- Welcome to The 700 Club.
After a weekend of violence in Israel,
Hamas has agreed to a ceasefire.
That came after the deadliest fighting
between the two sides since 2014.
- Despite the ceasefire,Israeli Prime Minister,
Benjamin Netanyahu,issued a statement saying
the campaign is not over, andas Chris Mitchell reports,
the battles could begin again.
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- For two days, Israelisscrambled to bomb shelters
as Hamas and Palestinian Islamic Jihad
launched more than 700rockets at southern Israel.
One of the rockets hithere on this quiet street
in Ashkelon, about fivemiles from the Gaza border.
It killed 58-year-old Moshe Agadi,
who didn't have time to reach a shelter.
Agadi, along withseveral other casualties,
mark the first time since 2014
that Israeli civilians have been killed
from rocket attacks out of the Gaza Strip.
- And if we take into consideration
how many people there are inside
the southern part of Israel,
we're talking about morethan a million Israelis
under the threat of thoserockets from the Gaza Strip.
- [Chris] Israel struck back, hitting some
350 terror targets, includinga terrorist responsible
for transferring Iranian funds
to groups inside Gaza.
- We see Iranian fingerprints,that materializes
in money, weapons, logistic support,
military training, and ofcourse, political guidance.
- [Chris] U.S.Congresswoman, Rashida Tlaib,
blamed Israel for unjustlyoppressing and targeting
Palestinian children and families,
while President Trump tweetedout U.S. backing for Israel,
saying, "We support Israel 100 percent
in its defense of its citizens."
For now, it's quiet, but most believe
it's just a matter of time
before the situation explodes again.
Chris Mitchell, CBNNews, Ashkelon, Israel.
- Well, yet more evidencethat the Palestinians
have no intention ofcreating a stable state
to live alongside of Israel.
That's not their intention.
It's not the intention of Hamas,
it's not the intention of the Iranians.
They want to wipe Israel off the map,
and you see it again and again
with these rocket attacks,these terror attacks,
the terror tunnels, all of these things.
All of it says we have no intention
of ever establishing a stable democracy,
a stable state alongside of Israel,
and it's about time,let's cut the money off
so that we recognize it for what it is.
These are terrorist states,they're sponsoring terrorism.
That's what they want to do.
In other news, the White Houseis sending a message to Iran
with an aircraft carrier.
John Jessup has that storyfrom our CBN News Bureau
in Washington, John?
- Thanks, Gordon, the AbrahamLincoln aircraft carrier group
and a bomber task force havebeen sent to the Middle East.
The move comes after "clear indications"
Iran and its proxy forces were preparing
to possibly attack U.S.forces in the region.
National Security Advisor, John Bolton,
said the U.S. wants Iran to know
what he called unrelenting force
will meet any attack on U.S.interests or its allies.
Well, here at home, the issue of life
took front and center stagethis weekend in Times Square,
and the first of its kind event,
Focus on the Family turnedout a massive show of support
to protect the unborn with what it called
Alive from New York.
CBN's Jenna Browder bringsus the story from Manhattan.
♪ Write your story on my heart ♪
- Alive from New York, astar-studded, pro-life event
in the heart of Times Square.
There are live performances, speeches,
all sorts of things happening here.
But the main event is a live ultrasound.
- [Woman] There's his little lips.
- [Jenna] The ultrasound wasperformed on Abby Johnson,
a pro-life activist, and the inspiration
behind the movie, Unplanned.
- This is a baby.(laughter)
This right here is a baby.
- [Jenna] Focus on theFamily says 10,000 people
registered for the event,
and it wasn't just thepro-life crowd that showed up.
A large and very vocal group of protestors
set up across the street.
Focus on the Family initiallyhoped to use the billboards
in Times Square, but President Jim Daly
says their plans fell through.
- Initially, they all saidyes in different ways.
Then when we began to describewhat we were gonna do,
they started not returning phone calls
or saying that this would be too political
and they're uncomfortable with it.
- [Jenna] CBN News reachedout to those companies.
ABC, "We do not accept live advertising
on our Times Square video screen."
And Clear Channel Outdoor,
"They never presentedany artwork for review."
- That's really not accurate.
They knew exactly whatwe were going to do.
- [Jenna] Still, Alive fromNew York turned out to be
the city's largest ever pro-life event,
and that's encouraging news,
especially in today's culture.
In Times Square, Jenna Browder, CBN News.
