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Strong hold for a long time now. and in a separate operation, security forces killed five other taliban fighters on the outskirts of peshawar, where the school massacre happened earlier this week. since then pakistani security forces have been hitting taliban targets with air strikes and of course as mentioned, ground assaults as well. so far pakistani officials say 200 pakistan militants have been killed and the number could be growing. >> john, maybe they are making gains against isis, thank y...

Sides for six hours. finished a meeting now. we can do it. we can still do it. so thats why were urging all sides to give the egyptian effort a chance. if they want to continue the area bomb boardment and ground assaults, well this will only kill the initiative and add to the complexities. i dont think we can reach a solution through this military means. this requires deescalation by putting the egyptian initiative into a timed ceasefire, give it five days instead of six hours. all of the detail...

Underground bunkers, these tunnels that supposedly housed a lot of these missiles, these rockets. and they want to go in there. you cant just do it with air power. so there may be some israeli ground action. i dont anticipate a full-scale israeli military invasion to try to reoccupy all of gaza or anything like that. but some limited kinds of ground assaults clearly seem to be in the works. >> and wolf, in terms of the ceasefire proposal, thats at this point just dead? >> well, you know, there a...

>> happening now the israeli military is warning northern gaza residents of more airstrikes today. ordering civilians to evacuate their homes as hamas leaders are targeted. live to the ground there. wolf blitzer is in jerusalem. diana joins us from a border crossing. so glad to have you both with us. wolf, i want to start with you. israels raid was -- people i think are looking thinking is this a one-time event or is this the start of something bigger? any indication either way for you? >> repor...

Enemy, american or nonamerican, and then summarily execute that person? right now, none of these questions is getting serious attention, while the cias drone activities have expanded dramatically. by some accounts more than a third of the u.s. air force fleet is now unmand. were training more pilots than regular pilots in the defense department and there are reports we are building a drone base in north america. american drones have reportedly killed an upward estimate of 4,700 people in the las...

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