would have led a very different and probably much less meaningful life. >> what a pleasure? >> thank you. thank you. >> good afternoon to you, and thank you for joining us. live from new york city, i'm morgan radford. these are the stories we're following just for you. palestinian rockets and israeli airstrikes continue to fly over gaza. and lost in iraq, the new political reality that is reflected in borders that keep shifting every single day. plus, engineers preparing to back to work on the costa concordia.

you. >> it's day five of the air offensive in goose disa. nea gaza. several people died in that attack. >> you can see where the missile came through. it came through two stories of this house and landed right here in the ground floor. you can see the back end of that missile. i don't think you can see that, but we spoke to the director of this medical center, who said there is absolutely no one else here other than those who cared for the disabled. this is not a place where they

would store rockets. the owner was very upset. you can see the scene of destruction here. there is a wheelchair here which has been left intact amazingly because the rest of this building has been turned to absolute republic. a lot of people actually suffered burns because you can see it's still dark when the missile hits it bursts into flames. israel does say it launches precision strikes. sometimes they can be incredibly targeted and incrediblebly specific. but you do have to question especially when it comes in the words of the director, she said, i don't understand why they targeted this place because there are no factions associated with it. that's something that we would have to ask the israeli army to

ask why the center for the disabled was targeted. >> the united nations security council has drafted a statement. they adopted it today at noon. >> security council members called for de-escalation of the situation, and cal call for the cease-fire of november 2012. we called for the protection of civilians. security council members will expressed their support of resumption of negotiation based on the solution. >> the palestinian ambassador to

the united nations expressed satisfaction that a political solution was making head way. >> this unanimous position definitely calls for ending this military operations and aggression against our people. we hope that this aggression to be stopped immediately because our as all of our friends and now the security council to bring this aggression and the bloodshed to an end. we hope that the israeli side will abide by it. >> the united nations and 21 countries are poised to move 800 people out of gaza. americans make up the largest group set to leave starting as early as tomorrow. only 160 people left whe left.

seconds can mean life or death. mortar exploded on the roof of this building, a warning that the israelis call a knock on the roof. in this particular video 57 seconds elapsed before that building is hit. just to show you we've added the clock and the sub titles here. the homeowner received a telephone call 15 minutes before warning of that attack. israel said that it should be getting several minutes after the knock on the roof, but it got less than a minute.

>> we still don't know if anyone was killed or injured in that incident. >> i've never seen in my 30 years life in gaza such a high level of intensity. more than 700 people injured including civilians, including women and children, and this is already far too much after five days. once again civilians are trapped in the middle of a military conflict that is increasing ours

by ours. civilians should be respected. people doing also the job for health, all the health actors in the gaza strip should be able to access all the places. this is complex now, and this should be improved. we're ready to scale up at the very substantial level our operation here in the gaza strip. yes, we will support the health as they get ready to distribute to kids, treat 200 severely injured people. we're going to do more. we're going to repair a water pipeline, which allow 70,000 people access to water again. >> nearly 700 rockets have been launched into their territory just this week alone. there is the possibility that

israel could intervene on the ground. al jazeera's nick schifrin has more. >> reporter: the last few hours we've seen a handful of strikes, including a massive one right on the border. it targeted a tunnel according to the israeli military. last night we heard a boom, boom, boom a constant barrage from the ski, large guns on ships firing into gaza. these attacks are continuing 24 hours a day. in gaza nobody sleeps soundly. last night brought more israeli bombs, and this morning brings children checking out devastation. the bombs israel drops are massive. this one turned a building into a crater. it used to be a show room. all that sacrifice i survives is fan.

still kids counsel around even while standing next to devastation. officials in gaza say strikes have destroyed hundreds of families homes. this morning cleaning up what is left of a family's book shelves including this qur'an. one side of the street might be rubble. the other side barely touched. in other areas entire streets become debris fields. hamas unleashes an impressive rocket bombardment reaching farther into israel than ever before, this time in tel aviv. this time it was intercepted by the iron dome 3. but this mornings israel steps up it's bombardment including with artillery. it's open discussing a ground invasion. there are enough troops and assets to launch onality any point. in some cases inside the gaza

the strikes are so commonplace when they're in the distance gazaens barely flinch. >> if you go out on the streets the place is a ghost town. there is no one on the streets behind me, and last night we went out there was no one on the streets then. there is clearly a huge amount of fear among gazaens for this constant israeli barrage, and there is a sense that this barrage will continue. >> that's nick schifrin reporting from gaza. coming up tonight in a special segment a deeper look. that's tonight at 8:00 p.m. eastern right here on al jazeera america. a hunt for pro russian separatests wh separatists who killed civilians on friday. four civilians were killed in donetsk, and it's still unclear

who launched that attack. kurdish forces have taken over two oil fields outside of the city of kirkuk. the kurds are trying to get full autonomy from iraq. as we report, the country is becoming increasingly divided. >> reporter: we are 200 kilometers from the iraqi capitol, but road sides mean little in the new iraq. the country is now divided into curd, sunni and shia areas. but here in kirkuk province the lines are not clear. for kurdish forces this road is a vital supply line to reach their forces down south. they do not control it. it cuts through territory of the sunni armed fighters. including the islamic state group. this district has long been disputed territory between the kurds and baghdad.

>> reporter: for kurdish officials this was the message. the iraqi army may have abandoned their positions during the sunni offensive in early unio june, but the moment nouri al-maliki has vowed to retake this land. they used planes to target this area. three missiles landed in a residential area. two people including an 11-year-old girl were killed. >> reporter: we're afraid there will be more airstrikes. the government offered an apology, but an apology is not enough. >> kurdish officials are confident that iraqi forces cannot return to this region. >> yes, it is a threat. we take it seriously. but maliki does not have that much power. and the islamic state group is between us and them. he should attack them first and then us. >> but kurds do have other enemies on the ground. this is ethnically and religiously mixed district.

a double car bombing targeted a kurdish check point close to a marketplace two weeks ago. people here blame the self declared islamic state group for the attack. that group along with other sunni armed factions are controlling territory less than a kilometer from the district center. for now the kurds are holding their ground. they're hoping to include this region in the future state but the defenses they're building can't prevent their enemies from entering because this front is also a crossing point used by civilians. closing this road would only a antagonize sunni in this region. run road leads to tikrit. the other to baghdad. the kurds want this land but they will not accept a divided

iraq. >> the coast ca costa concordia sank off the coast of italy. it will now be moved out to be cleaned and assessed. the mars curiosity rover has been roaming for one full martian year and nasa is celebrating. and start ups to get to work faster. stay tuned. >> on tech know, imagine getting the chance to view the world. >> the brain is re-learning how it sees again >> after decades in the dark, >> i couldn't get around on my own >> a miraculous bionic eye... >> i'm seeing flashes >> great >> tech know, every saturday go where science meets humanity. >> this is some of the best driving i've every done, even though i can't see. >> tech know. >> we're here in the vortex.

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one martian year anniversary, which is longer than you may think, 687 earth days to be exact. >> it is wild. mars day is 40 minutes longer than the earth day, and the most efficient way to get curiosity to do what we want her to do is for her to operate on a mars day. >> take a look back at at the harrowing landing on mars. that was just the beginning of the rovers' challenging junior of the exploration. her mission, taking photos, including selfies, digging for rocks and sending data. >> she's an intrepid explorer. she's very curious, very appropriate name. so when she seeing is interesting she stops. but then when she's figured out what it is, then she wants to high tail it to the next

interesting rock. >> reporter: curiosity project manager jennifer likens the rover to a spirited teenager. >> she sleeps 16 hours a day mostly from an energy point of view, but it gives her a personality of how we have to manage her energy. we have to give her good things to do while she's awake. >> reporter: during the first martian year the rover has captured rock samples and photos 85,000 images if you can believe it. she's captured an audience on social media with more than a million and a half followers on twitter with tweets like happy first martian year to me, plus my gift to you. behind every great rover is a great team. >> you start relating to the rover, and you feel like you're exploring, seeing new vistas, making exciting new discoveries.

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i'm morgan radford coming to you from new york city. here are today's headlines. so far more than 120 people are dead, and nearly 1,000 have been hurt. this morning a medical center for the disabled was destroyed in the northern gaza strip. and over in iraq kurdish forces have answer over two major oil fields. the latest is an oil grab by the kurds who are trying to get full autonomy from iraq. working gun to move costa concordia. it will be moved 100 feet to be cleaned and assessed. well, a daring grandmother from maine is headed to the high seas. she's hope to go raise awareness and money for a community of 7,000 adults and children living in a garbage dump just outside of guatemala city. debra walters will set off

tomorrow in kayak, and al jazeera caught up with her right before she left. >> reporter: walters is not your average grandmother. at 63, the retired scientists paddles her kayaks all over the world. >> you travel alone you can get closer to the wildlife. you're slowing down. you're seeing more of the world around you. you're feeling really immersed in the environment. >> but her next journey will take her farther than she's ever gone. 2,500 miles from the atlantic to the caribbean. >> i'm kayaking solo from maine to guatemala. when i tell people i'm doing that most people say are you completely nuts? but the question was, what went wrong in your life that led you to this? actually what went right in my life i joined a group of people going to guatemala and i visited

garbage dumps there. >> reporter: earning less than 5,000 per day, the trash pickers are some of the poorest people in one of the poorest nations on earth. debra first started volunteering at the school that safe passage built nine years ago. >> i talked with the parents who support their families by scavenging in the garbage dumps, i knew i had to do something to help. >> reporter: to help debra decided to plan this journey raising $10,000 for the community and pledging to share their stories along the way. debra plans to carp along the way and rely on the kindness of strangers. people who volunteer to host her in her home. >> i really believe that

ordinary people like me can do extraordinary things with a little bit of grit, a little bit of determination. >> reporter: a little determination debra hopes will take her all the way to guatemala. al jazeera, connecticut. >> good saturday to you. i'm meteorologist eboni deon. we have storms firing up today. right now no watches or warnings out at this time but chicago all the way back to omaha we could b see heavy downpours. it's been wet around chicago early this morning. we're catching a little bit of a break but that heavy rain has pushed to the indianapolis area. that's certainly another spot that could be in line for those stronger storms. and in addition of the threat of severe weather we'll be watching out for big swings in our temperatures as a push of air

pulls down from canada. that will allow that cool canadian air mass as severe weather shifts a little further east. so the temperatures side of the story today still warm here anywhere from minneapolis to omaha, kansas city. high temperatures in the 80s, near 90, but let's jump ahead. that's when temperatures will not make it out of the low 60s. we'll see temperatures falling 10 to 20 degrees below average and then at night we'll drop it into the 40s and as. feeling a little bit more like fall but it's quite the opposite here across the northwest. we have a heatwave taking over across washington and oregon. it will stay mainly dry, in addition to heat advisories, we have a threat of fire danger. we have a fire "weather watch" across oregon. temperatures will climb between

90 and 100, and we'll keep the low 90s around for at least the middle of the week. >> thank you for watching al jazeera america this afternoon. stay tune because "101 east" is coming up next. you can always follow us online at www.aljazeera.com. >> no other sport can kick off mass emotion in indonesia like football, even if the national team languishes near the bottom of world rankings. >> indonesians, they're really crazy. we can see their ranking in fifa is going down, going down, going down. but every game in the stadium, 80,000 people, 90,000 people. >> even local competitions turn smalr