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israeli forces ramp up activity in the gaza saw strip, entering its second phase of the war. >> translator: we have two goals in this war, to destroy hamas and all its infrastructure and do everything that's possible to bring our hostages back home. will: we're learning more this morning as 230 israelis are still being held by hamas. the idf says they destroyed at least 450 terror sites in gaza over the weekend with a full scale invasion still looming. israeli officials are urgingen innocent civilians in gaza a to save themselves. >> civilians in northern gaza and gaza city should te...

We have for you an amazing story of survival for you from new zealand. a 19-year-old is lucky to be aalive. he was hiking on sunday in shorts and sand shoes. he slips, slid down a mountain and broke his leg and missing his cell phone, he couldn't find it anywhere and no one around to help. >> s.o.s. loudly. and yeah, after half an hour, no one comes. you have to do anything. >> so he took off his shoelaces and his shirt wrapped them around his broken leg and he slid down the mountain before a group of hikers found him. authorities say it's a cautio r cautionary tale. don't hike alone and keep ...

Piece of property in this city at least three times before we are done. and we hope to be done by dark tonight. >> at least 24 people including nine children were killed here. rescuers are not giving up hope, not by a long shot. they will go through things three times. so far more than 100 people have been found alive amidst the acres of destruction. that is an incredible number. more than 100 people found aalive. president obama spoke a short time ago pledging urgent government help for what he is calling one of the most destructive storms in the nation's history. >> we don't know the full ex...