian proxy response. for terror attacks on israel hash tag iran gaza later on they announced the death of the hamas military leader with this three word tweet ackman jabari eliminated it was coupled with the picture that you see here here's a tweet the i.d.f. sent out today we capping the events from the past few days the number since yesterday two hundred fifty terror

strip would just fall into the sea they really have no end game for the gaza strip. by to try to domesticate hamas but now we see them creating more instability and so in the long run we're going to continue to see chaos and bloodshed certainly a terrifying situation there max blumenthal writing fellow at the nation institute joining us from brooklyn new york thanks so much thanks. and let's stay on the story but take a little bit of a different angle here the battlefield has expanded not just to the land and the people but to cyberspace as well the israeli defense force has been why i've tweeting much of the action has here vandals the i.d.f. is invited on an operation against hamas an iranian proxy respond. simple for terror attacks on israel has tag iran has time gaza later on they announced the death of the hamas military leader with this three word tweet bari eliminated it was coupled with the picture that you see here now here's a tweet the i.d.f. sent out today recapping the events from the past few days the number since yesterday two hundred fifty terrorist s

israeli assault on the gaza strip in two thousand and eight two thousand and nine and you know a lot of israeli cease fire pursuant to which israel basically. maintained that it could strike again will this time there is an agreement under which israel has made clear commitments that it has refused to make before how long it lasts is of course an entirely different question but i but i do think. you can legitimately claim significant achievements as a result of this agreement you're in tel aviv how do you see this who won who lost you agree with marine. well this country is not a zero sum game where one punch or the other side he's on the ground. is right is going. wrong but i don't think that this is the last round between these parties prostration news royal in general of the public opinion he's really frustrated by the outcome of the you say days of confrontation and tomorrow. the most important to. emphasize this is that the game has changed the rule of the game has changed during this. of cycle of violence and the most important changes i see is not in the so called victory by t

in from the south to the north of the gaza strip and from the east to the west are all the gaza strip has been under fire up to this moment so in effect you're saying. the two are at war with each other now this sounds like a full scale conflict. what it's not a war we cannot describe it like this it's an attack which has been began i think it was began four three hours ago or by the assistant of the hamas leader. in response to those earlier rocket attacks saying that it was acting in self-defense is there some sense though that perhaps the civilians there in gaza are being targeted because of the provocations by the militants what's the feeling about the militants actions against israel and is there a feeling that they have caused this. no i don't think so i think people feel that the militants in gaza are defending the palestinian people the feel deuced militants necessary to stand alongside the palestinian people it's all about the patient and the israeli attack but there has been a ceasefire many times and the israeli military forces did much stick to that cease fire they have a

the west bank and gaza strip. where you live in gaza what is the perception of the united states in gaza among people average the perception that i just say is that they know all too well that what israel gets away with doing is because the united states supports it i don't know so europe is well you have to go but obviously europe is the united states put a little on the wall yes particularly the united states people know all very well that if the military package is stopped if the u.n. security council cover stopped if the diplomatic international diplomat. to cover a stopped then this was just and in five minutes i'm so people to truly aware of that i decided to add one thing here which i think is very important to the international legal consensus in the international consensus is that should be a two state settlement however when you live in gaza you start to realize that people's hopes and dreams are not for a two state settlement by the palestinians get back less than half of the historic homes i am going t

boundaries between israel and the gaza strip in other words it is still in prison largely and in their own land. of course everyone is even though you are. and i don't think i would disagree with that characterization at all but i think there are elements in this agreement particularly if it leads to a genuine easing and eventual lifting of the blockade. that help explain why so many palestinians feel that they came out of this strengthened in an improved situation but at the same time ironically it's precisely because of the point you're a made about israeli public opinion and so on that the next round could be sooner rather than later in terms of israeli politicians particularly. as expected netanyahu was reelected being heavily criticized for basically and being up at the end of this in that position no better and arguably worse than where he was before it began. did you think netanyahu miscalculated. well i think in general the whole of the security apparatus in the decision making during this operation. was most i would say. very difficult from any perspective of the israeli publi

strip and i for moment don't think that it is easy to be in gaza it is not but in the gaza strip right now hamas themselves rule they took responsibility they have base themselves in the hospitals in the mosques in and around the different sites they are the ones who should both take the responsibility and not just try and blame everybody else for what's going on you or the advisor to lead who initiated operation conflict four years ago around fifteen hundred people were killed about half a tank still continued do you think operation pillar of cloud will be more successful. i think that we have a serious issue when it comes to both the terrorists in the gaza strip to the stockpiling to what's been going on there over the last seven years ever since israel left all of the gaza strip nobody said that this is an easy situation i think that we both sides need to think carefully of what we do in the meantime to me it's very clear that as a state we have the full right to defend ourselves my children both here in tel aviv my friends and my family are down in the south and i think that we hav

operations across the gaza strip basically five manger population centers in the north of the gaza strip have been asked to evacuate of course this is basically what david cameron calls an open air prison so it's very difficult to understand where the i.d.f. expect hundreds of thousands of chiefly. well as the other guest said this operation is never going to be successful for israel because that will always be palestinians who resist persistence and at the moment they say that they're capable of doing are sending these unguided missiles into israel so this is going to go on perpetually so it's very difficult to understand what israel's objective is other than just killing a load of palestinians would you like to respond to that and. i think that we have to be able to respond to a few accusations here which are completely start with first of all the missiles which are being fired from gaza are being fired at israeli population centers they don't discriminate they're targets which are for the main part civilians secondly israeli strikes which have been going on have been targeting only mi

the west bank and gaza strip. where you live in gaza what is the perception of the united states in gaza among people average people the perception that i just say is that they know all too well that what israel gets away with doing is because the united states supports it i don't say europe is well you have to go but obviously europe is the united states put a lid on the wild yes particularly the united states people know all very well that if the ministry a package is stopped if the u.n. security council cover stopped if the diplomatic international diplomatic cover stopped then this would just end in five minutes so people to. truly aware of that i decided to add one thing here which i think is very important. the legal consensus in the international consensus is that should be a two state settlement however when you live in gaza you start to realize that people's hopes and dreams not for a two state settlement by the palestinians get back less than half of the historic homes i am going to join me here tell me

forces very afterwards leafleting north parts of the gaza strip in arabic we've seen leaflets saying that we're going to invade the gaza strip so yes people are prepared for that well that is a psychological warfare tactic while there is going to happen a lot we remains to be seen but everyone is on high alert and the gaza strip is as much a cost that i place than it was a week ago dan you just to jump in there go ahead. i love how humanitarian gesture by the i.d.f. is interpreted psychological warfare what they're telling people to do in these leaflets is to not be human shields in front of missile launching facilities nobody's mentioned so far that three israeli civilians were killed in syria. 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 abo

forces very afterwards leafleting north parts of the gaza strip in arabic we've seen leaflets saying that we're going to invade the gaza strip so yes people are prepared for that well that is a psychological warfare tactic whether it's going to happen or not we remains to be seen but everyone is on high alert and the gaza strip is much quieter that i place than it was a week ago dan you just to jump in there go ahead i love how humanitarian gesture by the i.d.f. is interpreted psychological warfare what they're telling people to do in these leaflets is to not be human shields in front of missile launching facilities nobody's mentioned so far that three israeli civilians were killed in syria. 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

operations across the gaza strip basically five manger population centers in the north of the gaza strip have been asked to evacuate of course this is basically what david cameron calls an open air prison so it's very difficult to understand where the i.d.f. expect hundreds of thousands of others flee. well as the other guest said this operation is never going to be successful for israel because that will always be palestinians who resist resistance and at the moment they say that they're capable of doing are sending these unguided missiles into israel so this is going to go on perpetually so it's very difficult to understand what israel's objective is other than just killing a load of palestinians would you like to respond to that and. i think that we have to be able to respond to a few accusations here which are completely with us first of all any missiles which are being fired from gaza are being fired at israeli population centers they don't discriminate they're targets which are for the main part civilians secondly israeli strikes which have been going on have been targeting only mi

the west bank and gaza strip. are you living in gaza what is the perception of the united states in gaza among people average people that the perception that i just say is that they know all too well that what israel gets away with doing is because the united states supports i don't also europe as well you have got it obviously europe is the united states put a lid on the wild yes particularly the united states people know all very well that if the military aid package is stopped if the u.n. security council cover stopped if the diplomatic international diplomatic cover stopped then this would just end in five minutes so people to. truly aware of that i decided to add one thing here which i think is very important. the legal consensus in the international consensus is that should be a two state settlement however when you live in gaza you start to realize that people's hopes and dreams are not for a two state settlement by the palestinians get back less than half of the historic homes i am going to tell right here

everywhere in the gaza strip. we just heard a number of missiles fired and the drones. drones.indf-16's and in the east part of the gaza strip, where talking about, in particular, or the bombing has taken place from the israeli warships. the situation is very critical at the moment. as i'm sitting right now with a number of people who are evaluating, a number of injured people are being evacuated. they cannot find where to go to evacuate the dead bodies. there are a lot of people injured. so far we have the number, according to a medical crew next to me, seeing people killed in the last 24 hours -- we have 15 people killed in the last 24 hours, with over 150 people injured. in the last few hours or in the last couple of hours, the emergency team here and ambulances announced they found the bodies of four people, including a child who lost her leg, a young man who was critically wounded between north and gaza city. as we speak at the moment, we're told they're firing missiles in the middle of the gaza strip. this i

operations across the gaza strip basically five manger population centers in the north of the gaza strip have been asked to evacuate of course this is basically what david cameron calls an open air prison so it's very difficult to understand where the i.d.f. expect hundreds of thousands of flee to. well as the other guest said this operation is never going to be successful for israel because that will always be palestinians who resist the resistance and at the moment they say that they're capable of doing are sending these unguided missiles into israel so this is going to go on perpetually so it's very difficult to understand what israel's objective is other than just carrying a load of palestinians would you like to respond to that and. i think that we have to be able to respond to a few accusations here which are completely start with first of all the missiles which are being fired from gaza are being fired at israeli population centers they don't discriminate they're targets which are for the main part civilians secondly israeli strikes which have been going on have been targeting onl

israeli assault on the gaza strip in two thousand and eight two thousand and nine and you know a lot of israeli cease fire pursuant to which israel basically. maintained that it could strike gaza again will this time there is an agreement under which israel has made clear commitments that it has refused to make before how long it lasts is of course an entirely different question but i but i do think. you can legitimately claim significant achievements as a result of this agreement you're i'm in tel aviv how do you see this who won who lost you agree with marine. well this country is not a zero sum game one punch or the other side he's on the ground. where it is going. but i don't think that this is the last round between these parties prostration news royal in general of the public opinion is largely frustrated by the outcome of these say days of confrontation and tomorrow. the most important thing to. emphasize this is that the game has changed the rule of the game has changed during this. of cycle of violence and the most important changes i see is not in the so called victory by t

operations across the gaza strip basically five manger population centers in the north of the gaza strip have been asked to evacuate of course this is basically what david cameron calls an open air prison just very difficult to understand where the i.d.f. expects hundreds of thousands of flee. well as the other guest said this operation is never going to be successful for israel because that will always be palestinians who resist the resistance and at the moment they say that they're capable of doing are sending these unguided missiles into israel so this is going to go on perpetually so it's very difficult to understand what israel's objective is other than just killing a lot of palestinians would you like to respond to that and he said. you know i think that we have to be able to respond to a few accusations here which are completely based on with first of all the missiles which are being fired from gaza are being fired at israeli population centers they don't discriminate they're targets which are for the main part civilians secondly israeli strikes which have been going on have been

saying that we're going to invade the gaza strip so yes people are prepared for that well that is a psychological warfare tactic whether it's going to happen or not we remains to be seen but everyone is on high alert and the gaza strip is as much a cost that i place and it was a week ago dan huge i could jump in there go ahead i love how humanitarian gesture by the i.d.f. is interpreted psychological warfare what they're telling people to do in these leaflets is to not be human shields in front of missile launching facilities nobody has mentioned so far that three israeli civilians were killed in syria my locky 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 because i think has what israel woman has being killed dozens of children have injured and then you know the start of the war and this is what happens ok you know i mean i jump in go ahead. you know but i would like to come. talks about using human shields and targeting civilians so how the current round begin there was a lull

operations across the gaza strip basically five manger population centers in the north of the gaza strip have been asked to evacuate of course this is basically what david cameron calls an open air prison just very difficult to understand where the i.d.f. expect hundreds of thousands of flee to well as the other guest said this operation is never going to be successful for israel because that will always be palestinians who resist the resistance and at the moment they say that they're capable of doing are sending these unguided missiles into israel so this is going to go on perpetually so it's very difficult to understand what israel's objective is other than just killing a lot of palestinians would you like to respond to that and. i think that we have to be able to respond to a few accusations here which are completely with us first of all the missiles which are being fired from gaza are being fired at israeli population centers they don't discriminate they're targets which are for the main part civilians secondly israeli strikes which have been going on have been targeting only militar

israeli assault on the gaza strip in two thousand and eight two thousand died and you know a lot of israeli cease fire pursuant to which israel basically. maintained that it could strike again will this time there is an agreement under which israel has made clear commitments that it has refused to make before how long it lasts is of course an entirely different question but i but i do think. i can. claim significant achievements as a result of this agreement you're i'm in tel aviv how do you see this who won who lost you agree with marine. well this conflict is not a zero sum game where one punch or the other side is on the ground. israel is going. but i don't think that this is the last round between these parties. in general the public opinion is highly frustrated by the outcome of this eight days of confrontation and to my mind the most important theme to. emphasize this evening is that the game has changed the rule of the game has changed during this eight days of a cycle of violence and the most important changes i see is not in the so-called victory by hamas or the not victory by isra

there are talks about the big invasion targeting the gaza strip. i can confirm to you in the southern part of the gaza strip, there is an unusual military buildup. we're some tanks and bulldozers are gathering around the borderline, but we don't know yet the operation or if the larger scale operation on the ground -- it did not start yet, but it is potential with the israeli threat at the moment. to clarify the last breaking news i give you about two minutes ago, the targets in the west of gaza city is a car driving in gaza city. it is a car driving in gaza city. so far, the medical crew are not aware who was the target and cannot determine if there are casualties. there are casualties, but we do not know the number yet. >> i'm looking at a piece in "the washington post" that talks about the killing of 11-month- old son of bbc journalist jihad misharawi. not only was his little baby killed, but the israeli round hit his four-room house, killing his sister-in-law, wounding his brother. according to bbc middle east bureau chief, who was with him in g

operations across the gaza strip basically five manger population centers in the north of the gaza strip have been asked to evacuate of course this is basically what david cameron calls an open air prison just very difficult to understand where the i.d.f. expect hundreds of thousands of flee. well as the other guest said this operation is never going to be successful for israel because that will always be palestinians who resist the resistance and at the moment they say that they're capable of doing are sending these unguided missiles into israel so this is going to go on perpetually so it's very difficult to understand what israel's objective is other than just killing a load of palestinians would you like to respond to that and do what we said yeah i think that we have to be able to respond to a few accusations here which are completely with us first of all the missiles which are being fired from gaza are being fired at israeli population centers they don't discriminate they're targets which are for the main part civilians secondly israeli strikes which have been going on have been tar

forces very afterwards leafleting north parts of the gaza strip in arabic we've seen leaflets saying that we're going to invade the gaza strip so yes people are prepared for that but that is a psychological warfare tactic whether it's going to happen or not we remains to be seen but everyone is on high alert and the gaza strip is. that i place and it was we can go dand you just jump in there go ahead. i love how humanitarian gesture by the i.d.f. is interpreted psychological warfare what they're telling people to do in these leaflets is to not be human shields in front of missile launching facilities nobody's mentioned so far that three israeli civilians were killed in syria. in southern israel by missiles that were launched on purpose at civilians all the israeli attacks our military target days are enormous 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 you know i mean you want to jump in go ahead. here but i would like to. talks about us

effect of strengthening hardline groups in gaza the west considers hamas that controls the gaza strip governs the gaza strip a hardline movement and so an assault by israel as we saw recently it's alteration of the gaza war two thousand and twelve had the effect of consolidating and strengthening hamas is power hamas being at all ends with mahmoud abbas in the west bank the palestinian president historically over the last few years although hamas the government here has supported this push for the increased status of the palestinian people today we've seen widespread demonstrations across ramallah with hundreds of people in the west bank demonstrating supporting manifesting mass oppose this policy to try and get an increase say to us here in the gaza strip we've seen literally thousands of people supporting. mahmoud abbas's policy and this bid for statehood so here is a strong excitement that the wall will finally recognize the palestinians rights increased sense there is a minority here in the gaza strip the feels that this is not in the palestinian city long time interests particula

i mean, there is a situation in the gaza strip. four years ago, israel attacked the gaza strip. we all remember that. and they will probably do it again in four years, you know, in the future. unless they are willing to deal with the root causes of this problem. unfortunately, we are going to find ourselves in the same situation again. do you think that israel today is more secure than they used to be four years ago or ten years ago? had israel concluded agreement with the plo in 1999 to establish a palestinian state, and we have managed to end this conflict, both israelis and palestinians would be much more secure today. >> do you fear a ground invasion by israeli forces? >> i think, you know, i am concerned about the safety, the wellbeing of our people in the gaza strip. a ground invasion for what purposes? what objectives does israel want to reoccupy the gaza strip, they want to suppress 1.7 million people there? i don't think it would be wise to even consider such an option and i remain hopeful that the efforts made by egypt and other countries will yield some results in the

one of the rockets smuggled into the gaza strip. earlier the israelis said they had destroyed most of those weapons. meanwhile there were as you mentioned three israeli fatalities today. this in a city 15 miles from gaza. the dead two men and one woman seriously hurt a child. on the palestinian side, the death toll now stands at least 15 who have been killed. among them the hamas military commander. today his funeral was held in gaza. thousands and thousands poured out, but shepherd, conspicuously missing the hamas leadership. they were no where in sight. apparently they were keeping a low profile, fearful of a targeted assassination. and lastly as you just discussed , tomorrow the egyptian prime minister is going to visit gaza. it could be the beginning of a diplomatic solution to this conflict. the israelis said they are ready for a ground incursing. it is something that some have suggested the government is reluctant to do. it is a bargaining chip. it is on the table, leverage if there is no diplomacy that is successful. shepherd

that's what the gaza strip and israel are fracing right now. this is how is looked and sounded. [ boom noise ] >> that was a target israeli strike on media centers in gaza. we're live in gaza. just after midnight there right now. ben, thanks for joining us. it is said they have killed one of israel's leading experts. >> israeli defense forces are claiming they killed in that strike which left 11 people dead, including women and children, that they killed a man who they say is one of the senior commanders of hamas' rocket unit. however, we have been speaking to our sources here. we spoke to people in the neighborhood, and frankly they've never heard of this man. so it's not altogether clear whether this man had anything to do with or who he is, even, at all. so it's all rather confusing at the moment. what does seem to be clear is that israel is starting to focus on after-effects of jabadi, who is the leader of hamas' military wing, it seems they are focusing on his subordinates throughout the gaza strip. another senior commander in hamas' milit

strip but on the other side the self-defense of the people of gaza over the civilians of gaza to have a normal life to have food to have the stuff to have normal life to go out and. strip the region. freely this is also our right of self defense so one should not be unilateral on this matter therefore i say we need comprehensive solution of the of the situation in gaza it's not only the firing of rockets against israel it's also the shelling of. raids on gaza of killing of civilians over the general situation of the political situation of the local question actually we have to build in mind that the problems of girls are part of the plight of the policy of the people all right to suffer from the israeli occupation the current government is not in the village go on is the farewell for the new will of the peace process and for. a permanent solution of the. peace a peace process that really let me ask you to ongoing confrontation peace process seems very unlikely when you don't get much conciliation within the knesset where you are your fellow knesset member michael berry he called for i

operations across the gaza strip basically five manger population centers in the north of the gaza strip have been asked to evacuate of course this is basically what david cameron calls an open air prison just very difficult to understand where the i.d.f. expect hundreds of thousands of flee to well as the other guest said this operation is never going to be successful for israel because that will always be palestinians who resist the resistance and at the moment they say that they're capable of doing are sending these unguided missiles into israel so this is going to go on perpetually so it's very difficult to understand what

a 80% of the people there are not from the gaza strip. there from outside the gaza strip. they were made refugees in 1948. what you have is literally the backing of thousands of people -- millions of people come into a corner. -- millions of people, into a corner. until we look at the underlying causes here, this type of really horrific scenes we're seeing is going to perpetuate. >> james colbert, can you respond to that? what do you see as the underlying causes of this conflict? >> it is hamas's absent rejection of the israeli state, the manifesto, if you will come explicitly calls for the elimination of jews and israelis, the israeli state and its replacement with a bureaucratic islamist finalist published fundamentalist state to be ruled by sharia law. it expands even larger, possibly the world. areorganization's goals well known. they do not shy from announcing them and repeating them. this is the proximate cause, the underlying cause in an ongoing struggle by many organizations and groups to delegitimize israel, removed is your from the region because they consider to

the gaza strip is densely populated area. the chances of civilian casualties are higher than any other area. the gaza strip is twice as big as washington, d.c. but it has three times as much population as washington, d.c. yesterday, the israelis dropped a bomb on a building with objective of killing supposedly a hamas commander. they ended up killing 11 people from one family, including four children under the age of 10. so, israel has a very sophisticated military and they are causing these innocent civilian deaths. >> we are doing to talk more about those four children later in the program, but ambassador, i wanted to share a poll with you and get your point of view on what this means for you. we here asked americans in the middle east who are your sympathies more with. 59% said their sympathies are with israel. 13% say they are with the palestinians. what does this mean for you? i mean, that is i think to describe it as an uphill battle is not even the right word. >> my personal experience with americans is definitely is c

strip including central parts of gaza city so we internationals in the gaza strip are called to an activist and the gazan people believe that this is a beginning of another full scale war i came to that winter two thousand and eight winter two thousand and nine named operation cast lead so i have to tell you the situation is expected to get greater and greater i spoke to a spokesperson from the israeli military saying that these are limited targets that they're attacking would you say that this is totally different from what you will see if that was the case we would be seeing so many civilians caught up in this well israel has its counterterrorism policy and is rather sponsible for how it uses its military which is one of the largest minute trees and most powerful militaries in the world and the way that is exacting its military force on the largely defenses the population of the gaza strip here in the middle east is illegal in terms of international law according to the on the on the ground on the face of it facts it's killing children and women it's injuring scores of people if it assass

in the gaza strip hunkering down for what might be a possible israeli ground invasion as most people know the palestinians don't even have an army so how would it happen how would it work out. well the palestinians have token resistance groups minutia wings which members of the various political movements here in gaza from through to hamas they will have the militant wing with some of these wings that more active than others and these groups are responsible for protecting the borders on a normal basis outside of this war time and for all of running firing rockets into israel as israel strikes gaza so these are the groups they're responsible for protection there is an underground network of tunnels in the gaza strip that these are trying to use to go around and to surprise israel when they make their attack so there is a very if you like backward defense system here trying to deal with the fourth or fifth largest military power in the wall but there is some way that they are managing to force i'm sure a force we are understanding here these days from gaza filmmaker harry fear thanks f

at least a dozen people killed inside the gaza strip. many of those civilians, including two kids and a dozen israelis injured from the rockets flying out. >> this is quite literally the tip of the israeli speer, citizens soldiers, engineers or accountants drafted into service. tank platoons are just waiting for the go order and it's literally go over that hill into gaza. day five of heavy israeli air strikes on gaza began before dawn with bombs targeting a pro hamas tv station and flattening a number of buildings where rescuers combed through the rubble for survivors. the attacks have killed more than 50 palestinians, half civilians, including 14 children. we're heading from one location to another. you probably just heard the iron dome go off. a fellow is taking cover there. the whole key during one of these sirens is to try to find a place to lay down and tuck in somewhere like this rock. this is a fact of life. the time the sirens go off to the time you need to be down is just 20 or 30 seconds. we heard the impact of this rocket and

sorry, in the gaza strip via the water. what is happening is the arms are coming through egypt in tunnels. coming literally through the country of egypt. the problem is they are coming from iran. in to egypt. in to the tums and in the gaza strip. they are shot from gaza to tel aviv. david lee mentioned today, but tell avive has seen missiles and jerusalem here, tel aviv here. the missiles are going this way. the issue here, this is hamas. hamas is a terrorist organization who are targeting population, civilian population centers within israel. that's why israel is retaliating with so many strikes back to the gaza strip. hezbollah and palestinians are more than willing to violate some geneva act, war crimes targeting the civilians. >> dana: they will. we want bob's take on this. first, listen to president obama who said america does stand with israel. >> there is no country on earth that would tolerate missiles raining down on its citizens from outside its borders. so we are fully supportive of israel's right to defend itsel

the rockets that are being reported fired from the gaza strip. as having seen a number of these is fire agreements go into effect and not last in the past, in previous years when i lived in israel, one concern i have with how this agreement has been put together is that it really gives a great deal of power to islam is jihad or the popular resistance committee or any single one individual who has decided to fire from the gaza strip into israel. >> let me just stop you there. for those of us that are not familiar, what you mean that gives power to islamic jihad? some people think who wants to give them any power whatsoever? >> well, what you had is in and part of this agreement, egypt must, egyptian president must halt all hostilities. any single bit of gunfire, rocket fire, missile fire, coming out of gaza will cause this agreement fell apart. that is like drawing a line in the sand saying that anybody with a weapon in the gaza strip could basically scuttle this agreement. we all know that there are certain players in the gaza strip that take the

this is the gaza strip, 25 miles of the gaza strip. 1 million people living there, incredible amounts of violence out of the gaza strip and also tel aviv, a city in israel. the president to the right of the screen is muslim brotherhood in egypt and what we have seen, more of a populist movement to support hamas in egypt and that is one of the reasons the secretary clinton went there. this is the foreign minister, my apologies. . trying to listen in to see what the questioner is saying that it is very difficult. cheryl: i want to let you know the foreign minister of egypt, next to secretary of state clinton who came to cairo after she went to jerusalem to talk to benjamin and yahoo! has announced a cease-fire. the reason egypt needed to broker this deal is the proximity to gaza and the proximity to israel and several issues in this, food shipments to the tunnel, issues with regard to natural gas discoveries off the coast of israel. all of this is affecting it. >> i want to thank president moore'sy for his leadership. [speaking in native tongue] sp change this is a critical moment for t

more the violence between israel and the gaza strip. talking with the marketing into this story in particular with new developments. there was some talk of a story out there were some comments made coming out of iraq that the arab nations needed to band together and use oil as a weapon in fighting all of this. is that much to do about nothing? >> that is something that will be underlining if you see that type of talk probably continue because it seems like that is remaining source of revenue, the remaining driver is oil. they want to use that against anybody they can as a power player. you have underlining themes keeping pressure on the price, the fiscal cliff, european debt concerns, the supply issue is the biggest glut we have. you would see oil prices moving aggressively higher on this least attention. we could see prices go up from here. dagen: what would be the driving factor that could have lower, would be a weaker economy? >> yes, it is the weaker economy, it is a larger supply that is keeping the lid on the prices. we will proba

visiting t gaza strip. voicing support for hamas. it seems like this is really escalating and taking a new turn. >> well there are two things to look at with this. one, ey have been at war for a couple days now. hamas on the gaza strip has been firing missiles into israel. now, israel could do one of two things. they could decide this is my clint eastwood, make my day moment and go and attack all of the missile batteries along the gaza strip. there are thousandstens of thousands of missiles capable of reaching israel. that is why israel has the tanks along the border and preparing potentially for an invasion. why would they do that? obviously to get rid of missiles. it gives them options with iran. say six months from now israel decides to have a preemptive strike against iran's nuclear facilities. the retaliation that iran would launch would be those same missiles on the gaza strip coming into israel. this is sort of preemption of the preemption. melissa: precursor? >> gives them better option. melissa: why did this break out now? w

visiting the gaza strip. voicing support for hamas. it seems like this is really escalating and taking a new turn. >> well there are two things to look at with this. one, they have been at war for a couple days now. hamas on the gaza strip has been firing missiles into israel. now, israel could do one of two things. they could decide this is my clint eastwood, make my day moment and go and attack all of the missile batteries along the gaza strip. there are thousands, tens of thousands of missiles capable of reaching israel. that is why israel has the tanks along the border and preparing potentially for an invasion. why would they do that? obviously to get rid of missiles. it gives them options with iran. say six months from now israel decides to have a preemptive strike against iran's nuclear facilities. the retaliation that iran would launch would be those same missiles on the gaza strip coming into israel. this is sort of preemption of the preemption. melissa: precursor? >> gives them better option. melissa: why did this break out no

beit lahiya area in the north of the gaza strip as well as gaza city and khan yunis the middle of the strip so everyone has had some level of terrorism in place on them over these last few hours overnight as these strikes continue to pound the strip it doesn't look like things are going to caution down anytime soon so being being there right now is the ongoing israeli shelling affecting palestinians daily lives that. so i can you repeat the question yes how is the ongoing israeli shelling affecting palestinians daily in lines right now that. well in the last few hours just in the beginning of the morning israel said that no one should leave their homes and if they leave their homes they will become a military target of the state of israel so as you can imagine by statements being issued like that by israel and of the last few days we've seen israel leaflets in northern areas of the gaza strip saying we're going to start a ground invasion soon that's happened three times now that lifting exercise that the civilian population here is totally terrorized and they're on able. to continue t

no airstrikes were carried out on the gaza strip juror during the visit of the egyptian prime minister although somehow two palestinians did manage to die the israeli army and the israeli government will do everything needed targeting terrorists only. to stop the firing of rockets on israeli cities don't because really schools is really children and if we will need some ground operation we definitely will consider. is vowing to keep fighting as long as the attacks continue let's have a quick listen here to the prime minister speaking just a little bit earlier please stand by. we will never forget the blood of our martyrs and the blood of our leaders this holy blood will not go without a response the great palestinian nation which has sacrificed martyrs for generations will never forget the hamas movement which now millions support will never forget the blood of its martyrs it is more than ten years but a mass fire rockets were serious on our schools and our citizens and we all the time only react to defend we don't provoke and we don't attack and believe me there is no provocation from