earlier today, we spoke via skype from jerusalem with jodi rudoren of the "new york times." what do we know about the planned negotiations in egypt? >> well two, things. i mean, first of all, these negotiations are part of a plan that secretary of state john kerry and head of the united nations arranged, a cease-fire during which, the more substantive agreement to stop the fighting. that fell apart as you mentioned yesterday when israel renewed the attack after being confronted by militants who came out of a tunnel, they killed two soldiers and seemed to have captured an officer, so several things, that whole thing fell apart, the palestinians going to cairo but the israelis says they are not, they have not definitively said they are not going but it appears they are not. but longer term, if there is going to be any resolution beyond just them -- it is going to happen in talks in cairo. >> all right. has the intensity on the ground, or the israeli response changed after this missing soldier? >> yes, significantly in the southern border town of rafah which is where the tunnel