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The biggest city there, like 1.7 million people. very, very densely populated. the entirety of the gaza is the size of two washington, d.c.s, with a population infinitely greater, and now the power has been cut and its our understanding from the jerusalem post reporting and others, that a ground incursion is beginning -- has begun. heres what else we know. the last thing the israeli people and its leaders want right now is a large -- is large numbers of casualties on either side of the border. i...

About that. >> the pause in the air strikes tomorrow, israel has been very clear that its not going to hesitate to resume them if that window is exploited by hamas, right? >> right. they say theyre going to intensify their activities, their military action. a lot of people are in fact bracing for at least a limited israeli ground incursion if these ceasefires dont hold. the israelis say theyll accept that six-hour humanitarian pause that the united nations put forward. as we speak right now, and...

Israel. and underscoring that, shepard, hours after the 13 militants were detected, there was a spotter, there were spotters along the border, there was an air str were no bodies recovered. no one was captured. its not clear if any of them were killed or they all returned alive to gaza. but there were other reports, at least one other report of a possible infiltration. this is something that has israelis very, very concerned. and it is one reason right now that we are witnessing this ground incu...

Border. it was a mortar attack. he was a civilian. the death toll in israel officials say would be much higher but for the fact that there is iron dome missile system. they say it saved countless lives. lastly diplomatic efforts at this hour continue in egypt. palestinians, egyptians as well as hamas are meeting together to try to make some progress on a cease-fire agreement. but also moving forward it appears israels plans for a possible ground incursion. back to you. >> more on the story as it...

Hold. hamas in gaza rejects it. hamas leadership exiled, hamas leaders outside of gaza say they are having consultations discussing the merits of this cease-fire. and additionally, although, the israeli prime minister and the security cabinet here approved this cease-fire a are ministers within the government, including the foreign minister, very influential minister, who has rejected this cease-fire. so right now it seems like this cease-fire, if you want to call it that, is on very shaky groun...

Really dicey whether or not hamas would agree to any cease fire under the term brokered by egypt. >> netanyahu is -- the israeli prime minister netanyahu is getting a lot of pressure from the right, from hawks to his right. i guess some from the left. saying send in ground troops. >> they dont want that because of the increased cash tide its likely to cause on both sides. israel primarily but also the public opinion of what is happening in the gaza strip. with casualties that are already mountin...

Rockets. israeli is not going to stop until hamas. this is spiraling out of control. what we have to watch for is a ground incursion. is this going to happen next? >> we talk about a cycle. theres no end in sight. you get the sense this time that israel and the israeli government or benjamin netanyahu doesnt want to settle for the status quo here. you hear these ripplingrippling. >> hamas has a greater capability and more lethal in the past. thats why you are seeing these really concentrated air...

They are war crimes. they shouldnt be doing that. and they have to be condemned for that. >> mark is it only a matter of time before the tanks are rolling? i know there was a brief incursion but the warning has gone out to people in northern gaza. were seeing people fleeing their homes. the warning from israel. so is there about to be an invasion in at least northern gaza? >> so what we had earlier was a special forces on a specific mission to destroy rocket launchers. as to a larger ground incu...

Little kids, provided with no food, the only source of sustenance is a water tanker. they have to wait until they they can get back to their homes, if those homes are still there in a few days. candy? >> ben, we also know that israel has taken more than 100 strikes into israel from gaza, and we know thats part of why theyre in there to try to stop and destroy wherever those sites are that the missiles are coming from. what is the precise end game? what stops this flare-up? >> you have to look ba...

Some point reoccupy a wide corridor, to separate each from gaza to prevent that kind of smuggling. these rockets are getting increasingly sophisticated. >> is it possible to eliminate hamas as a military and political force with that kind of ground incursion? tony blair said it is not possible. >> i think thats a silly proposition. israel has been in the gaza strip before. now it would be -- >> do you think they can amass a political military? >> absolutely. hamas is not a major military threat ...