one night in gaza after israel extend a humanitarian ceasefire for another 24 hours. neighbourhoods reduced to rubble as the death toll reaches nearly 1050. >> hello, welcome to al jazeera is news center in doha. the other top stories - fighting in libya prompts the u.s. to temporarily shut its embassy and withdraw its staff. the bangladesh eid festival

tradition that is leading to long queues at banks. hello, the united nations is asking palestinian factions to accept a 24 hour-long ceasefire extension, following israel's approval to prolong the humanitarian truce for another day. israel says it will target tunnels used by hamas and other groups. meanwhile. fighters in gaza resumed rocket attacks into israel on society night. a soldier has been killed by mortar fire. hamas says the ceasefire can't be enfor the until the is -- enforced until the israeli army leaves the country. the number of gazans killed is 1,049. most are civilians. more than 6,000 have been

wounded. gazans used the lull to assess damage inflicted on homes. nick schifrin reports from the devastated area of shajaiya. >> reporter: for the first time in weeks the shajaiya neighbourhood filled with life. gazan cowboys corralled their herds. residents collected food and supplies, and for a few hours kids were free to be kids. but these moments, these survivors are dwarfed bit the destruction. streets close to the border are gone. this is this war's epicentre. israeli f-16s dropped thousands of pounds of bombs. green hamas flags flutter from homes used as bases. countless homes are rubble. you can see where each room once

stood. this used to be a bedroom. above the rubble this family hunts for money or jewellery - anything of value that could be used to buy food. below the rubble the bodies in this man's father and brothers are buried. >> translation: what we have been through is overwhelming. we must remain strong and live like others do. >> reporter: this is where you entertained guests. omar's cousin lived in the next house. >> the blood of my sister, 20, and my daughter, seven years old. >> reporter: he tries to open a kitchen door. it's blocked by debris. >> for other people kitchen is the center for the house. we don't buy it from the market.

we make it here. the cups, bo and cups may be in place, but are covered by the dust after the walls were blown out. deep in this neighbourhood you can see how violent the fighting was. this is a metal door and you see the shrapnel the size of my fist went through it. this is a store front, and a blast ripped through the front of it. this area has an acrid smell. the smell is of the blood that stained the roads. >> the aftermath in shajaiya is horrifying. it may be worse. when we arrived the damn was smouldering. parents carried their children through streets that are debris fields. nearby a family digs through what used to be their home.

11 bodies are trapped inside. medical officials discovered and buried 132 bodies. a fresh grave, dug quickly, the name is written in pen. >> a little life returned to the war torn neighbourhood. residence have seen too much death to stay. this man shoes me the missile fragment that landed in his home. he and his family gathered what could fit in the texty front, and fled their home, going anywhere but here. let's get the latest on the counter situation in gaza. nicole johnson joins us from there. what indications have you seen of gazans slowly returning to what they see as a normal life in gaza?

>> that depends on where you happen to be. if you are in the main part of gaza city, in a couple of hour's time, you'll see it packed with people going to the banks, trying to get their salaries, going to the market to my food -- buy food, particularly in the lead up to the festival eid. in that sense there's normality, but there's never normal in gaza, it's a place understand siege, that has electricity for a few hours a day, that at the best of times has electricity for eight hours on, and eight hours off. there's not a lot of normal here. >> as far as the u.n. offer for the ceasefire to be extended, how hopeful are people there that the lull in the fighting will continue? >> they are not very hopeful. they don't believe in ceasefires or have faith in the united nations or the international community. and in many release, like hamas,

they don't consider a ceasefire to be a proper ceasefire if it allows on one side israeli troops and tanks to operate inside gaza, and continue this campaign of trying to destroy - location and destroy tunnels inside gaza. from the palestinian perspective it's not seen as a ceasefire at all. >> nicole johnson reporting live from gaza. >> the u.s. secretary of state met diplomats from europe, qatar and turkey to try to arrange a longer-lasting truce. the foreign ministry says its government remains committed to finding a long-term solution to the crisis. >> the conference did not focus on achieving a ceasefire. the conference was an opportunity for us and our brothers from turkey, and friends from the u.s. to share with the other participants, including the e.u., italy, germany, france and

the u.k. what has been achieved from the negotiations in recent days, and an opportunity to explore ways for achieving a result that brother in palestine agree to. namely lifting the siege. contrary to what has been reported, qatar is not opposed to egypt playing a roll. qatar and turkey and other allies believe that egypt's role is important. in fact, egypt should take the lead in this crisis. qatar has not objected. in fact, we made several moves to support the role of our brothers in egypt. >> robert hunter is a former white house representative toar ab israeli peace talks. he's a senior fellow at the center for trans-atlantic relations at john hopkins university, and said qatar would have to play a role in the ceasefire talks.

>> qatar is playing a role. egypt, opposed to the muslim brotherhood, with a tie to hamas, under president abdul fatah al-sisi, so egypt has been marginalized. the two big flares, three big players are john kerry of the united states, ban ki-moon of the united nations, and the qatari leadership. one thing that the israelis are looking at and why they reversed their fogs on friday, no ceasefire is i don't think they can let the u.s. secretary of state come to the region and go home with a failure. i think the israelis are understanding that a lot of american opinion is turning heavily against them, and i think they want to get this over with before finding any more of these brutal picture showing off on american television. mr binyamin netanyahu has to

understand that israel has no one except the united states. if they poke the u.s. secretary of state in the eye with a sharp stick, as they did a couple of times before, they did it to the vice president, and did it before, people in washington, and the american people will say why are we putting up with this? now, we still support israel's security. at some point binyamin netanyahu has to understand american patience is not in exhaustible. people in gaza will have to stop cheling israel -- shelling israel, but as far as i'm concerned the israelis had a choice for several years. if you want to empower hamas, continue the blockade. if you want to lead to a process in which the people of gaza will turn against hamas. open the blockade, allow aid to come in. help investment, education and health. the israelis keep this going. why, i have no idea. it's against israel's long-term

interest to make more enemies, not just abonk palestinians, but throughout the middle east. afghan police officers and taliban fighters have been killed in a suicide bomb attack. a village was attacked near the pakistani border. it's the home of the police commander of kandahar. six taliban fighters and several police men were killed in a gun battle earlier. >> the united states has evacuated 200 diplomats from libya because of the deteriorating security situation. battles between armed groups around tripoli airport killed 50 people in the past two weeks. rosalind jordan has more from washington. >> the obama administration has been watching the security situation in libya with great concern in recent weeks. it's no surprise that on friday the decision was made - close the embassy for now and move the

staff out of the country for its safetiy. this was the secretary of state john kerry speaking on saturday. >> we are suspending our current diplomatic activities at the embassy, not closing the embassy, but suspending the activities, and we have moved people on ground to tunisia, where they will disperse to other places where we will continue our diplomatic activities from libya. >> the obama administration doesn't know when it will redeploy diplomats to tripoli, but that is to believe that the central government will protect the embassy from an attack, the situation that led to the deaths of four americans, including the ambassador in september 2012. the u.s. government is telling all u.s. persons in libya to get out. to try to find a commercial flight, it's not in the business of doing evacuations.

>> still ahead - a million children needing treatment. aid agencies warn of famine in south sudan. clearing up what is left of their homes - the latest after more fighting in eastern ukraine. allowed... >> what started as a peaceful protest >> police seem to stick to the self-defense story >> became a horrific moment in south african history >> i don't think any organization in this country would ever anticipate this type of violence >> what really happened that tragic day? >> it is the time to point finger at those whose fingers pulled the trigger >>vé

hello again, you're watching al jazeera. a reminder of the top stories. >> united nations asked factions in gaza to agree to a 24 hour extension to the ceasefire, after israel announced it would extend the truce for another day. the numbers killed in gaza has prison to 1049 with 6,000 wounded. 43 israeli soldiers and three civilians have been killed. >> israel's offensive in gaza has prove ebbed protests in paris and london. >> authorities in paris decided

not to allow a protest in support of gaza. rocks and tear gas followed, swifting the focus from the palestinian cause. with hamas flags and accusations of israel behaving like a terrorist state. israel had this before. >> in london the mood was angry but just as organised. for the second saturday in a row, they came by the thousands. hidden by security. some said they'd never been on a demonstration before. many argued they not only this enormous sympathy with gaza, but the right of palestinians to shoot rockets at israel. >> if this happened to me, if someone took my house, and if no one defended me. if the government and police said never mind, what can you

do. in broader terms, speakers condemned israeli settlement expansion. a protest of that would not have brought out as many people. it's been an uneven struggle between the israeli army and hamas in gaza, with the associated civilian casualties that captured anger. >> the crucial point is that people are turning on its head key israeli government assertions that israel is defending itself against aggression from gaza. they would say that gaza and hamas have the right to defend themselves against israel. >> the protest ended at gaza. this will not change british policy. protesters say the support for

the palestinian cause is growing by the week. thousands of people gathered at a peaceful demonstration in tel aviv to call for an end to israel's military campaign. activists chanted antiwar slogans and lit candles in protest. >> we are protesting against military matters in gaza. there is always a chance for a diplomatic solution. we cry for the killing of the children in gaza. we cry for those here, those that are killing for nothing. it feels like that. two tunisian soldiers have been killed and six injured in fighting on the boarder with algeria. they came under fire.

a july 17th attack on the border left 15 soldiers dead. >> the "costa concordia" is about to end its final voyage. two years after it capsized off the coast of italy, the wreck is being toed to a scrap yard. 32 passengers and crew were killed when it hit a reef and capsized near giglio island. since then crews worked on the biggest ever salvage operation of its kind to refloat the ship. >> ukranian government forces retook a number of towns in the east of the country. residents are clearing up what is left of their towns. >> ukraine's president has praised his soldiers for forcing pro-russian fighters out of several eastern towns. petro porashenko presented awards to volunteers, signing up

to form the new national guard. he said ukraine isn't fighting a civil war, it's fighting foreigners. >> translation: it is not an internal conflict. it is ukraine defending its territory from foreign m.e.r.s.anaries, bandits and terrorists. we showed today we possess weaponry. more than 200,000 fled their homes to escape fighting in eastern ukraine. it's focussed on don everybody, controlled by -- donetsk, controlled by rebels but coming under heavy fire. barnaby phillips is there. >> reporter: the people of donetsk are abandoning their city. they fare the war. boarding the train for kiev, some, like tania, don't want to love under separatist controls. >> they came to our town to occupy the tert it tri, to take

our business -- territory and to take our business and spoil our life. i want to continue my business in a different city. i want to live to have future. >> outside donetsk, they are also on the move. only these people are fleeing the government army. what they say is it's indiscriminate shelling. this is a tour on the edge of the city. almost everyone who lived here has gone. victor is still here. >> you have been here for some four years, i think. >> maybe four. >> he sent his wife and children away weeks ago. and is trying to decide whether he should go too. >> my feels are so complicated. on the one hand i want to leave. on the other hand this is my native city. i want to see the end of the situation. >> in central donetsk, empty malls, abandoned restaurants. >> donetsk is a dying city.

the majority of shops, businesses, factories, cinemas in the city center have closed. people have left because they fear the worst. some are going west to government-controlled areas. some are going east to russia. >> these people are going to the russian city of rovt of and will come back when things are better. obvious in kiev -- over in kiev, an abandoned cement factory is a shelter for 200 people that fled from the war zone, including sasha, who felt he had to move for the sake of his daughter, anna. >> there is a real war there. massive shelling, my daughter is disabled and is more relaxed now that we are out of it. >> back at donetsk station, more goodbyes. nobody knows when they'll see friends and family again. nobody imagined ukraine's crisis would come to this. australian police have

arrived in ukraine to help secure the crash site of the malaysian airliner shot down 10 days ago. they are joining a dutch-led security force in the eastern city of kharkiv. 28 australians were among the 298 passengers and crew who died when the boeing 777 was down over eastern ukraine. the last remains of the victims found at the site have arrived in the netherlands. two australian air force planes were the final flight to land. the netherlands is leading the body identification process. most of those on board the flight were dutch. more than 200 french and dutch u.n. peacekeepers secured the airaljeery crash site. they have recovered both flight recordings. aviation and criminal investigators will begin their work on sunday. all on board were killed. more than 50 were french

citizens. >> translation: the issue discussed with families of the crash victims was to talk about how to identify the remains and how to bring them back to france. the teams on site need to have the necessary time in order to regroup and identify bodies. it will be possible all the bodies will be brought back to france. all the remains of all the passengers. >> aid agencies warn south sudan could be headed for the worst famine since 1984. food stocks are running low. the u.n. says nearly a million children under five will need treatment for acute malnutrition. >> we have to bring in more health supplies. we have to get kids back into school. we have to help find shelter for them, protection for children. this is happening off camera. the world is not paying attention enough to south sudan,

and the people like this. >> the ebola virus is spreading across parts of africa. nigeria stepped up surveillance at airports, seaports and border crossing. that's after a passenger from liberia died in lagos from the disease. the italian navy said it rescued a boat of 53 migrants. their dingy was discovered off the coast of italy. the government has urged the european union to find them new homes. a money-printing machines in bangladesh have been in overdrive as the country releases 3 billion worth of new notes. it's a tradition during eid for elders to give fresh currency to young people as a gift. not everyone is eager to spend hours waiting in line outside banks.

>> reporter: this person has been waiting in the cashier line for hours. in the days br eid thousands cue up to get their hands on new banks notes. >> new notes have a different joy. that's why i have come here, and why i have waited for so long. >> reporter: effi eid people like to hand out new bank notes to children and children of their children. >> one of the sadder things about growing older is you receive less, and have to start handing out more with every passing eid. >> reporter: for many, new bank notes add to the lustre of the gift. the bank responds by making new bank notes available to the public as eid approaches. >> translation: this year we plan to release up to

$2.8 billion of new notes to the public. last year we released about $2 billion. >> long lines turn many away. this presents an opportunity. like others, he set up shop, buying up old money, selling new bank notes at a premium. >> if people go to the central bank it's a huge hassle. they have to wait for hours and may not get the money. they may have to come back the next day. people are happy to pay a little extra to us for the convenience. >> during other months, rana exchanges new notes for torn notes and business is nowhere near as good. for these few days he's happy to share his joy with the children of bank. still ahead - let there be light on vacuum cleaners. how did they become an expensive peace of art is this bsh bsh --

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>> israel's invasion of gaza continues tonight. >> we have been hearing a lot of tank shelling coming from where we are, here. >> every single one of these buildings shook violently. >> for continuing coverage of the israeli / palestinian conflict, stay with al jazeera america, your global news leader.