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wolf blitzer, cnn, gentleman je >> israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu says there's one way to stop the fight. >> i know you're in jerusalemion like there and at the border with gaza at this point? >> reporter: alluding to the ceasefire or me likelihood of that. i would say it's extremely unlikely. on the ground it seems the exact opposite to be developing. watch this space. overnight we saw more shelling from the air, from air strikes of gaza by the israelis. we saw more rocket launches from gaza into israel. so as far as the situation on the ground is concerned, it is tense, it is confusing and the reality on the ground, christi and victor, is that people are dying in gaza. it's very, very disturbing picture. for the israeli side no deaths but clearly injuries as well. as far as jerusalem is concerned, things here relatively quiet. it's a functioning city and continues to be so. when you get the sirens, people run for cover. but there's an iron dome shield set up around the city and certainly the incoming rockets that have reached jerusalem have gotten to open ground or been shot out of the sky by the israelis. here rela