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Purposely operate in areas with a high civilian population, essentially using these people as human shields. >> shep: david lee, the mentioned the israelis targeting these rocket sites, but clearly theyve not been able to get them all. >> no, they havent. over my shoulder there is the iron dome missile defense system. just seconds before we went on the air, there was a rocket attack. the iron dome battery behind me fired at least two of these interceptors. in total today, there have been at leas...

To school. you know, children in this country will be celebrating thanksgiving, and soon be hearing the sound of jingle bells, children in israel over the last 12 years because of hamas have lived to the sound of sirens. gregg: rocket sirens, and explosions, because many of them have hit. look, israel engaged in a ground incursion into gaza, 2008-2009. how would this be any different? >> it has to be different, because obviously the ground incursion into gaza last time was not with the intention...

Conference to begin momentarily here. p.j., im going to go to you first, as we await remarks from secretary of clinton there, what do you think we might hear? obviously we dont know yet whats happening on the ground but we know the meetings secretary clinton has been in? >> i would strongly suspect and hope that we hear that the ingredients of a cease-fire are being put in place. thats vitally important if were able to kind of freeze events in place without a need for an israeli ground incursion...

The leadership shes meeting there are members of the fatah party, not hamas. hamas is based in gaza. then she will travel to egypt to meet with president muhammad morsi and the egyptian delegation thats trying to broker this agreement, jenna. jenna: jennifer, as we continue to watch the players here, how seriously is the white house taking this escalation, how seriously are they taking the potential for a ceasefire? >> reporter: well, its very clear that theyre taking it very seriously and that ...

Are just getting word now that the israeli military striking in gaza a short time ago hit a bank with ties to hamas. so, the blood shed does continue. shepard? >> shepard: david lee, any indication that the diplomatic effort is making any difference? >> not very much on the ground. not far from where im standing, in fact, there are troops and tanks who are poised to move into gaza. how much of this is leverage at the negotiating table versus the reality of ground incursion, thats not entirely cl...

Continues to come under pressure, the government here also under political pressure to stop the rocket attacks. lastly, sean, at this hour, as you mentioned tlooks increasingly likely that there could be a ground incursion in the next few hours. we have heard what sound like tanks off in the distance, moving close tort border. they have approved the mobilization of 75,000 reservists and the area not far from where i am standing has become a closed military zone. so it looks increasingly like thi...

Continues to come under pressure, the government here also under political pressure to stop the rocket attacks. lastly, sean, at this hour, as you mentioned tlooks increasingly likely that there could be a ground incursion in the next few hours. we have heard what sound like tanks off in the distance, moving close tort border. they have approved the mobilization of 75,000 reservists and the area not far from where i am standing has become a closed military zone. so it looks increasingly like thi...

The attacks appeared to be rapidly escalating including sounds they are preparing for a ground incursion. israeli tanks massing on the border with gaza. amid-all of this in the world, today washington was consumed with two issues. the first was the start of negotiations to head off a deliberate crisis that d.c. created for itself so they could come to a few new deal between the parties and congress on spending and taxes and the deficit. that negotiation started today. the white house said top st...

Continues to come under pressure, the government here also under political pressure to stop the rocket attacks. lastly, sean, at this hour, as you mentioned tlooks increasingly likely that there could be a ground incursion in the next few hours. we have heard what sound like tanks off in the distance, moving close tort border. they have approved the mobilization of 75,000 reservists and the area not far from where i am standing has become a closed military zone. so it looks increasingly like thi...

The attacks appeared to be rapidly escalating including sounds they are preparing for a ground incursion. israeli tanks massing on the border with gaza. amid-all of this in the world, today washington was consumed with two issues. the first was the start of negotiations to head off a deliberate crisis that d.c. created for itself so they could come to a few new deal between the parties and congress on spending and taxes and the deficit. that negotiation started today. the white house said top st...