it may be the iron dome. the iron dome would only respond if rockets are in the area.ore of them, as well. so clearly, the iron dome system has been activated. that's very much what this sounds like and the only reason it would be activated is because rockets are being fired in this direction. it doesn't fire off unless it responds to some sort of threat. now, if i go outside, i can see some smoke in the air, which would indicate that there has been things fired from the ground up into the air, which is how the iron dome system works. it fires off projectiles to intercept. and the camera man is trying to see if we can get out here on to the balcony. we'll see if you get blown off. and you can see these two little, what look like clouds, maybe -- and excuse our rusty camera work here. they look like clouds. they are not clouds. they were just fired up a short while ago from, i believe, the iron dome, trying to intercept or put up some sort of areal defense over the city. when i look around right now, on the streets and see if we can pan down, you see no one here in tel

we saw the iron dome in action protecting israel.k to us about hamas, its strategy, it puts its artillery in civilian areas, next to buildings, the high-rise that housed associated press, the israeli military says has given the intelligence to the u.s. showing that hamas also used that as an intelligence center. the sense that hamas uses its own people, that they want to use this as propaganda in some cases, what is the sense on the ground and what is the sense when you see the hamas rockets going over your head, intercepted by the iron dome. >> reporter: i think it's difficult when we see these statements by the israeli military saying that hamas is hiding weapons or of they're hiding intelligence inside tall high-rises. anyone that reported inside gaza will tell you hamas is everywhere. the journalists are trying to do their job as journalists and cover the conflict be in a fair around accurate way. oftentimes they're a parallel information war going on, not only in gaza but also in israel as they try to win public trust and their

they built iron dome to protect jews and arabs there. he argument -- if i start punching tyrus because he's bigger than me, he can't punch back and he's guilty of a war crime if he picks me up by my legs? no. that's what he has to do. so you have to tell the bullies -- the bullies can still be small. as for these deals, the abraham accords are holding firm. these are independent commitments with israel with arab states. this is the exact kind of threat to peace that these accords were meant to endure. you're not getting a peace -- you brought up trump. nobody else did. the fact that these deals are keeping this whole arab state together says a hell of a lot. this is idiotic to say -- you're blaming the victim. it's disgusting. >> jesse: there you go. >> juan: who is the victim? israel is the victim? come on, greg. >> jesse: yes. >> juan: please. >> jesse: it's a little different if rockets were flying in your neighborhood. >> greg: next time they are. >> jesse: prince harry is bashing america's first amendment. talk about a pain in the bu

in response, israel has defended itself with technological miracles like iron dome. it has carried out precision air strikes against military targets, and as always, israel has gone to extraordinary lengths to minimize civilian casualties, despite the terrorists' best efforts to maximize and then publicize any carnage. while hamas and the islamic jihad fire indiscriminately from palestinian schools, office buildings, and apartments, israel responds by hitting those launch sites, but only after, only after they warn civilians, allowing them to evacuate first. regrettably, these warnings also allow the terrorists to escape. israel bears that cost because it values innocent life, unlike its terrorist enemies. you may have heard of one recent example. last week, israel carried out an air strike against a building used by hamas intelligence personnel, a building that also housed the associated press. an hour before the air strike, the israeli military called the a.p. and other civilians in that complex and warned them to depart. this precaution once again allowed hamas te

in return, israel has an iron dome missile defense system.targeted and guided to only hit a rocket flying through the air. not people on the other side. when israel does an air raid they are using guided palms and pinpointing targets. absolutely there have been civilian quawrkts and when all of this is over with they will have to account for those. in a military operation, it's the offender, not the defender that has to account for civilian casualties. and so i want people to understand the difference in tactics here. hamas is literally indiscriminately firing hundreds of pay loads into israel without any concern as to where they may land and israel is simply defending itself and trying to stop those rockets from being fired and for congress -- for people in the united states congress to act like they don't understand this is completely crazy. they do understand it they just know they can create outrage and peddle outrage and somehow continue to garner support in their little corner of american politics and not really worry about what's happe

so iron dome i definitely wouldn't call it useless but hamas has succeeded in penetrating yet more now that it didn't do doesn't seem it's basically a large amount of hamas rockets don't make it and says you know from what do you make it into israel near. you know an actual urban area about 85 to 90 percent get shot down but if you can shoot a 100 or 130 rockets in minutes at a particular city then 5 or 10 percent getting through is going to be a larger number and that's what led to more casualties already this time in only a few days on the civilian side been had in all of 2014 so i think iron dome is effective but it's not hermetic in the same way that israeli defense forces us improve the capabilities in locating some of hamas as top officials some of it some of which have been killed over the course of the week some us improve its capabilities at shooting rockets that show israeli civilians much more effectively . i mean this all happened a few days after human rights watch issued a report saying israel commits crimes against humanity of apartheid and i think we both know nelson ma

yes that immediate barrows of iron dome interceptors that we just saw and had to interrupt our live a few minutes ago is now over but just to bring you up to date from what we've seen here it was an exceptionally large barrage of rocket fire coming north out of northern gaza heading north at the same time as we were getting alerts on our phones of sirens going off in tel aviv and indeed reports of explosions in a television area a hamas military wing had warned the israelis that there would be a response they said that television would see something even more powerful than what happened to the city the nearby city here of ashkelon earlier in the day during that period hamas says that 137 rockets were fired within 5 minutes certainly there was a lot of rocket fire that got through 2 women were killed homes were hit buildings were hit now there seems to be this additional very large barrage heading towards tell of even it of course it follows the destruction of that large residential tower inside gaza there had been warnings throughout the day that if israel decided to attack residentia

we had a detailed discussion about israel's security needs replenishing iron dome and we will continue to strengthen all aspects of long-standing partnerships and thatre includes consulting closy israel as we did today on the ongoing negotiations around potential return to the iran nuclear agreement and at the same time we continue to work together to counter iran's destabilizing actions in the region. we know to prevent the return to violence we have to use the space created to address a larger set of underlying issues and challenges and applicant the humanitarian situation in gaza and started to rebuild. the u.s. will work to rally international support around that effort butut also make our own significant contributions including some i'll announce later today. working closely with all to ensure hamas does not benefit from reconstruction assistance. at the same time we need to work to expand opportunity for palestinians in gaza including by strengthening trade and investmentat and investment and will help foster a more stable environment that benefits palestinians and israelis. ...

capacity 2014 when we had another round of engagement against hamas aggression supported us by having iron dome replenishment a quarter of a billion dollars you personally shepard into the system very quickly. we remember that we are very grateful to you. and now again with the replenishment of the dome interceptors to save civilian lives on both sides. we are grateful for that also. we give meaninggi to our commitment to self-defense if hamas breaks the calm and the taxes real our sponsor will be very powerful. we have discussed ways of how to work together of hamas we are moment with weapons and means of aggression. the second point is naturally is iran. none is greater than iran. i can tell you that the united states will not go back to the old jcpoa because we believe that paves the way for iran to have an arsenal of nuclear weapons with international legitimacy. we also reiterated that whatever happens to reserve the right to defend itself against the regime committed to our destruction and with weapons of mass distraction. the third point is peace. we need to work together to expand norma

there is no iron dome. but where you have been there in ashkelon, we have heard the sirens, you've heard the sirens almost continuously. how long have you been in that shelter and how often is this happening? what's the clear for people to go back to their homes? >> i think it is a very important point to keep in mind that the people in gaza don't have an iron dome and may not even have necessarily the same sort of shelters. but here in ashkelon, we have been hearing the air raid sirens all day long. i have to be honest, i've lost count the number of times we have heard the sirens and come running into the shelter. we would hear them also while we were in the shelter because we would stay in place for a few minutes after and then there would be another siren. there have been several times while i was live on air and we heard the sirens and had to come rushing in. the residents are coming in and out, going back up to their apartments, coming back down. for the most part they're staying put in the shelter. th

i'm sam is a than this is out there alive coming up israel's iron dome defense system working overtime dozens of rockets fired from the gaza strip and tel aviv 5 israelis killed . violence also breaking out amongst residents in the city of logs the military has been sent in to regain control. and we'll look at why petrol pumps along the west coast are running dry. you're watching al-jazeera is continuing coverage of the increasing violence between israeli forces and palestinian armed groups it's just past 6 am in gaza the israeli airstrikes have been continuing to pummel the strip international calls for the escalation continues to go on heard it's been the most intense exchange of fire 2014. air strikes have hit a building housing media organizations in gaza the building is not too far from where al jazeera is an office is located israel fired a warning shot before hitting the target in total 35 palestinians have been killed after 2 days of israeli bombardment in gaza at least 5 israelis have also died in rockets fired from gaza are a force that has the story from southern israel. wri

even the iron dome that never stops. we could not hear it the last 20 minutes. the only thing we could hear is the israeli drones hovering over our heads. but we can say -- >> i can see the relief in your face. it has been a terrible time for all people actually in gaza witnessing all this. >> optimistic and powerful as well. in one hour from now, palestinian factions called for rallies to celebrate the cease-fire or what they called a victory. they will pass by the house, the destroyed houses. the houses, the victims of the escalation. they will also pass by the leader or the commander of the brigade. it will be like a kind of celebration in gaza, celebrating the victory of jerusalem or for jerusalem. we will try to get the celebrations if the cease-fire is respected and into force. >> on these situations, both sides want to claim credit or victory if you like. in the end, the people who have suffered death whether it is in israel or gaza, it is a sad time . a time to start rebuilding and trying to put their lives together. >> they call it victory. i am just te

without the iron dome, the human cost would be unimaginable. and breaking tonight, as we speak, there are now israeli troops amassing at the border with gaza. with the very latest, he is on the ground, he is in israel, our very own trey yingst is with us. trey, looks like prime minister netanyahu is not backing down, and this time, there will be massive repercussions for this unprovoked attack. >> sean, good evening. that's right. the israeli military tonight is preparing for the possibility of a ground operation into gaza. 9,000 reserve troops have been called up and combat soldiers are being told not to leave their bases. the israeli military and their air force continues a massive barrage, a response to the rockets that have been coming into gaza, off in the distance, it does sound like they are resuming some of those air strikes in gaza. a senior hamas official speaking to fox news today says that more than a hundred palestinians inside the strip have died so far. many of them children. seven hamas antitank units were taken out today, thoug

the president said he is committed to replenishing the iron dome. busy committed to making sure that sale goes through? jen: we have no plans to change our security assistance we are providing to israel. the president's view is we need to move forward on a couple of fronts. certainly supporting the security of israel is one of them, but another front is rebuilding and playing a constructive role in providing assistance to gaza, ensuring it is not hamas but the palestinian people who benefit from that assistance, and doing that through the u.n. is, in our view, the best way to do that. it includes continuing to have diplomacy with leaders in the region, continuing discussions with officials across the middle east, egyptians, israelis, palestinian leaders, and others about how we move forward from here. reporter: on police reform, it looks like this memorial day deadline is going to slip without legislation being passed. is the white house losing some confidence in the bipartisan talks going on on capitol hill and how does president biden lend to addr

the israeli army showed off their anti—missile system, iron dome.y say it shoots down around 90% of the missiles fired out of gaza. previous wars between israel and hamas have ended with mediation, generally with egypt involved, leading to a ceasefire. now, contacts have been made, but it's a difficult process because each side needs to get to the point where they can say to their people that the sacrifices — the damage, the killing — were worth it. if israel takes this to the next level with a ground invasion of gaza, that process gets knocked on further into the future. the 2014 war lasted for nearly two months. iron dome is one reason why israel suffers fewer casualties than gaza. another is the weight of israel's firepower. well, civilians, of course, aren't our target. they never are. but you do kill them. and any loss of life on both sides of this conflict, any loss of civilian life is tragic. but it does happen an awful lot in gaza. and i hear that. and, again, any loss of civilian life is tragic. it happens here as well. while we were there,

back then they didn't have the iron dome.stration of how that works. there was a volley of rockets going up over the gaza strip and let's see if this happens again. how. if you could give us commentary there is these rockets are going. it doesn't look like it's a big of barrage. how effective is that iron dome system in terms of the rockets that can knock down? >> i spoke with a spokesperson this morning and he said so far israel's missile defense system has been 90% effective which is extremely positive news for the population. we talked about it yesterday during a few of our live shots and when we were at the top of special report with bret baier talking about how the iron dome exists and how it's changed lives for people simply because one rockets are fired in these barrages, they're not all landing, many are intercepted and its advanced technology that other countries, including the united states around the world are interested in because when it comes to rocket fire it's really the most advanced technology out there beca

and, certainly, he talked yesterday about replenishing support for the iron dome. saved hundreds of lives, maybe more than that, given the effectiveness. also, to support ” through the united nations ” continued additional assistance in rebuilding gaza. we have already, of course, restarted our assistance that was ended in 2018 through unrwa through the united states, but we will work through the -- through the u.n. and we also will remain engaged deeply with diplomatic conversations with leaders in the region. so, you know, obviously anyone here domestically will have to make their own decisions, but i would say that it is important to convey what our intention was, what we feel -- that we feel this was concluded as a result of the president's engagement, and frankly, discipline from the beginning, much faster than these conflicts have been in the past. go ahead. oh, go ahead. darlene, go ahead. reporter we also heard this week : a lot of democrats shifting their tone on israel. so, is it time for the president or the white house or the united states to also per

the israeli army showed off their anti—missile system, iron dome. around 90% of the missiles fired out of gaza. previous wars between israel and hamas have ended with mediation — generally with egypt involved — leading to a ceasefire. now, contacts have been made but it's a difficult process because each side needs to get to the point where they can say to their people that the sacrifices — the damage, the killing — were worth it. if israel takes this to the next level, with a ground invasion of gaza, that process gets knocked on further into the future. the 2014 war lasted for nearly two months. iron dome is one reason why israel suffers fewer casualties than gaza. another is the weight of israel's firepower. well, civilians, of course, aren't our target. they never are. but you do kill them. and any loss of life on both sides of this conflict, any loss of civilian life is tragic. but it does happen an awful lot in gaza. and i hear that. and, again, any loss of civilian life is tragic. it happens here as well. while we were there, they launched. a

and fortunately we have developed a defense system called the iron dome which protects our people. come us can also develop an iron dome it's very simple an arm yourself stop attacking israel stop it trying to annihilate us and then there will be total peace in gaza the world is looking on now on what is happening been a lot of demonstrations particularly in europe the fact that there have been a lot more palestinian deaths than israeli is not making israel look bad do you think in the eyes of the global public. so you think more jews should die how many jews should die for the world 'd to feel that this is acceptable now i'm asking you about public perception do you think that this is making israel look bad purely in terms of the numbers look i'm not out to seem to look nice or a nice i'm out to defend my people from an unprovoked attack the days that we're going to sit back and allow murderer starer groups shoot and 'd kill jews those days are over and if the numbers seem slanted all it means is that israel cares more about its own people than hamas about killing all people israe

iron dome that we suggest. adams is injerusalem. more casualties and deaths overnight, is there any sign of this conflict ending soon? you look at the exchanges overnight and you would have to conclude no but i think there are some signs. there is quite a lot of diplomacy going on at the moment. the american envoyis going on at the moment. the american envoy is in town and meeting senior is really officials today. he met arab israeli leaders last night which is highly unusual meeting and had their grievances which are not just about the situation between israel and gaza but also arabs living in israel. there are also efforts we know involving the egyptians to try to broker some kind of ceasefire and we are beginning to hear some reporting herein israel that suggests the government is reaching the point and this happens every time an episode like this happens, when it has achieved quite a lot militarily but on the other side of the ledger the sense of international outrage is mounting and the awareness of the ef

those iron domes come into receptors, taking rockets out of the sky. for the past several hours, it has been quiet here, has been a de-escalation over the past couple of days.of days.of days.. everybody here has taken notice. and as you noted, it is only about an hour left before the cease-fire takes effect. nearly 15 million palestinians and israelis living in this region hope that it stays that way. it is worth noting, how sensitive is really leaders are to directives from the united states, specifically the white house. nine yahoo and biden have had very tense relationship in the past, but when the president of the united states says you have to de-escalate today, israeli leaders know they have only a matter of hours in order to enact that directive, and that is clearly what we are seeing here on the ground right now. and again, no reports of airstrikes, or rockets in multiple hours, david. tentatively the cease-fire within an hour and man the team will want this in the coming hours. let's hope in fact that a hold and let's bring in mary bruce. hear

i assured him of my support to replenish the iron dome system for security in the future.the last 11 days, i spoke with the prime minister six times. i spoke with president abbas of the palestinian authority, part of our intent diplomatic engagement. i want to thank the secretary of state, secretary of defense, national security advisor and everyone on our team, for their incredible efforts to bring this outcome we are about to see. we held intensive, high-level discussions hour-by-hour, literally, egypt, the palestinian authority, other middle eastern countries, with the aim of ending prolonged conflicts that we have seen in previous years what hostilities have broken out. i extend sincere gratitude to president alsisi and senior egyptian officials who played a a critical role. i appreciate the contributions of other parties in the region who have been working toward the end of hostilities. these hostilities resulted in the tragic deaths of so many civilians, including children. i send my since her condolences to all the families, israeli and palestinian,, who have lost l

shared with me his appreciation for the iron dome system. which our nations developed together and which has saved lives of countless israeli citizens both arab and just. jew. i assured him of my support to replenish the symptom and defenses and security in the future. i spoke with the prime minister six times and spoke with president abbas and the palestinian authority and once and part of our intense diplomatic engagement. i also want to also thank the secretary of state, secretary of defense, our national security adviser and everyone on our team with incredible effort to bring this about, this outcome that we are about to see. you know, we have held intensive high level discussions. hour by hour, literally. egypt, palestinian authority, and be other middle eastern countries with a name of avoiding the sort of prolonged conflict we have seen in previous years when hostilities have broken out. i extend my sincere gratitude to president el-sisi and the senior egyptian officials who played such a critical role in this diplomacy. i also appre

iron dome didn't stop all of them. this is where they hit. rescue teams were still looking for survivors and still finding bodies. eventually, there will be a ceasefire, but until the essentials of the conflict are tackled and settled, the killing will not stop. jeremy bowen, bbc news, in southern israel. as i mentioned, the un security council is meeting security council has been meeting to discuss the violence today. secretary general antonio guterres opened the meeting calling for peace. we meet today amid the most serious escalation in gaza and israel in years. the current hostilities are utterly appalling. this latest round of violence only perpetuates the cycles of death, destruction and despair and pushes further to the horizon any hope of coexistence and peace. fighting must stop. it must stop immediately. rockets and mortars on one side and aerial bonbardments on the other must stop. i appeal to all parties to heed this call. the united nations is actively engaging all sides towards an immediate ceasefire. the hostilities have alread

iron dome intercepts overhead, a background beat of war. and that's just right here.e being -- this location is being targeted. so we are going to move swiftly for cover. >> reporter: not enough troops here for a ground incursion, but getting their job done according to israel's prime minister. >> translator: i said they would strike hamas and other terrorist organizations very hard. and we are doing just that. in the last 24 hours, we have attacked hundreds of targets. hamas thought it could hide there but it could not hide there. >> reporter: away from gaza in friday prayers in the venerated al aqsa mosque, tensions mounting over palestinians suffering, clashing with israeli police. across the west bank, confrontations continuing throughout the day. indirectly, hamas managing to turn gaza's suffering to their advantage. >> translator: if it comes to responding to your aggression and claiming victory for our people and our sanctities there are no red lines. separate rules of engagement are complicated calculations. >> reporter: what's lacking here is diplomacy. no of

they went to see troops running the iron dome missile - running the iron dome missile defences. it is a modest warning. you will need more to tell israelis than that before all of this content. the prime minister is also struggling to save his job. right across israel and the occupied territories this week, there are serious violence. this is a town in the occupied west bank, dudes confronting each other and another generation cursed by the failures of its leaders. —— young people confronting each other. joining me now is professor 0mar dajani from the university of the pacific. he has worked as a legal adviser to the palestinian negotiating team in peace talks with israel. thank you very much for being with us. there is a lot of talk about the escalation and others have said, what is the point of de—escalation for something you haven't resolved. 0bviously for something you haven't resolved. obviously there is an immediate crisis here. what other steps that you think would be most useful to take to persuade both the hamas leadership and indeed israel that further conflict is not

israel survived because of the iron dome. israel will always protect its citizens. if this iron dome and this aid that is preventing -- that is allowing us to live right now -- and it's this that is allowing us to live right now. >> shannon: this is a conflict that has gone on for generations and beyond, but there is a lot of speculation about what has sparked this latest round of fighting back-and-forth. rabbi, i want to read something from the "new york times" and get your response about whether you think this is fair and accurate or not. they say 27 days before the first rocket was fired from gaza, a squad of israeli police officers entered the mosque in jerusalem and arrested the palestinian attendants aside and cut the speakers, the loudspeakers that were delivering prayers. israeli officials were concerned the prayers would drown it out. in hindsight, the police raid on the mosque, one of the holiest sites in islam, is one of several actions that led less than a month later to the sudden resumption of war between israel and hamas. i had the pleasure of visitin

that's how important the iron dome is.t is success rate of more than 90%. >> those rockets were in response to some major israeli air strikes in gaza earlier today. militants were hit. their network was hit along with civilian casualties which remains a serious concerns on all sides and globally here. we asked that israeli officer exactly when we might be able to think a cease-fire or a stop in hostilities. when the rockets stop or fade back. no sign of that yet. >> bill: remarkable video. >> dana: fox news cameras caught the iron dome missile defense system in action yesterday. check out this dramatic incident as trey yengst reported from israel. >> we're getting rocket fire in right now. the iron dome working right now to try to intercept those rockets. i'll get down here. there it is. everyone stay down. >> dana: more than 3,000 have been fired from gaza since the conflict began about a week ago. >> president biden: we believe palestinians and israelis equally deserve to live in safety and security and enjoy equal measu

it was intercepted in the sky by israel's iron dome. israeli troops say they shot and killed a palestinian woman who fired a rifle at them. meanwhile in gaza, inside the gaza strip, the ap reports that at least nine people died in israeli air strikes this morning, including a palestinian journalist. the demolished home you're seeing here belonged to a 40-person extended family in the southern part of gaza. the israeli military says hundreds of rockets were fired from the strip into israel this afternoon, sounding sirens across southern israel. joining me now from tel aviv, erin mclaughlin and digital white house reporter shannon pettypiece. walk us through any movements on the diplomatic front. are we likely to see a cease fire happen in the next 24 to 48 hours? >> reporter: well, ayman, that is the subject of intense speculation here in israel, especially considering the amount of international pressure being applied to the situation. but, as you say, israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu issuing a statement seemingly in response t

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iron dome that we suggest. bbc�*s paul adams is injerusalem. earlier, iasked him if there was any sign of the conflict ending anytime soon. well, you look at the exchanges overnight and you'd have to conclude no, but i think there are some signs. there is quite a lot of diplomacy going on at the moment. the american envoy is in town. he is meeting senior israeli officials today. interestingly, he met arab israeli leaders last night, it is reported, a highly unusual meeting, and he heard their grievances, which are notjust about and he heard their grievances, which are not just about the situation between israel and gaza but also about the condition of arabs living in israel. that was an interesting aspect of his diplomatic effort. there are also efforts, we know, involving the egyptians to try and broker some kind of ceasefire, and we are beginning to hear some reporting on israel that suggests the israeli government feels that it is reaching the point, and this happens every time an episode like this happens,

that's what the israelis call the iron dome intercepting the rockets which have a large range tel aviv's in the north to the south. and while all that was happening there is a parallel crisis going on in israel's mixed towns we've got palestinian and israeli neighborhoods huge progress in live with the mess described as being like a civil war here's what prime minister benjamin netanyahu had to say. cama hospital we were in a struggle on multiple fronts last night after debates and decisions at the defense ministry headquarters concerning the gaza strip and wanted to aim to lid another front of anarchy that has opened decisions to deploy forces there were given and today in the afternoon in our crew as well we continuing our if it's to stop the energy and restore governance to the cities of israel with an iron fist if needed with all forces needed and all of dorothy's required ok up that's coming away from our reporters need to bring him in ramallah in the occupied west bank i'll be with you shortly need i want to start with harry for 6 again in southern israel what are we i said 4 o'clo

he said the us will help israel replenish the weapons used in its iron dome missile defence system andromised humanitarian and reconstruction aid for gaza. israel and the palestinian militant group hamas have agreed an egyptian—brokered ceasefire, which came into effect around 30 minutes ago. it brings to an end 11 days of conflict, in which 232 palestinians and i2 israelis have been killed. israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu's office says his security cabinet voted unanimously in favour of a "mutual and unconditional" gaza truce. but within minutes of the announcements, ahead of the ceasefire, the two sides were trading rockets and strikes. paul adams has the background to the ceasefire agreement. israel's security cabinet met for several hours in the course of the evening. at the end of that meeting released a statement which it was said that they unanimously to an egyptian initiative to a bilateral ceasefire without preconditions. they went on to say that they had reviewed israel's great achievements of the campaign, some of which it said were unprecedented. hamas officials f

and this image capturing the moment israel's iron dome defense system intercepting the incoming rainckets. >> is a very effective system. but even as effective as it is, it's only 90%. so 10% of the rockets will get through. and as the numbers of rockets have increased in areas such as gaza, lebanon, syria, and the effectiveness of the range gets longer, this becomes increasingly more difficult for the israelis to defend their civilian populations. >> we visited one of those iron dome batteries. so if this battery weren't here, what would happen? >> there is no doubt there would be significantly more israeli casualties and destruction. >> i'm going give you a sense of what those rocket blasts can do. the rocket landed 20 yards away tw floors down. now the family here was eating its sabbath meal when the siren sounded. they sprinted to their bomb shelter. they were okay. but the man across the street was killed. in the beginning of the conflict, hamas' prime target had been the tel aviv metro area, home to more than four million people. sending israelis racing for cover. one of those

the iron dome is a defense system. israel uses to intercept rocket attacks. >> and secretary of state antony blinken said that he stands ready to travel to the middle east to help work on a more long lasting agreement on ending the violence. >> certainly this cease-fire is welcome news at do you know when the truce is going to take effect. >> yeah. it was scheduled to take effect about an hour and a half ago and all indications are that that has happened. in fact, we've heard that some small celebrations broke out in on the west bank. also in east jerusalem, even some fireworks to mark at least for now. the end of the deadly violence. thank you. >> alexandra limon live for us tonight in washington. thank you, alex. >> and back here at home reporting hate crimes will now be easier at both local and state levels. today, president biden signed the covid-19 hate crimes act. this is a bill that speeds up justice department reviews of incidents against asian americans. it also makes grants available to help local law enforce

whether this crisis we should therefore endeavor to ensure that israel has more interceptors for iron dome than hamas has rockets to kill israelis or to pay for the murderous terrorists. the chief negotiator and appeaser the biden administration reenters the agreement and grants sanctions and relief to the regime in tehran and in very short order that appeasement pay off will be converted into rockets and at american troops in the region. while israel is under attack we have heard plenty of talk and mealymouthed statements from politicians. but in this moment of crisis, israel needs more than words. israel needs and deserves our full support to defend itself and its people to achieve a just and lasting peace. madam president, i will yield the floor and note the absence of a quorum. i come to the floor this to talk about two issues of importance to the united states and the world. first i want to say a few things about israel and the palestinian territories that i want to spend the bulk of my remarks on the future of nuclear proliferation in the middle

without the iron dome, human costs would be unimaginable and breaking tonight as we speak, there are no israeli troops amassing at the border with gaza. our very own trey yingst is with us. it looks like prime minister netanyahu is not backing down and this time there will be massive repercussions for this unprovoked attack. >> good evening. the israeli tonight, my thousand reserve troops have been called up and combat soldiers are being told not to leave their bases. this is the israeli military and the air force continues a massive barrage and response to the rockets that have been coming into gaza and often the distance it does sound like they are resuming some of those air strikes in gaza. a senior hamas official says that more than 100 palestinians inside the strip have died so far, many of them children. seven hamas antitank when is, the israelis are targeting many of these tall high-rise buildings that have military offices in them and civilians that live there. when they take a billion like this down, suddenly hundreds of people become homeless and it's going to be a humanita