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Somethings going on and worrying not just israel but also worrying some arab allies of the united states? >> well, thats right. at the moment that the president made his declaration that we will not have boots on the ground that is combat boots on the ground its fairly evident you cant beat the islamic state simply from the air. so somebody was going to have to take them on the ground. iranians have played that role. by saying were not coordinating with the iranians i think what the secretary of...

Hamas is condemning ground action and saying israel will pay a heavy price. joining me live is wolf blitzer and ben wedeman. lets start with you, ben. what have you been seeing on the ground in gaza? does the air offensive continue as the ground invasion is underway? >> actually, anderson, weve seen sort of a lessoning of the air activity in the last few hours with, of course, the exception of some air strikes very close to our office here in central gaza, one building about 400 meters away from...

Tonight in the middle east, israels prime minister is warning that his operation in gaza may widen significantly in the coming days. we are now into day two of the israeli ground invasion into gaza. today we have seen several rockets fired over the west bank. israel has attacked hundreds of targets in the gaza strip over the past day and a half. going after rocket launchers and under ground tunnels which they say hamas is using to attack their territory since the ground invasion began, at least ...

The anticipation is there may well be a ground operation in that area, which is really quite close to gaza city. anderson? >> the word from israel is they are ready to step up their campaign against hamas, right? >> they certainly are. the cabinet, security cabinet met late into the night wrapping it up awhile ago in tel aviv. some of these under ground bunkers, tunnels that supposedly house a lot of missiles, rockets and want to go in there, you cant just do it with air power, so there may be i...

This is just a fraction of the 3,000 tanks and nearly 1,000 artillery pieces in the israeli arsenal. overwhelming firepower if prime minister benjamin netanyahu orders a ground invasion. on cbs "face the nation," he didnt rule it out. >> we use whatever means are necessary to defend our people. >> reporter: so far, 40,000 reservists have been called up, but israel knows the human toll of a ground war potentially catastrophic. >> how long can both sides hold out and whether both sides will now tu...

Clear out, move south. of course, they cannot leave gaza. they cant flee beyond the borders either as refugees or displaced people. why? because the borders are closed. israel wont let the refugees in. the borders are closed unless you have been wounded or have an egyptian passport. they have dropped the leaflets in northern gaza is an indication israel is expecting to intensify the bombing raids there and could be preparing for that ground invasion. >> there is the sense they want more than the...

Is no solution whatsoever to peace, and to make it clear that terrorism has no place in israel or the rest of the middle east. this is not something that the united states can be timid about. weve got to be bold. weve got to be clear. were either for freedom or were for terrorism. we need to make up our minds what were for. >> p po in the past has repeatedly said that we stand shoulder to shoulder with israel, that, you know, we will back our partner israel, and so on and so forlth. the chips ap...

Is no solution whatsoever to peace, and to make it clear that terrorism has no place in israel or the rest of the middle east. this is not something that the united states can be timid about. weve got to be bold. weve got to be clear. were either for freedom or were for terrorism. we need to make up our minds what were for. >> p po in the past has repeatedly said that we stand shoulder to shoulder with israel, that, you know, we will back our partner israel, and so on and so forlth. the chips ap...

Is no solution whatsoever to peace, and to make it clear that terrorism has no place in israel or the rest of the middle east. this is not something that the united states can be timid about. weve got to be bold. weve got to be clear. were either for freedom or were for terrorism. we need to make up our minds what were for. >> p po in the past has repeatedly said that we stand shoulder to shoulder with israel, that, you know, we will back our partner israel, and so on and so forlth. the chips ap...

Is no solution whatsoever to peace, and to make it clear that terrorism has no place in israel or the rest of the middle east. this is not something that the united states can be timid about. weve got to be bold. weve got to be clear. were either for freedom or were for terrorism. we need to make up our minds what were for. >> p po in the past has repeatedly said that we stand shoulder to shoulder with israel, that, you know, we will back our partner israel, and so on and so forlth. the chips ap...