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Southern communities close to gaza, but as several of these launches have suggested, areas very approximate to tel aviv and jerusalem. >> now prime minister netanyahu is running for reelection in january. rocket attacks from gaza and the damage they have caused in southern israel has been a hot political topic throughout the country. so how have israeli domestic politics played a role in the current fighting between israel and hamas? >> well, i think there is pressure on a prime minister who is ...

The new president of egypt seems to be supportive of the palestinians. >> not seems to be, it is. hes withdrawn the ambassador. he wants to push the issue into play at the u.n., hes summoned the arab league. morisi does not he ban to attach himself to hamas let alone to the jihaddist groups, smaller ones that are operating in gaza. he has a loan that they are negotiating, a billion-plus in military assistance from the united states. hes got multiple audiences on this. hes going to appear support...

Ground invasion. back to david lee miller live on the gaza border. >> this conflict shows no sign of ending any time soon. take a look at some of the video we recorded from our vantage point a little less than two miles from the border during the past few hours. we have observed repeated israeli military air strikes hitting gaza and hitting gaza hard, going after, according to israeli officials, underground smuggling items, rocket launching sites, as well as a police station and now there is tal...

Three israeli citizens have been killed in the bombings. joining the panel is jamie rubin, former assistant secretary of state and spokesman for the state department during the clinton administration. thanks for joining us. >> good to be with you. >> help us get a little context here. how close are we to a full-blown war? >> well, i do think its very like likely and possible in the coming days we will have what you call a ground war. its possible the israelis will feel it necessary to enter into...

>> shep: if could. before there, a ground incursion is possible. tomorrow, friday, the holy day clearly in the muslim world, the next day could be a big day. >> it could absolutely. this morning when i got up and read the overnight news reports, i thought well, this is just going to be the usual kind of thing, a flair up and it will be okay. but today we saw a lot of very intense activity. you had larger rockets than hamas generally uses and they know those rocketing come from iran. again, the i...

Rockets going being back and forth between gaza and southern israel. this started over the weekend when gaza militants attacked an army jeep that was there patrolling the border. after that the israelis responded with artillery and airstrikes killing a number of palestinians. since then weve had almost 160 rockets launched by gaza into israel and israelis responding. the patience among the israeli defense establishment and people living in range of all those rockets is wearing very thin. the cur...

>> i was sitting there watching tv. the tv went off. so i got up to go in the kitchen and get a cup of coffee. and all of a sudden, boy, the windows went out just like a big shotgun went off. and i told my wife, hit the floor. she says, im down there already. >> todays most devastating losses are in southern illinois. officials in harrisburg say a tornado with winds of up to 170-mile-per-hour stayed on the ground for several miles killing at least six people, injuring around 100. at on...

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President. joining me now with reaction to this and more fox news strategic analyst ralph peters. colonel, i still cant get over this. we dont know where the president was the night that four americans died in benghazi. yesterday, 40 seconds devoted, nearly 300 people, 298 people killed, shot down by a surface-to-air missile, and then our closest ally begins a ground incursion against hamas. and the presidents in new york fund raising. whats going on here? why is he in the, you know, situation...

It says internal consultations still continue on whether to accept this cease-fire. we have to remember this cease-fire officially dan at 9:00 a.m. it had a 12-hour de-escalation period. thats part of the agreement that some could argue is reason for optimism. >> if this were to go to another level israel would invade the gaza strip. how real is that? >> that is a possibility. i dont say a real possibility. moment ago the head of the southern command gave an it view. hes the general in charge wh...