The same family. On the other side of the border, air sirens screamed out in several cities. Israel says it intercepted dozens of the nearly 150 rockets hamas fired including two targeted at tel aviv. The shelling is intense on both sides. Cnns Anderson Cooper witnessed it firsthand. Hes been reporting live from gaza city. And earlier, i was on the air with anderson when a massive explosion took place nearby. Watch what happened. In that blast, we know ten members of one family, also two Media Centers built [ blast ]. Whoa that was a rather large explosion. That occurred just look out here. I cant actually see where the impact of that was. It is actually set off a number of car alarms. But that was probably the largest explosion that weve heard just in the past really in the past hour. There have been a number of explosions in the past hour or two. But that one that one was pretty loud. We actually the rockets continue to be fired from gaza toward israel, about three or four hours ago,
Whos always along the parade route. Welcome to early start and happy thanksgiving. Im alina cho. Good morning, im Brooke Baldwin. Berman and zoraida both have the day off. Its 6 00 ones the east coast. Good to be with you. Well get back to the macys thanksgiving day parade in just a moment. But we want to begin with something that many people around the world are really thankful for this morning. The ceasefire is holding between israel and gaza this morning. In gaza city, where so much blood spilled over the last eight days, palestinians are celebrating in the street. You can hear the horns honking, mosques were blaring, all the last several hours, israel and hamas agreeing to halt all acts of aggression against each other. The ceasefire deal brokered largely by president obama and mohamed morsi, apparently making a real connection to stop the carnage. Well have our coverage of the ceasefire with arwa damon, whos live this morning for us in gaza. And arwa, we see the flags flying, the
On the other side of the border, air sirens screamed out in several cities. Israel says it intercepted dozens of the nearly 150 rockets hamas fired including two targeted at tel aviv. The shelling is intense on both sides. Cnns Anderson Cooper witnessed it firsthand. Hes been reporting live from gaza city. And earlier, i was on the air with anderson when a massive explosion took place nearby. Watch what happened. In that blast, we know ten members of one family, also two Media Centers built [ blast ]. Whoa that was a rather large explosion. That occurred just look out here. I cant actually see where the impact of that was. It is actually set off a number of car alarms. But that was probably the largest explosion that weve heard just in the past really in the past hour. There have been a number of explosions in the past hour or two. But that one that one was pretty loud. We actually the rockets continue to be fired from gaza toward israel, about three or four hours ago, there was a quit
Thank you for your support. Shout out to my wife and my two sons. Happy thanksgiving and go falcons. Thanks so much for joining us. A lot of people in the middle east are separating now but for different reason. The ceasefire sendi ining eh days of fighting. The truce is now nearly 24 hours old and appears to be holding. Hamas has declared a Public Holiday to mark what its leeades are calling a victory. The man being parade r for making it happen is morsi. Lets begin with you. What is happening or not happening now . Reporter its such a difference to what we were going through just 24 hours ago when the streets were completely deserted. We were seeing out going rockets and feeling many more incoming rounds. Right now the streets are bustling with activity. People out and about. We did see those celebrations beginning very shortly after the ceasefire was announced. There was another gathering at midday today. People calling this a victory on the one hand for hamas. Others really out jus
Trying to lift the siepirits of those left with nothing. Plus this. Good morning to you. Happy thanksgiving. Im carol costello. Thank you so much for spending at least part of your holiday with us. For the first time in more than a week, it has been a relatively quiet day across israel and fwa gaza. The cease fire is holding. At the border, israeli troops are packing up after spending one final night there. Israeli forces says when the cease fire started, three rockets were fired into israel. Two hit open areas and the third was intercepted by the iron dome Missile Defense system. If everything remains this relatively quiet until 2 00 eastern this afternoon, the gaza border crossings will open. Rallies opened in the streets as they celebrated what they call a victory over israel. The Prime Minister says hes dedicated the victory to that man, ahmed al jaabari, killed in that air strike. As you know, that air strike inciting the fighting. Hopeful that the cease fire will hold . Reporter