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Something's going on and worrying not just israel but also worrying some arab allies of the united states? >> well, that's right. at the moment that the president made his declaration that we will not have boots on the ground that is combat boots on the ground it's fairly evident you can't beat the islamic state simply from the air. so somebody was going to have to take them on the ground. iranians have played that role. by saying we're not coordinating with the iranians i think what the secretary of state is saying is literally true but on the other hand we are very much depending on the iran...

Hamas is condemning ground action and saying israel will pay a heavy price. joining me live is wolf blitzer and ben wedeman. let's start with you, ben. what have you been seeing on the ground in gaza? does the air offensive continue as the ground invasion is underway? >> actually, anderson, we've seen sort of a lessoning of the air activity in the last few hours with, of course, the exception of some air strikes very close to our office here in central gaza, one building about 400 meters away from here was hit about half an hour ago and according to reports from the hospital, five people were ...

Tonight in the middle east, israel's prime minister is warning that his operation in gaza may widen significantly in the coming days. we are now into day two of the israeli ground invasion into gaza. today we have seen several rockets fired over the west bank. israel has attacked hundreds of targets in the gaza strip over the past day and a half. going after rocket launchers and under ground tunnels which they say hamas is using to attack their territory since the ground invasion began, at least 25 the palestinians and one israeli soldier have been killed. the israeli prime minister warned the...

The anticipation is there may well be a ground operation in that area, which is really quite close to gaza city. anderson? >> the word from israel is they are ready to step up their campaign against hamas, right? >> they certainly are. the cabinet, security cabinet met late into the night wrapping it up awhile ago in tel aviv. some of these under ground bunkers, tunnels that supposedly house a lot of missiles, rockets and want to go in there, you can't just do it with air power, so there may be israeli ground action. i don't anticipate a full scale military invasion to reoccupy gaza. some assa...

This is just a fraction of the 3,000 tanks and nearly 1,000 artillery pieces in the israeli arsenal. overwhelming firepower if prime minister benjamin netanyahu orders a ground invasion. on cbs' "face the nation," he didn't rule it out. >> we use whatever means are necessary to defend our people. >> reporter: so far, 40,000 reservists have been called up, but israel knows the human toll of a ground war potentially catastrophic. >> how long can both sides hold out and whether both sides will now turn to some type of diplomatic option. israel i know would like 0 to avoid a ground invasion of gaz...