work sites with paid actors pointing at things. could this fake political ad make real change when it comes to campaign finance reform? let s talk. live in the cnn newsroom. good morning. i m carol costello. thank you so much for joining me. israel and hamas appear on the brink of war this morning, as another attempt at a cease-fire lasts only two hours. during the latest cease-fire the israeli military says three mortars and a rocket were fired from gaza. no one was hurt. it was a different story before that temporary truce. agony in gaza city over the deaths of four children, none of them older than 11. they were killed by an israeli gunship while playing on a beach wednesday. hamas is calling this a war crime. last hour i spoke with a spokesman for the israeli government about the investigation now under way. the preliminary results are
despite another attempt at a cease-fire, one that lasted just a few hours. these are the latest pictures out of the region. the israeli military says three mortars were fired from gaza only two hours into that cease-fire. no one was hurt. israel also says it stopped an a attempt by 13 hamas militants to infiltrate underground. they were using a tunnel. the israeli military used an air strike to destroy the tunnel. hours before the chief began agony in gaza city over the deaths of four children killed while playing on the death. the kids, all cousins, were on that beach when an israeli gunship opened fire near them. senior international correspondent ben wedeman joins us with more on the story. good morning, ben. reporter: yes, good morning, carol. that incident happened 4:00 p.m. yesterday afternoon local time. what we ve seen since then was a
tunnel entrance. we must be clear that people of gaza are not our enemy. our problem is with the terrorists, with the hamas and others, who shoot these rockets into israel trying to kill our people. reporter: in gaza more than 200 people have been killed in the last week and a half. 70% of them civilians, according to the united nations. around 40 of the dead are children. on wednesday medics raced along a gaza beach where four boys were killed by shelling from an israeli gunship near a refugee camp in northern gaza. the boys, ranging in age from 9 to 11, were rushed to a hospital in gaza city, but it was too late. their parents collapsing in grief. 1 22-year-old mohammed s mother cries out in agony and his blind father equally devastated. later that day hundreds turned out for their funeral carrying their bodies to the sands of
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after four children are killed, and diplomatic efforts to end the bloodshed hit a roadblock. here are the latest develoments on this middle east crisis. sirens wail as a rocket from gaza is fired into israel. our cnn crew captured these images of the country s iron dome missile defense system intercepted the rocket. israel says more than 1,260 rockets have been launched from gaza since this conflict erupted a week or so ago. in gaza, meanwhile, palestinian pe paramedics say four children were killed from a round by an israeli gunship. saying the number of people killed is now over 200, most of the them civilians. one israeli has died. palestinian authority president mahmoud abbas travelled to egypt today, searching for a way to end the violence. but hamas officials are refusing to participate in cease-fire talks. the senior leader says hamas is not going to cairo and won t