we decided to go to hebron, the palestinian city in which the settlements have taken over a whole neighborhood and pushed out the palestinian majority. there we visited the home of a long-time residents and one of the few homeowners who has resisted a takeover by the settlers. an israel ya soldier who had served in hebron defending this very settlement is breaking the file. they are a group of israelis who served in the military and have decided to become witnesses to the injustices that take place there. they seek to educate the public through lecture and photography. s not something i know from my own army. this is why the soldiers are talking, because it's so dehumanizing both sides. people who sit here went to the gas chamber. >> you know, this is like -- i don't have any words. this is like the basement of anything that judaism would stand for. of tomorrow is the group of children today. what is there for you when you become 18? 36% of the boys have to go. 45% of them witnessed the beating and the killing of their fathers. they immediately switch from the helpless father, who could not pr

that the wall will finally recognize the palestinians rights increased sense there is a minority here in the gaza strip the feels that this is not in the palestinian city long time interests particularly with respect to the palestinian refugees rights of not being the palestinian diaspora refugees who live outside of the middle east who are refugees in the full of shit that's the big question is what is it going to mean tangibly on the ground we know what israel thinks about it just on this program last week we had spokesman speaking to us making it perfectly clear so what the palestinians think this will actually change. well if it if it's successful i'll be a manifest victory for the palestinian cause. it was in the respect that finally there will be some increased strength to the palestinian international representation asked for the us they will almost. spend all mahmoud abbas's presidency if. the states it is unsuccessful if it's on successful hamas will myself in addition and people will see nothing about his presidency i was very much weaker hamas will definitely strengthens here in the gaza strip something that israel the united states european

middle east, the israelis have responded now after the palestinians in the gaza strip attempted to hit israel today, but have hit other israeli cities. they are in recent days and now they have knocked down what they know about the palestinian weapons. they have called up 30,000 reservists and are uh massing the troops. the indication is there may be a ground incursing at whatever level into the gaza. the ambassador has been good enough to stay with us. he is an ambassador and we are talking about morsey's importance in the puzzle in that parts of the world. >> shepherd, he is walking a fine line, but he -- i think it is in his interest to calm the situation. that is why he is sending his prime minister to gaza tomorrow. i think the israelis will be careful not to attack anywhere near he cut them to be. it could explode things and the egyptian leadership seems to not want to let that happen. so the question is whether he working with president obama and secretary clinton can persuade hamas to call off the rocket attacks and police a cease-fire. i think that what we are hearing out of gaza today is talk of martyr dom and rockets bein

the truce sending palestinians into the streets of gaza city to celebrate.srael now beginning to pull back some of its troops from the gaza border. the two sides set to begin negotiations later today if the cease-fire holds. as many as 33 homes are now slated for demolition by the end of the year in the indianapolis subdivision where that explosion earlier killed two people. that happened earlier this month, by the way. at least 90 homes were damaged or destroyed in the blast. 12 of the homes will be torn down in the next two weeks because they are in danger of collapsing. >>> while many of us enjoy family, maybe a little football, good food on this thanksgiving day, it is really so important to remember the thousands of americans who are still reeling from hurricane sandy. in new york, for example, staten islanders who lost their homes have absolutely no place to go are getting a special delivery today. the feast is coming to them. deborah feyerick is live for us in staten island. deb, good morning. >> reporter: good morning, brooke. you know, if you can't

the past several hours. palestinians are reporting that there were casualties including a palestinian boy in the city. palestinian militants have been able to fire rockets into southern israel. there is no sign that the conflict on that front is actually slowing down. in fact, what many people here are questioning is the ability of the palestinians to be able to fire rockets so deep into israel raising questions about whether the israeli military operations so far have been successful. talking about a cease-fire there was brief hope of that today when the egyptian prime minister with a high ranking delegation of his ministers arrived here. he came to express a message of solidarity with the palestinian people denouncing the israeli aggression and he described it on the gaza strip but he was also trying to carry a message of a possible truce being broken. shortly after he arrived israel carried out a series of air strikes in the gaza strip. the hope that there could have been a truce or lull in the violence was quickly shattered. on the humanitarian front the palestinian people here in gaza, very dire s

. >>> also, our own jessica guerre kicking off the >>> explosions in gaza city tonight as the air assaults continue between israel and palestinianmilitants in gaza. and here is a live look at gaza city at this hour. the assaults have been pretty consistent since wednesday, it is 9:00 in the morning there. militants launched the rockets into israel saturday. two aimed at tel aviv. in return, israel carried out about 300 air strikes in the gaza strip. one hit the prime minister's headquarters, while another hit a police compound. officials say 43 palestinians and 3 israelis have been killed this week. >>> and the fiscal cliff could raise taxes on the majority of americans and cut spending on january one. president obama and leaders met today to come up with a solution. both sides say they're willing to compromise at this point. they plan to meet again after thanksgiving. >>> and olympic athletes from northern california were honored tonight in santa clara. they were the guest of honor at a congressional reception for northern california olympic athletes, among those being honored, marty malloy, who won a bronze medal. >> everyone

the fragile cease-fire held. after eight days of living in fear, thousands of palestinians gathered in the city square to show support for hamas. you can feel the sense of relief here on the streets of gaza city today that the fighting is over. but hamas is declaring this a celebration of victory. and despite more than a week of suffering, that's exactly how people here see it. imad told us this latest fight against israel has united palestinians. >> we have a great victory here in gaza okay. we imposed our conditions on them, okay, because we fight them. >> reporter: hamas' prime minister ismail haniyeh, put it this way: he said, "i want to say to the palestinian people in gaza that the option of invading gaza after this victory is gone and will never return." israel's leaders would dispute that, but today their soldiers were pulling back from the border with gaza. at the same time, the israeli army chief of staff benny gantzed a stark warning. >> if gaza will stay quiet, if nothing comes out of it, gaza will be a quiet place. if the terror organizations will reoperate from gaza, the future is worse than it was. >>

the night as gaza city is hit. the conflict with israel is now in its sixth day. so far 81 palestinians have been killed, nearly half, 37 of them, were civilians. 720 palestinians have been wounded. three israeli civilians have been killed and dozens more wounded. cbs correspondent charlie daggett reports from gaza city where an israeli airstrike hit a residential area killing at least 11 people. >> reporter: rescue teams struggled in a frantic effort to free a woman trapped in the rubble of a building leveled by an israeli airstrike today in gaza city. palestinian officials said seven members of one family died in this attack alone including four children. the israeli military says its strikes are surgical and they're finding their targets, but in one of the most densely populated places on the planet civilian deaths are mounting. >> this is savagery. >> reporter: journalists in gaza have found themselves in the crosshairs of israeli missiles, too. the israeli military released this video of a missile strike on a media center in gaza city. officials called it a legitimate target. >> th

the heart of israel's cities this month. this resolution will not enable the palestinian authority to join international treaties, organizations, or conferences. this resolution cannot serve as an acceptable alternative to these negotiations with israel. this resolution says nothing about israel's security needs. and does not call on palestinian to recognize israel as a jewish state. it does not end the conflict. let me tell you what this resolution does do. this resolution violates fundamental binding commitments. this is a commitment that many states gathered here today in this chamber and stan witness to the commitment that all standing issues would only be resolved in direct negotiations. the resolution sends a message that the international community is willing to turn a blind eye to peace agreements. the people of israel, it raises a simple question -- why continue to make painful sacrifices for peace in exchange for pieces of paper that the other side will not honor? it makes a peace negotiation unlikely. it will raise expectations that cannot be met, which is always proven to be the recipe for conflict and instability.

city was. to receive those which means everything on the grounds. that in the west going with the illegal settlements. project was an innocent palestinian city it was ok i don't think that the army who were thrown out will be rolled back as a result of these increased illegal. that will be affected by this some. things now paula how has israel taken the news of this vote so far. well when the israeli ambassador to the united nations one poser put forward his address to the united nations general assembly he was essentially with the same thing what has been and continues to be the israeli point of view he said that the palestinian leadership made a mistake in making this but in the first place he said that the resolution was one sided and then it did not in any way address the security concerns that the state of israel has he also said that it would push the peace process for further backwards rather than move it forward and this is a view that we've heard repeatedly from the israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu he says that the only way forward for a two state solution is direct negotiations at the negotiating table between israeli

land despite being only a third of the population that's interesting math isn't it while following this announcement jewish leaders began occupying major palestinian cities expelling three hundred thousand palestinians before the state of israel was even announced in one thousand forty eight the result of which would lead to a military offensive by neighboring countries which overwhelmingly objected to the establishment of israel in the land of palestine but they were no match the military superiority of the israeli. army israeli military effectively cleansed much of the territory and following the one thousand and forty eight war they encompass seventy eight percent of palestine now although a ceasefire was declared peace would remain a far away thought as now seven hundred thousand palestinian refugees fled into neighboring arab states in many ways this was the catalyst for the escalating instability in the region and one nine hundred sixty seven another war led to the israeli occupation of the remainder of historic palestine the land that we recognize today as the west bank and gaza it became clear that while the un and other arab countries verbal eac

the palestinians. this happened at a rally yesterday in the city of westwood. >>> wall street has its best day since the election on on theism to avoid the "fiscal cliff" helping the dow climb 208. s&p up 27. nasdaq up 63. >>> black friday frenzy. the deals that are so good, people are already lining up days before thanksgiving. >> good evening to you, paul deanno with your forecast. it is a green monday. heavy rainfall and flooding just to our north. here's a look at futurecast. look at that rain get closer and closer to us. find out when the next round of rain will arrive in the bay area coming up. >>> then it's the battle of the backups. dennis o'donnell will take us back out to candlestick park as we county down to the 49ers monday night football game. ,,,, ever this year -- bargain hunters are lining up earli, too. black friday is still r >>> not only are retailers starting black friday sales earlier than ever this year, shoppers, bargain hunters lining up early too. black friday is still four days away but at this best buy in pinole some shoppers have already been camping out for three days. they

have now targeted tel aviv in retaliation we're hearing bomb attacks the rockets landing in the city there but didn't the palestinian start all this by far in hundreds of rockets into israel. i don't believe that's the accurate version of this i think that the israelis actually started this about five days ago there was a young man that was killed in a region right along the border with israel and there have been incursions by israelis into into gaza i deplore of course the loss of life in palestine and in israel and the rockets that the palestinians are firing are very unhelpful as are the drone strikes and they have sixteen strikes that the very powerful israeli military is using on the unarmed civilians of gaza what's the palestinians trying to achieve by continuing with these rocket attacks. well i would i would ask what is israel trying to achieve by it i mean here you have a population that's in a prison that has been under blockade for the last five years the israeli government is squeezing the people of gaza the united nations now says that by the year twenty twenty gaza will be unlivable so what are the isr

the holy city. ironically, the rocket fell near a palestinian village. rocket launched from gaza landed 45 miles away in suburban tel aviv. the farthest ever to fall in an israeli city. militants on tuesday fired more than 100 rockets. the israeli military suffered the first fatality when a seasonal was hit by a mortar this afternoon. raising the israeli death toll to five. one of the rockets that pep traited the iron dome defense system hit a store in the city of ashdod and sheered off the side of the building, decimating the structure. there were no serious injuries. >> it's like rain. like it rains in new york state, just rain water, here it rains rockets. every day, every hour. rains tens of thousands of rockets in the city. it's unbelievable. >> another rocket pierced this wall of a fifth floor apartment. one man who lived here was working as a volunteer ambulance driver in the attac attack. >> i come in to help the others. now today, you can see -- they find me in my private home. >> israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu said he is committed to

of troops while it continued aerial attacks and for the first time palestinian militants ladies and gentlemen rockets in tel aviv. one hitting the city and the other hitting the outskirts. it has killed 19 palestinians and three israelis. but millions are watching the battleground online. both sides using the internet to fight a separate war aimed at public influence. for the latest, gene has more on the social media warfare, jeanne? >> jessica, we're seeing a lot of anger here in san francisco on the street and anger online as israel and hamas launch a war of words. an escalation of violence between israel and hamas in gazza brings protesters into the streets in san francisco. it's anger we've seen before but there's a new element triggering tempers around the world. a war of words in social media. >> there's like a twitter war going on behind like everyone paying ateng to what the other side is saying online. >> twitter, facebook and youtube is full of graphic images and strong words about the conflict despite rules banning threats of violence most images and messages remain some are tweeting targets and the israeli army tweets pla

the smoke over the city this morning. violence between israelis and palestinians intensified this week with both sides firing hundreds of rockets across gaza's border with israel. the israeli military kept up its offensive overnight and into the morning. an air strike hit the ministry building. israel struck at suspected hamas rocket launching sites and weapons storage. palestinian health officials said 19 people have been killed since the israeli offensive began. the conflict could escalate even further israeli troops and tanks amassed at the border. >> i hope hamas and other terrorist organizations in gaza got the message. if not israel is prepared to take whatever action is necessary to defend our people. >> despite that message, militants continued to attack targets in southern israel. three israelis were killed when a rocket struck their apartment building were buried thursday. neighbors said the threat of violence won't force her to leave. >> my place. i love this place. >> even though another rocket could come any time. >> even ten times. >> for the first time hamas launched iranian made rockets capable of reaching tel a

the late palestinian leader's remains. now scientists will analyze tissue samples to check for traces a radioactive poison. palestinian officials in the west bank city of ramallah opened arafat's tomb. they took the tissue samples, then buried the remains again. researchers from a swiss laboratory will conduct a detailed examination of the samples. it will take them several months to release results. arafat died in 2004 in paris. a documentary by the tv network al jazeera prompted investigators to reopen his case. it said traces of highly toxic radioactive material had been detected on his clothing and other perm belongings. some palestinians believe israel assassinated the late leader. israeli officials deny the claim. >>> analysts at an american satellite imagery firm are raising red flags about a new picture they've taken of north korea. they say the recent photo of a recent facility shows increased activity, and they warn north korean authorities could be preparing for another launch similar to the one that happened last april. digitalglobe released the image of the facility in tongchang-ri in the country's northwest. photo was taken on november

nobody reported hurt in those attacks and the rocket hamas fired at jerusalem actually landed outside the city. it's the first time a palestinian rocket has hit anywhere near jerusalem since 1970. in fact, targeting that city is something of a risk for militants because first of all, hundreds of thousands of palestinians live there. and the area where the rocket landed is just a short distance away from the mosque, the third holiest site in all of islam. meanwhile, israeli air strikes slammed into palestinian territory in gaza for the third straight daynd the israeli military called up thousands of reservists, a potential precursor to a ground war. >> we are preparing for any possibility, a ground operation is a possibility, although it hasn't been decided on at this point. >> all this just days after the israeli army reported it had killed a top hamas commander in an air strike. defense officials saying this video shows that take down. and at this hour, neither the israelis or hamas showing any sign of backing down. no sign that the days ahead hold anything besides more bloodshed and more killing. david lee miller reporting ne

>>shepard: celebrations in the street after the united nations updated the status of palestinians. fire would over gaza cityal called the u.n. vote a great victory for the palestinians. remember, it does not grant them independence but palestinians say they hope it will help in their negotiations with israel as they seek to return to the so-called pre-1967 borders where israel would give back land to the west bank and gaza and east jerusalem. after the vote, israel gave crews the okay to build 3,000 new housing units inside east jerusalem and the west bank. palestinian leaders have said they will not return to peace talks unless and until israel put as freeze on the construction of the settlements. and now like to our newsroom in jerusalem. our president has urged them to stop with the settlement for years now. >> indeed. the israelis made this announcement hours after the vote took place and many arguably have said it is more than coincidental and in addition to the 3,000 housing units, the israelis also announced that they considering an additional settlement expansion, as well. as you just mentioned, the

the city of jerusalem. that has israelis on high alert because rocket fire has never gone so far from the palestinian territories still trying to ferret out more information on this. when we get some we'll pass it along to you. turn our attention to other news this morning. traveling over the holidays, never fun, but it may be a piece of cake compared to what happens if we go over the fiscal cliff. the financial impact could devastate many of the nation's airports. >> this is air travel now. cut that by a billion dollars and it could ground millions of travelers. >> in the 56 years of the fa a's history, there has not been anything that has been as threatening as sequestration. >> the automatic spending cuts which may kick in after the first of the year would run deep for the faa. the aerospace industries association paints a doomsday scenario, 250 small airports may have to close and 1500 air traffic controllers laid off. a former faa administrator heads the lobby group. >> faa is not one of those places that if you are looking for smart cuts, you would go. it is an operational agency, a safety agency, and you

while health officials in gaza say the airstrike killed a militant and five others in gaza city. they say palestinian militants publicly executed six people suspected it of spying for israel. executed in the middle of a busy street. there are pictures of them dragging one of the bodies behind a motorcycle. the 6-day battle has reportedly killed 120 palestinians including dozens upon dozens of civilians as well as four israelis, three civilians. with that we begin team fox coverage. jennifer griffin at the state department. let's get to david lee mill who is live in -- david lee miller who is live. there is word israelis want to see if hamas can force a truce. can actually make one happen. >> that's very possible, shepherd. at this hour the future of diplomacy remains very uncertain. what i can tell you for sure is that this air war today did intensity. today alone the militants in gaza fired more than 150 rockets into israel. one of them landed outside of the city of jerusalem in a palestinianville lienal. additionally another -- palestinian village and another landed in a tel aviv suburb. there were

still extremely fragile, and israel's military reported that the palestinians have launched five rockets since thesis fire began, and in gaza citynians shut guns in the air, and meanwhile mosques across the region congratulated palestinians for their victory over israel. israel's prime minister benjamin netenyahu left the door open, saying i know there are citizens who are expecting more severe military action, and perhaps we will need to do so. joining us now is tim mak, defense reporter for political. he comes to us tonight from washington, d.c. tim thank you so much for being here. >> thank you, governor. >> jennifer: how important was it to regional stability that this deal was brokered by both the u.s. and egypt's muslim brotherhood. >> it's extremely important. the question is how durable this ceasefire will be. every day israelis living in the area around the gaza strip don't believe it's durable. tomorrow morning the schools in two of the towns within range, they are going to be close, and the reason is people aren't sure hamas will keep to its end of the bargain. >> jennifer: obviously those rockets out of the gaza toda

the wait. safeway. ingredients for life. >>> violence rages on between israelis and palestinians. >> the explosions continued here in gaza city. >> and world leaders scramble to control the crisis. >> there is no country on earth that would tolerate missiles raining down on its citizens from outside its borders. >>> a manhunt for a suspect in a violent san jose crime spree that left a man dead and a police officer shot. >> the officer is forced to duck down for cover several rounds hit the car. >> wall street begins the week with renewed hope that washington can avoid the "fiscal cliff." >> it's something my daughter and i have been doing since she was three months old. she never had thanksgiving dinner at home. >> black friday diehards lined up earlier than ever in the bay area. >> these folks are determined to be first in line. >> from across the bay to around the world, the stories that matter on "eyewitness news this morning." ♪ [ music ] and >>> good morning, everyone. it's monday, november 19. i'm michelle griego. >> hi, everybody. i'm frank mallicoat. 6:31 now. san jose police plan to update us later today on a violent

. >>> reporter: the cease-fire allows palestinians to hold funerals in gaza city for those killed during israeli air strikes. with the truce between israel and hamas holding, calm is coming back to the streets. in tel aviv, commuters are once again boarding buses. wednesday, a bomb ripped through one injuring two dozen people. >> i just put faith in the palestinian people that they are also going to hold up their end of the cease-fire. >> reporter: under the cease- fire agreement, hamas promises to stop firing rockets. israel says it will end air strikes and will ease border restrictions that have crippled gaza's economy for years. egypt will work to enforce the cease-fire that it played a major role brokering. the egyptian president's help may prompt congress to release $450 million in emergency cash for the country that it froze back in september. the obama administration is also going to ask congress to increase funding for israel's iron dome defense system that intercepted more than 80% of hamas rockets headed toward crowded cities. u.s. tax dollars also help the palestinians. >> we

the latest escalation of violence in the middle east, palestinians have fired at least one rocket towards televisa, for the first time in 20 years israel's biggest city has come under attack. >> in response, israel vowed to increase military operations aimed at militants in gaza. three israelis were killed by a palestinian rocket earlier today. >> these developments, in the second day of an israeli assault on militant targets in gaza. >> the number of dead and wounded continues to rise in gaza. the israeli military has carried out more than 160 airstrikes since launching a defensive with the targeted killing of hamas military chief. palestinians who turned out for the funeral of him as a martyr. israel says he masterminded attacks on israelis, including the 2006 kidnapping of a soldier. in israel, a town came under fire from across the border on thursday. three people were killed. israel says deaths like these underscore the need for a tough response. >> in recent days and weeks, hamas and other terror organizations in gaza have made normal life impossible for normal israelis. no government would tolerate a situation where nearly 1/5 minutes people l

the cease fire deal. palestinians flooded streets of gaza city to celebrate the agreement brokered by egypt and the unitedes. under the deal hamas stop firing rockets into israel and israelies have abried to open border crossings into gaza. secretary of state clinton says the cease fire is an important first step. >> people of the region deserve the chance to live free from fear, and violence. and today's agreement is a step in the right direction we should build on. >> abc 7 news spoke with a palestinian doctor in gaza that is with the middle east children alliance, a group helping children traumatized by violence. >> in five minutes from my home to my office, i could see destruction and the i can see the zried homes. the worst part of this, of the after tack against gaza ais the affect on the children. and they have been this time, we'll find out the disorder.pqjv said in israel. a bomb exploded in tel aviv. a militant group claimed presponsibility for that. >> back at home, after years of debate we're closer now to finding out the fate of a popular north bay oyster farm. today the secretary of the inte

the missile landed outside the city. jerusalem is also home to hundreds of thousands of palestinians. air sirens in tel aviv, wailed for the second day after rockets passed that city. in response the israeli military reports they are now closing three roads that lead to or border along gaza. sources tell reuters the army has asked the government for the green light to shore up 75,000 reserve troops. ahead of a potential ground invasion of gaza, the deadly airstrike campaign continues. at the height a spokesman said the military conducted one strike every five minutes. officials suggest a truce is possible ending the violence that has killed dozens. the israeli president said today and i quote, "it is not our intention to go to war. we are hopeful this operation will not take a minute more than required." david lee is live along the israel border with gaza. >>reporter: we are only a few hundreds yards from the gaza border and i can hear israeli military aircraft and the israeli government continuing to make plans for what could be a ground invasion. there are now plans to mobilize up to

palestinians nearly four years ago. it was just about this time, just after president obama was elected for the first time, that the attacks, operation pass lead, began. we go to gaza city where we're joined by palestinian journalist mohammed omer. can you describe what is happening now on the ground? >> the only thing you can hear is the bombing and f-16's and missiles dropping across the gaza strip, everywhere in the gaza strip. we just heard a number of missiles fired and the drones. drones.indf-16's and in the east part of the gaza strip, where talking about, in particular, or the bombing has taken place from the israeli warships. the situation is very critical at the moment. as i'm sitting right now with a number of people who are evaluating, a number of injured people are being evacuated. they cannot find where to go to evacuate the dead bodies. there are a lot of people injured. so far we have the number, according to a medical crew next to me, seeing people killed in the last 24 hours -- we have 15 people killed in the last 24 hours, with over 150 people injured. in the last few hours or in the last couple of hours, the emergency team here and ambulances announc

the farthest into israel. also today, there were sirens in jerusalem as it turns out. a rocket there landed outside that city. ironically a palestinian village. throughout the day there was barrage after barrage in southern israel. i talked to one man a volunteer ambulance driver. he returned home only to discover that his home had been hit by a rocket. meanwhile, israel during the last several hours has continued to pound gaza. there have been reports of a massive fire in downtown gaza city. there are reports that israeli military has hit a building that houses journalists and french news agency afp. they say it houses the intelligence service of hamas. in addition to the israeli air force, the israeli navy is also launching attacks against gaza. we have exclusive video that our fox news crew recorded today that shows israeli artillery on the outskirts of gaza firing into the strip. israeli forces remain amassed along the border ready if necessary for a ground incurs. lastly, tucker, the death toll on both sides continued to escalate, at least 21 palestinians were killed, two more israelis died in the conflict. for the first time an

however, the fighting between the israelis and the palestinians has been escalating there. dozens of missiles exploded in the gaza city early this morning. they are targeting more than 100 sites that israel says hamas used to fire rockets at israel. each side says the other is the oppressor. >> we don't want war but there are people all the time shooting israel. >> palestinian health officials say the recent attacks have killed at least 19 people in gaza. israeli officials say three of their people have died. >>> former cia director david petraeus will be in the hot seat on capitol hill today. as susan mcginnis reports, the general will tell house and senate committees what he knows about september's deadly conditions lat attack in libya. >>> reporter: former cia director david petraeus is headed to capitol hill this morning to talk about the attack on the u.s. consulate in benghazi. congressional leaders say he has a unique insight into the attack. >> director petraeus went to tripoli and interviewed many of the people as i understand it that were involved. >> reporter: house and senate intelligence committee members

the palestinian factions. the biggest one was by far and large in gaza city. some leaders we haven't heard in the past eight days, many in hiding, came out today to address the thousands of people who gathered. they're portraying this and describing this as a victory. they say for the first time hamas has not only defeated israel, but has also shown the world what they're about against a back drop of changes taking place all across the arab world. they also sent a message to the united states saying that they should, the united states should support the palestinian people and not the occupation. hamas was going to remain defiant in the face of israel's aggression on its people. alex? >> okay. thank you very much for the latest from gaza. we go from there to israel. nbc's martin fletcher is standing by in tel aviv for us. benjamin netanyahu spoke to the media a couple of hours ago. what did he say, martin? >> he said that they were celebrating in gaz a. he said here israel delivered what he called a massive blow against hamas and gaza, destroying much of the mi

the bomb with a cell phone. in gaza city today, palestinians celebrated the cease-fire that has held for more than 24 hours now. in a speech today, the leader of hamas declared israel raised the white flag. he also thanked iran for its support during the eight-day conflict. i'm victor blackwell in atlanta. >>> friday the 13th of january. italian cruise ship costa concordia has just left the port of civitavecchia. the more than 4,000 passengers and crew on board had no idea of the terror that was about to unfold. >> and all of a sudden, bang. the lights went out. and the ship listed. >> the side of the ship is now the bottom of the ship. >> everybody was panicking, everybody was running for their own lives. >> it showed the kind of chaos, the ill preparedness the company had. >> and i can remember thinking, oh, my gosh, we're going to die. let's just get it over with. >> today, the costa concordia lies on its side off the italian island of giglio. one of the largest cruise ships in the world ripped apart by rocks. 32 people died on the ship, on that cold january night. a cnn investigation has pieced together the

the bomb with a cell phone. in gaza city today, palestinians celebrated the cease-fire that has held for more than 24 hours now. in a speech today, the leader of hamas declared israel raised the white flag. he also thanked iran for its support during the eight-day conflict. >>> the defense department has released e-mails that gives us more details about osama bin laden's burial at sea. according to those newly released but heavily redacted e-mails, the burial followed traditional islamic procedures. we also learned that fewer than a dozen top officers aboard the aircraft carrier carl vinson witnessed the burial. bin laden's body was placed in a weighted bag and slid into the sea. i'm victor blackwell in atlanta. up next, "cruise to disaster." >>> friday the 13th of january. italian cruise ship costa concordia has just left the port of civitavecchia. the more than 4,000 passengers and crew on board had no idea of the terror that was about to unfold. >> and all of a sudden, bang. the lights went out. and the ship listed. >> the side of the ship is now the bottom of the ship. >> everybody was panicking, everybody

the bomb with a cell phone. in gaza city today, palestinians celebrated the cease-fire that has held for more than 24 hours now. in a speech, the leader of hamas said that hamas raised the white flag. >>> it is official, black friday shopping has begun. toys r us, walmart and target opened their doors to shoppers on thursday night. they may see shorter lines. the national retail federation estimates 147 million shoppers plan to shop this weekend, but that's down from 220 million last year. one of the stores we'll be watching is walmart. workers said they might protest. i'm victor blackwell. back to programming. >>> welcome to this "360" special report, "the battlefield at home." the challenges facing vets, a tough economy, questionable charities and more. we look at charities, organizations promising to help wounded warriors, taking in tens of millions of dollars from well-meaning americans. what's happening to some of that money? a lot of good charities out there, but after what we've found and what you see tonight, you may think twice the next time someone asks you for a donation. that's a shame and that's wh

. >>> palestinian militants in gaza aimed a rocket at jerusalem today, setting off air raid sirens. israeli police say the rocket landed in the west bank, about ten miles away from the holy city. >> reporter: israeli war planes unleashed more guns on the gaza strip friday. the military says the strikes hit the interior ministry, hamas and several other hamas targets. palestinian militants fired back with a long-range rocket aimed at the port city of tel aviv. panicked israelis ran for shelter. a siren sounded in the capitol. this man says he was at the beach and suddenly he couldn't breathe from all the smoke. israeli police say the rocket landed in the sea. the same thing happened a day earlier. for a third day, the conflict is raging. israeli troops are on stand-by for a possible ground assault. protesters joined funeral processions to demand an end to it. egypt's prime minister condemned israel. he promised to work with arab leaders to broker a truce. anti-missile systems have intercepted over 100 rockets but hundreds more have made it across the border. the military warned if rockets keep coming, they may send tanks and soldiers into gaza. cbs 9 news. >> the last war in g

$1 million in aid and china is also reportedly going to offer help upgrading palestinian status at the united nations. gaza citying damage following eight days of air strikes. 161 plane palestinians and 5 israelis were killed in that violence. >>> a fire captain remains in the hospital this morning after fracturing his neck while battling a three-alarm fire in san jose. this morning the damage is done at the apartment complex as well on willowleaf road near fruitdale and bascom. christie smith has an update on the fire captain's condition. >> reporter: good morning to you. you know, it was a very scary thanksgiving night here in san jose. an apartment building caught fire. people had to run into the night and a ceiling came down and collapse it on a firefighter. he's still in the happen this morning. now that it's getting a little lighter out here, i want to show you part of the roof is gone, it caved in last night. this is a fast-moving three-alarm fire. it started at 8:30 on willowleaf drive and took firefighters three long hours to knock it down. residents forced to evacuate. 18 people displaced, six units d

the night as gaza city is hit. the conflict is in the 6th day. despite cease-fire talks the violence rages on. 81 palestinians have been killed. 720 palestinians have been wounded, three israeli civilians killed and dozens more wounded. we report from gaza city where a air strike hit a residential area. >> reporter: a woman was rescued from a collapsed building after an air attack. officials say seven members of one family died in this attack alone, including four children. israeli military says the strikes are surgical and finding their target. but in one of the most densely populated places on the planet, civilian deaths are mounting. >> this is inhumanity. >> reporter: journalists found themselves in the crosshairs of missiles, too. the military released it this video of a missile strike on a media center in gaza city. the officials called it legitimate target. >> this media building had an infrastructure of hamas electrics communication on the roof. >> reporter: another building that houses officers used by foreign journalists, including cbs news in gaza, also came under attack early this morning. hamas k