because is america building housing in mexico at the time? it s an extrapolation. i know, it s actually very meaningful because what happened in gaza. we withdrew from every square inch of gaza and we removed the settle ams. there s not a single settlement in gaza. israel does not control a square inch. ry removed 10,000 people in 2005. since then we ve had 8,000 rockets land on israel. i wonder if that s hamas plan, though, if that s hamas plan to alienate the moderate palestinian leadership because israelis are. hamas plan is to kill jews and destroy the state of israel. that s the plan. i want to ask you about tariq kadir. when is he coming back to the united states? this is the palestinian-american boy beaten by israeli police and what s the latest on that case? have any police been arrested or detained? there say development on that case. the justice ministry that opened an invest galgz, they just
the hot car death of their toddler son. new and eye opening details about what the father was allegedly doing while his son was dying. we begin, though, with the breaking news. fresh israeli air strikes on gaza, the government approving the call-up of 1,500 troops. and as we said, a name for all of it right now, operation protective edge. the latest development in the growing cycle of kidnapping, murder, revenge, air strikes and rocket attacks. a cycle including these rocket attacks that one israeli official openly admits could soon grow even worse. the idea of the spokesman telling the new york times, if last week we were talking about calm being answered by calm, we are now talking about preparing for an escalation. there s that, the killing of three israelis, the fiery revenge killing of a young palestinian, the beating of a palestinian-american boy. and sadly, a whole lot more. cnn s ben wedeman is covering
three israelis, the fiery revenge killing of a young palestinian, the beating of a palestinian-american boy. and sadly, a whole lot more. cnn s ben wedeman is covering all of it and joining us from jerusalem. ben, i understand there s been a new round of israeli air strikes over the past few hours, what s the latest? well, just a little while ago, israel announced the name for this operation that s going. calling it operation protective edge. and immediately after that announcement was made, there were two air strikes on gaza, one down near the egyptian border and one on central gaza. our sources in gaza tell us, these are houses, probably belonging to militant leaders. and this represents something of a change of tactics. until now, israel has been striking areas where missiles were being launched from or facilities, training facilities and whatnot belonging to hamas and other militant groups. really, these are just the
what happened to the young palestinian boy in terms of his murder but also what happened to the palestinian-american boy from tampa, florida who is badly beaten while he was in israeli police custody. so much so that the u.s. state department expressed he was profoundly troubled. i had a chance to speak to the boy yesterday. this is what he told me. that day i was watching the protests until i saw some guys screaming from the left side of me. behind them there was some soldiers, and there was a fence in front of me. i tried to jump the fence and i fell. and the soldiers jumped the fence and they beat me up and then started punching me. after a little i went unconscious. then they took me to the hospital. obviously he s the second american that has been caught up in the turmoil here.
all starts right now. hello again. i m fredricka whitfield. the stories are topping the news this hour. an american teenager is free from an israeli jail. this is the same teen who says he was beaten by israeli security forces. the beating was caught on video and sparked outrage around the world. cnn s ben wedeman has the story. some of the images in this report are graphic. reporter: jerusalem was relatively quiet today but the atmosphere remains very tense. one bit of good news, a 15-year-old palestinian american boy was released from israeli police custody but that s not the end of the story. two black eyes and a swollen lip, tariq lives jerusalem s magistrate court free on bail. how do you feel now that you re out?