Israeli citizens hide in shelters as Qassam rockets crash on Israeli territories; Egypt fails in achieving a truce for hours as its Prime Minister visits Gaza; and Israel calls for the prevision of reserved troops after raids that lasted for 48 hours. In Syria, the opposition downed a helicopter in Damascus while the French President Francois Hollande announced that he would be receiving on Saturday the opposition coalition Chairman Ahmed Maaz Khatib. On the Lebanese scene, most files were laced aside with concern now focused on Gaza; divergence between March14 and March8 forces also played its part. All these developments and more in our detailed news bulletin. For the full report, please click on the VIDEO above.