we're about 15 miles from gaza outside the town of ash cholon. there has been less and less traffic on the roads, almost nothing now. i think we've arrived at the place that the road is now blocked to civilian traffic by a police checkpoint here. we've seen a couple of checkpoints on the highway stopping traffic from going north, checking traffic going north. clearly the concern that there may still be other terrorists on the loose, and security services want to intercept them. but all the stores down here that we're seeing, they're all shut and closed. this really is a situation at the moment where the concerns of israelis are what happens next. what are the details of what they've witnessed throughout the day. this is horrific, as you've no doubt been hearing. horrific for the residents of this country. they haven't witnessed something like this in perhaps a generation or more. it is shocking and it is clear that they are bracing and having spoken with a regional diplomat as well, people bracing for potential worse yet to come. security out on