Chris Burns: Gaza situation 'chaotic'

(CNN) -- Fighting continues in the Palestinian territories on Saturday, as Israeli soldiers clash with Palestinian protesters. CNN Correspondent Chris Burns is in Jerusalem and spoke with CNN about latest developments in the Mideast.

BURNS: A chaotic situation is being reported by our people on the ground in Gaza, in Beit Hanoun, the Palestinian town where Israeli forces have moved in overnight. Thousands of Palestinian protesters are taking to the streets, facing off with the Israeli tanks. There are exchanges of fire. Palestinian medical authorities say that about 48 people have been injured. Two of them are in critical condition, two people shot and killed, and that the number of dead could rise because of those two people in critical condition.

So the standoffs are continuing there. The Israeli army says that that is part of their crackdown, including the airstrikes, in cracking down on suspected Palestinian militants who've been waging a series of bombings inside and outside of Israel and inside the territories.

Another incident reported overnight by the Israelis. They say that near the town of Gush Katif, there was a Palestinian who tried to penetrate that Jewish settlement on the Gaza Strip, and that the intruder supposedly had some kind of explosives tied to him, that he was shot and killed before he could enter.