egive lint of facebook, by a rebel commander claiming credit for shooting down what he thought was a ukrainian military liner which has been cited by u.s. officials that is evidence that russia was behind -- that the separatists were behind that attack. thank you very much, laurie seigel. thank you very much for watching. i'm jim sciutto in washington. "wolf" live from jerusalem starts right now. hello, i'm wolf blitzer reporting from jerusalem. i'd like to welcome our viewers in the united states and around the world. a fragile, very fragile, middle east cease-fire totally shattered earlier today, less than two hours after it was supposed to begin. as this conflict in gaza takes a significant turn for the worse. mere are some of the latest developments right now. israel says its forces were attacked just 90 minutes after the truce with hamas took effect. says two israeli soldiers were killed. one israeli soldier was

captured. after a suicide bomber detonated explosives outside a tunnel, the soldiers were destroying. israel says the attack happened in the southern gaza town near rafah. a massive search operation for the captured soldier now under way. secretary of state kerry condemning it, calling it an outrageous violation of the cease-fire that he and the u.n. secretary-general ban ki-moon announced the night before. hamas denies it has the missing israeli soldier. and it insists it was israel that violated the 72-hour truce by launching a deadly attack on neighborhoods in rafah. gaza health officials say israeli shelling has killed at least 40 people and injured 250 on this day. that was supposed to be a cease-fire. right now, it's unclear who violated the cease-fire. you hear one version from the israelis. a very different version from hamas officials. cnn's karl penhaul is joining us live from gaza city with more.

what is the very latest? the cease-fire now completely history. what's the latest, karl? >> the fighting certainly has resumed, wolf. we heard artillery pounding throughout the afternoon on gaza's eastern border. also reports of fighting and shelling going on, on gaza's southern border, around rafah, where the incident this morning took place. we were also on the border, on the eastern border, about 2 1/2 hours in to this morning's cease-fire, and saw from our position israeli tanks maneuvering. we heard them firing at least four shells into buildings where we were at. in terms of developments, well, of course, in that shelling incident, down near rafah, that happened about an hour 30 into the cease-fire, around the same time that the israeli military reported the confrontation with hamas fighters, they -- palestinian health authority said shelling took place close to civilian market and close to

a hospital. they are reporting 40 people killed in that and 250 people wounded. also in the course of the day we've heard statements both from ham hamas' political and military wing there was fighting with israeli soldiers close to rafah this morning. they accused the israeli military of trying to advance beyond its front lines before the fighting started and say it started after the cease-fire. hamas is taking no responsibility for capturing any israeli soldier. this raises the question, could this have been another militant faction? could it have been hamas may be trying to get that soldier to a secure location? could that soldier be somewhere laying on the battlefield? >> it's interesting, because earlier in the day, you were reporting hamas in its national statement said they had some sort of, quote, unique announcement. that was the word that was used. unique announcement to make. it was unclear what they meant. there was speculation since then. maybe they were referring to their capture of this israeli

soldier. what have you heard about what was supposed to be that word "unique," what were they driving at, what were they referring to when they used that word? >> you're absolutely right. that was a brief statement on the hamas-run tv station. that was made this morning probably about five hours or six hours into the cease-fire or the supposed start of the cease-fire. there has been no follow-up from them. they've made no further statement on the television. however, as i say, we have had that written statement on al qassam's website, as well as comments from one of the spokesman from the political wing, fazi balgum stating there was a firefight near there, but not taking responsibility for the kidnapping of the soldier. this unique situation near the boarding crossing was that al qassam was referring to on al

aksa tv this morning, wolf. >> let's get the israeli version. the spokesman for the idf, lieutenant colonel peter lerner with us. do you know for sure that hamas, not some other group, but hamas has this israeli soldier? >> this is modus operandi of this operation. they've been striving to do so from day one of this mission. they announced already several times abduction. they've tried several times even bodies, body parts. this is what they've been trying to do. that's why they're enough circumstantial evidence to point to hamas as the people who are responsible for it. you add to the fact they're actually investing in these tunnels which are theirs, they belong to hamas. they've invested in them. they've put all of their capabilities into them. i would say absolutely hamas. >> because some analysts have suggested that islamic jihad also has invested in these

tunnels and this may have some indications islamic jihad may have been responsible, not necessarily hamas. >> the only thing i know at the time is we were in the midst of a humanitarian cease-fire for the people of gaza. these terrorists came out of the ground with bad intentions. they carried out a strike. they killed two of our soldiers and abducted hared gillen. this is what they've been doing. this is what we've been warning about specifically of the concerns of these tunnels. this is why we have to deal with them. we don't have a choice. >> this was an operation involving suicide bombers, if you will, right? >> yes, one of them came out of the tunnel and blew himself up, killing two soldiers. >> some analysts have said that's more in line with islamic jihad, suicide bombers, as opposed to hamas. does hamas have a reputation of doing suicide bombings, wearing suicide vests?

>> absolutely. we've seen it throughout the history of the conflict with gaza, with hamas. whether it's in in the west bank or gaza, they've always utilized suicide bombing as a tactic. it has been, to a great effect, been dealt with by our intelligence and operational capabilities in those areas. indeed, in this scenario, a possibility. we don't know who is behind it. it is the m.o. of hamas. we know that they've utilized and built these tunnels for specifically these kinds of attacks. and that is what they're doing. >> as far as you know, has anyone claimed responsibility for capturing the israeli soldier? >> no, i'm not aware. >> so nobody's made any announcements or anything along those lines. you're looking -- there's a massive search under way. i take it you're going house to house in that rafah area near that tunnel, is that right? >> we're utilizing everything we have. whether it's infantry men. whether it's intelligence capabilities we have. this is a grave, grave situation that has the potential of

extreme escalation. we are taking it extremely serious. we don't want this. we were happy with the cease-fire that was in place. we had 90 minutes of cease-fire. we were looking to be at this hour, 12 hours after that cease-fire, but they chose to escala escalate, they choose to carry out this attack. now we're in pursuit of them. this terrorist organization, hamas, cannot continue without grave consequences. >> it looked like over the last three weeks, how much more escalated could it get? >> this changes things further. up until now, we have two main goals to deal with. severing those tunnels leading into israel. dealing with the rockets which are striking our towns. we've had some 20 rockets during the course the day. and now we have another concern. a soldier that has been abducted. a soldier that's been held -- that's been kidnapped. obviously, it's something we can't accept. just won't happen.

>> will you trade for that israeli soldier, as you have in the past? >> i'm not in the position to say that. >> that's something israel has done in the past. when you say 20 rockets have been fired into israel, did any cause significant damage? >> we have the iron dome missile defense system which was successful in intercepting the vast majority of those headed towards civilian built-up areas. so no, we don't have casualtes. we are investing in life. that is what we're doing with this technology. >> as far as you know, are you gearing up for an escalation by mobilizing more israeli reservists? >> we have thousands of troops on the ground now. we're using a combine ed effort with our air force and navy. we have what we need to meet the task. we have more forces if required. i'm not certain that's the situation at that time. >> spokesman for the idf, the israel defense forces. we'll get a very different perspective. up next, dr. barghouti, a

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let's get palestinian reaction to the rapidly changing, clearly deteriorating situation between israel and hamas. dr. barghouti is a member of the palestinian parliament. he's joining us from ramallah on the west bank. dr. barghouti, there were high hopes this cease-fire this was announced by the u.n. secretary,

the secretary of state, applauded by the palestinian authority, so many others, would work. what happened, in your analysis? what went wrong? why did it collapse? >> well, in the first place, this cease-fire was really quite fragile because it had a problem in it, which was that the israeli army reserves the right to continue its military operation while there was a cease-fire. in the sense that one of the conditions of the cease-fire was the israeli army would continue to destroy tunnels and of course bombard places. and probably this was one of the reasons why this cease-fire collapsed. on the other hand, hamas says that those who broke the cease-fire were the israeli side and the operation it did was at 6:30 in the morning, which is 1 1/2 hours before the cease-fire took place. in reality, in my opinion, the whole approach was wrong.

and it's repeatedly done in a wrong way. because i believe now all the parties should be invited to cairo and just start negotiating about a long-lasting cease-fire. instead of a cease-fire that's 24 hours and broken, 72 hours and broken, half cease-fire, two-thirds cease-fire. this will not work. this has to stop. the situation's really getting bad. at this very moment, more than 1,500 palestinians are killed in gaza. if this took place in the united states, you would be talking about a quarter of a million americans killed. if it was the united states, you would be talking about 1.5 million people injured. within 25 days. this is crazy. it has to stop. now it is spreading to the west bank. i've just come back from hebron where we had mass -- >> i want to get to the west bank in a moment. what you're saying, dr. barghouti, is it was doomed from the beginning because the

cease-fire negotiated by the u.n., the u.s., involving egypt and qatar and turkey, it did allow israel to continue this effort to destroy those tunnels. jeffrey feltman is the undersecretary-general at the united nations in charge of political affairs. he just made a statement. he said in his -- this is jeffrey feltman from the united nations. he said it was very clear the israelis were going to continue the destruction of tunnels. he says basically, feltman, the u.n. under-secretary-general, he says everyone knew israel, even under the 72-hour cease-fire, was allowed to go ahead and continue its operation to destroy the tunnel. you say that permission for israel to do so, which was accepted by the u.n. and everyone else, doomed it to failure. >> i say it was wrong, yes.

i say these arrangements were incomplete. this is like having half pregnant woman, half cease-fire. what does it mean to be allowed to continue operations? but that is not the reason why it broke down. according to what the palestinian side is saying in gaza, they did not break the cease-fire because of this. but in my opinion, this -- these conditions would not allow a proper cease-fire to take place. >> is there a battle going on as far as you know, dr. barghouti, between the political wing of hamas and the military wing, and for that matter, between the military wing of hamas and islamic jihad? because some are suggesting that the capture of this israeli sole jesh jer soldier, the suicide bombing, the killing of the two other israeli soldiers at the tunnel, maybe had more of a mark of an islamic jihad than a hamas. give me your analysis. >> no, i don't think so. i think there is a complete compatibility between the political and the military side. and we have not noticed any sign

that there is -- there are differences between the palestinian groups in gaza. on the contrary, actually, all palestinians, including people in the plo and hamas and jihad got stronger. that's why we had joined the delegation, a unified delegation that was supposed to negotiate a long-lasting cease-fire and the end of this israeli aggression on gaza. i don't think these are real factors. i think in reality what hamas did is to try to take advantage by one military action just before the cease-fire ended, and the israelis were taken by surprise. they suffered. because of that, they took revenge. that's why they attacked rafah and killed 40 people and injured 200 more, making the situation even worse. i think there's a way out of this. the way out of this is to sit down now, before declaring humanitarian, just sit down and negotiate now in cairo. everybody should come there.

the secretary of state, ban ki-moon and the palestinians and israelis and sit down and negotiate. end this aggression. end this terrible massacre that is taking place. and discuss all the issues, including lifting the siege from gaza. this is what we need. the humanitarian crisis today in gaza is just because anybody's tolerance. >> i don't think that's going to necessarily happen, but it's an interesting proposal you're putting forward, dr. barghouti. very quickly, tell us what happened today on the west bank. because you're concerned clearly what's going on in gaza could spill over into hebron and other parts of the west bank. what happened there today? >> well, there is a real uprising all over the west bank. today, i was in hebron. we had tens of thousands of people demonstrating on the streets. demonstration i've never seen like before. it was peaceful. mainly nonviolent. but unfortunately encountered gunshots from the israeli side and we had 120 people injured.

other places, one man was killed by the israeli soldiers. another man in ramallah. but there are demonstrations all over the country. it's a real uprising. and people are protesting in solidarity with gaza, demanding the end of this aggression, but also demanding their freedom and the end of occupation. i think it's very much like the first intefadeh, popular, nonviolent, but very massive. >> dr. barghouti, thank you very much as usual for joining us. we'll continue our conversations with you. the short-lived cease-fire lasted maybe an hour, an hour and a half. it had been brokered by the u.s. and the u.n. now john kerry is reacting to the escalating crisis. we'll take a closer look at the latest efforts to try to bring some sort of cease-fire back. is that really realistic? is that doable?

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over the past several days and of the assurances given to the united states and the united nations. let's bring in our global affairs correspondent elise labbot. a very strong statement from secretary kerry. he's still oversees. i think he's still in india. it looks like he's on the same page as the israelis. >> he's back from india on his plane. he made all those calls not only to the prime minister and the palestinians but also really inr pressure on israel. really, i heard that secretary kerry was tough. but the u.s. in those statements makes no bones about the fact they

israelis. >> there's been a significant loss of palestinian life as a result of the violation. two israeli soldiers were also killed. one israeli soldier was captured. what can realistically the secretary of state, the u.n. secretary-general, the palestinian authority speaking egyptian officials, they don't want this to be dead. clearly the initial hours of a cease-fire, as you know, wolf, are very shaky. i think what they're hoping is

cooler heads will prevail. obviously talk in the next 24 hours doesn't look like it's possible. the egyptians are hoping the palestinians and the israelis will come to cairo and try and talk. they are saying, i've talked to very senior egyptian officials saying, look, we're not going to talk to these parties until they adhere to the cease-fire they signed up to. >> i expect the israelis will demand, not only the decommissioning or destruction of those tunnels but also demand they'll be able to go, if necessary, house to house in the search for that missing israeli soldier as well. who knows if that's a deal breaker as far as the cease-fire is concerned with the israeli military. thousands of troops in gaza right now. it does not look very promising indeed. elise, thanks very much for your reporting. in less than 24 hours, the prospects for some sort of cease-fire in the middle east diminish oh so drastically. we're getting a closer look at why today's events could be a

real game changer between israel and hamas.

we want to welcome back our viewers in the united states and around the world. israel says its forces are scouring parts of gaza. they're looking for a soldier who cawas captured by militants who launched a suicide attack on

a tunnel earlier in the day. the soldier identified as 23-year-old second lieutenant hardar golden. his father spoke out saying he's certain the israeli army will find his son. >> translator: we want to support the israeli army and the state of israel in its fight against hamas in gaza and we are certain the army will not stop under any circumstance and will not leave any stone unturned and will bring my son back home safe and sound. >> two israeli soldiers who were with goldin were killed in that attack in southern gaza. israel is now searching desperately for this missing israeli soldier. we're told israeli forces in that area in southern gaza are literally going house to house. a massive man hunt under way. our next guest has a unique perspective on what could happen next. ger shop baskin was the initiator of the secret back channel used to negotiate the release of another israeli soldier, gilat shilad.

he was also adviser to the peace process of the late founder. you and i agreed potentially the capture of an israeli soldier by hamas or islamic jihad or some other faction could be a game changer right now. why? >> the israelis were accepting a cease-fire, calculating their steps in order to end this operation and now the operation cannot be ended while hamas is holding an israeli soldier underground somewhere in gaza. it means they can't stop the operation until they find that soldier dead or alive and bring him home. they're not going to walk themselves into another situation of having to negotiate a prisoner release with hamas which will give hamas another victory. the whole purpose of this operation is to weaken hamas, to turn hamas into a nonfactor in terms of the future of israe

israeli/palestinian relations. right now hamas is claiming victory, for all its achievements, of closing down civil aviation to israel for 36 hours, and now holding an israeli soldier forces the israeli army to remain in gaza even longer. >> the spokesman denies hamas is holding this soldier. that's not unusual necessarily, is it? >> it's not unusual. when galid shalit was first abducted, they refused to take responsibility or claim any knowledge of that. it lasted into several weeks before hamas admitted they were behind it. there was an earlier announcement by the number three person in the hamas who is in cairo who early in the day said yes, we have a soldier, and even gave his name. later in the day, he put out an announcement they have no knowledge of hamas holding a soldier or not. it's also very interesting the

israelis put out an announcement the soldier was abducted, missing and the israelis are looking for him. >> usually -- you know a lot about it. you helped get gilad shalit out of hamas captivity after five years. usually hamas or in that matter, lebanon, when they held israelis, they want something for any information about that soldier, proof of life or anything else, right? >> right, for sure. they want release of prisoners which will be their demand. they will try and isolate the issue with the abducted soldier from the other demands that they have with regard to changing the situation in gaza, ending the siege, give them a seaport, an airport, whatever their demands may be. this will be a separate negotiation to get separate achievements. we see the israeli ground operation, with 40, 50, 60,000 soldiers in gaza, israel's not going to leave. the other thing i think the military wing of hamas wants to

achieve is more opportunities to kidnap additional soldiers and kill additional soldiers so they're drawing israel further into the battle in gaza at a time when israel was contemplating removing its forces. >> that's why this is a game changer. >> that's right. >> and if what we saw over the first four weeks, let's say, of this war was brutal, you say it has potential to get a who lle t worse. >> it has the potential to get worse. i think we'll see a full occupation of the city of rafah. >> rafah is the southern -- >> it's a big city, rafah and its surrounding villages, it's about 250,000 people. >> you think israel's going to go in there and take over? >> i think they'll go in, level the city house by house as they search for the soldier to find the opening to the ground tunnels. there was an announcement made that israel informed the only hospital in rafah to evacuate its staff and patients. >> when was that? >> over the last hour, the last hour and a half. this is apparently because israel believes there's probably an underbrand bunker beneath the

hospital where maybe the soldier's being held, where maybe some of the command posts are being held, where maybe some of the leaders are there. there is a tactic in the past where hospitals were used as bunkers. i would propose to israel as they were doing this operation that they understand this is going to be a humanitarian disaster and the united states and the united nations and the government of israel should call right now for creating a humanitarian corridor to allow civilians to leave rafah tonight, tomorrow morning, to let them go to the west bank, to let them go to sinai, where are they can go to get out of the line of fire, because we can't afford more hundreds and thousands of civilians to be killed. >> you see that scenario definitely understood folding? >> i think if israel is going to go into rafah with its very densely populated areas, 250,000 people, we're talking about a humanitarian disaster. >> yes, that sounds like a nightmare to me. gershon, thank you. is there any opportunity you might see for yourself to play another role in trying to get

this israeli soldier out, the r role you played the last time? >> i don't see that happening. i'm try to throw out these ideas like the humanitarian corridor to save human lives. people sitting around the table with all the generals and all the military folks have one way of thinking. and they usually don't think out of the box. >> gershon, thank you very much for joining us. let's hope that scenario does not unfold. it sounds like a total nightmare. if you thought it was bad before, get ready, it could get a whole lot worse. the conflict that's fueling the violence in gaza certainly decade's old but some alliances are new. their impact when we come back. (vo) ours is a world of passengers. come on let's go! (vo) the red-eyes. (daughter) i'm really tired. (dad) i feel bad for you. (vo) the transfers. well, that's kid number three. (vo) the return trips.

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different factors at play. nic robertson is joining us live from doha, qatar. there are regional fault lines key to the conflict. you're in qatar, which is of course a major supporter of hamas. turkey is as well. that's not necessarily the case for so many of the other arab countries in the middle east, elsewhere in the region. tell us what's going on right now, big picture, because it's a little confusing. >> yeah, one of the things that we haven't heard a lot of, wolf, is condemnation of israel we've heard in the past from countries like saudi arabia, the united arab emirates, jordan. but this is principally because it seems that at the moment they see hamas as a potential threat. hamas of course affiliated with the muslim brotherhood. saudi arabia very much concerned about the rise of the muslim brotherhood. and they see countries like qatar as really supporting the muslim brotherhood. as we know, qatar is host to the political leader of hamas,

khaled meshaal. he fled here after the arab spring or uprising in syria where he'd been in damascus for many years in exile. and the association between qatar and hamas is one that many regional players here now fear. they are concerned that qatar is trying to boost the muslim brotherhood across the region on the back of the arab spring. you have a change in egypt as well. the president sisi there very much against, cracking down on the muslim brotherhood in egypt. so the whole political picture, if you will, in the region has changed. with a lot more focus of dislike on the muslim brotherhood by the -- by many leaders in the region. and that transposes on to how they react to hamas which of course transposes on to how qatar figures into the picture here as well, wolf, seeing as, you know, as it is seen in this

region as a backer of the muslim brotherhood on the back of the arab spring. >> the leader, the political leader of hamas, khaled meshaal, he's there where you are in doha, qatar. is he really, though, in charge of all parts of hamas, including the military wing of hamas? or is there a rivalry going on between some of these other -- these other leaders? >> that's certainly a question he gets asked a lot. it's a question that he always answers as no, there's no rift, we're well aligned. he's been in exile for many years. israel tried to kill him when he was in exile in jordan. the jordanians at that time helped get an anecdote to the poison that he was poisoned with when he was in jordan. so he's been in exile for a long time, separated from the military leaders of the military wing of hamas. but the organization holds together. and certainly it's in their

interests at the moment, particularly right now, while they're in this situation to portray themselves as united. but of course it is difficult for a political leader so long in exile living in somewhere like qatar to stay in touch with the grass roots feeling inside gaza, particularly as the population there goes through such an extreme situation. so it's very hard to tell the reality of what that relationship is like. one has to believe it is strained. they have to play it as united, very strongly united, wolf. >> every time you speak to the israeli prime minister, benjamin netanyahu, he goes out of his way to ridicule call led ma shell. he says he's living in five-star hotels in doha, qatar, while his people in gaza are suffering. qatar is a political important

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this is cnn breaking news. >> the white house has just released a statement.

president obama just wrapped up a phone conversation with the russian president, vladimir putin. according to the statement, the president reiterated his deep concerns about russian's increased support for the separatists in ukraine. the president also reinforced his reference for a diplomatic solution to the crisis in ukraine. the two leaders agreed to keep in touch. we're going to continue to watch that story as well. the white house is condemning the capture of an israeli soldier in gaza. here is josh earnest on cnn earlier today. >> reporter: individuals used the cover of an humanitarian cease-fire to attack israeli soldiers and even to take one hostage. that would be a rather barbaric violation of the cease-fire agreement. we could encourage the international community to respond to this, and condemn it in the strongest possible terms. and we would encourage those who have influence with hamas to get them back on to the terms of a cease-fire and to get them to

abide by the agreements they struck just yesterday. >> the white house press secretary also says secretary of state joe biden has been in touch with benjamin netanyahu for the next steps. let's get insight from washington, the director of foreign policy, brookings institution, president obama's special envoy for arab israeli peace talks. what realistically can the united states do now, should the united states do now? >> well, i think you heard the essence of it in that clip you just showed. to concert as much international pressure, particularly from egypt, qatar, turkey, the countries that have influence on hamas, as quickly as possible to get them to release this israeli lieutenant they have captured. because that is, again, changer -- i think you used that word earlier in your program.

i think it's exactly right. and if it's not possible to get the soldier out, i'm afraid that the israelis are going to take much harsher action to try to apply military pressure to get him back, and that is going to just escalate the conflict with potential broader consequences. the west bank is boiling at the moment, and could easily boil over. we could see reactions in the industry we haven't seen up to now. the king of saudi arabia has come out and denounced israel's action in gaza, removes the cover from a lot of other arab leaders who will have to -- they have been solid up to now. i expect they will come out and denounce what's going on. the whole thing could escalate in very dangerous ways. well beyond anything we have seen up until now. and that's been bad enough. so i think the emphasis from washington and from secretary of state kerry is to do as much as possible to get hamas to give up

the israeli soldier and return to the cease-fire package deal that secretary kerry had negotiated and announced yesterday. >> but is that really realistic? let's assume hamas has this israeli soldier. let's assume islamic gee has been or other groups have israelis. they're going to want something major from israel in exchange for the israeli soldier. and israel, as you point out and others have pointed out, israel is going to step up its military campaign, as tough as it was the last four weeks, it's going to get a lot more brutal, i suspect. >> i agree. it's a stretch. but it has to be tried and has to be tried urgently. particularly through the egyptians, as i said, the qatars and the turks. but i think this is a slap in the face to the egyptians. the whole thing organized with egypt. egypt was to host the negotiations that were to follow on from the cease-fire. egypt has the ability to choke hamas from the egyptian side or

to open up to hamas and that pressure is critically important at this moment. in terms of them wanting something, i'm sure you're absolutely right. the re-release of hamas prisoners that had been released by israel for the shalit deal but re-arrested in the wake of the kidnapping of the israeli teenagers was something on hamas' list of demands that is not included in this package deal. and i can imagine they pulled this one off after the cease-fire in order to put themselves in a position to put it back on the agenda. so i don't want to underestimate the degree of difficulty involved now in trying to head off this next escalatory step. but there's no choice but to try as hard as we can. >> you were once an assistant secretary of state for eastern affairs. you know the region. you were once the u.s.

ambassador to israel. i've got to tell you, you don't have to necessarily educate you about what the mood is with the capture of this israeli soldier, the chances of prime minister netanyahu agreeing to another cease-fire, as long as that israeli soldier is held -- those chances are minimal. don't you agree? >> i think so. you're over there, wolf, and you've got much better sense than i have from here. but certainly from what i'm hearing from my friends there, that is the sentiment from left to right across the spectrum. we have seen a recent poll that said 87% of israelis want the prime minister to press ahead with the military operations. that was before this cease-fire deal. now i imagine it's 100%. and he's under tremendous pressure domestically, but he also knows that he's got some very tough decisions ahead of him in terms of if he presses ahead, the civilian casualty toll, the toll on israeli soldiers, the condemnation of israel internationally, all of

those things are the down side risks involved and costs involved in his next decision. so i sympathize greatly with his difficulty. i'm sure that he prefers not to go that route. but i'm afraid that in the circumstances, he's not going to have a choice. >> martin indyke, thanks for the analysis. i'll be back with a special two-hour edition of "the situation room." wolf blitzer reporting. cnn's breaking news continues right now -- actually, after a short break with anderson cooper. you're driving along,

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this is cnn breaking news. >> good afternoon. i'm anderson cooper. i want to welcome viewers in the united states and around the world. breaking this hour, major escalation in the middle east conflict between israel and hamas. the latest cease-fire collapses, each side blames the other for breaking it. there are deaths on both sides. and a house-to-house search under way for a missing israel soldier who officials suspect was captured by hamas. the cease-fire shattered about 90 minutes into what was to have been a 72-hour break in the fighting. the israeli military says it was attacked by troops in southern gaza. two israeli soldiers killed. israel believes another israeli