Israeli air strikes have hit Central and Southern Gaza overnight killing at least 14 people one strike was captured by the rooftop camera where our local CBS team is based our Elizabeth Palmer traveled with the Israeli military to Rafa to witness the extensive network of Hamas built tunnels they uncovered those officials reviewed our video but had no say in this report an Israeli armored truck took us into Gaza along the strip of desert that borders Egypt Rafa City is a ruin Israeli soldiers have just declared Victory here after some of the fiercest fighting of the war this is tell Al suan part of Rafa and where according to the IDF Hamas made its last stand when Israeli troops showed up in may they found that every second house was booby trapped with explosives that accounts for the destruction above ground underground Rafa is a maze of tunnels the Israelis say they've blown up8 miles of themselves so far clearly a lot of effort has gone into the construction two weeks ago clearing an area after a battle they discovered this one it contained the bodies of six hostages who'd been executed just days before it was devastating especially as it's possible the Army's Advance provoked the killings rear Admiral Daniel hagari does it change the way you operate knowing that maybe if Israeli troops are getting close uh the Hamas will will be executing the remaining hostages how do you cope with that strategize for it I think for 11 months we're fighting a ruthless enemy and we have many questions and many things we need to deal with with terrorists that are taking hospitals as strongholds which when terrorists are using un facilities when terrorists are building tunnels underneath cities when they're embedding with civilians and we need to make very hard decisions every day the Israeli Army's mission is to eradicate Hamas whose Fighters move and hide inside Palestinian communities but when the Army wins as it has in Rafa the people lose stability security and the places they called home and of course their lives this war has inflicted a terrible trauma on both sides and right now there is only the faintest glimmer of a hope of a ceasefire anytime soon Michelle thank you Liz Palmer