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stay inside their homes. before darkness fell, there was just chaos at gaza's largest hospital. gaza's health ministry says ten people died, and an explosion at a refugee camp, eight of them children. the israel defense forces say the blast and a separate explosion at a gaza hospital that wounded two people were both caused by misfired hamas rockets. but hamas and witnesses inside the refugee camp blame israel for those blasts. let's go to jerusalem to our very own wolf blitzer, is there for yet another day here, and wolf, you talked to an israeli military spokesman earlier. what did he tell you about that blast at that refugee camp? >> reporter: he flatly said -- lieutenant colonel peter lerner, israel defense forces, flatly blamed hamas. he said there are numerous missiles launched inside gaza but then just fell, never made

it into israel, went off, fell inside gaza, and caused significant damage, and he said that's what occurred this time, as well. hamas totally denies that. they say there were israeli drones flying, that eye-witnesses heard israeli drones and the strike came from an israeli drone. there will be a full-scale investigation, brooke. we'll see what the investigators come up with. i'm sure the u.n. and other international observers in gaza will be taking a close look. they'll see the remnants of any missile or rocket and try to determine where it came from. but there's clearly a difference between what hamas is saying and what the israelis are saying. >> let's talk about the tunnels and as we learn and see the pictures of you climbing through these -- looks like they're not very tall at all, serve dual purposes, to get food and water for the people of gaza, and also weapons into hamas. what were they like? >> well, you know, i was

invited. i went in this morning. the idf, israel defense forces, i could go into one of the tunnels, a tunnel that went from gaza for about a kilometer and a half or so, just a little bit over a mile, under gaza. then it came into israel. >> actually, we have a clip. forgive me for interrupting you, wolf. let's show the clip and then we'll talk about it. >> all right. >> no, i'm not scared. all right. all right. okay. all right. i guess the tunnel was built for relatively short people, because if you stand up, you're going to hit your head. not that tall. but you see, it's pretty secure,

this concrete. they spent a lot of effort building this tunnel. and they say it's 14 meters or so under the ground. underground, maybe close to three kilometers. >> yeah, brooke, so it goes down about 45 feet or so, under the surface. the length of the tunnel is about three kilometers from gaza into israel, and then people could emerge. this tunnel, by the way, the israelis found out about it just before the current operation. they sealed off the part going into gaza, they have sealed off the part going into israel, but opened it up to show me and others what was going on inside. clearly a lot of effort. they said it took about two years for hamas to build this tunnel. they argue the only purpose this particular tunnel would have had was to allow hamas militants across into israel, kill israelis or kidnap israelis.

some of the tunnels that were elaborate going from gaza that hamas used to smug food, weapons, other things into gaza, those tunnels. but the israelis say their priority number one is doing away with these tunnels. and even as i was down there, only found out later about a mile or so away, four or five hamas militants, the idf says got through another tunnel, went in. there was an exchange with israeli troops. the hamas militants got away, the israelis still searching for them. they may have gotten back in the tunnel and escaped back to gaza or may be at large someplace in israel right now, but a concern down in the southern part of israel right now. >> so to your point, since this is priority number one for the israelis to take care of, to get rid of all of these tunnels that go into gaza, be it through israel or even through egypt, how many tunnels are there, wolf, and do they have any idea how many have been destroyed? >> they have gotten about 30 so far. but they think there are more.

the egyptians destroyed a lot of the tunnels, by the way, going from sinai into gaza. the egyptians sealed off most of the tunnels over the past few years, as well. more recently, specifically, the new government in egypt, which has no great love for hamas, because they see hamas as almost an arm of the muslim brotherhood, and they have declared the muslim brotherhood a terrorist organization and arrested mohamed morsi, former president of egypt, because he was associated with the muslim brotherhood. but egypt is doing some -- as far as the tunnels from gaza into egypt, doing something similar to what the israelis are doing with these tunnels going into israel. the israelis say they don't know how many tunnels there are. they know hamas spent a lot of time, effort, money building these tunnels and the israelis say even if there is a cease-fire, they say they're going to continue to try to demolish these tunnels as much as they can. >> wolf blitzer, thank you so much for the unique look inside these tunnels. we'll be watching for you in the special two-hour edition of "the

situation room" 5:00 eastern here on cnn. wolf, i appreciate it very much. coming up you, experts trying to get to the mh-17 crash site in ukraine. they are turned away for the second day in a row now. we'll tell you why they couldn't make it to the area and how constant roadblocks are affecting their investigation. plus, one of the fugitives profiled on cnn's "the hunt" tv series hosted by john walsh has just been killed in new york in a dramatic and violent standoff with police. we're live on the scene, and you will hear john walsh's reaction.

an gun date on breaking news we're watching out of new york. a dramatic standoff with police

ends with the death of a fugitive and three law enforcement officers shot. this suspect, an alleged child molester, actually just recently profiled on a recent episode of cnn's series "the hunt." hosted by john walsh, who you'll hear from in a minute. first, straight to the scene there in manhattan we go to cnn's deborah feyerick. deb, tell me what you're learning. >> reporter: well, brooke, here's what we can tell you right now. the u.s. marshals' regional fugitive task force was executing arrest warrant here in an apartment in the west village. this is a busy area, west fourth street and sixth avenue. a lot of people in this area at this time of day. there was a surveillance team in place. they had cited this individual, charles mozdir, a 32-year-old suspect, wanted and suspected of child molestation in california. he had been on the run for about two years. he aired on the john walsh show, "the hunt," just recently.

and there were a couple of calls that were offend in about him him being in this part of manhattan. so the u.s. regional task force tracked him here. he was armed, and there was a firefight that happened inside the apartment. that's what we are being told. u.s. marshals, two of them, were shot. one of them in the arm. but another, a detective, nypd, first-grade detective, shot in the abdomen once if not twice. all three taken to the hospital, where they are being treated. their injuries are not considered to be life-threatening. however, the suspect, 32-year-old charles mozdir, he was pronounced dead. he was killed during this shootout. again, he was armed, whether he was waiting for those police, waiting for those u.s. marshals, he clearly was ready for what was about to happen. brooke? >> deborah feyerick, thank you so much. this is a guy wanted in connection with these child molestation charges. and john walsh who for decades made it his life's mission to find these bad guys, especially

the guys that have apparently done things with kids. so we talked to john walsh moments ago about his reaction to the news this suspect he had just profiled on this show has been killed. here he was. >> well, i think it's -- i'm very, very concerned, and worried about the police officers that were shot. i think people forget, they put their lives on the line every day. but this was a case, and you and i have talked about this, brook. these are the guys i hate the most. the people who exploit children. and this was a case we did a week ago sunday, it's the -- we got a great tip, and the marshals have been great partners of mine for over 30 years. and they have teamed up with the nypd joint fugitive task force, and they have been working this tip for a week. the tip came that he was in lower manhattan, possibly working at a restaurant. that didn't pan out. they surrounded the restaurant two days ago, and mozdir didn't show up. so then we got another tip. we reran the episode on sunday

night, just before the original "hunt" and that released another tip, a cyber tip. and they got an address on him. and so, you know, it's a very, very shocking ending. it's -- but it shows how much the public cares. and how much they can help. he was on the run for about him two years. and this family was destroyed, terrified he would come back and hurt them, because they had the courage to come forward, and file charges against him. and now they don't have to worry if this guy is coming back to hurt the family or hurt their little boy. and they get justice. but it was a fantastic reaffirmation that people care, and that is a direct result of a great tip to "the hunt." >> talk about justice, john. you and i were talking on the show friday, talking about your upcoming episode, which also fell on the 33rd anniversary of your son's disappearance and ultimate death. we were talking about adam.

and just the notion that you have made this your life's mission with, of course, "america's most wanted" and now "the hunt" here on cnn, to find these people, find these bad guys, and seek justice. >> well, it has become my mission. and, you know, i was wondering, and hoping that people would watch "the hunt" on cnn, and that they would still care. and this is proof of it. and in a way, this ends that chapter of this family's life. and this guy proved he was dangerous and insidious, alleged to have molested a child before this little boy. and people knew that he had guns. and no one could find him for two years. and we decided to do the case, the marshals had a mobile task force at "the hunt" hotline sunday before last. and we all wanted to see this guy caught. and so his family could get some peace. so this is our first capture. i'm very sorry those police officers got wounded in the line of duty. but this is one more lowlife

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you're watching cnn, i'm brooke baldwin. supporters of israel coming together for a show of solidarity in washington. among those in attendance, susan rice, president's national security adviser. also we saw just a little while ago, house speaker, john boehner. and at this event, this is put together by a group called the national leadership assembly for israel. and often is the case, the united states right in the middle of all things middle east. here is secretary of state john

kerry speaking a little earlier today. >> any process to resolve the crisis in gaza in a lasting and meaningful way must lead to the disarmament of hamas and all terrorist groups. and we will work closely with israel and regional partners and the international community in support of this goal. >> so john kerry saying disarm hamas. hamas being the main power broker in gaza. but let's talk for a moment strictly about the u.s. role there, in this part of the world. joining me, "crossfire" host, newt gingrich, and peter binart, cnn political commentator. welcome to both of you. and newt gingrich, you're first up at bat. as we are talking about the role of the united states, let me take you back to 2006. israel had ended its gaza occupation, tore down its jewish settlements. president bush pushed hard to hold an election there. hamas won. how much of the problems, and

peter same question to you in a minute. but newt, how much of the problems now date back to that 2000 election that put hamas in power? >> well, that's a part of it. it's been a bipartisan confusion about the nature of hamas and the nature of this kind of a war. as long as hamas is able to operate and retain their commitment to the destruction of israel, you can't possibly have a peace process. and until they're decisively defeated, they're not ever going to give that up. i think there is a real problem here, a bipartisan problem, as you point out. certainly goes back into the bush administration. it deeply, i think, affects the state department's analysis, which continually tries to find, as they did over the weekend, by the way, with secretary kerry, who changed his tune today, but over the weekend, they were pushing for a truce that did not include demilitarization of hamas ask and got a push back from everybody, demanding that

hamas must be demilitarized if there is going to be a serious truce. >> peter, is the demilitantization of hamas possible as they talk about a cease-fire, and also do you think what they're dealing with today goes back to those elections in 2006? >> i would love to see hamas demilitarized. i loathe hamas. i was in israel with my 6-year-old daughter in shelters, a hamas bus bombing killed a close friend of mine. there was a mistake in the question you asked. israel did not end its occupation of gaza in 2005. israel's occupation has remained to this day, according to the united states government, because israel controls access to gaza by air, land -- by air and sea and with egypt by land. israel makes it almost impossible for people to export goods out of gaza. makes it almost impossible to travel out of gaza to go and study. for instance, or even sometimes to -- for medical attention. this is also an important context of understanding what's going on here. again, i take a back seat to no one in my hostility to hamas.

but you cannot keep 2 million people from having basic movement without expecting that those people are going to have very genuine grievances. >> speaking to somebody representing palestinians earlier, he said, listen, brooke, the number one priority is to your point, getting access to the outside world, eliminating those border crossings, israeli and the crossing in egypt. but newt, we're talking hamas. let's also, though, focus now on -- i want to talk about, specifically, president obama and benjamin netanyahu. because they are, you know -- their relations -- we'll call it frosty. do you think too much is made of that? >> no, i think that there is a enormous gap. and let me go back to this question about access to gaza. we now know that much of the concrete which has gone into gaza supposedly for humanitarian purposes, went into building tunnels under the border in order to attack israel.

we know that hamas may have accumulated up to 12,000 rockets in a period when they were supposedly being blockaded. so i think the challenge for the people of gaza is, as long as hamas is viable, it is virtually impossible to end the blockade. and i think this becomes a question for palestinians. the difference is, president obama wants cease-fires and the evidence over the weekend was that he was pressuring secretary kerry to desperately reach out for a cease-fire without demill tarization. benjamin netanyahu wants to eliminate the ability of hamas to fire missiles and to build tunnels. and as prime minister of israel, he has an enormous obligation to the people of israel to try to protect them from what they have just gone through with well over 2,000 rockets fired into israel in the last couple weeks. >> go ahead, peter. i know you were shaking your head. >> all due respect, some of what newt is saying is not correct. there are aspects of this

blockade that have nothing to do with security whatsoever. preventing fishermen does not have to do with security. preventing businessmen from exporting agriculture to israel and the west bank is not a security threat. preventing students from going to study. in fact, these things -- threaten israel security. the very rage and despair that hamas and other jihadist groups feed off of to continue their war. >> i'm not going to defend some of the aspects of the israeli approach. but i would point out, even egypt is now engaged in stopping things going into gaza. even the egyptian government is more anti hamas. >> go ahead, peter, respond. i know it's tough. >> egypt is not a country that could care much at all for the palestinians' welfare, either. i would hope that we and israel, a country i love, would hold itself to a higher standard in the dictatorship in egypt. i want israel to defeat hamas.

but israel is not going to defeat hamas and get the palestinian people to turn against hamas, unless israel stops those aspects of the collective punishment of gaza, which are not legitimate security means. and some of this portions of this blockade, unfortunately, are not about security. in fact, they hurt israeli security. >> peter, let me ask you this. when president obama and secretary kerry have decried civilian casualties, there have been many in gaza, both continue to emphasize that israel has a right to defend itself. do you think, with what you're hearing coming out of washington, do you think netanyahu, do you think israel is happy with the support they're getting there? >> i think this military operation is very popular in israel. military operations in general tend to be very popular early on. but our military operation is not a substitute for a political strategy. israel does not have a political strategy against hamas. its political strategy should be to show that those palestinians

who accept israel's right to exist and practice nonviolence like mahmud abbas. you have to make them winners. when you show the palestinians that those leaders like abbas get only increased settlement growth, even after they have repeatedly accepted israel's right to exist and agreed to prosecute the rebels nonviolently, you are making hamas' life easier. to defeat hamas, you have to make those that accept israel and practice nonviolence into winners. this government, sadly, in israel, has done the opposite. >> newt gingrich, final thought. >> look, i think that to suggest that people who have fired over 2,000 missiles in the last couple weeks, most of those missiles, by the way, designed as terror weapons, because they're very inaccurate, and the only people they can hit are civilians, they're not anti military. you look at the whole framework right now and ask yourself, if the united states had a neighbor firing 2,000 missiles into our country. >> we're not occupying --

>> what would our reaction be? >> we're not occupying. the analogy is wrong. because america is not occupying mexico or canada. >> okay. far too much burden. i think you put far too much burden on israel and far too little burden on those who openly say they want to destroy israel. i think that's an enormous challenge. >> peter binart and newt gingrich, thank you both very much. i appreciate it. and is we'll stay on this, because the next question is, what would jesus do in gaza? that is actually the headline, the title of a piece written by my next guest. you'll hear what he thinks and how this also involves the pope. plus, the inner workings, the mine usualia of vladimir putin. what does he do in his free time. what is he deathly afraid of, and why doesn't he drink milk when he's not home? you will hear from a man who can answer all those questions and

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patients. as of july 20th, more than 1,000 people in guinea, sierra leone and liberia are thought to have been infected by ebola. of those cases, 660 people have died. our senior medical correspondent, elizabeth cohen, is joining me. and it's frightening, because what's the number, 90%, ebola typically kills 90% infected. >> the morality rate that high, incredibly high. and it's not that high now. and one of the reasons may be, they're getting to people earlier and hydrating them. with ebola, you lose so much of your bodily fluids that in the end that's what helps kill you. there is no cure. but early treatment can really help. >> so we're talking about africa, the obvious follow is -- well, could this spread to the u.s.? >> you know, certainly people are worried about that and the centers for disease control just about an hour ago had a telephone press conference, i think because they are worried that people are worried about

that. and they say the risk is very low. of course, they're taking precautions. but, you know, think about it this way. ebola doesn't spread like the flu. if i had the flu and i was sitting here with you, you could get it from me, because it's airborne. you would get ebola from me, you would have to have contact with my blood, with my bodily fluids. that's very different. and i think that's important. and also, you aren't contagious until you're sick. and so when you're sick, you should know enough not to be traveling around the world. so that's another important thing to know, as well. >> but then there are good people in the world who want to go over to africa to help those who are clearly infected by ebola. and so here you have people getting sick. >> i know, those two workers, such amazing people. and of course, we hope for the best for them and that they recover from this. you know, one of the questions i think that's been on people's minds is, they must have known the precautions to take. >> right. >> how did they still get ebola. and we don't have an answer to that. when i talked to experts who have been in parts of the world dealing with infectious

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face a battle of a different sort saturday night right here in the united states. >> the takedown, looking for an arm bar. looking for an arm bar, the right arm. and now working hard up against the cage. looking for the throw. and he gets it. nicely done. >> only the second israeli to fight in the ufc. if you don't know what that is, it's a mixed martial arts competition known as the ultimate fighting championship. this is tough, tough stuff. and cnn's nick valencia reports, he could advance, but he is preparing to return to israel and fight the fight there instead. >> reporter: lahot is living a double life. >> from israel, nohi lahot! >> reporter: this is his day job here in the united states. as a professional fighter, battling it out in a cage as a

member of the ufc. but lahot is also close to a fight a world away. and someone with dual citizenship, a member of the israeli defense forces, or idf, and about to be reunited with his old unit, called up for service. >> i need to go home, because just my grandma, she is more than 80 years old, and he she had 15 seconds to run to get a shelter. my grandma. and i'm here, safe, it's messed up. i should be helping them. >> reporter: so far he has served three-and-a-half years in the israeli army. says the bloodshed and horrific pictures back home are too much to watch back here in the u.s. especially with his sister serving as a medic and a brother in special forces. the crisis in the region has now become a family affair. saturday night in san jose, california. lahot won his latest bout in the ring, but now returning to

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heavy fighting in eastern ukraine has brought the malaysian airlines crash site investigation to a standstill. pro russian rebels say the ukrainian army has seized control of parts of this massive mh-17 debris field. earlier, a team of dutch and australian investigators, they have traveled into ukraine, they were forced to abandon plans to visit the wreckage site for a second day. joining me from donetsk, ukraine, paton walsh, international correspondent. you were with this group when they were turned back for a second time. who is keeping them back? >> reporter: it's the violence, basically. it's the continuing civil war, always being the problem but today got slightly more detailed in terms of the mess. we were with them as far as a town on the way to the crash site from here.

donetsk, where i'm standing. we were told to stay whaback. the convey may turn back. we could hear why where we were. heavy shelling. they could feel the ground shake beneath them, some of the artillery strikes were so hard. still far away, though. this was basically because as far as we understand, in the towns nearby, the ukrainian military had started moving in. we spoke to residents who said they had fled, they had seen jets launch strikes. they were concerns, really, this was a full-scale move to retake all the towns around the crash site. the separatists, well, they have come out this afternoon and said the ukrainian army is actually in part of one of the crash site areas, even put trenches, personnel carriers. they haven't confirmed that themselves, the ukrainian army, but clearly a battle raging around that crash site. and that simply means, second day in a row, this monitoring mission inspector has turned around, very angry, pal ably

frustrated. this fight continuing. i'm standing here, still hearing artillery in the distance. constant reports the ukrainian army it moving off to cut off the two cities from each other. and it means the fighting is not going to stop tomorrow. so there are many people, the relatives of those mh-17 victims, really anxious for news from those inspectors that monitoring mission. they're going to have to wait until the violence dies down. brooke? >> can you blame them, they want these investigators to get in there? we'll check back tomorrow and see if they're able to get in for a third attempt. nick paton walsh for us. thank you. and let me show you a photograph of one of the families lost when malaysian air 17 crashed in ukraine. this is kim halle, and her daughter megan. dad behind the lens snapping the picture, the final photo taken of the family before the plane

took off. erin mclaughlin reports, the photo here is a final reminder of joy for their grieving relatives back home in the netherlands. >> it's a whole family. too much to understand. >> reporter: dave and kim halle were on their dream holiday, with their 4-year-old daughter, megan. dave took what would be his very last photo. his wife and child ready for takeoff on board mh-17. >> we're looking at them and thinking, yeah, it was a happy moment for them. >> at least their last moments were happy. >> yeah, they really were. yeah. >> reporter: kim's parents say all they can do is wait for their bodies. they watched as the first unidentified caskets arrived in holland. and while ty didn't know for sure, they told themselves the

halls came off the plane first. >> they always wanted to win, so we said this is -- >> when you saw the three coffins come off the plane, you thought, there they are. yes, we told each other -- >> okay, the first one, our children. >> that has to be them. >> do you blame anyone for what's happened? >> yes. the men who hits the button to start the rocket to blow up the airplane. if i get him, i could kill him. >> not far away, the halle house stands empty. their car parked in the driveway. a makeshift memorial on the front porch. and a grandmother's last moment remembered. >> as she was cycling from the

halle house just before the family left for their trip, she says she turned to see her granddaughter who waved and said -- >> i love you. bye. >> reporter: now, all they have left are memories. erin mclaughlin, cnn, netherlands. it's the little things in life that make me smile. spending the day with my niece.

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all right. when the most powerful man in russia starts his workday, he starts by reading goss lip columns after hours of swimming and lifting weights, a little light reading in history books on ivan the terrible and peter the great and two baths, one hot and one wolde. then and only then is president vladimir putin ready to take on his day. all fascinating details and more coming from a recent news week article entitled "behind the scenes in putin's court." the article peels back the curtain on his inner circle. joining me live from london is ben juda, author of fragile empire how russia fell in and out of love with vladimir putin vice president. ben, nice to have you on. >> thank you for having me. >> it is intriguing, all the

behind the scenes stuff you got your hands coming with extensive interviews with high ranking officials down to these personal aides. how did you get them to give up the goods on vladimir putin? >> well, it's important to say that putin's incredibly proud of had his exercise routine and incredibly proud of his healthy diet. putin thinks perhaps not incorrectly he's the healthiest man in russia and people should know what he does. he's often talked about this. he's very proud of it. he wants people to know about it, and this is something that he wants russians to hear about. how did i gather this information? i used to work at a think thank called the european council on foreign relations. i wrote a book for a university about putin and i was the question that was bugging me is, is putin a dictator? the answer to this question i thought i would find by working out how putin makes decisions.

is there somebody there making decisions with him? is he alone. i asked everybody i interviewed for these books and research projects which pretty much anyone you can interview from foreign prime ministers torlt current prime ministers to political aides, r men, regional governors, translators. what does he does every day? what's he like to work with. out of those interviews came this piece. >> so it's the two-hour swim session in the morning when he really does his thinking? that's where it all begins? >> that's what they say, yeah. sort of putin -- putin thinks that people like obama that spend the night scanning twitter and reading the news or people like david cameron what's on cnn or the bc are confusing themselves. a leader, the job is strategy, big thinking, direction. and if he's going to make big decisions like should i or should i not annex crimia, he should take his time, swim,

think about it clearly. the fate of the nation rests in his hands. he's very, very aware of that. and the aides will say that a lot of this thinking takes place in the pool. he wants to begin the day from esche. >> it's the pool, the baths that he loves the late night. you talk about the dress, the black lab, the private hockey matches with his best friends and then the bodyguards who fill in the rest on the ice. then you wonder about putin the man and who he's really close with. you write this. there are no stories of extravagance, only of loneliness. if the president has no family life. his mother is dead. so is his father. his wife suffered nervous disorders. after a long celebration, there has been a divorce. there are two daughters with you but they are a state secret. there are rumors of models and gymnasts. there is a hollow tick to these stories which no courtyer can quite explain. so for the most part, he rolls

solo. >> people have been asking me do you find his life similar to the life of stalin? i've got to say no. stalin was a big drinker. stalin hosted every week these sort of debarbed dinner parties in which the politburo would be forced to drink a bottle of vodka each. he would play with them and toy with them. stalin had a lot of sad and passionate fairs. stalin was very close to his daughter, was often talking about the war, the revolution with her. putin, none of this. putin debarbed dinner parties, not interested. daughters, don't speak to them. passionate love affairs? not happening. the kremlin kind of puts out kind of rumors, maybe there's a model or photographer. but you just don't hear stories from those close to him about women. people say it's not -- >> the article is rife with

deta details. i'm going to put everyone on "newsweek." ben jude da, come back. we'll keep talking about vladimir putin for some time to come. thank you so much. i'm brooke baldwin. thank you so much for being with me. i'll see you tomorrow. "the lead with jake tapper" starts right now. why do the secretary of state john kerry still sound so optimistic about a cease-fire when israel's leader doesn't? i'm jake tapper. this is "the lead." the world lead. ten people at least eight it's children said to be killed in an attack on a palestinian refugee camp. hamas says israel did it. israel says hamas did it. is there any hope for a lasting cease fire? israel's prime minister seems to be saying not anytime soon. plus, this is how hamas smuggles weapons and stainings attacks within israel without detection. in a cnn exclus