Gaza and the israeli missiles, jets, and bombs flying into it. Within the past couple of hours, Israeli Forces hit a media complex in gaza city for the second time in two days. Over six days of the conflict, all too reminiscent of the ground war in 2008. At least 97 palestinians and 3 israelis have been killed. Neither side knows when, where, or how the other will strike, and that leads to heartstopping moments like this one live on cnn last hour with our frederik pleitgen. Reporter this town is actually a very interesting one because it is directly in the line of fire, especially from the very shortrange rockets and only yesterday what happened was that there carol, we have an alarm going off right now. Im going to have to seek cover. Were going to go over here. Lets take the came ra off the tripod. You go. You go, you go go go. This always makes me so nervous. Reporter you have to get down on the ground and wait for it to pass. Just hope it doesnt hit anywhere here. Theyre telling us to go inside the shop. Well stay here. All right. Seems like something impacted in the distance. Not sure how far away. Okay. The alarm stopped. It was over there . Okay. All right. I think we can get up again. All right. Are you still there, carol . We are still there and were nervous, fred. Youre sure youre not even wearing any protection. Are you okay . Reporter well, yeah, were fine. Were fine. Yeah, so it seems as though the impact was quite a ways in the distance, i would say a couple miles in the distance. There over in the sky you probably wont be able to see it here, theres an interceptor missile. Thats the iron dome. If you just saw the flash in the sky, that was a rocket coming out of gaza that was just intercepted right now. It appears as though at this point in time there is another barrage being fired from gaza into this part of israel close to the israeli border. As i was telling you, this town here on the border is one that does take a lot of fire very frequently. So this is really something that is very commonplace for the people here. Frederik pleitgen and our crew there hitting the ground just there on the border. New israeli attacks also carried out in the past couple hours on targets in gaza. Cnns ben wedeman is monitoring events this hour in gaza city. He joins us from there. Ben, we just saw Fred Pleitgen hit the ground, and i know its just as tense there in gaza city. What can you tell us about whats happening right now . Reporter well, right now its relatively quiet. We can hear the israeli drones overhead as we hear all day long, but, of course, just a few hours ago, in fact, 2 1 2 hours ago, we heard three large explosions, and this building behind me which you cant see because the electricity is caught off, got hit three times. In that building there are several things. There were the offices of a television station affiliated with the hamas movement. But one of those missiles we saw it sort of a plume of orange fire bursting out from the front from about the second floor, and we rushed to the scene. What we saw is the ambulance personnel were bringing out the body, very charred body, of a man who appeared to be quite life looks like, in other words dead, and he, were told, may be a member of islamic jihads military media office. He may have been the target of that attack. That attack left the building on fire and it took the Palestinian Fire Department quite some time to put it out. And, in fact, while there are a lot of journalists in that building, just about 150 to 200 meters up the road another strike came in hitting an empty field. So its by no means been a quiet afternoon here in gaza. In fact, referring to freds report from just over the border in israel, we did see the outgoing missiles. We saw five streaks of white smoke coming out from an area not far from here heading, of course, toward israel. Natalie . And ben so ben, what will it take for hamas to stop launching rockets at this point. 97 palestinians dead, the death you just described, so horrific. Ban kimoon calling for an immediate ceasefire. What kind of reception can he expect . Reporter just to update you on those the fatalities, according to palestinian medical sources, the number has now reached 100 dead, more than 800 wounded. Regarding hamas position on a possible ceasefire, they have a list of demands. They want the socalled siege of gaza to be lifted. Those are the controls over the borders of gaza with egypt and with israel. They want an end to targeted assassinations, an end to Israeli Military operations within gaza. Whether these and i spoke with one official from hamas today who told me that, you know, there are contacts with egypt, they are passing messages back and forth, but at this point he says he sees no imminent ceasefire popping up anytime soon. Obviously the palestinians, hamas, and fatah as well will pay proper deference to ban kimoon and any other official who wants to discuss this situation here, but really fundamentally the problem is between gaza and israel, and all those who come and try to help, if theyre just coming to visit, express sympathy as some are doing, thats not going to change the situation on the ground. As you just said, 800 wounded. How are the civilians Overall Holding up there . Reporter well, to a certain extent theyre accustomed to this. Gaza in one form or another has been a place where theres been fighting, clashes, protests, occupation going back decades. So people are accustomed to life taking some very unexpected and violent turns, and i spent a lot of time going around gaza city and some of its suburbs today, and on the one hand obviously the situation as they call it is something everybody is talking about. But there are some stores that are open. You see people out in the streets. Certainly not compared to what you would see under normal circumstances when the roads behind me would be lit and there would be full of cars and people out and about. People are staying very close to home. Schools are closed. Almost all businesses are closed. People are hoarding as much food as possible. The price of petrol has gone up very much. Basic supplies are still out there, theyre available, but, of course, the vour is that if israel launches a ground offensive, people will be stuck in their homes possibly for days. So theyre getting ready for that should that happen. Natalie . Ben wedeman for us live there in gaza city. Ben, thanks so much. Stay with cnn for more reports from gaza city and jerusalem. Anderson cooper is live tonight on ac 360, 8 00 eastern. This is cnn breaking news. And welcome back. Throughout the morning we have watched live here on cnn hamas launched rockets into israel while israel continues its assault on hamas in gaza. With no ceasefire in sight, there are concerns israeli troops may soon enter gaza widening this conflict. Were going to talk about that with cnns chief International CorrespondentChristiane Amanpour in jerusalem joining us now. While israelis seem to be very supportive of the air strike sos far, would the israeli people support their troops moving into gaza . Reporter well, interestingly a poll done by the newspaper, pretty much a liberal moderate newspaper, says that while Something Like 84 of israelis, and i must say everyone we talk to and all the politicians do support the current air offensive on gaza, that number drops sharply if theyre talking about a ground war. That drops to about 30 . And i think, you know, thats something significant to consider. But more than that, i have spoken to Israeli Government officials who tell me today and wanted to manufactuemphasize to that israel is hoping that the diplomatic track proves successful. They always say if this doesnt, they are ready, theyve gathered their military, weve seen them station tanks and other armor outside gaza, and that they would be ready to, quote, pull the trigger. Their aim as they keep telling us, is to stop these rockets coming from gaza into israel, and a military person, a military official has told me they feel as far as israel is concerned that they have made a dent in the amount of rocket fire coming out of gaza. Ceasefire talks continue. We have not yet seen the result yet. Lets talk about the diplomatic track then. Talk to us about the prospects of egypt negotiating with hamas to at least stop the rocket attacks for now. Reporter well, look, its a very interesting situation because as weve been reporting and as weve said, this is obviously the first time theres been an Israeli Palestinian conflict in the postarab spring world. I think everybody, including the United States, was wondering what role egypt would play. Before, it could safely rely on egypt under president mubarak to really pressure hamas and the palestinians in situations like this to come up with a ceasefire and to cease and desist and also work with israel. There was a very close security relationship between israel and egypt. Now were seeing that egypt is continuing to play that role. Obviously in public israel has a much different stance than im sorry, egypt has a much different stance. Officials have come to gaza. They have publicly said theyre Standing Shoulder to shoulder with hamas and the palestinian people. Theyve called israels action acts of aggression, theyve called on it to stop, but they are also playing a very significant role and they are the key brokers now with israel, and as far as we know, theyve been sitting face to face with an israeli envoy to hammer out a ceasefire which includes hamas and all the other players in this region. So the u. S. Appears to be quite satisfied with what egypt is doing. U. S. Has said they dont want to see a ground war while constantly saying that they obviously support israels right to selfdefense. And christiane what about the palestinians on the west bank not aligned with hamas. What is the Palestinian Government saying there . Reporter well, you know, again, this whole situation is such an almighty mess that there is a very good question. The palestinians are divided. Youve got the Palestinian Authority that rules basically on the west bank not far from where i am which is separated from israel by the wall and you have hamas that rules gaza. However, in cases like this the palestinians at least in public stand shoulder to shoulder and the Palestinian Authority has said that, look, we have to stop what they call the israeli aggression. At the same time senior members of the Palestinian Authority have gone to gaza to talk to hamas. I have spoken to one of them, and he tells me that he believes hamas is serious about trying to achieve a ceasefire. Of course, both sides, israel and hamas, have their bottom lines or at least their demands, and the question right now is has both inflicted enough pain . Do they feel like they have at least shown to inflict enough pain to claim some kind of victory and to be able to get off . Is there an exit ramp they can get off now or do both want to inflict more pain . Both certainly dont want to call cry uncle or say theyre surrendering. This is the very tricky part of the negotiations to try to figure out a way that satisfies both sides and hopefully, i know most people in this region dont want to see it expand into a ground offensive. Absolutely. Christian ape amanpour. Stay with cnn throughout the day and evening as we follow the violence in the middle east. Israeli president shimon peres will join piers morgan tonight at 9 00 eastern. Is year. So why exactly should that be of any interest to you . Well, in that time thereve been some good days. And some difficult ones. But, through it all, weve persevered, supporting some of the biggest ideas in modern history. Like the transatlantic cable that connected continents. And the panama canal that made our world a smaller place. We supported the Marshall Plan that helped europe regain its strength. And pioneered the atm, so you can get cash when you want it. Its been our privilege to back ideas like these, and the leaders behind them. So why should our anniversary matter to you . Because for 200 years, weve been helping people and their ideas move from ambition to achievement. And the next great idea could be yours. Its clear from the surveillance film there was never a protest. You basically think it was put out there because they didnt want to have the direct conversation about this being a terrorist attack . You think i think until you hear a better explanation, thats the only conclusion you can reach. On september 25th at the United Nations the president said a crude and disgusting video sparked outrage throughout the muslim world. I mean, even on the 25th after it was wellknown this was an Al Qaeda Affiliated attack and not a spontaneous demonstration, there still was this ob fuss skating. What has concerned me is really the politicalization of a Public Statement that was put out by the entire Intelligence Committee which susan rice on the 16th, who was asked to go before the people and use that statement did. Lawmakers still with plenty to say about the september 11th attack on the u. S. Mission in benghazi and the obama administrations response. Well, now that the senate and house intelligence members have heard from former cia director david petraeus, albeit behind closed doors, we know this indisputable fact. The cia knew the attack was planned and launched by terrorists affiliated with al qaeda. Thats according to petraeus testimony on friday. But two months after the attack, so many questions still remain. The answers to which have a lot of implications to u. S. Security. Which is why we want to bring in congressman adam schiff who serves on the house Intelligence Committee. Congressman schiff, thank you for joining us. Its a pleasure. You were there for petraeus testimony. What did we learn from that hearing . What did you learn from that hearing . Well, we learned a few things. His testimony and the testimony of the prior day of the acting director set out a minutebyminute, hourbyhour chronology of what happened at our diplomatic post. We also learned from general petraeus that in the putting together of these talking points, there was no effort to politicize them, no effort to spin them, no interference from the white house, and you would think that that would have ended the conspiracy theories that continue to be propagated, but, unfortunately, it hasnt, and my concern is, frankly, were taking our eyes off the ball which really ought to be the hunt for those who were responsible, tracking them down, and bringing them to justice. But i think we had a pretty clear presentation about exactly what happened. We also got good information about why they got it wrong in the beginning and while theres been a lot of focus on the fact that general petraeus said it was terrorism at the time in the early aftermath of the attacks, the general and the Intelligence Community also said that there was a protest at the diplomatic post and there wasnt. So they got that wrong. And we cant ignore that, but at the same time i dont think we should attribute some kind of malice to that either. A lot has been made of the obama administrations talking points, of course, especially from u. N. Ambassador susan rice who has gotten a lot of heat since then in the days after the attack. Lets listen. Our current best assessment based on the information that we have at present is that, in fact, what this began as was a spontaneous, no the a premeditated response to of what had transpired in cairo. So how did that happen . How was that accurate at the time . If we know that this was in fact a premeditated, not spontaneous occurrence . Well, we dont know the degree it was premeditated. Thats still something thats under investigation. How much advance planning was there or was this planned within 24 hours or the same day. So thats a question we still have to the get to the bottom of, but the important point in terms of the ambassadors statement on that sunday talk program is she was using the Intelligence Communitys best estimate. At that time when she appeared on the sunday talk shows, the Intelligence Community still believed that that began as a protest, that, yes, there were terrorists and extremists involved, but that it began as a protest. So i dont see how we can fall the ambassador for using what the Intelligence Community said was their best assessment. In fact, in my view if she had deviated from that, if she had departed from what the Intelligence Community said they thought took place, then she would have been subject for criticism for ignoring what the Intelligence Community was saying. But as it was, very got it wrong. It took time for them to get it right, and, in fact, i think they really didnt get it right until we got some of the Video Evidence from the scene. Right. Do we know who removed references of terrorism from the talking points . Well, we know that during the interagency process when it was circulated among a dozen or so different agencies, that rather than disclose al qaeda links to some of the extremists who were present, they used the more generic term of extremist. General petraeus made it clear that that change was made to protect classified sources of information, not to spin it, not to politicize it and it wasnt done at the direction of the white house. That really ought to be the end of it. But it isnt. So we have to continue to go around this merry go round, but at a certain point when all the facts point in a certain direction, were going to have to accept them as they are and move on. Congressman adam schiff, we thank you. Thank you. Ambassador susan rice is seen as a possible successor to secretary of state hillary clinton. Several top republicans, including senator john mccain, have said they would block rices nomination because of her initial comments on the benghazi attacks. Well, like david petraeus, his biographer and mistress Paula Broadwell has kept a low profile since their affair was exposed, but broadwell and he