the main impact zone. that s still largely open and not secured. and this is all important because the investigators aren t on the ground yet and everyday that site is becoming increasingly corrupted, if you like, from an investigation point of view. phil black, keep us posted, thank you so much. very grim situation there. as well as in the middle east. a very deadly sunday. at least 60 palestinian kills, hundreds wounded near gaza city. 13 israeli soldiers confirmed dead and dozens hurt. finally today, a brief cease-fire so wounded civilians could get medical amention gaza and get out of harm s way. more than 400 palestinians have died in the conflict along with 18 israeli soldiers and two israeli civilians. 81,000 palestinians have fled the fighting to take refuge in u.n. schools in gaza city. israel says it has struck 2,300
terror targets in gaza and found 13 tunnels used for weapons smuggling. now let s talk more about the 13 israeli soldiers killed today. hamas militants claimed they lured israel s tanks into a field for oull of improvised explosive devices. we re joined now from the israel/gaza border where wounded troops have been poring in left and right. what can you tell us about these soldiers? we went to a hospital earlier today, the closest hospital to the border. and they are treating dozens of wounded soldiers, a number seriously injured. i had a chance to speak to a woman, a nurse at that hospital whose son was serving in gaza when he was brought wounded to her very hospital. take a listen.
no need to understand arabic to understand this man s pain. he says he saw a missile slam into his brother and mother. no time for a full autopsy, no time except to announce time of death. carl penhall, cnn, gaza. (vo) you know that dream. where you re the hero? hey. you guys mind warming this fella up for me? i m gonna go back down, i saw some recyclables. make it happen with verizon xlte. find a car service. we ve doubled our 4g lte bandwidth in cities coast to coast. thanks! sure. we ve got a spike in temperature. so save the day. don t worry, i got this. oh yeah, i see your spaceship s broken. with xlte on largest, most reliable network.
excessive. they re not only targeting our cities but deliberately firing thousands of rockets. they re already fired 2,000 rockets in the last few days on our cities. you can imagine this. it s not only that. and they wanted to kill as many of our six million israelis who are targeted as they could. they haven t succeeded, not for lack of trying. it s because we ve developed with american help and i appreciate the help that president obama and the congress have given us to develop these iron dome fantastic systems but some of the missiles perforate and they hit our schools. so we have to stop that. but in addition to the rockets, they ve gotten now terror tunnels that they build in palestinian homes in gaza. they penetrate underground into israeli territory. terrorists pop up there, try to murder civilians, kidnap israelis as they did with gilad shahlead. you see these painful
better. the argument your critics make is that you re overreacting right now. overkill. well, look, i want to say this. i mean, there are very few examples in history of countries that have been rocketed on this scale. if you look at our response, it s actually very measured and trying to be as pinpointed as we can. but i think when people say that i appreciate the support we ve received from president obama and many world leaders for israel s right to self-defense. but others are saying, yeah, you have to right of self-defense as long as you don t exercise it. what can a country do? what would you? what would the people of the united states do if your cities were rocketed now, 2,000 rockets falling on american cities? people would say in the united states, as they re telling america obliterate the people. we don t obliterate them. we don t any battle with the palestinians in gaza. but it is brutal there now. it s very difficult because hamas is using them, palestinians, as