that the israeli defense forces have begun a large-scale movement, a significant expansion of operationsas they put it, on the gaza border by land, sea, and air. a gaza resident tells the israeli newspaper, quote, they're firing from every direction, everything here is shaking, unquote. ordinarying to the reporting of the newspaper, palestinian sources report heavy israeli artillery fire throughout the entire gaza strip and these are live pictures from gaza city. our sister network sky news, which is well-staff thread, their correspondent in the gaza reports that just in the last five or six minutes, all power was cut to gaza city, which is the biggest city there, like 1.7 million people. very, very densely populated. the entirety of the gaza is the size of two washington, d.c.s, with a population infinitely greater, and now the power has been cut and it's our understanding from the jerusalem post reporting and others, that a ground incursion is beginning -- has begun. here's what else we know. the last thing the israeli people and its leaders want right now is a large -- is large number

the israeli defense forces said there was shelling from the vicinity of that school. >> reporter: yeah, the spokesman for the israeli military told cnn they had been fighting with hamas fighters in that area. the israeli military says they came under mortar attack from hamas fighters and responded. lieutenant colonel learner also said that there was a possibility that it could have been hamas mortar fire that fell on the school, but to say i put that to the united nations investigators. they say categorically no. they have clear evidence that permits them to conclude this was israeli artillery. >> there was also a strike at a credit shopping area today. what's the issue on that sm. >> reporter: again, people had word that possibly there would be a four-hour humanitarian pause that israel would seize its fire if hamas seized its fire. that never got together. there are too many terms and conditions with any of these pauses or truces. neither side has confidence. if one says we'll stop and another opens fire, there was clearly some kind of attack, an area in eastern gaza that had come un

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is raising money for the israeli defense forces, supporting their offense. we feel it is important, especially as jews, to make the statement that this is not in our name. they need to stop dimming this immediately. >> my name is dorothy, i'm a civil right worker. sncc previously. most of us have been to israel and the west bank and gaza. we have seen for ourselves what the conditions are there. know totally unbearable to that this country dares to even say they represent us. there is a sit in going in right now in the offices of the friends of the idf. >> no one can come in. i cannot have you stay here. you are not here with an appointment. >> we are here to demand as american jews that friends of the idea stop funding israel's massacre of palestinians living in gaza. over the past two weeks, 621 palestinians in gaza have been killed. we are here nonviolently to do a civil disobedience. we mourn all who are lost and we are reading the names of those who the friends of the idf have helped fund to kill. >> the following people were killed. >> the police are o

the israeli defense forces say their goal is to take out the underground tunnels which the palestinian militants -- or i should say the hamas militants have used to launch rocket attacks on israel. thousands of rocket attacks in recent weeks. the israeli forces had hoped that they would be able to come up with a truce that would stop the rocket attacks from coming. today the israeli defense forces, with the government of prime minister benjamin netanyahu, made a decision to go in full force. they say it will be limited incursion by ground, sea and air. more than 50,000 troops were amassed on the borders, now some are at least in the no-man's land if you will in the northern part of gaza, between gaza and israel. and they are moving in with the goal to eradicate the tunnels. the other story on the right-hand side of your screen is the crash of malaysia flight 17. 295 people are dead, after the united states now confirms to fox news, a surface-to-air missile took out a packed jumbo jet over the east of ukraine. this is an area of intense fighting between the ukrainian government and pro-

the israeli defense forces now confirming dozens of others injured. om the one of the most decorated outfits in the israeli military. hamas is claiming it lured tanks into a gaza field where it had hidden improvised explosive devices. in the words of hamas, it says destroyed the force completely. but certainly overnight, a very deadly operation for israeli forces. by far, the deadliest of this operation in gaza. and even the deadliest of previous operations in gaza in 2009 and 2012. we're going to have more throughout the day on that story as well as the latest on the crash in eastern ukraine of mh-17. thank you so much for joining us this morning. "state of the union" with candy crowley is starting right now. >>> as international teams try to recover the dead and protect the evidence, personal tragedy and global consequences unfold on the ground in eye war zone. the downing of malaysia airline flight 17. >>> today, the u.s. secretary of state. >> we know for certain that the separatists have a proficiency that they've gained by training from russians.

what normally happens is a rocket is fired and a few minutes later the israeli defense forces have clearlyied where it came from and then they strike. very precise strikes against these concealed rocket launches, deb. >> that's also an interesting point that you raise, which is the israeli rockets are very targeted, very precise, they can almost pinpoint a home. whereas the rockets being fired by hamas, although the new ones are, now, aimed, they're not the same guided kind of rockets that are going back and forth. but when you mentioned something about the refugees, a number of the palestinians, we're told, were told just stay put by their own people, but many did decide to leave and seek shelter in these refugee camps for lack of a better word. what are you seeing in terms of the people and what do you know in terms of the evacuation essentially? >> well, in the area of beit lahar, which is the northern area of the gaza strip, the israeli defense forces dropped leaflets telling people to leave. we know about 17,000 have sought shelter in the camps provided by the u.n. there in the strip

we are also noting the israeli spokeswoman from their defense forces said that they had been firing from the area and they had fired back. so i think we are on safe ground for the assumption that it was the israeli artillery very that caused the damage. >> by u.n. secretary general says there must be accountability and justice. what are you going to do. lex first, we have to establish the facts. then we will take the next step. accountability goes in both directions. we have also attacks against civilian population. the israelis have the tactical machines. then you have massive attacks where civilians are hurt in disproportionate degree from the israeli side. all of this is counter to the geneva conventions. we will see what the situation is once we have investigated these accidents. i think in today's world we need to always be reminded of the need for accountability. we will also see what bodies like the human rights council and the security council will do on the issue of accountability. lex as you say hamas has also been responsible for rockets into israel. they are being accused of

. >>> today israeli defense forces escalated the battle with hamas, moving from the air to the groundgaza. abc's alex marquardt is on the scene. alex? >> good morning, dan. the sun is coming up here in gaza and with it many questions about the size of the operations israel is planning on carrying out here in gaza in the coming days and possibly longer. overnight, israeli forces fired flares into the skies above gaza as they pummelled the strip with artillery, before benjamin nen annia hue said he was escalating. the goal to take out the network of tunnels that have been built by hamas and used, israel says, to carry out attacks. so in that respect, so far it's a relatively limited separation, but netanyahu says it could be expanded. his government has called up 18,000 more reserve troops, bringing the total to now more than 60,000. there had been a window of hope yesterday when for five hours, israel and hamas agreed to a pause in the fighting for humanitarian reasons. israel accused hamas of violating that peace, and as soon as the time limit expired, the two sides resumed firing. so

. >> and israeli defense forces stepping up their offensive in the gaza strip but palestinian fighters managing to sneak their way around the fighting in the tunnels? we'll have a live report on the latest. >> hundreds of protesters taking to streets across the country this weekend. they're against account recent flood of illegal immigrants pouring across our southern border. the latest on what's being done to deal with this crisis. >> first we start with the new shocking developments in the malaysian airlines flight 17 plane shootdown. u.s. officials now say they do believe a russian commander oversaw the missile strike on that passenger airliner. a senior u.s. official confirming the rocket was fired from a rebel held town in eastern ukraine. meanwhile the ukrainian government is accusing of russia of helping the rebels destroy evidence at the crash site. key eb also claiming the rebels are trying to send plane fragments to russia. national security correspondent jennifer griffin live in washington with the latest details on this and on that russian commander. >> hi, eric. senior wes

♪ >>> back now live to the israel-gaza border, where we're being told by the israeli defense forces thattions in the gaza strip have now resumed. that includes aerial strikes, bombardment by naval forces and as well as ground activity. this is in response to ongoing hamas rocket fire over the last couple of hours. midnight here local time, the israeli cabinet agreed to a u.n. request to extend an humanitarian ceasefire. israel agreed to it for a 24-hour period. hamas refused and continue to fire rockets into southern and central israel. the israeli forces had held their fire for a time. but now we're being told with this ceasefire, ten hours old, that israel is once again, resuming its activity in the gaza strip. you can see in the distance there, there is some smoke which has been rising over that part of gaza. and of course this now brings us into day 20 of this israeli military operation over gaza. the object of it, we are told, is to stop the rockets from being fired by hamas militants, but also more importantly, according to israel, to destroy a network of tunnels which militants ha

his parents say steinburg had challenges living in california and decided to join the israeli defense forces in 2012. he will be buried in israel. >> malaysia's prime minister just announced pro russian separatists in ukraine agreed to hand over black boxes to malaysian officials and give safe access to the debris site. president obama spoke this morning. karen travers is live in washington with the latest. karen? >> good morning, kristin. it was a very aggressive statement from president obama this morning. most aggressive statement he made since the plane went down thursday. he said the actions of the pro russia rebels in that region beg the question what exactly are they hiding. he said the burden is now on russia to get those rebels to stop getting in the way of an investigation. >> is the remains of the 298 victims of malaysia flight 17 remain in limbo. four days after the plane was apparently shot down over eastern ukraine, a team of international investigators, including two americans, finally arrived on the scene. local emergency workers recovered more than 270 bodies from the

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the israeli prime minister says he has instructed the military to begin its ground defensive in gaza.ccording to an official statement being given by reuters. once again, the israeli prime minister says he's instructed the military to begin ground offensive in gaza. i don't know if we are looking at live pictures -- yes, these are live pictures of gaza. this is not surprising. we had been getting indications that this may happen any day now and as you can see, absolutely rocket fire going on. the "wall street journal" ran a headline the other day saying an arc of unrest unseen since the 1970s. and if this day isn't emblematic of that, i don't know what is, as we continue to discuss what happened in eastern ukraine today and as we watch rocket fire over gaza. if i could go back to t.j. rodgers to ask your immediate reaction to this, do you have employees as well in israel, and what about the use of sanctions? is that something that you advocate as a way to try to get vladimir putin to stop back being the russian separatists as the united states believes that he is? >> i do believe in t

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the israeli defense force says this tunnel is one of 31 discovered since invading gaza two weeks ago. hamas has built a maze of interconnected tunnels, thought to number in the hundreds, underneath gaza to get around tight israeli security. some are big enough to drive a truck through. amos yadlin is a former head of israeli military intelligence. what does the tunnel system look like? >> they are like two or three entrances. there are rooms and bunkers to keep supplies, explosives. so it's a whole system, very much like the streets of new york city, under the ground. >> reporter: to avoid detection, the tunnels are dug 60 feet beneath the surface. hamas claim they are gaza's economic lifeline, the only way to get much-needed supplies and essentials. the i.d.f. says the tunnels are used by militants to smuggle weapons and explosives and launch raids. last sunday, the i..d.f said it spotted militants. how long have you lived here? >> almost 50-year-old. >> micha ben hillel was asleep in his house when the gunfire woke him up. >> israel can not allow this situation. no country consider

school but a spokesperson for the israeli defense forces, idf, say that rockets from hamas struck theealth officials say at least 15 people died. the number we're getting is 16. dozens more hurt. including several children. officials say after more than two weeks of violence some 700 palestinians have been killed along with 30 israelis. connor powell is in gaza stich this point is being made and loudly by both sides. the israelis are like, we knew they were there. we didn't hit there. and idf feels an errant gaza rocket may have hit its own people. >> this is clearly israeli artillery. multiple shots, direct and on target. we're not hearing anything that would signify it was hamas rockets. israel is denying that, this is an area where intense fighting has been happening the past few days, clearly hamas fighters in there, but according to the u.n., as the fighting was creeping closer, the u.n. tried to get an evacuation process going. they asked israel for a window to get people out. that was never granted. at some point the artillery came in there now everything we're hearing, this wa

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people were in these schools, because they received the strict shun from the israeli defense forces toove. they were there because they believed they would be safe. children lying alongside their mothers believed in those classrooms, they would at least be protected. the fact it was not the case is totally intolerable. >> we talked about 17 phone calls made 17 times that the israelis were told about the location of this school. after this attack happens what do you do? do you pick up the phone for the 18th time and can them what happened? and if so what is their reply? >> this morning i picked up the phone and sent messages. it's part of a necessary set of steps where you put forward your own assessment, and it was a stark and direct and blunt assessment. and then what is the assessment on the other wide. i presume it will take a few days for them to put together their reports. we certainly expect that be done spe speedilly, and transparently. this has to happen because this is a serious violation of international law. >> here is the problem you have though, in that rockets -- and this

the civilian death toll in gaza rises another un school was shelled by israeli defense forces during this conflict war on the violence gripping gaza and the humanitarian crisis causing just ahead. the e.u. has joined the u.s. and have launched a new round of harsher sanctions against russia over the crisis in ukraine the new measures take aim at large swaths of the russian economy but will they work. and three d. printing for food or firearms is so two thousand and thirteen the u.s. military now wants to use this technology to print warheads right on the battlefield more on that coming up. it's wednesday july thirtieth four pm in washington d.c. i'm manila chan your watching r.t. america. the death toll continues to climb in gaza as schools marketplaces and hospitals are being attacked by israeli defense force missiles just this morning at least nineteen palestinians were confirmed dead after a shelling at a un run school the death toll between both sides is nearing thirteen hundred but take a look at this chart of those victims more than one thousand two hundred of them were palesti

as several government buildings now increasingly it does seem as if a ground offensive by the israeli defense forces is imminent here when is what we are hearing from the israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu he has ordered an intensification of the assault in gaza israel's intelligence officer has also said and here i'm quoting that we have to take over gaza temporarily he suggested it could be a few weeks until the entire military infrastructure in gaza is destroyed i'm standing on the israel gaza border where the situation is extremely tense silence continually sound here when south israel as well as in the central and sometimes. and northern israel people have been ordered to remain in or nearby bomb shelters now at the same time there are more than fifty israelis who have been admitted to hospital many of them are suffering wounds that they sustained while running to those bomb shelters all are in a state of shock from those sirens the un secretary-general ban ki-moon has condemned the israeli airstrikes he's for restraint he has said that gaza is on my face and that the situation is

. >> about two hours ago we received a warning message from the israeli defense forces that everyone staying on this side of the coastal road along the mediterranean had to leave immediately. all of the hotels, buildings here being evacuated. we were told to take refuge here so this is now a place where there are dozens of foreign and gazan journalists as well as anyone else staying along this beach road. in the run-up to the warning, we heard a lot of naval shelling, flares in the air and reports a ground incursion was imminent. the message was conveyed by the prime minister's office that was under way. now, we have just spoken to someone who's come from the main hospital, a hospital in gaza city who said the injured are starting to arrive from the east as well as from the north where we have been told at least 10 tanks have crossed over into the gaza strip and we're getting reports that there's intense shelling all around the edges of the gaza strip. >> what is the mood amongst the people of gaza as this israeli ground offensive begins? >> well, it's ten days into this escalation t

and the violence in gaza escalates israeli defense forces have launched a ground invasion as the death toll rises the latest on the middle eastern crisis coming up. it's friday july eighteenth four pm in washington d.c. david in you're watching r.t. america. we're in today with the malaysia airlines passenger plane that was shot down over eastern ukraine both the ukrainian government and antiques you have separatists fighting in the region deny any responsibility for downing the plane and earlier tally two hundred ninety five dead was raised to include three infants and the official list of passengers released by malaysia airlines so now the death toll sits at two ninety eight as far as the passengers on the plane one hundred eighty nine people were from the netherlands forty four were from malaysia twenty seven from australia twelve that from indonesia and the rest were citizens of the u.k. germany belgium the philippines canada and new zealand it was at least one american on board a man by the name of quinn bukas shan's men a dual u.s. dutch citizen investigation into the grass is ju

and earlier an israeli defense force spokesperson told my colleague you know i kneel they're doing up so that everything they can to protect civilian lives and the hamas minister of the interior specifically instructed the civilian population in gaza not to leave their homes not to leave the instructions not to follow the instructions of the military provided what you knew these innocent people were in their homes and yet you still decided to strike was that your decision we provided as much warning as we could and at the end we had to attack certain targets that are resulting in the terrorise ation of our entire public and one of the latest attacks really military the use flechette shells with spray i thought it was of tiny and potential. the lethal metal darts we've seen that some rules of humanitarian law render their use in the gaza strip illegal as an imprecise weapon is more likely to result in civilian injuries which of course we have seen in spades why do you ignore international law in this case you can say with full confidence and with full sincerity that any weapon that is

>> reporter: the israeli defense force told us that there was fighting in the area, that there was a battle between an i.d.f. unit and a hamas anti-tank unit that had been operating in the vicinity of that school. and that what happened may have been caused by a hamas rocket. the israelis are not prepared to take responsibility for this tragedy. the primary focus for the i.d.f. right now is to find and destroy tunnels, some of which, it says, extend all the way into israel. the israeli defense force says this tunnel is one of 31 discovered since invading gaza ceo weeks ago. hamas has built a maze of interconnected tunnels, thought to number in the hundreds, underneath gaza to get around tight israeli security. some are big enough to drive a truck through. amos yadlin is a former head of israeli military intelligence. what does the tunnel system look like? >> there are like two or three entrances. there are rooms and bunkers to keep supplies, explosives. so it's a whole system, very much like the streets of new york city, under the ground. >> reporter: to avoid detection, the tunnels

soldiers killed by hamas in the recent fighting were american citizens this after the israeli defense force bombarded an eastern neighborhood of the air killing at least eighty seven civilians that made sunday and sunday the bloodiest day in conflicts involving israel since it attacked the hezbollah militant group in lebanon seven years ago locals say there are now bodies strewn about the streets of gaza and in the rubble of collapsed buildings they also say the sheer destruction is making it very difficult to retrieve them eighteen israeli soldiers have been killed since the assault began but that number is by the palestinian fatalities now approaching four hundred forty. our correspondent has sent us a video from the heart of the conflict and just a bit of a warning it does contain some very graphic scenes. ok so what we're doing now the muslims from we're going to move. forward we're going. to have this footage apparently shows a man among the ruins of destroyed residential buildings is thought to be the target of government gunfire he appears to be headed by a bullet while lang st

let's not talk to peter lerner from the israeli defense force and get your perspective as well now if ever through the years israel carries out these operations and kills a hundreds of civilians in the process which is how this is a proportionate response to the threats posed to his row i would what is the alternative to just let them us terrorists continue that parents of aggression of rockets you know in the last as you as paula pointed out in the last twenty four hours we've had one hundred thirty rockets that have targeted our civilians it's unacceptable unbearable and indeed nobody would like that so what we did last week we sent a clear message to hamas serious ranma dental and her friends that you know calm will be met with calm what do thomas do they responded with aggression this is an unfortunate situation israel had no intention no wish to go and attack gaza but hamas. peterson the school no where you know our civilians are unable to move their children today. could not be allowed to go to kindergarten children could not go to summer camp they had to stay in the safe room t

and the violence in gaza escalates israeli defense forces have launched a ground invasion as the death toll rises the latest on the middle eastern crisis coming up. it's friday july eighteenth eight pm in washington d.c. i'm lynn neary david and you're watching r.t. america. we begin tonight with the malaysia airlines passenger plane that was shot down over eastern ukraine both the ukrainian government and anti kiev separatists fighting in the region deny any responsibility for downing the plane and earlier tally of two ninety five people dead was raised to include three infants and an official list of passengers released by malaysia airlines so now the death toll sits at two ninety eight as far as the passengers on the plane one hundred eighty nine people were from the netherlands forty four were from malaysia twenty seven from australia twelve from indonesia and the rest were citizens of the u.k. germany belgium the philippines canada new zealand and hong kong there is at least one american on board a man by the name of quinn lucas shands men a dual u.s. dutch citizen the investigati

we're following two international breaking news stories right now first off israeli defense forces invade the gaza strip the latest on this military push ahead. and in eastern ukraine a malaysia airlines jet has crashed both sides of the ukrainian conflict deny responsibility so what happened we have extensive breaking news coverage coming up . good evening it's thursday july seventeenth eight pm in washington d.c. on wednesday france you're watching our team america. we begin with breaking news in gaza where israeli defense forces have launched the first major ground offensive there in just over five years video from the scene from a short while ago operations started just after ten pm local time prolonging this latest round of violence that has killed two hundred thirty five palestinians and at least one israeli the israeli military says the israel cabinet authorized the call up of an additional eighteen thousand reserve soldiers artie's harry fear is in gaza for us covering this breaking story. we understand that one of the primary objectives of the operation is to destroy the tunnel i

the civilian death toll in gaza rises another you one school was shelled by israeli defense forces during this conflict more on the violence gripping gaza and the humanitarian crisis it's causing just ahead. the e.u. has joined the u.s. and have launched a new round of partial sanctions against russia over the crisis in ukraine the new measures take aim at large swaths of the russian economy but will they work. and three d. printing food or firearms is so twenty thirteen the u.s. military now wants to use this technology to print warheads right on the battlefield more on that coming up. it's wednesday july thirtieth eight pm in washington d.c. i'm manila chan you're watching r.t. america. the death toll continues to climb in gaza as schools marketplaces and hospitals are attacked by israeli defense force missiles and now some world leaders are speaking out about the growing death toll but libya's president evill morales we're now it's announced a visa exemption agreement with israel today and said quote in other words we are declaring israel a terrorist state. his statement comes after at

just this week they approved a defense spending bill that would double funding for israeli defense including51 million for more iron dome interceptors. is that going to make a difference and help change this conflict and make israel defensive enough that they can slow down this conflict? >> the iron dome system costs approximately $10,000 each time one of those missiles is fired to intercept a hamas missile and its had about a 90% success rate. however, that being said, it's not 100% effective, number one. number two, the amount of iron dome batteries that israel have does not, in effect, cover anything that represents the entire country of israel and it only protects the area south of tel aviv and that's where most of these missiles have fallen. obviously, israel is grateful, i'm sure for the support of the american people and the taxpayer are providing, but let's be real here. one of the decisions why the israeli government took to go into the the northern gaza is because they know that there's an endless supply of missiles that hamas has continuing to receive them through smuggling tunnel

the israeli defense forces say they are investigating. this classroom is one of the places that took a direct hit. there are blood stains on the floor, there are bits of human remains here still. scattered around, evidence of what passes for normal family life, a pink football, a broken packet of pasta, plastic bottles. this is a terrible scene. >> chris morris at the school. chris gunness is from the united nations relief and works agency. that's the agency that runs the schools that have become shelters for many palestinians, becoming that one hit this morning. he told my colleague gavin gray that the attack is a violation of international law. >> last night, children were killed as they slept next to their parents on the floor of a u.n. -- of a classroom in a u.n. designated shelter. children killed in their sleep. this is surely an afront to all of us, a source of universal shame. today the world stands disgraced. we have been to the site. we have gathered evidence. we have analyzed fragment, examined craters and other damage. our ini

overnight, israeli defense forces say they struck 50 targets in air strikes across the gaza strip. israel now launching a clear offensive. their operation even given an official name, protective edge, using increased targeted air strikes and calling out several hundred reservists to build up troops for possible ground maneuvers. israel's change in tactic comes in response to an uptick in rocket attacks from gaza with some 80 on monday alone. those strikes forcing hundreds in neighboring camps to be sent back home. prime minister benjamin netanyahu says he will do whatever is necessary to stop the attacks. the hamas spokesman issuing a battle cry on facebook. the enemy has crossed the red line and will be made to pay the price for its crimes. hamas even showing off its weaponry in a propaganda video. these explosive scenes of violence just painting a backdrop to the mounting anger in jerusalem. of the murders and beatings of both jewish and palestinian teenagers. what israel says it's trying to do with these air strikes is to target the terrorist infrastructure that hamas uses to la

during previous cease-fires, the israeli defense forces have continued to work to destroy the tunnelsisraeli government didn't believe they could take care of the tunnels during the cease-fire to their satisfaction. so this was one out of many gaps between the kerry proposal and what the israeli government wanted. now that the violence has started again, as your reporters on the ground have shown, seems that john kerry's remarks of only an hour ago have been overtaken by the events. the temporary cease-fires he's pushing for will have to wait, no matter what he wants, no matter what the united states government wants. it's clear the israelis have decided this is going to continue on a military level. hamas has never really abided by the cease-fire in the first place. so this violence will continue. and john kerry will be pushing for the cease-fire. but this doesn't seem like he's going to get his way any time soon. >> so talking about the wants from hamas, the blockade the border crossings from israel and egypt. let's talk about the concerns, the priorities among israelis. their top c

hamas rejected that truce and rockets kept coming from gaza. 47 to be exact according to the israeli defensef holding fire, israel restarted its air strikes and the fighting continues. let's bring in wolf blitzer live from jerusalem. wolf, the israeli security cabinet has met once again. what are you hearing there about what israel plans to do next? >> well, there's clearly they're indicating they're going to step up their campaign against hamas in gaza. the israeli security cabinet meeting in tel aviv even as we speak right now. it's unclear what precisely they're going to do. i don't suspect there's going to be a massive full scale ground invasion to occupy, reoccupy gaza, but i do expect that there will be some limited ground activity sort of along the lines of what happened in recent days when an israeli commando unit went in for about half an hour and did what they said they had to do and got out. you know, as far as the prime minister of israel is concerned, very interesting the politics here, jake. he's getting a lot more criticized, a lot more hammered are from his own right wing bas

and israeli defense force spokesperson insisted to r.t. that they're going to great lengths not to hit civilians we do not shoot the targets only work anyway or former civilians we target how must terrorists and the idea for peroration is ongoing in order to restore safety and security for the state of israel hamas decided to have an onslaught against against the state and indeed even when we held our stations yesterday for six hours they continued to bombard israel. indiscriminately and we were left basically with no alternative and the palestinian bloodbath has created ripples worldwide. pro palestinian demonstrators in paris with tear gas up to thousands flooded into the streets angry at a ban on anti israeli protests imposed by the authorities they clashed with riot police and in the london thousands turned down to voice their anger over the invasion into gaza while in berlin people took up the mantle in support for palestine with thousand strong turnouts chile australia and the us so people overflowing in the streets protesting agains