israeli tanks and ground forces massing, firing into gaza from the israeli side of the border.the 3,000 tanks and nearly 1,000 artillery pieces in the israeli arsenal. overwhelming firepower if prime minister benjamin netanyahu orders a ground invasion. on cbs' "face the nation," he didn't rule it out. >> we use whatever means are necessary to defend our people. >> reporter: so far, 40,000 reservists have been called up, but israel knows the human toll of a ground war potentially catastrophic. >> how long can both sides hold out and whether both sides will now turn to some type of diplomatic option. israel i know would like 0 to avoid a ground invasion of gaza, that would probably cost a great number of israeli lives, certainly a greater number of palestinian lives. >> reporter: ground action so far remains limited. >> it looks to me like the israelis are trying not to have to go in there on the ground. it's densely populated. there are going to be a lot of civilian casualties. no way to avoid it. >> reporter: but israel shows no let-up in its punishing air strikes in gaza that

the entire israeli media was placed under gag and the israeli public was convinced the israeli militaryrampaged for the west bank was on a rescue operation. the point of this operation was to crush any resistance to the perpetuation of the occupation and to the government of palestinian authority president mahmoud abbas who basically has accepted the occupation as the head of the authority and accepted his role as a subcontractor of the occupation -- >> max -- >> accepting security coordination with israel. >> max blumenthal, we have to leave it there. latest book is, "goliath: life and loathing in greater israel." also thank you to, rann bar-on, speaking to us from haifa. democracy now! is looking for feedback from people who appreciate the closed captioning. captioning. e-mail your comments to (music playing) ♪ it seems like we can never keep enough mussels in the house here at fleur. our customers love them so much, and i'm not surprised, when you see how nice and plump they are in a nice rich sauce. but what's exciting about it is if you stay with me-- -chef, are those for table 25?

you mentioned more than 50 dead in the ranks of the israeli army. however, at this point this does not seem to have any kind of a negative effect in terms of how the israeli public perceives this operation and the need to move forward. the message which was being delivered by the israeli prime minister this evening was very clear, and it was addressed mostly to the international community, which has been making very loud calls for an immediate humanitarian ceasefire. the message from israeli authorities this evening is not now for this ceasefire. >> what about on the ground in israel itself today? any developments or anything you would like to bring us up to speed with? >> yes, definitely, two major security incidents which occurred just moments before the israeli prime minister stepped up to the podium. some of those incidents mentioned this that report which you just aired, two symbolic one. he first one, a mortar shell landing and killing four israelis and wounded others. that mortar shell was not intercepted by the iron dome system, which is mea

or kill israelis. they say they're going to stop that. >> the prime minister netanyahu he today cautioned about a prolonged campaign in gaza. how long of a timeline do you think he's talking about? what will it take in his view, do you think, to seek and destroy this tunnel network? >> one israeli military officer told me maybe another week or two to destroy the tunnels, but then they've got all these other rockets. they want to destroy, there were maybe 10,000 at the beginning of this current conflict, if you will, the israelis say maybe 6,000 or 7,000 have either been used by hamas, maybe 3,000 launchinged into israel, another 3,000 destroyed. they say there's still 3,000 or 4,000 more. that's a big operation, as well. the israelis are under pressure to accept the cease-fire. i don't know what they're going to do. the pressure is coming inchuding from the u.s. my gut tells me in the end, there will be some sort of cease fire, whether it comes within a few days or few weeks, who knows. >> wolf, stay s

we will speak with electronic intifada and an israeli peace activist whose father was an israeli general. then, the koch cartel. the reach, reactionary agenda, and the record. that is the title of lisa graves latest piece at the progressive magazine. all of that and more coming up. this is democracy now!, democracynow.org, the war and peace report. i'm amy goodman. violence in israel in the occupied territories is escalating as israel bombs dozens of targets in the gaza strip and threatens a new full-scale assault. gaza-based journalist reports four people were killed earlier today in an israeli airstrike on a microbus. on monday, the israeli military mobilized 1500 additional troops along the gaza border and announced operation protective edge, which it says aims to stop palestinian rocket fire into southern israel. tensions have erupted in the region following the murders of three israeli teenagers as well as a palestinian teenager. we will have won the situation am including report from journalist mohammed omar in gaza after headlines. afghanistan is facing a crisis over its disputed

i mean the israeli security services horribly brutalized an american teenager. because that is an american teenager of palestinian origin who was visiting relatives when he came to the attention of israeli security forces you know his brutalization doesn't really doesn't really count. and isn't presented is something that that should outrage americans and should require accountability from the israeli government that was responsible for this for those teenagers. that's right here there is there is a very well established narrative about this conflict and it is clearly biased against palestinians if i can stay with you it's very interesting this time around is that hamas doesn't have any more particularly with the egyptian home to know it's really quite alone in this is i guess the israelis see this is the their opportunity about these missiles that are nothing more than fireworks it's really quite nonsense what western media is covering here but this is an opportunity what with the mouse all alone. i think the israelis are looking at it that way but i think that

the israeli cabinet.. but nevertheless, i believe that palestinian leadership and president abbas is holding firm to that position. and we sincerely hope that we can begin the discussion with the egyptian government and through with the israeli side to have a cease-fire in place, maybe beginning with a humanitarian cease-fire to be followed by a permanent cease-fire and to address the causes of this conflict. we cannot just only listen to the israeli side saying, well, we can stop then withdraw to the borders and wait if nothing happens, nothing happened in their side. while that is fine, maybe for israel, but for the 1.8 million palestinians, you cannot keep them in prison. so when we stop -- when the fighting stops, and when cease-fire is holding, we need to free those people from this huge prison. we need to open the crossings. we need to lift the blockade, the blockade stifling those people and making life miserable for them. there is no excuse for bombing the power station, the only one. killing 1,12

israeli police. on extremism among israeli jews.y against the young palestinian, young palestinian cousin. what's going on here? israel? explain some of this extremism. because it's really, really ugly. >> it is indeed ugly. what's occurred here is years of terrorist rocket fire. we're in jerusalem here. right below us there were two major bus bombings during what the palestinians called the second intefadeh less than a decade ago. all of this has had a continuing corosive effect on israeli society. people get fed up and become more radicalized. >> the way the police report described the brutality in killing the young palestinian. they waited and waited, searched for that young kid, and then brutally killed him. i mean, it was really chilling if you read that report. >> indeed, the three israelis who have been accused of this have a long history of violence. one them has been declaring legal insanity. i do think there's a sense here we've put up with years and years of rocket fire, terrorist attacks. israel had offered the palestini

so how they are supposed to safely communicate with israelis, they have reason not to trust the israelisd the israelis have reason to take advantage of every break they get, given by hamas. so, you know -- i -- i -- i think it should be no surprise that there are people trying to make a ceasefire work, trying to deliver message which would calm the fighting at the same time as there is confusion and lack of communication. >> rosemary thank you for your analysis. the live shot you are seeing on the right-hand side of your screen is gaza city. and whilst it likes clearish at the moment, you can see on the right-hand side of the screen the remnants of smoke there. over the last hour, what we have seen a number of air strikes, a good ten or 12 of them in one neighborhood. nicole johnston was pointing out that that is an area has the been hit a lot in the last few days, and also it is an area that is largely empty now. people have gotten out of there because they know it is a targeted area, it is in the east of the gaza strip and it is where israel says it is targeting the tunnels that ostens

the ongoing israeli occupation and the ongoing israeli imp impunity. we cannot accept the situation to continue as is, and the people paying the price are innocent civilians, women and children killed by the hundreds. it's time that the world intervenes to end this. >> how confident are you that that is the direction that the world and international diplomacy is heading, though? >> i think this is a real test for the meddle of the international community not just from netanyahu buzz obama and john kerry talking about self-defense and the palestinians using their own children as human shields are drawing fire like kerry said by using the civilians. these are entirely unacceptable. talk about israel being under siege as if we're occupying israel. we don't have the army and tanks and the bombers and apache gunships and so on. >> the israelis say that the palestinians use civilians as shields and move in and out of civilian installations and that endangers the lives. do they bear any responsibility for the sort of, you know, civilian casualties we're seein

so this is not a ceasefire respected by the israeli.t's why hamas and the resistence movement all of them decided the israeli are violating the ceasefire. the 12 hours everybody respected. but the more four hours the israelis from their side say they extends, this is not something that has been agreed upon. >> okay. there is some concern now that the israelis may escalate and expand their operation. that they may move that i ground offensive deeper in to gaza, how worried are you that that will happen? >> actually we are not worried. because the israel is in the last 15 days they used the scorched pair policy the numbers of people killed and thousands injured, this is actually we have seen the rais israelis viog international law and committing war crimes, they can continue this and escalating the situation, this is an escalation for the israeli criminals to continue committing a war -- war crimes and the crimes against humanity. so we will defends ourself. either we will achieve our goals by -- the sanction and gaza being under siege f

hamas is saying israelis have to get out of the buffer zone and israelis are are saying we have to destroy ups and rocket capabilities. hamas is saying you have to raise the blockade and end the seen and israel is saying, no, that effects our national security. it is impossible to see how the two will ever come together. >> absolutely. because simply, this goes back to the politics of the region. the region is not in a good shape polight key. egypt is not in a good shape politically to play a role. other are not able to. saudi arabia is not on board. the you had has a proble us has. this is why they were in paris so all people were on board and formulating new initiatives. >> egypt wasn't there and the palestinian factions weren't there. the answer to that was they knew the opinions of the egyptians and have the initiatives and kerry already came from could i ho roe and he's suggest an initiative based on the egyptian in addition tiff. he said everything will be sent back to cairo and to the authorities. but at the end of the day all the killing of the people, basically more than 1,000 peo

while it may be true the israelis have given civilians warning to clear out, it may be true the israelis say they don't want to harm innocent civilians and they have said that, then that tactic has not been effective, given that according to the united nations, around 75% of the dead and wounded are civilians. there's a sub figure there as well, and that is that 1/4 of the dead and wounded in gaza have been children, according to the united nations. and there are also of course the rules of war enshrined in the geneva conventions and you really cannot be hurting civilian populations from a to b and say, well, if you didn't get out of the way, it's your fault. the rules of war say something a little different, john. >> okay, we'll leave it there. as you've been speaking, we've been watching the smoke billow out from that neighborhood, according to the israelis, that's hamas central and it's been under constant bombardment now for a week. and now that israel has decided to resume it's military operation in gaza, that part of the gaza strip is once again in the firing line. carl penhall rep

i want to have the least interaction with the israelis as possible. >> many israelis don't want to know about palestinians. they don't want to reach out. they don't want to cross into streets and neighborhoods where the palestinians live because of a mixture of stereotypes and so on. >> so we decided to go together to visit each other's neighborhoods. and i would talk to israelis and david would talk to palestinians, and together we would face the harsh realities of our shared land. >> growing up in the 1960's, the palestinians just weren't in the head of anyone. palestinians were different. we knew we had property and it was taken away from us by force. i remember distinctly remembering that this was the wall that separated the east and west jerusalem. and this was no man's land here. >> my family lived in jerusalem for centuries. in 1948 the state was pounded, and for the palestinians this time was called the catastrophe. like many palestinians, my father and his entire family were pushed out of their ancestral home. they moved to a small apartment in east jerusalem because the city w

they come up out of them, they either capture israelis or kill israelis. they had handcuffs and drugs. the idea is that they would capture and kidnap them. >> do you remember the vietcong -- >> sure. they had underground cities. >> does hamas have advanced tunnels that are very deep in the earth? >> yes. >> do you know how long it took to get rid of the tunnels? >> it's going to take a long time for the israelis to deal with this. >> no one's questioning israel's right to defend itself and have security. they are inflaming on the west bank too. there was a peaceful demonstration there, 10,000 people. israel has to ask itself, even if you do eradicate hamas, what takes its place? it would just be another version of hamas. >> how long can israel press its position in order to get a cease-fire? >> there's a short and a long term problem here. israel has every right to go after these tunnels. has every right right to go after the rockets. the long term question is you cannot kill your way to a peace deal. israel cannot kill enough politics to make them -- pale

an israeli spokesman says there is a possibility israeli forces hit the school but sources also say it could have come from a hamas rocket itself that fell short. an investigation by the israelis they say is now under way. let's take a closer look at some of the cease-fire proposal ans now in the works. hear what diplomatic sources are telling us. the one-week truce would be used to get medical supplies into gaza and get casualties out. the hope is that the parties would use the opening to begin formal negotiations on a more permanent truce. the u.s. is clearly taking the lead right now, drafting the text in consultations with the egyptians. qatar is serving as a main contact with hamas a long with turkey. hamas has not yet signed on to the plan. the israeli cabinet has been meeting in emergency session in tel aviv to discuss the cease-fire proposals. i want to bring in someone who has been attending those emergency meetings. he is the israeli minister of intelligence. he's here now with me in jerusalem. thank you for being on. how close are israel and hamas through the work of the uni

well, there has been no confirmation on the israeli side about the abduction of any israeli soldier.mors occasionally floated during the course of the entire protective edge operation. usually by the hamas side. hamas has frequently broadcast claims that have no bearing in reality, but tonight prime minister netanyahu and the defense minister gave a major press conference to talk about the deaths of 13 soldiers from the elite alani brigade. they didn't mention, didn't imtimmate in any way that there may have been an israeli soldier who may also have been abducted. >> why is that? if they know about it, why would there not be any comment? >> probably because they had to confirm it very carefully. they probably have to distinguish whether they're dealing with a live hostage in the case of hamas and other terror organizations in our region. they know israel's sensitivity to human remains and they've attempted to acquire these remains by one means or another and hold those hostage as well. you mentioned the gilad schalit exchange, yes, one soldier very much alive was exchanged for more t

the israeli military told to 40. another soldier is missing with hamas claiming to have captured him and the israeli military claiming he has died. secretary of state john kerry left wednesday after holding talks on a cease-fire but the efforts remain at a deadlock with israel rejecting hamas' promise to any prolonged cease-fire. the federal aviation administration had said the move was carried out to protect passenger safety. israel had denounced the decision, accusing the obama administration of rewarding hamas. in an appearance with michael bloomberg, israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu criticized the flight ban. airport.tect this there is no reason whatsoever to the mistaken faa decision instruct american planes not to come here. i think you are proving it by coming here. where i stand, the prime minister of israel, where you can stand, anybody. this decision only rewards the hamas terrorists. you can fly in and out of israel and i hope the faa rescinds this decision as soon as possible. >> we will go to ga

the israelis accepted.derstands that it's in the interests of the people of gaza for this offer to be accepted. then we can work out what is the way we open gaza back up to the world, change the condition of its people, rebuild it. and unify palestinian politics on the basis of something that promotes peace and gives israel their guarantees on security so that rockets aren't fired and terrorism and tunnels helping terrorism so that that's not aimed at israel. >> why didn't they accept it? >> i don't know. i don't know. it's hard to judge what their calculations are at this stage. i think that it's increasingly clear hamas are going to have to make a choice, maybe they don't want to make it, and the choices, are they genuine palestinian nationalists, are prepared to accept a two-state solution with a viable and proper state of palestinian alongside a secure state of israel or are they part of simply a terrorist movement that wants to kill as many israelis as possible because they don't accept the right of is

the entire israeli media was placed under gag and the israeli public was convinced the israeli militaryrampaged for the west bank was on a rescue operation. the point of this operation was to crush any resistance to the perpetuation of the occupation and to the government of palestinian authority president mahmoud abbas who basically has accepted the occupation as the head of the authority and accepted his role as a subcontractor of the occupation -- >> max -- >> accepting security coordination with israel. >> max blumenthal, we have to leave it there. latest book is, "goliath: life and loathing in greater israel." also thank you to, rann bar-on, speaking to us from haifa. democracy now! is looking for feedback from people who feedback from people who appreciate the close [ "we wish you a merry christmas" plays ]

of israelis race for shelter.wice in the same day. here it goes. looks like they got another siren. just stand over here next to the wall. ten minutes. ten minutes. you can see all the sailors running over here. >> i toured the naval base near the gaza border. crews are on alert for hamas attack piers. >> there's another machine over here. >> troops here were the first to detect a brazen move by armed militants who stormed the beach from the sea. >> we saw the divers coming over. there was a group of terrorists. hamas terrorists. >> were they ready to die? >> i believe they came to die. but before they wanted to die they wanted to kill as much as they could. >> we spent much of the day near the gaza border arrive agent the brunt out ruins of a gas station shortly after it was struck by rocket fire. igniting cars in flames and seriously injuring one man. let's take a look. you can see the damage and the destruction. these are automobiles, cars, were just here to get some gas. maybe get some maintenance. we saw evid

pulled out of gaza he pulled out israeli settlements he pulled out the israeli army and we've got missiles in our cities now to say that it's not about missiles but it's about as your he did the right he is regret it is not created there are a few g.'s israel created there are a few g.'s for whom many as if he was only god said let me finish many of the people in gaza they would lead refute my wife and family if israel was not me just know i want to piss in fresh meat and i finished my ph d. and fresh new media john hating fred and john i didn't finish your point please to my mother my mother in law my mother in law who was sitting in that today ninety two years old sits on a porch and tell of the she has no bunkers she has no shelter and she listens to sirens where was she from she was from a place called baghdad in the country of iraq one hundred thirty thousand iraqi jews came to israel they lived in tents they lived in shacks and they all found housing one should ask the question why the palestinians that fled to arab countries were never reabsorb it was an intent to jeopardize with th

israeli civilians.n israel our wolf blitzer talked to prime minister benjamin netanyahu. he says the israeli people deserve, quote, a sustainable quiet and they are doing what they have to do to get it. >> quick question. your exit strategy from gaza, what is it? >> sustainable quiet. i mean, we didn't seek this escalation. hamas forced it on us. they started rocketing our cities, steadily increasing the fire. i called for de-escalation. they refused. i accepted an egyptian cease-fire proposal backed up by the arab league and the u.n., they refused. i accepted a humanitarian law proposed by the united nations. they refused. we'll stop our operations when we can bring back quiet to our people. >> some of your cabinet ministers think the only way to do that is to reoccupy gaza, which you evacuated from and gave it up back in 2005. do you support reoccupying gaza? >> well, i support taking whatever action is necessary to stop this insane situation. just imagine, i mean, imagine what israel is going through

hamas rockets, israeli air strikes and air raid sirens, sending israelis running for shelter. one rocket hitting the israeli town causing damage, spraying shrapnel, damaging buildings and two israeli soldiers injured by rocket. where this rocket fell today, the mayor says he and his people will endure whatever they need to, even if it takes an israeli ground attack to destroy hamas' arsenal, believed to be about 10,000 missiles. >> translator: we will have the city in the shelters as long as it takes for the idf to win, even if it takes a year. >> reporter: air strikes in gaza were clearly visible from our vantage point. we could see rockets going up and mid air interceptions by israeli defenses, each side's air capabilities playing out in the skies. iz r israeli officials say they are targeting rocket launches like this one and hamas control centers, normally their homes. this funeral was for a 9-year-old girl named yasmin who died this morning after an air strike in gaza wednesday. her father carries her tiny body down the street. her uncle calls the israelis cowards for tar

referred to as israeli arabs.e with wanted to stop the offensive. but even israeli peace rallies demanding an end to the war have been met with protesters in support of pounding gaza until hamas is crushed. now political analysts warn, though, the longer this goes on the more israeli casualties and the better chance that the israeli jews who were polled may start to withdraw their support depending how long this goes on and you heard from the former head of mossad just there, mr. ya it tum and he said if they really want to crush hamas this could take years. wolf? >> sarah sidener in ash colon for us, thanks very much for that report. >> up, in, riveting video on israeli soldiers by hamas militants using one of their sophisticated tunnels. cnn's nick payton walsh makes it to the flight 17 crash site even though the threat of land mines keeps investigators away. your 16-year-old daughter studied day and night for her driver's test. secretly inside, you hoped she wouldn't pass. the thought of your baby girl driving

the entire israeli media was placed under gag and the israeli public was convinced the israeli militaryrampaged for the west bank was on a rescue operation. the point of this operation was to crush any resistance to the perpetuation of the occupation and to the government of palestinian authority president mahmoud abbas who basically has accepted the occupation as the head of the authority and accepted his role as a subcontractor of the occupation -- >> max -- >> accepting security coordination with israel. >> max blumenthal, we have to leave it there. latest book is, "goliath: life and loathing in greater israel." also thank you to, rann bar-on, speaking to us from haifa. democracy now! is looking for feedback from people who appreciate the close [traffic noise] >> all over new york city, you know, right now, there are myriads of people doing their thing. at 2:00 in the morning, they're doing their thing, which is to clean up the effluvia of the daytime people. the people who work from 9 to 5, and come in the next morning and find everything clean, and think the elves have done it. it'

they are not israelis.ant you to know that we are truly sorry for the error. >> that was diane sawyer. glenn caldwell -- glenn greenwald, can you comment? >> in getting to know these them outlets, working with , it really is remarkable and not hyperbole that there is nothing that makes major media executives more petrified and reporting on israel. the way in which they become so frightened to do any sort of reporting that could make what they call israel supporters inside of the united states angry really cannot be overstated. that is the reason why this abc error resonated so clearly because one of things you never see in major reporting is anything that shows the suffering of the palestinians, the brutal savagery of the israeli military inside of gaza. it is almost like they showed it by accident and misreported because they are so more accustomed to showing, even though israeli suffering is so much less than the havoc that is wreaked on the palestinians. the one thing that i will say that is actually enc

they got across to the israeli side of the border and came into a confrontation with israeli forces. two israeli troops were killed in that, one a sergeant and another a major. both were killed. there were four injured in the incident. four israelis. one of the palestinian fighters was killed. the others escaped, presumably through the same tunnel that they came into. this is the first israeli fighters killed in a confrontation with palestinians. yesterday there was an incident in which one israeli was killed, and previously we were told there was an israeli killed in an operation involving the tunnel. these are the first killed in a confrontation with palestinian fighters. >> what likely impact is this going have on the israeli strategy? well, binyamin netanyahu, the israeli prime minister said yesterday that things would get tougher. the military chef of staff emphasised -- chief of staff emphasised the same point, referring to civilian casualties not just just on the palestinian side, but the israeli side. they tried to prepare the public. they know when you go into a ground opera

the israeli military was given -- the israeli military gave the israeli government two assessments. they said, "if you want us to go in and clear everything out -- all the rockets, all the rocket launchers housed in gaza -- that could take months. if you want us to do something much more limited, which is basically the tunnels that border israel and the rocket launchers in that area, that could take weeks, but not months. we are looking at two to three weeks with limited war aims. that's what i would say at the moment. perhaps only a week, but it will not be just a day or two. >> do you think it will make any difference, though? obviously, we have been here before. we have heard this before and had similar operations. >> you know, you could say this whole thing is groundhog day in a way. 2009, 2012, and now here we are in 2014. there has to be a way that the state of israel and the islamic group hamas learned to deal with each other better. since 2007.en there it was not what israel thought it was going to get when it left the gaza strip in 2005, but it is the reality. i do not know

when i mention incidentally though israeli targets, such as mosques that the israeli suggest is beingd as munitions dump. we have no confirmation of that. that's the israeli version of events. hamas has not commented on that. we have no independent confirmation. but absolutely right on the power issue. that was an israeli tank round that hit one of the fuel storage tanks according to one of the heads of the gaza power company. that then set on fire another of the diesel storage tanks and that has taken the whole of the power generator out of action. some energy is imported from israel into gaza but those power lines were blown up three or four days into this war, so that is essentially left gaza without any means of power. it was limited and rationed before and so the situation has just taken a turn for the worse. we have also heard from u.n. organizations as well as the international red cross that water systems have also been hit in air strikes. we've seen evidence of that on the street as well as neighbors try and dig into the sidewalks themselves to try and repair the water mains.

israeli admitted to 33 israelis killed, and the figures we have are higher. the israeli media is fully aware that our numbers are higher and more authentic. so what is the prize from among the israeli death toll to have the siege lifted from gaza. if this is not enough, tell us what is the prize to restore jerusalem? what is the price to pay to have our palestinian refugee returning home. what is the price? how many israeli soldiers you wish us to capture, give me the price? in order to have our palestinian prisoners released. there is no need to neighbour great leaders. and as i said, i address my fellow palestinians, including the prisoners that all your messages have been z reached - all your message have reached and soon you will - we will all see you free. it's time for the international community to realise the truth. time is opportune for the siege to be lifted. this is the minimum. this is the least demand. now there's a consensus with the statements released recently. and the paper agreed upon which all the factions in gaza, together with the faction

israeli the three israeli victims israel while it rampages through the west bank through jerusalem and gaza portrays itself as the victim and that was netanyahu is intention from the beginning that's partly why i think the details of this crime were concealed from the israeli public it was to allow netanyahu to milk this crime for all it was worth to portray israel as a victim and as we've seen time and time and time and time again in us media israeli jews are the worthy victims while palestinians are unworthy victims unworthy of being humanized and jodi rell doron of the new york times who recently wrote about one of the boys killed in broad daylight in the you mentioned on closed caption t.v. execution style by an israeli soldier referred to him as one among the thousands who died in the struggle against israel that is the kind of language that's consistent with the dehumanisation of palestinian in supposedly objective media and minds i'm curious of what your response is to people who say well what do you expect israel to do when rockets are being shot in the. three and what retaliat

there was stray israeli fire. so while we underscore account importance of a full and prompt investigation of this tragic incident, as well as the shelling of other u.n. facilities and schools that have been hit had, it does not appear there's a lot of doubt about whose artillery was involved in this incident. >> are you blaming israel? you're saying. >> when we said last night already we didn't rule out the possibility that it was errant israeli fire but we said responsibility lies with those who are turning u.n. institutions into a combat zone. and our forces were taking hostile mortar fire and when you're in the dust and when you're in the dirt and you're in a combat zone and time is precious, if someone's shooting at you, you shoot back. i'm not justifying if there was an accident. if we inadvertently did in fact cause those deaths, we will of course, do an investigation. that's an operational failure. we regret every civilian casualty. but let's be clear here. if hamas is turning a u.n. school where refugees

heavy overnight shelling in gaza by israeli forces.th ministry says at least 60 were killed. we have been to some of the sites that were hit. >> reporter: this is a mosque in gaza city which people who live in this area say was hit at least twice during the night. a lot of mosques have been targeted in gaza since this israeli aerial campaign began. the israelis say there were 60 air strikes overnight and been more this morning. we've seen mosque targeted, security buildings earlier on. we were by the gaza port where it had been hit as well. you can see people are collecting pages from the karan. i'm going to get underneath. copies have been scattered by the bombing collected here on the floor to try to retrieve them. the overwhelming mood in gaza is becoming one of defiance even among people who don't support hamas. hamas' political popularity was probably falling before this israeli bombardment began. faced with this kind of thing, people tend to come together. if israel says this is going to be a prolonged military campaign, it's qui

in all, 56 soldier, israeli soldiers, 3 civilians on the israeli size were also, were also killed.e than 1,300 palestinian, mostly civilians, but some hamas militants to be sure have also been killed according to palestinian health ministry sources. what started with the deaths of three israeli teens has now escalated into full-blown war between israel and hamas it the current con flick between these two clearly is the longest. the 2012 conflict lasted eight days. the 2008 conflict went on for 28 days. joining us is our guest from the brookings insuran s institution. what do you think is going to happen in the immediate period ahead? looks like israel is making progress in destroying hamas tunnels. whole situation looks awfully murky. >> you're correct to use that term of war. this is no longer a limited operation. many of the previous skirmishes or battles or even lethal struggles in the middle east between israel and hamas or even hezbollah had a limited character to them. as you well know, why you're in israel still, is different. it really is more like combat. something, i'm re

israeli prime mr. benjamin netanyahu has given a press conference this friday and says he is ready to increase the offensive into the strip if necessary. minister and i have told the army to prepare to widen significantly the ground operations. the cabinet has already approved that option. mikeperation launched last comes after israel accepted the egyptian cease-fire proposal and humanitarian truce. in both cases, hamas kept firing. we launched it because otherwise we would have had to pay a much heavier price. >> joining us now live from israel is the spokesman for the israeli prime minister benjamin not who -- benjamin netanyahu. thank you for being with us this friday. after 10 days of bombardment from both sides, have been two israeli casualties, one a soldier, and over 260 palestinians. this offensive into the gaza strip appears to be punishing all palestinians. , not just militants how can israel justify such force? >> first of all, i'm not going to apologize for the low level of israeli casualti

almost 600 sites have been hit by israeli jets.li air strikes killed seven people at a coffee shop on the beach and a two-year-old girl has been killed. the israeli army says more than 440 rockets have been launched from gaza over the past three days. 96 on thursday alone. some of those rockets have gone as far as tel-aviv, but the iron dome defense system has intercepted many of them. >> reporter: family members huddle and cry around the small body of the 9-year-old palestinian girl killed during an israeli air strike. she was rushed to hospital, but died soon after. her father carried her through the streets of gaza during a small and subdued funeral. >> translator: i would like to send a message to the coward enemy. what wrong did this innocent child commit to you. this isn't the first child targeted by the coward enemy, and is undoubtedly not the last, either. >> reporter: palestinians say another israeli air strike targeted at least two houses in a densely populated area while they were asleep. bodies were pulled out of the ru

violence between israel and hamas terrified israelis and palestinians.ockets fired from gaza with ranges longer than previously seen are reaching into israel. sirens wail, residents forced to take cover. hamas is volleying rockets into israel's territory at the rate of one every 10 minutes. israel escalated its bombardment. hamas militants are the target, palestinian civilians are feeling the brunt. >> translation: we as palestinians confirm that we will use every means to protect our palestinian people. the resistance used a little of its means during the fight and occupation. we will use all the means to protect the palestinian nation. dozens in the small and crowded strip have been killed. hundreds wounded. israel's prime minister is accusing hamas of deliberately putting the innocent in harm's way by hiding arms and gunmen in strip. >> it embeds its terrors. hospitals, schools, mosques apartment buildings, hamas is thus committing a double war crime, targetting israeli civilians and hiding behind palestinian civilians. >> earlier this week an israeli

and also to the israelis.e,eli and jewish as you showed, are today calling on israel to stop their policies. you for being with us, rula jebreal, author, political analyst, frequently appears on msnbc. worked for many years as a broadcaster in italy. which was"miral," also made into a film. when we come back, a debate on the u.s. media coverage on the israel-gaza conflict. stay with us. [♪] >> and this is democracy now!, democracynow.org, the war and peace report. i'm amy goodman. now to a debate on the u.s. media coverage of the israel-gaza conflict. attack, u.s.r the media ran a story with the at beachsidesile cafÉ finds patrons poised for world cup." one of our next guests tweeted a response saying israeli missile by drink and dialogue with palestinian friends. changed theirr headlines to israeli missile kills eight palestinians at a beachside gaza cafÉ. >> to discuss this headline and more, ali abunimah joins us. he is the cofounder of the website electronic intifada. here in new york we are joined by j.j.

israelis are shelling around. the building is shaking, the hospital is shaking, shooting at everything. an old van and an animal. they are acting in a way of an animal that has been wounded. hopefully this has to end, the walls have to here what is going on. it's a massacre in gaza, done by the israeli forces. >> they have been coming into the clinic. what sort of injuries have we seen after the intense shelling. who are the people coming in, children, elderly people. tell us about the cases we have seen. what we are receiving are children, women, old men in a wheelchair , seeking shelter. we have nowhere to go. we have no shelters to hide, we have nowhere to go. israelis are shelling everywhere. the people coming here are children, woman, and older men in wheelchairs , and we cannot accept all of them. we have to take them as much as we can. the clinic said we don't have places for them. >> what are the dangers that you are facing as a medical practitioner in treating the patients, seeing the people? >> we are un

on friday, the israeli cabinet rejected kerry's latest proposal, with israeli sources calling it tooient to hamas demands, including lifting the seven-year blockade of gaza. the israeli rejection was issued in private so as not to strain u.s. ties. but at a news conference, kerry denied that israel had rejected his ceasefire plan, claiming it was never formally proposed. >> there was no formal proposal submitted to israel. let's make that crystal clear. the prime minister called me before this to make it clear that that is an error, inaccurate, and he is putting out a statement to that effect. they may have rejected some language or a proposal within the framework that was suggest at some point in time, but no formal puzzle was submitted to me on which there should have been a vote. >> protests against the israeli invasion of gaza continue around the world. on friday, hundreds rallied in new york city's times square. >> we are sending a message to the u.s. government that you will not allow your taxpayer dollars to touch -- to kill children in gaza. >> it is not a territory. it is no

and in the past israeli has tried to do this. regardless of what has happened in the past or the last ten days, nothing has happened to keep them from launching rockets. >> nick, thank you. >>> u.n. general secretary ban ki-moon announced imminent ground offensive. >> israel has averaged a ground offensive against gaza. i you regret that despite my repeated urgings, and those world leaders together on already dangerous conflict has now escalated even further. the past 24 hours there have been a number of incidents involving the death of civilia civilians, including the killing of children in gaza strip. there can be no military solution to this conflict. >> that is u.n. secretary general ban ki-moon. we have a statement i want to share with you from the israeli military: >> we're going take a break and we'll come back on this big story and the shootdown of malaysian airline flight 317. >> okay, so we're following two big stories at this hour. it's after midnight in gaza why israeli troops have begun a ground offensive, a and our