thousands of pilgrims and tourists coming here, seeing this. i talked to one priest. i asked him, what is his christmas message to his congregation. he said one of love, equality, and justice. for the palestinians as well as for the israelis. and this has been a very deadly and bloody year. there have been scores of palestinian protesters killed in clashes between the israeli army and gazans along the border fence that separates gaza and israel. scores of rockets have also been fired by gaza militants, and if it really weren t for diplomatic efforts by the u.n., by egypt, there could have been likely a war. so tonight, they re grateful that that was averted. also, they re here celebrating peace and love and hoping that peace will prevail. you can hear the music behind me. they re here to celebrate, jim. well, ian lee, very merry christmas to you as well. i m going to take ian s lead and wish my family and friends who are watching a merry christmas, and all of you. thank you for joini
[ gun fire ] the israeli air force sending air strikes inside gaza, as gaza militants fire back. israel says at least 180 rockets and mortars were launched at them from gaza. what led up to the flare, what s the latest? what are you learning? reporter: well, this started on tuesday afternoon when israeli military targeted a hamas military post with tank fire killing two hamas militants. hamas and islamic jihad led a response and we saw that response up until today. the israeli air force targeted a multicultural center in gaza. just before that, militants in
about the victims aboard ma 17. first the latest on the conflict in the middle east. two israeli soldiers died in the ground offensive in gaza. 11 people were killed in gaza, pushing the overall death toll to 342. most of those, 70%, civilians. israel s main goal is destroying tunnels used by gaza militants, and 13 have been found so far. our guests, we start with jim, the tunnels used for smuggling and attacks and their capability to launch missiles, and what do you think can be accomplished in the ground offensive and what do you think are israel s goals before they say we have done enough? the tunnels have been effective for hamas, and they know they can t move above
least one thing that s different, the range of the firepower coming from gaza militants. yeah. what they have acquired. syrian-made m-302, long range rocket built by the syrians provided to hamas by the sorryians and the iranians. this rocket can range anywhere in israel. shoots about 100 miles. that s what we re sitting haifa and hedera. let s lay it out. previously i understand the firepower hamas had coming from gaza would get the range to about tel aviv, just past tel aviv, and what they are seeing now is the range is reaching some 93 miles into israel which israel says puts two-thirds of its population within range. you know, the increased range creates a real problem for the israelis because they have the iron dome, but the only dome can only do point defenses so they have to decide where are we gth
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