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Is pretty obvious to most, that is that he s willing to fight, but he doesn t want his forces in there on the ground. yes. for the very simple reason that that increases the risk hugely of taking israeli casualties. take look at a flyover map of gaza city. you can see how narrow many of the streets are, how densely populated it is. those streets are the ones down which israeli tanks would have to roll. then you re likely to see the hamas fighters doing what they did on other occasions when israel sent in ground force, such as back in 2006. they build these large sand berms to slow the tanks down. they man them, fighters with rocket propelled grenade launchers. they can fire on the tanks. there is also obviously the risk of israeli soldiers being kidnapped in any sort of ground incursion. the israeli prime minister do not want to have to take that risk and the israeli people, according to all the polls, while they support this campaign ....
If you roll the tanks through those streets, they are in much, much greater peril. we saw it in 2006. the palestinians were building these sand berms. they man them with rpg s and they can take clean shots at the tanks that are armored. but they slow down the progress of the tank. that makes it easier to take some israeli casualty and it makes it far more likely that some israeli soldiers could face the threat of kidnapping. so it is not something pram minister netanyahu can do if he wants to avoid it. thanks, let s bring back ed henry. can you imagine they would send the secretary of state there? history tells us they wouldn t. i think you are absolutely right, shep. they don t want to send secretary clinton at the last minute into a mission that looks like it will unraffle or fail. they are obviously hoping that we are on the verge of a ....
The south in the state of new jersey. dunes and sand berms were no match for the 15-foot waves. new york s rivers surging over seawalls and into the streets of lower manhattan, flooding tunnels and forcing bridges to close in the storm. it was just too much for one apartment building in manhattan. its entire facade collapsed. already the storm damage is being estimated at up to $20 billion. all right. let s get outside right now. the streets here in new york mostly vacant. here s a look, in fact, at iconic times square. but city officials have been responding to a major emergency at a nearby hospital as well as trying to assess the severe flooding. abc s scott goldberg is watching it all. he s on the phone here in manhattan. good morning, scott. rob and paula, good morning to you. first, the emergency situation overnight. the nyu medical center here in manhattan, one of the nation s largest hospitals evacuated after the backup generator failed. more than 200 patients, includi ....
More than a dozen deaths are being blamed on sandy right now, and that number is likely to rise. some 5 million people are without power so far from all along the eastern seaboard into the midwest. today also stock markets will be closed again for a second straight day, a continuation of their first unplanned shutdown since the 9/11 attacks. and at this hour, there is breaking news from queens, new york, where as many as 50 homes have been destroyed by fire. the heavy winds are making it extremely difficult to battle the flames. nearly 200 firefighters were called to the scene trying to rescue people. no word yet on what set off those fires. you have to wonder maybe if downed power lines played a role. we ll see. also the outer boroughs of new york city have been hard hit as well with most areas of coney island and staten island described as being under water following sandy s record storm surge as it came ashore just to the south in the state of new jersey. dunes and sand berm ....
Dunes and sand berms were no match for the 15-foot waves. new york s rivers surging over seawalls and into the streets of lower manhattan, flooding tunnels and forcing bridges to close in the storm. it was too much for one apartment building in manhattan. its entire facade collapsed. already the storm is being estimated at up to $20 billion. all right. let s get outside right now. the streets here in new york mostly vacant. here s a look, in fact, at iconic times square. but city officials have been responding to a major emergency at a nearby hospital as well as trying to assess the flooding. abc s scott goldberg is watching it, and he s on the phone here in manhattan. good morning to you. first, the emergency situation overnight. the nyu medical center here in manhattan, one of the nation s largest hospitals evacuated after the backup generator failed. more than 200 patients, including 20 babies at the ....