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Israel expands air assaults on Gaza targets

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    Leland Vittert reports from Israeli-Gaza border

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-- -- Joining us we have breaking news as we have throughout the show this morning get used to it because a -- happening in the middle is Israel's fierce air assault in the Gaza Strip is intensifying at this hour.

Israel is hitting more than 800 targets after coming under attack itself.

Palestinian militants firing hundreds of rockets into Israel including the holy city of Jerusalem.

We -- embittered live with the Israeli Gaza border where it appears Israel is ready for a ground -- -- -- good morning to you Governor Huckabee.

Feels that it's not a matter of if there's a ground war more of win is that what you're seeing that.

That's certainly the way it looks on a -- some diplomacy that may prevent that but right now the air war is continuing owners were hearing to air raid sirens.

From the villages that are around our position in the Gaza Strip there we've seen number of rockets.

Fly out three at last count -- and fly over our heads we're -- with a battlefield would be.

For -- ground offensive -- as we drove around earlier we saw those Israeli forces poised to go win.

Israel's ground forces are just waiting for the go order those -- the then you -- the tanks and armored personnel carriers they'll follow in just on the other side of this berm.

Is -- Gaza Strip in this protected area they're using it time to zero in their cannons with this target so when the tanks firing to Gaza they can hit it.

With pinpoint accuracy.

We're at this position just 24 hours ago there's significantly.

More activity they have fuel trucks brought in.

Ammunition trucks brought in to supply these troops that are just waiting for the go order.

The war has taken to the airwaves that Hamas TV airing a video in Hebrew warning Israelis.

They are not safe in their coffee shops -- bus stations.

We miss the suicide bombings that the Hamas announcer.

-- -- -- the rockets continue to fly out of Gaza.

For the first time an iron dome missile interceptor battery is protecting Tel Aviv.

And as we speak there's a meeting going on in Cairo with the head of Islamic Jihad and Hamas from inside Gaza and then also and it.

Egyptian military intelligence and significant.

Arab leaders here to see if they can try to broker some sort of ceasefire there the intermediaries with the Israelis back to go on for 24 to 48 -- that's not the time.

Don't know if there's going to be a ground offensive and everybody's gonna call it quits and fortunately happy about that -- burying their -- on us.

I well we will obviously keep everyone updated we are at the eleventh hour we'll see and -- prayed that -- confirmed that he really stay safe as well absolutely you talk to rattle.

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