Also, one of their reporters has managed to somehow get into Gaza.
He is Middle Eastern himself, that may be why he was able to "blend in" , I am not sure as they don't give any explanation on how he managed to get in.

Anyway, in case anyone is interested, that reporter showed footage of families fleeing their homes and they are very panicked and screaming at the top of their lungs: "None of us will surive". They are also screaming that: " There are BURNED BODIES everywhere on the streets and that DOGS ARE EATING THEM" and "We tripped on burned bodies, children bodies"

People being scared is an understatement. Women and children are crying, they are saying that "Isreal has destroyed us".

You do that by doing just what is being done right now.
Turn the sand to glass wherever some lunactics decide to throw bombs at another. doesn't matter who they are. Eliminate them.

To what extent will this war improve the options for peace in the region?

Beyond the immediate nature of war, and its horrific consequences, what are the long term implications of the emerging events in Gaza...for all of us in this interconnected and global theatre.

Phil

Yes it is terrible children are dying, but it is more terrible that men would wage war on a nation and then hide behind these children in fear of retaliation. If Israel doesn't act it is their own civilians who suffer.

and remember
one man's fighter is another mans freedom fighter

i want to stress this out: Palestinians or Arabs or Muslims do NOT teach their children hatred toward Judaism, on the contrary, we are raised to respect other religions...

Would you please try to figure out the real story on the humanitarian shipments? Many reports, including some people personally known to me, have reported shortages of food and medicine in Gaza. This was supposedly present before this latest attack. This is supposed to be the reason that Hamas continued to attack Israel. Also, Hamas said that Israel went into Gaza and arrested people and shot rockets into a border zone, even during the ceasefire.

Israel says that there is plenty of food there. The publisher of New Republic says that the World Food Org said not to send more food and no room in storage. The people don't look starving.

Please try to find out what is really going on:
1. What is the food situation?
2. What is the medicine situation?
3. Did Israel also infringe on the ceasefire, or was it just Hamas, as Israel claims?

I first had the privaledge of watching you during the Katrina coverage, and when you called Brownie on the heck of a job he wasn't doing, you made a loyal fan.

Again, I appreciate that you do not just say what they tell you to do. I am sure this conflict is much worse than we see back in the states, and I am glad that we have at least one reporter on the scene that will give us that actual scoop.

This conflict is horrible, and both sides are in the wrong. I am also tired of the US automatically taking the side of Isreal. Both sides are wrong. This conflict is just plain wrong. And sending pamplets that say to get out, then blocking the borders preventing them to flee, is nothing short of murder.

We have our own problems. I say NO MONEY FOR ANY OF THEM. We are struggling at home, and yet we keep sending blank checks to these fanatics. It way past time for the US to focus on the US, and let the middle east work out their own problems. I would bet that when the US money stops, so will these conflicts.

Hamas is playing the world and the media by filtering news that strictly reports the plight of unfortunate civilians caught in the crossfire. Rarely heard are the stories of Hamas executing numerous Fatah members (in a hospital even), a separate hospital for wounded militants creating the notion that many casualties are civilian, attacking the IDF from civilian structures which leads to stories of mosques and schools being attacked, and even removing Hamas related articles of clothing so when the bodies are picked up they are "civilian." There is a reason for everything, no one simply chooses to attack civilians at will, military members are humans also.

Amazing how these events (and more) are underreported and ignored. Likewise are premature conclusions that various uneducated media sources and observers jump to regarding war, including the notion that the IDF are using banned white phosphorous or "cluster bombs" (which by the way makes no sense if Israel is sending its own troops into the area afterward). Additionally, those who complain of overuse or disproportionality of force need to research the term Shock and Awe. The IDF are no joke, given Hamas' tactics of human shields and etc and the pop. density of Gaza they are in reality doing a good (of course not good enough!) job keeping civilian deaths relatively low in respect to historic urban conflicts. Civilian deaths are never acceptable in a time of war, yet will always be the norm for as long as there is a war occurring over populated grounds.

Anyways, it's great to see someone who's willing to show both sides of a story and not simply root for the underdog. Keep it up!

I applaud you for flying to the war zone (or at least close to it).

Words cannot describe what is going on in Gaza.

Human tragedy and massive loss of life is the main story.

So is the fact that Israel is perpetrating violence that is completely disproportionate and without any regard to civilian lives. It is inhuman and barbarous.

I am very angry that my tax dollars and my government are enabling this tragedy.

When will we have the courage to stand up and say to apologists of these crimes – enough is enough!!!

This is a frustrating situation and it must be even more frustrating to be a reporter just outside the front lines incapable of getting a straight answer. Both sides are feeding you what they want you to believe. What's the truth.

The truth is both sides are completely in the wrong. Israel has been holding the people of Gaza under siege for years, yet Hamas shouldn't be firing rockets at civilians. The only solution is diplomatic, yet I don't see Israel being willing to give up control of the region. As long as they don't, another group will rise up from the grassroots to fire more missiles.

Meanwhile hundreds of innocents die. It is sad.

If Hamas was not storing arms and shooting rockets from apartment buildings, schools, mosques and public buildings, all in the most densely populated areas of Gaza, Israel wouldn't have to shoot there and sadly, unintentionally kill these innocent bystanders.

If Hamas did not send rockets, missles and suicide bombers throughout Israel – and now their rhetoric is encouraging their peaceful minions to target Jewish targets throughout the world – there would be no blockade, no fences, no walls and no restrictions on their movements throughout the area.

What would have happened if in 1948, the Palestinians had, as Israel did, devote their time to creating a prosperous country for their population? Instead their efforts went to the purchase of arms and attacking Israel for 60 YEARS!!! Where are they today? An impoverished third world people. Sad, very very sad.

Let UN and neutral world parties (with some dignity and justice) objectively take some actions to stop this 21st century disgrace to humanity.