consequences being we are creating an artificial truce with a cease-fire, cutting east supply, but are we cutting off demand if iran continues to supply the groups, the terrorist elements it is not just hamas or egypt watching what goes through the sinai peninsula, but, the pros being where the united states is concerned, saying to egypt we are giving you allowance so lay big brother and you watch out what goes on. trace: i remember several years back when there was a bus bombing that israel would respond strongly and today there was a bus bombing in tel aviv. are you surprised the cease-fire went out after the act of violence? hamas has not claimed responsibility but were cheering? guest: absolutely. having all of the fire exchange going on today, when this cease-fire is actually being announced, but, again, we can look beyond that and look at the
alisyn: good morning, again. we want to get to this fox news alert. we have new video in. violence intensifying in the gaza border. as tensions rage on for the eighth day. those blast you re seeing come an hour after a bomb exploded on a bus in central tel aviv right near israel s military headquarters. more than a dozen people were killed or wounded. come as secre hillary clinton tries to broker a cease fire. brian: we have live team coverage now. we have peter doocy in washington, d.c., but we start with leeland vittert in tel aviv, the scene of the bus bombing. what a way to start the day. good morning.
relentsless attacks and a bus bombing this morning i the city of tel aviv which does take it to another level. you heard jennifer griffin talking about how. ed henry is live at the white house. reporter: the president was on the phone today with the president of egypt mohamed morsi. and we are told by white house officials that basically prime minister netanyahu only agreed to this cease-fire after the conversation with president obama in which president obama directly said that the u.s. will seek additional funding for iron dome, that important missile defense system has played a critical role throughout this conflict in terms of protecting is rail. also noting the white house says the president promised to help seek money for other missile defense systems in addition to
eric: this is gaza city where celebrations are underway after a cease-fire was announced between israel and hamas. david lee miller is in israel with the latest. reporter: the cease-fire was implemented two hours ago. there were a dozen rockets and to hours, plus, cease-fire, it is relatively calm. earlier, though, the difficult day in addition to the usual rocket fire we saw something that has not happened since 2006, in was a bus bombing, someone threw a bomb on a bus and then fled some two dozen
the weaponry they have hearty breed to stop watching these rockets. unfortunately at a time like this, you have all the analysis and conversation and then you have to wait and see if all goes quiet on the southern front. local time, 2:00 p.m. in new york the one keep us posted. we will go back as the news warns. the cease-fire announcement comes on the same day that we saw a rare bus bombing in tel aviv earlier this morning. air strikes on gaza, the weeklong fighting has reportedly killed more than 140 palestinians. five israelis and wounded many more. attempts to kill have numbered from one in those figures would suggest. in the meantime, the obama administration has commended israel for agreeing to the egyptian cease-fire proposal which was announced after delivery clinton met with egyptian leaders. what happens if it doesn t hold? and what is really happening here politically?