launch aerial and artillery attacks on the gaza strip in response to missile strikes by the islamist group hamas. israeli aircraft attacked targets in gaza for the third straight day on friday, killing two people. the islamist group hamas and other palestinian militants are returning rocket fire. the israeli government began calling up 16,000 reserve troops after a rocket struck near the largest commercial city of tel aviv on thursday. tanks have also been deployed near the border with gaza. the attack on the densely populated city was the first since the gulf war about 20 years ago. air raid sirens sent residents running for shelter. in gaza, egypt's prime minister hisham qandil, met hamas leader ismail haniya on friday. qandil later visited a hospital to visit wounded people. he went on to denounce the bombings in front of israeli reporters. israel and egypt have an existing peace treaty, but relations have chilled since the fall of the government of president hosni mubarak. >>> good weather isn't going to continue in tokyo according to our meteorologist robert speta. robert, tell us more. >>>

launch aerial and artillery attacks on the gaza strip in response to missile strikes by the islamist group hamas. israeli aircraft attacked targets in gaza for the third straight day on friday, killing two people. the islamist group hamas and other palestinian militants are returning rocket fire. the israeli government began calling up 16,000 reserve troops after a rocket struck near the largest commercial city of tel aviv on thursday. th tanks have been deployed near the border with gaza. the attack on the city was the first since the gulf war about 20 years ago. air raid sirens sent residents running for shelter. in gaza, hisham qandil met ahamas leader on friday. qandil later visited a hospital to visit wounded people. he i do death announced the bombings in front of reporters. israel and egypt have an existing peace treaty, but relations have chilled since the fall of the government of president hosni mubarak. >>> good weather isn't going to continue in tokyo according to tour meteorologist robert speta. robert, tell us more. >>> well, at least for the time being, some sunny skies, but take

." >>> members of the palestinian islamist group hamas are vowing revenge for an attack that left theirilitary chief dead. israeli pilots killed ahmed jabahri in a series of strikes on targets in gaza. israeli military official blame jabbarri for leading attacks against their country for years. officials say they have launched a major operation against terrorist strongholds. air bombardments continue in gaza. a military spokesperson says ground troops are prepared to enter the district if needed. israeli forces carried out three weeks of air and ground assaults on gaza in 2008. about 1,300 people died. hamas has released a statement saying the latest attack has opened the gates of hell. many fear the group will now launch lar-sca retaliation, further fueling the conflict. >>> egypt has recalled its ambassador to israel to protest the killing of the hamas military leader. egypt is one of the few arab countries with diplomatic ties to israel. but president mohamed morsi belongs to the muslim brotherhood which has close relations to hamas. morsi has called for an emergency meeting of the a

the israelis are going after the islamist group hamas in retaliation for attacks on their towns and cities. they're considering a ground offensive. israeli military forces are using fighter jets and warships to pound gaza. leaders say they're trying to prevent hamas from firing rockets into israel. the consequences have been deadly. one air strike caused a residential building to collapse. 11 people died including women and children. the six-day offensive has killed more than 90 people. a survey by a leading newspaper says 84% of israeli respondents back the military campaign but only 30% say they would support a ground operation. u.n. secretary general ban ki moon wants to avoid that outcome. he's repeated his call for an immediate ceasefire. egyptian leaders are mediating truce talks between israeli government representatives and hamas. israel's vice prime minister moshe yaalon says his country will halt its offensive if hamas stops firing rockets and missiles at its citizens in terrorist attacks engineered from the gaza strip seas. for more on this, i talked to our middle east correspon

because of of the divisions within the palestinian groups, between fatah, the palestinian authority, the west bank, hamas in control of gaza and other islamist groups, factions, and jihad. >> by far, the most complicated situations i've been involved in ever. and it goes beyond the description, makes it very difficult. and in fact, both sides are very divided. israel has an election coming up in a couple of months. we don't know what the outcome of that will be. and the arab spring has created a new dynamic in the region, hopefully it can be harnessed as a benefit in the moving forward of the peace process. but also, can provide obstacles. i think even though we haven't been able to do it in the past, we have to keep trying because it is so important to the people there, to the region, and to the interests of the united states. >> egypt's role is beyond just as a guarantor and negotiating partner, if israel's confidence and their own security is to be assured, the flow of weapons into gaza would have to stop. and egypt would play a critical role, the more sophisticated used in the last couple of days are being smuggled through the tunnels in

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israel views hamas as a terrorist organization. and the islamist militant groupognize israel's right to exist. that is the fundamental barrier between the two, above and beyond the daily fighting and violence there. >> and in washington, they believe that if the rockets continue from gaza into israel that a ground invasion may be launched to stop the missiles. if that does happen then, hamas will risk a ground invasion that really they will completely be overdominated. >> the thing is the political chief for hamas had harsh words as recently as yesterday for prime minister netanyahu, calling him a child killer and a murderer. we see the civilian death toll climb up. talk of a truce, also harsh words flying in the middle of all that. talk of peace. so again we will follow that throughout the day and coming days to see if there is a resolution. >>> moving on this morning, most major asian stock markets traded higher in reaction to a powerful stock surge on wall street. traders were buying yesterday amid talk from washington that a deal to avoid that so-called fisca

>> all the terrorist groups, hamas gets funds from iran, bic terrorist organization such as islamisthat are controlled and funded by iran. gaza is iranian outpost. we are fighting iran in gaza. 50 years ago the cuban missile crisis. united states was up against cuba. it wasn't cuba. they were up against the sew yet union. we're not gaza. we are up against iran. >> shannon: secretary of state clinton again we talked about how she was winding down the time we assumed in a way to be a quiet farewell tour for her but not now. meeting with several folks. meeting with benjamin netanyahu. the next stop is ramallah with president abbas. what can you tell us if people have any impact and can there be influence on hamas and influencing them? >> hamas declared war as much on fatah, the organization that they have on israel. in 2007, hamas kicked fatah out of gaza. it threw a lot of fatah people off the top of roofs and shot them in the streets. i think the secretary is focusing op another effort by abbas for the u.n. but they can send a message out that he wants a cease-fire. the way to reach c

i'm not sure hamas would go into this without some measure of acquiescence on the part of the smaller groups. remember, the jihadi and islamist a fundamentally divided palestinian national movement, a kind of noah's arc where there is two of everything. and the religious manifestation of palestinian nationalism, hamas, is rising. and abbas looks weaker and more feckless. one reason, i'm sure, secretary of state clinton is going to pay a visit to mahmoud abbas is to pay him some attention. in fact, he's been ignored, so the reality is the jihadis, including islamic jihad, understand that their boat is rising as well. the only wild card here, anderson, i think, is that the iranians may well believe that a long-term cease-fire is not in their interest, and it certainly is not beyond the stretch of imagination that tehran, in an effort to disrupt this, would continue to channel support funds and logistics to some of the smaller groups. >> yesterday we witnessed a strike on the media center, which is just about four blocks away from the location i'm in right now. we had the video of the strike, three rockets hit from different ang