Safeway, ingredients for life. Im praying and hoping that we can make a change. Calls for an end to violence an crime in stockton tonight. Family, friends and an entire community turn out for a woman killed during a bank robbery last week. Good evening. Misty was one of three people taken hostage during the bank robbery. She was killed as a suspect used her as a shield during a shootout with police. We are joined live with more. Reporter we are back at the bank where people are still dropping off candles, letters, playing music. Even at this hour, this is a grieving city of 300,000 people and many came out to support the family of misty. Many of the more than 500 at this vigil were in a state of shock after a bank robbery, chase and shootout that ended in the death of 40yearold hostage. She was well known for her kindness. Im at a loss of words. I cant begin for how thankful i am for everyone here. Reporter her sister has questions for the surviving two hostages. What happened, what wa
Area, and how it plays in helping the wounded heal. Reporter abdul la came to the bay area in 2006 and again last year, after he lost his leg when he was six in a rocket attack on his home in the gaza strip. Now his prosthetic leg has been destroyed. In gaza, all the family is scared. He spoke with us on the phone. Our conversation occasionally interrupted by the sounds of gunshots and explosions. Bomb is very he says he was injured after a missile was fired in his neighborhood. His grandfather had to help carry the 15yearold to shelter a quarter mile away. We went from my house and we go around for and down in the thats reema helping to translate. They that two minutes just to run again, 15 of them, and now they went to that third house where they are just huddling together. They work with the palestinian childrens relief fund, which helps kids caught in the crossfire get medical treatment. We have doctors ready to go into gaza. We have medical supplies were ready to send to gaza. The
Place inside the temple. The message we heard today is the same thing we have been hearing for two weeks, that israel has a right to defend itself against terrorist and that the other side saying that israel needs to stop colonizing palestine palestine. We support our people no matter what happens. Moral support, financial support, whatever you can do to support our country, were going to show everybody. They want you to think this is being done in the name of the Jewish Community and that all jews support what israel is doing. And we are saying, as forcefully as we can, we condemn what is happening in gaza. Its against our jewish values. Its heartbreaking to us. Across town, a large crowd gathered to voice Israeli Military large crowd gathered to voice opposition against Israeli Military action in gaza. This event was olderred by antiwar activists. Protesters also voiced opposition to the u. S. Government support of israel. Well have more on this at 11 00. Thank you for that. A gaza c
As fighting in gaza escalates tonight there was a wharf words in San Francisco between protesters on both sides of the on going battle in the middle east. Good evening. Im ama dates. Tonight the crisis in the middle east is escalating. This is a live look we are going to show you now in gaza. You can see the pillar of black smoke rising into the air from some type of explosion. More than 430 palestinians and 20 israelis have died in the past two weeks. Two americans have been killed. Both were soldiers for the Israel Defense force. One was from texas, and the other, 24yearold Max Steinburg was from the san fernando valley. Hamas claims it captured an israeli soldier. Today a bloody ground battle was fought in a neighborhood where israel says militants were launching rockets. The u. N Security Council held an emergency session and expressed serious concern about the rising civilian death toll. The violence in the middle east has sparked protests here in San Francisco. Abc7 News Reporter
Israel and hamas. Nearly 90 gaza residents lost their lives and 13 Israeli Soldiers were killed. The biggest oneday loss for the israeli army in years. Two victims were israeli americans, one from the san fernando valley. United nations called an emergency meeting tonight and u. S. Secretary of state john kerry will head to egypt tomorrow to seek a cease fire. In San Francisco today demonstrators rallied against the violence in pair of protests. Lillian kim is live with the details. Reporter it got pretty tense here outside Temple Emanuel when people who oppose israeli policy showed up by the dozens. They have since left. The only proisraeli supporters are here. [chanting] but earlier both sides were shouting at each other, sfpd officers were here to make sure things did not get out of hand. This demonstration ask the counterdemonstration took place as a solidarity gathering took place inside the temple. The message we heard today is the same thing we have been hearing for two weeks, t