her guilty. >> marieya's close ties to a country reeling from the loss of mh17 simply a bizarre coincidence in a tragic story. erin mclaughlin, cnn, amsterdam. >> that's it for "the lead." i'm brianna keilar. jake tapper is back on monday. i turn you over now to wolf blitzer live from jerusalem in "the situation room." happening now a special report. breaking news, a pause in fighting. israel's prime minister has reportedly promised a 12-hour halt in the assault on gaza starting just hours from now but but israel's cabinet for now at rejected a long-term cease fire. day of range. deadly protests erupt in the west bank as outrange at the israeli operation is boiling over. our reporters were there for one of the largest palestinian demonstrations in years. crash site chaos.

debris and remains still unsecured as rebels grow impatient with the international monitors. now one country wants to send in remain anned forces. we want to welcome our viewers in the united states and around the world. i'm wolf blitzer in jerusalem. you're in "the situation room." we're following this hour's two breaking news stories in ukraine, the u.s. believes russia is preparing to send heavy weapons across the border and tension is growing over international access to the malaysia flight 17 crash site. here in the middle east, reuters is now reporting that the israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu has told secretary of state john kerry israel would begin a 12-hour pause in gaza hostilities starting tomorrow morning 27 a.m. local time about seven hours or so from now coming after israel's security cabinet unanimously rejected a proposed one-week cease fire with hamas. a proposal put forward by the secretary of state john kerry.

meanwhile, deadly violence has spread to the west bank. at least four people were killed in what was dubbed a day of rage with palestinian protests against the israeli attacks on hamas targets in gaza. the latest toll there is now at least 826 people killed and more than 5,000 injured. 36 israelis have also died including three civilians. we're covering all angles of the breaking news with our correspondents and guests here in the middle east. in ukraine as well as in washington. let's begin with our senior white house correspondent jim accost ta. what's the reaction over there at the white house, jim, to the israeli cabinet unanimously rejecting this proposal put forward for an initial seven-day cease fire? >> wolf, at this point and i think this goes to the delicate nature of these negotiations, the white house is deferring to secretary of state john kerry who has been in the region for the last several days trying to work out some sort of cease fire

agreement. i was just talking with a top white house official a few moments ago. this official said that the president has given john kerry marching orders to try to work something out. we should point out in the last several minutes, the pool reporters traveling with secretary of state john kerry said that kerry told reporters that prime minister benjamin netanyahu has indicated a willingness to go along withing that 12-hour cease fire as you mentioned wolf, reuters and afp are reporting independently that israel has decided on a unilateral 12-hour cease fire that would begin in gaza starting at 7:00 a.m. tomorrow. now, you mentioned the israeli cabinet. we should point out kerry said earlier in the day he heard those reports about the israeli cabinet rejecting a cease fire plan. he called those reports "mischief." the other thing we should point out is kerry is on his way to paris meeting with the foreign ministers from qatar, turkey, and a number of european countries to start working on this longer lasting cease fire

agreement that they would like to see reached. meanwhile over here at the white house, this cease fire agreement and the potential for it did come up earlier today but white house press secretary josh earnest danced around the question, said he didn't know what was going on with that cease fire plan illuminating the fact kerry really is in charge when it comes to what is going on when it comes to that plan and what is happening from the white house perspective on this, but earnest did say the violence in gaza is having? >> tragic consequence." he said the united states is saddened by that school bombing that occurred earlier this week and so i think there's a real sense of urgency over at the white house to see israel take what they're calling "greater steps" to reduce those civilian casualties. we'll have to eif this potential cease fire plan that appears to be in the, would or at least 12 hours will hold, wolf. >> the israelis had accepted the short-term truces as you will for humanitarian purposes put

forward by the u.n. and others. the israelis point out inevitably, during those brief pauses if you will, hamas doesn't stop firing into israel. we'll see if it goes into effect tomorrow morning local time, 7:00 a.m. local time if the israelis do pause and they say they will, what hamas will do. that will be significant. the israelis are saying adamantly to me that the longer term proposal put forward by the secretary of state, they rejected the cabinet rejected it unanimously because it made too many what they thought were concessions to hamas. they say they don't want to make those concessions to terrorists. >> palestinian leaders called for a day of range in the west bank to protest the israeli operation in gaza but the protests quickly turned deadly as thousands of palestinians took to the streets not far from where we are over here in

jerusalem on the wait to ramallah in the west bank. ben wedeman was there. >> reporter: funerals in gaza now funerals in the west bank. this one for 20-year-old muhammad eliareg killed in the ca lan dillia refugee camp. as anger rises at the mounting civilian death toll in gaza. in ramallah, supporters of hamas and other palestinian factions rally in solidarity with the people of gaza. we will not surrender, vows this speaker. we will continue until the resistance is victorious. they will paraded through the center of town, watched warily by palestinian authority police. a few years ago when hamas and fatah were at one another's throw thes, the palestinian authority would never have allowed a demonstration like this. with the war in gaza continuing,

hamas popularity here has skyrocketed. >> the demonstrators headed toward an israeli settlement. the police tried but failed to stop them. clashes ensued. israeli troops firing live ammunition, tear gas and rubber bullets. the protesters mostly young men who were too young to experience the second intefada, throwing rocks back. >> we came here to support gaza, says this 19-year-old who didn't want to give his name or show his face for fear of israeli retribution. we don't want some tv station to sing songs for gaza. we don't want talk. we want action. palestinian parliamentarian mustafa barghouti sees a third intefada in the making >> we need peace by ending israeli occupation, by ending

oppression of the palestinian people by allowing people to finally be freel from israeli oppression and occupation. >> as the war rages, a new generation in the west bank and jerusalem is joining the fight in the absence of peace or a peace process, this is the alternative. >> wen weidman, cnn, ramallah on the west bank. >> let's get more right now. martin savidge was also on the west bank and watched what was going on. it's not very far from where we are. literally on the outskirts can of jerusalem. i heard a lot of sirens earlier in the day. how tense was it? >> it's extremely tense in the west bank. people are very angry, very upset. it's been building for a long time. they see the killing of innocents, women and child in mass numbers. they're angry at their own palestinian authority that hasn't done anything they believe. they're angry at the international community which they don't believe is doing enough to stop the killing. they're angry about their own

situation. it's been simmering for a long time. now it's starting to boil over. >> those of us who remember the first intefada, the second intifada, there are some who concerned there could a third as you heard ben wedeman suggest that maybe. that's what a lot of people fear. >> they are saying that on the streets openly. it seems that is a potential reality. there is of more violence. right now on the streets we're being told it's only skirmishes. there are fears this could turn into an all-out conflict supply want to go to karl penhaul right now in gaza. i understand there's some explosions where you are? >> certainly some kind of activity fairly close to our vantage point. just consulted with our security consultant. he believes maybe it was a .50 caliber heavy machine gunfiring just one or two rounds perhaps, ricocheting off something.

difficult to know which of the sides may have fired it. we have certainly seen no presence of hamas militants in this area of town, certainly not openly nor of course, have we seen any presence of israeli troops on the ground or any of their armored personnel carriers or thanks in this region, vehicles that may be mounted with light or in fact heavy machine guns, as well. but certainly some kind of activity. a little bit calmer now. also a bit further across on the eastern border between gaza and israel. we have seen illumination flares going up there in the last few moments. we've heard the israeli big guns in action. tho are the 155 self-propelled guns, as well. is this perhaps israeli ground troops positioning themselves so they're in a good position should the cease-fire come into

force tomorrow? we're looking to try to hear some response from the gaza militant factions to seep if they're going to respect that 12-hour hour cease fire to see if finally gaza will get a little bit of calm even if just for a few hours, wolf. >> carl, let me ask you if the israelis do unilaterally pause starting at 7:00 a.m. tomorrow morning, is there any guarantee hamas will pause as far as launching rockets and missiles into israel? >>. >> well, i think that's what we've got to look at. let's look at the past experiences of the past few days and when we had i believe it was a five-hour cease fire, the first one that came in. there were violations on both sides who broke that violation first. well, the israelis would have us believe that it was hamas. and really that does seem to fall in line with what we observed, as well. perhaps rocket fired into israel were the first to breach the cease-fire then and that brought

some kind of reaction from israel, at least according to hamas fighters. we're going to have to keep a close eye on it. tomorrow will tell. hamas does feel emboldened by its actions in the last few days. they've continued to burrow into israel, continuing to fight hand to hand in some of the neighborhoods especially in eastern gaza. they may want to continue to try and press what they clearly believe is somewhat of an advantage, wolf. >> karl penhaul in gaza. it and martin savidge still -- did you get the sense the palestinians who were protesting on the west bank, do they actually support hamas? >> many of them believe hamas is doing something that the palestinian authority has not been able to do, and that is strike a blow against israel. i think there is a growing sentiment if no one else is going to try and stop this conflict, hamas is the one doing the most. they do seem to be showing up in greater numbers supporting hamas. >> you'll be here for the

duration of whatever is going on. we'll stay in close touch with you. be careful out there. >> thank you. >> up next, we'll get reaction from both sides to the breaking news. i'll speaking with an israeli cabinet member, also a member of the palestinian parliament. plus, the chaos at the crash site of malaysia flight 17. still unsewered a week after the plane was shot from the sky. now australia wants to send in armed police.

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reports that the israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu told secretary of state john kerry israel will begin a 12-hour pause starting less than seven hours from now. earlier, israel's cabinet kbt unanimously rejected a proposed seven-day cease fire with hamas put forward by the u.s. and others. the israeli intelligence minister stein in its was in that israeli cabinet security meeting and he broke the news during this interview with me. >> it doesn't seem close at all. hamas and qatar want a cease-fire that will legitimizize terrorism, will legitimize gaza and anactually will legitimate mize under certain conditions launching rockets as the israeli civilians. one thing is clear, wolf, terrorism shouldn't be a piece and there should be no prize for terrorism for launching rockets on israeli civilians.

>> it sounds to me, minister, correct me if i'm wrong that the deliberations prime minister benjamin netanyahu have been having it doesn't sound likely this cease fire is something that israel will accept. >> israel will be ready in the past and will be ready in the future to make a cease-fire. israel was ready to accept the egyptian proposal for the immediate cease fire rejected by hamas. but one thing is clear. any -- the goal should be a real reenduring cease fire and bringing security and confidence coming to the people of israel and to the people of gaza in order to achieve this, you have to demilitary rise gaza. gaza was supposed to be totally demilitarized. this is a palestinian commitment seened on the white house lawn 20 years agoing that ga guaain' za will remain forever

demilitarized.ever. it was captured by hamas and islamic ji hard very similar to isis in iraq and now gaza should be demillerrized again. otherwise, there will be no real solution to the situation. >> what about a one-week temporary humanitarian cease fire? that seems to be on the table face one and all of these other issues could be discussed subsequent. >> look, i hope that we can find a diplomatic solution that will enable the demilitarization of gaza once more for the benefits both israelis and for the gazans. if gaza would remain demilitarized there there would be no rockets launching on israelis and no suffering in gaza. this should be the process of and a prospect of any real solution in gaza. we have to insist on the demilitarization of gaza. we will not accept any proposal

that will apiece terrorism and please don't forget it's true that isis are fighting in iraq and al nusra in syria and al qaeda all over the world. islamic jihad and hamass are fighting mainly against israel but those are very similar organizations. we are speaking of islamic zealots.and, terrorists, no one should apiece such kind of assaults on civilians. >> where exactly because it sounds to me like secretary kerry wants to influence there's at least a temporary cease fire for a week or so. is that going to happen? >> i don't know but i think and i'm confident secretary kerry is well an aware, you have to be very careful not to empower hamas. vis-a-vis palestinian authority. also egypt and the whole arab league are actually supporting the egyptian proposal and not the ca tallian approach because that's about empowering the

terrorists and empowering the zealots. >> qatar has been the meedry. qatar has been talking to hamas together with others including the palestinian authority, right? palestinian authority president mahmoud abbas met with the leader of hamas in qatar. i'm not exactly clear what, if anything, is going to emerge from there current diplomatic frenzy towards a cease-fire. >> let's not forget. maybe the arab league can handle it. egypt is the most influential arab country can make the mediation. qatar is very dangerous. qatar like iran is the main supporter of hamas. you know, hamas is getting most of its rockets from iran and most of its financial aid from qatar. so this is a country that supports terrorism. not just against israel but also other terrorist groups in the middle east. if qatar one day will change its

attitude against terrorism, then qatar will be more legitimized but we can't ignore the fact that qatar hosts the chief leader of this terrorist organization and qatar like iran, iran is supplying hamas with missiles and rockets illegally against u.n. security council decisions. and against all previous agreements and qatar is supplying with money. now, if we will like to have any hope to future peace process in the middle east, such groups of terrorism of terrorists cannot be legitimized. don't forget, hamas captured gaza from the palestinian authority, killed several hundreds palestinian fatah, official palestinians exactly like isis did in mosul in iraq. >> minister, i must say going into this interview i was a

little bit optimistic there would be at least a one-week cease fire. knowing what hamas and qatar wants, it doesn't sound like there's going to be much of a deal. >> there's only one thick that will work for zeals and palestinians. the demilitarization of gaza. then we'll be able to lift the -- what is so restrictions and both on the israeli side of the border won't suf from rockets and terrorist activities and people in gaza will be able to improve their standard of live. this is only true solution. all other proposals are wrong because they don't touch the core of the problem. the fact that gaza was supposed to remain were demilitarized and there are currently thousands of iranian missiles and other missiles in gaza. >> i know you're going back to the security cabinet meeting in tel aviv. minister, thanks very much for juning us, the minister of jfgs

israel. thanks very much. >> welcome. >> let's get the palestinian response. dr. mustafa barghouti is joining us now live from ramallah. dr. barghouti, thank you so much for joining us. get to some of the specifics. if israel does begin a brief let's say 12-hour pause tomorrow morning 7:00 a.m. local time, and stops its attacks in gaza, do you think hamas will stop launching rockets and missiles into israel during that brief 12-hour pause? >>, of course, they will, but that's not the only issue. finally the truth is coming out, wolf. for two weeks, all the stations of the world were saying that hamas and palestinians are refusing cease fire and israel

accepts it. now it is clear that israel is rejecting kerry's proposal and mr. ban ki-moon's proposal for a cease-fire at least for seven days. 12 hours is nothing. and that means israel is rejecting cease fire and that is, of course, a problem. on the other hand, it was always said ta palestinians are divide on this issue. it is clear now that palestinians are you knowified. and in my opinion, israel is dragging itself into a very serious problem. because its government is not showing that to be the most extreme but it seems also the most student because now there is an explosion in the west bank. yesterday we had the most peaceful march ever with the largest participation in our history more than maybe 30 or 40,000 people participated. israel responded by shooting people. 210 people were shot with the go up shots. reminding us or making us

remember what the apartheid army in south africa did to the people in soweto at one point in time and today, they killed seven more palestinians who are not hamas. these are people who are peacefully demonstrating demanding freedom and showing solidarity with their brothers in gaza. and before that, israel made a strike on a shelter, the united nations shelter in one of the schools and killed 16 people and injured 200 and then claimed that maybe they did not do the shooting. i mean, this it is crazy. i think the intelligence minister that you've been speaking to is not intelligent at all by talking about qatar and now he wants israel to fight qatar in this is very strange. i think what is happening is that. >> let me ask you, dr. barghouti. >> practicing terror. >> dr. barghouti, i want to be precise right now. if israel does this unilateral

12-hour humanitarian cease fire tomorrow morning, you're saying that hamas has agreed to comply. has hamas also agreed to the u.s. egyptian proposal for a one-week cease fire? are you saying hamas has agreed to that? >> not only hamas but all palestinians. all palestinian groups have agreed to seven days cease fire during which time negotiations can start about all the several issues, including lifting the seen on gaza. but israel wants to continue the siege on gaza. and now when had he speak did demilitarizing gaza, they don't tell us anything about demilitarizing the israeli areas around gaza, for instance. why shouldn't there be an equal approach to the two sides? actually, israel does not want to demilitary rise hamas. israel wants to prevent palestinians the right to resist

occupation. the right even in a peaceful means and peaceful means like we could in the west bank. they want to take away from us the right to say we want our rights. they want to take away from us even the possibility of marching peacefully in the best traditions of gandhi and martin luther king. and when we do, they shoot us. this is totally unacceptable. they are denying and negating the fact that the cause of all this violence is the continuation of occupation of west bank and palestinian territories. >> here's the question, dr. barghouti. >> we will not only have cease fire but we will have peace. >> well, here's the question a lot of us are worried about this. i'm sure you're worried about it, as well. given the feelings now among the palestinians in the west bank and ewe saw the demonstrations overnight, given those feelings, are we now on the eve of a third

intefada? >> i don't think on the eve. maybe we are already in a third intefadeh but it's a peaceful one, a nonviolent one from the side of the palestinians. and we will do everything we can to keep it nonviolent although we are encould you tellered by severe violence from the side of israel. now it is the duty of the international community to tell israel enough is enough. you cannot practice terror against civilian population. you cannot keep shooting palestinians when they are trying to just peacefully express themselves. you cannot continue to kill children and women and claim you are fighting terrorists. enough is enough with occupation. i think people are patient when they see their brothers, their families killed and massacred in gaza. they are impatient about the humiliation we seen from the israeli army every day. they are angry because we are even prevented from praying in

jerusalem whether we are muslims or christians and enough is enough. people are boiling with anger. that's why you are seeing now a new uprising in the west bank. this is what israel did. >> one final question, dr. barghouti. you're not justifying hamas's launching of about 2500 rockets an missiles into israel, you're not justifying that, are you? >> no, i don't. and i think all these records cou -- rockets could not have happened if israel did not attack the west bank and gaza. i don't want anybody to be shot or killed but i am saying you can't tell me that israeli lives are precious and palestinians are not. nobody can tell me that israel should have security but palestinians cannot have security. i mean, you have shown the results, 36 israelis killed. i don't want any of them to be

killed but on the other side, we have more than 870 palestinians killed. we will have equal human beings. this massacre should be stopped and israel is the most responsible side of this conflict because it is having the biggest and largest military arsenal and it is supported by the united states which is giving it money, giving it weapons. but when the state secretary asks israel to give a cease-fire for seven days, they say no to him. they say no to him and no to ban ki-moon that represents the united nations. they are actually saying nothing to international legitimacy and to -- and they are trying to be impugntive to international law. >> dr. moustapha barghouti joining us from ramallah on the west bank. coming up, we're continuing to follow the breaking news. there's disturbing new details from the crash site of mh-17.

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development. the one of the strongest statements yet from the white house and the state department. spokesman for president obama says that the u.s. now has concluded that the russian president vladimir putin and the russians in their words are culpable, that's a quote, culpable for this disaster. also the pentagon says russia now appears to be shipping heavier caliber more sophisticated rocket systems like these these to the pro-russian rebels amid reports of heavy fighting near the scene of the crash. a crew found homes and other buildings heavily damaged. also the rebels say they're running out of patience with the investigation at the still unsecured crash site. joining us now from ukraine is a spokesman for the agency of security and cooperation in europe, the osce. thanks very much for joining us. it's been more than a week since the devastating attack that took down malaysia flight 17.

the osce hasn't been able to secure the crash site. that's not necessarily even its job. but there's a battle happening a few miles away from the investigation. here's the question. what's being done even at this late point to fully secure the crash site and the debris from the flight? >>. >> well, thanks for having us back, wolf. in fact, as we're speaking right now i can hear in the background heavy weaponry going on. we're in donetsk and gives you an idea how dispersed the kind of violence is. but yeah at the crash site, it has not been secured since day one and it probably won't be secured because it is such a big area. it is in a conflict zone. wolf, we went there today with dutch and australian investigators. and we actually did cover a lot of territory. we did see a lot. and we saw things like personal belongings. and we actually were told by the

rebels that yes, they see the fuselage, the debris laying there for another week or so and then it will be time for it to be moved. what they're expecting is for a group you have maybe 25 to 35 international experts to supervise the removal of that debris so that it's finally removed from their territory at least that's the sense we got from them today. it was quite an astonishing piece of news. there's a lot of diplomatic activity going on at very many different levels but that is what we were told on the ground today. >> how worried are you that not only your folks but the investigators, the police who are coming in, the troops, they will themselves come under attack? >>. >> well, i think, wolf, if there's one thing that has become clear over the past six days is that the access has been very good. the malaysians, for example,

they were with us for what, three days. they said they've not only felt safe and protected but they covered a lot of ground. indeed, it is a conflict zone. the frontline is moving. but in terms of that kind of passage that narrow passage between donetsk where i am right now and the crash zone about a 90-minute drive away, we've had really, really good access. it's hard to say what the situation will be a week from now, but we again we did get the sense that they do want to see that debris finally moved and taken away and it remains to be seep how that will happen. >> michael, please be careful over there. you and your excellent team from the osce. we will, of course, stay in close touch and hopefully this can be worked out. coming up, if rebels close off the crash site, how much can we learn with just account existing evidence? i'll ask two of our experts.

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and tom fuentas, a former assistant director of the fbi. over a week later, the site still not secure. still pretty much of a mess. what can be done to secure it and find out precisely what happened. >> wolf, everything that needs to be done is what needed to be done from the first day. the perimeter set, no one allowed in that didn't belong in that wasn't part of the investigation. all of the bodies identified and their location and then removed properly. and then the immediate work to collect the debris and analyze it. and of course of, they did get the black boxes. much of what should have been done day one is yet to be done although a number of bodies have been removed but we understand there's still more at the site. >> yeah, it's basically the problem is it's a war zone and an ugly situation to boot. peter, i want to quickly get your thoughts on what's going on here in israel. ben gurion airport. you know about the 36-hour ban

on usair traffic coming in and out of israel that the faa imposed and then quickly reversed it. were you surprised by that reversal? >> i was a little surprised it came so quickly. apparently they got assurances from israeli defense officials that was confirmed by u.s. officials that the threat was minimal. so usair carriers base on that decided to start their flights again. >> you know, today an air canada jet was coming into ben gurion airport outside of tel aviv. apparently there was something going on because they had to circle for ten minutes or so before they could land. i guess that sends a little bit of nervousness out there, doesn't it, peter? >> sure, it's a fluid situation. but i think the faa i know is monitoring it very carefully with defense officials and with the israelis. if the faa believes that it is not safe for u.s. carriers to go

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sophisticated weapons into war-torn ukraine. we want to welcome our viewers in the united states and around the world. i'm wolf blitzer in jerusalem. you're in "the situation room." and let's get right to the breaking news tonight. rising and falling hopes for a middle east cease-fire. just hours ago, the israeli cabinet formally reject eed a framework to end the fighting, a framework that called for a one-week truce in the fighting. but there are late reports that israel is going forward with a 12-hour pause in the fighting. a u.s. official is quoted as saying that pause would begin saturday morning. it's now 1:00 a.m. saturday here in jerusalem. that pause is supposed to begin six hours from now. there's grave concern, though, right now, that the middle east conflict potentially could be widening, after a huge palestinian protest and some violent clashes in the west bank, that left at least four people dead. our correspondents are standing

by. they're covering all the breaking news here in the middle east and around the world. first, though, we'll have more on the spreading violence here in the middle east and the prospects for peace. a show of rage on the streets of the west bank. thousands of palestinians marching in support of hamas and its battle in gaza. another front, for israeli security forces, as the protests turned violent and deadly. the unrest exploding, just hours after a united nations shelter in gaza was hit, killing 16 people, and wounding about 200, mostly women and children. palestinians blame israel, but the israeli military says a hamas rocket may have hit the shelter. the israeli military says it's investigating. the horrifying bloodshed is putting new pressure on all sides to agree to a cease-fire. just hours ago, the israeli cabinet unanimously rejected a framework for a cease-fire, put

forward by secretary of state john kerry, while embracing the idea of another humanitarian pause in the fighting. >> the whole world is watching a tragic moment after tragic moment unfold, and wondering when is everybody going to come to their senses? >> even before the formal announcement, israeli and palestinian officials made it clear to me there were stumbling blocks. >> the top -- the goal should be a real, enduring cease-fire. and in order to achieve this, you have to demilitaryize gaza. >> the victim is the palestinian people, and the war is against the palestinian people. the cease-fire is now really the total responsibility of mr. netanyahu. >> as peace efforts fail for now, several thousand israeli police officers have been deployed, on alert for new violence in jerusalem and the west bank. as palestinians vent their anger. the nightmare of attacks and

counterattacks goes on. israel, now confirmed that a soldier hamas claims to have captured is actually dead. killed in an intense battle in gaza on sunday. we're getting new information about the pause in the gaza fighting. let's bring in our global affairs correspondent, elise labott. she's joining us now from aspen, colorado, where she's participating in a national security forum. so tell our viewers, elise, precisely what you're learning. >> well, wolf, u.s. officials traveling with secretary kerry told me that prime minister netanyahu of israel has said that he would abide by a 12-hour cease-fire, starting tomorrow morning, israel time, in about six hours, 1:00 a.m. that's 7:00 a.m. eastern time. and that he would be willing to go for that 12-hour cease-fire. as you know, secretary kerry has been working on trying to get a one-week pause in the fighting, humanitarian pause, while they work on some larger negotiations. and we hear, there's some reports from reuters that hamas

has actually agreed to this 12-hour cease-fire. so secretary kerry said even though he hasn't been able to get that one-week pause in fighting, to get some humanitarian supplies in to gaza, to get some of the victims and the injured and the bodies out, he's still going to work on this issue. wolf, take a listen to secretary kerry a few hours ago. >> we believe that egypt has made a significant offer to bring people to cairo, the factions, the palestinian factions, and representatives of interested states and the state of israel, in order to begin to try to negotiate the way forward. now, why are we not announcing that that has been found yet tonight, for a simple reason. that we still have some terminology in the context of the framework, to work through. >> and wolf, now, secretary kerry is headed to paris --

>> unfortunately, we just lost our connection with elise, but i think i know what she was going to say. secretary kerry is going to paris, he's going to meet with representatives from qatar, from turkey, others who are involved. he's still working this issue. the israeli cabinet, though, doesn't like that particular seven-day cease-fire that secretary kerry put on the table. they unanimously rejected it a few hours ago, but they are going to go ahead with this 12-hour humanitarian pause, at least for now. and the palestinian parliamentarian told me in the last hour he believes that hamas will accept this 12-hour pause as well. won't fire rockets and missiles into israel during this 12-hour pause. we'll see in a few hours if that occurs or doesn't occur. let's go to gaza right now, where the toll from 18 days of fighting is at least 826 people killed and more than 5,200 injured. cnn's carl penhaul is on the scene for us.

and we want to warn our viewers, carl, that your report that we're about to show our viewers does contain some graphic images. but first, carl, tell us what you're seeing right now on the ground. >> reporter: i just want to bring you up to date, in fact, wolf. because just over the last few moments, our palestinian colleagues who are here working with us, they have all received messages just in the last few minutes, text messages, sms messages, to their cell phones, both from representatives of hamas and also the other main militant faction, islamic jihad, saying, yes, they have accepted that temporary 12-hour cease-fire. they do, though, however state that there is a slightly different timetable, from what i understand the israeli timetable is. both hamas and islamic jihad say that the timetable will run from 8:00 a.m. gaza time through to 8:00 p.m., gaza time. a 12-hour window from 8:00 until 8:00. that a confirmation being sent to palestinians via sms text

message. now, that will be welcome relief for medical workers above all. they are the ones who have been at the cutting edge of this violence, trying to tend to the wounded, trying to keep the dying alive for a few moments more. we had the opportunity to go down to a gaza er. >> reporter: dead on arrival. the horror, civilians and medics at breaking point. >> we've been exhausted, we've been depressed. >> reporter: no time to rest. it's a scramble to rescue survivors. surgeons told us not to film this casualty. a hint, perhaps, he was a militant fighter. but most on the operating table at south gaza's european hospital are clearly

non-combatants. their patient is a 23-year-old female, and they've showed me on the x-rays, she has a basic fracture on her leg. they say that was caused by a rocket blast. the surgeons' focus, the blink of a patient's eye. the beep of vital signs. doctor hasan is sick of it. sick, he tells me, of stitching bodies mutilated by shrapnel, sick of war. >> we've received 61 patients, injured patients. so we don't have anything disposable -- but we're going to receive more. >> reporter: down the hallway, surgeons patch up a toddler. they say the rest of his family is dead. bone and brain surgeons do skin graphs, fighting rages close to the hospital, they just can't transfer him to a plastic

surgeon. medicine and supplies are running low. >> one more week of this, we will reach where we don't have enough for the injured. >> reporter: the fight for gaza has become a dirty war. no sanctuary for innocent. >> no place in gaza is sort of not even one square meter is safe in gaza strip. >> reporter: dr. al masri is afraid that he like others can be killed at any time, so he carries his i.d. everywhere. so you're preparing for death as well? >> yes, we are preparing ourself for death. >> reporter: men dazed with amputated limbs, a child with head trauma, battling to get up. many medics tell me only faith can keep them on their feet.

>> got to give the power toward, even we work sometimes 20 hours continuous. >> reporter: but even the call of god, drowned out by the agony. now, there is chance for a short letup for medics like those down at gaza hospitals, because we're hearing in the last few minutes, both hamas and the other main islamic faction are agreeing to what in their terminology, they're calling a humanitarian pause between 8:00 a.m., 8:00 p.m. gaza time. they're also saying that this must be supervised by the united nations, but tonight, at least there has been no letup in the fighting. we've heard artillery bombardments over there on the eastern border with gaza, and just the last hour, as we were waiting to come up for a live transmission, suddenly we heard the ricochet of what appeared to be gunfire from a heavy caliber machine gun, possibly a

50-caliber machine gun. unclear where those shots came from. they could have come from quite a distance away. that is a big machine gun. just to point out, though, that the disablianger is not over to not until at least that pause, that lull, that truce comes into effect, wolf. >> yeah, might not even be over during that truce. let's see if it holds. and hopefully it will. carl penhaul, be careful over there. thanks very much. let's bring in the former israeli ambassador to the united states, michael orrin, he's a cnn middle east analyst. are you encouraged that it looks like israel and hamas will both honor this 12-hour humanitarian pause beginning in the morning? >> well, the pause is designed to enable people, palestinian civilians to buy food, go to banks, certainly, care for the dead and the wounded, removing them from the field, but it is not designed, specifically, to enable hamas to regroup, to

replenish its arm supplies. to reestablish communication lines, which is the reason the israeli government would not agree to a seven-day cease-fire, which would have enabled hamas to do precisely that. >> well, what did the israeli cabinet, they unanimously rejected that seven-day proposal that secretary of state john kerry and others put forward. what didn't they like about that? what was wrong with it? because last week, they did accept a cease-fire, hamas rejected it. what's wrong with the current proposal? >> well, based on press reports, it was that it was -- first of all, it was for seven days, which would have been basically a victory for hamas. hamas would have used those seven days to, again, regroup, reestablish communications that have been broken off, replenish arm supplies and then it would be engaged in a protracted negotiation over some terms of a more endurable cease-fire. israel has been very specific about what the goals in that cease-fire or the demilitarization in the gaza strip, removing heavy weaponry from the hands of hamas.

hamas is not going to do that willingly, wolf, you know that. and the only way hamas -- >> i think we've just lost our audio with michael orrin, unfortunately. we're trying to recorrect with him. he was joining us via skype from tel aviv. we'll see if we can bring him back. ambassador orrin, it's wolf, can you hear me? >> i hear you fine. >> all right, good. we lost you for a second. you were making a point, why israel did not like rejected that seven-day cease-fire proposal, set forward by secretary kerry. >> again, wolf, the seven days would have enabled hamas to replenish its arms supplies, reestablish communication lines, recover from the beating it's taken from the israeli military. israel does not want to give hamas that advantage. and then hamas would have engaged in a protracted negotiation over the terms of the more durable cease-fire.

and israel was very specific about the goal it sought, which was the demilitarization of the gaza strip, removing heavy rockets from the strip. hamas is not going to do that unless it's under tremendous military pressure, up against the wall and put there by the israeli military. the seven days would have literally let hamas off the hook. there's also the matter of the tunnels, wolf. far more attack tunnels were discovered under the gaza border, leading into israeli communities, literally into kindergartens, into cafeterias, and israel needs time to identify those tunnels and to blow them up. it's not easy, some of them go down 85 feet. they are reinforced concrete. they take a long time to discover, a long time to blow up. and according to the cease-fire, from what i've heard, did not allow israel to continue that operation of looking for these tunnels. >>, michael oren is the former israeli ambassador to the united states. ambassador, thanks very much for joining us. let's get the palestinian

perspective right now. joining us is the chief palestinian negotiator. he's joining us from jericho on the west bank. have you also heard that hamas will honor that 12-hour humanitarian pause that israel says it's ready to accept, starting in the morning? >> yes, i heard that hamas will accept that 12-hour cease-fire, for sure. but it's very, very, very unfortunate, wolf, that israel rejected that. secretary kerry's offer, what secretary -- today that we had worked for for a long time. the idea is, you know, in 48 hours, they will go into effect, a humanitarian cease-fire for seven days, and then israel, palestinians will come to cairo to negotiate both security issues, and all the demands, and at the same time, this will be based on the 2012 agreement,

between it will israeli side and palestinian side. and unfortunately, i heard ambassador oren saying things i can't believe i'm hearing saying about regrouping and so on and so on and so on, which is nonsense. why -- initiative? this is the egyptian initiative, that they reject tonight. was -- because hamas said no? or hamas said yes, said no? now today on the west bank, wolf. we have seven people killed, 400 people wounded, and things are getting outside our fingers like sand. and the whole situation is being pushed down the drain. and i believe what secretary kerry and ban ki-moon and the qataris and the arab league's goal was to pull out this proposal, which is so, you know, balanced in terms of a cease-fire for seven days and

meanwhile, the israeli side under the auspices of egypt will negotiate all terms, all issues, security, and so on. and to allow people to breathe. and this unfortunate means one thing. they want to take it to the limits. so they want to begin fighting in the west bank, because it's a pressure cooker situation, okay. can any israeli walk me through the disaster? what's going on here? this is an american offer that should have been honored by israel and everyone. this was the result of very, very sincere, decent, relentless, unwavering efforts by secretary john kerry, by many, many countries, by the palestinian authority, to stop this cycle, this vicious cycle. and you know, today the number of palestinians killed in gaza, 860. wolf, you know that 90% of them are children and women and innocent civilians.

and the infrastructure in gaza to this day, 1.8 million people in gaza don't nowhere to go to. no place is safe. and now the west bank, you know, it's a pressure cooker situation. people cannot take it anymore. >> i want to get to the west bank in a moment, but i just want to get clarification from you, saeb erakat. do you know that hamas would have accepted that cease-fire? the last time the egyptians put forward a cease-fire proposal, israel accepted it, hamas rejected it. was hamas on board this time? >> well, i heard from both foreign minister of egypt and foreign minister of -- that, yes, hamas would have accepted it. and then, why would israel just, you know, just throw the

chapter, just throw the piece of paper in front of secretary kerry? i mean, i read the proposal. it's really, it's really very, very balanced. it says in 48 hours, there will be a cease-fire for seven days, humanitarian, and immediately, both sides will meet in cairo to negotiate all these issues. and at the same time, the principle that will be guided is the 2012 agreement reached between the two sides. and then there will be an international the united states, arab league, u.n., european. whoever wants, in order to ensure the sustainability of this framework of cease-fire and the economic and social suffering, military supplies and so on. >> how worried should we be, saeb erakat about a third empty fatah on the west bank?

>> very worried. i'm very worried. as i told you, wolf, it's really a pressure cooker situation. palestinians are seeing their own people being slaughtered. casualties, the children, the women, the schools, the infrastructure. and people are out on the streets in waves, i have not seen since the first fatah in 1987, 1988. and seven part-tieople were kil today. this will add to the fuel, this will add, and honestly, things are slipping outside our fingers like sand. i don't know if this can be controlled. i don't know what will happen. and this is very, very, very dangerous situation. it's a pressure cooker situation that may explode without control anytime, any hour, and i know there is no hope. it's beginning because israel rejected the cease-fire tonight and this will add to that. we know how it will begin and we

describe, you know, seven people today and last night another five. >> all right. >> but we don't know how it will end. we've been there before in 1987. we've within there in 2000. and then we -- >> i remember. >> and then at the end of the day is what we need is to sit down again and talk about the solution. >> well, let's see how that 12-hour humanitarian cease-fire, that pause goes tomorrow, saeb erakat. i'll be working tomorrow night. hopefully you'll join us again at the same time tomorrow night and we'll reassess the situation. saeb erakat, the chief palestinian negotiator joining us. still ahead, what's president obama saying, what's he doing about the middle east conflict, as his secretary of state is desperately trying to hammer out a longer term cease-fire. still no progress, not much progress on that front. israel's cabinet today rejected that seven-day proposal for a cease-fire. meanwhile, israel's iron dome has been working overtime to intercept hamas rockets, so how much is the u.s. spending the to keep it running.

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we're back live in jerusalem with breaking news. let's talk to jim acosta back in washington. so tell us what's going on as far as the president, the white house is concerned. this 12-hour initial humanitarian pause in the fighting as we've been reporting. looks like the israelis and hamas have both agreed, but israel has rejected that seven-day proposal put forward by secretary kerry. what are we hearing over at the white house? >> reporter: wolf, i've got a pretty speedy reaction to that news from the national security adviser here at the white house, susan rice. she was in the briefing room

just a few moments ago doing an interview, ands the rest of us reporters crowded in on her and asked her a few questions about it. and i'll read you a couple of quotes. she said, let's see if it happens. we support the call for it. she said it would be a very modest initial step, but it would be better than it not happening. but, wolf, she went on to say, in some ways, she is suspicious of these short cease-fires, because they don't last sometimes more than a few hours. i think that's an indication, wolf, that at this point, there is some cautious optimism over here at the white house, but also a healthy dose of realism they've seen these cease-fires come and go, as you said earlier, wolf, sometimes they just don't last. as for the president, he's been working on other pressing matters today. as you know, he met with central american leaders here at the white house, basically told them that many of the children who were in this country are not going to qualify for refugee status and are going to have to go home. but at this point, susan rice is saying that this may be a good step forward. >> do you know, jim, if the president called prime minister netanyahu once again?

i know that prime minister netanyahu spoke last night with secretary kerry to discuss this seven-day cease-fire, which the israeli cabinet unanimously rejected. did the president get involved in trying to convince prime minister netanyahu and his cabn't in that it was the right thing to do? because i know kerry strongly supports the idea. >> reporter: and i'll tell you, wolf, i asked that question earlier this afternoon. they said they had no calls to tell us about, between the president and prime minister netanyahu. as you know, they have not always had the best relationship, however, one thing that should be said is that the white house, and i heard this from a top white house official not too long ago, that they really feel that secretary of state john kerry is the man who should be working on this at this moment. that he's been given these marching orders and he's really on a mission to broker some sort of lasting cease-fire deal. that is something that susan rice said just a few moments ago. what they're really hoping for here at the white house is not this 12-hour cease-fire, but something longer lasting that

the secretary is working on at this moment, wolf. >> let's see if he can do that. he'll be on his way to paris for more meetings as he continues his efforts. jim acosta at the white house, thanks for that update. lawmakers in washington have been talking about more funding for israel's anti-missile iron dome system. it's the system that helps protect the country's citizens from those thousands of hamas rockets and missiles that have been coming in. cnn's tom foreman is joining us right now. so, tom, i want you to show our viewers how that system actually works. >> well, wolf, one of the hallmarks of this conflict, as you know, has been an increased range in the rockets being fired by hamas, out of gaza, reaching more towards targets like jerusalem and tel aviv, things that they really need to protect in israel in this whole conflict. and they're getting confidence out of the iron dome system, because they now say it's stopping 90% of these incoming rockets. how does this thing work? let's break it down to three key phases here. first of all, when anything launches headed towards israel, the detection system kicks in.

that means that basically high-tech radar and camera systems start figuring out, how big is this incoming object, how fast is it moving, where might it be headed? at the same time, the analysis and targeting phase kicks in. that means that computers start taking that data and figuring out, if one of these is headed into the water, they let it go. if it's headed to a rural area where there's nothing to hit, they let it go. but it if turns out that one of these is headed towards a critical target or people out there, the third phase kicks in, the destruction phase. this all happens in a matter of seconds, wolf. those same targeting systems communicate with batteries to missiles, each missile about 10 feet long, a 25-pound warhead of high explosives. those are launched, they're guided right up to that incoming threat, and they blow apart everything in the airspace. this is not cheap, wolf. that's why the debate is going on here. it was developed by an israeli company to begin, but the u.s. has already kicked about $235 million into that system and

each one of the defensive missiles, about $62,000. i can tell you right now, wolf, even as they debate in washington, in israel, officials will say it is money well spent on a system that they now consider essential. wolf? >> saved a lot of lives here. i've been in ashkalone and i've seen the rockets coming in, the missiles coming in. i've seen those iron dome intercepters going up. makes a big boom. sometimes some shrapnel lands on the ground, but a lot better than those rockets and missiles hitting populated areas. tom foreman, thanks very much. we'll have much more of our special report live from jerusalem right after this. you're driving along,

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we're joining you right now live from jerusalem, but also right now, there are fears another crisis in another region is getting even more serious. the latest u.s. intelligence shows that the russian military is providie ining separatist in ukraine with powerful new weapons in their conflict with government forces. our barbara starr is joining us right now from the pentagon. tell us what you know, barbara. >> well, wolf, there is new intelligence, but now there are even more questions about what the russian military is really up to. russia appears to now be shipping heavier caliber, more sophisticated ground rocket systems, like these, across its border, into ukraine, according

to the pentagon. weapons that can strike ground targets 20 miles away. the latest shipment is imminent, the pentagon warned friday. the rocket launchers are seen by the u.s. as a further russian military escalation. >> we are very concerned about the transfer of weapons and material. >> reporter: u.s. spy satellites monitoring the border have seen a steady stream of russian weapons going into ukraine. >> at a time when, you know, when i think there may be some folks who could convince themselves that putin would be looking for a reason to de-escalate, he's actually taken the decision to escalate. >> general martin dempsey, chairman of the joint chiefs of staff, says the u.s. and nato are updating military plans to be ready if russia threatens european stability. >> my fear is actually, you know, any had a fear about this, it's that putin may actually light a fire that he loses control of. >> reporter: cnn has learned

u.s. intelligence satellites and radars have monitored repeat ee artillery fire from the russian side of the border, for the last several days. the u.s. now monitoring that border around the clock, for any signs of russian troop movements. the u.s. ambassador to nato says, there are limits to u.s. military help for ukraine. >> we don't have a responsibility to defend ukraine, although ukraine, it has been a, has been a close partner. it's not an ally. >> reporter: russia's potential motivation, step up the hostilities to protect the moscow-backed separatists. >> they're being pushed back into a couple of key cities from their positions within the provinces of eastern ukraine, and i think they're getting very -- russia is getting very concerned about this. >> the question now, what will vladimir putin order his forces to do next. >> and right now, wolf, there are 15,000 russian troops on that border and that number could still grow. wolf?

>> all right, barbara starr at the pentagon. thanks very much. and joining us now, jeffrey piette, the u.s. ambassador to ukraine. thanks so much for joining us. i know you're incredibly busy right now. you've got a lot of tension going on in your part of the world. cnn has learned that russia is moving powerful weaponry into ukraine, potentially today, we're told. can russia really claim that the pro-russian rebels in ukraine are not connected to putin? >> no, well, wolf, at this point, russia is the decisive factor in the instability in eastern ukraine. we've been working very hard to define a diplomatic off-ramp, a political strategy for settling this crisis, working with our european partners, working with president poroshenko. but at least for now, the kremlin is pouri ining gasoline

the flames. you mentioned the transfer of heavy weaponry, armory, tanks, rocket launchers across the border. we now have documented instances of units firing heavy artillery, across the russian border. these units located inside russia, firing on to ukrainian territory, targeting ukrainian troops. >> are these direct acts of aggression by russia against ukraine? >> well, they're certainly acts that detract from the diplomatic solution that we're trying to approve. frankly, they're alienating a lot of ukrainian citizens. people in eastern ukraine that i hear from are just tired of violence. they're tired of the kidnappings. they're tired of the shellings. most of the civilians, especially in these major cities, are caught in the middle. they just want this to end. that's what president poroshenko has proposed to do. that's very much what we hoped moscow would focus on after this extraordinary tragedy of the malaysian flight 17 downing.

but as you reported, that doesn't seem to be happening. >> is there any scenario that you envision right now where the u.s. starts providing weapons to ukraine? >> at this point, wolf, our focus is on our diplomatic and economic support. we're providing $33 million in nonlethal military and security assistance. a lot of that is targeted at the state border guards, so they can harden ukraine's frontiers against this continued infiltration of equipment. but that's our focus at this point. and i want to underline, i think most ukrainian also understand, there's no military solution to this crisis. what has to happen is a political process, a diplomatic climbdown, and there needs to be a political chart that's established to move forward. vladimir putin can make that happen with one phone call, as far as we're concerned. >> the state department says the u.s. has proof, proof that ukrainian military -- that the

ukrainian military is being fired upon from across the border in russia. so what would be the consequences of this? >> well, i think -- again, what we have made very clear, that we are prepared to raise the cost to russia, jointly with our european partners, through sanctions, if moscow persists in these destabilizing actions. the irony is, everybody wants to find a political off-ramp here, starting with the people of ukraine, who have been the victims of russia's aggression. but that's not going to happen, as long as you have this continued military escalation. and i want to be very clear, what's happened over the past eight days, since the downing of the malaysian flight, is not a de-escalation, rather, it's more weapons, more advanced weapons, these documented instances of firing across the ukrainian border. the persistence of the training camping in russian territory, where separatists are being trained and equipped. and now as the pentagon has

highlighted, the imminent risk of more heavier and more lethal weapons systems. >> general martin dempsey, the charm of the joint chiefs of staff, has said that russian president putin may, in his words, light a fire he can't stop in ukraine. why do you believe putin is escalating the violence right now, violence he may not be able to stop? >> wolf, we just don't know at this point. what is the moscow calculus? we know, of course, that russia is paying a heavy financial and economic cost for the root that the kremlin has chosen. we've seen an estimate of $100 billion in capital flight so far this year, planned for 2014. we know that, as i mentioned earlier, russia has lost a lot of friends among the ukrainian people. this is a country with deep historic, cultural, linguistic ties to russia, but frankly,

i've never seen ukraine so united. i've never seen the ukrainian people so resolved in moving ahead in their sovereign choice to move towards a closer relationship with europe. >> former secretary of state, hillary clinton, just said, and it raised a lot of eyebrows, she said, the reset that she was engaged in, between u.s. -- the u.s. and russia, she said, the reset works. would you agree with that? >> well, again, wolf, fortunately, my piece of the equation is the u.s./ukraine one. but in terms of u.s./ukraine relations right now, we want to find a platform for moving ahead, jointly with russia, and with europe, as we build our strategic partnership here. we are convinced that a ukraine which is politically stable, moving closer to europe, allowed the space to grow economically, should be good for russia. it should be good for russian exports, good for russian businesspeople. but moscow is not running that play right now.

what we see out of russia, since the end of february, is an unrelenting campaign of aggression, targeted at ukraine, apparently seeking to deny the ukrainian people the right to make their own sovereign choice about their future. >> one final question, mr. ambassador. a ukrainian free lance journalist, actually worked for a day for cnn. he has now been detained by pro-russian elements in ukraine right now. i know you're working on this case. what can be done to free him? >> i think we just have to keep the international spotlight on his case, wolf. we will certainly continue to do so, along with the dozens of other journalists, mainly ukrainian journalists, reports for ukrainian outlets who have been kidnapped since the outburst of hostilities in eastern ukraine. it's outrageous to us that you have this deliberate strategy by these separatist fighters, by

this so-called donetsk people republic, to abduct and imprison journalists. it's part of a larger campaign of information warfare that has been waged and it has to stop. >> jeffrey pyatt is the u.s. ambassador to ukraine. ambassador, thanks so much for joining us. good luck to you and to all your team over there. i know you guys are working incredibly hard. our special breaking news coverage live from jerusalem continues right after this. really... so our business can be on at&t's network for $175 dollars a month? yup. all five of you for $175. our clients need a lot of attention. there's unlimited talk and text. we're working deals all day. you get 10 gigabytes of data to share. what about expansion potential? add a line anytime for 15 bucks a month. low dues... great terms... let's close. introducing at&t mobile share value plans... ...with our best-ever pricing for business.

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>> the suburb of paris bears the violence aimed a it the jewish community here. the local synagogue targeted and shops burned and looted. this french-born jewish shopper refused to show his face on camera for fear of reprisal against his family. i'm very worried movement little brother's not going out alone he tells me not even to buy a baguette. we always accompany him. i asked whether he has seen jews leaving france? >> my aunt returned to israel this summer. a few days later the violence erupted. it makes us think we should leave. since the founding of israel,

and the head of the jooush community in paris says there's a good reason. a 40% increase in violence against the jewish community in the first part of the year. >> what we've seen in the past two weeks is something we never lived through. basically the demonstrations which were the demonstration for the palestine people that ignited the violence against the jews. but on the side of the demonstration, we've seen a new mob, which decided to attack the jews. on the idea that were defended for the palestinian people for the government of israel. >> anti-israel protests turning against jews in general. the rising tide of hostility is being felt not just here in france but right across europe. there are fears that this new form of anti-semitism as the

french government are calling it is being fuelled by growing economic inequality and the growing strength of europe far-right nationalist parties and a sense of alienation amongst europe's muslim population. propalestinian demonstrators attacked visiting israeli players. in belgium a shocking display. this sign reads in turkish, entrance allowed for dogs but forbidden for jews. hatred has spread in latin america. israeli flags burned in chile and jewish families attacked with rocks. though paris may be 2,000 miles from gaza for the jews here a sense that the conflict has been brought to their doorstep.

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. just recapping the breaking news israel and hamas have agreed to a 12-hour temporary humanitarian ceasefire starting in a few hours. let's see if it holds up. israel rejected a proposal for a seven-day ceasefire. the israeli cabinet rejecting unanimously that proposal, thinking it goes too far in making concessions to hamas, an organization that israel calls a terrorist organization. i'll be back tomorrow at 5:00

p.m. eastern for special coverage from here? jerusalem. thanks for watching. i'm wolf blitzer in jerusalem. see you monday in the "the situation room" as well. right now the news continues on cnn. erin burnett "outfront" starts erin burnett "outfront" starts right now. -- captions by vitac -- www.vitac.com breaksing news the first images of the plane crash that killed 116 people. hamas and israel agree to a temporary ceasefire and new details into the investigation on who shot down mh17. russia could be sending more rocket launchers across the border to ukraine as early as right now. let's go "outfront." good evening, everyone, i'm