KEILAR: Israeli officials tell CNN a ground offensive may be needed to stop attacks from Hamas in the Gaza Strip. Israel stepped up airstrikes overnight in response to rocket fire coming from Gaza. CNN's Diana Magnay is live near the Israeli/Gaza border. Israel says that it's intercepted dozens of rockets, Diana. What could you see from your position?</s>DIANA MAGNAY, CNN INTERNATIONAL CORRESPONDENT: Well, we're near the Iron Dome Missile Defense System. We can't actually show it to you now for strategic reasons because it's being reloaded, but it is this system which has intercepted more than 50 of the rockets coming over from Gaza, especially the ones that have been targeting big civilian areas, such as Tel Aviv and Jerusalem. And just today a rocket or sirens sounded 140 kilometers away from Gaza, which gives you a sense of the long range that some of these missiles are capable of, that Hamas and other militant groups there in Gaza have. And that is why the Israeli Defense Forces say that they don't want just to stop these rockets from coming over but they want to target Hamas' organizational structure also, and this is why we're seeing them target militants' homes as well as concealed rocket launching sites, for example, and the tunnels, terrorist tunnels. All three, so as to really cripple Hamas' ability to engage in this kind of rocket terrorism. All the while, Brianna, of course, Israeli airstrikes are pounding these targets in Gaza and the body count, the death toll is going up -- Brianna.</s>KEILAR: Diana Magnay, thank you. And still to come, frustration and finger-pointing in Washington, even a call for President Obama's impeachment over what many say is a humanitarian crisis along the border.
Israeli Ground Offensive Possible in Gaza