overwhelming arab and international support for the egyptian cease-fire proposal, hamas said no on monday. they said no again on tuesday. and they said to again on wednesday. and that left us no alternative but to escalate the situation, to put more pressure on hamas to try to stop that rocketfire into israel. but you know who s most angry at hamas for saying no to the peace to the egyptian cease-fire proposals? the people of gaza. all our intelligence and reporters on the ground are saying the same thing, that people of gaza are furious with hamas. they say hamas turned away a chance to totally deescalate the situation, to allow life to get back to normal. hamas will be held accountable for its actions. how long will israeli forces be in gaza? as long as it takes. i mean, ultimately, if you can tell me that tomorrow the civilian population of israel can live safely without fear of incoming rockets, they can leave tomorrow. mr. regev, spokesperson for the israeli prime minister
attacks from hamas. how are the latest developments being received in the middle east? where do they go from here? let s get straight over to wolf blitzer who has been reporting on the ground for us. he s also joined by the spokesman for israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu. wolf, this is the first israeli response to the talks of this cease-fi cease-fire. reporter: that s right, kate. it s been five hours since the cease-fire supposedly went into effect. the prime minister s spokesman mark regev is here with us. we know the prime minister is in tel aviv over at defense ministry, five hours. what s the latest information, first all, you re getting because rockets still seem to be coming into israel from gaza. the prime minister took a decision to accept the egyptian cease-fire proposals. our goal ultimately is defensive. we want to protect the people of israel from those incoming rocket attacks from gaza. now, if it s possible to do that diplomatically, we ll support
protect our people through military means. what does this mean, these leafletting calling people in northern gaza saying evacuate, evacuate. what does that suggest? unfortunately from that will northern part of the gaza strip, we ve had a lot of the deadly rocket stakes. those missiles hamas is shooting at us come from that will specific area. before we attack we want to see if we keep the civilian population out of the area. are you peeking about, is the cabinet considering limited ground incursions into northern gaza? is that what we re expecting? i captain go in to strategic plans that the cabinet is discussing. i can say the following. i wish we weren t here. i wish we had that cease fire that unfortunately hamas rejected. and i think the people of gaza are also angry at hamas for rejecting the cease-fire proposals of the egyptians. i saw tonight a report al aqsa
netanyahu meeting with secretary of state hillary clinton. no announcement regarding a cease-fire. they both addressed the fact that whatever is produced has to be a lasting and just peace. meanwhile, hamas spokesman says israel has not responded to the latest cease-fire proposals and the earliest there could be any type of truce is tomorrow. meanwhile, we have seen today more rockets launched from gaza by militants. at least 130 of them one of the rockets landing not far from the city of jaw jerusalem. it landed in a palestinian village. also another rocket hit a building on the outskirts of tel aviv. this was the farthest rocket hit yet since this conflict got underway. it traveled some 45 miles and there were some light injuries in the tel aviv area. throughout the south, a steady garage throughout the day of
now. turkish officials also said they are considering setting up a security zone along the border with syria. and may soon withdrawal their ambassador to damascus. of course, the united nations reports the syrian government has killed well over 8,000 people in the past year. the former u.n. secretary general kofi annan today said the world must respond but carefully to avoid making things worse. the fox report s chief correspondent jonathan hunt is with us. doesn t seem like likely that they re likely to get any dramatic results out of. this coffee if i annan told members of the security council today he has laid out cease-fire proposals to president assad and that he has also laid out proposals to allow humanitarian aid to get into those civilians who are suffering and have suffered so much over the past 12 months. mr. annan also apparently told the security counsel that the diplomatic path is the only safe path to pursue in this crisis. listen.