began, at least 24 palestinians have been killed and more than 70 injured. what appears from the outside to be a war is just the beginning of violence some analysts warn. so far, the fighting has been only between islamic jihad and israel. hamas, who controlled gaza, it is considering joining the fight. if they do so, the rocket attacks on israel will intensify, and the chances of achieving a cease-fire will be far more difficult. translator: if air strikes and the aggression continue, hamas and the resistance groups will have to morally respond and protect the palestinian people. cease-fire efforts do appear to be stalled for now as rocket fire continues into southern israel. in the distance w can hear the buzz of israeli drones. the israeli military picking out their next targets inside the gaza strip. bret? trae young s live in gaza city thank you. fx, what democrats on the campaign trail are doing and
things de-escalate as part of this deal. it s not the first time that officials admitted agreements about cease-fire efforts in syria. in the past putin has not gone as far as americans would like to see go to actually pressure aside to abide by the terms of the cease-fires. there fall apart notably twice in aleppo. then secretary of state john kerry tried to hammer out a cease-fire and it did not work. the fact that this cease-fire agreement has been made means we make it interesting information about whether or not putin has changed his behavior perhaps based on how the new administration relates to him. does putin take more steps to try to change the way assad behaves. arthel: and one other areas or issues can trump put positive checkmarks. in terms of foreign-policy a big question is how he handles pressure from chinese president
i hope we have a fantastic relationship. that is possible. it is also possible we won t. we will see what happens. the relationship between the two begins with tomorrow s phone call. trump officials have cited counterterrorism operations as a potential area of corporation. i think if there is a way we can rick combat isis with any country and we have a shared national interest, we will take it. russia, turkey, and iran have led recent cease-fire efforts. they declined to invite the obama administration. dated invite the trump administration to syria talks this week in kazakhstan. they sent the investor to the country as an observer, however, skeptics doubt russia will compromise on its goal, the preservation of a dictator s regime. asking people to restore the legitimate leader, bashar al-assad. considering whether to lift
i hope we have a fantastic relationship. that is possible. it is also possible we won t. we will see what happens. the relationship between the two begins with tomorrow s phone call. trump officials have cited counterterrorism operations as a potential area of corporation. i think if there is a way we can rick combat isis with any country and we have a shared national interest, we will take it. russia, turkey, and iran have led recent cease-fire efforts. they declined to invite the obama administration. dated invite the trump administration to syria talks this week in kazakhstan. they sent the investor to the country as an observer, however, skeptics doubt russia will compromise on its goal, the preservation of a dictator s regime. asking people to restore the legitimate leader, bashar al-assad. considering whether to lift
avoid further penalties. russia must halt the flow of weapons and fighters across the border into ukraine and urge separatists to support a cease-fire. russia needs to pursue internationally mediated talks and agree to mea on the border. the president says he and his european partners have made their position clear to russian president vladimir putin. president obama said the u.s. continues to support cease-fire efforts between israel and hamas. israel says it will once again hold its fire against hamas but this time it is not an open ended proposition. israel agreed to a five-hour pause requested by the united nations. we go live to gaza city. reporter: that five-hour hold fire will start at 10:00 a.m. local time in order to allow the united nations to bring in