jeff: good evening, everyone, i m jeff glor, calls for a cease-fire continue though tonight both sides appear to be heading in the opposite direction. israeli tanks are massing at the gaza border. israel briefly did deploy ground troops inside the gaza strip this morning, a precursor to a possible ground invasion. in gaza city thousands of palestinians continue fleeing their homes. many taking shelter in united nations buildings. so far 167 have died in this latest conflict. more than a thousand have been hurt. we begin with holly williams in gaza. reporter: in a night of heavy fighting, israeli air strikes pummeled the gaza strip. four israeli commandos were wounded in a gun battle with palestinian militants. the first land incursion since this escalation began. and in this house 18 people were killed. the single deadliest air strike during israel s offensive. by early this morning many american citizens decided to evacuate. while hundreds of other families with no means
jeff: good evening, everyone, i m jeff glor, calls for a cease-fire continue though tonight both sides appear to be heading in the opposite direction. israeli tanks are massing at the gaza border. israel briefly did deploy ground troops inside the gaza strip this morning, a precursor to a possible ground invasion. in gaza city thousands of palestinians continue fleeing their homes. many taking shelter in united nations buildings. so far 167 have died in this latest conflict. more than a thousand have been hurt. we begin with holly williams in gaza. reporter: in a night of heavy fighting, israeli air strikes pummeled the gaza strip. four israeli commandos were wounded in a gun battle with palestinian militants. the first land incursion since this escalation began. and in this house 18 people were killed. the single deadliest air strike during israel s offensive. by early this morning many american citizens decided to evacuate. while hundreds of other families with no means
this is our western addition of the broadcast. calls for a cease-fire continue though tonight both sides appear to be heading in the opposite direction. israeli tanks are massing at the gaza border. israel briefly did deploy ground troops inside the gaza strip this morning, a precursor to a possible ground invasion. in gaza city thousands of palestinians continue fleeing their homes. many taking shelter in united nations buildings. so far 167 have died in this latest conflict. more than a thousand have been hurt. we begin with holly williams in gaza. reporter: in a night of heavy fighting, israeli air strikes pummeled the gaza strip. four israeli commandos were wounded in a gun battle with palestinian militants. the first land incursion since this escalation began. and in this house 18 people were killed. the single deadliest air strike during israel s offensive. by early this morning many american citizens decided to evacuate. while hundreds of other families with no means
violent bitter clashes between israel and gaza are getting more intense today and hundreds of gaza residents are trying to get out. the consulate in jerusalem helped 150 leave gaza and get into jordan today. that s after they dropped leaflets into gaza warning them to move away from air strikes. israeli says its forces have already hit what it calls more than a thousand terror targets, yet rockets from gaza keep coming. more than 800 have been intercepted and today israel intercepted two more over tel aviv. the gaza health ministry says at least 68 people have died in gaza and most are civilians. israeli prime minister netanyahu said today hamas is to blame. reporter: who is hiding in hamas. hamas. who is putting people in the hospital, hamas. who is putting control centers in civilian residents and kin kindergartens. hamas. they re using humans as a human shield. benjamin netanyahu spoke with secretary john kerry. kerrie said israel has the right to defend itself. wolf b