Why and five in israel, egypt helped negotiate a temporary truce which took effect at 9 00 at night in tel aviv. It was met with gunfire in the streets of gaza city. It is fragile. Israeli Defense Forces say there are five rockets launched from gaza since the ceasefire went into effect. And Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahus statement was cautious. He said he was willing to give the egyptian ceasefire a chance before there is a need to use greater force. Not exactly a ringing endorsement. Heres the key thing, while the United States got involved with a visit from Hillary Clinton this deal was not brokered by the usa. This is a critical moment for the region. Egypts new government is assuming the responsibility and leadership that has long made this country a corner stone of regional stability and peace. Seemingly unexpected leader was egypts mohamed morsi, a man weve seen at rallies where egyptians chanted we are hamas. Its an impressive feat and the first time that israel has ever neg
Deadline. This is the scene right now in gaza city. Its remarkable. For the first time in days people are out in the streets. They are celebrating. Traffic is bumpertobumper. Everyone, everyone appears to be in celebration. People waving flags and firing guns in the air. While our crews saw outgoing rockets and heard explosions in the hours leading up to the ceasefire deadline, theyve seen little or no military activity since then only the celebrating. [ gunfire ] secretary of state Hillary Clinton and egypts foreign minister announced the deal in cairo after the secretary spent the day in intense facetoface talks with the leaders of israel, the Palestinian Authority and egypt. This is a critical moment for the region. Egypts new government is assuming the responsibility and leadership it has long made this country a cornerstone of regional stability and peace. Were still learning details of the agreement between the israelis and hamas. Egypt and the United States apparently have assum
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
Connection to stop the carnage. I want to begin our coverage here of the very fragile truce with arwa damon live with us this morning in gaza city. Arwa, i think i hear horns honking. Is the celebration there continuing where you are . Reporter it is. Although the crowds have tapered off a little bit. But it is pretty incredible when you look at the street down below us and compare it to what the situation was like 24 hours ago, when you would hardly see a Single Person outside and most of the shops were shut. You can see very close to where people were gathering, celebrating what theyre calling a victory. Just one of the many locations that were bombed during this most recent conflict. That was, in fact, a residential home. The israelis, when they struck it later on, saying that they believe that it was being used by a senior hamas commander as an intelligence operations center. But people, ever since the ceasefire was announced, were taking to the streets. Many of them saying that th
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