israeli public and the rationale is that he was involved in authorizing the operation that captured gilad shalit the israeli soldier who was enforcing the. exterior occupation of gaza and who was held captive there and so this is an easy sell to the israeli public what isn't recognized is that you barri was a figure who was maintaining stability inside gaza that often worked in israel's interest he was the person in hamas who negotiated directly with israel and according to gershon baskin who helped negotiate the release of gilad shalit i'm just sorry was involved in up holding the cease fire and bask in what speaking directly to him as sort of a liaison between the israeli military and hamas so i'm really puzzled by this personally because i thought israel's strategy as a sort of rational actor i mean i don't support their strategy in any way it's a settler colonial strategy but their strategy was to domesticate hamas in the same way that they did with fatah in the past and to work with qatar to basically take. hamas and make them sort of who you know stable or in gaza and crack down on

not as a negotiator, just remind our people, jabari was behind the release of the israeli shoulder gilad shalit. jabari was the contact person during this critical time of the year when there was bombing and f-16's firing. he was the person to talk of high -- on behalf of the palestinians. so far, the palestinians have not been in -- they have not been able to restore a real truce. now we are losing jabari, who has a lot of influence in all the political factions, given the part he plays the most important role as a palestinian leader among the palestinian factions. >> mohammed omer, how this latest violence is started? the israeli government says it is because of hamas rocket fire out of gaza. >> there was a truce, actually. there was a truce. the israelis it possible for the people to believe there was a truce. otherwise, someone like jabari would not be moving in gaza city. that is out of the question. he was driving with his driver with his bodyguard in the streets of gaza city and i happened -- and happened to be next to this bomb. there was no need for worry for anyone in gaza. abo

ahead with a ground operation we witnessing a lot of war mongering amongst the israeli leadership gilad shalit all of whom is one of the sons of a former israeli prime minister ariel sharon went on record as saying that gaza needed to be flattened like a machine but we're hearing from other israeli parliamentarians who've said things like all palestinians need to be mowed down but there are no innocents in gaza there's a school of thought that also believes that because the gazans elected hamas leadership everybody in gaza is potentially a target for the israeli army and the israeli transport minister went so far as to say that gaza needs to be bombed to the extent that everybody flees from gaza into egypt sinai peninsula another point that is also interesting and the point that we've been monitoring here at r.t. is the whole media war it's a wall that israel by and large has always had the upper hand of a war that it essentially has used through the social media to garner support for have a look while israeli politicians weigh up whether or not to send their army into gaza they've had

a thousand or plus palestinian prisoners being brought back into gaza as a -- so he could release gilad israeli soldier. but obviously the civilians on both sides very concerned for their lives. there is a lot of concern here and a lot of people wondering how big this is going to get in the coming hours. >> sara sidner, thanks so much, from jerusalem. >>> joining us from washington, aaron david miller, vice president of the woodrow wilson international center for scholars. good to see you. he's served as an adviser to six secretaries of state on the arab israeli peace process. so let's listen right now to israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu speaking a short time ago on the attack that killed hamas military leader al jabbary. >> translator: today we send a clear message to hamas and the other terror organizations, and if needed, the idf is ready to enhance the operation. we will do everything to protect our citizens. >> so do everything to protect the citizens. where do we believe this is going? >> look, it is an old movie sarksd sadly, tragically. operation cast led resulted in 11

he was said to be the person behind the kidnapping of israeli soldier gilad that hraoet. and in the photograph the shalits released, you can see him standing there. >> what do we know about what's going on inside gaza, whether they're preparing for war, whether they're standing by for a possible land incursion? >> the people i spoke in in gaza today describe confusion and chaos. i spoke to one gentleman in the northern part of gaza who has four children and he said as he was moving towards the center he saw shells and went back home. in problem is that no one in gaza knows where it's safe right now. the air strikes that started earlier in the afternoon are scattered in areas. so people are scared that they're in the midst of another war and one they're not prepared for. >> suarez: just in the past few hours the israeli cabinet has authorized a callup of reservists? is that a big step? an important step in this conflict? >> no, that call is still being limited. it's only 700 people, not a widespread callup yet. now, we've left the option open, they said they might call up

this is the same spy chief that in 2011 helped secure the release of israeli soldier, gilad shalit.e a cease-fire, israel's spy chief will play a key role. reza sayah, cnn at the rafah border crossing. >> that was the scene earlier from our correspondent reza sayah. wasn i want to go to atlanta where deborah feyerick is standing by with hala gorani, more information about a possible cease-fire. >> we have been monitoring the cease-fire negotiations to see who -- what players are at the table and specifically what they're talking about. and hala gorani from cnn international joins us. you've been following it. what are you learning now? >> i've been speaking with someone in cairo, familiar with the negotiations ongoing there. when i spoke with the government spokesperson an hour and a half ago on cnn international, he wouldn't confirm if there was even an israeli delegation in cairo. i got it through the reliable source there is indeed currently in cairo an israeli delegation, the way it works, deborah, is that the israeli delegation will discuss possible ideas with the egyptians who