and forced gahdafi's men into the street.h gahdafi troops in martyr square, their advance stuttered. they couldn't see their enemy, so they had to give the bait, even if it was themselves. knowing gahdafi's gunmen were at the end of the road. >> they have lit a fire to try to create a smokescreen so the snipers don't know what to shoot at. and now they are trying to finish the job off to move into the square. >> reporter: once inside the square, they have to hold it. and hold it they did. the gahdafi men were out numbered and outmaneuvered, and the wounded were abandoned as they fled they have waited since march for this moment and she savored every second. the green flags were torn down. they will be on their guard for gahdafi retaliation. they faced a weakened gahdafi military this time t may not be the same on the road -- it may not be the same on the road into the capital. >> reporter: hundreds of egyptians continued protesting outside the israeli embassy in cairo. three personnel were killed while hunting for the gunmen

and forced gahdafi's men into retreat.oops some martyr square, their advance stuttered. they couldn't see their enemies, so they had to give some wait, even if -- some bait, even if it was themselves. they crossed the street knowing gahdafi's gunmen were at the end of it. >> they have lit some fires to try and create a smokescreen so the snipers don't know what to shoot at. and now they are trying to draw them in to finish the job off and move into the square. once inside the square, they had to hold it. and hold it they did. the gahdafi men were out numbered and out numbered and they were abandoned as they fled. they have waited since march and they were enjoying every second. the green flags favored by the gahdafi regime were torn down. they will be on their guard for any gahdafi retaliation now, but the same is to push on to tripoli. they faced a weakened gahdafi military. >>> that was alex crawford reporting from libya hundreds of egyptians continued protesting today outside the israeli embassy in cairo. israeli forces

let's assume gahdafi is killed or captured. those are scenarios that take two different dregzs.. what's next for the rebels? what is the role for the u.s. do you think? >> i think what the rebels have to figure out is how they can come together in some kind of broad, national umbrella, how to make a link, if you will, between the transition council which is out there in benghazi and a group of former officials mostly, and the people on the street fighting. what is the connection? who will give orders? who will obey those orders? there isn't kind of a link as of yet that is very clear and a chain of command and that needs to happen, because the crucial thing that has to happen now is the establishment of order. you know, we often forget in the united states because we've had order that this is the most difficult thing for -- in any society is not the kind of government have you, but the degree of government you have. do you actually have a government that can establish order that can, you know, make sure that people can go out at night? can get their kids to school? that's the pr