even though i can't see. >> tech know. >> we're here in the vortex. only on al jazeera america. >> announcer: this is al jazeera. ♪ welcome to the news hour, i'm in doha these are our main global news stories. >> the deaths are an outrage of unspeakable proportions. >> the u.s. condemns the shooting of a malaysian airliner in ukraine, and suggests pro-russian separatists are responsible. international investigators have arrived at the crash site but say they are being denied proper access. more than 270 people have been

killed and 2,000 injured in the gaza strip. israel says it my ramp up ground invasion as tanks and troops move in to target hamas tunnels. ♪ ♪ we have two major news story for you in this hour. in a moment we'll have the latest on israel's offensive on gaza. these are live pictures of gaza city which has been under israeli fire for 11 days now, and israeli has also started a ground operation on gaza. our other top story is the shooting down of malaysian flight mh 17.

for more on that, let's go to our london news center. >> president obama said separatists brought down the plane on thursday. monitors for the organization for security and cooperation in europe arrived at the crash site earlier, but weren't given access to carry out proper inspections. pressure is growing on pro-russian separatists and moscow. president putin has responded by calling for a ceasefire. the flight left at midday local time destines for kwal la lam pure. scott heidler was one of the

first international journalists to reach the scene and sent this report. >> reporter: as the sun rose, it revealed the scope of just how difficult the recovery and investigation will be for flight mh 17. the debris rests in a vast area around these wheat fields. >> translator: there was an explosion in the sky above the house. i came out to see what happened. the plane then fell down in many pieces. as it was falling it broke apart. all of the pieces were falling in the sky. >> reporter: emergency workers began the difficult task of marking the bodies and body parts. as the rescue workers were fanned out across the fields, we were close to this debris field when some of them came up, and we overheard one saying to the other, he said there are too

many bodies in there, i don't have enough stakes and white flags. >> translator: we came here because it's just a tragedy. we want to help find out what happened and to top people from thinking there are just terrorists here. >> reporter: just a few hours after the crash the heard of the pro-russian separatists visited the site. >> translator: this bloody war has been going on for a long time. now unfortunately people from other countries have become the victims in this non-declared war. people who were not going to participate at all. >> reporter: the ukrainian prime minister also reached out to the family of those kills but squarely placed blame. >> everyone is to be accountable and responsible. i mean everyone who supports these terrorists, including russian federation and russian regime. >> reporter: but to accurately determine who is behind this

attack on civilians, international investigators need to get in. both sides have agreed to establish a corridor through the battlefield to allow that. scott heidler, al jazeera. [ inaudible ] said its monitors have not been able to secure an access corridor to the crash site. barack obama said the russian president has the most control of stopping the situation in ukraine. >> evidence indicates that the plane was shot down by a surface to air missile. we also know that this is not the first time a plane has been shot down in eastern ukraine. over the last several weeks, russian-backed separatists have shot down a ukrainian transport plane and ukrainian helicopter, and claimed responsibility for

shooting down a ukrainian fighter jet. moreover we know these separatists have received a steady flow of support from russia. >> live to washington, d.c. roslyn what are the allegations behind president obama's allegations against the russian-backed rebels. >> certainly what we're hearing coming from the pentagon, which was the first to suggest that this was the work of a surface to air missile that had to be provided by the russians, because it is made and used by the russian military is that -- quoting now the spokesperson for the pentagon, quote, strains credit duality to think that these separatists who do not belong to any formal military and don't have much in the way of financial resources could operate and used to considerable effect a

sophisticated surface to air missile system such as what they believe was used in the downing of mh 17 on thursday. they also indicate that the investigation is just getting underway. various federal vin vince -- investigators are on their way to eastern ukraine to assist in what the president is hoping will be ta global investigation. but it is not clear what the motivation could be, whether this was simply a tragic mistake, given the evidence of other plane crashes caused by these separatists backed by russia, but they also say that they don't know what the motivation was, whether they were intending to actually target a jet liner in order to perhaps ramp up the -- the tensions with the ukrainian government. it's a lot of speculation right now, but the investigation, according to u.s. officials is

just getting underway. >> with all of those investigators around the world heading for that area, that is one reason why the president is also supporting international calls for ceasefire in the region. >> the president's reasoning is this, were it not for the ongoing tensions between these separatists which the u.s. says russia is actively supporting and financing, and the central government in kiev this event would not have happened in the first place. the president also said that by imposing a ceasefire immediately, it will essentially give people a chance to maybe -- you know, take -- take stock of the situation for what it really is, and to commit, then to some sort of true reconciliation process and possibly work out some sort of legal agreement that would end their -- their tensions, but whether or not people on the ground in eastern ukraine are

going to hear that and actually step up to the plate is one big question, but really what the obama administration is doing is laying the blame at moscow's feet. the president also said that while in recent weeks he has heard the russian president vladimir putin make the right comments as it were, about trying to reconcile with the government in kiev, he said those words haven't been backed up with action, and he said now is the time for moscow to basically put its money where its mouth is. >> thank you. the united states security council has held an emergency meeting and called for an independent investigation into the crash. pro-russia fighters and moscow itself were strongly criticized by several countries. james bayes reports. >> reporter: they stood in silence. the members of the un security council pausing their meeting to pay tribute to the almost 300

people who died on flight mh17, a moment of unity soon followed by a meeting in which the tragedy became a global crisis. things dramatically escalating when the u.s. ambassador made it clear who her country holds responsible. >> let me share with you our assessment of the evidence so far. we assess malaysian airlines light 17 was likely downed by a surface to air missile an sa 11, operating from a separatists-held location in eastern ukraine. >> backed by her british colleague then went further saying one country alone was backing the separatists. >> the context for yesterday's horror is clear, separatists forces backed by the russian government continue to

destabilize ukraine, and undermine ukraine's elected leaders ability to rebuild ukraine. >> these armed groups do not represent the people of ukraine. without russian support they would wither. >> reporter: the russian ambassador then fought back. he places all of the game on the government in kiev. >> translator: i'm sure that every reasonable person would ask themselves why the ukrainian aviation authority directed a passenger plane over the zone of military activity into an area of military clashes, an area that was being used to carry out strikes, including on civilian targets. and that was the area where anti-aircraft forces were already operating. >> reporter: one of the main challenges now is to get investigators to the crash site. there are calls for an immediate ceasefire, and a suggestion that

monitors with russian and western members would take the immediate lead. james bayes, al jazeera. james is in the studio with me now. there is some question about why those investigators are not allowed to go to the crash site. >> they have been in the area for some considerable time. the osc is an old organization from the cold wartimes. it always had the soviet union on it and western countries. we know they have had difficulty getting to the scene. but we also know in the past few months on a number of occasions, ocs monitors have been taken hostage, so they have a very, very difficult job. and you heard the u.s. ambassador saying they should be the first people to respond, to start getting the area sterile

and clear. >> we heard calls for an independent investigation. it does sound like experts from various countries are heading to the crash site, but what form does it take? >> there are international rules for this. this is it. it's called annex 13, and it lays out how you do an international investigation of this sort, an aircraft investigation. there's a precedent for this. and that is that the country where the plane comes down, they inwoes gait. the problem here of course is you have a plane that has come down in ukraine, so it should be up to the ukrainian government to investigate, yet the ukrainian government can't get to this bit of ukraine, so we have to have someone else investigate or take the lead. we know the dutch want to participate and the malaysians are sending a team as well. i think the most likely body is the international civil aviation

organization. after the osc secures the area, then they might start taking the lead. that's what i'm hearing. >> all right. thanks indeed for that. we'll have more later in this news hour, including -- >> we're just devastated, the shock has been incredible. >> away from the diplomatic talk, a look at some of the people who were on board malaysian airlines flight 17. ♪ the israeli army has sent tanks and soldiers into northern gaza, they say their goal is to destroy a network of tun else used by palestinian fighters under fire from air, sea, and land, the death toll continues to prize. 277 palestinians have been kill sod far, 63 are under the age of 17 or younger.

2,050 have been would bed and over 400 homes have been destroyed. nick schifrin reports on the day's events from gaza. >> reporter: 7:30 am, downtown gaza city. [ explosion ] >> reporter: the building is used by media companies, one owned by hamas. israel might have declared a ground war, but so far the strikes are still mostly from the air. this was the first strike in downtown gaza city since the ground operation began. the missiles hit all the way up toward the top of the building and down here a large field of debris and windows. this is in the middle of a residential and commercial district, and every single one of these buildings shook violently. just a few hours later, this family was given a 2-minute warning to evacuate the home. the father pauses in the ally before seeing what was left of his house. thanks to the warning, everyone

survived. but his children are terrified. across gaza this morning, hundreds of thousands of children are terrified. a big sister tries to console her little brother to no avail. the israelis moved in at 10:00 pm last night. army video shows soldiers preparing. their main objective, seize these tunnels underneath the border. now that these israeli army is inside of gaza, the operation could expand. >> my instructions and those of the defense minister to the israeli defense forces approved by the cabinet are to prepare for the possibility of significantly widening the ground operation, and the chief of staff and military are acting accordingly. >> reporter: the targets are in residential areas, and that means casualties will continue to stream in

max gilbert told us that he has seen an increase in casualties since the latest invasion by israeli forces. >> yesterday was so far the worst day and night of this attack. according to my own experience and according to the palestinian doctors and nurses. we had approximately 100 admissions -- urgent admissions to the hospital during the 24 hours yesterday, and most of them came during the night. horrible injuries from the artillery bombardment of the residential area. half of the casualties coming to the hospital are women and children. so the situation is extremely tense. it has been quiet today, but we're expecting new attacks and the hospital is on highest alert, and people are extremely exhausted. exchange from air to ground bombing by f-16 and drones to the artillery firing, certainly

made a change in the pattern of injuries. we saw a lot of shrapnel injuries yesterday. and there are is doubt these attacks target the civilian population. >> now we go to nicole johnston. as night falls the tension does increase. there will now be a more intense israeli attack. >> that's exactly right. in the last one hour, there has been the constant sound of shelling from israeli tanks, as well as the navy ships, and we're hearing this every couple of minutes. so it sounds as though the gaza strip will get a heavy bombardment tonight. as we heard in the interview with the doctor, there really has been a change in the type of war fire. we have moved from the f-16s to this shelling.

we're getting a lot of reports of people being injured from flying shrapnel, so hospitals will have a difficult time as well. just in the last 20 minutes we have heard of four people being killed, two were children. they were bothers. two of these incidents happened in eastern gaza. >> of course it's the holy month of ramadan, we can hear the call to prayer in the background. certainly for many who want to try to observe their religious beliefs during this time. and yet the northern part of the state, throughout the day what have people been saying to you that have moved inland about what they are seeing, experiencing, and feeling about what is going on near their homes? >> well, there are still some people in those border areas.

maybe a kilometer and a half from the border. however, they are starting to be hit -- some of those houses, by israeli tank shelling. and that's what we just heard about in those four deaths we just had. that area is being heavily surveyed by drones. there are at least 20 drones there. we're hearing fighting of jihads taking on the israeli military. those who can are getting out. they are moving into central gaza. going to schools run by the united nations. the united nations said it has had at least 8,000 people move into gaza city in the last 24 hours to get away from those border areas, and it is now trying to look at more than 30,000 people here. >> nicole thank you.

lieutenant colonel paul learner said he would do whatever it takes to prevent further infiltration into israel. >> we have seen a on slot of rockets. it's annum bearable reality. we are not willing to let this go buy, and that's why the go charged us with restore security for the state of israel. this is a terrorist oh organization that are only about death and destruction. they want to come into israel, launch attacks, utilize tunnels that their only intention is to cause devastation within our communities. we are not willing to meet them in our backyards, we're taking the battle to them. we are striking the tel tunnels. we have uncovered some.

when 13 terrorists yesterday -- the only thing that stopped them was the alertness from a quick rush into an area not far from here, that was the only thing that stopped them. we were there and we were that physical barrier. we dwoont them in our backyard. we will bring the battle to them. john what do we know about the israeli troop movement at the moment leading into the night compared to, and certain mri from what we have listened to from our correspondent in gaza at the moment. >> we know the vague outlines of what they have done so far. they remain on the edges of the gaza strip. they say one of the reasons this is moves as slowly as it seems to be, is they don't know what they are about to encounter as they move forward. they don't know where many of

those tunnels are, but they have located what they believe to be the entrances to something like 30 of them. these are tunnels that might be used either to transport people across the border or equipment across the border, and in some bases they believe rockets and other equipment are being held in the tunnels. we know there are thousands of tanks involved in the operation. in this the center of the gaza strip it is principally still an air and sea-strike area. those land strikes, the soldiers moving forward, those remain on the edge. we are told that there continue to be rockets coming out of gaza, two were stopped by the iron dome, four in tel-aviv, and we are told that one israeli soldier has died in this operation, that makes two so far since this conflict began.

what happens here is -- is still not entirely clear, but the army -- or the military chief of staff of israel spoke and he warned people the operation will escalate he said, and he said israel has succeeded in what they have intended to do. what exactly that is, he did not clarify. >> of course the message to the international audience is incredibly clear and slick. is it as clear and slick to the israeli public. do they perceive what the danger is clearly on the israeli streets? >> the further south you go in israel, the more people understand, because that is where the majority of those rockets have gone as far away as tel-aviv and even further to haifa which is over 100 kilometers away. and in southern israel where

those rockets are falling in large, and the alarms are going off, and they have stopped summer school and those kinds of activities, even as far away as jerusalem they have stopped large gathering of people, so i think people understand what the issue is. benjamin netenyahu continues to say the primary objective is to top stop the rock ketds coming out of gaza. and he wants to target those tunnels. so far what we're not hearing a lot of talk about is completely disarming hamas. i don't think anybody in the israeli military at this stage think that is realistic. because that would be much longer and much bloodier. >> we'll see what messages do some out of jerusalem over the night. john thanks for joining us. u.s. president

-- live on al jazeera, it seems to be an never-ending cycle of violence, there seems to be no end to this, what needs to happen for it to stop? it is just about tunnels as our correspondent mentioned and as the israeli military press spokesman suggested? what do you perceive to be the end game? >> there is no end game to this conflict in gaza. it's the third in the past ten years. it can be halted temporarily with a ceasefire, but unless the ceasefire makes substantial changes -- for example, the opening of the closure of gaza by egypt and israel, the conflict will resume itself at some stage. the larger strategic issue,

which is seldom discussed is the conflict between israel and palestine and the need to divide the land into two states. in the mayhem of the gaza conflict, everyone seems to have forgotten that. the conflict is a system of the larger israel palestine conflict. >> but you say it is a symptom, and yet this conflict isn't going to last forever, and while the u.s. certainly publicly supports what israel is doing right now, one wonders how it can even take a position as an honest broker when the mediation has to begin. it has tried and failed. >> i think the mediation will continue not by the united states. the united states has a policy of not speaking to hamas. so we are not qualified to serve as the intermediary -- >> they don't seem to be even

listening to fattah and the president who says he is looking to the u.s. to try to persuade israel to stop, and they are not even listening to him, and he is a legitimate representative of the palestinian people. >> i think the netenyahu government has plunged into a war without knowing what the end game is going to be, and that's not the way you should start a war. the israelis are not going to defeat hamas entirely. they can bloody them very badly as they have in the past. nor are they going to eliminate all of the missiles. in my view the israelis ought to address the root causes of this conflict, and that is the closure of gaza which has produced a desperately poor society which cannot trade or travel. that has to be addressed. there also has to be support for

the unity between gaza and the west bank by israel opposed. >> do you think the u.s. will support any position the palestinians have publicly when the american position at the moment is to publicly support israel? >> i don't foresee any abrupt change in american policy. the secretary of state kerry tried very hard to broker an agreement between the israelis and palestinians, which failed. i think the failure might have been expected. bilateral negotiations simply don't work between these two parties, because of the disparity in power and influence. what is needed is an american and international initiative, and i don't see that coming soon. perhaps after the november elections near, the administration will try again with something bolder.

>> we'll see what does happen. for the moment, ambassador phillip wilson thanks so much for joining us. let's go back to london for more on the plane crash in ukraine. it's clear that international pressure is growing on pro-russian separatists and moscow. president vladimir putin has called the crash a tragedy, but has not stated who he thinks is behind the crash. instead he and other officials are blaming kiev. rory challands takes a look at what moscow's next step may be. >> i think we're going to be seeing three different types of vush shan response. the first is on the high level diplomatic stage. the kind of which reheard from the russian ambassador to the united nations security council. he blames ukraine for what has happened, and said that ukraine

must take full culpability because it was in ukrainian air space that this disaster happened. then domestically i think we'll see bluster. as barack obama was making his press conference, there was a tweet from a russian deputy who was saying that barack obama was lying without blushing. but thirdly, i think beliengd closed doors there is going to be deep worry here in moscow because if any har -- party that is looking into this tragedy can convincingly point the finger at the pro-russian separatists active in eastern ukraine, then that puts russia in a very, very difficult position indeed. hugely damaging for it on an international level. and it will have to make a very difficult decision. does russia keep on supporting

the rebels as the u.s. has accused it of doing or does it cut them adrift? in it doesn't cut them adrift then as the united states has hinthed there may be much more damaging sanctions down the line. >> thanks so much for coming in. let's pick up on what rory was talking about there. how likely is it that the russian government is going to want to be seen to put distance between itself and the pro-russian separatists. >> i think that may become a priority. we have seen so far that russia has rhetorically said it's keeping its distance, but there is evidence they have been helping or supporting the separatists. and it's very telling that in the un security council meeting no direct comment was made on any involvement of the separatists or any -- any

involvement of russia in supporting them. but it was more that the fault lay with the ukrainian government for allowing the airline to fly in their air space. >> we have been talking about the international growing pressure on russia to stop the violence in eastern ukraine. that pressure has included sanctions. it clearly hasn't worked up until now. are more sanctions likely? >> i think so. i think the issue is to date america has been the one that has shown that it is able to be a little bit more bold on sanctions, the eu has been relatively -- one could say weak on the way they have implemented sanctions. at the moment, i think it's very difficult because russia has been quite defiant in claiming the sanctions are of particular certain them. but from the international community sanctions seem to be one of theable only things they can use in this crisis.

>> we just look at the european union there, and clearly the u.s. would like to see more european involvement on applying pressure on russia. given the fact that many who lost their lives in this crash were european, and the downing of an airliner in european air space. is that going to force a change? >> i think there will absolutely be more pressure on theeu and those that lost some of their citizens in the downing of this airplane. i think there will be pressure on them to introduce sanctions and to potentially cooperate more as a group -- >> which is quite difficult to get them to do -- >> absolutely. and it is understandable given that each country in the eu has different priorities and economic relations with russia and depends on russia to a

different degree. >> actually it was interesting because the german chancellor earlier said, you know, effectively i don't want to apportion blame at the moment, we have to wait and see what comes out of the investigation, which goes against everything that president obama and the un has said. >> i think information is coming out very quickly to indicate that this was -- a separatists attack. and they had mistaken it for a ukrainian air force plane. i think the call for an investigation is right, but it also is a time for europe to buy time on what it wants to do. >> thank you. away from all of that diplomatic activity, in the netherlands morning has begun for the victims. the prime minister has vowed to find and punish those

responsible. >> translator: ladies and gentlemen let one thing be crystal clear. we want to unearth the facts, and when it becomes clear this was an attack, i will personally make sure the perpetrators will be hunthed and punished accordingly. malaysia's prime has made a statement condemning the shooting of the plane and called for an emergency parliament session due to be held on wednesday. >> translator: if the investigation showed the flight was shot down malaysia will bring those responsible to justice. i have already submitted all three demands to the secretary general of the united nations, and asked russian president putin to cooperate with the investigation. malaysia's national carrier has now lost its second plane in six months.

the loss of the second flight has lead to an outpouring of grief and tough questioning for the government. >> reporter: as dawn broke over the country, word of yet another flight disaster was met with shock and disbelief. >> those who did it they are really cruel. they are not human. >> very sad. you can't get over it. some of the imagery. >> reporter: mh370 mysteriously disappeared and to this day searchers continue to scour a vast area in search of the plane. families criticized the airline and government over mishandling

of the situation. still the shock of a second disaster was apparent in the eyes of many. >> at this moment, i'm feeling really shocked, because, you know, we haven't got over what happened to 370, and it was just like four months ago. >> reporter: on social media there was an outpouring grief. a friend of the younger crew member posted pictures of them together. she wrote . . . while the ruth over rebel-held territory had been cleared by international aviation authorities, the u.s. in april ordered its airlines to fly around what essentially is a war zon zone. >> 15 of 16 airlines fly this route over ukraine. european airlines also use the

same route. and travel the same air space. in hours before the incident, a number of other passenger's aircraft from different carriers use the same root. >> reporter: whether at fault or not with this double tragedy, analysts say it will spell more trouble for the airline that has reportedly been losing $1.6 million a day since the first of its two disasters. a number of people have come up to us here saying they are now refusing to get on a malaysian airlines flight. late in the day 100 members of malaysia's search and rescue team prepare to board a flight to the ukraine to help wherever they can. steve choi, al jazeera, kuala lumpur. >> more than a hundred of the

plane's passengers were headed to an aid's conference. the woeld health organization spokesman glen thomas was killed in the crash. >> glen will be remembered for his ready laugh and passion for public health. he will be greatly missed by those who had the opportunity to know him, and work with him. >> the crash also claimed the lives of 27 australians. one family has lost relatives in both malaysian airlines disasters. the country has been deeply effected. >> this is the worst aviation disaster that australia has ever been affected by. the death tell is creeping up into the high 20s, among them a grandfather traveling with three of his young grandchildren, age 8, 10, and 12. there was also a family who has now been hit by both tragedies

this year. they were still mourning their son and his wife which were on mh370, and now their step granddaughter and her husband were killed on mh17. so you just couldn't believe it, really. and it is having a huge impact on the entire country. family members of passengers who died in thursday's plane crash have been talking about their loss. >> the most magnificent parents to us kids, and just generally the most wonderful people, and we're absolutely devastated to lose them. >> yeah, mom, we -- we love you, and dad, we love you so much, and we're going to miss you so much, and they really wanted to see their little granddaughter walking when they came home tonight. >> pretty hard to watch. that brings you up to date with

the latest here in london. now back to doha. >> let's take a look at the situation on think ground in gaza. 1.2 milli 1.2 million in the gaza strip are refugees, and been displaced more than once. there are eight refugee camps which have one of the highest population densities in the world. the invasion and air strikes are having a deep impact on the society. many of those most deeply affected are the children. they have had to believe behind all of their belongings when their homes were shelled. >> translator: the children were frightened we had to find some where safe for our children. what did they do to deserve

this? >> reporter: this was the scene in the southern end of the gaza strip. around 17,000 palestinians are headed to shelters in schools. >> translator: where shall we go in israel is bombing us. so where shall we go in every family has 15 members. most of them are children. where shall we go? the women left their homes with only the clothes they had on them. the arab countries should feel shame as they watch what is happening to our people on the streets. and there have been several progaza protests across the middle east. hundreds marched in the jord jordanian capitol. and riot police used tear gas and water cannons to disperse hundreds of turks in istanbul. people were gathering there to denounce israel's ground

offensive in the gaza strip. and turkey's prime minister has also condemned israeli's invasion of gaza. >> translator: israel is terrorizing the region. israel commits genocide. they don't want hamas and alpha ta to form a unity government. so they continue their oppression and massacres. israel has always been oppressive, and continues to oppress. hence as turkey i can not think of positive developments with israel as long as i hold this duty. strong words from the turkish prime minister. would any other go -- governments agree with him? >> probably a lot of governments would. some of them would not utter it in public, because they don't want to anger either israel or the united states. and others, of course, especially between britain and

the united states have been adamant on supporting the netenyahu government, because a good number of western governments have been associated the war against gaza with the war against terror. and as you know, this is becoming very fashionable nowadays, everywhere from egypt to ukraine, russia, the united states, everyone is involved in a war on terror on their own. israel has succeed in turning its war on gaza into a war on terror. and that has lead many governments to defending the incursi incursion. here in london, parliament tearians have been quite out spoken against the situation. >> we are looking at

demonstrations from the public about -- against what they see as israeli bombardment. what are regional arab political leaders -- what kind of support can they give to add to those voices. they are always very nervous of the big players? >> as you know the region is and has been divided and has its own wars on terror if you will, going on. and popular uprisings against oppressive regimes. however, one piece of very, very important news, it's almost three or four minutes old, is that today tunnis, qatar and sudan are attempting at convening the arab league emergency summit. i'm not sure if they will succeed or not. but overall the situation calls for it. this is a full-fledged invasion

of israel on occupied arab land. and the three countries have a role to play. qatar has been throwing its weight, and sudan, which is an important country, all three are trying to get a summit going -- an emergency arab league summit, and i think that could be the beginning of something maybe at least to find a common language, if you will, that would push for a more fair ceasefire and perhaps more pressure on europe and the security -- the united nations security council to move in favor of putting an end to the hostilities. >> isn't the arab league as much of a talking shop and less of an organization that can actually get things done. we have these organizations, talk is cheap, but lives are not, and that's what is being lost in gaza and in the palestinian occupied territories

for nigh on 60 years. >> alas, you are right. and alas, israel -- the world might say what it wants, but we will do what we want. and they will continue to do what they want in the occupied territories. but at minimum there needs to be some sort of political initiative, because at the end of the day this is not going anywhere. there will be no defeated party. at the end of the day, this is going to have to be settled through some sort of ceasefire of sorts, in order to pave the way for a serious political resolution. there is no solution for the occupied territories. there is a political solution, and that must start by some sort of a conversation, and if it does start in the arab league, it is certainly better than elsewhere. i think when governments speak in one voice in support of a

just cause. it's better than the -- the mess on the streets, and it's better than people taking things into their hands and getting into a symmetrical conflict with power of this order that we see in the region. >> all right. we -- we'll see what happens. thanks so much. more news now we go to east africa where kenya has destroyed four camps said to have been used by heavily armed raiders who have carried out a series of attacks. more than 80 people have been killed and locals believe land could be at the heart of the violence. katherine soy reports. >> reporter: this was one of 13 men killed by gunmen earlier this month. more than 80 people lost their lives in a series of attacks

along the kenyan coast in the last two months. the government blames political networks who have hired local gangs allegedly trained by sal shabab group. >> translator: we have nowhere else to go. we came here more than 30 years ago. our father are now too old. we cannot go anywhere else. >> reporter: the land problem here is complex and dates back decades. it's common to find indigenous families leaving their land. in the '70s thousands of people from central kenya settled on some of the land, and a land rush after the discovery of oil, gas, and ongoing construction of a sea port. >> land grab has been perfected

into an act. and one, we need to do a land audit. right now in charge of the county, i hardly know who owns what. >> reporter: they have roughly 20,000 quarters. this is one of the many settlements here, basically state-owned land where landless people were settled. but it is until recently the thousands who have lived here for decades that are getting their own papers in a process that has been largely controversial. groups have complained that some of the title deeds issued are not valued. they are also using the documents to sell their land to speculators. >> translator: before selling the land [ inaudible ] thousand dollars. they don't know any better. they are poor. >> reporter: to these elders the battle to the rights to own their land has been constant.

they have sought justice in court and different coalitions set up to restore unjustices. the problem here could lead to more fatal attacks. coming up in sport, us in of a world cup winner who has decided to quit while he is ahead. ♪

♪ knew with the sport and an event that is near our neck of the woods. >> yes, indeed.

live pool has been [ inaudible ] for two of the biggest names in golf, mcelroy has two major titles to his name but never finished the open. woods double bogeyed the first hole and he is two over par. mcelroy has a very handy lead. south africa's con tender says the weather was favoring the later starters. >> [ inaudible ] to try to make the cut the next day if the wind is going to blow. but, yeah, we'll see how the day pans out. if the wind drops down, then obviously i think we might have the rough side. >> reporter: adam scott was out this friday he hit one under par

second round, but at three under in the tournament, he is not ruling out his chances just yet. >> the last 36 of the majors is going to be a grind, and if it's tough conditions, you know, i'm certainly up for that challenge. i feel like i'm swinging the club really well. so the tougher it gets the more that favors me. philip lamb has decided to quit at the very top of international football. he is to retire from the national team. he made 113 appearances for his country. making him the fourth most capped player in german history. lewis hampton is driving with really hot conditions at the circuit. >> my brakes are getting too hot. brakes are getting too hot. >> push to come back and then let it go.

>> reporter: that was his teammate having a few issues in the pit lane. he reported the second quickest time and the german leads hamilton by four points. india's cricketers have once again put england under pressure. the disastrous run of form have continued for cooke. quick look at the scorecard. india bowled out for 295, england finishing up on 219-6. largely thanks to a century by a gary balance. there is more on our website, aljazeera.com/sport. that is how it is looking for now. >> thanks very much, andy. i'll be back with more news on the other side of the commercial break. you have been watching al

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