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We need to proceed before speculating about any specific circumstances. Ifill n. P. R correspondent Sean Carberry has been reporting on the shooting from kabul. He spoke with us a short while ago. Sean carberry, to the best of your knowledg could this have happened . Well, at this point, its unclear whether or not this was an infiltration by the taliban or simply an officer angered by a dispute at the time. A lot of security measurers have been put in place in the last couple of years to guard against insider attacks. Very Guardian Angels who are forces who hover around u. S. And n. A. T. O. Officials when meeting with afghans and additional measurers such as carrying loaded magazines in their weapons so, over the years, there have been measurers to prevent this kind of incident but at this point its unclear whether or not this was a taliban infiltration, whether it was a matter of dispute and something that escalated too quickly to do anything about. Ifill but this was confirmed that it was someone in an afghan uniform who attacked . Yes, he was wearing an afghan uniform. They have not confirmed whether or not he was an active army officer. The Afghan Military have not confirmed one way or the other, simply referred to him as a terrorist in an afghan uniform. But the pentagon said theres no reason to suspect the man was not a member of afghan forces. Ifill they call this kind of internal attack green on green, green on blue crime. Describe what that means and how rare it is. This year increasingly rare. The last fatal green on blue attack was in february. Green refers to afghan forces, blue refers to n. A. T. O. Or u. S. Forces, so these are cases where an Afghan Security force, whether army or police, shoots at n. A. T. O. Or u. S. Forces. Again, in 2012 there were a rash of these attacks. There were more than 60 n. A. T. O. Forces killed in more than 40 of these attacks in 2012. They steadily declined with increasing security measurers and the decreasing presence of foreign troops here. Ifill and whats caught our attention is someone so high ranking was the victim this time. Has that happened in recent memory . Certainly not. This is the highest ranking u. S. Military official killed in afghanistan and, according to sources, the highest ranking u. S. Military official killed in an active combat zone since the vietnam war. So this is very unusual, and the function of a meeting today that was between highlevel n. A. T. O. Officials and highlevel afghan officials. In fact, the afghan general in charge of the base where this took place was also shot and seriously wounded. Ifill Sean Carberry of npr, thanks so much. Woodruff the second of two americans infected with the deadly ebola virus arrived back in the United States today. Missionary Nancy Writebol had been working in liberia. She was flown to atlanta this morning and taken to Emory University hospital for treatment. Dr. Kent brantly is already being treated there. Both are receiving an experimental drug. Ifill theres word today that 730,000 ukrainians have fled into russia this year to escape the fighting in their country. The u. N. Agency for refugees reported that figure today, based on russian data. Within ukraine, another 117,000 people have been displaced, and u. N. Officials say that number is growing by about 1,200 each day. Woodruff in southwestern china, the earthquake death toll rose to at least 410, as search andrescue efforts were hampered by heavy rain. The hardest hit area is a mountainous region, 230 miles northeast of the city of kunming. Some 10,000 chinese soldiers as well as hundreds of volunteers are involved there. Theyre using sniffer dogs to search for those still buried in the rubble. The priority for us now is search and rescue and we hope to find survivors. This is the most devastated place in town and most of the victims are buried so this is the main area for us to search and rescue. Woodruff chinese Officials Say thousands of mudbrick homes were destroyed in sundays quake. Ifill and in beijing, officials announced plans to ban the use of coal by the end of the decade. The Chinese Capital is plagued by deadly levels of air pollution. Much of the dust that contributes to the smog comes from coal. The plan is to transition to electricity and natural gas for heating. Woodruff a japanese scientist embroiled in a scandal over stem cell research, committed suicide today. Police said Yoshiki Sasai hanged himself. He had coauthored papers in the journal nature that claimed to show how to reprogram mature cells into embryonic stem cells. Within months, the papers had to be retracted for containing falsified data. The incident became a major embarrassment for japans scientific community. Ifill a criminal gang in russia has pulled off the biggest Internet Data theft yet. The New York Times reports the ring has stolen 1. 2 billion username and password combinations, plus 500 million email address. The report cites information from hold security, a milwaukee firm thats uncovered several other major hacking incidents. Ifill wall street had a down day, partly on worries that russia might intervene militarily in ukraine. The Dow Jones Industrial average lost nearly 140 points to close at 16,429. The nasdaq fell 31 points to close below 4,353. And the s p 500 slipped more than 18 to finish at 1,920. Ifill still to come on the newshour is there a road to a longterm truce between israel and hamas . Lessons in africas economic and political success stories, getting a return for investing in women executives in the corporate world, the broken and violent prison system for juveniles at new york citys Rikers Island and putting a life of adversity and hardship to music, Jeffrey Brown talks to soul singer charles bradley. Woodruff and to the middle east where a 72hour ceasefire between israel and hamas is holding so far, after a month of fighting that killed hundreds of palestinians and 67 israelis. And, despite major differences, efforts to reach a longer lasting deal have resumed. The latest try at stopping the shooting began at 8 00 am local time and quickly, palestinians in gaza ventured out for food, water and supplies. They also began to survey the toll of a month of Israeli Aerial bombardment and heavy ground fighting. For many returning to beit hanoun, in northern gaza, there was little left to see. translated i am destroyed. I have heart problems and then i saw our house, we are all shocked. We dont know what to do. Woodruff just to the south, the shijaiyah area of gaza city was largely destroyed two weeks ago. Israel contended it was a hamas base of operations in a civilian neighborhood, much of which is now gone. translated what are we going to do . Should we sit in the streets . We dont have homes to sit in any more, or anything. Woodruff gazan Officials Say nearly 1,900 palestinians died during the fighting. The Palestinian Foreign minister pointed to the death and devastation today, as he visited the International Criminal court at the hague. He said there is clear evidence of israeli war crimes. Nothing is compared to the atrocities, the carnage, committed by the israel against the innocent palestinians in gaza. Woodruff the palestinians would first have to be admitted as a member state before the court, a step that israel has strongly opposed. Back in gaza, the last Israeli Ground troops finished withdrawing today. They said the mission to destroy hamasbuilt tunnels is largely completed, but theyre staying close to the border. We are safeguarding the communities from potential more threats, potential tunnels that maybe we didnt get. We are happy to report that over 31 or 32 tunnels have been destroyed, taking this threat off of the table. Woodruff in jerusalem, meanwhile, the headlines were of the ceasefire, but some israelis said it was just a palestinian ploy. translated we should have hit them hard until we finished them. The ceasefire now is only in their interest. Woodruff others took a softer line, but remained wary just the same. translated the cease fire is good for everyone. I prefer that we leave as long as hamas doesnt pull a trick on us. Woodruff just outside jerusalem, at an israeli settlement on the west bank, a guard was stabbed repeatedly by a palestinian man. It was the third such isolated attack over the last two days in the area. translated what we see here is an escalation all over jerusalem, and the west bank. The army must realize that it must send its soldiers to guard the communities until it is calm. Woodruff and on the diplomatic front, a palestinian delegation arrived in cairo as regional powers gathered to try to hammer out a lasting cease fire. The Palestinian Group included hamas which controls gaza and fatah, the party of palestinian president mahmoud abbas, which controls the west bank. translated we want serious and real negotiations that would lead to meeting the demands of the current phase and would then help bring about the end of the occupation. Woodruff there was late word that an israeli delegation arrived in cairo, too. Egyptian mediators expect to shuttle between the sides in the coming days. Joining me now to discuss the prospects for the cairo negotiations are aaron david miller, a former middle east negotiator for the state department. Hes now a Vice President and distinguished scholar at the wilson center. And hussein ibish, a senior fellow at the American Task force on palestine and a contributing writer for american and middle eastern publications. And we welcome you both back to the newshour. Hussein ibish, what are the prospects they can pull something off in cairo . If not just to extent the cease fire, to do something longer lasting . I think it depends. I think the cease fire is likely to hold because i think both parties reached the point of diminishing returns and i think for israel theres no reason to restart hostilities and i dont think hamas can i politically sustain the pushback that would come if they did. I think its going to be difficult to find a formula that will satisfy hamas and that the israelis and the egyptians can live with, but certainly if the Palestinian Authority can become a fulcrum, for example being on the other side of the crossing, if the egyptians and the israelis can live with that, thats one way forward. Woodruff sounds like hes saying, aaron david miller, yes, the form may be there in the short term. Longer term is more complex. I think it really is because expectations are much higher. Before there were no expectations. Israelis declared a unilateral cease fire and withdrew. In 2012, the egyptians brokered a cease fire. Now you have the israelis determined to avoid an inconclusive ending, demilitarization. Hamas has staked its credibility, its legitimacy on fleeing gaza economically. So the tradeoff, demilitarization for economic reconstruction in gaza will be a tough one to make let alone sustain. Woodruff hussein ibish, whats the minimum you see both sides need to create something that will last . Well, i think the israelis pretty much want to either want to deny hamas as much as possible a victory but i think they are probably willing to go along with a program to help gaza, as long as its under egyptian auspices and possibly the p. A. As well. Probably the egyptians would insist on that. So thats something i think the israelis might be able to live with particularly when it comes to reconstruction, economic improvement, humanitarian aid. Hamas needs almost anything deliverable to the people or that constitutes a political or diplomatic breakthrough for them because they really have been through this almost one month of fighting and come up with absolutely nothing. I mean, really, the way they have lost politically as well as militarily and in every possible sense is absolutely pretty spectacular. Woodruff so are you saying theres more of a reason for them to go along for Something Like what you just described . Yes, i think there is and it dovetails back with the strategies that preceded these hostilities. You have to understand the context of hamas. Hamas was really desperate over the past year. Hay had lost their headquarters in damascus and sponsors in tehran and friends president morsi in egypt and facing a crackdown from egypt who shut down their smuggling tunnels and treated them as an hostile entity, they were broke and their prop later was tanking. The gamut was to form a government with fatah and bring the p. A. Into gaza and have a bigger presence in the west bank themselves. So i think they are trying to parlay a lesser role in gaza in the strong long run for a bigger role in th the west bank. Woodruff hue do you see that . Thats a fascinating point, in which the agreement arrived on their part was to Reach Financial and economic gains and use the backdoor into the west bank where, in essence, the palestinians struggle. Fatah took place in gaza and hamas was born six days after it broke out, and i think even they understand changing the Political Center of gravity to ththe west bank. Woodruff are they operating from such a point of weakness as he was saying . We might have a slight difference of opinion. They can win even though theyve lost. The reality is, in four weeks, they killed six times the number of israelis, shut down ben gurion airport, forced the f. A. A. To suspend it, they fired significant number of rockets on the last day of cease fire, retain a fairly large arsenal of trying trajectory weapons and the tunnel infrastructure psychologically and even practically among several operations some of which succeeded woodruff those which israel was destroying. Exactly. Theres a problem because the militarmilitary which drove then here needs to deliver something to the public. Thats the problem. All the things aaron just talked about dont actually accrue to the benefit of the Palestinian People of gaza or west bank or anybody and dont bring us closer to national liberation. Hamas cant point to a single gain out of. This they didnt even get israeli soldier to exchange for prisoners. Theyve gotten absolutely nothing. Woodruff sounds lying a distinction between what hamas can claim and the Palestinian People. Certainly hamas can say were a resistance organization. Last time a major ground incursion in 2009. Several israelis died from friendly fire, and this time 63, so we did bert on all the other things, but i dont think that explains to the people of gaza why it was worthwhile to reject a cease fire a month ago and accept it today. Woodruff talk about the role of the u. S. Weve seen what appeared to be real tension wean the u. S. And israel over the last few weeks. How real is that and how does that affect what happens . Its real. I think the relationship is too good to fail but there is dysfunction at the top, no question. You have Benjamin Netanyahu and barack obama, they do not trust one another, they dont like one another, their views on a number of issues are fundamentally divided. So thats going to be a problem. I think they have no choice but to accommodate and find a way to work together. Weve seen worse periods. Bush, baker and shamir, you remember that period, a very tough one. But here they cant find a single project on which to cooperate which is meaningful to both and thats a significant problem. Woodruff how does that bode for finding a solution . Well, i dont think its going to make it any easier or harder, frankly. The u. S. Role is important, but its secondary. The egyptian role is crucial here and really egypt being the other state that has a say in what happens in gaza because of its geographical position and political importance in the world is crucial and ultimately i think the egyptians and Palestinian Authority that can craft a workable solution for gaz