Gaza city plunged into darkness after its only power plan was taken out after an air strike. It may be another year before it can rebuilt. Reporter were about halfway through that fourhour humanitarian window as announced by the israelis. Hamas says they wont abide by this ceasefire. They say its all just done for the media and in fact in the last hour or so we have seen hamas rockets fired from here toward israel and air raid sirens have been heard over an israeli city just to the north of gaza. Until the israelis decided to put a pause on their military operations, this had been yet another deadly day in gaza. 76 palestinians had been killed on this day along accordingly to Health Official here. Gazas infrastructure is being hit hard. Three weeks on and gaza has taken a pounding. Crossing the border from israel and the destruction is everywhere. The buildings Still Standing seem deserted. The area around here are completely abandoned. The vehicles on the road is ambulances in case th
Mourning. They havent had one since 1962 in respect of the passing of a queen, so it just goes to show how much this means to people. The country has its arms wide open. Behind us, these are all rows of flowers. This country, of course, is known for its tulips and flowers and these are gestures of love and support, notes to the victims, notes to the people who love the victims. These are travelers. They are on their way different places. They have stopped here to observe it, and a lot of these people actually arent in transit. They have just come from their homes and in an expression of love and to give respect to those who lost their lives. A very different picture here than what weve been experiencing in Eastern Ukraine. Good morning to you, kate, john. Good morning, chris. Thanks so much. Well get back to you in just a second. Were also following the latest from the middle east. Wolf blitzer is in jerusalem as you see right there with updates on the ceasefire talks and the latest on
Were following the breaking news, deadly new fighting after the sudden collapse of what was supposed to be a 72hour humanitarian ceasefire between israel and hamas. The u. S. Blames the Palestinian Militants for what firms are calling outrageous violations of the truce. Were following the capture of an israeli soldier. Ha darl golden was abducted after a suicide bombing that killed two other soldiers. However, hamas denies its holding lieutenant goldin. Were covering all angles with our correspondents, our guests and global resources. Our chief National Security correspondent jim sciutto begins our coverage. What is the latest. The secretary of state john kerry spent the day on the telephone trying to revive this ceasefire deal. The egyptians who were to host talks this weekend in cairo saying that invitations are still open but on the ground with an israeli soldier taken captive in the opening moments of the ceasefire, the prospect for talks are very dim. The fleeting calm over gaza l
Never even agreed to it. One of the big reasons, this comes a day after another deadly air strike near a u. N. Shelter that drew some of the strongest criticism yet from the United Nations and the United States. Anderson cooper is joining us from jerusalem on the ground there this morning with the latest. What is it looking like just a few short hours into this ceasefire, anderson . About three hours into this ceasefire israel has said theres been at least 23 rockets fired into israel from gaza since midnight east coast time. But i want to get you the latest details on the ceasefire. Despite the early trouble we told you about, were about three hours in with four hours to go. Israel agreed to hold its fire despite refusals by hamas. Israel say it is truce does not apply to soldiers working to destroy terror tunnels including tunnels into israel. The Israel Defense forces say it will respond if fired upon. A Senior Palestinian jihad operative was killed. We believe donian monsieur was t
One hour is supposedly left in the ceasefire with hamas. Does that squash any remaining crumb of hope of extending this truce . And the varied lead, the daughter of an american tourist was actually trying to lose her suitcase because, police say, she had her moms body stuffed inside. Good afternoon, everyone. Welcome to the lead. Im jake tapper. Well begin with the world lead. 129 more of what the u. S. Military calls advisers have arrived in iraq to assess options for rescuing tens of thousands of yazidis and other refugees who have been trapped for days on end on top of mount sinjar by isis jihadists below. Isis say they killed a large number of yazidi men when they stormed the city below and theyre holding 100 yazidi women and children captive in mosul. Military advisers may be how the white house refers to it, the personnel they ordered into iraq, though arc suredly these advisers are not armed with mere memo pads. I suppose you can call them advisers. You can call them camouflaged