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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...

And according to the u.n., more than 10,000 people have fled their homes in the last few hours. if theres an israeli ground incursion, we can expect many more to do the saint. fredricka? >> all right. ben wedeman, thanks so much. all right. parents everywhere need to take special care in hot weather to avoid the kind of tragedy that we saw in the atlanta area, a child being left in a sizzling car. why its more common than you may think. ♪

Theres a pandemonium at gazas main shifa hospital. in the meantime, we have heard that the israelis have informed the residents of the northern part of the gaza strip that they should leave that area for their own safety. there are about 100,000 people living there. now, there have been a variety of israeli air strikes on gaza and weve seen many rockets fired from gaza into israel. one of the strikes this morning at about 5:00 a.m. was on a home for the handicapped where two people were killed a...

The day whether you believe a ground invasion of gaza is likely tonight. >> no, i dont think its likely tonight. i think its the last thing the israelis want. they will do it if they have to, but their octobbjective is degr capacity of hamas, knock out as much rockets, launchers, batteries, and high level hamas operatives as they can. they have no desire to go in because that could be very difficult. it could cost them lives. up to now, no israelis died, and that brings a lot of international pr...

An eighth battery into operation. no doubt, they say, it has saved countless lives. earlier, we witnessed firsthand israels preparation for a possible ground invasion into gaza. were about 100 yards from the gaza border, and at this location, you can see, already in position are israeli tanks, the armored bulldozers, as well as apcs. there are also israeli troops that have be it is likely that if there is a ground incursion, these would be the first troops to enter in to gaza. a top priority for...

Going to see this again assuming we can get it stopped quickly. >> you mentioned just how to densely populated gaza is. it literally is -- people are in urban areas, so what is it going to look like if theres some kind of ground incursion by israel? >> its going to result in more civilian casualties. in 08 and 09, the israelis went in. at the end of that operation, there were 1,300 palestinian dead. roughly 400 to 500 hamas fighters. but a substantial number of civilians. when you operate in den...

To those figures. within the last hour there have been two air strikes near gaza city leaving at least 15 people dead. 40 wounded. so, definitely the situation is escalating. in addition to that, were hearing reports that israel has ordered the residents of northern gaza, who number more than 100,000, to leave their area, that area, for their own safety. now, earlier we saw repeated volleys of rockets fired from in and around gaza city. toured israel. the israelis saying most of those rockets we...

I want to start with the news of the day whether you believe a ground invasion of gaza is likely tonight. >> no, i dont think its likely tonight. i think its the last thing the israelis want. they will do it if they have to, but their octobbjective is degr capacity of hamas, knock out as much rockets, launchers, batteries, and high level hamas operatives as they can. they have no desire to go in because that could be very difficult. it could cost them lives. up to now, no israelis died, and that...

States to israel. thank you for being with us. this seems as serious as its been since 2009 in the operation there. do you expect a ground incursion soon? >> good to be with you, miguel. israel tonight is indeed at a crossroads. whether to put ground forces into gaza, whether to keep up the aerial bombardments. as you heard from ben wedeman earlier, the israeli military indicated this evening that its begun to warn palestinian residents of the northern gaza strip, thats the area from where most ...

We witnessed three rockets fired almost simultaneously, headed in the direction aviv. all those rockets were intercepted. and a short time earlier tonight, we saw israeli apache helicopter overhead, firing a hellfire missile. the missiles are designed to pierce heavily targeted fighting equipment. also, we should point out that today the israeli military put into place, harris, its eighth battery of iron dome system and they say its working to 90% effectiveness, but its not perfect. two israelis...