in the sky. u.s. satellite saw the heat signature of that exfloegs the sky and today we also have learn ed that the u.s. intelligence community was able to voice match, if you will, intercepts from ukrainian separatists, pro-russian separatists, claiming they shot down they thought they shot down a transport plane. now they have voice matched those recordings to known separatists. one of the most concerning pieces of evidence, one of the most direct links possibly to the russia side of the border, the u.s. also says it has intelligence evidence there is a site just across the border in russia where the separatists have been getting training in the surface-to-air missile systems. fred? wow. all right, barbara starr, thanks so much for that information. still to the come, israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu sits down with cnn s wolf blitzer and calls for the demilitarization of gaza. we ll have that discussion straight ahead. [ female announcer ] we help make secure financial t
the israeli military last night. al qassam gave accurate information on that. we have to look at these claims seriously but look for independent confirmation. it will, of course, if proved true, be a tremendous morale boost for a guerrilla army. they will also demonstrate that they re using new tactics, they re putting new skills to the test in this war in contrast to previous confrontations with israel. these cross-border commando raids are a new thing. the fact that they can capture in combat an israeli soldier will be seen by them as a major axheevment. it certainly is being seen as a major achievement by the civilians here in gaza from our vantage point when the qassam brigades report that news, civilians in apartment blocks around erupted. we could hear them inside their homes cheering and clapping.
temporarily, according to united nations officials who are also saying that 81,000 palestinians fleeing the violence have sought refuge at u.n. shelters set up in gaza city. let s return our conversation with karl penhaul and lieutenant colonel rick francona. karl, this does change the strategy with this wing of hamas taking or claiming responsibility for taking this soldier and certainly gives them the upper hand. you are in agreement with the colonel on that? yeah, i think you ve got to look at this in terms of a guerrilla fight. this is an asymmetrical war, not a fight tweep two conventional armies. had a large conventional army taken a prisoner from another conventional army in military terms, it may not mean a great deal. but hamas is fighting a guerrilla war against a much
gaza population is pleased with this capture. why? because surely they remember the experience they had when gaza militants captured gilad shall it back in 2006. they hunted for him, searched for him, failed to find him. after five years they were forced into cutting a deal with gaza militants to free more than 1,000 palestinian prisoners in exchange for a single israeli soldier. that was the first they were able to capture in 26 years. this will be seen given the military psyche a devastating blow that one of their number has been taken prisoner by hamas military wing. right now we have to see how this unfolds in terms of israel s military response.
they haven t succeeded not for lack of trying. it s because we ve developed with american help and i appreciate the help that president obama and the u.s. congress has given us to develop these iron dome fantastic system. but some of the missiles perforate and they hit our schools. in addition to the rockets, they ve got now terror tunnels that they build in palestinian homes in gaza, they penetrate under ground into israeli territory. terrorists pop up there, try to murder civil iacivilians, kidnay did with gilad sharif. you see thousands of them fleeing their homes. it s a horrendous sight what s going on right now if you look at the images. heart wrenching. what goes through your mind when you see that? i m very sad. when i see that i m very sad. we re sad for every civilian