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crash site. so the ceasefire in gaza is over. within the past hour israel has resumed its bombardment of gaza. take a look at these. these are live pictures artillery shelling has resumed and we have had reports of air strikes. the neighborhoods once again being targeted. they ridiculoused such devastation on thos neighborhoos before. there had been a brief ceasefire in place for 12 hours which had been extended by the israeli security cabinet but hamas rejected the ceasefire saying it didn't allow the removal of the israeli troops from the buffer zones and didn't allow families to go home. so if the pat hou in the past he israeli army resumed the

bombardment because it says hamas had slighted the ceasefi ceasefire. israel released this statement: >> let's speak to nicole johnston who is live in gaza for us, nicole. not so long ago we were. [speaking at the same timeing to you about the ceasefire in place, but we were saying even then that it was a very shaky ceasefire because hamas had erect jected it and was continuing to fire rockets towards israel. >> reporter: it didn't take long for that shaky ceasefire to become a nonexistent ceasefire which didn't come as any great surprise to people in gaza. they have to save face here as well from a hamas or palestinian perspective a ceasefire where troops are israeli troops are

stale operating on the ground destroying tunnel is his no ceasefire at all. so the activity has picked up we can hear a lot of f-16s flying above us, we have had an air strike. we haven't had reports of how many deaths or injuries from that. we can hear a lot of shelling from the naval ships that are positions off the coast. they have been pounded various areas of gaza. and reports as you said that the neighborhood and eastern neighborhoods in the gas city that they are again being attacked by artillery fire and thank shelling, so no respite for the people of gaza. a very short ceasefire of 12 hours extended by four hours and then never really got off the ground after that. >> i nicole, i see a little bit of activity behind you, one or two people moving around, a

couple of cars. much more quieter than it was. what were people trying to do in the lull of the fighting? >> reporter: well, just earlier we were in the main street of gaza and there were dozens of people there, some waiting in the park, some lined up outside the bank. making the most of what they hoped would be a longer ceasefire to get money from the bank. for the past few days they haven't had the chance they did yesterday for about 12 hours but not everybody had been able to get cash because the line was huge think there were hundreds of people just trying to get money out of their accounts, so they could go and buy supplies and food to prepare for whatever kind of celebration that his they would normally have but unlikely to be able to celebrate under these circumstances. so people are wandering around, moving around. in some respects people do try and get on with life. i mean, three wars in seven years, many people when you ask them about it will say, well, you know, we are used to this.

this is life. this is the way it is. it doesn't make it any better or easier, but, you know, people have to move when they can to visit friends and relative to his see if people are okay, to get water, because the electricity supply is pretty much nonexistent in gaza at the moment. that means that water, there isn't electricity to power water to the houses so that's a major issue for people. and you know, any chance that people get they leave their homes to try to deal with these things. >> one of the demands that hamas wants is that people in gaza are allowed to live like anybody else, that they are allowed to bring goods in, allowed to sends goods out. that they are allowed to cross border and none of this, of course, is possible because of the blockade that has been imposed around gaza by israel. what is that blockade going to mean in terms of trying to get supplies in to replace what they have lost? >> reporter: just before i answer that question, i'll update you on the situation in

in the camp. reports now that that two people have been killed there. and a third person has been killed east of there. as for the blockade that makes it very difficult to get humanitarian supplies in to gaza. all of the israeli borders are closed for people to move in and out of gaza. however israel does allow some humanitarian supplies for get in through its commercial crossing with gaza on occasion it allows critically ill palestinian to his leave gaza to get treatments. but at the moment not nearly enough because there are thousands of palestinians injured i i thin think the numbt the moment is well over 5,000. the egyptian crass ago rafa is also closed. on occasion egypt will allow it to open briefly to get humanitarian supplies. it's not enough. gaza does not have enough of what it needs even in the best of conditions when there isn't a

war, so now when the hospitals are operating at their maximum capacity. when there is a shortage of all sort of basic goods, namely electricity and water, then you know, you need the borders to be open sort of 2 24 hours a day to bring in what gaza needs not to mention the construction material. israel doesn't allow construction material in to gaza until it's for approved united nations projects. now that we have whole neighborhoods and hundreds of houses destroyed. the question, is how will people in gaza going to get the cement in that they need to eventually rebuild. >> indeed. nicole, thank you for updating. nicole johnston in gads a there. let's go to our diplomatic editor james bays who is in west jerusalem. james, nobody terribly surprised the ceasefire didn't hold. but this is the end result of that failed diplomatic attempt by john kerr toy get a longer-term solution. >> reporter: yes. he tried to get a 7-day

ceasefire in the end he got a 12-hour ceasefire with some extensions that were not obeyed by everyone, certainly rockets and mortars fired by palestinian factions fired from the gaza strip. and then the israeli military has decided to resume their saying because of the inning cesc sent hamas activity. they will resume theirs. we have a comment on twitter from mark gregor the prime minister's spokesman, israel accepted the u.n. humanitarian ceasefire but hamas rejected it. 25 rockets fired on israel, he says, in that commend on twitter. >> and john kerry widely castigated for his handling of this situation, some observers insinuating that he doesn't have

a grasp on the issues in the middle east because the ceasefire plan that he was putting forward gave in to hamas demands and not enough to israeli demands. >> reporter: that's certainly the israeli narrative from some in the media here. very critical of john kerry that his last ceasefire proposal to israel the one that it the israel i cabinet, john kerry tried to play it down, the one that the israeli cabinet unanimously voted against they say was basically a hamas proposal and one that didn't respect the interests of israel. remember here in israel the government and the media make it quite clear what they need to do is remove the rockets and stop the ability of the rockets being fired and dismantle this sophisticated tunnel network. i have to say, there is great deal of criticism of john kerry and he put the policy aside, whether he did the right thing, his policy and tactics certainly cannot give john kerry "a" for

effort, because he has been involved in this in a way that a secretary of state rarely is involved with very, very intensive diplomacy, numerous phone calls, he spent a week in the region speaking to people. and this on top, of course, of his engage. earlier on in trying to get the peace process going, something that also collapsed. >> so where do we go from here then, james? what's next in terms of diplomacy? i. >> reporter: i am afraid can and it's a sad thing to say, more efforts by the international community, by those mediators to try to spoke to both sides and try to negotiate a ceasefire. they didn't psyched when they had ban ki-moon and john kerry meeting people. now they have both returned to their bases in the u.s. and trying to do it by phone. the suggestion in the israeli media is perhaps what we'll see

now is rather than more efforts of a ceasefire lot international players will keep pushing that is an escalation that the israeli military might use this to try to, quote, some of the government spokesmen, finish the job they feel there is more to be done, phase one was the aerial bombard think. phase two the troops coming in to the ground particularly to the border areas where the gaza strip meets israel those border areas, to clear those areas and try to destroy the tunnels. there is talk in the israeli media and newspapers of a phase three going deeper in to areas of the gaza strip. they haven't been in to and too to try to target hamas' leadership. >> thanks for that, james james bays our diplomatic editor updating us on the diplomatic progress or lack of progress over the gaza conflict. if you listen you can hear the artillery shelling going on, sirens sounding as well in gaza.

it is very clear that the israeli operation has resumed. we are getting reports of tank shelling in the areas that had already been badly damaged in previous shelling strikes. we are also getting reports of air strikes and still reports of rockets being fired from gaza towards israel. so a resumption of hostilities in a big way on both sides. and as james bays was saying, we don't know where this goes to next. now, we are also getting reports of more protests in the west bank overnight. kim vinnel is there for us, we have been seeing increasing anger on the west bank, haven't we, a wrong palestinians who feel a sense of solidarity with

the people in gaza. tell us what has been happening overnight. >> reporter: well, there are a number of minor clashes across the west bank overnight. we know around the beth bethlehm area, other areas, we know an incident in the bethlehem area that tear gas canisters were fired by israeli forces. that rubber-coasted steel bullets were used and we have also heard reports that live ammunition was used. we know there was at least one injure friday that incidents. but several injuries across the west bank no, fatalities this night. although that's not what we have seen over the past few days. the u.n. office for the barred nation of humanitarian affairs put out a report today saying that there has been a sharp escalation in the number of clashes in the west bank and in the past five days that 10 people have been killed by israeli security forces. and some 600 people have been

injured, so we definitely are seeing some action across the west bank in terms of r.a. mallah. some people describe it as a bit of a bubble if you like, last night very much thousands of people in the city center but it was a sort of celebratory atmosphere, there were between 50 and 100 people protesting in the city certainty but not the sort of action that we saw on thursday night where 15,000 people turned out to protest and show solidarity with palestinians in gaza. >> kim, do you get the sense that these kind of protests are going to continue or to escalate. how are the israel i security forces preparing? >> reporter: the israeli security forces are certainly prepared for that. and expecting it in some ways. but remember, these protest that his we see, even against the occupation, they are nothing

new. and there had been, you know, some people sort of talking perhaps this is the start of the third. [ inaudible ] commentators saying this is not the real, you know, no real uniting force pushing this to give it the leverage from demonstrations in to a popular up rising at this stage at least. what's interesting, also, is what we are seeing is the change in attitude or shifting attitudes towards the palestinian authority. remember the p.a. is the biggest employer here in the west bank associate people report going to bite the hand that feeds them, if you like. but there is more -- there are more questions around the legitimacy or relevance of the p.a., particularly as palestinians here look at what hamas is doing in gaza and you know, questions whether the leverage that hamas is achieving there. so there is a bit of a shift. but i think it will be interesting to see how this plays out over the next few days particularly with owe ead comin. >> thank you very much, kim.

well,inwell, hamas says it's israel's fault that the ceasefire is over. >> translator: we reiterate it's the israel i occupation forces are innin impinging on the ceas. it's meant to serve them on the battlefield. therefore it is unwise for the pat stun vinnie resistence to respond or halt its operations against the israeli occupation forces so as not to give them a break, to breathe or reorganization their military orin tell jenks plans, israel should realize it has landed in trouble. yet it wishes to gy give the impression that it's in control, escalator ceasefire as it wishes but we are there on the battlefield. just because israel resumed its bombardment on sunday we heard from the israel i foreign minute city. >> we have in the past agreed to the egyptian ceasefire plan.

we have applied it and immediately hamas breached it by firing many rock nets to israel. we agreed to two humanitarian ceasefires before today. every time hamas has breached them. >> an expert on middle east politics at the university of qatar. good to have you with us this morning, one thing i wan i wanto pick up. athe actions of hamas are making people question what the palestinian authorities are doing and what their reel vance is. relevance has been. what have they done so far? >> keeping the momentum of having hamas in gaza and punched apa inwest bank and keeping the palestinian authority divided. now, what's happening in gaza which was not expected that people in in the cities in the last 24 hours or three days they

were actually administrating and they request the reaction of palestinian authority. having said that account we have to remember that the abbas actually did call for a demonstration by palestinians in the west bank and he was calling them actually to show sympathy with their own brothers and sisters in gaza. which was a little bit unique because basically we used to have palestinian authority in rah mall a using the tough hand against those demonstrating against israelis. it seems there are two major changes, one the palestinian authority felt betrayed by -- the second one the number of casualties in gaza have put them in a corner and they have to absorb some of the pressure by

calling people to demonstrate. so basically what we witnessed in the last three days, nine people i think were killed there. more than 170 people injured. it's an indication about the so-called. [ inaudible ] because there is -- >> that could be a real problem from the israeli government if they are having to fight on another front. >> basically abbas said his authority and his security forces will prevent that. he was saying that this is the commitment of the palestinian authorities. >> he mate change his tune. >> now with what is happening in gas arc the situation has been changed. so basically he cannot -- he will not be able to keep people at home. >> without severe personal criticism. >> absolute. >> let me ask you this, we heard from israel of hamas earlier.

he actually goes further and says the israeli occupation is in serious trouble and actually hamas is in a position to push its demands. i am not sure everyone would agree with that assessment. what do you think? >> this is the assessment now in the media. and even the media i saw it, even in the israeli media in the articles, they believe that the different brigade in gaza, they are in best position comparing with the previous wars. but however this doesn't mean that you can't compare their power with israelis. they say that they gained more support from within gaza. so as a klee this i basically tn issue the israelis were focus odds that fact separating those brigades and a huge gap between people in gaza and the brigades. now what we are witness the last

three weeks now, people are behind -- >> standing with hamas. >> standing with them trying to show that support. >> so, but in the end, the reality is, that the end game is you have a huge palestinian casualty, which is acceptable to both israel and hamas. >> you know, the narratives now within the palestinian people that if this will lead to, you know, to force israel to leave the brigade, we are happy to pay the price, but now they would blame the brigades to stop as long as there is a hope to put pressure. this is very interesting to see. because basically they say what is the meaning of stopping now. as long as we are making progress, especially they bring the whole i can to the international eyes. in the last three years because

of the so-called arab spring and the consequences of that, the whole question about palestine and gaza has been disappeared actually. now it's back. >> they were coming complacent and it's right back in the pickly eye. >> absolutely. they want to invest in that moment. they say, okay, this is our moment we have to up vest regardless of what is the price. >> thank you very much indeed for that. he will be with us throughout morning here on al jazerra. and if you are just joining us, let's reminds you of the situation in gaza. live pictures come to us from there now, where the israeli army has said the ceasefire is over. hamas' military wing has confirmed that it has been firing rockets in to israel. and in total, the palestinian death toll 1,049. let's speak to a former senior adviser to hamas leader ismael who now leads a think tank in

the territory. he joins me on the phone from gaza. so first of all, tell me your reaction to the news from the israel i army that the ceasefire is over because hamas kept firing rockets in to israel. >> yeah, actually, we as palestinians resistence they are insisting to the ending of the siege of gaza. this is one of the -- this is a bottom line for any agreement regarding the ceasefire. we have signed many times a ceasefire agreement with israeli, but unfortunately they never fulfill their promises and all the time they were actually breaking the terms of the agreement. so that's why we -- >> can i just say something. the israeli army weren't firing at gaza, but rockets from gaza were heading in to israel. so does the israeli army not have a point when it says that it was hamas who violated this sees fire and that is why the temporary truce is over?

>> actually there is no ceasefire. the ceasefire has been broken by the israelis when they fired artillery shells on the people they remember never respecting the ceasefire and the israelis from their side they said that we have to extend for hours this is not something agreed on between the two parties, i mean hamas is not accepting that. not because they don't like the ceasefire but because israel unfortunately the way they are handling the ceasefire they are preventing the people from reaching their houses and. [ inaudible ] for the people to move specia and also continue tr activity on the border, they moved inside gaza. so this is not a ceasefire

respected by the israeli. that's why hamas and the resistence movement all of them decided the israeli are violating the ceasefire. the 12 hours everybody respected. but the more four hours the israelis from their side say they extends, this is not something that has been agreed upon. >> okay. there is some concern now that the israelis may escalate and expand their operation. that they may move that i ground offensive deeper in to gaza, how worried are you that that will happen? >> actually we are not worried. because the israel is in the last 15 days they used the scorched pair policy the numbers of people killed and thousands injured, this is actually we have seen the rais israelis viog

international law and committing war crimes, they can continue this and escalating the situation, this is an escalation for the israeli criminals to continue committing a war -- war crimes and the crimes against humanity. so we will defends ourself. either we will achieve our goals by -- the sanction and gaza being under siege for the last eight years. or we will continue. because we are living in a slow death. we were living a solitary confinement and this is a situation that nobody can accept. we actually fighting the occupation. we have the right to defend our people to defend our solve oursr liberty. and independence. and that's why we are fighting. we -- the israelis continue

making us a recycling machine every couple of years once we try to build gaza or rebuilding gaza, they come and detroit everything. and as you have seen from the horrible picture that we have seen on television, how is this insanity and brutality of the israelis, those are looking for peace or living in a palestinian state would like to have us stay slaves and continue the occupation for the people in gaza. and that's why this is all about. this is a struggle all about reparation and ending the occupation and the siege of gaza. >> thank you very much indeed for speaking to us former senior adviser to the hamas leader in gaza there. you are looking at live pictures of gaza coming to us right now, black presume of smoke on the horizon as the israel i army confirms that the

ceasefire is over. and operations have resumed again on gaza. we'll have more from gaza coming up on the program. also ahead, clearing up what's left of their homes, we'll have the latest after there has been more fighting in eastern ukraine, back after the break. >> with so much destruction and so much disruption and death in gaza at the moment, just how much support does hamas actually

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