The worst Ebola Outbreak yet. It is deepening. Its getting worse. We saw the First American fatality. A man on his last stop before heading home. The world now grappling with the terrifying prospect of laeb spreading by air travelers. We begin tonight with the breaking news. Breaking news that bolsters a key israeli argument about hamas, that it uses civilian facilities such as schools to hide weapons. Prior to the outbreak of facilities, u. N. Inspectors twice uncovered rockets at a school it runs in gaza. Today with the battle raging a third discovery of rockets at a u. N. School. It comes at the end of 24 hours of fighting that tonight leaves gaza in piles of rubble and much of it entirely in the dark. Out of this side of the building [ bleep ]. You would have seen the sight cut. To some the scenes we have seen over the last 24 hours. A very active period in a battle that is now entering week four. And now the breaking news, the discovery of rockets at the u. N. School in gaza. Wolf blitzer is monitoring that development in jerusalem, joins us with the latest. Wolf, what is the latest on this weapons cache . Well, the United Nations says they did find some weapons, hamas weapons in a United Nations school. Not the first time they say this has happened. The school was not really in business right now. It wasnt operational. But it is still very disturbing. Of course the israelis make the point that sometimes they go after these targets if there is a school, if there is other u. N. Facilities. At the same time, a lot of palestinians and hamas say these are not necessarily all that common. Theyre isolated incidents. But the israelis dont believe it. And its part of the continuing battle if you will between israel and hamas over who is responsible when all is said and done for all the palestinian casualties. Wolf, you just spoke to the Palestinian Ambassador to the u. N. What did he say . Well, he says that no u. N. Facility should be house anything kinds of weapons in gaza or any place else. Riyadh month monsoor is the representative. At the same time he says what says doing is obscene, outrageous. He says israel is disproportionately going after civilian targets. The israelis make the case its a small area, and hamas deliberately places its weapons in civilian areas, including u. N. Facilities. And the United Nations has acknowledged that there has been some cases where they have found hamas arsenals in u. N. Facilities whether theyre schools or other u. N. Relief center, hospitals, other places along the lines. Wolf, a senior israeli official told cnn today that says ready for a ceasefire. It doesnt seem to be a ceasefire anywhere in sight at the moment, does there . No, i dont think so. Although im hearing that there are some diplomatic activity, back channel events going on right now. Thing is a real split within the Israeli Cabinet of Prime Minister netanyahu. Some of the ministers are much more inclined for a ceasefire. Others more of the hard liners, they dont want a ceasefire. They want to crush hamas right now. They want to in their words finish the job. But some in tisly cabinet say you know what . Thats not going to happen. The israelis are going to come under a lot of international pressure, including pressure from the u. S. They would like to destroy as many of those tunnels as possible. To destroy as many of those rockets, the infrastructure as possible. But when all is said and done, there presumably will be a ceasefire, sooner probably rather than later. But it might not be in the next few days. Wolf, thanks very much, wolf. We showed you at the top of the broadcast, gaza is taking a pounding the last 24 hours. Hamas turned down a ceasefire. Both sides again appear to be digging in. And tonight more flares, more warplanes overhead, more explosions. It seems again tonight a recipe for many more long nights and deadly days ahead. Our karl penhaul has been there through some of the worse of it. He joins us again from gaza city. Karl, as wolf just said, this is not the first time weapons like this have been found at a u. N. Facility. We have had direct communication with the United Nations saying that rockets had been stored in u. N. Facilities in the schools and on one occasion in fact the rockets that had been placed there that had been discovered there, u. N. Staff left them unattended. And when they got back, the rockets had been removed. Its obviously been incredibly eventful 24 hours. Highways the latest tonight . The latest tonight, we have seen across in eastern gaza in the tafar area. Some heavy ordnance being dropped from f16 fighter bombers. In fact, just now in the distance you can hear the thud that was down in southeast gaza, it seems to me. But what i saw across in the tafur neighborhood in eastern gaza appear to be 2,000pound bombs being dropped from the f16s. And the f16s made several passes over in the course of the afternoon as well. Large bombs of the same size being dropped in that area. I would guess because of the size of the explosions because of the weight of the ordnance that perhaps theyre trying to destroy something underground, perhaps one of those tunnel complexes. But we have nod confirmation than from the Israeli Military just yesterday, anderson. Otherwise overhead here in central gaza city, were hearing the drones up once again. And theyre up there precisely because theyre looking for targets. And yeah, another pounding of a bomb going off in the distance as well. It is extraordinary the repetitive nature of all this. When i was there in 2012, we got some video of that. Israelis fired at the same building that we saw being struck behind you last night. This is back in 2012. We were standing exactly where youre standing, watching what appeared to be two missiles going into either side of that building. I remember running down. Thats the same building where al aqsa radio was hit last night while you were on the air. It really speaks to the kind of repetitive nature of this. It does beg a belief really, doesnt it, that the hamas organization, both the political and the military wings understand that their infrastructure is going to be argued the. The Israeli Military accuses the al aqsa wing. Thats why they say they argued the it. But they dont seem to move it. Like you say, hit in 2012 when you were reporting from here. It was hit with three strikes last night. And also as well while you and i were tuning air, a section of the finance ministry, which is only about 500 yards from where we are on the other side of the building, that was also hit. I remember when i was here in 20082009 in that confrontation. Again, the finance ministry hit then. It does seem to be that a number of the targets continue to be hit. Karl penhaul, be careful, karl, thank you. Three weeks into the war, more than a thousand fatalities later, there seems no clear sign whether Israel Intends to wind down military operations in several days or embark on a much longer running course of action, as Prime Minister netanyahu warned yesterday. Joining us also in jerusalem is mr. Regev. Mr. Regev, why the intensity at this point . As the scope of the operation expanded . Not the scope. The goal remains the same, to stop those rockets coming in on israeli cities and to prevent Hamas Terrorists from infiltrating across the border through the tunnels, trying to kill our people. We had a chance yesterday to deescalate. Well tried that very seriously. Unfortunately, hamas was not interested in just increased its attacks upon us. And today were responding in time in kind. Yesterday, though, you talked about its not just about the tunnels. Its not just about the rockets. You talked about a demilitarized gaza. I just dont understand how youre able you think you can achieve a demilitarized gaza without occupying, without actually having boots on the ground there. First of all, its not going to be easy. But if i can give the parameters, id put hit the way. First of all, we are through our military activity and through the fact that theyre using a lot of their munitions firing at us, when this is over, hamas stock of weapons will be considerably depleted. The Israeli Ministry is acting to dismantle that formidable hamas machine. Thats one part of it. The second part is that were hopeful that when this is over that hamas leadership will understand that they cant shoot rockets at israel with impunity. And thirdly, this is the most important element, that we want to make sure that hamas cannot rearm. Because thats what happened after the previous rounds. And if hamas can rearm, then youre back to square one, and we have to do all this in a year and no one wants to revisit this sort of conflict. So preventing hamas from rearming is making sure that those countries who support hamas, and there arent many there is only basically three. Thats iran, qatar, and turkey. We have to make sure that those countries first of all dont ship weapons to hamas and that if they do so, those weapons are intercepted along the way before they reach the gaza strip. Today we saw a strike hitting gazas only power plant. The head of the power plant says he believes it was an israeli tank shell or shells that hit the plant. Can you say definitively that says not responsible for that strike . Yes. All the information i have says israel is not responsible. First of all, the head of the power plant is working for the hamascontrolled government. And i dont think he can say anything else. He can only blame israel. But we did not target that power station. And i can tell you, we also checked to make sure it wasnt errant fire. And we spoke to all the relevant units, both Ground Forces and the air force. And no one was aware that they targeted the plant. And i remind you, anderson, its important to remember, about 10 of all hamas rockets that firing out of the gaza strip fall they misfunction and they fall in the gaza strip. Thats what happened yesterday at the hospital. Have you heard anything concrete about a renewed ceasefire . Are there talks going on behind the scenes . There. Are talks going on in parallel to the military operation against terrorist targeting gaza. The phones have been ringing and conversations are happening. And if its possible to find a diplomatic solution, that would be a good thing. Probably the military operation and the increased pressure on hamas from our forces can augment, can help move forward a diplomatic solution. Mark regev, i appreciate your time. Thank you. Thanks for having me. A lot more to talk about tonight. As always, set your dvr so you can watch 360 whenever you want. 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The war for Public Opinion also explains why israel is hitting al aqsa radio and television, especially the tv outlet, which has been a key vehicle for hamas to get its message out. Take a look. Al aqsa tv is presented as a combination of news and entertainment. The theme of hamas rising up against israel is a near constant undercurrent. In this video, hamas fighters triumphantly tunnel into israel. Attack israeli targets, then sneak back into the tunnels and return home as heroes. The station is used to broadcast messages directly from hamas leadership. In the first days of conflict, the groups spokesman encouraged gaza residents to act as human shields, saying, quote, do not comply with the war of rumors and psychological warfare that the zionist enemy is waging upon you. Al aqsas news anchors also tow the party line. How many children has hamas killed . Zero, the anchor says. How many women has hamas killed . Zero. How many children have israel killed . Over 400. How many did they hit . Thousands. Saying later, all of the martyrs are civilians. All of them. Al aqsa began to broadcast in gaza in 2006 shortly after hamas won a landslide victory in palestinian elections. In 2007, they garnered International Scrutiny with this Childrens Program featuring a mickey mouse like character named farfor. Who was killed by an israeli interrogator. Beyond the clear hamas propaganda, al aqsa tv also broadcasts from the field. Theyre often the first on the scene of air strikes broadcasting some of the most searing images of the conflict. Israelis say these are themselves propaganda, an effort by hamas to garner sympathy around the world. And part of the reason israel targeted al aqsas headquarters, saying in part al aqsa was used to, quote, incite palestinians against israel and to transmit orders and messages to hamas operatives. We want to look closer at the lens the palestinians see themselveses through the rest of the world. We turn to a former adviser of the Palestinian Authoritys 2004 to 2009 permanent status talks with israel, he is currently a fellow at the Brookings Institution center for middle east policy. Thanks so much for being was. Thanks for having me. Israel says hamas uses al aqsa to quote, transmit orders and messages to hamas operatives. That true in your opinion . It may. I think its not unusual for governments to use their media to reinforce their own messages. Israel does it. Egypt does it. Thats what state or governmentcontrolled media do. And i think you can make a very similar case in israel, for example, where you have kind of the inversion of hamass propaganda where you dont see body counts and you dont see dead children and women and civilians on israeli television. So i think its part and parcel of flight. Its part and parcel of politics in a way. The ceasefire put forward by president abbas, hamas and gaza quickly rejected it. Later some hamas officials in beirut told cnn they could agree to it. How Much Division is there within hamas . Well, i think there is some division between the political wing which is mostly outside of gaza and the military wing inside gaza. And i think its not unusual. There was some Division Even before the Current Crisis started. Difference of an opinion on how to proceed. Whether in terms of National Reconciliation with the Palestinian Authority in the west bank or how to proceed with regard to what hamas refers to as resistance. 10 there was already a division. And i think the conflict has exacerbated that. But much to the advantage of the hard liners. Any time you have massive death toll like what you have in gaza and, you know, there is always going to be a strengthening of the position of hardliners. And would you say its also weakened the Palestinian Authority in the eyes of the palestinians . Oh, for sure. I think the Palestinian Authority looks weak and incompetent. They are unable to influence any of the key actors in this scenario. Not hamas, not israel, not the United States. I think to some extent the United States is trying to bring Mahmoud Abbas and the Palestinian Authority into this to make them relevant. But, yes, this crisis has highlighted the weakness of the current palestinian leadership. And actually why it was so important to have a unified palestinian pollity to begin with. When you hear the Israel Government spokesman talking about a demilitarized gaza, i just dont see the reality of that happening, do you . Well, what israel would like is for the International Community to do it. Because it has not been able to do it itself. Not when it directly occupied gaza before 2005 from 1967 until 2005. And now, of course, we a fullblown blockade by air, land, and sea, it hasnt been able to limit hamas rearming. In fact, these this is about the seventh Major Military operation in gaza over the last nine years or so. The most serious ones being in the last five years. And in 2008 and 2009, israel killed 1400 palestinians, most of them civilians with the same exact mission. In fact, this could be a replay of that 22day conflict this time around. And what happened since then, hamas rockets became more advanced, more sophisticated, more numerous. And so there simply is not a way to pound gaza into submission or to demilitarize by force. Militarization and violence is a function of occupation and the bloc