good evening, everyone. i'm poppy haar low in new york. >> this hour we are fast forwarding to the week ahead. we'll look at all the stories you'll be talking about and hearing about this week. let's begin with your five questions for the week ahead. number one, we begin with our list of a pair of major medical headlines. deadly ebola creeping through west africa and now being treated right here in the united states as hundreds of thousands of people in ohio being told don't drink the water even if you boil it after a toxin was

found in the water supply there. so our question number one, why widespread health crises keep happening? question number 2, is russia in an all-out war with ukraine. tanks and troops are on the border. it's not just the number of trops that's troubling but what they are doing. general wesley clark, just back from the region, gives us his firsthand account of what's happening on the ground. question 3, is a new cold war heating up? realizes between the u.s. and russia have chilled for years. and stepped up relations with iran and syria are stoking concern. a former state department official will join us with his take. question number 4 this week, how will both sides of the mideast conflict fight the public image of war.

israelis diving for cover as rockets hit their villages. i'll talk to a branding expert about these images and the war to win positive international reception. that's coming up. finally, question number 5, what will it take to get a lasting cease-fire between israel and hamas? the u.s. condemning today's deadly blast to a u.s. shelter in southern ga swrafplt at least nine palestinians killed. israeli defense forces saying it targeted three jihad members on motorcycles in the vicinity of that school. also, idf said hamas fired 80 rockets today into southern israel. where do we go from here? is there any hope for a temporary truce? we have representatives all sides. why do the widespread heating crises keep happening? dr. sherry finy and nick valencia in atlanta.

when i first read these headlines late yesterday about what's happening in ohio in the water supply in toledo. 400,000 people affected. they cannot touch the water. >> this is surprising to a lot of people. >> right. >> certainly people in ohio are eager to get the water back on. this is a serious issue. samples are being tested in a variety of different location, a variety of methods. until officials give them the all clear, they need to keep the tops off. >> the the national guard delivering water by the truckload. red cross handing out gallons. >> come get it. >> store shelves are empty. people in ohio are clamoring for cases. >> if i don't have water, my baby doesn't eat. so that's going to be an issue. >> you can't cook. it's hell. >> 400,000 people in the toledo area are without drinking water. boiling it will only make the problem worse. the warnings first issued on saturday. >> i want the community to know

that everything is being done that is humanly possible. >> the issue appears to stem from algae blooms growing in lake erie. this bloom is so large you can see it from space. routine testing of the water supply turned up two systems from a microtoxin sometimes released by algae blooms. more testing is under way. additional results are needed before the ban can be lifted. >> all i can tell you is everything is trending in a very positive direction. >> businesses and restaurants are closed for the weekend. officials say the water is safe for adults to bathe in, but that's not recommended for people with sensitive skin or weakened immune systems. it can cause sickness and affect the liver. in worst cases it can lead to liver failure it. >> was stressful at first. worried about a couple dogs at home and four children. i wanted to make sure we had enough water to tkrubrush our t and be able to drink it.

>> you don't know about it until you don't have it. >> what some people don't realize is that is they are able to neutralize the toxins. but they need to find out why the levels went up. and if the original test was an anomaly or was the bloom moved closer to the intake valve sending the toxin levels up. >> i found it interesting and to you, doctor the, why this is. how dangerous is it? the fact that at least as far as we know at this point no one has been -- become ill as a result of this. >> yeah. well, i think the testing was wonderful. they caught it early. nausea, vomiting, diarrhea, the liver failure. these are some of the symptoms. and i think the bigger concern are the vulnerable people. 400,000 people are under this do not drink advisory. and we want to make sure the people who don't have cars, who can't get to the water stations, the more danger is not having access to water. so thinking about them. thinking about communicating these messages. >> yeah.

and, jim, i know at the same time as we began the show, we're talking not only about this locally in the united states, but the ebola virus has killed over 700 people in south africa. it's getting worse in two of the three west african nations. i know you have a question to the doctor where things stand now. >> i know nick valencia will get us up to speed on the disease. the world health organization report came out a couple of days ago. it is alarming. it's talking about a disease moving more quickly than doctors and communities can respond to it. at this point it's a problem confined to west africa, largely. but they were flying back and forth all the time. how concerned are you that this disease can jump from there, europe, and the u.s. >> i think it is -- the head of the w.h.o. said it was out of control in these parts of west africa. so this highlights, especially the people coming to the u.s.

and making us think about this issue, it's a good wakeup call for us. we in this country have the infrastructure to deal with this. it's those basic infection control procedures. we all know about hospital acquired infections. it is important we observe these basic infectious control procedures. and west africa, highlighting the need to step up the international response so the outbreak don't move to other countries. they don't have the infrastructure and they need the help. >> it is incredible as we go through that, two seemingly unrelated things. the dirty water in ohio and this disease here. something that's a product of our times, right? these things can spread very quickly. the one in ohio an environmentally connected thing. these things are behind us, but today we are facing what seem to be old world health problems. >> sure. the doctor brings up an

important point. we think of ebola as it's happening there, not here. frankly, now we are bringing two u.s. citizens home to treat them for this. so it is here and it's very real. it's also important that people understand what is real and what is myth. how you can contract it. i know there's a lot of anxiety about whether or not should we have brought them home to treat them. frankly, they are american citizens. they need the best treatment they can get. this is not spread through the air, for example. let's get to nick who has a lot more on this and what is happening in the united states, nick, in terms of treating these patients. another one is going to be on her way shortly back tore treatment. >> yeah. let's start with a case of a doctor who is in west africa working in the same hospital as one of the americans that contracted ebola, dr. jameson. he tramps all over the world and helps people from natural disaster to infectious disease outbreaks. it is his exposure to ebola that

has him worried. >> i just returned from liberia. >> reporter: he sits self-quarantined in his home no morristown, tennessee. just a week ago he volunteered with medical teams international to treat ebola patients in the same hospital where dr. kent brantley contracted the deadly virus. >> the concern is that if i contracted the infection while i was there i was not have the facilities for better treatment available in the united states. >> reporter: the 69-year-old says though he doesn't have any symptoms of the virus so far, he plans to be in isolation for 21 days. the last contact with an ebola patient was two weeks ago. his daughter picked him up upon his return but he hasn't had any contact with anyone else since isolated started on july 25th.

>> whether it's life lessons in somalia, haiti they had cholera following the earthquake. so these situations all pose risk. >> reporter: risk, jameson says, that he would gladly go through again in west africa if it meant he could help others survive the disease that kills the majority of everyone it infects. dr. jameson is still in quarantine and taking his temperature twice a day to make sure he doesn't develop a fever. that's one of the symptoms of the ebola virus. the quarantine is in excess but the doctor says he doesn't want to take any chances infecting others in the community. >> that's an illustration of a point that heating professionals keep saying the u.s. has the expertise. it has the resources to contain the disease that is not present in west africa.

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welcome back. the crisis on the ukraine/russia border could be coming to a head. troubling reports that more troops and weapons are closing in on the border and that activity is becoming more suspicious there. so is a full-scale russian attack imminent? joining me on the phone, former nato supreme commander general wesley clark. general clark just returned recently from the region. we have spoken a great deal on this before. tell me from your own time on the ground there and the officials you talked to i know have access to some very strong intelligence on the situation, what signs are you seeing and

hearing on the russian side of the border which give you pause that russia may be considering a full invasion? >> well, first of all, we know that we have russian personnel inside ukraine now. they are picked up on social media network and in telecommunications. so we know that several convoys have penetrated the ukrainian border. they have moved in to reinforce the separatists. we know that russian artillery and missile launchers are being prepared for firing just on the other side of ukrainian border and that in the past week there have been several incidents where the russians have fired across the border to attack ukrainian troops. we know that yesterday four russian attack helicopters flew in formation 10 miles into ukraine. these are all indicators.

additional russian forces are being moved to the vicinity of the border. everywhere from around the north edge, where there is no contact at all right now, to the south. we have statements from russian military leaders in places like crimea that they are prepared to intervene. and we have the first political call, which is the separatist mayor of luhansk saying there is an imminent humanitarian catastrophe because the ukrainian troops are moving to encircle these separatist stronghold cities of donetsk and luhansk. so the statement of the mayor would be the political call for help. >> building the case in effect for an invasion. i wonder, the u.s. response so far, both to the an exation of crimea but also to the military involvement you described, shelling across the border,

russian military on the ground inside ukraine, has been economic. economic sanctions. no military steps yet, including no military support really, lethal military aid for the ukrainian military. what should the u.s. do if russia was to come across the border in force? >> we don't know if putin will do this or not. but you have to raise the appearance for putin as unacceptable cost. you can't make it easy for him. so the first thing is the economic sanctions. and i think the white house recognizes that these are good. they show nato unity. but they are not probably sufficient. so they need to be toughened up. you need stronger diplomatic statements. and ukraine's neighbors to the west need to start providing some military assistance. not in the form of troops but in the form of critical items of

equipment. and in most cases this doesn't have to come from the united states. perhaps there's some unique elements that should. but the united states should be giving information. after all, this is a fight that is strongly -- it affects american interests very strongly. if ukraine is invaded and falls to putin, it jeopardizes the security of all of the nato countries that are next in line. they are very nervous about this. they are watching very anxiously. and the best way to stop a war is to not let it get started. and in this case the way to keep it from getting started is to make sure that putin's military gamut doesn't succeed. >> it's an alarming prospect. you have the baltic states, latvia, else spoken ya, poland

to the best. estonia. ukraine is in europe. it's not a distant land. >> no. >> this is a very alarming prospect for even more russian military involvement. >> nick, it is. someone who knows the region so well. general clark, thank you for your time. we will continue talking about this. how about this, a top russian diplomat tweeting this about president obama. "u.s. president barack obama will make history not as a peace maker. everyone forget about his nobel prize but the statesmen who started a new cold war." is this rhetoric or is a real new cold war a possibility? we'll talk about that next. the for paying on time. and then one day you tap the bumper of a station wagon. no big deal... until your insurance company jacks up your rates. you freak out. what good is having insurance if you get punished for using it? hey insurance companies, news flash. nobody's perfect. for drivers with accident forgiveness,

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before the ban on ukraine, tensions were rising between moscow and the united states. among the reasons, putin tight epping relations with iran and syria and his brand of asylum to whistle-blower snowden. relations are souring. but is a cold war heating up? >> no, it's not a new cold war. what it is is a very specific issue related to russia's unwillingness to recognize that ukraine can chart its own path. >> all right. let's get more perspective on this from an expert. david kramer, former top official at the u.s. state

department. that was president on tuesday. they have said this is only because of what russia is doing in ukraine. but then also something this handled where obama administration clearly come out and said russia violated a landmark arms treaty from back in 1987 by testing a certain missile. so is it this and then we talked earlier in the show about the encounter with a russian jet just a few weeks ago. isn't this the stuff of the cold war? >> it certainly does bring back memories of the cold war. what was missing was an ideological struggle, communist system in the soviet union which doesn't exist anymore. but what we are seeing now is more unpredictable and problematic and challenging. it is a system that putin put in place when he came to power in 2000 that is built on authoritarianism. it is a regime that views any democracy or movement towards

europe as a threat to russia itself. >> yeah. you know, jim, we have heard russia say repeatedly even after this tougher round of sanctions come from europe and the united states, look, it doesn't matter to us. we will continue to operate successfully. really trying to brush it off, jim. >> they have. judging by their actions, too, and i wanted to ask david to this point. the administration tried to raise the annexation of crimea in eastern ukraine that. doesn't seem to have deterred russia to this point. we just had general wesley clark o. he just returned from ukraine, raising this prospect of an invasion of eastern ukraine based on russian military movements along that border. i wonder -- you know the former soviet union. you know russia. what do you think the chances of that invasion are today? >> it can't be ruled out. russia has already invaded

ukraine. it did so when it moved into crimea in late february, early march. as general clark indicated there were troops in eastern ukraine, a russian-backed set of forces, russian citizens themselves. invasion can't be ruled out. but putin has to understand there will be serious consequences for that. more sanctions and more military assistance. i agree with general clark that the west should be providing ukraine with more military means to defend itself in addition to the economic sanctions put in place. >> it's alarm to go think. our guests keep reminding us that russia in effect has already invaded ukraine, right? >> yeah, right. >> we speak about crimea. and you have russian agents on the ground operating already. >> and we know that from social media and what has been detected even in recent days. wish we could have you on for a lot longer.

thank you for your spaoeexperti >> if you were a second grader, you would have already been living through your second war. so many children shouldering the brunt of this blood shed. we will talk about these images in depth straight ahead. ♪ ♪ great rates for great rides. geico motorcycle, see how much you could save.

question number 4 of the day. it's a tough one. in the middle east now, who is winning the image war? >> we know the numbers more than 1,800 palestinians dead in these four weeks of fighting. dozens of israeli troops and three civilians dead as well. united nations school struck right next to that school, which is being used by a shelter -- as a shelter. and also with live news cameras frankly around all the time worldwide. and social media. how that is changing all of this. the battle for global perception is really a battle field of its own. >> reporter: you're no doubt

familiar with advertisements like this one, asking you to sponsor a child in need. the christian humanitarian organization world vision has been using campaigns to help impoverished communities for more than 60 years. donations help provide education, nutrition and medicine for families around the globe, including in gaza where the suffering has become unbearable. with israeliing shelling missiles and ma mass rockets fired and mid fired, they were forced to suspend all but its most crucial services last week. >> as bombs increase, safety became a primary concern. one of our staff members in north gaza lost eight members of his family during one of the bombing campaigns. >> reporter: it's gotten so bad that now appeals for assistance aren't primarily aimed at television viewers but, instead, at combatants. please, they say, stop.

>> we certainly are calling for a cease-fire. gaza was in a humanitarian crisis prior to this conflict. now the humanitarian issues are becoming catastrophic. >> reporter: the israeli government says it does not target civilians. but world vision has had to tell at least five families that their sponsored child in gaza was killed, not by hunger but my conflict. children flew kites carrying messages of peace and hope. world vision says he was killed by an israeli missile while playing inside his home. and mohammed had been receiving psychological care from world vision. an israeli shell shelled his room. and mustafa was killed with his mother and 8-month-old sister when an israeli jet bombed their home. another sponsored child died in this shelter when it was bombed

wednesday night. world vision had been set to offer help to families here the next morning. >> we have people trained experts to work with children to teach them breathing exercises so they can go to sleep at night when bombs are going off. or to learn how to sing a song to help calm them down. >> the palestinians blame israel. israel blames hamas for imbedding within the population. aid workers have finding it close to impossible to help any of these children until there is a cease-fire that features people actually ceasing fire. >> heartbreaking to watch no matter what size you're on. martha is an expert on branding and public relations and global imaging. amazing ideas to bring into a war. burr i'll tell you and my members, as a journalist, i've been branded, land basted by both sides regardless of how you report the issue. how much energy and attention

are both sides devoting to their image in this conflict? >> well, i would say that attention is being devoted to the conflict more than to controlling their image. certainly israel's image is taking a big hit here. i think you're looking at a situation where probably images spinning out of control a little bit for both sides. and israel is taking the bigger hit. >> it's a pretty remarkable thing to discuss. we have israel. it's a democracdemocracy.

it's an ally of the u.s. and hamas is a terrorist organization. to see that difference of opinion. you say hamas's brand is rising. or at least public image growing as a result of this, whereas israel is being damaged. >> i don't know if hamas is rising at a global level. we are seeing protests in europe. we're seeing the rise of some push back certainly against israel. uk supermarket has taken israeli produce from the gaza strip off the market. but more importantly what we're seeing is hamas is really reacting and pushing against the situation using 21st century media tactics were. they are using social media. they are using first person content. they are using video and wrenching images that are in real-time to explain to the world, explain to the world

what's going on on the strip. and israel really isn't moving into the 21st century in terms of their media tactics. they are more concerned with the military conflict. they are more concerned with their impact there. but hamas is pushing at every opportunity to make sure that the world sees israel as the aggressor. that's something some affect. certainly it doesn't help when israel's best friend, the u.s., calls their actions disgraceful. on top of what has been progressing the past few weeks in terms of general pressure of opinion against the israeli action. >> incredible to think of an organization like hamas having a social media division. but it's clear they do. thanks very much, martha. i'm sure you get the same thing. another tactic. i get e-mails the moment -- seconds after i deliver a report here often from both sides saying you missed this. you should have said more of

that. >> absolutely. >> i'm sure you can understand even more vi tri olic terms than that. >> the fact is that the images coming out of gaza are the images that are coming out of gaza. oftens you know what we see is often see images of the politicians, et cetera, right? these are the images. it is so interesting. one expert saying, look, israel is willing to have the images out there. they are not as concerned with what their perception is. they are concerned with their battle on the ground. fascinating discussions from both of you. thank you for that. coming up in the newsroom, what is it going to take to get a lasting cease-fire from israel and hamas? an exclusive interview with the leader of hamas, next. defiance is in our bones. defiance never grows old. citracal maximum.

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we're back with our fast forward question number 5. it is a huge question. what will it take to get a meaningful, lasting cease-fire between israel and hamas? we have sroeutsz representing several sides on this? >> joining us now to discuss pal line center director yusef and rick francona and bob behr, former cia operative. our senior international correspondent nick robert ton talked with senior hamas leader. have a listen to his interview.

stphrt hamas is a movement of institutions. it has respected leadership. all the members of hamas in political or armed wing are disciplined. the israelis, egyptians and american administration know this. otherwise, john kerry would not have intervened this time. >> president obama said it is irresponsible for hamas to fire their rockets from civilian neighborhoods. that's what you are doing it. why do you do it when you know civilians are going to die? >> translator: look at the results. how many israeli civilians were killed? israel know the number. while how many palestinian civilians has killed? it killed up to this minute 1,700. we killed 63 soldiers. we kill soldiers highly they kill palestinian civilians. >> but because -- but because -- because you're firing your rockets from civilian neighborhoods. that's where you are firing your

rockets from. your rockets are fired into civilian areas, tel aviv, jerusalem. president obama said you are firing from civilian neighborhoods. you know what that means. you will have high civilian casualties. critics are saying the only reason you are doing this is so you get the international outpouring of sympathy because of the high civilian casualties. >> translator: it is unfortunate that the u.s. administration and president obama have adopted the israeli narrative, which is a lie. hamas sacrifices itself for its people and does not use its people as a human shield to protect its soldiers. these are lies. hamas does not seek international sympathy to its own victims. >> what are you prepared to do to get a cease-fire? are you prepared to destroy your tunnels? are you prepared to stop firing rockets at israel? are you prepared to accept the right of israel as a state to exist?

>> translator: we are ready for a cease-fire. we don't want war. we want the war to end today. we did not attack anyone. it was netanyahu who transferred the crisis that took place in the west bank on june 12th to the gaza. he is responsible for this. we are ready to stop this war and we want a cease-fire. >> but are you ready to stop building rockets? are you ready to stop firing rockets? >> translator: i will answer you. i will answer you. why are there demands only on the palestinian people to get the off their modest and simple weapons? they are occupying the state. we are ready to discuss the removal of weapons. >> but the israelis say you are firing indiscriminately at israeli civilians. when they are not firing at you, you're firing at them >> translator: israel is the one

who started this aggression. it is israel who is killing civilians. i explained to you what israel is doing. >> there was a peace. there was a period when there were no rockets. >> translator: unfortunately, the united states and the west and the western media have adopted the israeli narrative. >> are you winning this war? >> translator: our steadfastness is itself a victory. it is a victory for the palestinian cause and for hamas. >> how are you having a victory for your resistance for the cause when so many palestinians are dying? rockets aren't striking the israeli centers. you have killed a handful of israeli soldiers. how are you winning? how is this a strategic victory? >> translator: our people are convinced today that the only way to get the occupation and establish the state is through resistance like all the people of the world have done.

just like what the american people did of the british occupation and as the french did when they got rid of the nazi occupation. >> president obama asked you to be more responsible, not to fire rockets from civilian neighborhoods. what concessions are you ready to make to get this blockaded? >> translator: we are ready to take all the positive steps. we have done it before. let me say let the aggression end. >> stop firing rockets. >> translator: i'll tell you, when it ends, and hamas and the resistance will not fire rockets on anybody. we are defending ourselves here. end of the line. >> you will stop the rockets? >> translator: when the aggression ends, we will stop responding to them. >> let's define what is the aggression that has to stop? let's be precise and clear. >> translator: israel has to stop all forms of aggression. missiles, fighter jets, attacks by air, land, and sea. they must open the border

crossings and lift the siege. beyond that, the main issue is to end the occupation and end the building of settlements. because that's the true route causes of this conflict. >> a defiant hamas leader. as we were listen to go nic robertson, we got this news from the region. idf have announced a temporary humanitarian cease-fire for tomorrow between 10:00 a.m. and 5:00 p.m. local time in the gaza strip but not in the area of rafah in the south where they have had the bulk of their anti-tunnel operations. we have our panel standing by to talk about cnn's exclusive interview with the hamas leader. we'll have the panel right back after this break. ugh. heartburn. did someone say burn? try alka seltzer reliefchews. they work just as fast and are proven to taste better than tums smoothies assorted fruit. mmm. amazing. yeah, i get that a lot. alka seltzer heartburn reliefchews. enjoy the relief.

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not a short-term temporary cease-fire? >> jim, i think you hit on it. that is -- let's put it this way. he's not sounding defeated. we are an independent organization. we make our own weapons. we're fighting a good fight. this is a resistance moving. in fact, the israelis have lost a lot more people than intended. i was talking to an israeli today. in the last 24 hours, hamas took out an armored personnel carrier with anti-tank weapon. killed nine israeli soldiers. for hamas this is in a sense a victory. until they are defeated they are not going to be inclined to talk exclusively on israeli terms. we have lost egypt, who in the past have moderated their behavior. and without them these guys are just going to keep on fighting on as far as i can tell. >> one of the comments that stuck out to me from the hamas

leader is in comparing the resistance of hamas to israel to u.s. resistance to the british in the revolutionary war but even to french resistance to the nazis. >> yeah. absolutely i agree with you, jim. sounding like this is not someone who intends to back down any time soon. as the casualties rise here on both sides, especially on the palestinian side, hamas gets more entrenched. an expert in the region and in terms of military tactics. we heard in qatar, leading ma has there saying, okay, nic said specifically what do you want to see ends in terms of israeli aggression. he said opening the border crossings. there is economic despair for the palestinian people there. and ending the settlements there in the west bank. realistically, is he going to get either of those? >> no. the israelis will probably agree to all of that. he wants this first and then they will have a cease-fire.

israelis said, no, we're going to have to disarm hamas. we're going to have to disarm -- dismantle all the tunnels. then we can talk about the other things. so they are approaching it from opposite sides. i don't see any resolution in the near term. the israelis will continue their military operations. >> to what end? to what tphanumber of casualtie? to what number of tunnels destroyed? >> i think they have discounted public opinion. they know they are losing the pr battle. they figured that into their calculus. we need to go in and do what we need to do militarily. >> this is amazing to think, as general francona makes the point, discounting public opinion, particularly civilian deaths. where does this leave the peace process, do you believe, from the palestinian perspective? is there any hope? >> i think we need to refocus on

what the underlying problem is here. and this is the ongoing for decades now military occupation of palestinian territory. the entire framing about a cease-fire is rather odd. because palestinians are the the only people on earth who are asked to provide security for their occupiers. and the israelis are the only people on earth who are supposed to, you know, act in self-defense against the victims of their occupation. it's completely inverted. if we want to see cease-fires last, we have to learn from the lessons of failed cease-fires in the past. and the problems have been that cease-fire agreements in the past that have talked about the siege have never been implemented. and i think what people don't realize understand about the siege is the siege itself is a system of violence. it is routinely occurring where you have israeli fire into the gaza strip. even when there are no

projectiles to the enforce the siege. farmers are being killed in the tp gaza strip. fischermen are being shot at. what does that have to do with security? the system of violence of the siege and start to talk as well about the ongoing military occupation, you're going to continue to see resistance. >> well, it is incredible to think that you have these events now almost on a regular basis where civilians in numbers on the gaza side of the border caught up in these strikes. you had a u.n. school today. a family of seven killed today as well. the civilian toll, no matter how you slice it, is just hard to bear. >> yeah. we heard condemnation from the state department after the strike next to the u.n. shelter. tough words coming out of the state department telling israel, you have to abide by your standards in terms of civilian

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good evening, everyone. 7:00 eastern here on the east coast here in the cnn newsroom. >> we begin with breaking news from israel. a temporary truce may be hours away. israel defense forces say there will be a seven-hour humanitarian pause starting 3:00 a.m. eastern time in gaza, except for