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Streets by an al qaeda affiliate, one of the most powerful groups in fact. and we haven't heard much about him until late last month, a few weeks ago. there was a commando raid u.s. special operations forces using yemeni ground troops moved in to try to rescue him and he wasn't there. they managed to rescue some yemeni and saudi nationals, since they didn't get him it was a failed operation. and then overnight we saw this video which i think is al qaeda's response. the video gave him three days to live, unless the u.s. bends to al qaeda's demands, which seems very unlikely. he was taken, then ...

Scored 200 kills. about 750 incoming rockets have hit ground and now the israelis, as we said, have suffered their first death. wolf blitzer with us now from jerusalem. wolf, does the failure of the cease-fire make it a lot more likely that there will be ground offensives which will likely result in many more deaths? >> i suspect the israelis will engage in some ground activity. there was a commando raid the other day, spent about 30 minutes on the ground, went after specific targets and then left. four israeli soldiers were left in that operation. i wouldn't be surprised if there were a full-...

Safely. slight injuries. meanwhile the death toll in gaza reached a new high. officials say 160 people have been killed and more than 1,000 injured from israeli airstrikes this week. >> residents in northern gaza get a grim warning. evacuate and do it now. >> let's go to wolf blitzer in jerusalem. we're joined by phone by a doctor who is a member of the palestinian liberation organization also known as the plo. a moment ago wolf, you had with you lieutenant colonel peter lerner i think made news about the next potential move for israeli forces. >> reporter: he said specifically that that comma...

Hamas seems to have upped the tempo. there was a commando raid from hamas militants on a beach just a couple of kilometers south from here. we don't know how they cape on to the beach, whether they swam or had dingies. they were confronted by israeli defense forces, five militants killed. we believe that operation is still ongoing. hamas on the offense here in an operation that seems to be ramping up. >> kids are being told to stay home, shopping malls have been quieted, if you will. what is going on along the mediterranean coast where you are, diana? >> well, you hear every so often and actua...

Were directly related to the searches. moving up the chain of command special force over the course of the next year and a half figured out roughly where he was and began drawing up mission plans to do a clandestine commando raid to take him. even coming down to figuring out to the number of soldiers, haqqani network, militants who were guarding him. those mission plans were ultimately shelved because there was a sense that the price of u.s. blood, the combat that would likely result was too high forgoing after someone who is deemed by the pentagon to have walked away from his post. you have t...