reluctance to trust one another, even if it is trusting journalists or first responders since people are taking sides? well, it adds to the tension and that edge where there isn t always that question lingering in the back of people s minds. is it safe? is there, you know, is it safe to go out and we have seen those questions on the streets. from both israelis and palestinia palestinians. israelis concerned about attacks, what they say is a heavy hand and a willingness on the part of security forces to open fire against palestinians. that s part of that fear, part of that tension on both sides. as a result of that. israeli security forces, israeli have put in very heavy restrictions on the movement of palestinians in east jerusalem making it difficult for hundreds of thousands of palestinians to move around and led to a quiet in the old city we felt yesterday and before this today, but that is a tense quiet, a quiet not of good, but
soldiers were killed, bringing the total now to 18. the associated press put the palestinian death toll at more than 400 in the last two weeks of growing tensions. joining us now, new york times best-selling author joe rosenberg. he s written numerous books, including israel at war. you served as a consultant to prime minister benjamin netanyahu, so you have unique perspective into what s going on there, and i know you ve been very focused on the impact from both sides of this incursion and how people are being affected there in the area. absolutely. i did have the privilege of working for prime minister netanyahu back in 2000. i don t work for him now and don t speak for him now in any way. yeah, i don t envy the job he s got ahead of him right now. my heart is going out grieving for the palestinians who have been lost and the israelis. but there s no question israel
is fighting jihad. the terrorists have fired more than 1700 rockets at israeli civilians. egypt accepted a cease fire from egypt, hamas would not. so i think it s on the hamas side. secretary kerry is trying to work on a cease fire and a longer peace deal. is that possible in your estimation, knowing all sides here? is there a temporary lull? is there any hope for long-term peace? i was in israel in 2012 providing food and medical supplies and all to israelis and palestinians during the last conflict. israel maxed forces on the border with gaza and then didn t go in because hamas stood down. this is obviously not the situation this time. one thing i would encourage the prime minister of israel to do is actually call the nation to prayer and fasting. he s taken all the other right moves, immobilizing forces, calling the nation to patience,
well, first let me say in terms of israel and the palestinia palestinians, i agree with everything my colleague pete king said. we should never forget hamas is a terrorist group, and you have to fight terrorist groups. i m not particularly bothered we have a four-month extension. i think in many ways it works to our advantage because sanctions are still on iran and their economy is hurting, and it s sanctions that brought them to the table. but i think we have to be very, very tough with them. secretary kerry has said no deal is better than a bad deal, and i agree with that. the question is what do we consider a good deal and a bad deal? iran is the largest supporter of terrorism of any country in the world. when you look at hamas and gaza now and you look at where they ve gotten their weaponry, most of it has come from iran. so we should be under no illusion that these are bad people. they have not been willing to talk about lowering their
fleeg fleeing as israeli troops expand to hamas. hello, john. reporter: shannon, today was the bloodiest day so far in the 13 days since operation protective edge started. in the three days since the ground offensive started, at least 84 palestinians, we re hearing some explosions in the background, by the way at least 84 palestinians were killed here in gaza, at least 60 in one neighborhood alone in east gaza. we went to that neighborhood just an hour or two hours after the fighting ended to get a look for ourselves. here s what we saw. this is all just gut-wrenching to see. just utter destruction. everything has been destroyed. this home, what used to be a home. people s bed sheets still there, i m seeing clothing, shoes. what used to be probably the living room or kitchen. we saw the show, we heard the