First: Amid desperation in Gaza under fierce Israeli bombardment, we hear from a from a top Red Cross official there. 

Next: Former Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert discusses what Netanyahu warns will be a "long and diffcult battle." 

Plus: Israeli historian and journalist Gershom Gorenberg; Capitol Hill policeman Harry Dunn. 

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