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>> thousand of reserve troops in israel have been called up and israeli tanks are lining the border. today, for the first time, hamas fired rockets at the holy city of jerusalem. panicked residents fearing the sound of air raid sirens and new rocket attacks. david lee miller is on live on the israeli/gaza border with the latest. >> reporter: greta, it seems increasingly likely that there could be a ground incursion taking place shortly. in addition to the troops massing and the armored gear near the border, the area near the border, much of it has been closed. it is a sealed military interroga...

It's unclear exactly what the role is, but a lot of suspicion that they are in some way helping hamas and the way they're able to amos the kind of military hardware and missiles and rockets that they have. and that's really part of the big picture, it doesn't have to be moving forward. the idea of iran being more engaged in this region since the arab spring, i mean, this is a very different middle east that the president is about to face in his second term than the one he inherited when he first took office. >> you're absolutely right. look, the one thing we do know is that these rockets that ...

And the terrorists in the same way that our country is vulnerable to those attacks and we have seen it. so our role as a global super power and as an ally to what i believe is our best ally in the region of israel, is that we should stand tall. we should defend israel and the court of world preponderance, whether it is in the u.n. or other international forums and insist that the real story come out. it is hamas that has been on the offensive. israel has practiced so much patience and reluctance to go into gaza, until these rockets, as you have indicated, have come into jerusalem and the escal...

War, the war in 1991, even he did not send missiles, sent rockets into jerusalem. this situation is dire and i'm sure like you, i have friends, family, loved ones whose kids are in the military, families live there. you can't live with rockets pouring in. so i do think our role has to be to try to secure peace and security for israel, whether through negotiations or through support of israel's right to defend itself. >> rick: that's been the message from the white house is that the administration, the united states believes that israel has every right to defend itself. we heard today from the ...

Have to stop spending all of this money. we have to stop wasting other people's money and make it so that we have an attitude that it is our own and that is, we treat it as if it is our own. and stop wasting. i mean, you are absolutely right. >> matters are escalating in israel. and today, there were rockets fired at jerusalem, which is a first. it's a home to the three muslim, jew, christians and yet, that is now a target. what is our role? >> well, first of all, we as americans have a special bond with people of israel. they believe in the same things we do. they come from this judeo-christi...