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cnn s cedrick prankins was where air raid sirens went off. one sounded when i was on the air with cnn international anchor colleen mcedwards. here s what happened. reporter: the crews working on the ground and that seems to indeed be part of all of the rocket that has handed here. people here spend most of their days indoors there is another attack. there s another rocket alert going on right now. we ve got to get out of here. okay, go, fred. there you see it, a strike in ashca lan, just a short time ago, we re seeing pictures there, we ve got the pictures you up as fred and our camera crew get out of the way. the sirens sounding again in ashcalan, a sign that another strike is coming. can we listen here? reporter: now we have the impact. colleen, we can stay on. we re with you. reporter: you still there? yes, we re with you. go ahead. reporter: okay. colleen, basically what just happened is the air sirens went off, and we then ran to a sort of a shelt ....
clinton in jerusalem tonight. she arrived late and went straight to a meeting with prime minister benjamin netanyahu. america s commitment to israel s security is rock-solid, and unwavering. that is why we believe it is essential to deescalate the situation in gaza. deescalate the situation in gaza. what does deescalate mean? there was a spade of rockets just a moment ago, but yet that s the key word being used by the administration. during a brief press conference with prime minister netanyahu, there was no mention of a cease-fire. netanyahu said israel is prepared to take whatever action is necessary to defend itself. and egypt, which is brokering a deal between the two sides, cancelled a press conference where officials were expected to announce a deal with terms for a cease-fire. tomorrow, secretary clinton meets with the palestinian president, mahmoud abbas and then will fly to egypt to speak with president mohamed morsi. that is going to be a very interesting ....
we want to begin with our big story here. coming up, hope for a cease-fire in gaza as the attacks keep coming, the blood keeps spilling. here s what we know this morning. secretary of state hillary clinton has just wrapped up this meeting in the west bank in ramallah with mahmoud abbas. she will reportedly meet again today with israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu before jetting to cairo for talks with the president of egypt, mohammad morsi. the urgency underscored by the carnage in benghazi. rockets are lobbying back and forth. israeli air attacks killing 27 more palestinians bringing the death toll to 137 just in the last week. now a spokesman for hamas sounded cautiously optimistic that a cease-fire could be at hand telling cnn we are close, we are on the edge. cnn has reporters blanketing the region to bring you the most comprehensive coverage of this crisis in gaza. fred pleitgen is in ashkelon, ben wedemans in gaza city. ben wedeman, good morning, set the s ....
gaza. the question is will all of this hold and will these people once again take cover in their homes and will the fear return? for u.s. secretary of state hillary clinton and mohamed moresy, the agreement calls for a discussion for the freedom of movement. commitment by israel not to target militants in gaza. to halt rocket fire into israel. nothing is a done deal. in the next hour we will hear from the spokeswoman for the israeli defense forces and we begin with a look at what has transpired over the last 24 hours. and it is remarkable that there is a cease fire when you consider how this wednesday started off. at midday no sign of atruce yet. at least two dozen people wounded. hamas praised the attack near the headquarters of the defense forces. farther south, a home was hit by a rocket. room after room left in ruins. more than 60 rockets were fired from gaza today. the others were intercepted. across the border in fagaza several large explosioned. the skyline of th ....
the fear return? for u.s. secretary of state hillary clinton, and morsi, the agreement calls for discussion on a number of issues, including freedom of movement for palestinians, in and out of gaza. and the agreement not to target the area in gaza, and to halt rocket fire into israel. again, a discussion, nothing is a done deal. over the next hour we ll look at the negotiations still happening now. we ll also hear from the spokesperson for the israeli defense forces, and the leader of hamas, plus, the reporters on the ground, and we ll look at what transpired over the last 24 hours. it is remarkable there was a cease-fire this hour, when you consider how this wednesday started off. take a look. at mid-day, no sign of a truce yet when a city bus is bombed in tel aviv. at least two dozen were wounded. israeli police say hamas left the bombs on the bus. only one exploded. hamas praised the attack, but the group didn t claim responsibility. farther south, an israeli home wa ....