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Hamas militants fire dozens of rockets at Israel
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Leland Vittert reports from Israel
- Duration 2:43
- Date Nov 15, 2012
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The state of emergency as we get word on deadly fighting.
Between Hamas militants in Gaza and Israel.
Dozens of rockets being fired from Gaza today bombarding southern Israeli towns.
I -- go to Israel is just one city that has been hit by these attacks that is where -- -- joins us a lot of.
-- so far the iron dome missile defense system behind me has intercepted eighty rockets.
Coming out load of guys in the I dome is the only thing protecting about a million Israeli citizens who live in the line of fire.
You got more missiles I mean you can see everybody running this is right now parents and displacement and game -- here.
Now he -- those awful seconds everyone in this part of the world knows what it's like Dwyane as the missiles coming in.
You know it's here the question is.
Where will it hit.
Panera was the explosion very nearby what you don't know is that I don't explode he intercepts in this old war.
Whether that was another -- somewhere around this very densely populated residential area in there you go that's the iron dome.
You've got an explosion up in the air we're gonna walk around to the other side.
Where you saw this damage when you talk about.
What these missiles in do you.
Actually this is the other side apartment building we were on.
You're looking at the Gaza Strip where the missile flew out of -- -- in to this apartment building is said to just how random.
The kid only needs here and also how -- salute the destruction news this is where one of the people who died in the apartments.
We're standing -- -- you look through here.
You see.
Just how much is blown away.
And as a and now the death toll is three people on the Israeli side -- number injured mainly that apartment building we were rat inside the Gaza Strip.
If there had been a number of militants kill -- that is operational began -- target killings.
And then -- a couple of civilians -- -- deaths hold there in Gaza to about fifteen people Hamas has said.
Israel quote opened -- gates of -- The Israeli defense forces say they are prepared to escalate -- so far we've seen tanks now heading towards the Gaza border so the question going forward -- is -- cooler heads -- -- funerals for those militants were today does.
Hamas -- is dead and move on.
Or -- we head towards war -- back.
Incredible and Leland has such an insightful look at what it's like to be there on the ground and that live in those buildings where all this is going on.
Leland thank you very much.