come back from west africa with fever because of the heightened tension, a lot of them are getting checked out. none of those half dozen have been confirmed as ebola. still likelihood is pretty low. >> thanks, dr. gupta. i'm jake tapner jerusalem. i'll be back tonight at 10:00 p.m. eastern. i now turn you over to wolf blitzer in "the situation room." >> breaking news. there's an ebola scare at a new york city hospital. a patient who traveled to west africa is under strict isolation being tested for the deadly virus. new truce in gaza. israel and the palestinians both say they agree to an egyptian plan for a three-day cease-fire. will that work and stop the air strikes? will it stop the rockets? jerusalem attacks. a soldier is shot by a man on a motor bike and police shoot and kill an operator of a truck who killed a pedestrian and overturned a bus. we want to welcome our viewers

in the united states and around the world. i'm wolf blitzer. you're in "the situation room." let's check into the breaking news developments. two major stories we're following. a huge development in the middle east after nearly a month as the casualties mount in gaza, israel and the palestinians now say they both agreed to an egyptian proposal for a three-day cease-fire. full details coming up. we'll check in with all of the parties on this story. meanwhile in new york city, at a hospital, there's a patient who was recently in west africa's ebola zone. he's in isolation being tested for the deadly disease. we have correspondents standing by on all of the late breaking developments. let's go to new york for the latest on the new ebola scare. jason carroll is there. what are you learning? >> wolf, doctors here at mount sinai hospital are trying to get to the bottom of this as quickly and accurately as they can. here's what happened. it was earlier today this

morning a patient who are home run checked himself in experiencing some of the early symptoms that one might see with ebola. he had traveled to the region. he came here with a high fever with a gastrointestinal problems, as well. the patient as you can imagine is in strict isolation. that's what the doctors here are telling us. also, he is undergoing a medical screening. i want to put this in perspective. dr. sanjay gupta mentioned this before. spokesman for the cdc says since this outbreak broke out sometime in march, there have been some half a dozen patients here in the united states who had also traveled to the region, also had similar types of symptoms underwent tests. all those tests came back negative. at this point, we are waiting for test results from this particular patient. this male patient. we are told that should take a day or so before that happens. in the meantime, as you can imagine, there is a great deal of concern here from some that we've been just listening to as

they leave the hospital. hospital reesing a statement saying in part, all necessary steps are being taken to ensure the safety of all patients, visitors and staff. we will continue to work closely with federal, state and city health officials to address and monitor this particular case. wolf. >> so jason, just to be precise there have been what, at least a half a dozen cases people have come back to the united states from west africa. they have some symptoms. they're tested and they problem to be false alarms. that's possible that that could be the case right now, as well. that's what doctors are saying to you at the hospital? >> possible but at this point without those test results we just cannot be sure. but i just think it's helpful to get perspective in knowing there were some half a dozen other cases from people who came from the area, came back with symptoms. they under went tests. those tests came back negative. still waiting to see what will happen with this particular patient. >> how long does the test take to get the results?

>> again, wolf, those tests should take about a day or so for those test results to come back. in the meantime, be this patient is under isolation. doctors using all the precautions that they would use with someone who might be infected with this type of illness. as you can imagine, everything that can be done is being done at this point. it's just important to get perspective and knowing there have been some half a dozen other patient who have come from this region who have come back to the united states who have undergone tests, as well and those tests came back negative. >> i want to bring in dr. sanjay gupta. sanjay, what are the symptoms? what do they look at? some of the symptoms seem fairly common but tell us what the symptoms they're looking at right now in this particular patient. >> well, some of the early ones are quite common and can be confused with lots of other things. fever, someone can develop abdominal pain.

sometimes they can develop a rash over certain parts of their body. red eyes, eventually all those symptoms sort of get worse and ebola as you may know, wolf, sometimes is characterized, as well by bleeding problems. the blood just doesn't clot, as well. that's why patients may have bleeding. some of it you may see actually be able to observe some of that bleeding can occur on the inside of the body, as well. again, the definitive test is the test you were talking with jason, doing the blood test and confirming the antibodies to the virus in the blood stream. >> how long does the test take to determine whether or not someone has ebola? >> well, you know, it's interesting. when i was in guinea, you know, they were doing the tests there in the field. sometimes they could get the test results back the same day. in the united states, interestingly enough, a lot of times they draw the blood and send it to a particular lab and it can take a day or two usually

to get the results back confirmed. so i would guess by tomorrow sometime we'll have a better idea. i should point out, as well, wolf, that the hospital has made this known. there have been about a half a dozen patient who haved their blood tests because of the concern. those particular patients, their stories were not made public. this patient was. i'm not sure if that's because of heightened concern by the hospital or what that means exactly. again, we just can't say for sure until the final tests come back and you know, they want to be sure on this. it takes about a day or so. this particular patient in new york, does the patient have that internal blood clotting problem? do we know if that's gone to that level or just high fever and gastrointes nat problems? >> my understanding is it was the first the two things, the fever and the gastrointestinal problems. also most relevant was the recent travel to west africa. that one you're sort of piecing this together, you're looking at the history of the patient in

total. what are the symptoms the patient has? but also the travel history becomes very important. so piecing those two things together. there was enough of a concern by the doctors, nurses taking care of him to go ahead, isolate the patient, get the test performed. and wait for those results to come back. >> we should get the results probably tomorrow. is that right? >> i think so. my guess is tomorrow. it may go into the next day, as well because they sometimes send these results out. one thing that i think is worth sort of putting a punctuation morning on is that he isn't going to be in ilation but we've talked about this several times, wolf. this isn't the kind of thing that they will worry about spreading to other patients in the hospital, spreading to people who are talking around the hospital. this is not an airborne virus. this is something that spreads only when somebody is very sick and they start to actually shed the virus in their bodily

fluids. so it's somebody who comes in contact with those bodily fluids who is not protected. while we don't know the particular story with this patient, woo don't know if in fact he has the ebola enfection in terms of concern for the hospital population at large or the population around the hospital, it's still very minimal. >> indeed. and i don't want to overly alarm people in new york city. there have been that we know of six cases of individual who have come to the united states from west africa from some of these country who have come down with symptoms. all of them were tested and all of them negative for ebola. let's hope the same is the case right now. thanks very much for that. we'll have more coming up later here in "the situation room." there's other breaking news. critically important news for a lot people in the middle east. it the israelis and palestinians now say they have agreed to an egyptian proposal for a cease pire. i'll be joined for p by a spokesman for israel's prime

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the other breaking news we're following, the gaza death toll rising but israel and the palestinians now say they've agreed to a cease firts proposed by egypt. meantime is, the violence spreads to jerusalem. gripping amateur video as police say they stopped a terror rampage by gunning down a backhoe operator who killed a pedestrian and toppled a bus. our correspondents and guests are standing by to bring you the

the coverage only cnn can deliver. jim shout ho has the latest. >> egyptian officials are calling this a pure humanitarian cease-fire with no military action to be distinguished from previous attempted cease-fires so far that allowed military action by israel inside of gaza not to mention rockets fired by hamas. it the track record not good. cease-fires on friday and again today ended virtually as soon as they began. today's first attempt at a cease-fire in gaza up in clouds of smoke. this time the calm lasting barely minutes. gaza residents had flooded into the streets to stock up on supplies and check on homes now reduced to rubble. then this. an israeli air strike on a u.n.-run refugee camp killing an 8-year-old boy and wounding 30 others.

and inside israel, the rockets kept falling, more than 50 of them. and on streets of jerusalem, a brazen attack. israeli police shoot and kill a palestinian man who used an earth mover to overturn a passenger bus empty aside from the driver, killing one. in another part of the city, an israeli soldier shot by a man op a motor bike. israeli leaders are calling ot world to condemn hamas, but israel is facing its own criticism. today's israeli attack on a u.n. refugee camp followed a deadly strike over the weekend on a u.n. school being used to shelter 3,000 palestinians. sparking unusually bitter criticism from the u.s. the state department called the shelling disgraceful. >> when you have a situation where innocent civilians are killed in gaza, there's more that israel can do to hold themselves to their own

standard. >> the suspicion that militants are operating nearby does not justify strikes that put at risk the lives of so many innocent civilians. >> reporter: undeterred israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu vowed to continue the gaza offensive till israel feels safe. >> the campaign in the gaza strip goes on. what is about to end is israeli military's handling of the tunnels. >> despite its continuing tough talk, public comments by israeli officials in recent days have at least laid the groundwork for an end to the offensive, talking about progress made against hamas. prime minister netanyahu today saying "we struck a very severe blow at hamas and the other terrorist organizations in the gaza strip." reading between the lines of those statements, i think it looks like israel is setting itself to say we've neutralized the tunnels, et cetera and that give the reason they can pull out with israeli public support. >> jim, stand by.

i want to go to mark regular again, the spokesman for benjamin netanyahu. mark, walk us through exactly where this process stands right now. we understand the palestinians say they've accepted the egyptian proposal in cairo. you now say is the israeli government has accepted it, as well. is this exactly the egyptian proposal that was put forward three weeks ago which israel then accepted but hamas rejected it because they said they never got an official proposal, or are there changes in what you now have accepted? >> in essence, it's the same proposal, wolf. and that's the very sad thing about all this because you're with me. i remember in ja fa, be the morning we accepted the egyptian proposal. and hamas kept firing rockets into israel. i remember 50 rockets, 60 rockets till we understood that they weren't serious about it, and that is the ultimate tragedy. because all the fighting, all

the tragedy, the death and the blood shed over the last three weeks could have been avoided. israel three weeks ago, accepted this proposal. and now it appears though, of course, the proof of the pudding is in the eating. but now it appears that hamas has finally come around to accepting the egyptian proposal. which is a immediate unconditional cease-fire. now, that's supposed to start at 8:00 a.m. tomorrow local time here in israel. obviously, after what's happened over the last few days, we are looking very closely at hamas to see if they will actually and finally honor this cease-fire agreement. we've been burnt before. you know that, i know that. we've seen them reject cease-fires. we've seen them violate cease-fires. so from 8:00 tomorrow morning, we will hold all our fire and we'll be watching to see if hamas does this time finally honor a cease-fire. but the tragedy is, that this is

the essential the same deal that was on the table three weeks ago. we accepted it. hamas rejected it. and all the violence over the last three weeks could have been avoided had hamas did what it's apparently done now three weeks ago. nothing has been gained. >> when you say essentially the same deal, when you say in essence the same deal, that's not exactly the same deal. what is different between this deal and what you accepted three weeks ago? >> i don't think there are significant differences if at all, wolf. my briefing that i've received says immediate unconditional cease-fire. and then the parties go to cairo to raise their issues. of course, as you know, israel will be raising the issue of demilitarization which for us is crucial. we don't want to allow hamas to rearm. obviously, we've destroyed the tunnels. we've taken out a large part of

their rockets. they are a much weaker hamas. their military machine has been substantially dismantled. we don't want to see hamas rebuild its military machine, replenish stocks of rockets to start building more tunnels. we've got to avoid all that if we want to maintain the peace and quiet. it's important that hamas cannot rearm. >> have all the tunnels that hamas built from gaza going to israel as far as you know been destroyed. >> yes, that operation is winding up as we speak. and that was crucial also because those tunnels were a strategic threat to my country. they allowed hamas to send into israel through those tunnels death squads armed with automatic automatic weapons, explosives, rocket-propelled grenades. they pop up on our side of the frontier to kill israelis. it was intolerable like a knife on our neck. that has been dealt with. we're winding that up now. as we will redeploy in the

framework of this cease-fire agreement, i'm glad to say that job has been done. >> as part of the cease-fire agreement, will all israeli ground forces have to be removed from gaza? >> if it the cease-fire is honored, there will be no reason to keep israeli forces in gaza. but i can tell you we'll be keeping readiness. it's not like at 8:00, everyone in the israeli army is going to go on furlough. we've been through this before. hamas has violated cease-fires in the past. and we'll be watching very, very closely to see how they act after 0800 tomorrow morning. >> when will the israeli delegation go to cairo? >> i don't have a specific flight plan for them, but they'll be going soon. that's in the framework of the egyptian initiative which talks about immediate cease-fire and then discussion on all the issues into is it your sense right now that all of the

elements of the palestinian factions not just the palestinian authority but all hamas islamic jihad, popular front for the -- all of this have agreed to this egyptian cease-fire proposal? >> well, the problem was never with the palestinian authority. let's be clear. the problem was with hamas and the other terrorist groups in gaza. so that the palestinian authority agrees is nice, but the real question is the terrorists. hamas islamic why i had and the others. and i said we'll be watching very closely. we have been told that they have agreed. we have been assured that they have agreed. we'll be watching closely. you'll recall on friday morning, that's not that long ago, the americans and the united nations had received assurances from the qataris from the qatari government that hamas would honor a cease-fire and in the end they violated that cease-fire barely an hour and a half after it kicked. . so of course, we'll be watching

very, very closely to see what hamas and the other terrorists do. >> quickly because our time is up. react to the state department statement last night, very critical of israel saying that the u.s. was appalled by this one attack by israel on a u.n. facility and called it a disgraceful attack. what's your reaction to those strong words coming from the u.s. state department in. >> we in this conflict didn't want to see any civilian casualties, not one. and we made a maximum effort to avoid civilian casualties. we don't see the people of gaza as our enemy, wolf. and we don't target the people of gaza or u.n. facilities. in that particular event that was talked about, there was not fire inside a u.n. facility but there was combat close to a u.n. facility in which we saw some palestinian sichs apparent get caught up in the crossfire. we hit an islamic jihad target,

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israel and hamas now say they have agreed to a new three-day truce proposed by egypt, supposed to begin 8:00 a.m. local time in the middle east. can it really work this time? there have been so many false alarms in the past. joining us is the hamas spokesman, osama hamdan. thanks for joining us. can we assume that starting at 8:00 a.m. in gaza and in israel, 8:00 a.m. tomorrow morning, hamas will no longer fire any rockets or missiles as the israel? >> we, wolf, i have to say clearly this was created by the

palestinian side, in fact. and hamas was part of that. i've told you before a few weeks that there is a chance to create stability and to stop the israeli attack. you asked me is there any hope. i've told you yes, if the israeli side accepted that because the attacks started by the israelis who violated the cease-fire 2012. and they also violated the last cease-fire by claiming that one of their lieutenants was captured and finally, they agreed with hamas story he was killed during combat. but during this period from 8:00 a.m. when they destroyed the cease-fire until they accept the fact 12 hours they killed mo are than 150 palestinians in a big massacre. so we hope and we wish that the israeli side will control his soldiers in the field and keep

the cease-fire for the coming 72 hours startinging from 8:00 a.m. tomorrow and then the negotiations can go well in cairo to have a cease-fire a lift of the siege and the other issues. we hope they can control themselves because they were the side who missed that the last time. >> so you promise that starting tomorrow morning at 8:00 a.m. local time, no more rockets, no more missiles. no more mortar shells, no fighting from the hamas side into israel. is that right? yes or no. >> well, it's more than this. a complete cease-fire will start at 8:00 a.m. tomorrow. and hear what palestinian united delegation said. we all palestinians will be committed to that unless the israelis vited this. let's hope they will keep that because we are ready to keep that from our side. hamas and all the palestinian factions. >> that sounds like a yes. let me press you a little

further. we just heard for the spokesman of the prime minister of israel saying what israeli has accepted is basically exactly the same proposal put forward by three weeks ago which israel accepted which hamas rejected. you told me turz when we spoke that night there was never a formal proposal given to hamas. as a result you rejected. you agreed that the proposal that egypt has put forward that you now accept is basically exactly the same as the proposal three weeks ago? >> well, i have to say that because benjamin netanyahu is in a very difficult situation. you know well that the militant operation on the ground was not going well. he felt on the ethical level biz killing palestinian civilians out of 2,000 palestinians who were killed in gaza, 450 were children. more than 250 they were women.

which means that the civilians were the main target of his army. this army lost his ethics. the second failure with the resistance, he fall down on the ground. he couldn't achieve any of the goals which he has set. so to give -- supposed to protect his force, he will say that it's the same initiative. everyone knows that there was changes. it's not a game. we want to achieve a cease-fire which will give the palestinian people their freedom. give them the chance to live in peace. give them the chance to be safe. and to be sure about the safety of the future of their children who were supposed to play and now they are killed by the skreel army which is the most powerful army in the region. >> so mr. hamdan, we will check with the egyptians to see what's new in this new proposal, if it differs significantly what the egyp shups put forward three weeks ago. i have to ask you one question

because it's come 0 our attention, it's all over the internet. remarks that you made recently to tv. i'm going to read it to you. the english translation, we had translators make sure it was accurate. i want you to explain what you said because it's very disturb. you said we all remember how the jews used to slaughter christians in order to mix their blood with their holy matzos. this is not a figment of the imagination or something taken from a film. it is a fact can an knowledged by their own books and historical evidence. you believe that jews would kill christians to mix their blood to bake the holy matzos on passover? is that your belief, mr. hamdan? >>. >> well, wolf, let me answer that freely. don't cut me because it's very, very important to be clarified. first, i was asked about a statement published by the

deputy speaker of the knesset, the israeli parliament who published a plan to have a complete, it's under the name complete destruction of the palestinians in gaza. and in this plan, he suggested to put all the palestinians in a concentration camps. he's talking about genocide. that was the question. he said that. and published on the 1st of august, three days ago. so it's clear that this senior member of the lek kud, the deputy speaker of the parliament in israel who is effective in creating decisions and making decisions, who is pushing netanyahu as a senior member in his party talking about a genocide against the palestinians, he is committed or he is connected to to such up old owed stories which was claimed by the church. it's not what we are saying. in fact, this is the first one. the second point i have to tell

you that they are misu usmisusi words. i've said on the same occasion that we don't have problem with the jews as palestinians and as muslims. we don't have problems with jews. the jews lives in the arab region and among the muslims as normal citizens. they were not considered something else. they were considered normal citizens in our countries. we are against occupation. when the jews were kicked from europe in the middle ages they came to live in peace in our countries and they were accepted, but when they turn to be -- when someone decide to be an aoccupation, regardless of his religion or race, we will fight the occupation even if it he was a muslim or from our race. we don't accept occupation. we will resist the occupation and they can't hide against being jews. i have jewish friends who are supporting the palestinian

rights. and they are our friends and are against like look netanyahu and some others who are senior officials in israel. >> i understand that, but i just want to be specific. just answer the question. and maybe i'll remind you what you said. i'm going to play it in arabic. here's what you said on he will cuts tv. >> i know what i've said. >> i want to play this for you. just listen to this and explain what you mean. let's play the tape. >> no, no. [ speaking foreign language ] >> so do you believe that jews used to slaughter christians to mix their blood to bake mazzas? >> excuse me. you have -- you have to ask that

for the -- which claims that you know, this is fact. you cut the words. not you. the israelis. and memory, they cut the facts and they start this propaganda to say that they are innocent. they want to cover the genocide which is happening in gaza now. they want to cover themselves when they are killing 2,000 palestinians. injuring more than 12,000 palestinians. in a bar bearian attack against gaza and they are connected to the same old mentality wit had the others. this man who is the deputy speaker of the knesset when he says we have to put all the palestinians in a concentration camp what, does it mean? when you talk gordon who wrote palestinians genocide is permissible. what does it mean? those people are the people who are hating the humanity.

who are try killing the palestinians. we don't have a problem with the jews. as they are jewish people in fact, we believe in moses. we believe in jesus, woo he believe in mohamed. we respect all three of them the same and believe that everyone has the right to choose his religion, no one will be questioned by the other humans for his religion. god will ask us all. no one is asked because of his race. races are the same. we are all from adam but the people who are talking about genocide against the palestinians must be questioned and asked because they are saying that and doing that at the same time. >> thank you, wolf. >> we're going to leave it there. i was hoping to get a flat denial from you that you would utter such ridiculous words that jews would kill christians in order to use their blood to bake matzo. that sounds as you know, that is an awful awful slur. >> wolf, wolf, wolf, you have to

be fair. you can't end that. i must end that because you asked me and i want to answer. this was said by everyone. i was saying they are part of what was being said. he has to deny what he write about the palestinians about the genocide against the palestinians. which he call for, which he suggested to do as a member in the parliament or as a senior leader in likud party. >> all right. osama hamdan, i'm sure we will continue our conversations. i hope this cease-fire, would tomorrow. 8:00 a.m. local time. let's hope the fighting and the dying stops on both sides. oh saha ma hamdan joining us from doha, qatar. we'll take a quick break. much more of the breaking news right after this. please choose one based oh, no on the cover.n that. here we go... woah! no test rides allowed. i can't show you the inside,

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joins us now is gershon bass can, helped broker the release of an israeli soldier gilad shalit held in gaza for five years. he's the founder of the israeli/palestinian center for research and information. gershon, thanks very much for joining us. let me get your quick reaction to the interview i did with osama hamdan, hamas spokesman in which i wanted him to distance himself from what he told he will el qods the other day. you deal with hamas and have spoken to these guys over the years. is this something widespread or a tiny little anecdote, if you will? >> no, i think unfortunately, as

the very widespread and they believe the protocols of the elders of zion is a true factual book that tells the stories of the jews wanting to take over the world and, of course, meeting in the cemetery every year and planning how to do that and using christian blood format za, et cetera. it's too widespread amongst it islamic fundamentalists. i've heard it from a lot of people in gaza. >> what do you think about this cease-fire tomorrow morning? we heard from the israeli spokesman. he says israel accepts the egyptian proposal. you just heard the hamas spokesman say the palestinians accept it. do you think it's really going to work this time? >> it's very difficult to know. from israel's point of view, most of its military missions have been accomplished. so israel could easily accept it because they achieved their military goals. the hamas side also will make its claims of victory so they

can also stand down and say we achieved our goals. what's curious to me is that this is essentially the same proposal that was there three weeks ago and the hamas people are saying the main difference is that they were consulted this time. which is true. they were part of a palestinian delegation in cairo and the last time three weeks ago when the egyptians issued a cease-fire offer, they had not consulted with hamas. >> do you believe the military wing of hamas as opposed to the political guys are on board as well as? >> i'm sure that because the delegation was there with islamic jihad and the other factions and the egyptians were pushing hard on them that they have communicated as best they can to the military folks back in gaza. i think that the message is probably there. it's way out on the internet and in twitter and on all the arab satellite tvs have been reporting this for hours. i'm sure the message is there. i think the hamas military wing

probably needs a break. the big question is what happens after the 72 hours. the israeli delegation is apparently going to cairo tomorrow. they're going to be talking about the other demands that hamas has made. israel will be very reluctant to give in anything to hamas. it's curious whether or not the egyptians promised hamas the rafah border crossing would be open and that's a crossing they control and can give to hamas. perhaps that enticed them to agree to something now they didn't three weeks ago. >> gershon baskin, thanks very much for joining us from jerusalem. at the top of the hour, a special report on the breaking news in israel and gaza. also much more on the breaking news from new york city where a patient is now being tested for ebola.

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. we're learning some new details about a very scary near confrontation in the skies involving russian fighter jets and a u.s. spy plane. cnn's brian todd reports. >> reporter: sources say it was a cold war style face-off played out in the skies over europe kept secret until now. july 18th, the day after malaysian flight 17 was shot down with tensions between the u.s. and russia at a boil, an american spy plane was pursued by at least one russian fighter jet over the baltic sea. >> we've had repeated instances of not only russia testing air sovereignty of neighboring

countries but taking a bit more provocative and aggressive action as the conflict in ukraine continues to escalate. >> reporter: this was like a scene out of the movie "top gun." u.s. officials tell cnn's barbara starr that the plane called the rc-135 riff ott joint was in international air space eavesdropping on the russian military when the russian aircraft were sent to intercept it. speedish media says u.s. was flying near lenin grad. when it was told, the pilot took evasive maneuvers and flew over swede 0en 180 mile as way. u.s. officials say it was a mistake to fly in sweden's air space without permission. experts say the mission of the rc-135 plane are secretive. its capabilities impressive. it can pick up signals as strong as an air defense radar, as tiny as a cell phone call.

>> those things would come into the aircraft. there are intelligence analysts on board who could look at the data and synthesize it, send it to ground commander whoz could do mohr work with it or send it up much high irto where a u-2 reconnaissance plane would be operating. >> reporter: analysts say escalating tensions between the u.s. and russia are especially dangerous right now. the russians are starting air defense exercises this week along the border with ukraine. >> this means we are going to see potentially an increased risk of accidents, provocations and potentially greater aggression in ukraine. >> we could not get russian officials to comment on this near encounter. a swedish official would not name the americans but told us officials of the, quote, embassy in question were called to the swedish foreign ministry in stockholm where they protested the violation of swedish air space. wolf? >> brian, thanks very, very much. just ahead, the breaking news from new york city.

a patient is being tested there for the ebola virus. doctors hospital getting ready to start a live news conference. we'll have live coverage. stay with us.

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>> happening now, breaking news. ebola fears hitting close to home for americans. a patient in new york city now undergoing tests for the deadly and rapidly spreading virus. we're standing by for an update from the hospital. also, a new middle cease-fire proposal israel and the palestinians are signing on just after israel vowed to forge ahead with its assault. and u.s. relations with

israel take a turn for the worst with the obama administration saying it's appalled by the latest strike on the u.n. shelter. i'll talk to the deputy national security officer. he'll join me live this hour. we want to welcome our 0 viewers in the united states and around the world. you're in "the situation room." i'm wolf blitzer. >> announcer: this is cnn breaking news. we're following two breaking stories this hour. the deadly ebola outbreak may be reaching new york city. a patient at mt. sinai hospital recently traveled to west africa, now being tested for the virus. we just learned it will be a day before officials get the results. in the middle east, there could be another pause in the fighting soon. egypt has unveiled a new three-day cease-fire proposal. israeli, palestinian and hamas owe sfishls all say they agree to the terms. but we've seen truces fall apart before, nearly a month into this deadly conflict. we have our correspondents and newsmakers standing by as we cover the breaking news in the united states and around the

world. that new egyptian brokered cease-fire is supposed to begin about seven hours from now. it comes after israel declared its own brief humanitarian truce earlier today, marred quickly by bloodshed. >> reporter: the cries of children. and the ruins of a gaza refugee camp. new flash points in the warfare between israel and palestinian militants. israel launched an air strike, saying it was targeting terrorists from islamic jihad. palestinians say an 8-year-old girl was killed. it happened just two minutes into a seven-hour humanitarian cease-fire declared by israel. israel says the operation was under way when the truce began so 0 it wasn't a violation. israelis also in danger. on the streets of jerusalem, the palestinian driver of an earth mover overturns a passenger bus and is shot dead by police. only the driver was inside the bus. he was hurt and an israeli

pedestrian killed. hamas is praising the attack as punishment for israel's assault on gaza. israel now says it's almost with its top priority in gaza, destroying tunnels used by hamas to infiltrate israel. but prime minister benjamin netanyahu says the gaza conflict won't end until calm is restored and citizens are safe from hamas rocket attacks. just hours after israel vowed to press ahead, there is now a new humanitarian cease-fire agreement as we've been reported, hamas, israel and the palestinians all say they're on board. will it happen? what does it include? and tough new criticism of israel by the united states, did it have anything to did with this new agreement? let's bring in elise labbot joi joinsing us. >> it's unclear isz real agreed to the cease-fire because it had met the goals of its operation

or because of this biting u.s. criticism over its tactics. the u.s. said it was appalled by the israeli shelling on the u.n. shelter that killed at least nine people. and made clear its patience is running thin. >> every day the world is watching, as innocent civilians are killed, as children are having shrapnel pulled out of their back. i think we can all look here and make an evaluation that it there's more that can be. >> reporter: israel's ambassador to the u.s. pushed back. >> she does not know all the facts. when she does, maybe she'll make a different statement. >> reporter: u.s. officials say the harshest criticism of israel reflects a growing consensus in washington and abroad, with civilian casualties mounting it's time for israeli operations to end. despite the tough talk, the u.s. still supplies israel with much of the weapons and ammunition used in gaza. newly revealed documents by

edward snowden detail how nsa programs assist israeli atracks against its enemies, a sharp contrast to 1990 when george bush cut off $10 billion in loan guarantees to israel over then-prime minister sha mere's refusal to stop construction. his secretary of state james baker gave israel the white house switch board number. >> when you're seriouses about peace, call us. >> israel blames secretary of state john kerry for negotiating the last week's cease-fire hamas violated within hours. officials confirm in a testy phone call afterwards with the u.s. ambassador to israel, israeli prime minister netanyahu warned, don't second-guess me again when it comes to hamas. shapiro made no apologies for the u.s. working with qatar and turkey to bring hamas to the table. >> we would never put our trust in a terrorist organization, but through the communications that we had, there was clarity about

what the terms were. >> reporter: and, wolf, cautious optimism here at the state department that the fighting could end. one senior u.s. official said to me, we've been here before, wolf. >> we certainly have. let's hope it holds. elise labbot, thanks very much. let's are bring in the president's deputy national deputy adviser joining us from the white house. tony, thanks for joining us. give us your sense. will this egyptian proposal that apparently the palestinians including hamas have accepted, the israeli government, the spokesman for the prime minister says israel accepts, is the u.s. on board? what does it entail? what's your understanding? >> yes, we are on board. this is a real opportunity. we strongly support the initiative. by all accounts, the egyptians have proposed a 72-hour pause, and that will create time and space to see if we can get to a more durable cease-fire. israel said yes immediately. i heard your report that hamas said yes.

we don't have confirmation of that. this is an important initiative. it's exactly what secretary kerry was working toward a few days ago. >> is this the same egyptian proposal put forward three weeks ago, that israel accepted, hamas rejected because hamas said they never got a piece of paper outlining the proposal? >> wolf, my understanding is this is a temporary humanitarian pause with no conditions, and again that would create some time and space to see if they can negotiate the conditions for a more enduring cease-fire. that's the objective. israel has accomplished its objectives in gaza. we've seen it deal with the tunnel problem that posed an acute threat to its citizens. >> tony, hold on for a moment. there's a news conference i want to listen together in new york. a patient is being tested for ebola. >> good evening. a patient came to mt. sinai's emergency room in the early morning hours with symptoms of fever and recent travel to a west african country. the patient was promptly

isolated and placed in a strict isolation fa stilt at mt. sinai such that we could protect patient and also any staff and other patients in the facility and all visitors. we're very confident in that our work with the federal, state and local authorities will lead to a prompt evaluation of this patient and that we'll be able to hopefully find that there is a more common cause of fever and other symptoms that the patient has, but using an abundance of caution we're going to work carefully with the cdc to ma certain this person does not have the ebola virus. >> with that, we open it up to questions. >> how long is it going to take you to determine whether or not he has ebola? two days, three days, four days? >> sure. the first thing we'd like to stress is that odds are this is not ebola. it's much more likely it's a much more common condition.

we're ruling those things out as well. in conjunction with the cdc who's been guiding us on the testing protocol, we're sending specimens to them and we expect an answer hopefully in the next 24 to 48 hours. though we can't guarantee it. >> what happens if you rule out he has ebola? >> the treatment of ebola is a symptomatic treatment process. we already have this patient in a special facility where all supported treatment could be given, as would occur at any hospital in the nation. >> would he have to go to atlanta like the other two folks coming from liberia? would he be flown to atlanta? >> we believe that the care that it could be provided here would be sufficient for any patient with that disease, but we're, of course, hopeful that there will be a rapid recovery and this turn it's out not to be ebola. >> have you already sent samples to the cdc? >> the samples are in process right now. [ inaudible ] my best guess is it will be

sometime tonight or tomorrow morning. >> is there any testing being done of those who were in close contact with this gentleman? his family, friends, people he was with? >> the patient was isolated very promptly in our emergency department so we don't feel that any testing is necessary for anyone who might have come in contact casually with the patient for a few moments in a waiting room. however, we will be working with the patient's family members and advising them to the cdc recommendations for screening, which are basically checking for fevers twice a day for a certain number of days. >> can you explain how the disease is transmitted? for those who might not know. >> the disease is transmitted not by casual contact. it's ae's contact with bodily . i don't want to go into great detail, in the african nations where it is prevalent, it is something where people who have been in contact with funeral will arrangements, with dead bodies or have been in touch with major bodily fluids are

potentially at risk. >> i want to bring in dr. sanjay gupta, our chief medical correspondent. sanjay, the good news is the physicians think this is unlikely ebola. but they want to err on the side of caution so they're sending the lab work to the cdc in atlanta where you are. give us your analysis of what's going on here. >> well, you have sort of several things being pieced together. smung wsomeone who has a fever, gastrointestinal or stomach symptoms and i think most relevantly the patient had traveled to west africa, piecing those things together, it sounds like he came to the emergency room and because of that history was put into isolation and blood was drawn to test for ebola. they mentioned that those test results will come back in the next 24 to 48 hours. interestingly, wolf, they said that they didn't think any casual contact, people who may have been next to him in the emergency room, someone who may

have been next to him in a car or cab or something like that, any of those people they weren't concerned about. they said family members, people who may have had more prolonged contact, they're not going to recommend they get isolated. they are going to recommend they get their fever checked twice a day my guess is for 21 days because that's how long the incubation period for ebola can be. but that's really about it. it's worth pointing out again, wolf, you and i talk birthded a this before, but i think six people have now fallen into this pattern, returned from west africa, have had systems and have been tested for ebola. all six of those patients, their testing has come back negative. there's been heightened concerned given what's happening in west africa. but still somebody with a fever and abdominal problems, there are many more things that are going to be more common than ebola that would cause that. i think those things are still more likely to be the kaudz here as well. >> just to give it some context, about 1400 people in west africa

by and large they've confirmed to have ebola. about 700 or 800 are dead. is that right? that's roughly correct. mortality is somewhere between 55% and 60%. awful numbers, no question, wolf. keep in mind, mortal iterates for ebola have been as high as 90% in breeprevious outbreaks. if there's any good news, the patients who do get some sort of care earlier, which is usually the replacement of fluids or blood products, they do tend to do better. we're seeing that reflected in some of those numbers, wolf. >> very quickly, sanjay, that patient who's at emory university hospital, we saw that patient being flown in on this special jet, being treated there at emory university hospital. what do we know? what's the latest on him? >> well, we saw the patient walk off the ambulance yesterday, or saturday, wolf, as you know. that was a very good sign.

we hear the patient is continuing to do well. there haven't been any specific updates overall of the we do know the patient received an experimental serum or medication while in liberia and we think that medication is being continued here. the medication in liberia seemed to have a profound impact on him. he was quite sick, even close to death, according to some reports. within 20 minutes to an hour after receiving that medication, he had significant improvement. as you might imagine, wolf, that's got a lot of people interested in just how this might work and how i think, most importantly, it could become more available to people who need it all over the world. >> dr. sanjay gupta, as usual, thanks very much. very quickly, let's go back to the deputy national security adviser. tony, this has been a big issue for the president, top officials in the administration. you guys are watching this ebola virus, the potential for it, very carefully, aren't you?

>> wolf, we're doing more than watching. we're surnling support to the countries affected by this in west africa, expertise, protective gear. here at home we're taking every precaution with the protections, protocols you've heard about, to make sure 0 there's no problem here. it's more than watching. it's acting. >> the president is hosting a major summit of african leaders coming this week here to washington as you well know. i assume this is going to be on the agenda, right? >> it will be on the agenda. with regard to that, we've taken every precaution. there's every protocol in place for that. but this summit is a very, very significant thing. this is the large engagement of an american president with africa in history. 50 heads of state coming to washington with business leaders, civil society, young african leaders, and there is a major opportunity here because we're demonstrating that we're investing in africa's future. i think you'll see over the coming days significant achievements being rolled out on

our efforts to help power africa going forward, to deal with the health security, to deal with food security, to deal with peace and security issues, good gover governance. we have a lot of business leaders in town, and there is a real thirst to get more involved and invested in africa. 6 of the 10 fastest growing economies of the world are in africa. the president is taking advantage of that. this is a major under taking. >> very quickly on the isra israel/gaza cease-fire, supposed to start 8:00 a.m. israel time tomorrow morning. do you think it will work this sniem. >> time? >> wolf, it should. israel has achieved its core objectives in gaza. it's dealt with the tunnels. it's able to deal with the roblgts outside of gaza if it has to. the burden is on hamas i think to demonstrate it will live up to the cease-fire. nen there's an opportunity to get to 0 a more durable cease-fire and deal with some of the underlying issues. it has to start with israel's security, dealing much more

definitively with the rockets, with the tunnels over time, but also dealing with the development of gaza so that people can live under different conditions. >> tony blinken, you've got a lot going on over there. we will stay in close touch with you. thanks for joining us. >> thanks. >> let's hope the cease-fire does hold, 8:00 a.m. israel/gaza time tomorrow. coming up, more on the middle east cease-fire agreement. also, is there it any hope for a long-term deal. i'll speak with the chief palestinian spokesperson. he's standing by live. you're driving along,

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let's go to martin savage in gaza city for us. i understand there's been rocket

fire over the past 30 minutes. martin, i know that 8:00 a.m. your time tomorrow of tomorrow is supposed to be a cease-fire. it looks like everyone has agreed to this egyptian proposal. what are you hearing, martin? what are you seeing? >> reporter: well, you know, wolf, it actually had quieted down a little bit. we had this seven-hour humanitarian pause, wasn't a complete cease-fire, but it did at least seem to knock back the violence quite 0 a bit. after it expired, around 5:00 local time, that's when we saw a renewed burst of activity on both sides. it was artillery from the israeli side, flares coming in as well. sounded like there was mortar fire, even aviation strikes. there were outgoing rockets. that all seemed to die down, especially when the news of this it protracted potential cease-fire was being worked out. but, as you say, half an hour ago, another burst of rocket fire headed out of gaza. looks like it was headed north and we heard a couple of moments

sirens were sounding in southern israel. appears we may be starting the cease-fire in 6 1/2 hours, but some people want to get in their last shots before that actually happens. we are hoping and very hopeful that this will hold. but as you know, wolf, there have been many attempts at this already in this ongoing conflict. i think there are going to be a lot of people holding their breath at 8:00 a.m. >> let's hope it works this time. martin savage in gaza city. i want to bring in a man who's been working feverishly to achieve a cease-fire, the chief palestinian negotiator joining us from jericho the west bank. i know you want this to work. you wanted the earlier cease-fires to work. here's the question, do you believe everyone is on board as far as 8:00 a.m. your time tomorrow morning, no more hamas rockets, no more israeli air strikes? there will be a cease-fire? >> yes, wolf.

just minutes ago i was on the phone with cairo and with our intelligence chief, and they both told me that everyone, everyone, in this unify delegation and all the factions in gaza are fully on board for the cias-fire. look, wolf, last time we spoke about the cease-fire, there was a loophole where israel reserved the right to destroy the so-called tunnel. we reserved our defense. so it was friction. what we need to do tomorrow as of 8:00 in the morning is to sustain the cease-fire, to avoid the friction. and what we need to do is sustain an extent. sustain the cease-fire for the 72 hours and then meanwhile work to extend the cease-fire beyond the 72 hours. so it is to sustain and extend. that's what's needed. wolf, words cannot describe the

human suffering, devastation, destructi destruction, loss. it's a huge, huge mess in gaza. it's total devastation. so what i'm going to appeal tonight. i was in touch with secretary kerry. i want to appeal to the international community beginning with the u.s. that what's needed as of tomorrow is a huge humanitarian aerial bridge from all nations, arabs, americans, europeans, russians, chinese, japanese, whoever can. we have 10,000 people wounded in gaza. it's beyond the capabilities of our hospitals, medical supplies, our doctors. we don't have electricity in gaza. we need to help put a new generator and also the water installations and we need to begin this process of alleviating the suffering of

gaz gazans, palestinians, 450,000 people have taken refuge and shelter in schools. when are they going to go back to their homes tomorrow, they're not going to have homes. there are no more homes. it's total devastation. so what we need is to create and to find temporary shelters, and that depends on the goodwill and efforts and donations of the nations who can do it. what we need to do in the 72 hours is to show the international community -- i really urge the interbe national community that can fromm europeans, americans, arabs, is to make sure that there limitless supplies of medical supplies, food supplies, temporary shelters, electricity grids, water supplies to the people of gaza so we can alleviate -- deal with the human suffering. the situation is really, really a total devastation.

>> you spoke to secretary kerry about this. what was his answer

stop sending rockets and missiles into israel? >> believe me, before the egyptian conveyed the proposals to the israelis about ten hours ago, everybody, everybody in gaza was contacted and i can tell you everybody, all factions in gaza, are on board. everybody is on board. i hope the israelis will also be fully on board, will not use any pretext, any excuses tomorrow. we need to give this a chance. we need to give this a chance, sustain the hour every hour for 72 hours and then we are going to have to extend the 72 hours. but at the same time, parallel, what we need to see is a very, very, very huge humanitarian relief supplies, efforts to relieve the suffering of the 1.5 million people who are in full national disaster.

gaza is in national disaster area, a humanitarian disaster in as pekt of life gaza. we have to sustain, work on the extension second and in parallel, we urge the international community to provide everything humanly possible, temporary shelter, food, water, so gaza can see that things are changing and the international community is stand being shoulder to shoulder with them and nobody is abandoning them. >> what do you think about prime minister netanyahu saying all the airports, the siege, the blockade of gaza will be lifted. their condition is the demilitarization of gaza. what do you think of that proposal? >> well, i think at this stage what we need to have mr. netanyahu do is to sustain the cease-fire, extend the cease-fire, open the passages in

israel in order to get the supplies needed to gaza immediately. and then what do you want to do the day after, mr. netanyahu? this is a question for him. are you going to continue business as usual? 0 are you going to continue with your activities and dictation? isn't it time for you and for us to reach an end for this occupation and end of conflict? and get to the two-state solution once and for all? or do we need to go back and do what you did in gaza every three, four years? it's up to him. i mean, if he wants to seek palestinian state, west bank -- to live side by side in the state of israel, ending his willingness, announcement to say, i am on board, i'm saying tonight on behalf of all palestinians, we accept israel's right to exist in the 1967 lines. we recognize israel's right to exist. so we need israeli prime minister to stand tall and say the solution is