diplomatic efforts underway to reach a ceasefire in gaza. meanwhile the israeli offensive there is in full force. more than 800 palestinians have been killed so far. ♪ hello there, and welcome to al jazeera live from doha, i'm laura kyle. also coming up on the program. alger algeria's transport minister theys the recovery of bodies won't be easy. and the un says nearly a

quarter of a million people have been forced from their homes. the push for a diplomatic solution to the crisis in gaza has taken on new urgency, the un and u.s. want hamas to stop the bloodshed that has now lasted 18 days. un secretary general ban ki-moon and u.s. secretary of state john kerry have been meeting. they want a pause during the holidays next week, marking the end of ramadan. and kerry has been pushing regional leaders to have a halt. a pause would allow medical and food aid to enter gaza. thousands of palestinians have been forced to leave their homes

because of israeli bombardment. james bayes joins us now. what are you hearing on the ceasefire discussions? >> well, there is a real urgency now to these discussions. in some ways for now we might be in the final phase of trying to reach a ceasefire or not. that's because the two international dignitaries which are leading the mediation, the secretary of state of the u.s., and the un secretary general have made it quite clear that for now this is the end of their face-to-face diplomacy in the region. both say they are going to get on a plane in the coming hours. i think they have already delayed their flights back to the united states and the state department because they think they are very close. what we have right now is those two men along with the egyptian foreign minister in cairo, and they are reaching out to doha,

qatar, where the turkish foreign minister has flown in, and the qatar foreign minister is, those two have a great deal of influence over the hamas leadership, so they are reaching out to doha and to where i am to jerusalem on the other side where the israeli security cabinet has been meeting. there has been a break in the meeting, but we're told the meeting will resume later. and all the while we're talking about very different details of the formula. >> yes, it's never going to be an easy task. and also there are a lot of geopolitical shifts in this region since the last conflicts that we saw in gaza. how does that create, yet more obstacles. >> well, it means that egypt now cannot be a mediator with both sides in the way that it was before. that's why you have the turks

and qatars who have influence with hamas, egypt doesn't have anymore. many people on the palestinian side will see they see egypt as much as israel itself. they are talking about a ceasefire to come in to place, and immediate negotiations on the bigger issues, because there are things that hamas want out of this, and things that israel wants out of it. israel wants to stop the rocket fire and demilitarize hamas. hamas wants the occupation stopped. israel could continue to try to destroy those israels on the ground, a contentious point, and i'm sure that is what is being discussed in these negotiations. i think if they are not concluded on friday, it will be

a few days away, and we'll see probably an escalation of the israeli military offensive. i really do think the coming hours are make or break for now. >> james thanks very much. in gaza more than 30 houses have been hit by air strikes on friday alone. but despite the growing number of deaths one unlikely survivor is a newborn baby. >> reporter: this little girl has just been born. while she was still in her mother womb, she survived an israeli air strike, but her mother didn't. the doctors care rid out an emergency says sar -- cesarian section. >> if the mother is dying or is dead for a long period of time,

more than five minutes, usually the baby -- the babies are dying. >> reporter: the doctors say this little girl is still in a very critical condition, but if she can get through one day, her chances should be much better. the two-story house was struck in the middle of the night. there were four families in it, and five children. everyone was injured. the family has a new baby, it should be a time of celebration, but it's war, and they are grieving. they say israel gave no warning before it destroyed the house. >> in my cousin's case they had a few seconds. so they didn't have any time to run away. >> this woman was in the house when the attack happened. >> translator: the baby is a gift. she is the first granddaughter, neither she nor we will live in

peace while the israeli invasion is there. >> reporter: the family has now given her a name, shama, the same as her mother. meanwhile at least five palestinians have been killed in the west bank in protests against israel's offensive in gaza. this was the scene at a hospital. two other palestinians were killed in overnight protests when around 10,000 people marched through the west bank. and we're joined live from ramallah, these clashes that we have been seeing today, five people dead today alone. who is clashing with whom? >> yes, a very volatile and frankly deadly situation here in the occupied west bank.

what i can tell you is shortly after friday prayers, a group of palestinians began protesting in a town south of the city of nablis, we understand an israeli settler in a car drove past the protest and opened fire. an 18 was killed in the shooting and three others were injured. shortly afterwards israeli security forces appeared on the scene, began to clash with protesters, resulting in death of a 22-year-old protester. in an area north of the city, we understand that three palestinian protesterser were killed when they clashed with israeli security forces. these protests are in response to the 18-day israeli assault of gaza. it of course attracted thousands of people to the streets here,

at the check point which separates jerusalem and indeed ramallah. that was a huge protest. probably the largest we have seen since the israeli offensive. perhaps the largest we have scene in years. we were caught in the middle of the protest, here is our report. [ gunfire ] [ explosion ] >> reporter: the violence was expected, but no one predicted the scale of it. this is the largest protest the occupied west bank has seen in years. for hours protesters clashed with israeli forces outside the check point. they threw stones, fireworks and molotov cocktails. israeli forces tired tear gas canisters, and rubber tipped bullets. it was clear the soldiers at times were struggling to maintain the situation. these people have taken to the streets to protest the siege of

gaza, the violence there. they are angry, they want it to stop and they want an end of the israeli aggression shun. both sides claim the other shot first, a bullet hole clearly visible in a satellite truck parked less than a meter of where we were broadcasts. dozens were also injured in the clashes, but protesters said they were unafraid. >> translator: for 18 days the people of gaza are being killed. we should have started protesting from the very first day to end this aggression. >> translator: we are here to stand with our people in gaza. today is the beginning of [ inaudible ] occupied palestinian territories against the occupier and its aggression towards gaza. >> reporter: israeli police confronted palestinian protesters in and around the old

walled city of jerusalem. including a holy site. officials say they arrested around 20 people. since israeli's latest offensive began, many have asked why people living in the occupied west bank have been relatively silent about the suffering. on thursday evening they spoke loudly and angrily against it. and many expect friday to bring larger and louder protests. so you can see a very volatile situation. and many are predicting this evening, friday evening, we could see the same now that at least 5 protesters have been killed in clashes. >> yeah, we'll keep a close eye on events there in the west bank. thanks very much. the human rights activist in this the west bank was at one of the protests and says israel is targeting sillians. >> in west bank now the

palestinians are, you know, participating in many, many demonstrations, thousands or even, you know, tens of thousands are going to the streets, and many palestinians are calling for more demonstrations and protests. unfortunately we lost one of the best human rights defenders. the director was killed just now. the israeli occupation forces killed him when he was trying to document the human rights violation to children. so it's a very important to address that israel is not only targeting the civilians in gaza, but they are targeting now these protesters in west bank, so israel is not defending it's a. israel is defending the occupation. >> well there have been demonstrations around the world in support of the palestinians. phil is in london where one of the biggest is taking place.

>> this demonstration has been taking place for 35 years or so. the idea behind it is to show solidarity, show support for those people in the gaza strip, for those in the occupied west bank. normally the numbers are much lower, this is a friday, a working day in the united kingdom, but because of the heightened situation in that part of the world of the gaza strip, there have been buses piling up and lots and lots of people came to make their point. and there are similar demonstrations taking place in other wards of the world, iraq, in berlin, in north america there are 19 demonstrations taking place. a big one taking police in new york. it's not a demonstration against israel, but a demonstration against the tactics used by israel against the people of the gaza strip. >> still ahead here on this

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♪ hello again, the headlines this hour on al jazeera. the u.s. secretary of state john kerry and un secretary general ban ki-moon are trying to get support for a ceasefire plan for

gaza. kerry has proposed a week long truce to allow more negotiations and aid to move in. [ shouting ] meanwhile, almost 800 palestinians have been killed. they are holding protests furious at the ongoing offense against gaza. and this was the scene in berlin. and other demonstrations were organized around the world. the human cost of months of fighting in ukraine is growing clearer. the conflict between pro-russian separatists and government forces has forced 230,000 people to flee their homes. more than half of them have crossed into russia. here is more from eastern

ukraine, where the government is trying to retake the city of donetsk. >> we are on the front line with the ukrainian army, and pro-government forces here close to donetsk. i can't show you our position, because the ukrainians have told us they don't want us to fim their defensive positions here, because they are preparing for an attack on the city of donetsk. the separatists we have spoken to on the other side have told us they will defending the city until the last man. the united nations says more than 200,000 people have already left their homes. that figure could be a lot higher because in donetsk alone the population is one million, and we have had reports that possibly already half of the population have left. some people i have spoken to told me they are going to crimea and even russia. people are tending to go stay

with family and friends. but as the fighting gets worse, it's unclear when they will be able to return home. both the netherlands and australia are sending police officers to the site where mh17 went down. here is barnaby phillips at the crash site. >> reporter: small teams of dutch and australian investigators have been in the area today, taking photographs of debris, but this debris is spread over a radius of something like 25 square kilometers. the governments have talked about bringing in soldiers so a proper secure forensic investigation can begin. but that's not going to be easy.

we are in the middle of a war zone. we have heard artillery in the distance this afternoon. and although the governments may have reached an agreement with the government in kiev, that does not apply here. >> the dutch government have confirmed they are spending a task force to the ukraine, their so-called royal marshals. these are special police force who are usually trained in heavy weapons. their job, of course, is to protect the royal family, but they will be leaving from the military base this evening heading towards the ukraine. they are there? what is called chapter one of this operation. they are there to help the dutch-lead investigators to comb through a 13-square mile area mind the dismembered remains of those passengers who are still missing. now this chapter two is not just

to recover the bodies it's all to collect all of thosing fr fromment mentes to try to find out what happened. so try to find out where the missile parts are still somewhere in that huge area. that will end in the pointing of the finger of blame. in that will decide where the blame lies. the remains of 74 more of the passengers from the plane have arrived in the netherlands. they were flown from kharkiv aboard who military planes one dutch and the other from australia. the bodies will now go through a indication process. russian border officials say 40 mortar shells have been fired into their territory. and the united states accused

russia of firing artillery abbas the border into ukraine. >> we have new evidence that the rush a shans intend to deliver heavier and more powerful rocket launchers to the separatists forces. and that russia is firing artillery to attack ukraine military. >> rory challands joins us now. what is the latest that we're hearing in this blame game? >> the russians have accused the ukrainians of launching rockets across the border when 30 and 40 rockets depending on which source read here in russia, landed on the russian side and caused some damage. it is something the russians have accused the ukrainians of time and time again. they have asked the osce to come and visit border posts and

villages on the russian side and see the damage that it says has been caused by shelling and rocketing from the ukrainian side. of course this is something that ukrainians have been saying as well about what russia has been doing. that russia has been bringing down planes on the russian side of the boarder, and launching rocket attacks into ukraine. and of course we heard from the united states not too long ago, saying that they had evidence that this was happening, and that russia was attacking ukraine. of course if true, it takes this conflict to a much more serious level. but having said that, the united states didn't give any evidence when they made that state department press conference earlier. they said that they had intelligence that could prove it, but they weren't willing to share that with the journalists present. in that gives the kremlin quite on easy get out.

all it has to do when such accusations are made is ignore them. and that's what it has done this time. >> and we have been seeing the eu expanding sanctions on russia. what impact is that going to have? >> yeah, they have been threatening this for quite sometime, and of course all of the aftermath of the mh17 disaster has been expected to galvanize europe and make it much more hawkish about hitting russia with -- with tougher sanctions. what they have just done is expand the list of individuals hit with asset freezes and travel bans by 15, and also ask 18 companies to the list. now that does boost the number of companies hit with -- with sanctions quite considerably, previously the european union hit two russian companies. what they are still doing is trying to work out the next

stage, but they are talking about very tough measures. they are talking about punitively hitting russia's financial sector, state-owned banks or at least banks that have at least 50% state ownership could well be prevented from getting any kind of investment from within the european union. that would have a significant impact on russia's financial sector. but russia is saying that this is not the way to change russian policy. russia is actually saying that sanctions will have no effect on what russia does in ukraine. it's policy is essentially a sovereign thing and it won't change it because of any sanction from the eu. >> all right. thanks for joining us from moscow. > algeria's transport minister says the body recovery will be

slow. many of the passengers were french nationals. >> translator: we also want to affirm that the crash site is in an extremely difficult air and hard to reach. therefore investigation and transport of the bodies will not be easy and take some time. the procedure will be quite complex. as dominic kaine reports poor weather is the most likely cause of the crash. >> reporter: the flight left in the early hours of thursday morning, bound for the algerian capitol. the weather conditions were so bad that the crew asked permission to change the flight plan to avoid them. but from then on, contact was lost. for hours, search efforts were focused on the border area with mali. but then the worst-possible news. >> translator: we have found the

algearian plane. we sent a scouting team. unfortunately we do not have anymore details. but i can guarantee we have found the plane. >> reporter: the majority of passengers aboard the flight were french citizens. france has a long history in this part of africa, both as the former colonial power, and more cently with its military intervention in mali. >> translator: we cannot yet establish the cause of what happened, but we will have to. what we do know is that the crew signaled that it was changing route because of particularly difficult weather conditions. we'll find out the truth of everything that happened. >> reporter: the area where the plane came down, has been forced over by rival groups in recent years. the group al-qaeda has been prom next. but there is no suggestion so far that they had any involvement in this incident.

flight ah5017 should have finished its journey at algiers internation internation international airport. in china, parents are trying to keep their children away from computer screens and electronic gadgets. instead of having a relaxing time, youngsters are being sent to military-style boot camps. rob mcbride reports. >> reporter: your parents can send you on the one-week course for nearly $500. if you are lucky or not so lucky, the full six weeks takes up your entire summer vacation. every moment is filled with some activity. how to handle a knife attack, or handle the laundry. the first time with detergent can be a shock.

it reminds this boy of home. i miss my mom's snacks he says. they are on the go from 6:00 to 6:00 seven days a week. even in the army you get one day off, not here. then it's shiring nine to a tent with little chance for these only children to feel lonely. run by former soldiers, expertly trained even in falling over, the camp has been the subject of rising interest among parents wanting to instill a little military backbone. >> translator: at home they only have their computers and video games, but here they have to interact and work together. >> reporter: if you don't, you die. or at least get your lights flashed on and off by an electronic beam from a plastic gun during the highlight of the day, the war game i'm already

hit he tells us, so now i'm just running around. well at least he's not on the computer. all all of the latest can be found on our website, at aljazeera.com. . >> hi. i am lisa fletcher. you are in the stream. identity thieves targeting your kids. why their information is so much more valuable than yours and which states are working for you and against you on this issue. and later, the price to pay for the 21st september tree classroom. how a student's click is being tracked by data collection agencies, 10 million data points a day per child. are the digital perks worth it?