US intelligence agencies concerned about security: Gaza conflict will impact terrorism for generations. U.S.
officials say more than 30,000 people have been killed in the Gaza Strip. CIA Director William J. Burns briefed on negotiations for a ceasefire in Gaza that would include an influx of humanitarian aid and the release of hostages held by Hamas in exchange for Palestinian detainees in Israel. “I believe that one can guarantee that the alternatives are worse for innocent civilians in Gaza who are suffering in desperate conditions, for the hostages and their families, and for all of us”