Kerry is expected to fly here to jerusalem at some point soon. Also right now, a belgium plane is on the way to ukraine to pick up the flight data recorders from malaysia air flight 17. The question now what, if anything, can those black boxes tell us. Hello, im wolf blitzer reporting from washington. Id like to welcome our viewers from the United States and around the world. An update now on the breaking news were following. The crisis in the middle east now affecting International Air travel. First, several u. S. Carriers started suspending flights into and out of israel. Now the faa back in washington is prohibiting those flights by all u. S. Airline because of the fighting between israel and hamas. The move comes after a rocket landed on a house close to ben gurion International Airport, just outside tel aviv. Cnns rene marsh joining us from washington. Rene, first of all, which airlines, roughly how many flights are affected . Why did the faa decide to take this extraordinary step
we re following right now. a fresh round of explosions rocked gaza today. black smoke filled the air. as israeli forces pounded more targets. hamas fired more rockets in israel. secretary of state john kerry s expected to come to jerusalem at some point. he s trying to help broker a cease-fire. he s still in cairo. earlier, the secretary said talks have been constructive thus far. u.n. secretary-general ban ki-moon had a blunt message for both sides in the conflict, stop fighting and start talking. ban held a joint appearance with the israeli prime minister netanyahu in tel aviv. the israeli leader says the goal of hamas is not peace but israel s destruction. hamas is like isis. hamas is like al qaeda. hamas is like hezbollah. hamas is like boca harn.