>> israeli helicopters are on the attack as the defensive in gaza goes on. neighbourhoods near the israeli border are under huge bombardments. thousands are fleeing their homes in the desperate safe for anywhere safe. you're watching al jazeera, live from doha. also ahead - where have the bodies been taken. pro-russian gunmen accused of farmering with evidence at the scene of a shot down malaysian

plane. as church services are held to remember the victims, pressure grows on russia's president. >> translation: i have told him time is running out for him to show the world he is serious about his offer to help. >> and we'll report from ossetia where football is used to fight h.i.v. and aids. israel's bombardment of gaza is moving closer to the heavily populated part of the territory - gaza city itself. this was the scene a short time ago. the smoke is a result of explosions after israeli attacks from tanks or aircraft. the palestinian health ministry says a total of 359 people have been killed in the 12 days since the offensive began strikes. four days of ground operations

multiplied the fear and desperation felt by people there. among the worst-hit was the alshafa and alalternativa neighbo neighbour heads east of the city. people were trapped. ambulances say it's been too dangerous to go in to help the injured. this is a live view of gaza city. there has been loud explosions close to where our correspondents are reporting from. nicole johnson is there and witnessed the shelling throughout the night. >> reporter: the eastern part of gaza was hit hard on saturday night. it was the heaviest tent shelling since israel started its ground operation. flares lit up the skies. tent shells slammed into people's homes.

>> wait, wait. we can hear shells and rockets falling on the streets and homes. they are falling everywhere. we had no electricity. everything has been cut off. >> reporter: for a few hours ambulance vehicles couldn't reach the neighbourhoods. the attack was so enterngs it wasn't -- intense it wasn't safe to go there. >> translation: the red cross can't reach the area, it's too dangerous. people are stuck at home. some fled to schools in safer areas. we are stuck. the streets are empty. all you hear is shelling. we are living in fear, terrified. there are 18 of us in one room. it's my whole family. we are stuck and the kids are crying. >> reporter: after a while some emergency crews started to reach the area which had been so heavily shelled. among the dead two children, a

woman and a son, a senior hamas leader. >> there's random shelling and no communication with israeli forces via the u.n. or red cross on when the medical personnel can evacuate the injured. >> it was a long and difficult night in gaza. in dates the tent shelling is going on. people will be hoping for a break, long enough to pull out anyone injured or killed. now, live to another of our correspondents in gaza, stefanie dekker is outside the she hava hospital in -- she'sa hospital in gaza. what is the situation there after last night's shelling. >> there has been a stream of people coming into gaza city. we saw hundreds of people on foot, families, carrying their children's, cars, packed with families on top of the cars to

indicate that they shouldn't be a target. it's been a relentless night. one of fear. many have been injured, 33 dead once ambulances finally get into the eastern areas along the border. a lot of those people coming from that neighbourhood, what we saw inside, and seconds of desperation. and we saw a dead woman calling in small children are horrific injuries, it's a war with the highest toll. i want to bring in the director of operations from the u.n. agency dealing with palestinian refuge refugees. can you describe what happened overnight and now? >> what we so is a carry on over the past two days, an incursion and a lot of damage. thousands of people on the move. we went - yesterday we had 30,000 additional people moving

to the schools, and we have had thousands overnight, and more this morning. just this morning we have opened six schools that i know of already. we had 60,000 last night. i want be surprised if we go 70, 80 thoz. >> do you have the means to cope. are you overstretched. >> our teams are stretched. we are physically getting a run out of school buildings, a lot of schools are in areas we couldn't consider. we are in talks to use schools. we have run out of the mattress, hygiene kits, we are looking at airlifting from dubai, boring from the unhcr from the syria response stocks in jordan. we are getting there. today is going to be difficult. tomorrow is going to be difficult. the food that we need to distribute is an area we can't access. we are working with the israeli

authorities to get access to the warehouses. it will be a long day. >> can i get your answer on your assessment that the impact the war is having on the civilians. not only those that have been killed and wounded but those displaced, those that have been moving in fear, it's going to have a huge long-term psychological effect. if you are a 6-year-old child in gaza, it's the sixth war. we have to find a way to get passed all of this. >> thank you, thank you so much for joining us on al jazeera, a huge challenge to deal with the influx of thousands of people that are coming into gaza city looking for shelter because that operation on the border has been relentless. we can hear artillery fire from the tanks. they seem to move closer to where they are, and the hospital is struggling to cope. we have seen scenes of doctors

desperate. a worrying development. people terrified about what will happen next. >> a straight situation indeed. thank you very much. >> israel, meanwhile, confirmed that two or more of its soldiers were killed on saturday, bringing the total up to four since the start of the ground offensive. another israeli soldier was accidentally killed by his own side. 112 rockets were launched on the territory on saturday. israel's ipp vags of gaza -- invasion of gaza prompted rehabilitation from around the world calling on both sides the stop the violence. police stepped in to keep protesters party. in paris french police fought with pro-palestinian protesters. synagogues were attacked last

sunday. in chile thousands marched on the israeli embassy in san diego, the demonstrators continuing on to the embassy of the united states. world leaders demand russia put pressure on ukranian rebels to give access. international monitors trying to establish a safe corridor were denid access. they are working in an intimidating environment under the arms of separatists. there are questions about where the victims removed from the site are held. >> reporter: wild flowers on a crumpled wing. one of the first memorials for the people on flight mh17. some were place the by this woman, her son's house metres

away. >> translation: it's sad for all the people, the violence, the children. it's awful to see something like this happening in our country. >> after laying uncovered in the fields sense the plane fell from the sky, emergency workers put the bodies in bags and lay them on the roadside. >> armed fighters came down the hill to our location where we have been broadcasting. for the first time in 48 hours since the crash happen, we have been told to get out of the area because investigators are coming in. soon after we were moved back the european monitoring mission arrived. after confusion and standoff the monitors were let into the area of the crash much more negotiation was needed. >> translation: i am saying no to the o.s.c.e. they were allowed into more areas of the crash site than their trip on friday, which ended with warning shots fired and an early exit. >> the incident site is large,

it goes beyond what we have seen, we need to consult. >> reporter: as the dutch foreign minister arrived with a group of investigators, the ukranian government continued a push for more international action. >> the pro-russian rebels are not allowing investigators to collect and transfer the etched. rescue groups are working upped the threat of armed rebels. a small step forward for the european monitors. international investigation is not expected in the coming hours. at the end of the day, volunteer coalminers bring in more bodies from the field. they were loaded on to trucks, but there's a question of where they will go or how they'll be identified. so they can make their way to the final resting place. jazz's nisreen el-shamayleh ha -- al jazeera's nisreen el-shamayleh has nor from the

crash site. >> the relatives of the victim of this grab, and the world has been observing the horrific scenes, no closer to finding out what happened in these fields. investigators have still not been able to get to the site, observers work has been hindered as well by the separatists, which are in the area. we understand that most of the bodies strewn across this crash area have now been moved, but we don't know, and the observers don't know where those bodies have gone. another problem is that the investigators need to get to the debris to try to work out where the missile was fired from and what type of missile it was to work out who is responsible. we understand from the o.s.c.e. observe e that some of the wreckage and debris has been tampered with. it has been moved. we haven't seen heavy equipment and much of the wreckage is in

place, but the tampering of evidence will make the work of the investigators, when they get here, all the more difficult. >> the dutch prime minister says russia's president is running out of time to show he is willing to recover the victims. the comment made after what he described as a continues conversation with vladimir putin. most of the tributes were from the netherlands. the dutch prime minister came straight from a telephone call with vladimir putin, delivering a blunt message for the president. i have told him the time is running out for him to show the world that he is serious about his offer to help. now he has to show responsibility towards the rebels, and show the netherlands, and the world that he will do what is expected of him, to use his influence. >> reporter: as he spoke the the people of the netherlands were still counting the cost.

near amsterdam, the local church hoped its doors and the heart of its congregation, after learning that 12 of its citizens from three families were on board flight mh17. this woman lost her sister, brother-in-law and nephew. she came here to remember and find comfort. as did many others who lost friends or neighbours. >> we are all shocked. our hearts are crying. it's a situation that we cannot understand. it's also not - you cannot think about it. it's awful beyond all nightmares. >> reporter: such is the scale of the disaster that hardly a carriage of the nets has been touched -- netherlands has been touched. everyone knows someone or knows someone who knows someone touched. they are marking it with

dignified displays of grief. they are laying flowers in memory of two dear friends running one of the town's most popular shops they ran the local flower shop. customers and friends are paying in tribute. one put up a photo saying:. >> nice friendly people. hard to have this nice store, they worked hard, with them. it was tragic. >> shocking, because we knew them. they were very friendly, very nice. it's a big shock for all of us. >> as they and others across the country begin the process of grieving. they can only wait and see how events in east ukraine unfold.

>> commemorations are being held in australia. prime minister tony abbott was one of several leaders attending a memorial service. it was viabled as an out -- described as an out come of a trial of human evil. at least 37 australian nationals were kill. still ahead on al jazeera - we look at what the future holds for cypress as the island marks 40 years of division. stuart! stuart!

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welcome back. a reminder of the top stories here on al jazeera. israel's bombardment of gaza moving to the heavily populated part of the territory - gaza city itself. the parliamentary health ministery shows 369 killed in the 12 days since the offensive began. russia put pressure on ukranian rebels to give unfettered action to the airliners shut down. memorial services have been held in malaysia for 298 passengers and crew who were killed. >> now, sunday marks the 40th anniversary of a turkish invasion of cypress, resulting in a division of the island between greeks in the south. peacekeepers have been on the island since 1964, establishing

a zone providing a buffer between the two sides. the largest city is europe's only divided couple. they were on both sides of the dividing line. simon mcgregor-wood is on the greek side. first, let's go to paul brennan, in the turkish northern part of the city. tell us how the anniversary is being marked where you are. >> well, it's being marked with a celebration here. very different to the sentiment on the other side of the line where simon mcgregor-wood is. i'm at a military parade, where we are listening at the moment to a speech by the turkish president who is over here on a 3-day visit. his final foreign visit before he steps down as president in less than a month's time. if i can give you an extract from what the turkish cypriot president said in the last couple of minutes.

it's a favour this side of the line. it's a day of peace and freedom. 40 were liberated fr. some people, the greek cypriots believe the invasion occurred 30 years ago, and on the althoughed of sip rerks the turkish troops were welcomed as liberators and peacekeepers. >> thank you, let's check in with simon mcgregor-wood, who is in the south. i imagine a different picture where you are. >> absolutely, a different mood here. it's sombre. one characterised by morning, for those that lost their lives. the turkish enface, several thousand members of the armed force, and a huge swathe of land, almost a third of cypress

lost, and the greek cypriots calling it, to the turkish occupation. early this morning, 5:30 local time, as it has done since 1975, the cypriots sounded the air raid sirens marking the moment the turkish forces sounded the turkish operations. a little later we attended an annual commemoration attended by the president at the main military cemetery, where he laid wreaths at the tomb commemorating all those who lost. it was a moving ceremony. but i have to say as the years go by, they have been here several days now, there's a sense, yes, of mourning and sadness, among the greek i detect a rising sense of frustration and anger that despite the lose, despite 40 years of division, the politicians on this side seem unable or perhaps unwilling to

resolve the cypress problems, there are conflicting emotions, sadness and mourning, but a sense of frustration at what appears to be the ongoing deadlock. >> okay, thank you very much. simon mcgregor-wood in the south for us. a u.s. tobacco company has been ordered to pay a record $23 million to the widow of a long-time smoker. the lawsuit was against rg reynolds, and it was argued they tried to hide the addictive nature of their products. her husband smoked three packs a day for 20 years. now, the united states government has a network of more than 15,000 informance nationwide. little is known about how they were used within the

counterterrorism programme. a new investigation by al jazeera shed light on the shadowy world of domestic spies. here is a report from trevor aaron son. >> reporter: this is a rare glimpse of an fbi informer hard at work, encouraging an ohio man to smuggle computers to militant groups overseas. . >> reporter: this yefr-before-seen -- never-before-seen video is part of an al jazeera investigation. they are central to a counterterrorism programme that lures muslim men into plots conconducted by the fbi. >> the fbi thought i was the greatest informant on the planet earth. >> former informant pretended to be a muslim to gather information. informant-led sting operations target young men who are vulnerable but not dangerous. >> they are unfortunate fool that got caught up in the siting

operation. >> test, test, one. >> the informant policy rarely has been challenged. al jazeera's investigation razing con -- raises concerns that sense the 9/11 attacks the u.s. government is promoting crimes that otherwise would not occur. >> to what extent would the fbi have a role in enticing, or luring the individuals into the crime. the initial sense of who is pushing what agenda is still a grey area. >> this man was convicted of providing material support to al qaeda. in his case the only connectionways a paid fbi informant posing as an operative. >> i'm representing osama bin laden. >> he spent seven years in prison. he is speaking for the first time publicly about the case. >> oi only issue -- my only issue with government is look for who you are looking for.

don't bend and break the rules to catch the bad guy. if you are crooked as the people you chase. >> reporter: this is one of 200 caught by the fbi in counterterror. stings. despite concerns about civil liberties the fbi is committed to training new informants. and you can watch the full-length documentary "al jazeera investigates informants", on-sunday. >> in the philippines the death toll from the tif oop increased to 94. 400,000 homes are without proper water. the storm killed 17 people in southern china. it was a strong storm to hit the region in decades. in vietnam the clean-up is under way. more than 7,000 residents were evacuated from low-lying areas before the storm hit.

>> iraq's president has returned to the country after spending 18 months in germany where he was speaking medical treatment. he chose a turkish town to stage a comeback. three al jazeera journalists have spent 204 address in an egyptian prison, falsely accused of helping the outlawed muslim brotherhood. mohamed fadel fahmy and peter greste were gaoled for seven years last month. baher mohamed was given seven years but received an additional three because he had a spent bullet in his pocket, picked up at a protest. al jazeera continues to rengt the charms. a community center is using football to educate people and help combat the virus. >> we have this report. >> reporter: the excitement of the world cup is running high in

las ute u. children are imagining a game between al jazeera and ghana. they are in a kick for life programme, a project for neighbouring south africa's 2010 world cup. >> this man is commentating, he came it the game. alongside the pitch he's learning about h.i.v. it's important in the country with the third highest rate of infection that causes aids. >> this is dangerous, we learn about aids every day. we find something that is getting in our heads, so we protect ourselves. >> this is an orphan living on the street with friends. as well as how to avoid h.i.v., they are learning how to budget what little money they have. >> for many young people this is the only relief for a life of hardship. the center provides a safe

environment, free of the stigmatization the h.i.v. positive children face, and it's a place they can have fun. some young people are learning to cook. others are trained in information technology and the media, making their open promotional video. >> i'm nata lie, 30 years of age. i'm a coach and player for kick tore life. >> this girl enjoys counselling as much as football. >> it's rewarding, not physically or something you can touch. it's something in the heart. it says when you give some help here. >> the center made a big difference. people make the people become happy. >> without it he says he would be stealing. this is where he sleeps. >> we put something back.

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