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The streets and police said, look, if this stays peaceful we'll go with it. it stayed that way. both sides there showing restraint for a number of hours but something happened there. there was a tipping point. and that's when this really exploded to the violent clashes of the evening that happened here in rabin square and on the streets around tel-a-viv. it took police hours to break it up. at the end of the night the latest numbers we have so far, 23 officers injured. and 26 arrested. although there are investigations going on those numbers could change. >> oren what has prime minister benjam...

As you mentioned, the twin crises. the president noting he was on the phone earlier today with benjamin netanyahu, the israeli prime minister urging restraint as we see the israeli offensive into gaza. >> republicans don't seem to be too pleased that the president was fundraising yesterday in the middle of these crises. >> that's right. the border crisis, the president not going to the border himself. doing a series of fundraisers in texas. last night it was fundraisers in new york city. you have republicans like john mccain saying what he's doing right now is sending an image that is not one ...

American citizens onboard. that is our first priority. >> reporter: the president also had vice president biden call por shenko to call for assistance, including a team headed to the region to determine what happened. >> there are many questions that need to be answered. and we'll get those answers. and we will take the next steps accordingly. >> reporter: the president heard about the crash from russian president vladimir putin who passed along air traffic control reports during a phone call to discuss sanctions. the white house pressed putin on extensive evidence that russia is significantly...

Fired from gaza, and a week of attacks and counterattacks, the first israeli has been killed. he was a volunteer, delivering food to soldiers when he was hit by a mortar shell. it happened at the border crossing, where i experienced the threat of incoming attacks firsthand. did we get the all-clear? the palestinian death toll is constantly rising, and tonight, the u.n. is urging restraint. even as the threat of an israeli ground invasion of gaza looms. hopes for an imminent end to the fighting have been dashed, but the obama administration says it hasn't ruled out a cease-fire just yet. >> our...

How worried are they right now that there could be a full-scale war between the israelis and palestinians. >> they are very worried about it. john kerry was on the phone with the prime minister netanyahu urging restraint. it doesn't seem like anybody with what you see going on in the region right now in syria and iraq, no one really wants a wider escalation of this conflict. but at the same time, as the ambassador said, even though israel is facing this barrage of rockets, what's really got the international outrage right now is the killing of this -- the beating of the teens, the beating of t...