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Earlier today, one of the sirens did go off. the israeli military said the iron dome system to shoot down the rockets hahad about a 90% success rate so far. they're very happy with that record. nonetheless, they're not taking chances. the bomb shelters have been open. hospitals have been put on high alert, and some of the country's southern cities have canceled summer school programs and day care programs. at the same time, there is growing concern this situation could spread into an all-out war. the israeli military has called up about 40,000 reserve soldiers. they're now around the border on...

In fact, it's been a few hours since we've heard the sirens here go off. make no mistake about it, this is a tense situation for israel. the country raised alertness levels at hospitals, shut down summer school programs and daycare programs in the southern part of the country. deployed soldiers to the south part of their reserve deployment and opened bomb shelters. so the country is pretty much going on a war footing and the prime minister this evening told the nation that this could be a long and very tough operation. in the same time in gaza, health officials there are saying this is going t...

What do you think about it? >> i think it was the right decision to make. what happens in many districts is their obsession with keeping every school open despite declining student population results in educational services being delivered in a much more inefficient manage manner. you have to consolidate these buildings. if your population dropped 30% to 40% at some point you are to consolidate schools. your schools, you have to reduce the number of schools or other programs get deprived. class sizes increase. after-school programs, summer-school programs get cut back. i think he's making a co...

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