>> hello there, you're watching al jazeera live from doha. the top stories - the united nations votes to launch a war crimes investigation into israel's invasion of gaza. hamas says there can be no ceasefire without onnd to the blockade. -- an end to the blockade. and united in grief - the nth receives the -- netherlands receives the bodies of those that died on flight mh17.

diplomatic efforts are underway to negotiate a ceasefire between israel and palestinian factions in gaza. u.s. secretary of state john kerry is in the egyptian capital of cairo. he held talks with palestinian and israeli leaders on wednesday. the u.n. human rights council voted in favor of launching an inquire yi into violations in gaza. there's a strong possibility that israel may have been committing war crimes. navi pilae condemned hamas for launching indiscriminantly attacks on israel. >> at least 775 palestinians died will two weeks of shelling. israel's ground invasion reached the south of the strip. tanks have been pounding hoza east of hahn eunice. israel and hamas agreed to suspend the vighting on wednesday a -- fighting on wednesday allowing humanitarian

groups to go in. many are believed to be trapped. nicole johnson travelled to the district with the international red cross, and sent this report. . reporter: at the morgue we met this family. they are mostly farmers, all from hezar. their homes and fields have become a battle ground between the israeli army and palestinian fighters. >> translation: around midnight a tank shell hit the house. it made a hole in the roof, killing my son and cows jun. the -- cousin. the rest of the family is injured or suffering burns. >> also here the mother of the 12-year-old killed. >> translation: why did they kill him? was he carrying a bomb or a rifle? was he a threat? . >> reporter: finally they are tape to see the bod -- taken to see the bodies.

he says cod retaliates for them, they have taken him from u my son. the problem is medics can't reach the middle of hozar. it's under attack. >> it's been chaotic outside of hahn eunice's main hospital. ambulances keep arriving and all the people are waiting to see whether it's family members who are inside. >> this man is trying to call his family. there's 60 people in his house. the tank shells are hitting around them. more ambulances arrive and more are injured. >> there's no chance to use any road leading there. tank shells are landing everywhere. those who manage to flee, many have been killed. in one house 30 people died. >> israeli army's ground

defensive has reached all of gaza. no one knows where it will end. >> nicole johnson joins us live. bring us up to date on what is happening in hazar, is it the case that ambulances can't get in? >> reporter: in the last few minutes we found out there has been some coordination between the palestinian factions, the red cross, and the israeli army, and now ambulance crews are back in that area. on wednesday, when the coordination happened, the crews were able to get to the edge of it. they weren't able to get properly inside hazar. it's a different situation on thursday, they are in the middle of it. so far several bodies have been brought out. that's not an easy area for the emergency teams to get around. under like shajaiya, which is densely populated, where they can see what needs to be done,

who needs help, hazar is an open agricultural area. there's distance between houses and farms, it could take time to get to those that eed help. we don't know how long the cause will last for. it's been going on for an hour. >> the ambulance crews and paramedics have been courageous going into the areas, trying to pull the injured and the dead out. m we know thousands have been injured and hospitals attacked. how depleted are medical supplies. how are they getting more in? >> even under the best of times in gaza the hospitals here don't have what they need. that's because of the israeli siege. israel, while it allows medical supplies in to gaza, it doesn't allow anything they term as dual use, under-israeli term that precludes a lot of things arriving in gaza. in the best situation gaza has

30 to 40% of what it needs. at the moment the hospitals are saying 80 to 90% of what they need they don't have, from the most basic supplies like gauzes to wrap people's injuries, for example, adrenaline, and all sorts of things. some supplies managed to get in during the humanitarian windows at different stages. really, it's nowhere near enough, and on top of that you have emergency teams, doctor, nurses working around the clock. working 24 hour shifts, they are exhausted. they don't have enough operating rooms or electricity. electricity cuts out constantly. they are running on generators, they run out. they are using mobile phones, the rights from mobile phones to light up an operating theatre, once the electricity cuts. >> you know, you can't imagine some of the situations they are going through. thank you for that. nicole johnson in gaza there.

well, the leader of hamas says his movement will not agree to a ceasefire unless israel agrees to end its siege on gaza. >> reporter: khaled meshaal gave a slightly different safety to the way ceasefire is going. we heard from john kerry saying there'd been progress in the ceasefire talks, suggestions that some sort of two stage deal was coming together. khaled meshaal made it clear when i asked him that there was no breakthrough. >> translation: many efforts are being exerted. i cannot claim there's a breakthrough. men insist we should ceasefire then negotiate. u.s. officials are surprised that they are willing to offer assurances that following the ceasefire, we have experiences

in the past and this is not credible. >> a lot hinges are on the guarantees for the lifting of the siege. there are six conditions, the most important, which was emphasised again and again and again was the lifting of the siege. he didn't want to see the to lifting of the siege as some sort of stage of talks. he indicated that the u.s. was willing to give a guarantee as to the lifting of the siege, but from hamas's perspective that has to be part of terms of a ceasefire agreement. there'd have to be a mechanism to begin that on the silencing of the guns. u.s. planes are now allowed to fly in and out of israel. the ban has been lived by the

f.a.a. the ban was placed on tuesday after a rocket landed near the airport. >> gaza has a small christian community, and as charles stratford reports several churches have become safe haifens for those trying to seek shelter. >> reporter: a place of worship, now a place of refuge for victims of israel's military campaign, there's no guarantee of safety here. this woman is 22 years old. she has three children and was six months pregnant when the bombi bombing started. her house was bombed. >> i got to the church, i started to bleed. i collapsed. doctors said my child died and they had to remove it from me. >> reporter: she seeks comfort with friends, but is heart

broken. >> translation: we were treading on the dead bodies as we ran. the israeli army not only killed our sons, but the baby inside me. what sins have our children committed. more than 1,000 came to seek shelter. the majority are from shajaiya. every few minute we hear loud explosions. this woman is in another part of the church. she has a 20-day-old son. he is seeking shelter at the church. she tried to find shelter at a nearby school. there was no room. >> reporter: . >> translation: i can't describe the fear. my family is slit up. >> cradling her trial, there are fears the doming will not stop soon. new life, surrounded by death.

there is a lot of shuttle diplomacy, let's talk to our diplomatic editor, james bays, in west jerusalem. john kerry saying yes we have made progress, and you listen to the hamas leader, khaled meshaal saying we will not stop fighting until conditions are in place. where are we on this? >> i don't think it's just the hamas side. i think it's true that both sides - the two central sides in this, the israelis and hamas do not want to go back to where we were over two weeks agoment they don't want another ceasefire, and the situation as it was. from hamas they are being public about their position. they want the seeing of gaza lifted. you heard hamid americaal saying that at the news conference. on the israeli side, i don't think they want to go back to where we were over two weeks

ago. they want hamas's military abilities to be degraded. both sides want something more before the conflict started. that's the problem in netting a ceasefire. ban ki-moon, the secretary-general, is in the area, in saudi arabia, and john kerry has gone back to egypt. we'll have to watch the movements of those two men who are involved in brokering different parts of the equation, so many different groups and countries involved. it's not just the protagonists, israel and ham a there are regional players. we need to watch of the movement of the two men. if they decide to go back to washington and new york respectively, i think there's no imminent ceasefire deal. for now they appear to want to stay in the region, but perhaps

significant we have not been given any details of travel itemin ris in the days ahead. thank you for that. james bays in werz jerusalem. >> we have extensive coverage of the offensive in gaza, and the diplomatic efforts on the web side. there's live blog, opinion and analysis. that's aljazeera.com still to come, meeting kenya's innovative entrepreneurs. how the government is trying to create new jobs. plus... >> i'm simon mcgregor-wood, greek and turkish cypriots are working together to preserve cultural heritage for both sides of the killed to enjoy. it when you run a business, you can't settle for slow.

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welcome back. you're watching al jazeera. our top stories - the u.n. human rights council voted in favor of launching an international inquiry into human rights violations. john kerry is in cairo to try to broker a deal between both sides in the conflict. at least 775 palestinians have decide after more than two weeks of shelling in gaza. >> the u.s. aviation safety authority lifted its ban on flights in out of israel's international airport. now, let's speak to kirsty from the barr human rights committee of england and wales,

joining us from london. good to have you with us. talking about human rights, navi pillay said what israel is doing may amount to war crimes, now the human rights watch is organising a commission of inquiry. to your mind, what kind of thing should they look at. >> what they should look at is whether there is compliance with international laws. that's international law and international humanitarian law. what that means is where there is is conflict, both sides have to make a distinction between combat and noncombatants, and what they have to do is protect the civilian population. that would apply to israel. israel would be under a duty to protect the civilian population not only of israel, but also the population within the territory.

>> if the prosecution finds war crimes have been committed. where can it go. surely not to the international criminal court, because the u.s. would never sanction charges against israel. >> yes, it's obviously an interesting question as to what teeth does the human rites council have. there was a report in 2009 by judge goldstone, unfortunately that report and conflict was shelved. although the recommendations were relevant. one thing that could happen is where the security council is politically blocked in referring a state to the i.c.c., one thing that could happen is that there could be something within the general assembly now. really, there should be moves within the general assembly to get around political blockades in the security council and refer countries in that way. fundamentally what needs to

happen is the state needs to take responsibility for their own actions, set up recommendations, committees, and inquiries, because it is pointless ratifying treaties, making promises and pledges in relation to their own civilians. what about the hamas sides. there are accusations that they are using human shields. they are not a state, are they? >> no, but the same - humanitarian law would apply to hamas and israel. it is a conflict. they are bound by the same rules. that means that when they fire rockets, their rockets also should not be rockets which are indiscriminate and cause danger or harm to a civilian population, wherever it is. so they also are bound by the same rules of conflict as israel is. >> thank you very much for speaking with us. interesting stuff there.

kirsty brimlow speaking to us live from london. the remains of 40 of the victims of the malaysian plane shot over ukraine last week have arrived back in the netherlands. two military planes flew the plane from kharkiv to the netherlands. >> reporter: returning to the netherlands where the tragic journey began, the fes of the victims of flight mh17. 40 bodies, all of them yet to be identified. carried out of the cargo planes with the dignity and report they deserve. scenes this mark contrast to the treatment on the battle feeds of eastern ukraine where the flight was shot out of the sky. [ "last post" plays ] the dutch royal family and prime minister were in attendance at the ceremony at

the military base at eindhoven airport. the anger and grief sharpened by the fact that none of them knew whether their loved ones were in the coffins before them. it could take the forensic teams weeks or months to identify the victims. it will be a gruelling time for the relatives standing watching the bodies taken to the hearse, and then to a military base where the forensic teams will be at work. >> 193 of the victims are from the netherlands. the flying at half mast, the flags of 16 nations. the war is no longer remote in ukraine, it reached into homes across the world. more victim's bodies will be loaded in kharkiv. the scale of this tragedy conditions to grow, not just in

terms of human grief, but in political impact. the calls for justice are growing lauder -- lauder, how many longer can european politicians ignore them. david is in eid hoven. more poddies arriving there today. >> yes, another 74 of the victims will be ferried at the military base at eid houghen airport, just behind me, where the flags are flying at half mast. we expect the same ceremony, dignity and respect for those that came down over the battlefields of east ukraine. there'll be a government representative, not the king and queen. we expect a few, because every time a coffin arrives, these relatives think they will contain the remains of their

loved ones. another difficult time, another time where we'll see the soldiers carrying the coffins out of the planes and on to the horses to hill ver sham, where a military facility is being set up, where the teams are at work to identify the victims. >> clearly widespread grief and anger in the netherlands over what happened with the crash flight and delays in getting the bodies back. what has been the reaction in the netherlands and the e.u. >> reporter: as far as the netherlands was concerned, there was an interesting quote. the secretary-general from 2004 to twoon. he said essentially in coming up

his phrase, not only this country but the arrest of europe woke up and smelt the coffee. he said it's time to stop the cuts and time to boost the bcts. we are living in a different world. we realise that. this is a game changer. that will have an impact. not just the funerals, but the fact that a civilian air riner was targeted. you were talking about gaza and war crimes. this is a war crime. nobody can deny that. a civilian airliner was downed. one more word that flight mh17 no longer exist, it's called mm-hmm 19 because mh17 had an emotional impact on the people leaving from the scooep owl airport. so that is now gone. two separate bomb attacks killed 44 people in the northern

nigerian city. in the first attack a prominent cleric was targeted, killing 25 people. the second went off in a busy market, killing 19 others. africa has the highest concentration of young people in the world, and more than half of those people aged between 18 and 35 have no jobs. in kenya 70% of the young working class are unemployed. it's almost 10 million people. the government is trying to change that. . >> michael and his business partner, with his motorcycle, with a smart jacket, but with a difference. the light on it are connected wirelessly to the motorcycle, and warns other drivers of the direction the rider intends to go or when he breaks.

in a country where motorcycle accident are high, he says he is a revolutionary innovation. >> at this stage, for africa, for us to do anything, that's what it is. we have to be disruptive, we have to find problems. >> the entrepreneurs are hoping to qualify for a low interest lone, targetting young people. it's one of several government fans designed to deal with the soaring unemployment by focussing on business start-ups. >> we are looking to focus on entrepreneur, skill base, close to what we have had, where we are training people. young people at this section are displays their ideas, hoping for a government loan. few will succeed. that raises concern about what could happen to the millions of those who remain jobless. >> if we do not invest in the youth, you are producing a

population or a constituency of beam with nothing to lose. and because they have nothing to lose, anybody can, you know, make use of this types of constituency, be it the politician, extremist groups. >> in an industrial zone on the outskirts of nairobi, people wait all day for any type of judge. most have college diplomas. >> these people want employment from some of the textile companies, a few of them will get casual jobs for a day, a week, maybe a month. most will go home disappointed. >> this person has come here since the beginning of the year. she had two weeks work in january. >> translation: i have to try my luck. i have a family. >> reporter: this is a story shared by millions of young people, running out of hope. >> in turkish, occupied northern

cyprus a project is hoping to rebuild trust, happening at a site which many believe was the inspiration for shakespeare's "ophelio." >> reporter: it was built after muslim armies took jerz. -- jerusalem. it came under the ven eastern rule. otto mans took it. the modern turkish invasion of 1974 and the division of cyprus bought isolation and slow decline. the once mighty walls of the tower crumbled. now greek and turkish cypriots have started restoration. in early 2015 it will open to tourists. the joint committee is a rare animal. it was established by both

sides. it was quickly and enthusiastically supported by the u.n. and european union. it's a rare good news story that everyone is keen to ploem oat. >> -- promote. >> these are not just the monuments of turkish cypriots or greek cypriots - they are the monuments of humanity. >> the committee needs a lot more money. it's about defying 40 years of division and mistrust to save common heritage for both sides. >> occasionally we do argue, but not across ethnic lines or community lines. but we argue about which is the best way of concerning a building, how to allocate funds. >> the work is slow and painstaking. this project is an example of a trend - greek and turkish cypriots working too. after

40 years more cypriots are spending time thinking about the possibilities of a shared future than about their divided past. and you can keep up to date with all the day's news on the website. aljazeera.com. a federal appeals court was asked to rule n o the subsidies on the affordable care act, helping lower income insurance buyers. two of the three judges decided that it doesn't allow the i.r.s. to create subsidies in states that don't have their own market. the legal way for obamacare. it's the "inside story".