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. >> the 72 hour cease-fire between israel and hamas fell >> the 72 hour cease-fire between israel and hamas fell about 70 hours short. the two sides blame each other for the continuing fighting and dying. that's the inside story. >> hello, i'm ray suarez. it was thursday evening eastern time in the united states when the news broke friday morning would begin a three-day cease-fire between israelis and palestinians fighting in gaza. during the overnight hours before americans even woke up, the cease-fire was gone. lost in a haze of mutual acrimony and continued violence. the intense diplomacy from secretary general ban ki-moon and secretary of state john kerry, and not coming to much. israel has declared they have the intention to keep fighting until all the tunnels leading into israel have been destroyed alliances and support within the region are being fractured and redrawn. >> reporter: when the cease-fire collapsed the finger pointing began. hamas blamed israel for advancing on the town of rafa on the pretext of destroying tunnel. israel said that it was destroying a tunnel when a

now an israeli soldier in the hands of hamas. this started 90 minutes into what was supposed to be a 27 -- 72-hour truce. two israeli soldiers were killed, one was captured. shelling and rocket fire ejuptd between the two sides. health officials in gaza say an israeli attack in rafah killed at least 40 people and wounded more than 250. each side blaming the other for violating the cease-fire. right now, we want to bring in our karl penhaul who is live in gaza, also wolf blitzer joins us in jerusalem. karl, we want to start with you because gaza is the battlefield in this conflict. what are you seeing right now? >> reporter: it is a battlefield, john, and just as you've bringing me to air, i can hear in eastern gads the sound of heavy shelling. if you like, i can take a picture of that. i can see plumes of smoke on the horizon in east gaza. we were there this morning two and half hours into the cease-fire and at that point we saw a number of israeli tanks maneuvering and we heard them fire at least three tank rounds into buildings

not the leader of hamas. l assassinated the founder of hamas hamas no longer has a leader and after they assassinated the head of the military wing in 2012 this,'s no senior figure within the military wing who is really in command. >> mohammed diaf, the head of the military wing of hamas. what's his relationship with the head of the political wing who is in doha, qatar. >> i would say he's a legend, in gaza. >> he's in gaza. >> and wounded so many times by israel in attempts to kill him that he's literally a half of human beings. questions of whether or not he's actually functioning and alive, so he's a legend, a spirit of the hamas fighters' movement. i doubt if he is a person giving tactical orders. he's definitely the spirit of the fight, not to give up. the high motivation and sacrifices that they are willing to make for the cause, for god, islam, palestine. he's definitely in that position but i don't think he's the person giving tactical orders. >> thanks very much. don't if away. we'll rely on your expe

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it is the m.o. of hamas. we know that they've utilized and built these tunnels for specifically these kinds of attacks. and that is what they're doing. >> as far as you know, has anyone claimed responsibility for capturing the israeli soldier? >> no, i'm not aware. >> so nobody's made any announcements or anything along those lines. you're looking -- there's a massive search under way. i take it you're going house to house in that rafah area near that tunnel, is that right? >> we're utilizing everything we have. whether it's infantry men. whether it's intelligence capabilities we have. this is a grave, grave situation that has the potential of extreme escalation. we are taking it extremely serious. we don't want this. we were happy with the cease-fire that was in place. we had 90 minutes of cease-fire. we were looking to be at this hour, 12 hours after that cease-fire, but they chose to escala escalate, they choose to carry out this attack. now we're in pursuit of them. this terrorist organization, hamas, cann

and people like ban ki-moon who put in the time and the effort and then just have hamas slam the door in their face. let me be clear here. israel is currently conducting a military come pain against hamas to stom t stop the missiles and deal with the tunnels. but we're already vacating parts of the gaza strip where we've completed the operations. >> withdrawing troops. >> we're redeploying where we've taken out and destroyed missiles and other hamas terror targets. we are pulling back and redeploying. ultimately it's quite possible understanding that hamas is not a partner for any sort of arrangement that israel will act to defend itself, that we will redeploy in positions that we can defend our people, and we'll have to see if hamas wants to continue shooting rockets in israel, hamas will pay the price. >> it sounds like a humanitarian nightmare potentially could develop for 1.7 million palestinians in gaza. >> it's the last thing that israel wanted and that's why we did agree to this humanitarian cease-fire but what can we do? how can we have a cease-fire if hamas keeps shooting roc

is the same as al qaeda. hamasthe same as boca haram. would israel be willing to negotiate peace was hamas? >> as long as hamas is a terrorist organization and it's not just israel. is you say, it's the united states the european union, canada, australia. all these countries have officially legally declared hamas a terrorist organization. unless hamas changes its fundamental patterns of behavior, there's no sign of that, they continue to target at innocent civilians and continue to shoot rockets to send death squads across the border through those tunnels, unless hamas changes they are still a terrorist organization and we will not speak to them. the negotiations are through intermediaridries. that's the way it will be because we don't talk to be terrorist organizations. >> let's talk about the 72 hours because obviously, the cease-fires of the last few weeks have not been successful to put it lightly. >> and here i'd stress, we are entering this with our eyes wide open. we've had over the last three weeks eight pr

even surprised at the strength of cement hamas used. again, israelis are sensitive to this, but did they miss it? >> really a question, in the cycle from '06 to 2008 and 2012 to now, bob made a great point. obviously hamas military wing has improved in its fighting. so as far as an intelligence failure, that's always the kind of thing that leadership starts looking at immediately, but will be walked backward if you will from this point forward from the israeli and intelligence perspective. you mention the amount of cement and other construction materials. one of the really big questions will be with all of the restrictions and sensors for things going into hamas over the few years, how was that much amount of material that is very restricted in going in go to things like the tunnels? how were the missiles able to get into those numbers? also, too, the intelligence from the command and control system for the military wing at hamas, some others engaged in fighting, those are the things that will be looked at, and no doubt, i have little d

is hamas really calling the shots in gaza? r senior international correspondent nic robertson. nick, what kind of support does qatar offer hamas? >> well, it's given sanctuary to the political chief of hamas, khaled meshaal. he was in syria before, but of course syria went through its revolution. he didn't feel safe in damascus. and a couple of years ago he was looking for somewhere to live and he was offered a place in qatar. khaled meshaal and hamas are very closely aligned to the muslim brotherhood. it's widely viewed here in this region that qatar is a big supporter of the muslim brotherhood through the arab spring, has really been trying to advance their interests. and essentially, as of right now, the hamas is perhaps biggest supporter in this region is qatar. what do they provide? moral support, political support. they are also believed to have been behind part of the reason, the political motivation, if you will, for hamas to agree to that ceasefire earlier today. and to agree to go into some kind of talks in cairo over

hamas said no. this tragedy is solely the responsible of hamas. and the people of gaza are beginning to understand that, too. >> mark, good luck to you. to israel. hope any a cease-fire is over the horizon sometime soon. thank you very much for being with me. >>> joining me live right here in our new york studio, israel's ambassador to the united nations. thank you very much form being with me. we have received news late this evening that lieutenant golden is dead. how do you know he is dead and what exactly do you know about snit >> first, this is tragic. secondly, you know in the jewish that decision, to say something like that, we have evidence. because of the sensitivity, i don't want to go into it now, but i'm sure at a later stage all the detail also be out on this. >> do you have his remains in israeli custody, mr. ambassador? >> that's why i said it's sensitive. but there is a clear statement on this, and believe me, as you know in the past, we are very, very careful of making a statement like that. >> i totally respect that, mr. ambassador

we continue hurting the hamas. we will not compromise the security of israeli people. this operation continues for a long time. hamas suffers and actually created this problem for themselves. we will continue and we are supported by you, citizens of israel, and they, the leaders of hamas will know that we will continue acting against those goals until the goal will be accomplished. i am very pleased with the operation by the soldiers and officers who are defending israeli citizens. our soldiers and officers, members of the general security service, male and female soldiers, men and women, people in active service display strength and resilience, do excellent job. we understand the dangers and the soldiers understand the very position they have. therefore, we will not desist until the peace and calm are restored for citizens of israel. hamas is a murderous terrorist organization which lies time and again, uses its citizens as human shields. we are very sorry about average citizens that was killed, but hamas is actually a terrorist state which uses israeli schools and hos

, particularly the qassam rockets. hamas have connects to the university. hamas has connections to almost everything in gaza. the founder of hamas was instrumental, i believe in starting up that university in the late 1970s. but it's a very large campus, over 20,000 students. it takes up a very large portion of central gaza. >> i just had the israeli ambassador on, lanny davis. i asked him what is israel going to do next? does this mean the ramping up of the military actions. he said you don't have to ask. you're seeing it in action. now would you consider this part of it after the alleged kidnapping of that soldier and the breaking of a ceasefire earlier? >> well, it appears so that there will be a ramping up in the horror on all of us as the ambassador pointed out to see children and civilians killed, children in israel hiding from missiles intentionally aimed at it, children in gaza. so there is horror on both sides. but iran-backed terrorist organization still is hamas that broke the ceasefire that won't allow a ceasefir

leader says that reaction is exactly what the terror group wants. >> hamas does not care for the lives of palestinians. don't think for a second, please, that hamas cares for the children's blood. they want the children of gaza to die. >> tonight as israel announces plans to scale down military operations once the mission is accomplished, i'll ask my panel whether even once the tunnels are destroyed this is still mission impossible. >> we will continue acting according to the security need and only according to the security needs of israel until we have the target of bringing security back to our citizens of israel. >>> up front tonight, prime minister benjamin netanyahu making that announcement that israel is close to its stated goal of destroying the tunnels hamas has used to attack israel. the chief spokesman for the prime minister, mark regev, joins me right now from tel aviv. mark, good evening. thank you very much for coming on. you have heard the angry anti-semitic chants now coming from the streets of europe. demonstrations throughout much of that part of the world very a

and this is the abcertainty. hamas is very happy to complain about the suffering in gaza and to make sure that's seen on television, but they are not willing to do anything to alleviate that. the people of gaza tonight, i'm sure our intelligence will validate this, must be furious, angry with hamas. they were supposed to get at a minimum three-day period for support that we know they need very badly, and that is not happening, simply because hamas said no. i think this should, i think, present to everyone, what is the real reason this conflict continues? is the real reason the people of gaza suffer? it's because of this terrible authoritarian extremist fundamentalest regime. >> appreciate you being on, mark, thank you. >> my pleasure. >>> coming up, the palestinian perspective. i'll speak to the ambassador of the united nations next. ups is a global company, but most of our employees live in the same communities that we serve. people here know that our operations have an impact locally. we're using more natural gas veh

and the military wing of hamas? ause when i was meeting with others, i think there were -- i mean i heard this before, but i told things that i cannot go into the details now. i don't think it's appropriate for me to discuss what i think. when we got the word that they're on board and jihad and other factions gave me their word that they would be on board, and everybody was on board. and secretary kerry was informed and this why the announcement came. i think the loophole was two sentences. one sentence that the israeli insisted that they continue with their operation to destroy tunnels which meant they would destroy homes. there would be friction. and the other side, the palestinians preserved all rights of defense. this was the point yesterday, this was a loophole. i believe we should revisit the cease-fire and there should be a total unconditional cease-fire and that's what's needed now. >> because the israelis, as you know, they got what they wanted in that deal. the secretary of state john kerry said that israel

if the goal was to weaken hamas, the opposite happened. hamas has remained in power, weakened bit events in egypt, not because of the 7-year blockade imposed by israel. and it has been able to obtain more sophisticated rockets than it had just a few years ago. so from a military security standpoint the blockade is not working. from a political stand point it's not working because hamas is there. >> it had lost tremendous popularity. before this all started, it's approval rating was minimal. unemployment was tremendous, the economy had fallen apart. the blockade, i am sure had a deal to do with that. hamas was not doing well as a governing body for gaza, that is true. the irony is that hamas was doing a poorly - a poor job governing and, in fact, its popularity as you said went down before the crisis. sense the crisis, it may have saved hamas politically, because naturally palestinians when under attack rally around the leaders, the flag, and there is a sense of palestinian solidarity certainly in the west bank, and palestinians in israel wh

cnn spoke to the brother of lieutenant goldin. appealing to hamas militants for the safe return of their family member and of his brother. obviously, that will not be a possibility now. again, we don't know the status of lieutenant hadar goldin's body at this stage. we hope to get clarity in the coming days and hours about the situation regarding that, john. >> reporter: and matthew, from a political point of view, without sounding gruesome here, because someone has died, as many people have died with the conflict between palestinian death toll of 1,700. we are focusing on the soldier because he was missing and captured and now confirmed dead according to the idf. that, in a way, makes it a lot easier politically for the prime minister benjamin netanyahu. >> reporter: i think there is a lot of truth in that. it's one of the big strengths, but one of the big weaknesses of the israeli military that they do deals and they have done deals in the past with militants with the release of soldiers. gilead shalit was held captive for five years. no one saw h

the conflict. that has been ignored. hamas, on the other hand, rockets and suicide bombings and other forms of violence. that gets attention and has actually produced some results. the prisoner exchange issue is one notable example. hamas got 1000 prisoners and we all know that the failure to release the prisoner in the latest negotiation led to the collapse of that process for mahmoud abbas. there's a real sense to the palestinians that hamas' way, as painful as it is, produces more results. and that is true. it is even more true in this conflict. it is coming on the heels of the film negotiation and because we have been down this road seven times before. mahmoud abbas has moved closer to hamas' decisions rather than the other way around. in previous conflicts, mahmoud abbas was reluctant, he could not side with israel against another group of palestinians. he was reluctant to openly embrace hamas. this time around, fatah, plo the entire palestinian leadership has openly and enthusiastically embraced the hamas and the resista

each side blames the other. hamas says israel broke the cease-fire by advancing forces farther than agreed upon and setting up sniper positions but israel says palestinian militants broke the cease-fire when one of them emerged into israel and attacked israeli soldiers with a suicide bomb. according to the israelis, two of their soldiers were killed and one was abducted, which could take this already incredibly violent conflict to a whole new level. president obama today calling for the immediate release of this soldier. >> i have unequivocally condemned hamas and the palestinian factions that were responsible for killing two israeli soldiers and abducting a third. if they are serious about trying to resolve this situation, that soldier needs to be unconditionally released as soon as possible. >> the israeli government searching high and low for the missing soldier says there's enough circumstanceal evidence to positive that hamas took him but hamas, the palestinian militant group that controls gaza and has been label

and a half before the cease-fire began. hamas say that they began engaging the israeli military at that time and the confrontations apparently continued into the cease-fire hours. they are clearly blaming israelis for trying to come further than their own lines and that's what sparked this confrontation. interestingly enough, the bringing gads -- bring grades make no mention of the capture of the israeli soldier. they give a number of hours to get the soldier or his remains to a secure location. in this kiss that could be what they are trying to do. we also do know that other military factions operate in the area of southern gaza. >> karl penhaul reporting live from gaza this morning. thank you. we want to get the palestinian perspective on this. i want to bring in the executive director of the palestine center. welcome. nice to have you here. israel is incensed by the fact that hamas violated the cease-fire in order to kidnap this soldier. do you condemn those tactics? >> first, carol, let's think about what you just said. you s

hamas. it's curious whether or not the egyptians promised hamas the rafah border crossing would be open and and can give to hamas. perhaps that enticed them to agree to something now they didn't three weeks ago. >> gershon baskin, thanks very much for joining us from jerusalem. at the top of the hour, a special report on the breaking news in israel and gaza. also much more on the breaking news from new york city where a patient is now being tested for ebola. ♪ (train horn) vo: wherever our trains go, the economy comes to life. norfolk southern. one line, infinite possibilities. but with med-care, i don't have to! waiting to get my diabetic supplies is such a hassle . they deliver everything i need right to my door! with free shipping! plus, med-care takes private policies, medicaid, even my medicare! now we have the time to do the things we love. med-care. we deliver a better life. but parallel parking isn't one you do a lof them.ings great. you're either too far from the curb. or too close to other cars... it's just a matter of time until you rip some guy's bumper off. so, here are your ch

be the most difficult issue we will see. disarming hamasill be like disarming hezbollah and lebanon. that will be tough. >> i agree with the essence of palestinians are basically united. that has been a long time to mean. you see a closing of ranks. of the fighting forces in the gaza to. you see a closing of ranks in the west bank. there are mass protests with the participation of all palestinian factions. and in fact many independents, who have no factional affiliation. but the conflict has done is consolidated palestinian unity in a way we have not seen it in many years. it is the only positive dollar amount -- development i can see coming out of this conflict. and ik it is also true, think the others touched on this, there is a fundamental paradox when it comes to the two separate agendas of conflict fatah on oneith hand, and the track of armed struggle or resistance on the part of hamas on the other. the paradox is, when there is calm and quiet in the occupied the israelis become complacent and the americans as well. palestinians are ig

and that each time the israelis say it is hamas has not agreed to it or hamas has violated the agreement. hamas would of course see things differently. i'm sure that the delay was in part. they just want to make sure hamas was going to sign on this time. and also israel probably wanted to go through and mike sure that its criteria were met, number one, that its troops could remain in gaza, and number two, that it could continue to destroy the hamas tunnels that have been discovered so far, don. >> so the question, will this ceasefire do anything to stop israel's stated goal here of destroying hamas' tunnels into israel? it won't. that's what they want. that's the end game for them, correct? >> correct, yeah. israel has maintained that ceasefire or not, they will go ahead and destroy those tunnels they know. now defensively, under the terms apparently, israel could destroy the tunnels it has found. i think the question for many in the israeli population might be, well have, you found all the tunnels? because these tunnels really have been a surprise as far as the number of them and the si

that got all of the palestinian factions including hamas and the palestinian authority and israel, israel was saying it would not go for a ceasefire unless hamas was demilitarized. >> yes. >> so how did -- how did this come about and so suddenly? >> yeah, i think -- i think this is the -- the trust of need. both sides actually are under severe pressure. it's hard to deny that all of those palestinian factions have been not affected badly by this war. i don't think so that any of those factions can come and say, you know, we achieved -- we went, but we haven't lost anything. of course they lost people and they lost some of their also equipment, and then there -- there -- there power. of course israeli is the same. just remember, israelis for the first time since 1948, they have a so-called, you know, wave of refugees within israeli cities. israelis are leaving their home with the request of the government because they could not secure them. these are new elements. of course none of those two parties have achieved all of their goals. israelis cannot achieve the fact that disarming hamas. ha

hamas. thenstantly blamed hamas. i appeared on a panel with the egyptian ambassadors, and he focused on the theme that had the egyptian proposal for a adopted when first presented, a lot of lives would have been spared. the focal point of the criticism was obviously hamas. you see with the gulf states and egypt as part of a larger struggle is to make sure hamas does not gain. does not gain politically, militarily. what might part of be described as a broader, strategic realignment that is taking place within the region. so third question, what has been what id about hamas? think mike was saying about how hamas has embedded itself quite consciously in populated areas, how it don't the extraordinary labyrinth of tunnels to protect the command control, leaders, thaters, it is interesting none of the tunnels were prepared to defend the patent -- palestinian population. i frequently been asked about the us a multi-the similarities and the casualties. that israelsting developed an elaborate civil defe

how can abbas keep the upper hand? >> hamas went into this very much out of the junior partner, which is unlike where we were two years ago. they come out of this as equal partners, at least. one of the positives, probably the only positive out of this, is the motivation of palestinian unity. in fact, you have a unified palestinian leadership negotiating in cairo. as a practical matter, not a matter of show or expediency. it is a practical matter. hamas needs fatah as much as fatah needs hamas. hamas understands their is no chance to open the border in gaza without a role for the palestinian authority. at the same time, the palestinian has been desperately keen for a role in gaza and mahmoud abbas has been trying to reassert his relevance in things related to gaza. there is a win-win situation in terms of the relevance of both sides. hamas' position now is very firmly embedded into the palestinian landscape. in a way that a month ago it was not. it was much more precarious. like that of the muslim brotherhood in egypt. now, the

they'll be sitting at the table with the israelis. hamas, all the other palestinian faction also be in cairo, and there will be those kind of side talks. but the palestinians will be the one negotiating. and the hope is, again, that this could extend that ceasefire and get those talks going on some of the real humanitarian issues that are surrounding gaza right now and on the israeli side, dealing with the ultimate issue of demilitarizing hamas. >> elise labott, appreciate it. let's go to gaza city where explosions have been mixing with the early morning calls to prayer. john vause is there for us. what have you been seeing and hearing? >> well, anderson, just moments ago, yet another flare lit up the night sky just to the south of here. that's been happening off and on for the last couple hours which fits in with what else we've been hearing from here, which is automatic weapons fire. sometimes those flares are used for air strikes. but sometimes they're also used to light up a part of the battlefield for israeli troops who are on the grou

hamas started the war. hamas carried out the war. hamas fired rockets at israeli civilians from within civilian neighborhoods in the gaza strip so that israel would then retaliate and cause civilian casualties on the palestinian side. that's how they work. how does it end? if it ends with a decisive hamas defeat when hamas can't replenish its rocket supply, then actually all will be saving palestinian lives because the next time this happens whether it's in a year or two years, it will be a much bigger war with bigger rockets, long-range rockets. hamas will be even more dug in and more people will die. it's difficult to internalize that. this suffering is not for not. this suffering will put an end to greater suffering in the long run. >> i want to ask you one final question which is how much credibility the american people should be giving to the united nations. because the secretary general ban ki-moon has been a bit more measured calling for israel to be more careful when it comes to the civilian casualties. but today we heard from

do the palestinians have to do? >> go ahead. >> hamass a political organization. when they decided to contest the election, it is because they believed politics or a political process would get them somewhere. therefore, they are willing to participate in the process. bring them over, i will say. make them part of the solution, not part of the problem. israel has said they are using this card as a bargaining chip. they want them -- israel to give them something in return. they wanted to talk about lifting the siege on gaza. opening the crossing. let them be on the table. let them discuss all the issues and be part of a palestinian unity government. they cannot have it both ways. say they want to negotiate with the pa and give them nothing in return. continue settlement. you cannot say you decided to be in a strategic alliance with the terrorists. the only way is to allow them to be in the negotiations, directly or indirectly. in whatever shape or time or whatever. we can be speaking in one voice and recognizing the reality on the ground.

so i raise the question, could hamas have misunderstood? maybe they weren't listening to the audio or the video statement that john kerry made, maybe they were just reading the actual document. >> or that they decided they didn't want to give this cease-fire a chance in the first place and they were looking to attack israeli forces. our forces had received orders not to be involved in offensive operations. our forces were sitting where they were, doing defensive action, and were only to fire their weapons if fired upon. now, hamas opened up fire, killed two our soldiers. kidnapped a third. that appears to be the situation. we saw, at the same time, mortar shell, across the front here and missiles, rockets into israeli cities. so hamas has clearly violated a cease-fire. >> the original violation, do you know for sure it was hamas it wasn't islamic jihad, which you heard karl penhaul say they operate in the southern part of gaza? >> hamas is not a democratic movement. it is a very authoritarian movement. it rules gaza with a iron fist. it can'

the newsroom. israel battling hamas. but they are far from the only ones invested in the outcome of this fighting. >>> countries are picking sides and placing bets by supporting one side or another in the conflict. are we witnessing an historic shift in allegiances in the middle east. we'll have that next. ♪ >>> after one month of renewed fighting between israel and the militant group running gaza, more than 1,800 palestinians are reported killed. most of them civilians, many of them children. 64 troops and 3 civilians have died on their side of the border. the latest conflict is not necessarily a continuation of the long simmering arab/israeli conflict. because this time, it is different. it looks the same. but it is different. i want to bring in peter, also steven cook, a senior fellow for middle eastern studies on the council of foreign relations. thank you to both of you for joining us. peter, i want to start with you, one way this is different to some degree is just increasing tensions between the u.s. and israel ove

it may have as to why it is pointing the finger at hamas. >> yeah, it is true. the prime minister i assume would refer to the israeli soldier, he will walk in, he will make his statement. i am told also, by the way, fred, he is open to answering reporters' questions. reporters are there, the loss accompanied by the defense minister of israel and army chief of staff who will be there as well, in the past few weeks that's usually what he has done when he addressed the israeli public in this kind of venue. he is emerging also from emergency meetings with the israeli security cabinet, meeting basically every day several hours to review what's going on. we will hear from the prime minister of israel. our correspondents are standing by in cairo. reza sayah and john vause in gaza. we will have full reaction to what we hear from the prime minister of israel. his aides tell me this will be a significant statement and a change if you will as far as israeli ground troops are concerned in gaza. >> in fact, reza sayah in cairo with us as well. reza, from your vantage point, i

breaking this hour, major escalation in the middle east conflict between israel and hamas. the latest cease-fire collapses, each side blames the other for breaking it. there are deaths on both sides. and a house-to-house search under way for a missing israel soldier who officials suspect was captured by hamas. the cease-fire shattered about 90 minutes into what was to have been a 72-hour break in the fighting. the israeli military says it was attacked by troops in southern gaza. two israeli soldiers killed. israel believes another israeli soldier was captured. hamas denies it has the soldier and a spokesman blames israel for breaking the cease-fire by advancing toward raffa. gaza's health ministry says 40 people killed and 250 wounded with an attack on raffa. and an zae israeli defense force says its troops were attacked. the united states condemning the attack in the tunnel, secretary of state john kerry calls it, and i quote, an outrageous violation of the cease-fire. he says hamas must immediately and unconditionally release the missing israeli soldier. kerry is calling o

will be at the table? >> hamas will be at the table. they sent a couple of representatives over the weekend, at least two other members from gaza are making their way here to cairo, according to palestinian television. i think everyone agrees, without hamas here in cairo being part of the negotiations, these talks wouldn't go forward because, of course, this is one side of the warring factions. they are not necessarily going to be sitting across from the table from the israelis, but they will be here in egypt. >> all right. in spite of the talks that may or may not take place in egypt, not many people believes there will actually be peace in the middle east? why? intense hatred, listen to what the hamas spokesperson said. we all remember how the jews used to slaughter christians in order to mix their blood in their holy matzoh, this is not a figment of the imagination of something taken from a film. wolf blitzer pressured him to take back what he said. >> i'm going to remind you what you said. >> i know what i've s

we are stating the obvious. hamas is in violence and breach of the ceasefire that was supposed to give everyone a chance, not just to recuperate but hold discussions in cairo. >> what does blatant violation of ceasefire mean in terms of military terms? what have they done? >> they attacked israeli troops. they have made -- >> with what? >> they caused damage. >> wondering if you could give me idea. i'm trying to ascertain the scale of the this attack which you say was a blatant violation of the ceasefire. >> well, an attack that causes casualties after ceasefire has entered into force is not something that you can just let go without any response. there was a full scale attack on an israeli unit. this unit had to respond. after it responded, hamas start firing rockets on israeli territory again. therefore the fighting resumed all along the line. this has been either a deliberate choice by someone in hamas or probably whether they have planned even before when they have accepted the ceasefire. this seems like it was pl

and do they want to get rid of the hamas coalition -- the hamas part of the coalition? ll, i've been in touch with people in gaza since this whole thing has begun. and i can authortively confirm that most gazans have had enough with hamas. you have to understand that hamas is not only hamas. hamas is a part of a larger evil, if you want to say, hostile coalition with other countries. basically it's the muslim brotherhood, the global muslim brotherhood which hamas belongs to. hamas has been playing double jeopardy with my people in order to gain political gain in the region and terrorize the moderate camp of the region. basically hamas is now connected with qatar, the government or the king of jordan and syria and iran. and for that make a point, a political point, hamas doesn't mind palestinians die. to answer your question, yes, most of them have turned against hamas. just two days ago there was a process in gaza where people protested against hamas. and five of them, i can confirm, five of them were shot dead by hamas. and 20 injured. so the tide is changing. the only

and i guess that's the gamble hamas was looking at. >> it's stunning video. and this is really the first time we're seeing a face to what has seemed to be the faceless members of hamas. stay on the phone with me. if approximate i could just get you to hold on, because jim clancy, let me bring you and your veteran voice into this whole conversation. to the point, we have seen, of course, the casualties, we have seen the aftermath of shelling in gaza, and, of course, we have been reporting on the flip side the tunnel infiltration, the killing of idf soldiers. but this really for the first time puts a face on hamas. >> well, you know, it exposes what i think most journalists that have worked in gaza and have been through prior conflicts already know. and that is the -- hamas does fire near some of these targets. they did fire near the hospital.

we went down the route of the cease-fire, humanitarian cease-fire with hamas. of course, you know what happened. little over an hour after the cease-fire went into effect, a suicide bomber came out and attacked israeli forces. two were killed. then, of course, lieutenant goldin was captured by hamas as a result. >> i understand that. i'm trying to take a look at israeli/egyptian relations. it is not morsi. you had a terrible relationship with him. there is a new relationship there. el sisi wants good relations with israel. in fact, when you say no, isn't that a snub? >> it is not a snub. they are consulting with el sisi's team. there is a discussion about the dangers. hamas, we think of in palestinian context. hamas has been allied with a jih jihadi group in sinai. it is attacked in the nile delta area. when we have these difficulties which we are having with hamas, the egyptians understand that. >> that would be more reason to strength israel's relationship with egypt because the egyptian government does view hamas almost like a cousin of the muslim brotherhood