all of which is to say that tonight s truce is fragile at best. cbs ed o keefe is at the white house with more on president biden s involvement in the agreement. but first, we want to go to cbs holly williams. she s going to lead off coverage tonight from tel aviv. good evening, holly. reporter: well, norah, the palestinian side told cbs news tonight that the cease fire would begin at 2:00 a.m. local time. but leading up to that, there were reports of both rocket fire from the gaza strip and israeli airstrikes. the cease fire couldn t come soon enough for the people of this region. in gaza today, they again searched through the rubble for survivors. and buried more of their dead.d. there s be there s been intense pressure to stop the fighting. today, the white house said it s engaged more than 80 times with the israelis, the palestinian authority and others in the region. in the last 24 hours, hamas, the palestinian group that america regards as a terrorist organization, signaled o
the goal is to keep his position, and i think this is why he let the situation get to the point we are in. o donnell: and holly is back with us. holly, is there a sense, if this cease fire will hold long term? reporter: well, norah, what i can tell you is, that it looks pretty fragile. the spark for this conflict was threatened evictions and clashes in jerusalem, and if you don t solve the underlying issue, which is two peoples who both believe this is their country, one group vastly more powerful than the other, then there s a very good chance the same thing will happen all over again. o donnell: holly williams, thank you. and let s go now to the white house. president biden spoke just a short while ago, saying he sees a genuine opportunity for progress towards peace in the middle east. more now from cbs ed o keefe. reporter: president biden tonight welcomed the news of a middle east cease fire. i send my sincere condolences to all the families, israeli and
this is the cbs evening news with norah o donnell, reporting from the nation s capital. o donnell: good evening, to our viewers in the west and thank you for joining us. we are going to begin with breaking news because, after more than a week of deadly airstrikes and pounding rocket attacks, israel and hamas have moved from the brink of war to the start of a cease fire. tonight, both sides say they have agreed to stop the relentless bombing that has killed more than 200 people, and reduced portions of gaza to rubble. moments ago, president biden said the u.s. would provide rapid humanitarian assistance and that israelis and palestinians equally deserve to live safely and securely. while the truce follows last- minute negotiations led by egypt after days of what the white house has called quiet intensive diplomacy, but tonight gaza is largely without power and water and israel is still reeling from eleven days in the crosshairs of an estimated 4,000 hamas rockets,
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