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Went into effect in the middle east, there are reports its already over. A Palestinian Leader says israel opened fire on the gaza strip olated. Annemarie, again, we do have early reports it is possible within the first hour the ceasefire is over. All right. Susan mcginnny is in in washington. Thank you very much, susan. Barry petersen is in gaza. Reporter there was a lot of fight overnight, both sides trying to get in their last licks. The ceasefire took effect 8 00 a. M. Local time. Now people are taking advantage. Theyre going into the streets. They want to shop. They badly need supply. That sounds good but the fact is supplies are dwindling. Food like lamb, beef, eggs, vegetables, these all came from farms to the north and to the east of gaza in the gaza strip and these are all areas where the israelis have been operating. Farm animals who couldnt get water and werent tended have died. Vegetables have rotted. Prices are goi ....
Already over. A Palestinian Leader says israel opened fire on the gaza strip killing four people. Susan mcginnis is in washington. Susan, good morning. Annemarie, good morning. We do have early reports within just about an hour of the ceasefire going into effect, it may be ore. We do have that gaza official saying four palestinians were killed after the ceasefire took affect by israeli tank fire. We also have a cbs producer on the border who says there is border. Shes told by the idf, Israeli Defense forces, coming from gaza. So this is going to be very disappointing news if it all turns out to be true for people who had so much hope laid on this ceasefire. Heres the gist of the deal that was put forth through the United States by secretary of state john kerry and also through the united nations. Both sides agreed to ....
Candidates. He traveled to afghanistan last month to broker this election dispute. Both sides claiming fraud. He got both of those candidates to agree to a ballot recount and audit, but theyre still feuding and you have the nato summit coming up september 4th. They really want what the president has called the chief executive officer or president inaugurated before then so they can talk about the troop draw down. After what happened on tuesday the Training Facility the ki killing of general Harold Greene, wounding of other soldiers, underscores how fragile the situation in afghanistan is as the u. S. Forces begin to withdraw. Lets check in with athena jones. I guess these are strong arm tactics by john kerry in a sense. Will they work . Thats certainly the big question as elise points out the point of making sure they figure out who the next president is going to be so that ....
Conflict and president obamas take on it. Just a short time ago, president obama wrapped up a press conference. We intend to support the process that is taking place in egypt. I think the shortterm goal has to be to make sure that rocket launches do not resume. That the work that the Israeli Government did in closing off these tunnels has been completed, and that we are now in the process of helping to rebuild a gaza that has been really badly damaged. As a consequence of this conflict. He had more to say about the longterm about hamas and who he trusts in the palestinian side. Joining us now senior White House Correspondent jim acosta. So what did the president say on the gaza situation . What is the latest . Anderson, this is some of the toughest statements to date from the president on the situation in gaza. He really took aim at hamas saying he had no sympa ....
Cnn that they are hoping for a longer Term Agreement beyond just a ceasefire, and that seems to be where the impasse is. Over the past 24 hours, increasingly there are signs that the israelis want to extend the ceasefire beyond friday. However, at least some members of the palestinian delegation is not on board, notably hamas. Of course, they have been doing the fighting in gaza. They have the most at stake. Their position is they didnt stop fighting. They didnt come to cairo to extend the ceasefire. They want to address some of their core demands which, of course, include the lifting of the blockades, the opening of the border. Will they reach some sort of agreement which hamas wants, or will they extend ceasefire . A lot at stake here in the coming hours in kay row. Well see where things go, chris. Reza, thank you very much. Kate . Thanks so much. Meantime, president obama defended israel yesterday slamming hamas militants for t ....