Israelis have been told today to prepare for a Long Campaign against hamas in gaza. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu comments came hours after children were killed in a hospital and at a nearby park. United nations secretarygeneral ban kimoon made an appeal. Nick schifrin is live in gaza city. Given the Prime Ministers comments are you seeing any kind of an escalation in the Israeli Offensive . We are hearing and being told about an escalation, toinl. First otony. Those lights behind me are israel. Everything else between here and there is gaza. Its in a blackout, you hear drones, pounding, boom boom boom, artillery, tank strikes or f16 strikes. That is consistently been the place where a lot of rockets are launched. From here into israel and therefore, a lot of strikes are in that neighborhood. What we heard from Prime Minister netanyahu is a warning basically for his own people, for israel to be prepared and to be patient for while the Israeli Military continues his attacks
Prepare for a Long Campaign against hamas in gaza. Israeli Prime Minister bments benjamibenjaminnetanyahus commr a strike on a hospital and nearby park. Each side blames the other for an attack. United nations secretarygeneral ban kimoon asked for the end of the confrontations, but there doesnt seem to be the end to the fighting. Nick schifrin, are you hearing or seeing an escalation in the Israeli Offensive . I think hearing is the operative word just for the moment. If you can hear that those are three or four israeli doctrines right above my head or right above this entire community i should say and that is an indication of what is happening above all of gaza city. We are hearing a lot of booms and seeing flares also not only over gaza city where we are but up north above my left shoulder, where israelis concentrate on, a lot of hamas rockets are in the north gaza about two or three miles behind me and so a lot of shelling there that we can hear. Also text messages, Israeli Military
California came from a storm meteorologists say is exception li rare. Exceptionally rare. Latest from the middle east where earlier today a hospital clinic in the palestinian territory of gaza came under fire. Palestinian Officials Say at least ten were killed in two separate incidents. The israeli army is denying responsibility saying both strikes came from misfired hamas rockets. Nick schifrin is in gaza. What can tell us about the can you tell us about the latest strikes . Reporter we just came back a few minutes ago from the scene of the beach camp, the refugee camp where that was the deadliest scene of the two. It was a scene of chaos, eyewitnesses crying, screaming at what they had seen. We saw two bodies being brought back from the hospital. They were transported to the hospital very quickly, brought back to the families of those killed, 20, 30 minutes later, an unreal sense of loss among those people right in that community. They brought me two, what they called me the scene, o
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