WHITFIELD: All right. We have got breaking news out of the Middle East where Gaza militants have now fired some 600 rockets into Israel. Israeli officials say they have responded with 260 airstrikes on targets across Gaza. Four Israelis were killed and four militants have been killed according to health officials. CNN's Oren Liebermann is neither Israeli border with Gaza. Oren, is this conflict expected to continue, to intensify?</s>OREN LIEBERMANN, CNN CORRESPONDENT: From everything we see right now this is certainly continuing, whether it intensifies, we will certainly know in the next couple of hours. As we are standing here the shore of</s>BENJAMIN NETANYAHU, ISRAELI PRIME MINISTER (through translator): This morning I instructed the IDF to continue with massive attacks against terrorist elements in the Gaza Strip, and I also instruct that had forces around the Gaza Strip be stepped up with tank artillery and infantry forces. Hamas bears responsibility for not only its own attacks and actions but also for the actions of Islamic jihad, and it is paying a very high price for this.</s>LIEBERMANN: In addition to military pressure Israel is also trying to put economic pressure on Gaza. They have already close the fishing zone as well as the border crossing into Gaza. Now they have announced that they will freeze the supply of fuel into Gaza, all as an attempt to put economic pressure on Hamas and Palestinian-Islamic jihad to stop the rocket fire. Fredricka, we have seen this develop in stages on the Palestinian side from short range rockets and medium range rockets and anti-tank missiles and on the Israeli side from smaller military targets near the border to larger buildings as well as a targeted killing of one of the main Hamas operatives that brings in money. Because this has developed from stages, it gives an opportunity to step away from the next stage but we're not there yet as the fighting continues.</s>WHITFIELD: Oren Liebermann in Israel, thank you so much. We will check back with you. And we will be right back.
Gaza Militants Have Now Fired Some 600 Rockets Into Israel