bus or placing a bomb on to the bus. they are continuing inside the gaza strip overnight. israeli airport inside the gaza strip killing a number of people there the militants and damage signed the gaza strip. over a week now there are about 130 palestinians dead. on the israeli side the rockettes continue to fly. they are undeterred right now as they flew into a town near tel aviv last night. major explosion there. yesterday we had 20 leland vitter we just lost him there. he is on the way to the scene of that bus bombing or explosion. a cease fire or some sort of
nobody was killed but 24 people were injured. traumatizing event for israel, and for them not to respond is si message that elevates hamas. i was struck when i heard that amadahn was the spokesman for hamas on the air. i saw him on cnn moments ago and i remember him when he lived in tehran in 1984. i interviewed him there after the first bus bombing in tel aviv. so here we are 18 years later and he speaking for hamas and hamas no longer an underground terror movement but the representative of the palestinian people. shannon: and quickly, jennifer, hamas leaders say part of the deal includes opening of all of gaza s borders but do we know if it does? according to a diplomatic sources that i have spoken to, the maritime blockade that israel has in effect will remain. so it s not clear how the borders really be open. it s not clear there will be any loosening of the
story. secretary of state hillary clinton traveling to egypt this morning to push for a truce between israel and gaza s hamas rulers after negotiations broke up. is there anyway to salvage this and avoidn all out ground war. is that even a good idea? maybe not. here is dan gillerman former israeli ambassador to the united nations and a fox news krerbt. you re in the maybe not. in fact you re in the not category. you don t think a cease-fire really makes sense from the israel point of view, why? well, gregg, today is a very special day for me, because the bus bombing that happened in tel-aviv was literally 200 yards from my home -rblgs and i , and i m going back to israel tonight, to a very uncertain and ominous situation. anybody in that situation would say, let s put a stop to it, i mean let s have some peace and
people were injureed. it is not clear what group was responsible, hamas has not claimed responsibility and the leaders of the group regissed after hearing about the bus bombing. also, today, in gaza, there remain more israel airstrikes leading up to the cease-fire and 120 targets were hit and 23 palestinians were killed today, including two children, and in total now, this conflict has claimed 157 palestinian lives and five israeli lives. as i said at the outset at this hour, it looks like this ceasefire for now is taking hold. among the terms, the palestinians grow to stop firing rocket which israel says is not beginning to continue the targeted assassination of militants and after 24 hours if there is quiet, israel has agreed to loosen up restrictions on the blockade of gaza. association people in this neighborhood are holding their breath at this hour, calm of a
monica crowley is a radio talk show host in the middle east and kiersten powers is a columnist. both are fox news contributors. i want to start with you, monica, because you know a lot about the middle east. usually you don t send the secretary of state over until you are pretty close to a deal. now it appears a deal has been reached. it was reported earlier that it was unusual for the israelis to agree to a cease-fire on the day of a bus bombing. when the attack had been ramped up to that level. nonetheless, they have done it. he spoke with him directly to encourage him to take the deal and he has. but what you think is going on? time will tell as to the durability of this cease-fire. time always does tell in the middle east and a breakdown sooner rather than later. we shall see. but you are right. jennifer is right to say that the israelis, i am sure, were under a lot of pressure to agree