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the inside story ray suarez hosts inside story weekdays at 5 eastern only on al jazeera america israel resumes its bombardment of gaza, blaming hamas for continuing to fire rockets. and hamas's al-kassam brigade confirms it's been firing rockets into israel. welcome to al jazeera live from doha. all the latest for you. another three palestinians have been killed in gaza. also - ukraine's military says it's gaining ground in the push to rebel held city of
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donetsk. australian police join a dutch security team in ukraine to secure the malaysia airlines crash site. and a bangladesh festival tradition is leading to long queues at the bank. israel is attacking gaza by land, sea and air after declaring that the ceasefire it over. the health ministry in gaza says three palestinians have been killed since the all the resumed. these are live pictures out of gaza, where that ceasefire ended some two hours ago with a formal statement from the israeli army. israel says it resumed military operations because hamas continues to fire rockets cross its border. >> well, nicole johnson is in gaza for us. bring us up to date with what has been happening in the past
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couple of hours. >> we've had two people killed from an israeli air strike in a refugee camp, in the central part of gaza. another died east of khan youni [s] from an israeli attack. we are not sure whether it was artillery ortank fire. we hear the f-16s flying above. the activity has picked up. there's tent shelling going on in the eastern flank of the gaza strip , hit hard obvious the last week, back in shajaiya and other areas. there is israeli naval ships - they are shelling the coastline. we can occasionally hear the pounding boom of that as well. so certainly a change in the mood inside gaza. people had hoped that there would be an extension of the ceasefire, but from the hamas perspective there was never an extension. earlier this morning we were outside a bank.
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a lot of people were lining up, trying to get money from the atm machine, trying to take advantage of what they hoped would be a longer window of peace to get ready for whatever the next phase of this war would bring. >> as you say, hamas never agrees to the ceasefire, because they wanted to see israeli troops and tanks withdraw from the area, and people allowed back to their homes in those buffer zones, and that never happened. >> that's right. when you look at this from a palestinian perspective or the perspective of people inside gaza, they are supporting hamas in that. they say to allow israeli troops that continue to operate inside gaza on the ground during a so-called ceasefire would be similar to a surrender. it would be the palestinian factions losing a great deal of face amongst the population, so it comes as no surprise that hamas and others would not agree it a ceasefire under those
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terms. >> as the prospect of the aerial bombardment continues, and shelling and also from the sea, there are - there's speculation that this israeli operation could escalate. people must be extremely worried about what will happen now. >> yes, they are worried. i mean every phase of this campaign has been very difficult for them. it went from - it went from air strikes to a ground invasion whereby the israeli tanks were inside the buffer zone, palestinian planned inside the border. the tanks moved out of that, deeper and deeper inside gaza, we know that there has been ground fighting, combat, going on inside palestinian neighbourhood. israel released their own footage of that. the question is how much further
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and deeper inside gaza will the israeli army move. at the moment we are in the western part of gaza on the mediterranean sea. there has been air strikes, shelling along the area. we haven't seen the troops, israeli troops operating in the center of gaza. that would return gaza to a situation similar to the 2008/2009 war, and that is something that is terrifying for people. >> thank you very much indeed for that. nicole johnson reporting live from gaza. let's speak to our diplomatic editor james bays in jerusalem. a failed ceasefire, and failed diplomatic attempts to try to get not only a longer ceasefire, but a permanent solution. yes, the end of diplomacy for now, i think. many here believe the israeli military may now start to expand the operations. the israeli military announced
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that they were going to themselves no longer respect the ceasefire in a statement. let me read it to you: james, all that diplomatic activity that we saw, that shuttle diplomacy, john kerry rushing around the region and culminating in a meeting in paris, which doesn't seem to have brought tangible progress. what now on the diplomatic front? >> yes. all they managed to achieve was a 12-hour humanitarian pause. when john kerry was after a 7-day ceasefire, israel, as you heard in that statement firmly putting the blame on hamas and the palestinian side. worth reminding viewers that this was the framework document
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that john kerry put forward to both sides. a detailed document of the way forward. a 7-day ceasefire, and then at the same time detailed negotiations starting in cairo. worth reminding viewers, it was the israeli security cabinet that unanimously voted against that agreement. at that point, the palestinian side hadn't given its final answer, although we understand they were inclined to accept the deal, so it's not quite as simple as the israeli narrative that hamas broke the ceasefire, as ever in this part of the world. it is more complicated, and the blame game between the two sides goes on as the blood shed escalates. we had a situation where we had the greatest diplomatic push that you probably can have with the u.s. secretary of state here for a week, with the u.n. secretary-general here, face-to-face meetings, numerous
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phone calls. they've gone back to the united states, to new york and washington. they will say they have not given up. i am sure they'll make lots of phone calls trying to get a ceasefire. for now it looks like what's going to happen is a military narrative, rather than a diplomatic one for a few days. >> thank you. james bays and west jerusalem. >> israel says one of its soldiers were killed when hit by a mortar round. it takes the total number of israeli deaths to 43. israel's military released video of what it says were mined discovered in the basement of a house next to a school in u.n. and gaza. the footage was shot on thursday. >> as we said earlier, we had a 12-hour ceasefire, and people used the lull searching for
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belongings, and in khan youni [s], 20 members of the family were laid to rest on saturday. >> he is the person who brings me food, who is going to provide for me now. >> translation: it only took the push of a but job, a split second -- button, a split second for the israeli military to wipe out 20 members of fatima's family. >> reporter: remnants of their lives lay ripped apart in this hole in the ground. >> translation: the blast ripped the skin of mohammed's face. he and his brother the only people in the house to survive. >> translation: we sell chickens and go home. we have nothing to do with the resistance. we are civilians like everyone else. >> reporter: we move to a nearby village. the israeli military target what they say are hamas tunnels. i'm 200 metres from the border
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of a village clear chan eunice. during the ceasefire, no one can go in, because israelis are looking for hamas-built tunnels. a lot of people are waiting. they haven't seen friends and relatives. half an hour ago there were warning shots fired from the area over the crowd. a few minutes ago we saw a tank moving from left to right. we cannot get closer than this. eight people were in this house when the israeli shell hit. miraculously they survived. we moved as close as we could safely. you can see the tanks kicking dust into the air. people said the israelis confiscated relatives' mobile phones. >> translation: the international red cross said they'd come. they hadn't. >> translation: we demand ban ki-moon come to see what is happening on the ground. it's burning.
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bodies are decomposing on the streets. >> where is the ceasefire. we have a right to see our relatives. give us mercy. >> the israeli military fired more warning shots as a drone hovered overhead. we retreated back down the road. in a nearby cemetery, men struggled to lay the 19 members of a family to rest. they pulled earth into the tomb frantically. >> translation: binyamin netanyahu commits crimes every day against our children and old people too. >> reporter: the israelis call that a humanitarian ceasefire as the people of gaza bury their dead. >> there has been more protests in the west bank against israel's action against gaza.
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kim, bring us up to date with the protest that's been happening overnight? >> well, there are a number of clashes across the occupied west ba bank. we know in some snaps police fired tear gas cannesisters, used rubber-coated steal bullets and some cases other ammunition. there were no fatalities but a number of injuries. the u.n. office for the coordination of humanitarian affairs came out and said it believed there was a stark escalation in violent confrontations in the west bank. in the past five days 10 people have been killed by israeli forces and 600 injured. in ramallah today, people are preparing for eid, shopping.
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there's a sense of disconnect. you speak to anybody. they say "we feel for what is happening in gaza. we will go out in protest and stand next to our brothers." in terms of what we saw today and tonight there was 50 to 100 in the center of town. for the most part, people were out shopping. >> thank you kim vinnell in ramallah. we have more from gaza coming up. also ahead - clearing up what is left of their homes. the latest after more fighting in eastern ukraine. stay with us. ♪ i voted for culture... ...with a 'k.' how are you? i voted for plausible deniability. i didn't kill her, david. and i voted for decisive military action.
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welcome back. the top stories on al jazeera. israel is again attacking gaza by land, sea and air after declaring the ceasefire is over. it says it is resumed military operations because hamas continued to fire rockets across the border. the health ministry in gaza says three have been killed. that brings the total to 10,052. let's speak to our guest in the studio, an expert at middle east politics at qatar university. good to have you back with us. we have seen growing demonstrations in the west bank, and ramallah, because of what is happening in gaza. what is your assessment of how the palestinian leadership have been acting in all of this. >> at the end of the day,
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mahmoud abbas and his government has moved two months ago to have a unity government. this government should be accepted by international community. of course, the united states and israeli were not happy with this. they put pressure on mahmoud abbas to choose between peace, or hamas. the move towards hamas, as the second particular player within palestinian society was to bring west bank again. so basically trying to end the siege on gaza, and try to help people in gaza. the first test to this unity government was this operation against us. it's clear that the international community, israel and the united states in
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particular are not interested to work with the government. >> so far they are working with mahmoud abbas as a presidential authority. >> when he came, he met the prime minister. >> no one is interested in engaging with hamas. >> with the government or hamas. one of the reasons we see this kind of block before any kind of attempt to have ceasefire, because basically they won't speak with mahmoud abbas as a president, an authority or others. >> when you look at the pictures of what is happening in gaza, you can hear the artillery shells going off now. how does that end without negotiation of all the parties involved? >> it with will not succeed. we had all the tools,
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discussion. they failed to do - diplomacy is failing. there's a clear outline to avoid hamas, and an important issue with hamas. you cannot work without hamas. they had the meeting and they got the message what's requested. and i think mahmoud abbas made it clear that we wanted the siege to be lifted. it doesn't seem that you want to accept that. they want something by their own condition, rather than with the people. >> thank you for that. >> australian police have asked in ukraine to help secure the crash site of the malaysian airliner shot down 10 days ago, and are joining a dutch-led international security force in the eastern city. 28 australians were among the
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298 passengers and crew who died when the boeing 777 was downed over eastern ukraine. we are getting reports of ukranian military movement near the crash site. nisreen el-shamayleh is there at the scene. tell us what you have been seeing. >> big developments on the wind-swept feel to east ukraine. we have been seeing a large fleet of artillery. heading towards the crash site. now, we understand that they are trying to secure this area. up until now it's been under the control of pro-russian separatists. the same people accused of bringing down the malaysian airliner with a surface to air missile. they are trying to secure the area. we don't know whether the
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separatists will defend their positions. of course, this is a strategic area for them in a battle for control of eastern ukraine. >> as far as you are aware, there's a lot of evidence at the crash site. they haven't recovered all the bodies have they? >> they haven't recovered all the bodies, body parts and various remains. they haven't recovered debris, crucial for investigators, surface to air missiles, finding what kind hit the plane - whether it was heat-seeking or guided. whether it was russian territory or here in eastern ukraine. and who fired it. at the moment we understand that the aprustralian investigators e heading to the scene. they'll try to get as close as possible. there are questions over whether there are armed military
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personnel from australia with this team at the moment. they find it difficult to get here. because, as i said, there's a lot of troop movement on the ukranian side. we don't know whether the pro-russian separatists will try to defend their positions in this area. >> nisreen el-shamayleh at the crash site of that malaysia airlines plane. now an update on the fighting in ukraine. the ukranian army says it's advancing towards the outskirts of a key si in eastern ukraine. government troops have retaken towns, controlled by pro-russian separatist. heavy artillery forcing 200,000 from your homes. joined live from donetsk. where is the ukranian army's progress on retaking donetsk. >> well, on different fronts
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they are closer than on other fronts to the south and the west. ukranian army has been very close to this city for some time. the big push at the moment appears to be coming down from the north, and there they have some way to go. there's a down, horlifka, 30km from the center of donetsk, controlled by separatists. the separatists also control a large swathe of territory to the east, connecting donetsk crucially to the russian border. our colleague you were hearing from is in that stretch of territory and they are making progress. it's not quite an enclave. there is a sense that the separatist position is increasingly embattled, that they are on the back food. >> what are people doing as all this shelling and fighting is going on around them.
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people that remained in their homes, how are they coping? >> well, most people have not remained in their homes. that's the first point to make. it may be as many as two-thirds of the population of donetsk - a million people lived here before, have fled. something like 130,000 according to the united nations have crossed over to russia. something like 100,000 have moved to other government-controlled parts of ukraine. here in the city, those that remainder frightened, but they are trying to observe some sort of normality in what is a spooky atmosphere. the vast majority of shops in the city center closed. the streets are pretty much deserted at might. at the same time there is a strange veneer that things are going on as normal. buses and trams are running. the rose beds for which the city
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is famous are being duet fully watered by public workers. it's an odd time, in short. no one quite knows where it's going. >> thank you barnaby for that. barnaby phillips reporting live from donetsk there. two tunisian soldiers have been killed and six injured in fighting on the border with algeria. they came under fire from terrorists. no one claimed responsibility for the attack. july 17th attack left 15 soldiers dead. 30 people have been killed in a libyan city of benghazi. two power stations were farted -- were targeted in the latest round of fighting. libya's interim government warned of a break-up of the country if violence continues. 200 american diplomatic staff arrived in tunisia after being evacuated because of the
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deteriorating security situation. operations have been temporarily suspended and will continue through the mission in tunisia. battles between armed troops killed 50 people in the past two weeks. >> the u.n. says south sudan's food crisis is the worst in the world. the food shortages follow months of fighting. aid agencies are seeing a surge in the number of malnourished children arriving at food centers. 4 million people, a third of the population are growing hungry. >> we have to bring in more health supplies, somehow get kids back into school. we have to find - help find shelter and protection for children. this is happening off camera. the world is not paying attention enough to south sudan and the people like this who were stuck. the "costa concordia" is about to end its final voyage,
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two years after it capsized off the coast of italy. it's being towed to a scrap yard. it's the biggest ever salvage operation of its kind. three al jazeera journalists spent 211 days in an egyptian prison. last month mohamed fadel fahmy and peter greste were given seven year sentences. baher mohamed was given seven years but received an additional three because he had a spent bullet in his possession which he picked up at a protest. they are falsely accused of aiding muslim brotherhood. al jazeera continues to demand they be freed. a wildfire has doubled in size, destroying half-a-dozen homes. firefighters are using airplane and helicopters to drop fire retard and. a second fire at the yosemite
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national park is threatening homes. bangladesh releases $3 billion in new notes. it's a tradition in eid for elders to give fresh currency to the youth as a holiday exist. not everywhere is keen to wait in queues outside banks. >> reporter: in the days before eid thousands queue up at the bank to get their hands on new bank notes. >> now notes give children a different joy. that's why we come here and have been waiting here for so long. every eid, people like to hand out bank notes for children and their relatives. >> it's a tradition to give a token sum of money. for many, one of the sadder things about growing older is
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you start to receive less and hand out more with every passing eid. >> for many, new bank notes add to the gift. taking note of the fact, the central bank makes a number of bank notes available to the public. >> this year we plan to release you will to 2.8 million. last year we released about 2 billion. long lines turn many away. >> for some. this presents an opportunity. like others, he set up shop downtown. buying up old money. if people go to the central bank, it's a hassle. you have to wait for hours. they might have to come back the next day. people are happy to pay a little extra for us for the convenience. during other months they exchange new notes for torn
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notes. business is nowhere near as good as during eid. for the few days he happy to share his joy with the children of bangladesh. don't forget you'll keep up to date with all the 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".