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"I'm not going to tell the enemy the number of our intercepts," spokesperson Lieutenant-Colonel Richard Hecht told reporters, outlining what appeared to be a departure from past wartime policy. Israeli officials have previously said they were planning for possible strains on their supplies of anti-rocket interception missiles in the event of especially heavy fighting.
And rocket launching sites. the israeli defense forces also say that more than 650 rockets have been launched from gaza towards israeli communities. most of these have been short-range rockets, but some of them have reached as far as the tel aviv area, as well as the jerusalem area. they say at least 20% have fallen short in gaza. now, we're hearing some booms n now, these might be rocket interceptions. the palestinian ministry of health have said at least 29 people have been killed as a result of this violence, more than 250 injured. we're continuing to hear these booms overhead of intercepti...
Makes it clear it will step up air strikes on the gaza strip if a barrage of rocket fire at israel continues. trey is live on the israel/gaza border. >> reporter: good afternoon, dana. we are seeing severe escalation between hamas and the israeli military. since i spoke to you just before the commercial break, we have seen two rocket interceptions overhead in a border town in israel. throughout the day there have been rockets fired from the gaza strip into southern israel. the israel military responding. i received a text message from a senior hamas official confirming hamas' media wing inside...
Called this a dangerous moment, which no doubt it is. the president wrote all parties must protect the innocent and act with reasonableness and restraint. not vengeance and retribution. the president went on to write that peace is necessary and possible. but today a senior israeli lawmaker says there are no plans at all for peace. not on the table today. he said that the fighting will not end in a day, and that this is just the beginning. david lee miller is live in jerusalem. it's my understanding you heard an explosion. what do you know? >> reporter: shepard, for the first time since this cu...