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Israel and Hamas exchange rocket fire for fifth straight day
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Leland Vittert reports from Israel-Gaza border
- Duration 4:30
- Date Nov 18, 2012
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Sheer terror as air raid siren sending people running for their lives in Israel -- militants target Israel's homeland.
Israel's iron -- though the missile defense system intercepting at least one rocket aimed at Tel Aviv this morning.
And Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu -- his country is ready to expand its offensive with thousands of troops already gathering.
Near the Israel Gaza border are awaiting a possible ground invasion -- -- -- They -- live with much.
In my shoulder.
Is the Gaza border and we had seen tanks and -- personnel carriers in the new marine all day and because of that the Palestinians have been taking pot shots -- mortars.
In in around this position trying to see if they can't hit.
One of those Israeli tank -- is getting ready for the possible ground invasion it has been a bloody day ago.
Through the air war that he's been going on with the rockets flying over our heads in and the Israelis coming in for airstrikes on Gaza.
-- at least a dozen people killed inside the Gaza Strip.
Many of those civilians including two kids and about a dozen Israelis injured from the rockets flying out.
This is quite literally the tip of the Israelis -- these are citizen soldiers a lot of them.
Engineers are accountants drafted into service here they're getting their tanks ready all along the Gaza border there are tank -- That are now just waiting for the go order and it is literally go over that hill.
-- Gaza.
Day five of heavy Israeli airstrikes on Gaza began before dawn -- Bombs targeting -- pro Hamas TV station also flattening a number of buildings where rescue workers comb through the rubble for survivors.
So far the attacks that killed more than fifty Palestinians.
-- civilians including fourteen children.
We're heading right now from one little green into another I just heard.
The iron don't go off -- -- taking cover right there.
In this whole key during -- he sirens just try to find a place.
They down.
Talking in somewhere like this rock this is a fact of life.
The times sirens go off to the time you need to be down is just twenty or thirty seconds.
We heard the impact of this -- you can see firefighters still hosing down the car in the air raid sirens went off at 8 o'clock in the morning you can just imagine.
-- the people who -- in this house -- in this neighborhood.
Having breakfast on a quiet Sunday morning we're thinking if they heard the sirens and then heard explosion.
Any Israelis launched this -- -- is offensive because a million people in and around southern Israel are living their life.
Every day under fear those rockets and finally about a week ago this all began on Wednesday we had -- major air assaults that started all this there is talk.
A cease fire negotiations right now in Egypt and there -- at least one report.
That an Israeli envoy has flown to Egypt to discuss that cease fire deal which -- means the negotiations.
Are getting pretty close that would be the very last thing that could keep us from tanks rolling across these fields.
And into the Gaza Strip would clearly be a major escalation sometime next 24 to 48 hours Jamie.
-- -- I know that viewers will want to know the area that you're in right now you yourself have had to duck for cover how safe are you with the moment.
In many ways you're not safe from artillery mortars or rockets but we're about as safe as any -- -- one million Israelis who live around here every day.
They're under fire from rockets as well the only advantage we have on this side.
Is we get the warning sirens sometimes in the Palestinians under threat from the Israeli Air Force don't have any warning sirens but still.
It is -- -- element of danger this is war and there's no question about that in while.
In some ways it's made it look very surgical when you see the bombs coming in laser guided and if things unfortunately there are civilians you Diane both sides obviously -- -- inspiring the rockets out.
Don't really care what they -- they certainly.
Enjoy hitting civilians that's what they're targets are.
Obviously the Israelis say they're trying to avoid civilian casualties but any case like this for the Israeli Air Force has now flown more than a thousand sororities -- targets inside the Gaza Strip.
Obviously the civilian casualties are inevitable.
And -- with great sacrifice bringing us the story from Graham thank you very much stay safe.
