. >> let's go to our correspondent in jerusalem, tonya cramer. why has israel agreed to the cease-fire now, and what does it mean for efforts to reach a long-term truce? >> are quite different signals. as far as we understand, the security cabinet rejected the terms of the proposal by john kerry because they were not favorable, as they say, for israel, and would have also asked for an immediate hold to all military activities and the army has made it clear that it needs more time to destroy tunnels and military into structure from the militants, as they say. now, the humanitarian truce comes, interestingly enough, along with a statement from the israeli military that they have the right to destroy infrastructure, and they are trying to gain time before a stronger proposal might be put in place as diplomatic efforts in paris are underway. the prime minister is calling for an extension of the truce, but the clock is ticking and at the moment it is not clear if these diplomatic efforts will work out. >> we are seeing images of devastated communities

tonya cramer is in jerusalem. what does it look like? are they sending these past the border? >> it was very much debated here. we can only guess if and when or if at all we will see defenses. thatwe hear right now is israel is ready to aim dear hamas a heavy blow. it'll be quiet for a long time. how they want to do it will be launching the air attacks from the land. or something we don't know. they believed it would cause the destruction. they want to have responsibility. where this isr going. >> what about the growing international pressure not only from the international nations that i lies with the u.s., france, and britain. >> is what we are seeing. the civilian death toll in gaza is rising by the hour. there are differences of up kenyon. they understand that all these initiatives are looking at part of this. they want to change something on the ground. they're looking to return to the agreement of these fire at 2012. >> the search for a mediation team on the way. thank you very much. conflicting reports about the levels of casualties in the fighting in ukraine. some have

. >> all right, tonya cramer on the line, thank you so much, from jerusalem.libyaeath toll continues to climb amid some of the worst fighting and the outing -- ousting of moral market. be. a say at least 100 people have been killed in the eastern city of benghazi and the libyan capital of tripoli. there, rival militants have been battling for weeks for control of the airport. other nations, including the united states and turkey, to move their diplomatic staff to safety. they are now telling all citizens to leave. and militants from boko haram the apparently attacked offices of the deputies prime minister and kidnapped his wife. several people were kidnapped, which took place in the country's north. they say the prime minister escaped alive. boko haram again hitting targets in northern cameroon after they had a crack down on the group's activity there. the u.n. says south sudan is on the threshold of a full-blown famine, and fighting there continues. last year, fighting broke out between different factions of hasruling parties, and it killed thousands and disp

. >> the latest developments from tonya cramer who joins us on the line from jerusalem. are there signs that either side is prepared to back down? >> from the ground, it doesn't look like either side is backing down. >> rockets are coming in, there are big airstrikes on gaza. ordinary people have to pay the very high place -- price of the situation and it took people there over the phone. egypt is a possible mediator, and the relationship is quite strange. >> threatening a ground offensive. it will they be playing into thomas's hands -- hamas's hands? >> they do not want to be dragged into a ground operation. it doesn't want to do it because there'll be more casualties and my turn public opinion. they believe that hamas has a clear advantage. there was a ground operation and it created a lot of destruction and bloodshed. people there are terrified about it. max reporting on mounting tensions, thank you for the update. head to australia over the government's hardline immigration policies are facing growing international scrutiny. prime minister tony abbott has vowed to st

. >> tonya cramer on the story for us from jerusalem. thank you very much. >> for weeks, bulgarians have been increasingly worried about a looming banking crisis. now the central bank has revoked corpbank's license to operate, essentially allowing therefore the biggest bank to collapse. >> their loans worth 5.4 billion euros have disappeared. they are trying to figure out where they went. the scare saw panicked customers flood other banks come a desperate to get their savings out for fear they may disappear. measures have been taken to make sure that corpbank customers do not lose out. >> european markets did manage to stabilize on the final day of trading. the dax finished just barely to the upside, but stopped the losses it experienced in previous trading days. the euro stoxx 50 up by a 10th of one percent. across the atlantic on wall street at this hour, the dow pretty much trading flat and the euro, flat as a pancake against the green bike -- greenback. the world cup is proving to be very lucrative for german sportswear manufacturer

. >> tonya cramer in jerusalem. i'm afraid we have to leave it there. on the final friday of ramadan, iranians generally take the street for what they call al-quds day. used to highlight the plight of palestinian people around the world. >> with fighting continuing in gaza, al-quds has taken on additional meaning for many. palestinian supporters in berlin mounted their own al-quds demonstration under tight police scrutiny. >> the moment security forces have carefully prepared for. pro-palestinian protesters demonstrating in support -- and people demonstrating in support of israel, only meters from each other. the tension between the groups almost boils over, but the police have the situation under control. fauthorities imposed strict conditions on the al-quds demonstrations. >> nothing is allowed to be burnt. no effigies, no flags. we will not tolerate incitement to violence against people. >> they were protesting against what they called israel's inhumane policies. at counterdemonstrations in berlin, hundreds turned up to show support for israel. the i