>> WELCOME BACK WE WANT TO TURN
NOW TO THE MIDDLE EAST WHERE
INTENSE FIGHTING CONTINUES
BETWEEN ISRAELIS
AND PALESTINIANS. BOTH SIDES
EXCHANGING ROCKET ATTACKS AND
AIRSTRIKES AS ISRAEL PREPARES
FOR POSSIBLE GROUND OPERATION
IN GAZA. CORRESPONDENT KELLIE
HACKENBERG IS LIVE FOR US
NOW FROM STALLONE ISRAEL JUST
NORTH OF THE GAZA GOOD MORNING
AT LEAST FROM NEW YORK. I KNOW
YOU'RE JUST OUTSIDE OF GAZA.
THE SCENE ANYWHERE YOU ARE IN
ONE OF THE HARDEST HIT WITH
ROCKETS CAN YOU TELL US A BIT
ABOUT WHAT THAT EXPERIENCE HAS
BEEN LIKE WHAT YOU'RE SEEING
AND HEARING.
>> WELL ONLY A FEW
MINUTES AGO AND WE HAD TO ONCE
AGAIN RUSHED TO SHELTER AT THIS
THE MORNING AFTER A SLEEP, THE
SAD NIGHT FOR MOST OF THE
RESIDENTS OF A SOUTHERN THE
CITY OF US COULDN'T WHERE WE'RE
CURRENTLY AT A VERY MUCH
INCLUDED NUMEROUS BARRAGES OF
ROCKETS TO DIFFERENT CITIES AND
TOWNS, NOT JUST ALONG THE
ISRAEL-GAZA BORDER, BUT
EVEN A AGAIN NOT JUST ADJACENT
TO THE BORDER AT ITSELF.
WE ARE CURRENTLY
LOCATED IN ONE OF THE BUILDINGS
IN ASHDOD ON THAT OVERNIGHT
DIRECT HIT AS YOU CAN PROBABLY
SEE FOR YOURSELF.
THE DAMAGE IS VERY CLEAR
THANKFULLY. NO CIVILIANS
INJURED AND THIS DIRECT HIT.
BUT YOU CAN TAKE A LOOK
AT THE THAT WAS PARKING RIGHT
HERE WITH THOSE BABY
SEATS INSIDE
SCORCHED COMPLETELY SHATTERED
ONE CAN ONLY IMAGINE WHAT WOULD
HAVE HAPPENED ANY CIVILIANS ANY
WERE INDIA AREA THROUGHOUT THE
DAY OF COURSE ALL THE NEIGHBORS
WHO ARE VERY MUCH USED TO THESE
TYPES OF SCENES THAT YOU
NEED TO. TRY AND COMPREHEND AND
THIS IS UNFORTUNATELY AGAIN NOT
AN ABNORMAL.
VISUAL HERE IN SOUTHERN ISRAEL,
ESPECIALLY NOT IN RECENT DAYS
AND I WOULD AND
CAMERAMEN TOO. SHOW YOU THE
SECOND FLOOR OR RIGHT HERE
ABOVE US. THIS IS ONE
OF THE IN-HOUSE SHELTERS, MOST
OF THE HOUSES HERE DOWN SOUTH
HAVE AND ALSO ELSEWHERE IN
ISRAEL AND
TRAGICALLY ENOUGH. WHILE THIS
LAST ROUND SIRENS WENT OFF
AGAIN ONLY SHORT
MINUTES AGO THE FUNERAL OF 5
YEAR-OLD WIDOW OF A GUY WHO
WAS KILLED BY A DIRECT HITS
SUCH AS THIS ONE A FEW DAYS AGO
IN THE SOUTHERN CITY OF SEVILLE
LOT HE WAS
AT THOSE ONE OF THOSE IN-HOUSE
SHELTERS, BUT THE SHRAPNEL
MANAGED TO CROSS
THE WALL INJURING HIM ITS FIRST
IN AGAIN EVENTUALLY
UNFORTUNATELY HE DIED OF HIS
WOUNDS,
SO THIS. LATEST ROUND OF OUR
ROCKETS. RED SIRENS ALERT WAS
SOUNDED OFF. WHILE HIS FUNERAL
WAS UNDER WAY FURTHER PROOF
TO THE AND SAND REALITY HERE
DOWN SOUTH IN ISRAEL IN RECENT
DAYS IN RECENT YEARS, MANY
WOULD SAY.
>> I'M ALLIE WHAT DO WE KNOW
ABOUT
ISRAELI TROOPS MOVING INTO GAZA
ON THE WE'VE HEARD ABOUT ISRAEL
STEPPING UP ITS PRESENCE ON
THE BORDER. THERE WAS A BIT OF
COMMUNICATION WHAT CAN YOU TELL
US.
>> WELL PERHAPS A MIX
COMMUNICATION BUT
NOT NECESSARY.
>> ONE WE ARE SERIOUS
GROUND PRESENCE OUT BY THE IDF
ALONG THE ISRAEL-GAZA BORDER
BUT WE'RE NOT TALKING ABOUT
ANY. ANY PENETRATION
OF THE ISRAELI ARMY IN TO
DISTRIBUTE RATHER GROUND
OPERATIONS FROM THE ISRAELI
SIDE OF THE BORDER DOES OF
COURSE IS THE AERIAL
ACTIVITY CONTINUES. IN FULL
SWING, THIS AGAINST PEOPLE
NIGHT HERE WAS OUT FOLLOWED BY
HEAVY
AIR STRIKES ON BEHALF OF
THE IDEA THAT COME FACILITIES
OUT WEAPONS OUT FACILITIES.
ET CETERA. AS YOU ARE PROBABLY
I
A STANCE TO DISGUISE THOSE
WEAPON FACILITIES AND THEN
HEADQUARTERS IN CIVILIAN
AREAS TO MAKE IT MORE DIFFICULT
TO TARGET THEM.
SO I GUESS THE IDEA
CONFRONTATION BECOME PAIN ON
BEHALF OF THE IDF CONTINUES
THERE AS WELL
MEDIATION EFFORTS FAILING TO
GAIN MOMENTUM AT THIS POINT IN
TIME THE EGYPTIANS ARE
TRYING TO. TO KEY ROLE OF
AGAIN. URGING BOTH SIDES
TO RESTRAIN THEMSELVES AN
EXERCISE CALM SO FAR IT APPEARS
THAT NEITHER SIDE IS WILLING TO
DO SO.
>> WE'VE ALSO BEEN SEEING THIS
INCREASING VIOLENCE BETWEEN
JEWISH AND ARAB ISRAELIS THIS
WEEK IS THERE REAL CONCERN
ABOUT THE
CIVIL WAR WITHIN ISRAEL AND
WHAT'S BEING DONE TO MAKE SURE
THAT THAT DOESN'T HAPPEN.
>> WRITES ROCKETS AND NOW RIOTS
THAT HAS BEEN THEIR REALITY
HERE IN ISRAEL IN RECENT
DAYS WITH. HEAVY CLASHES,
VIOLENT CLASHES
JEWISH AND CITIZENS ACROSS
ISRAEL, ESPECIALLY IN MIXED
CITIES, THOSE WERE USUALLY.
A DEMONSTRATION OF A
COEXISTENCE SOME OF THEM AT
LEAST LIKE THE CITY OF HIGH
FALL MORE VOLATILE AREAS LIKE
THE CITY OF OUT OF A LARGE
WE'RE SEEING HEAVY HEAVY IN
THE STREETS. WITH THAT FAILING
TO GAIN CONTROL OVER THE
SITUATION A WHOLE LOT OF
CRITICISM HERE IN ISRAEL O VER
HANDLING OR
LACK THEREOF ON BEHALF THE
SECURITY FORCES AND THE
GOVERNMENT IN THIS RESPECT
PRIME MINISTER BENJAMIN
NETANYAHU LEVEILLE WING GO ONCE
AGAIN JUST LAST NIGHT.
TO POLICE FORCES ON THE
GROUND WITH WHATEVER MEANS THEY
WILL NEED IN ORDER TO ACHIEVE A
COMMON THE STREETS
ISRAEL OBVIOUSLY ONE IS
NOURISHING THE OTHER TO AN HAS
BEEN OR IS
INVESTING A LOT OF EFFORTS TO
TRY AND
TENSIONS WITH THEN ISRAELI
BORDER THEN ALSO INTO WEST BANK
UNFORTUNATELY IT APPEARS THAT
TO SUCCESSFUL UNTIL THIS POINT
IN TIME WE ARE ENTERING IDEA.
WEEKEND HERE IN ISRAEL, THE
JEWISH JOSH ABBOTT WILL ENTER
SOON HOPEFULLY IT
WILL BE QUIETER WEEKEND AT TO
ANNEX NO INDICATION OR
YOU KNOW NOTHING INDICATES
THAT THAT WILL INDEED FBI THE
ISRAELIS THAT FACING SEVERAL
DIFFERENT FRONTS NOW
EXTERIOR AND TRYING GOT TO
GAIN CONTROL OVER THE
UNFOLDING SITUATION.
>> YOU PRIME MINISTER BENJAMIN
NETANYAHU, THE ISRAELI
GOVERNMENT DEALING WITH A LOT
OF UNCERTAINTY FOR ELECTIONS IN
2 YEARS, THERE'S A NETANYAHU
STILL COULDN'T FORM A COALITION
GOVERNMENT HOW DOES THAT PLAY
INTO WHAT'S HAPPENING. NOW.
>> WELL OF THE
SECURITY SITUATION IS VOLATILE
THE STATE HAS A FAR FROM
AS WELL LAST NIGHT A VERY
DRAMATIC TURN OF IN THE
POLITICAL QUITE QUAGMIRE WE'RE
HERE IN ISRAEL AFTER
NOW FIELD TO FORM HIS
GOVERNMENT WELL HOLDING THE
MANDATE TO DO SO AND DEMANDED
WAS PASSED TO THE OTHER SIDE OF
THE POLITICAL AISLE TO CENTRIST
LEADER GET YOUR LIPPI TO
TRY TO FORMER COALITION
EXCLUDING THAT AND NOW HIS MAIN
PARTNER RIGHT WINGER ENOUGH TO
DEEB BENNETT WHO WAS SLATED TO
BECOME A PRIME MINISTER FOR IS
IN A POTENTIAL
ROTATION AGREEMENT AND NOW THAT
HE IS RE ENGAGING AND POLITICAL
CONTACTS WITH
BENJAMIN NETANYAHU DUE TO THE
EVENTS AGAIN VIS-A-VIS HAMAS
AND HERE INSIDE ISRAEL SAYING
THERE ARE NO PROSPECTS TO FORM
THIS SO-CALLED CHANGE COALITION
IS SO LOOK PETER AGAIN
CENTRIST THEATER OPPOSING THE 2
NOW STILL HOLDS THE MANDATES
FOR A FEW MORE WEEKS
IF HE FAILS TO FORM A WHAT
APPEARS TO BE THE LIKELY
SCENARIO AT THIS POINT IN TIME
PARLIAMENT WILL HAVE ONLY 21
DAYS TO TRY AND FIND
ANY CANDIDATE MITT ANELA PETER
ANYONE ELSE WITH THE ABILITY TO
FORM A COALITION OF THAT FIELD
AS WELL AND AGAIN A VERY
FEASIBLE OPTION AT THIS POINT
IN TIME DUE TO THIS LONG
ENDURING THE ISRAELI PARLIAMENT
WILL BE AUTOMATICALLY DISPERSED
NO ONE WILL BE ABLE TO HOLD
THAT PROCESS
IN ISRAEL, WE'LL HEAD TO A 5TH
CONSECUTIVE ROUND OF ELECTIONS
IN JUST A BIT OVER 2 YEARS
UNTIL THEN YOU CAN
BE VERY SURE THAT ALL THE
POLITICAL PLAYERS PERHAPS MOST
NOTABLY A PRIME MINISTER
BENJAMIN AND THEN NOW WE'LL DO
WHATEVER THEY CAN TO TRY AND
FORM A COALITION OR EVEN IF
THEY DO THAT
BE REALLY DEPENDING ON
A DEFINITELY UNANIMOUS
CONSENSUS, A COALITION
AT LEAST NO INDICA