strikes into gaza against what it calls hom mass targets. th they report two if a talts. let s go live to beirut and bring in cnn s ben wedeman. we understand there have been violent protests near the u.s. embassy. reporter: yes, dave. that was yesterday at about a mile down the hill, north of beirut. there were moments when some protests did throw rocks plastic water bottles and sticks in the direction of lebanese security who were guarding the road leading to the u.s. embassy. the they responded with tear gas and birdshot. but by and large in fact for most of the four or so hours of the demonstration, it was peaceful and the organizers did try to impose discipline on some