Doctors Wait at Rafah Crossing to Deliver Aid to Gaza

The death toll in Gaza continues to rise as Israel maintains its ground attack against the region.  Today Israeli bombs hit a UN school that was being used as a shelter, and killed more than 40 people.  The UN claims the school was clearly marked.  In Gaza City, an Israeli airstrike destroyed a family home and killed at least 12 members of the Daya family who were inside. And now Jews in Europe are feeling a backlash from the volatile situation in the Middle East.  News of anti-Semitic attacks is beginning to surface in Sweden, Denmark, France and Great Britain.  Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak met Monday with French President Nicolas Sarkozy and a European Union delegation to discuss ways to reach an immediate ceasefire in Gaza. And reports from these talks are somewhat promising.  Israel has indicated it would consider a ceasefire if international security forces agree to intervene.  Still, a final agreement could be days or weeks off.  On the ground, the town of Rafah, which stands at the border between the Gaza Strip and Egypt, has been turned into a grassroots site of action.  There doctors are waiting to get through to the injured with ambulances and medical supplies. Aya Batrawy has more from Rafah.

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