Promises a strong response. Plus president obama who addresses from the white house. Have i unequivocally condemned hamas and the palestinian factions there were responsible for killing two Israeli Soldiers and abducting a third almost minutes after a ceasefire had been announced. Also, we know americas leaders support israel. And now the support might be stronger than ever. But what about americas youth . Were going to take a look at the generation gap when it comes to understanding what is going on in gaza. But first, i want to get to that breaking news, that massive explosion that we just saw from reuters. Theyre reporting that the Islamic University in central gaza has been hit. Here it is. Again, happening moments ago. I want to go right to cnns Senior International correspondent Matthew Chance who is live in jerusalem. Matthew, what happened . Well, details still very sketchy. But you can see from those dramatic images that were filmed by the Reuters Television news agency the destructive power of what appears to be an israeli artillery Shell Landing right in the center of gaza city. The building that was apparently targeted according to reuters was the Islamic University, as you mentioned, in central gaza. Why that may have been, we havent had a chance yet to speak to the Israeli Defense forces, the Israeli Military to try and get any clarity on that. But clearly, a huge explosion right in the center of the gaza strip, right in the center of gaza city. At a time where tension, of course, is running extremely high. You have that soldier apparently seized by militants in the gaza strip. A ceasefire which has gone to the wind. The response from the israelis has been crushing. Thats their words, not mine. They say that theyre eliciting crushing response. To give you an indication of that, weve seen an upsurge in artillery attacks, bombing runs on the gaza strip since midnight local time here. Thats just five hours ago. The latest figures coming to us from palestinian medical officials. 35 people have been killed. And thats not counting any injuries or fatalities that may have been a result of this latest attack that we saw there so dramatically on the Reuters News Agency on the Islamic University in central gaza, don. And john, just a little bit more information on that and the video that were look at, if you can put it up. It was shot when the Islamic University in central gaza was hit. Al aqsa which is hamasaffiliated said the building was hit short time ago by israeli artillery. If this is any indication, this is of course the ramping up from the Israeli Military. So john, the question is what happens now . Is there any hope left for a ceasefire or are we well beyond that . Well, ultimately, there will be a ceasefire. Obviously, in the hours or even in the days ahead, its difficult to see one. Youve seen this from an israeli point of view, huge violation in their eyes of the ceasefire by hamas militants. The capture of that israeli soldier. He has been named hadar goldin, a Second Lieutenant apparently from an elite squad of israeli troopers who was investigating a tunnel entrance. The circumstances of his capture appear to have been ooze they went into this area, this house in the Southern Gaza strip where there was a tunnel entrance. A number of militants emerged from the tunnel. One of them a suicide bomber blew up, killed two soldiers with him. The other, militants grabbed this israeli officer, dragged him back into the tunnel and disappeared. A fierce artillery barrage in the area. Israeli intelligence sources saying that they were looking hard to try and locate the missing soldier. So far they have not been able to, though. So don, just very briefly, i think what will be dependent now on the outcome will be, you know, whether they determine whether this soldier is alive or dead, hamas at this point says they believe he may have been killed in a barrage of the area by Israeli Forces shortly afterwards. Thats of course not been confirmed. But if he is alive, the israelis have a record of doing deals for the return of their captured soldiers. They did the same with gilad shalit when he was captured in 2006. Five years later he was exchanged for a thousand prisoners. If he is alive, militants in gaza will be looking at him as a kind of bargaining chip. All right, Matthew Chance in jerusalem. Matthew, stand by. I want to get now to gaza and mohammed omer, a researcher and journalist in gaza. Im not sure if you heard or saw this explosion. We have been playing it here on cnn. What can you tell us . Yes, i just saw the explosion just about two minutes ago. It hit the Islamic University in gaza. And we dont know until this moment what is the target exactly inside the university. This is the university which is known to be an institution for educational purposes. However, it has been bombed and targeted by the Israeli Military on several occasions. The situation as it stands at the moment in gaza is quite horrifying. Dont know if you can hear in the background israeli f16s are hovering and bombing and also the drones and the warplanes and the warships in the east of gaza city are constantly bombing as i speak at the moment. The hospitals in rafah have announced that they are overwhelmed, and they cannot deal with the cases that get into the hospitals. Most of the people who they are trying to evacuate are basically lying on the ground, and dead bodies that the ambulances are not able to do it, that happen just after the israeli air strikes hit three ambulance, the drivers, and medical workers in five dropoff cities. So gaza needed a humanitarian ceasefire today. That was broken. So who do people hold responsible here at this point, mohammed . Yeah, now what do we know . Israel was inside gaza and operating on a tunnel. What we dont know is they advance or not, how palestinians in the tunnel may not have even had electricity to know a ceasefire was reached. Remember, much of gaza has been reduced to candlelight. The ceasefire talks is misplaced here, im afraid, and we see also that the palestinians have warned for years that this situation cannot continue. We are an oppressed people. We want our freedom like anybody else. And netanyahu refused to negotiate seriously with the p. A. And now we have precisely what people warned israel about a year ago, an armed uprising. Now, if the United States of america had been occupied by the soviet union, do you think America Public armed as it is would simply allow it . If your grandmother was if your grandmother was thrown out of her house would you allow it or insist she is allowed back in her home. Mohammed im just wondering, if cnn has asked one time about this through an idf spokesman. There have been many conversations about that. But what i want to get into is the breaking news that we have right now. So listen. As we said, there is a humanitarian crisis happening in gaza. You said much of gaza has been reduced to candlelight. Can you tell us in this particular area where the university is, what the population is like . Is it dense . Is it sparse at this moment . Would anybody be attending university right now . Nobody is attending university over the last 26 days because it has been constantly under attack, the area. About three minutes from the Islamic University, i could see the burns, on the fires are coming out of the Islamic University. The situation is quite tear fight at the moment. For the seventh day in my area and the rest of the gaza strip, there is no electricity. So that total blackout which makes people totally isolated from the international community. And also there is the shortage of medical supplies, shortages of water. And we are talking about shortages of water, just get inside i dont know if you can hear right now in the background there is a terrifying number of bombs that are happening at the moment. And i speak to you in gaza. Mohammed, thank you very much. Were going move on. Were going to continue following this breaking news that is happening in central gaza. Mohammed omer is reporting from very near the scene of this blast that youre looking at. This is reported from Reuters Television a short time ago. There is an explosion believed to be artillery strikes by the Israeli Military on the Islamic University in central gaza. Well continue to follow this breaking news on cnn throughout the hour. Again, this dramatic explosion comes on day in which a promising ceasefire fell through. Joining me now is ron dermer. Thank you for joining us. Do you have any faith continuing to negotiate for a ceasefire given that this one was broken after just 90 minutes . Well, i dont think anyone in israel has any faith. Unfortunately, hamas stopped another ceasefire. We were supposed to have a 72hour ceasefire, humanitarian ceasefire. And there was hope that that would be extended be. But then you had this brutal and savage attack by a terrorist organization in gaza where a suicide bomber came out of a tunnel, killed a couple of our soldiers and kidnapped another soldier. And obviously, they blew up the ceasefire. Hamas, Islamic Jihad, and palestinian jihad all tell cnn that they dont have this soldier either. Listen, you cant take these guys seriously. You have to understand, don, i think this is something that is often lost in the coverage of this whole issue. Hamas is like al qaeda. Theyre no different. There an organization that is committed to israels destruction. Theyre a Terror Organization recognized as such. Throughout the entire world, not just by america, by the eu, by canada, even by egypt. Theyre an organization who celebrated on 9 11 when thousands of americans were dead. And theyre an organization that condemned the United States for killing osama bin laden. So theyre not going have a problem, don, if theyre celebrating when thousands of americans are dead, lying on american television. I dont take seriously anything hamas says seriously and i certainly dont take any anything which Islamic Jihad says. What you had is a ceasefire where assurances were given to the international community, to secretary kerry, also to the u. N. Secretary general that all of the palestinians were on board. All of the factions. So i dont know exactly who did it or who did not do it. But in the name of these palestinian factions, they said there was a ceasefire. We were operating according to that ceasefire, and our soldiers were attacked about an hour an 15 minutes after that ceasefire went into effect. There. Are a couple of things i want to get in here. I wanted to play for you what the president said today. A strong Statement Today condemning the capture of the soldier. Listen. Have i unequivocally condemned hamas and the palestinian factions that were responsible for killing two Israeli Soldiers. And abducting a third. Almost minutes after a ceasefire had been announced. Have i been very clear throughout this crisis that israel has a right to defend itself. No country can tolerate missiles raining down on its cities and people having to rush to bomb shelters every 20 minutes or half hour. No country can or would tolerate tunnels being dug under their land that can be used to launch terrorist attacks. Those are very strong words. And in all honesty, this is a gamechanger, i would imagine. How do you plan to deal with this . Well, our security cabinet is meeting tonight in jerusalem. So well have to let the decisionmakingers make those decisions. But obviously, this is something that wont go unanswered. Rest assured, don, there will be a very strong response from the israeli government. Is that a ramping up of military action in gaza . I think youve already seen a ramping up of military action in gaza. You dont have to wait for the security cabinet decision. The question is what will israels leaders decide to do . Because obviously we have with these Terror Organizations hamas, Islamic Jihad, and others, they may have a certain belief that israel will not respond in a very forceful way, that this is not a gamechanger. I think they are going to understand that they are dead wrong. Given that dealing with hamas seems to be pointless from your perspective, is there a palestinian faction that israel can do business with . Well, hoping the Palestinian Authority would be that faction led by abbas. One of the problems we have is two months ago president abbas made an alliance with the terrorist organization. He made an alliance with al qaeda. Thats why the Peace Process broke down. We hope in the wake of, this and i dont know how long its going to be now that youve had this operation and israel will have to decide what to do next, but we hope when its all said and done that president abbas will break this pact that he has made with this Terror Organization and go back to thats talks with israel. I have a few more things i want to get in a short time. Israel has been making the case that the media focus is too much on civilian casualties in gaza without Holding Hamas responsible for their actions. Now that hamas seems to have broken the ceasefire in the most provocative way, do you think that will change . No. I mean, i saw the coverage this morning and i was pretty frankly very appalled by. Not just on your station, but on other stations. You get into this he said she said. Israel says a. Hamas says b. Let me ask you. America is fighting al qaeda. America says a. Al qaeda says b. Thats what people feel when they watch the coverage of this. Were dealing with a brutal Terror Organization committed to our destruction, wants to murder jews all over the world, dancing on 9 11. This is the organization were dealing with. It is certainly not reflected in the coverage of your network or other networks. You do understand we have to cover all sides. We are doing this interview now, there is a protest going on right outside of our building. People who are, you know, pro tennessee. So there is that side of the story. Its not about being pro palestinian. Were not fighting the Palestinian People, were fighting hamas. And you should never be neutral between a democracy that shares your values and a Terror Organization that hates everything that you stand for. A free media should never be neutral in that fight. When you treat both sides as being equally credible, when you turn israel and hamas into a he said she said, when you take what theyre saying seriously, when you dont challenge them on people who want to murder jews around the world, when you a palestinian who is walking in there and who is telling you, look, im very concerned about these civilian casualties, you need to do something about it. What israel is doing. Ask them a simple question. Over 1500 palestinians have been killed in syria. Did he go on television and condemn that . Did you see writing in europe against syrian communities because you had over 1500 palestinians killed in syria . No. So there is something that is unique when israel is the one that is fighting. Thats what creates this bias. And i think its wrong. And i think the free world and the free media should stand on the side of a democracy when its fighting against a Terror Organization. Not to not cover, but to cover it treating the parties not as equals, but as one party much more credible than the other. And the other is a Terror Organization. Ambassador dermer, thank you. Thank you. And coming up, with an israeli soldier missing, possibly dead, and nobody claiming responsibility, who exactly is in charge in gaza . And later, as the death toll mounts, which side do you support . It may depend on how old you are. Thats thats next. Celebrate your love of crab with gthis years largest variety . cause its crabfest at red lobster dig into a succulent selection of crab entrees. Like new crab lovers trio with sweet snow crab legs, split king crab, and jumbo lump crab over savory shrimp. Crab three ways all on one plate. Or try new jumbo lump crab over woodgrilled salmon. Experience crabfest at red lobster today. Only for a limited time. Come in and sea food differently think the tree we carved our names in is still here . Probably dead. How much fun is this . What . 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