. >> because there are some reports quoting hamas officials as saying shortly a formal announcement wille made of a cease-fire. >> we have no illusions as to hamas, what their radical agenda is, what they'd like to do if they could. we saw earlier today they fired a rocket at this city where we're sitting now, a city of jerusalem, a city that is so special to tens of millions of people across the planet. they shot a rocket -- you know jerusalem, wolf. this city has jewish neighborhoods and arab neighborhoods. they could have killed palestinians. the rocket ended in the west bank and they don't care. it could have landed on one of the holy sites of the three great religions. what were they thinking? i think that demonstrates more than anything else who we're up against and why it's important to come out of this with clear arrangements that we get a long period of quiet for the people ever southern israel who deserve to live a normal life. >> so this report that's now moving on the reuters -- from the reuters news service quoting officials as saying that egypt has brokered a cease-fire agr

the first is that israel promises they will stop the killing of hamas officials. the second is hamas, their point, they will not fire rockets and more into israel. then as some kind of the easing of gaza. it has not really been decided on that point. and egypt wants to be a part of the agreement. >> . for the update. >> turkey says there close to formally asking nato for patriot misfiles to strengthen the anti- aircraft offensive alder border with syria. >> the foreign minister has talked with nato on the issue and they are in the final stages. there are likely to come from germany, one of the only three nato countries the patriot missiles in their arsenal. they have signaled that they would agree to the request. >> the french government has given assurances that the nation's economy is sound after u.s. credit rating agency moody's stripped them of their prize the a.a.a. status. this follows the cut by standard and poor's and it was expected. >> hollande is trying to revive the eurozone the second-largest economy. moody's had nothing good to say about france's econ

hamas. u.s. officials don't meet with hamas.esn't meet with hamas because they see hamas as a terrorist organization. but there are indirect contacts through others. and in this particular case, largely through egypt, also through turkey. also through qatar. countries that the u.s. has very good relations with, but direct u.s. negotiations or talks with hamas, that's out of the question until hamas accepts the basic conditions put forward, end violence against israel, accept previous israeli/palestinian agreements, recognize israel's right to exist. at that point, the u.s. would recognize hamas but that hasn't happened yet. >> hasn't happened and no sign that all of those conditions are going to be met anytime soon. again, another large explosion here. we're going to take another short break and have more with wolf and arwa and our correspondents throughout the region. when we come back, we want to show you how the rockets are getting into gaza. fascinating up close look. [ male announcer ] if you're eligible for medicare... now

hamas. u.s. officialsthe only us in is on hamas to take the first steps towards a truce. >> bottom line remains that hamas has to stop the rocket fire. they're the ones who are going to have to be a part of a solution that ends the type of terror that israeli citizens have faced over so many months with this barrage of rockets coming into israeli territory. >> reporter: the same u.s. official said the president believes israel has the right to choose how it will defend itself. but also made clear, he believes there are high costs to israel with the ground invasion. the goal is a diplomatic solution. so for clinton the goal would be a temporary cease-fire creating the time to find a negotiated long-term peace agreement. that would be good for the region but also on a more personal note, for clinton who said she would leave at the end of the first term a nice way to wrap up her tenure as secretary of state. >>> to jerusalem. this is where we see u.n. secretary ban ki-moon with israel's prime minister shimon

hamas official suggesting that israel has actually agreed to general terms. e for israel to stop the air assaults and open up the ground blockade immediately and simultaneously according to this hamas ohio valley official, they have agreed to stop the air assaults but they balked at opening up the blockade. tel aviv is being more quiet and cautious about the possibility of reaching a cease-fire. >> reza sayah reporting live from the egyptian border. >>> time to check top stories. new information shows it was the intelligence community and not the white house, state department, or justice department that changed those talking points delivered by the obama administration by susan rice. that's according to the spokesman for the national intelligence director. originally the attack that killed the u.s. ambassador to libya and three other americans was blamed on extremists before later being linked to terrorists. >>> allen west now officially a lame duck congressman. actually he's not a congressman at all. two weeks after election day the first-term representative

made to me, not a hamas official, but a fatah official, a senior one, was that the united states is not playing this sort of role that they were expecting. they were expecting a much more active assertive role by the united states and instead they find egypt, turkey, other countries of the region, are playing a much more proactive role in the crisis. >> farad is joining us now. farad, hillary clinton will be meeting with mahmoud abbas, with the palestinian authority, with fatan in the west bank. a lot of observers say that's a face-saving move to help him out. sort of been sidelined in all of this, who comes out in the group stronger? does hamas emerge stronger no matter what happens? what does that mean moving forward for u.s. relations with palestinian groups? the u.s. doesn't recognize hamas. it's been trying to deal with the palestinian authority, but if mahmoud abbas has lost power in all of this, what does that mean moving forward to getting a longer term peace deal? >> to be honest, i don't think either palestinian faction comes out ahead th

israeli officials say they were targeting a hamas military official.as official is known to be among the dead. under the banners of a hamas to the cemetery. when the crowd leaves and the chanting stops, the real mourning begins. friends and relatives quietly pray for the dead. quiet tears are shed for the latest to die so suddenly without warning. his brother was killed in another israeli attack sunday. like so many here, he's weary of war and sees only more coming. there will be an escalation, he says. israel won't accept our conditions. it wants blood for blood. he and his team of grave diggers prepared 15 graves. their busiest morning yet and preparing for more. what's left, he asks me? no one is safe anymore in their homes. the main cemetery for gaza city is out of town near the israeli border and, therefore, too dangerous to hold funerals at. now, they're bringing the dead here to the cemetery but this cemetery has no more room for new graves. back at where the home once stood, mourners greet an egyptian delegation led by the head of the freedom a

they're also hitting property owned by hamas officials.welcome back to coverage live from gaza city, also jerusalem and other points in between. that was something i shot earlier today, one of the buildings that was hit yesterday by an israeli artillery barrage. the situation, obviously, is very different than it was back in 2008, 2009. the arab spring has changed the geopolitics of the region as many governments which are more islamist based are more sympathetic to hamas, particularly the muslim brotherhood-led government in egypt. back in 2008, 2009, hosni mubarak was in charge in egypt and obviously that situation is radically different. now with mubarak gone and more freedom of speech, egyptians demonstrating in support of gazans. egypt's prime minister went to gaza friday expressing support. the u.n. secretary general ban ki-moon is in cairo for a diplomatic solution. here's what shimon peres said today to piers morgan about egypt's role. >> we have two surprises. the positive is the constructive role that the egyptian president is di

he showed it to some hamas officials sitting in cairo and they told him to go back to gaza and joy to the military and political officials back in gaza. he did that on wednesday morning, was showing it around to jabari and other people. i was supposed to receive from him that evening a copy of the draft he had written in arabic for me to deliver to the israeli side and egyptian intelligence, which i was unable to do in the end. >> because he was assassinated. >> that's right. >> i want to read from ha'aretz about the israeli assassination of the hamas military commander jabari. the article is titled "israel killed its subcontractor in gaza." begins "jabari was a sub your response to that article and placing ahmed jabari in the context of the security situation in gaza over the past few years? >> i don't want to be misinterpreted, ahmed jabari was not a man at peace. he was not an angel in any way. he was a warrior, a fighter, the person responsible for the hamas coup d'etat conducted in june 2007 when the brutally executed some of the palestinian authority security personnel. he was a

the most controversial attack, a strike on what israeli forces said was a building owned by a hamas official, commander of an artillery unit. they say initially he had been killed, then stepped back from that. at least nine members of a family were killed. what was the scene like? >> it was very intense. there was a lot of anger, there was a lot of frustration and there was also a certain sense of resignation. people here have been through this before and they fully expect to have to go through it once again. people were frantically digging through the rubble, some of them even using their bare hands, screaming for shovels, for anything they could possibly find. they were hoping to find survivors but of course, we now know that was not the case. >> we have some of your report. let's play that. >> reporter: the large slab of concrete and mangled metal finally gives way. buried beneath it, another lifeless body. it's the second child we've seen. there was also a baby. others in the neighborhood say the blast killed all ten people who lived here. the rescue efforts are not always so hopeless. n

made to me, not a hamas official, a fatah official, senior one, was that the united states isn't playing the sort of role that they were expecting. they were expecting a much more active, assertive role by the united states and instead, they find egypt, turkey and other countries of the region are playing a much more proactive role in this crisis. >> fuad joining us in new york. fuad, hillary clinton is going to be meeting with mahmoud abbas, with the palestinian authority, with fatah, in the west bank. there's a lot of observers saying that's sort of a face-saving move, trying to help him out, he's sort of been sidelined in all of this. who comes out of this among the palestinian group stronger? does hamas emerge stronger no matter what happens and what does that mean moving forward for u.s. relations with palestinian groups? the u.s. does not recognize hamas, it's been trying to deal with the palestinian authority but if mahmoud abbas has lost power through all this, what does that mean moving forward to where getting some longer term peace dea

kind of truce agreement and if this is not confusing enough we are also hearing from a senior hamas official who in fact is denying that any kind of cease fire has been agreed to he says that the agreement however is close but certainly not finalized it is in the atmosphere of conflicting reports particularly for the people of gaza that the situation remains so intelligible so not clear in terms of what they should be doing throughout the day israeli warplanes have been distributing pamphlets these pamphlets are encouraging and warning people to leave their homes in light of israeli airstrikes in fact the templates go as far as to say if you follow our orders you will be ok so gazans being encouraged to evacuate their homes and go to the same terms of the various cities in which they live but at the same time people are receiving text messages and their messages also on the radio saying that they should stay at home because of israeli airstrikes already be ordinary person in gaza is at a loss in terms of what to do and it is in this atmosphere of conflicting reports and confusion that we now

and a hamas official said they're hopeful that a cease today. and it looks like, if you believe what the egyptian officials are saying, it looks like they're working on conditions. hamas officials are telling us israel has agreed to the conditions but they haven't agreed to the timing. hamas' conditions is for israel to stop the air operations and open up the ground crossings immediately and simultaneously. according to egyptian officials, israel is willing to open up the ground crossings and blockade gradually. that's where things stand right now, soledad. >> he had mentioned, it looks like some time today -- i've also heard in a few hours. what's the timeline you're hearing, reza? >> reporter: the time line is some time today. it's the same timeline we heard late last night in speaking to egyptian officials and hamas officials. so, again, optimism from the egyptian side, hamas side. israel south carolina a little bit more cautious, a bit more quiet about the possibility of progress, but we did read a tweet from the spokesperson from the

it proved, hamas officials say, it can fire rockets, about 100 a day into israel, farther than ever before, even while under attack. and hamas achieved recognition, not from the united states, but middle east countries as celebrations continued into the night, there are also doubts that the fighting will pause for long. do you think this cease-fire will last? >> no, no, no, i think a few days. >> reporter: a few days? cease-fires don't last long here, more fighting is usually a sure thing. richard engel, nbc news, gaza. >>> this is martin fletcher in tel aviv with a sense is there is nothing to celebrate. >> it is very difficult to trust a terrorist organization like hamas. >> reporter: the mood was not helped by tel aviv's first bomb attack in six years. noon, a man left a bomb here, 11 wounded, the terrorist ran away. the cease-fire capped a tough day of 130 rocket attacks, one smashing right through this house. >> it landed just about a moment ago. >> reporter: only two days ago another bomb smashed the window here. her mother was inside alone. >> she is okay? >> she is okay, yes. >> re

there are a few senior hamas officials here but i expect many of them are in hiding in underground bunkers. it started out as a relatively quiet night but then things started to pickup. we have seen a vapor trail of palestinian rockets being fired across the border all morning. there have been casualty's. in gaza, more casualties at. at least three militants killed today. there have been civilians killed as well in the course of the past 24 hours including children and a young baby. the fear is this could be the start of another war. >> he is a very high rank person in gaza. he is a national icon. everyone is calling for a response. i do not see a near end. >> what do you think of the israeli action? >> it is very aggressive. we have seen four people killed. it is not very mora. l. i think it is going to become more hard in the coming days. >> do you feel like this could be another war? >> that is what everybody has been saying. it is escalating and going higher and higher. no one can say that it will end suddenly. you have seen that now. that is what everybody fears. >> who do you blame?

>> reporter: i just got off the phone a little while ago to a senior hamas official who is involved in the contacts that are going on between hamas to egypt, from egypt to israel. and they are discussing a cease-fire, sending messages back and forth. hamas says they have sent a draft proposal for a cease-fire through egypt to israel. they're hoping to get a response either tonight or sometime early tomorrow morning. and now there are sticking points, however. one of the sticking points is the question of buffer zones. the israelis want buffer zones around the gaza strip to prevent anybody getting near to the border. but as you mentioned before, gaza is very small. it is basically twice the size of washington, d.c. if there is a large buffer zone that means lots of agricultural land will be simply out of operation. on the other hand, israel also wants a complete end to arms smuggling. hamas isn't necessarily opposed to that, at least in theory, but their attitude is they do not control every militant group in gaza. there are others like islamic jihad which to a certain extent are out of

and according to some hamas and egyptian officials, who have reportedly said that it was down to israel, who had requested more time. and they said that more talks would resume today. now, as you rightly said, the u.s. secretary of state, hillary clinton, she is in the region. she was meeting with the israeli prime minister, benjamin netanyahu, late last night. and standing shoulder-to-shoulder, she reiterated the u.s.'s unwavering support for israel to protect its citizens, for the citizens here to live in peace, and for hamas to stop firing their rockets into the southern israeli cities. this is what she had to say. >> the goal must be a durable outcome that promotes regional stability and advances the security and legitimate aspirations of israelis and palestinians alike. >> reporter: well, as we enter day eight of this conflict, dubbed killer of defense by israel, the bombardment is continuing on gaza. israel has shelled gaza from the air and from the sea, saying it hit strategic targets, including at least 50 underground launch sites. now, for their part, hamas has retaliated by fi

this is what hamas officials are confirming. i should say there is outrage among palestinian political parties, particularly [indiscernible] and the more secular movements. they are angry because jabari was 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, s

. >> hamas officials say they will consider a cease fire with israel is certain conditions are met. >>> journalists are flocking to gaza to get an up close look at the deadly missile attacks. here is a look from anderson cooper who was live when an explosion went off. >> two media centers, whoa! [gunfire] >> that was a rather large explosion. that occurred, if you look out here. i can't see where the impact was. it set off a number of car alarms, but that was probably the largest explosion we heard in the past, really in the past hour. there have been a number of explosions in the past hour or two, but that one was pretty loud. >> and in other world news, president obama landed just a few hours ago for a historic visit in mianmar. his first home was at the home of prodemocracy chi. mianmar which use today be burma has emerged from military rule. >>> mike pelton shows us the recent drop in gas prices has led to a rise of drivers. >> reporter: for many drivers, the outrage is over. >> it was really frustrating. >> reporter: after weeks of record setting prices at the pump, the cost of g

late this morning, hamas officials announcing they reached a truce agreement. nbc's marin martin fletcher has more. >> reporter: with the countdown on the way, the question is what would count first? a ground invasion or a truce? it appears if peace won out for the time being. all indications are it will be within a few hours. the announcement of a truce and end of fighting with israel and hamas and gaza. it could be announced in jerusalem and gaza. there is a slew of arab leaders that will be at the announcement when it takes place. at the same time, u.s. secretary of state hillary clinton is going to be there. benjamin netanyahu will be there for the announcement. israel will stop rocketing on gaza. the details of the agreement are yet to be negotiated. all will be released later on. it is not clear. in the race between war and ground invasion or peace truce, peace has won out. >>> for men are in fbi custody today. the fbi says the group allegedly plotted a violence jihad to kill americans here and abroad. they were allegedly planning to join al qaeda and the

now, if you look at hamas, their forces are much smaller in terms of their official forces certainly.you look at people who are really in uniform, soldiers, police, whatever you want to call it, 12,500 and, of course, nothing like the weapons that the israelis have. however, palestinian militants do have lots and lots of rockets and i want to bring in a model of one of them here. this is a kassam 2. these rockets are popular because they're cheap and easy to make out of steel tubes. they only weigh 70 to 100 pound and they're fueled by commercial grade fertilizer and can pack quite a punch. if you go beyond this to some of their more robust and better targeted rockets and missiles, then you also start talking about range. in this conflict so far, we have reports of weapons fired from gaza, traveling as much as 50 miles to hit jerusalem and tel aviv. in fact, israeli officials now believe as much as a fifth of the population of israel is subject to these rocket attacks. that's something they say they simply will not tolerate any more and that's why we keep hearing about talk and specul

hamas doesn't want any more targeted assassination of hamas officials.hey would like a lifting of the blockade. i mean, really just to bring immediate calm to the area. both sides need to stop firing at one another. then we shall see if that sort of quiet will hold. but it's very tenuous and events like what we saw in tell asleeve today shake any sort of effort to try to bring about a little bit of calm. >> all right. >> reporter: tori? >> thank you, ben joining us about the crisis in the middle east. thank you and stay safe. >>> 7:37. back here at home, new this morning, we just received this video. this is of an early-morning apartment fire in antioch. it started around 5:00 this morning. it's the delta view apartment on delta fair boulevard. that very same building caught fire monday night. investigators don't know yet if today's fire is a new one or just a flareup from the old one of the these ten people had to  be displaced this that fire on monday. luckily no one was hurt in today's early-morning fire. >>> 7:38. let's check in with sal castanedo.

it took place sunday morning and it was the house of a top hamas official. in that house were several families. it was a three-story building with 12 people inside of it. all 12 people were killed. ten of those 12 were from a single family including four children and four women. now people here are extremely angered by it. they're saying this is the kind of disproportionate use of force that israel is using to exact a heavy toll on the palestinian population here. at the same time others are citing similar examples across gaza. there's still very much an ongoing operation here and there's anger building up at this type of violence. >> reporting from gaza. thank you very much. joe? >>> behind the scenes, egyptian president mow ham mi morsi said to be working on a peace with arab nations and hamas and israel on sunday. he's going to be hosting the u.n. secretary general later today. they've had negotiations in the past. morsi is said to be in favor of peaceful resolution but he has publicly backed the palestinian effort. last week's egypt prime minister visite

hamas says a ceasefire with israel does not mean an end to the smuggling of arms into the enclave hamas official denied media claims that egypt and the u.s. had secretly agreed to to stem the flow of weapons coming into gaza through this in the sinai this comes on day three of the shaky truce with television which is largely holding despite several odd breaks of violence one palestinian their civilian was killed and one thousand wounded by israeli gunfire on the border after i guess trast passed on the buffer zone sporadic clashes followed with several incidents also taking place in the west bank meanwhile hamas is hailing the ceasefire as a victory and some analysts say the militants have every right to celebrate. the israeli side i think netanyahu and his government have lost and or i would pretty much put them in the category of the short term losers in this. just all we really how israel has no long term strategy in dealing with the power. of the gaza hamas by clinging. hard to the poor to resist and of course the. regime. to be honest with you just before the. attacks were. popular it was p

that's according to a hamas official it's being reported by reuters so maybe some big developments there will be fully across it of course gaza truce to clear that nineteen g.m.t. set to go into effect at twenty two g.m.t. we'll be across that as it happens if of course it happens it's been reported by reuters tonight. still ahead to afghanistan's president karzai calls the united states to ordering officials to take over the american run prison of two months after control of the facility was due to have passed into afghanistan is that in a few minutes. the stunning beauty of reindeer gracefully dancing across the arctic tundra more than just a scenic image it is a way of life for sun traditionally the nets people are nomadic reindeer herders and though in many ways they lead a simple and rustic life they are also highly skilled and organized in their tree. another week. depending. on the day we found this particularly camp they were settled near the coast of the . here for families work together to manage nearly a thousand reindeer herding reindeer is not just a job for the people. but

kind of truce agreement and if this is not confusing enough we're also hearing from a senior hamas official who in fact is denying that any kind of cease fire has been agreed to he says that the agreement however is close but certainly not finalized and it is in this atmosphere of conflicting reports and confusion that we now see almost a week of fighting between israel and gaza there was also conflicts conflicting reports on the we're here we're hearing from the united nations relief and works agency that says that israel has lied on its twitter page you have seen from the israeli government on its twitter page is that the u n was and now we mustn't other militants could fire rockets schoolyards these are effectively our schools that the un monitors where the un flatly denies this and says that this is simply not true so again just a lot of conflicting reports it is in the context of this media war however that israel has always traditionally had an upper hand it does know how to use the social media and it certainly is using it to its benefit in this particular conflict have a look. while

according to hamas they made a revised offer and they never heard back according to hamas officials. but what is good news in all of this, even hamas officials seem to be optimistic that today and in the coming hours something could happen. >> all right. reza, thank you. at the bottom of the hour we'll talk to dan, our foreign officer now a guest scholar for middle east policy. next hour at 6:30 eastern, stuart holiday is joining us, head of the public policy group that works with the state department. >>> no other news here, eight minutes past the hour, sorry twinkie fans, it appears hostess is almost history. they are headed back to bankruptcy court in new york today after this last-digit mediation effort with the bakers union failed. the bankruptcy judge has ordered the talks to try to save more than 18,000 jobs at this company. several companies have expressed an interest in buying the brands and the recipes. >>> former boxing champ hector macho camacho is in serious condition after being shot in puerto rico. the shooter fired at camacho and another as they sat outside a bar in t

israel flattened this apartment building where a hamas police official was living. ped as the building pancaked. but next door, a middle schoolteacher who says he isn't involved with hamas, told me his five children are now in the hospital. >> translator: the israelis aren't being precise. i didn't launch any rockets at tel aviv. there is no excuse. >> reporter: residents salvaged what they could. so did this 4-year-old. these are childhood memories she's unlike tloi forget. in most of gaza, the streets are closed. men steeled their nerves, watching nonstop hamas videos now on tv that praise the militants. gazans know they can expect more destruction and more deaths. several middle east leaders, including the turkish prime minister, are meeting today in cairo, but so far, there is no real talk of a cease fire. lester? >> we can hear those drones behind you. what just happened there, richard? >> reporter: it sounds like a rocket was just launched coming out of some part of here in gaza city heading in the direction of israel. it will take a couple of minutes before it

we saw this recently during this conflict as members of the muslim brotherhood were visiting hamas officialsand so they have this -- they're hoping to put influence on hamas to bring about a cease fire. if you look at egypt, egypt has historically had a good working relationship with israel. it did under president hosni mubarak. so far we've seen them continue that. it's likely to see if we do see a cease fire, when we see a cease fire tharks egypt will be at that core, wolf. >> this is a huge test for president morsi if he succeeds in getting this deal between the israelis and hamas, i assume he will be rewarded. the u.s. will strengthen its relationship the u.s. provides egypt with extensive economic and military support. this is a big test for the new egyptian president. >> reporter: you're exactly right, wolf. this is a huge test for president mohamed morsi both diplomatically and internationally. first, domestically the community the eptian seem to be pleased with mohamed morsi's reaction to what's happening in gaza. his harsh condemnation of israel's actions in gaza has pleased the egy

egyptian leaders holding talks today with israel and hamas officials in cairo are working out the nexthase of the cease-fire deal which could include changes to israel's border crossings and blockade of embassy. and now the news live from jerusalem. connor, does it appear this shooting is going to harm the cease-fire? >>reporter: this is the type of incident normally that would undermine the cease-fire agreement particularly with the lack of trust and how fragile this agreement is but it is holding which is important given the incident where a palestinian was killed and a dozen were injured after several hundred palestinians moved toward a barrier between gaza and israel, the israeli troops opened fire after warning shots. this is the type of us didn't that would normally inflame the situation but both accuse each other of violating the cease-fire agreement and that was as inflammatory as the speech got and a top hamas leaders today suggested maybe israel was not without justification. (inaudible). >> both sides, now, will test this agreement over the course of the next days, weeks and

hit a house in gaza killing ten civilians including children it was reported in the home of a hamas official who wasn't even there at the time so clearly your intelligence was accurate and yet innocents did die in that attack why did that happen. well you know innocents died many times in the israeli side as well and i think the coverage and your questions are on balance that all after all we're looking at more than a decade of rockets landing in israel every day he doesn't come from the sky it came from hamas of islam in jihad and other organizations we are now in operation defending half of this country's population and we're determined to continue with this operation until we bring some peace and quiet to this country the equation is very clear if there will be quiet in israel there will be peace and quiet in gaza you say you're determined to continue this operation a quote that you're going to expand this operation which presumably means a ground invasion already we've heard from the u.k. that you would lose sympathy and support for your cause if you did that is that any concern. ground

. >> hamas officials say they will consider a cease-fire with israel if certain conditions are met >> in israel, several days into the conflict, it's already clear that the deep defense system called iron dome is having a big impact picking off hundreds of rockets and saving lives. one key element of the iron dome is an advanced radar that searches, locates attacks, intercepts and guides the intercepting missiles. just within seconds of the launching time. >> this is in >> you are getting a look of the technology. it was right in tel aviv. these are even raid sirens going off in the background. you can see the flash and hear the blue >> that was it significantly loud. and bloom -- them and it's scary. and israel, a another journalist found cover as-booming explosions in the background. >> there is another attack! we have to get out of here. >> we are with you. >> we are with you. >> go ahead. >> calling, basically what just happened, some chaos, that was in another is real city that was with air raid and of a tax court of and at another israeli city. >> president obama began another t

to meet with israeli and arab leaders would work on a solution but she will not meet with officials with hamas as officials doesn't meet with groups that are considered terrorists. >>> ktvu checked with the vallejo fire department late this morning. a fire fire -- a suspicious fire does appear to be the work of an arsonist. the fire broke out on tennessee street. no one was home. neighbors called for help around 8:150 last night after seeing -- 8:15 last night of a seeing smoke from the garage. the fire was knocked down in about 90 minutes. the fire official says the m.o. was the same as before. the house that caught fire last night also made headlines bake in -- back in april of 2000 when a veteran police officer was shot and killed while serving a warrant at that property. joseph tikon was convicted of the murder and is serving a life sentence. >>> holiday giving is in full swing as thousands are getting a traditional meal. janine delaw vary gause joins us live -- janine de la vega joins us with what's happening now. >> reporter: this is just bustling here with activity. you can see all of t

eight top hamas official echoing those remarks telling reuters that israel has yet to even respond toroposals and that any deal must wait until tomorrow. clinton landed jerusalem a few hours ago ahead of a meeting with prime minister benjamin netanyahu. >> in the days ahead the united states we will work with our partners here in israel and across the reion bolstering security for the people of israel. conditions for the people of za. and move toward a comprehensive peace for all peop of the gion. lou: the secretary of state travels to the west bank for 9:00 a.m. meetg with president mahmoud a boss. the elected political party in the gaza -- a power broker. they still considered a terrorist organization. clinton then departs from cairo to meet with egyptian president allegedly trying to broker a deal between israel and hamas, more than likely loong to preserve billions of dollars in s. aid is nation. president obama has requested more than one half million in congress. tonight we will examine the parameters of any so-called israeli gaza peace deal ad the real posibility that such a de

the hamas official spokesperson came out and said hamas as a whole supports this move and stands behindve unanimous total support for going to the u.n., the general assembly, and for getting the application to state status, enhancing our presence and enhancing, of course, our internal political realities as well as our international standing. and getting the recognition of our boundaries and of the fact of the palestinian territory including jerusalem is occupied perty and not disputed territory up for grabs by israel. this is a very significant step. it will enable us to interact with the rest of the world on the basis, at least the minimal basis of parity and equality. it will also curtail israeli violations, we hope. and israel will understand that it cannot continue its subjugation of a whole nation and its total denial of our rights and our freedom and, of course, basically our right to certain -- to live in dignity and sovereignty of our own land. >> final question about the egyptian president, mohamed morsi. while he's now dealing with some issues in egypt about his sort of expan

there was a hamas official in the hospital or does came from, are they going to bomb the hospital now? are they going to bomb schools? civilians are being killed. that is a fact. that is what is happening. either israel has pinpoint accuracy and is targeting these civilians, or they don't have pinpoint accuracy and they are raiding hellfire down on one of the most densely populated places on earth. there is no other explanation. >> thank you for being with us, sharif abdel kouddous. the very, very careful. his latest piece is in "the nation" magazine. to clarify, the three journalists who were killed, two for cameramen t working forv, killed when their car was bombed by the israeli military, and a third was killed and another israeli missile attack. he was an employee for educational radio, a private station. israel also struck a building that houses the offices of the french news agency. when we come back, a debate on what is happening right now in gaza. this is "democracy now!," democracynow.org, the war and peace report. i'm amy goodman. ♪ [music break] ♪ [music break] >> this is "

hamas in the gaza strip i should say. secretary of state hillary clinton left directly from cam cambodia where at the time she was travel wght president. she is scheduled to meet with israeli officials in jerusalem and visit ramallah, but not visit with hamas which the united states considers a terrorist organization, but the duly elected government in the region. instead she will negotiate with the more moderate palestinian authority and with egypt which is working to broker a deal. the hope is to use egypt's influence tw -- with hamas to work out a deal. ed henry is live. egypt is playing a pivotal roll and it could give us insight as to what egypt is or is becoming. >> that's right. there is a question of trust and they do trust the new president. he is a member of the muslim brotherhood. that has lead to questions of trust. and also the fact that it has appeared that egypt in the fledgling government has been helping to insight violence in the region and not actually stop it. but what is interesting, it is amazing how a billion dollars in aid -- u.s. aid can get one's attention. you can see him playing a constructive role two days after threatening them. >> egypt, watch what you

hamas as a terrorist organization. you won't see hillary clinton or any u.s. officialirectly with hamas officials because they boycott hamas deliberately until hamas accepts israel, accepts previous israeli/palestinian agreements and renounces the use of terror in this struggle. so it's a mess. it's a real mess right now. i don't know the outcome. if you asked me at this time yesterday, 24 hours ago, would there be a cease fire, i would have thought yes. if you ask me right now i'm saying i'm not so sure. >> wolf blitzer from jerusalem. thank you so much. >>> back here in the united states, walmart rolls back the calendar for savings when it comes to shareholders' tax bills. we'll tell you how. and why. >>> walmart push iing up its quarterly dividend payment by six days and that could save its biggest shareholder, the walton family, $180 million in federal taxes. all by making that payment in 2012 instead of 2013. alison kosik is in new york. this move is in case washington doesn't reach a deal in the so-called fiscal cliff? >> exactly. let me start with explaining exa

. >>> hamas officials say today's incident will not affect a seize fire that took place a week ago. >> check out these pictures from china. that's a five story house that now sits right in the middle of a new road on the outskirts on an eastern city. the owners had refused to sell their house as their neighborhood was being demolished. the owner said they weren't getting a fair price. the government just built the road right around the house. >> all right. >>> new yorkers can look forward to one site of normalcy. odd-even rationing will end tomorrow morning. so many gas stations had no power and no gas. now city fishes say 85% of the gas stations are operational again. new jersey and long island have already ended that odd-even system. >>> $29.4 billion, that is the estimated cost of the damage and losses to new jersey alone caused by superstorm sandy. governor chris christie issued that figure today. how much will be pick upped by the federal government has not yet been determined. >>>philipino oil rig worker died today. shortly after his wife and three children arrived from manila.