netanyahu said israeli soldiers have destroyed most of the gaza tunnels. netanyahu also received a phone call from president obama expressing concern about the growing number of casualties and telling him secretary of state john kerry will soon travel to cairo to seek an end to the conflict. the prime minister has been prepping israelis for long days of fighting but he's also getting hard questions about the conflict with hamas cnn's wolf blitzer sat down with the prime minister and asked about an exit strategy from the ground offensive in gaza. >> we're being seen now by viewers in the united states and around the world in more than 200 count rise around the world right now. quick question -- your exit strategy from gaza. what is it? >> sustainable quiet. i mean, we didn't seek this escalation, hamas forced it on us. they started rocketing our cities, steadily increasing the fire. i called for deescalation, they