one member of islamic jihad was said to be killed. that's confirmed by israeli and palestinian sources. a lot to tell you about. here's what the day looked like. >> reporter: day six of the battle between hamas and israeli defense forces. day six rockets crisscrossing the border. despite efforts to broker a cease-fire, the spector of the israeli ground invasion is still very real. this strike occurred around 2:00 a.m. when we were live. also two media centers -- whoa! that was a rather large explosion. that occurred -- let me just look out here -- i can't actually see where the impact of that was. it's actually set off a number of car alarms. but that was probably the largest explosion that we've heard just in the past really in the past hour. >> reporter: by daylight, the results of that strike were clear. and this is the result of the explosion that we witnessed last night. it's the police station or a police station in gaza city. local people say it was still being built, so there weren't a lot of police officers or anybody inside.

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we struck today in the media center was operation center of the palestinian islamic jihad you use the word collateral damage which is a really ugly term but nonetheless that is the term that many people use there wasn't any for scene the operative of the palestinian islamic jihad were killed in that strike and nobody else and nobody else was injured in that particular strike where they are using use the international media as human shields who we saw the devastation we had the film which we showed yesterday the devastation to our office r r r r r t office yesterday it looked as if you were very very close to actually killing a foreign journalist there now that again could be classified as a war crime and if there is renegade too many risks. i beg your pardon are you taking just too many risks with this tactic. no i i don't think so although i will agree with you that war is a risky business it's a messy business it's something that we didn't want to be and. we were dragged into this i think you can see by the the response of the international community the democratic world first and f

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one member of islamic jihad was killed in that strike. they say a target of several members who were in the building at the time, but we know one member was killed. how big an organization are we talking about and where are they getting their support from? >> small. small, in the hundreds. probably no more. iran and syria, it was a primary supporter of islamic jihad during the '90s. but as syria, as syria begins to melt down that source of support has dried up. it is primarily iran. and i suspect that that support, its minimum expenditure for maximum effort. we have seen this time and time again, when small willful organizations are prepared to act in defiance of the majority, and this clearly is going to be an issue that the israelis and egyptians will be watching as both stake their credibility on the continuation of a cease-fire that has certain structural impairments that may threaten its success. >> aaron david miller, appreciate your time tonight. thank you. and your expertise as well. we'll talk to sara sidner in jerusalem. as you

not only hamas but also islamic jihad as well. of course, journalists that we've been speaking to who were in the building at the time say that there was no presence of any militants in that building. and that this strike did not appear to be targeting any sort of militants, but rather that there were only civilians in that building. >> speaking of civilian casualties, there have been many within gaza. israel has said it's trying to be careful. of course, gaza thinks something entirely different. from your vantage point, what's going on? >> reporter: well, i mean, certainly the israeli side will say they're trying to minimize civilian casualties. they are speaking of the air strikes that are going on in gaza as, quote, sushrgical strikes. they're saying what they're trying to do is take out terrorist infrastructure. hamas and jihad infrastructure there. command control centers. also prominent figures among hamas. for instance, leaders of the hamas rocket launching squads as well. what's happened, however, in the past days is that

they said they killed one member of islamic jihad. also confirmed that with palestinian sources here on the ground. one official from islamic jihad, which the u.s. and israel considers a terrorist group. want to bring in our arwa damon who has also witnessed the attack. that was significant. it was the second day in a row that that building had been targeted, one islamic jihad official killed. >> reporter: yeah, most certainly was. this is part of this ongoing expansion campaign that we have been seeing on the part of the israelis where initially when this all began, they were really targeting what they were identifying as being the launch sites, where the missiles were going from gaza into israel. and we saw where they targeted government buildings and yesterday and today, targeting a building that houses one of the tv stations that is affiliated with hamas and this islamic jihad official as well. but that was a building where, at least as of yesterday, there was a lot of media there. western medias were operating out of it as well.

one member of islamic jihad was killed in this strike. another person who was in the building was also killed. so two people killed in that strike. one of them confirmed a member of islamic jihad. the response by first responders was very quick. we were on the scene very quickly as well. our ben wedeman was there and we'll talk to him in just a moment. but, first, i want to go to our christiane amanpour, standing by in jerusalem, who has been covering this conflict for days now, who has been in jerusalem for days now. christiane, what have you been seeing there? what have you been hearing? >> well, obviously, anderson, everybody is hoping a ground invasion can be avoided so the real impetus now and the effort is on the cease-fire talks. we understand from israeli government official that the meeting of nine, if you like, is happening now. this sort of kitchen cabinet, the closest advisers and officials around prime minister benjamin netanyahu are meeting in jerusalem tonight to decide on the next moves. al jazeera is reporting the prime m

there is islamic jihad and other groups. what is the likelihood that hamas will be able to stop other groups from some -- any form of aggression because as part of this cease-fire agreement, they are responsible for a cessation, a stopping of all aggression toward israel by all factions. >> okay, anderson. i heard a large explosi in the distance. as far as that goes, certainly hamas, as far as israel considers hamas to be the government in gaza. they don't recognize it. but they consider it responsible every time a rocket is fired out, every time there is some sort of disturbance of the peace, so it speak. so they will be obliged to some extent to try to stop other groups like islamic jihad, like smaller organizations, from breaking the cease-fire. and hamas has gained a lot out of this war. you have to remember that back in january 2006 when hamas won the parliamentary elections, the palestinian parliamentary elections, the united states and israel immediately took steps to isolate it, politically, economically, in every po

secretary, hamas and islamic jihad and the other terrorist groups do not share your concern about our civilian casualties or about civilian casualties at all. >> that was the israeli prime minister meeting with the u.s. secretary-general ban ki-moon. earlier today israel put an all-out ground assault of gaza on hold,age i'm quoting, to give limited time for a diplomatic solution. egypt sees an end to the gaza conflict, that's see. president morsi says, the travesty of the israeli aggression on ga did will end in a few hours ap christiane amanpour is here and watching what's going on. the diplomacy is intense right now but it's by no means a done deal. >> it's not a done deal but by all the signals we're getting, it looks like both sides feel they are just about there. obviously, you're not there until the whole thing is done and ready to be announced but the messages we're getting from egypt, which are very significant because egypt is the lead, there is no one else, its egypt which is the lead with hamas. the u.s. is talking to the palestinians via egypt. obviously, israel is at the

i think perhaps israel is trying to neutralize hamas and islamic jihad, their ability to reach televisa and jerusalem with missiles. israel would want to stop that in general. i think with the prospect of possible military action against iran by israel or the united states, israel fears these capabilities would be used against them. they would like to try to eliminate them militarily or neutralize them by getting islamic jihad to make an agreement with israel that is somehow validated by egypt and other parties important to these groups. >> is the conflict still about israel's desire for security versus the palestinian need for statehood? is it more than that? >> that of course goes on. i think israel is focused on iran trying to build up the nuclear capability and what israel might feel it has to do to prevent that. the prospect that there would be attacks launched on israel. >> what role of the americans playing? not much evidence of them. >> the role seems to have been marginal. president obama and secretary clinton have been on the phone with world leaders. the channel in cairo is a

so far neither hamas or islamic jihad has taken responsibility. there's a lot of talk they are specifically under intense pressures from backers in iran in order to be able to try cease fire talks. >> leland life for us in tel aviv. thank you very much. check in with you lart. >> a look at lighter things this morning. >> we all know it is early. you only have a few minutes before you head out the door this morning. it is important to get a well balanced breakfast. what should you be eating? let's ask nicky fitness. if you begin with bad foods but there are good foods. >> there is recent study out of canada that says if you eat two breakfast sandwiches like that it clogs your arteries which leads to high cholesterol and strokes. instead go to lean protein and fiber. >> how can we achieve that? >> we can choose these breakfast foods full grains and fiber and nuts and things like that. >> i love the bare naked granola almonds in it berries. this has 40 percent of your daily fiber. >> does it taste good? >> especially if you dress it up with bananas.

jihad and hamas ok louis in a great thread this is the you know the post arab spring environment it seems like on every single front israel is losing on every front now look to anyone seriously believe israel's inability to take out a few dozen rocket launchers in the gaza strip which it has completely encircled. does anyone seriously believe that is going to anyone least of all. or is it going to once again show that in fact it is israel that is losing at the tactical and strategic level particularly in the context of regional changes. i mean you know. obviously this is a catastrophe for the palestinians but to suggest that somehow israel is going to strengthen from sirte particularly if the key issue of arresting and reversing israel's unity and its dealings with the palestinians is actively dealt with. harry i mean tell me more tell us my audience more how the palestinians in gaza are reacting to all this i mean they're being terrorized of course but unfortunately we've gotten used to it over the years and the siege i mean what's the sense of solidarity on the strip. well just a

jihad spokes person called really civilians do you read arabic yes i do i do sir ok which newspapers are you referring to i also speak hebrew i also speak turkish and i see. papers are you referring to which which arabic. or of your version of events. you can that was a story in your israel or says documents all very largely going on israeli territory but how many israelis have been killed how many israelis have been killed sitting here right now is that he said one hundred and twenty palestinians let's have a listen was he being killed in the last week. ok greg go ahead because it's a weekend show on i want to be fair gemma's and doesn't want to hear it is since. ok hamas does not care about how many palestinian civilians are killed because they don't do anything in terms of building infrastructure protect they and therefore it is you know you want to kill israeli as they really are some school yards. in why israel cares about its civilians. still i mean it's not really been mentioned here gentlemen gentlemen nothing's been mentioned here they did the gaza strip is under siege go ah

jihad and hamas ok moon a great said this is the you know the post arab spring environment it seems like on every single front israel is losing on every front now look to anyone seriously believe israel's inability to take out a few dozen rocket launchers in the gaza strip which it has completely encircled. does anyone seriously believe that is going to anyone least of all. or is it going to want to show that in fact it is israel that is losing at the tactical and strategic level particularly in the context of regional changes. i mean you know. obviously this is a catastrophe for the palestinians but this is just some how israel is going to strengthen from is absurd particularly if the key issue of arresting and reversing israel's unity and its dealings with the palestinians is dealt with. harry i mean tell me more tell us my audience more how the palestinians in gaza are reacting to all this i mean they're being terrorized of course but unfortunately they've gotten used to it over the years and the siege i mean what's the sense of solidarity on the strip. well just a very very quic

jihad spokes person called really civilians do you read arabic yes i do i do sir ok which newspapers are you referring to i also speak hebrew i also speak turkish and i was. referring to which which arabic news. is your version of events. you can. hear israel or says documents all. going on israeli territory but how many israelis have been killed how many israelis have been killed sitting here right now how bad is that he said one hundred and twenty palestinians let's have a listen was he being killed in the last week. ok greg go ahead because it's a weekend here on i want to be fair gemma's and doesn't want to hear it is since. ok hamas does not care about how many palestinian civilians are killed because they don't do anything in terms of building infrastructure protect they and their for israel you want to kill israeli as they really are some schoolyards. in why israel cares about civilians. still i mean it's not really been mentioned here gentlemen gentlemen nothing's been mentioned here they did the gaza strip is under siege go ahead i would still like to know which arabic newsp

jihad has claimed responsibility for firing a higher rainy and built rocket which has reached all the way to central tel aviv and exploded here in the city that is likely to a nerve and anger a lot of of israelis especially those who've already been cheering on their own forces which have been launching these aerial airstrikes over gaza now since since yesterday when they began with the assassination of jaggery the head of hamas is military wing those airstrikes have been continuing the selves through yesterday throughout the night and into today the casualty figures steadily rising from those but as is evidenced by what's just happened in tel aviv how massive and other groups including islamic jihad have also been firing rockets about two hundred fifty now since the beginning of this escalation of fighting back into israeli territory earlier today a rocket hit an apartment block a lot closer to gaza killing three israelis there the great fear now is that a ground invasion is now imminent we've received unconfirmed reports that israeli tanks have been moving south towards the ball the

jihad spokes person called really really really civilians do you read arabic yes i do i do sir ok which newspapers are you referring to i also speak hebrew i also speak turkish and. spacers are you referring to which which arabic. or of your version of events. says documents. going on israeli territory but how many israelis have been killed how many israelis have been killed sitting here right now how is the one hundred and twenty palestinians let's have a listen when the being killed in the last week. ok greg go ahead because they were going on i want to be fair gemma's and doesn't want to be going to since. ok how mosque does not care about how many palestinian civilians are killed because they don't do anything in terms of building infrastructure protect they and therefore as you know you want to kill israeli as they really are some schoolyards. in why israel cares about civilians. still i mean i mentioned here gentlemen gentlemen nothing's been mentioned here they did the gaza strip is under siege go ahead i would still like to know which arabic newspaper reflects this absolutely ri

it was done by islamic jihad organizations, going on for the last several months. israeli finally responds by taking the sites, all of which were delivered by iran, delivered to hamas and islamic jihad to sudan from iran, handed over to hamas by the egyptians. there is no doubt that israel would benefit from taking out this thread if they were about to strike iran, and it is a serious prospect that will give the same kind of opportunity for hezbollah in the north and got her bed, a collapse of the jordanian government next door. megyn: colonel north was talking about these rockets, coming from iran, israel is very worried about them because they are long-range and its mobile than. getting smuggled from egypt to hamas, we are told that under hosni mubarak, he used to monitor this, but since he has been ousted, the flow has increased and israel is very worried about this. do you think that this war is benefiting israel and its ability to take out these types of weapons for any potential hit on the wrong? >> we have motivations on both sides. ethereal that israel star

. >> do you have any idea how many of these more sophisticated rockets that hamas islamic jihad have got ahold of, how many they still have left? >> a small number to our estimation. >> dozens or -- >> yeah. even less than dozens. keep in mind that iran will try to smuggle in more rockets of this kind since we have damaged this arsenal. >> so you have no doubt that even under the cease-fire, that hamas and other groups will try to get more rockets brought in? >> i hope it won't happen. i hope hamas will respect the cease-fire. but it is an option. it happened in the past many times. but we have to be alert for this kind of option. >> avital, i appreciate you being with us tonight. thank you very much. it's late and been a long day. thank you very much. >>> we have a lot more ahead. the political leader of hamas says his group was not behind today's bus bombing in tel-aviv. christiane amanpour pressed him about whether he would ever, his group would ever be willing to recognize israel's right to exist. what he said, next. eóoç=Ñp >>> that was the scene in gaza city earlier today

jihad and hamas ok in a great fit this is the you know the post arab spring environment it seems like on every single front israel is losing on every front now look to anyone seriously believe that israel's inability to take out a few dozen rocket launchers in the gaza strip which has completely encircled. does anyone seriously believe that is going to anyone least of all or iran or is it going to once again show that in fact it is israel that is losing at the tactical and strategic level particularly in the context of regional. i mean you know. obviously this is a catastrophe for the palestinians but to suggest that somehow israel is going to emerge strengthened from is absurd particularly if the key issue of arresting and reversing israel's impunity and its dealings with the palestinians is effectively dealt with. harry i mean tell me more tell us my audience more how the palestinians in gaza are reacting to all this i mean they're being terrorized of course but unfortunately they've gotten used to it over the years and the siege i mean what's the sense of solidarity on the strip. w

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 their orders not from egypt or hamas but from iran. the temptation is often for these players to try to provoke israel into reactions. this is an old game that we have witnessed over and over in the dynamic between the israelis and the palestinians. so i have a sense from talking to diplomatic sources that israel is in a wait-and-see mode. they realize they might have to go in on the ground to deal with some of these longer-range rockets that have been provided to the gaza people by iran. one has a 45-m

so they support not only hamas, but also the jihad. >> islamic jihad. >> islamic jihad in gaza. so the islamic jihad forces them also to be more extreme. one of the problems in gaza is there is nobody to really -- there is a competition among four or five different groups. the sell afterists and the jihad and many other groups and they're competing and iran is supplying arms to all of them. >> so who do you negotiate the cease-fire with? >> look, hamas has to take charge, otherwise they don't have a future. >> can they? >> i think yes. they don't have a choice. not only them, but the others, too. if hamas won't take a position, the people in gaza will say -- to those others, stop it. what are you doing to? there are people in gaza too. and none of us want to see them suffering. it doesn't give us any pleasure. >> we'll have more from wolf's interview with shimon peres in a little bit. among other things, peres has some advice for everyone about staying active and vital when you're approaching the age of 90. >>> huge celebrations ron on the streets of gaza in the hours after the

jihad just inside the building itself when you go in and you ask around hamas inside the gaza 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 chil

the islamic jihad but comprised the lebanese with shia who had been underprivileged excluded from the politics and economics of the country and our ideological affinity, and he had been radicalized by the israeli persian and south lebanon in the early 1980's. was a very toxic mix that led them to take the steps in the assassination. >> why was he targeted? >> because he was an american and very visible presence in the greatest university in the middle east. there was no more high-profile example in that region than the presidency. >> was the american university put in beirut on purpose that in the 1850's was the root like? >> the route was and still is a very multicultural cosmopolitan international city where east meets west then and now muslims do some christians all mixed into a significant degree and the american missionary presence in the middle east was particularly significant in beirut and became the sort of launching pad for creating what became the greatest university in the region because of this connection. >> could that university have been put in another city and thrive?

>> most likely by the fanatical wing of hezbollah, a group known as islamic jihad that comprised lebanese shia who have historically been underprivileged, excluded from the politics and economics of the country, had ideological affinity for the regime. and radicalized by the israeli incursion into south lebanon in the early 1980's. a very toxic makes that led them to take dramatic steps that climaxed in the assassination amount of pressure are was the target? >> because he was an american. not only american, but very visible president of the great university in the middle east. there was no more higher profile example of an american involved in that region than the presidency of a you be. >> the american university, beirut, back in the 1850's, what was a paper like? >> was and still is a multi cultural cosmopolitan city. then and now muslims, jews, and christians all next and co existed to a significant degree. in the american missionary presence was particularly significant in better, and it became sort of a launching pad for creating what became the greatest university in the region bec

there is islamic jihad. there are jihadis who are not necessarily favorably disposed to hamas, and i was speaking yesterday with a gazan who really knows this place well, knows the factions and the groups, and he said keep your eye out for what happens. hamas in a sense has fallen into a power vacuum. they don't have this sort of grip on the place compared to before the fighting began, and hamas actually i must stress that hamas, for instance, was able to function prior to its takeover in gaza in june 2007 through its own channels, which still exists. they're still out there. they were very good at re-establishing their authority after the last round of fighting, but they've taken quite a hit this time, and it may be a challenge to prove that they run this place. >> ben -- >> -- when the fighting stops. >> i hate to interrupt you. there's a news conference to get underway. we see there hillary clinton about to speak. let's listen in. >> the prosecutes of the arab of egypt, and the egyptian responsibility for

the question is what does hamas do and islamic jihad? what they do? if they are launching more rockets, the israeli military operation will continue to grow. we know that hamas and islamic jihad are holding their punches a little bit. they have rockets, which could reach israeli locations, like the airport. also, tel aviv. this killing of ahmed jabari may bring about a level of retaliation by hamas by escalating this launching rockets into tel aviv, which would likely see the israelis launch a ground offensive back into gaza. the last time that happened was almost four years ago to the month. bill: leland vittert, thank you so much. a lot to watch there in jerusalem. martha: there are new questions about the timing of general david petraeus's resignation and whether this man, eric holder, could have or should have notified the white house or capitol hill. what does this mean for his future? congressman peter king is live on that. bill: also, a high-stakes meeting in the white house. let's say he did not turn out so well. it didn't go so well. so what

that israeli missile strike killed a senior official from islamic jihad. it happened only hours ago in gaza city, but many of the palestinians killed so far have been women and children. the deadliest strike killed ten members of one family. you're looking here at the rubble of what was once their home. three israelis have also been killed since the missiles and rockets started flying. cnn is right in the middle of covering the crisis. earlier our own fred piken witnessed a shelling on the border between israel and gaza. got a chance to see israel's response live on our air. he was speaking with carol costello when it all happened. take a look. >> there over in the sky you probably won't be able to see it here, there's an interceptor missile taking off right now. that is the iron dome ber septemberor. if you just saw the flash in the sky, that was a rocket coming out of gaza that was just intercepted right now. it appears as though at this point in time there is another barrage being fired from gaza into this part of israel close to the israeli border, and

you look at the sophistication of some of these weapons now that hamas and groups like islamic jihad has access to, they are far more sophisticated than when i was last here in 2008-2009, when israel was last engaged on the ground here. back then, and ben has spent a lot more time here in the region and has seen the fact, you know, the impromptu factories that were making rockets. i spent time in ashkelon last time i was here and the rockets didn't have much accuracy. they didn't have much range. now you have the rocket which comes from iran, the components come from iran, are smuggled through a pipeline, through sudan, said to be through egypt as well, and taken apart, brought through the tunnels from egypt and reassembled here. i think it's very clear iran is having a role in this, and not just with a group like hamas but also with a group like islamic jihad and some of the other groups which are even more extreme, according to intelligence sources, than hamas is. >> yeah. anderson, ben and wolf, thank you all very much indeed. you have done amazing stint today reporting from the g

islamic jihad said the strike killed one of its top leaders. day six, israeli aircraft has not let up, one strike was captured on video behind cnn's anderson cooper. it was deja vu for cooper who experienced the same thing yesterday, live on the air. >> whoa! >> reporter: over the weekend israel was targeting hopes of hamas activists one strike took out 10 members of one family, four were children thousands attended their funeral today. at the same time dozens of hamas rockets fired into israel, one hit an empty school. >> i very much hope over the coming days we can achieve cessation on a basis that is sustainable. >> reporter: an israeli official says his country wants a diplomatic solution. prime minister netanyahu is stockpiling tanks and troops along the border the leader of hamas does not sound ready to compromise. >> we will not accept any israeli -- they committed, second cease-fire should be with accepting our demands. >> reporter: the death toll so far palestinian officials say 97 people have died, another 750 wounded in gaza. israeli

islamic jihad has been doing that and a splinter palestinian group took responsibility for the bus bombing in tel aviv today. so, the question is, will hamas be able to control those people in gaza and thus stake out a real leadership role? certainly hamas will be held responsible. terry? >> thanks, christiane. quiet there for now. in the middle east. we'll keep you posted. >>> we're going to turn the page now. still ahead, we've got a new twist on a may to december or december to may romance. older women, much older women, and the younger men in their lives. i've been a superintendent for 30 some years at many different park service units across the united states. the only time i've ever had a break is when i was on maternity leave. i have retired from doing this one thing that i loved. now, i'm going to be able to have the time to explore something different. it's like another chapter. cool. you found it. wow. nice place. yeah. [ chuckles ] the family thinks i'm out shipping these. smooth move. you used priority mail flat rate boxes. if it fits, it ships for a low, flat rate. paid for po

jihad in gaza which is the group that just every time you have some measure of starts firing rockets. the biggest challenge for hamas if they come up with a cease-fire is how do they impose and enforce that on the iranian-backed islamic jihad group which is the wild card. >> rose: thank you, david, good to see you. >> thanks, charlie. >> rose: david ignatius, back in a moment. stay with us. >> rose: julian sands is here. the british actor is famous for his roles in "e kilng fields" "a room with a view" and the television series "24." he's performing a one-man show called "harold pinter" it's directed by john malkovich and playing at the irish repertoire theater. >> you're finally turning. one for you, one for me. >> every morning i wake up and go, oh, my god. i get to present a celebration of harold pinter. and it fills with me with joy and anticipation. it is r and unplugged. it oozes the spirit of theater. >> i founded the theater with my partner charlotte miller. i'd say everything is irish about the irish repertoire theater. everything perhaps but maybe shamrocks and shell laylys

jihad in gaza which is the group that just every time you have some measure of starts firing rockets. the biggest challenge for hamas if they come up with a cease-fire is how do they impose and enforce that on the iranian-backed islamic jihad group which is the wild card. >> rose: thank you, david, good to see you. >> thanks, charlie. >> rose: david ignatius, back in a moment. stay with us. >> rose: julian sands is here. the british actor is famous for his roles in "the killing fields" "a room with a view" and the television series "24." he's performing a one-man show called "harold pinter" it's directed by john malkovich and playing at the irish repertoire theater. >> you're finally turning. one for you, one for me. >> every morning i wake up and go, oh, my god. i get to present a celebration of harold pinter. and it fills with me with joy and anticipation. it is raw and unplugged. it oozes the spirit of theater. >> i founded the theater with my partner charlotte miller. i'd say everything is irish about the irish repertoire theater. everything perhaps but maybe shamrocks and shell

one of the main groups firing on israel, islamic jihad, told us today they won't stop until israel stops its air strikes. "of course," he said. "he wouldn't fire rockets if israel wasn't killing us." 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 gro

one of the main groups firing on israel, islamic jihad, told us today they won't stop until israel stops its air strikes. "of course," he said. "he wouldn't fire rockets if israel wasn't killing us." 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 attack. >> 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 g

islamic jihad has a different agend a. they are backers in iran who are pushing for rocket fire against the gaz strip. we should have a shot up of this on our live view, you can actually see this bus that stopped. this harkens back to the days of the second intfada where you had bombing on the buses mainly suicide bombings. this doesn't appear to be that. but it is a mange failure for the israeli intelligence services in a critical time, whether it is going to derail the peace talks or not is yet to be scene. obviously the fact that secretary clinton is in town and able to be the a voice of calm could mean that everyone goes to cairo and gets involved in the cease fire and comes up with something. it was close but elusive. the question is can hamas and israel come to the cease fire or will the bombing offensive and rockets continue. five people everywhere killed in israel and the possibility of a israeli ground invasion which the united states pushed hard to keep from happening. back to you in new york. >> leland viter on

that's a television station affiliated with islamic jihad, similar movement to the hamas movement. but the journal liists who work that television station don't carry weapons. we've seen them in operation and action. these are journalists. >> then how are palestinian officials responding to those attacks in the media center? >> reporter: well, they've condemned these attacks on the journalists. we've had protests by palestinian journalists in the west bank as well as gaza following these attacks. but palestinian officials aren't just focusing on that. i mean, we did hear, for instance, abass, the palestinian president, underscoring the fact that the palestinians need to end their divisions. the big rift is between the fattah movement which rules the west bank and gaza here in hamas. this is what the palestinian president had to say about the need to restore palestinian unity. >> translator: it's a naked aversion against our people in gaza. they also want to create unity between two parts of the homeland. they want to end the palestinian divergence and to restore unification. >> rep

goals were achieved and who hamas and islamic jihad received a painful blow jabari and dozens of terrorists senior commanders and operators were killed. the leader of hamas has led mashal who's the opposite view considering the cease fire agreement a major victory for palestine people in gaza city how the celebrations the day the cease fire was announced despite the truce israeli officials claim that over a dozen rockets have been fired at israel from gaza since the cease fire came into effect not analysts across the world they're making their predictions as to how long this ceasefire will hold. a one to know how long the seas for will hold and. we've mentioned about the new situation the post arab spring situation and you also mentioned that the council is part of the major world religion i say she knew what actually did you mean. first of all speaking about the ceasefire i hope it will last. because everybody interested in you know a positive solution on the field of problems which emerge. lately. in this part of the world as a pleasant surprise for everybody was a high level of cooperati

right now there is a meeting underway in cairo between arab leaders, hamas, and islamic jihad. they're trying to pressure hamas and islamic jihad to stop the rocket fire sometime in the next 24 or 36 hours, which is the time we're hearing for the ground offensive to start. back to you. >> very tense situation. thank you so much for that update. as the armed conflict between israel and gaza militants intensifies, concerns over an israeli ground offensive are mounting. joining us now live from tel aviv is deputy knesset speaker. we've slight technical delay, so there is going to be a little delay in our conversation, so we apologize for that ahead of time. welcome. great to have you on the program today. for three days now, gaza militants fired rockets at tel aviv. you have 75,000 israeli reservists now on alert. is israel at the brink of war? >> the provision is very clear, we are determined to bring peace and tranquility to israel. more than a million people are under attack today. missiles have been trying into tel aviv right here behind me, 15 minutes ago, we had a missile co

nina is absolutely right, the islamic jihad backed by iran is putting pressure in gaza, and on hamas itself. this has to stop. 1500 rocket attacks on an area slightly twice as large as washington d.c. on wednesday. and attacks within the suburbs of tel aviv and jerusalem are absolutely unacceptable. but i think the hope is this compound -- is this, barack obama has a political advantage because benjamin netanyahu is up for reelection and favored to win. but he was so obvious and so transparent in his support of mitt romney, all but endorsing him this year, i think there is a chance for a resolution. >> that is absurd. what resolution? hamas's charter declares that not only is israel illegitimate and has to be eradicated, but in the carter -- in the charter, jews are the cause of wars starting back to the french revolution. we're stock -- we are talking about ideology so radical that they have never considered any kinds of concessions. the reason israel is not negotiating with hamas is that hamas has a single objective, the liberation of palestine. it speaks of tel aviv as occupied pa

islamic jihad said the strike killed one of its top leaders. day six, israeli aircraft has not let up, one strike was captured on video behind cnn's anderson cooper. it was deja vu for cooper who experienced the same thing yesterday, live on the air. >> whoa! >> reporter: over the weekend israel was targeting hopes of hamas activists one strike took out 10 members of one family, four were children thousands attended their funeral today. at the same time dozens of hamas rockets fired into israel, one hit an empty school. >> i very much hope over the coming days we can achieve cessation on a basis that is sustainable. >> reporter: an israeli official says his country wants a diplomatic solution. prime minister netanyahu is stockpiling tanks and troops along the border the leader of hamas does not sound ready to compromise. >> we will not accept any israeli -- they committed, second cease-fire should b with accepting our demands. >> reporter: the death toll so far palestinian officials say 97 people have died, another 750 wounded in gaza. israeli