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Agreement. they say any troop presence beyond 2014 will recall approval from afghan president hamid karzai. bill: it will be interesting to see how it all goes or leads to more progress or lack of it. kelly wright live in washington. thank you. martha: israel is testing a new missile defense system as a familiar enemy promises a major rocket attack if they are provoked. this latest defense system is known as davids sling, its israels third attempt. and its similar to the iron dome system. news o...

Cease-fire in the middle east is still holding. [horns and sirens] >> hamas military tans celebrating claiming they changed the game by avoiding an israeli invasion of gaza. israelis say they won by ending the hamas rocket attacks and weakening the militant group. each side is also mourning tonight in gaza city a funeral for a man killed in israeli air strike just before the cease-fire took effect. and the israeli military reporting a soldier died today after a rocket attack that also happened b...

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...

Egypt has president is leading the talks. earlier today, he said a truce could be hours away. that didnt happen. the attacks continue now on both sides of the border. earlier today in jerusalem, air sirens, ho mass militants say they fired a rocket at the holy city just as the u.n. secretary general was arriving there for truce talks. its but the second time hamas targeted jerusalem during this conflict. it landed outside the city. no word of any injuries. but the israeli military reports an 18-...

Improve conditions for the people of gaza, and move toward a comprehensive peace for all people of the region. >> the terms of a potential cease fire, according to a senior official with the european unions foreign service who talked to the a.p., must include an end to hamas rocket attack against israel, gaza gourder crossings would have to be opened and israel would have to stop launching air strikes in gaza. the israeli prime minister, netanyahu, said yesterday he prefers a peaceful solution, ...

It was the first rocket attack we have seen in southern israel in the last several hours. now, as for the question about the hamas leadership, as hamas -- as i sudden say as gaza came under fire today by the israelis. the leader, exiled leader of hamas, michelle was speaking in cairo, thats where the cease-fire discussions are taking place. and he said that hamas is not calling for any ground war or escalation, but despite the fact that hamas over the last year has fired more than 700 rockets in...

But interesting. they say that israel is placing all the blame right now on hamas. they said that they bare responsibility for the deaths of civilians because terrorists are using civilians as shields. and really this rocket attack, rocket approach is really their best hope because if israel decides to go attack with the ground game, its not good for hamas. >> all bets are off there. well be keeping an eye on the situation throughout the morning. sticking with news overseas, president obama is...

Before in crises, henry kissinger and jim baker was there and somebody was there brokering the process and bringing a halt to it. now the president makes phone calls from burma? we have dramatically changed, and i can tell you begin, al-qaeda is on the rise, and they are moving throughout the middle east and americans are -- were going to pay a very heavy price for it because of the lack of american leadership. >> what should president obama be saying to the prime minister of turkey? >> excuse m...

[explosion] >> shepard: israel firing back with air strikes. there are reports of new explosions tonight, meaning overnight in gaza. officials say three israelis in more than 100 palestinians have died in the past six days. the white house also says that president obama called the israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu today toll get update on the crisis. aides expressed regret to both the israeli and egyptian leaders for casualties on both sides of the border. we have team fox coverage tonig...

Officials, and ten to cairo. >> reporter: even if there is a cease-fire in the hours ahead nobody in the region or at the white house thinks it is a guarantee the cease-fire will hold. this escalating violence over shadowing the presidents trip to asia, thats as you note he dispatched secretary of state hillary clinton. she is expected to land in the next few hours. the bottom line is ben rosa top counsel security aid in the white house troflg with th traveling with the president today said ther...