and hard hitting. >> people are dying because of this policy... >> there's no status quo, just the bottom line. >> but what is the administration doing behind the scenes? >> real perspective, consider this on al jazeera america hey >> this is al jazeera.hey >> welcome to the newshour life from our headquarters in doha. coming up in the next is 60minsn minutes: more fears of israeli bombardment of gaza, palestinian faxes agree to a cease-fire more than a thousand have been killed so far. we have taken the position not to dispatch and deploy today. >> steering clear international experts abandoned plans to go to the crash site of the shot-down

malaysian airliner. preparing for ead. muslims across the world get ready to mark the end of the holy month from ramahdan. >> it's been several hours since hamas and other palestinian faxes announced a one-day cease-fire. israel has yet to respond. overnight and into sunday morning, palestinian fighters launched several rockets towards israel. now, some were intercepted by israeli air defenses. and israeli bombardment of the gaza strip has continued. in the was the scene several hours ago as art i willerry and missiles slammed into gaza city. meanwhile, the number of pal stippians being killed has been climbing. the total of the 20 days of

array at all times at 1,062. live from gaza, nicole, get us up to date on the latest there. >> it's been quiet here for the last few hours, we can hear drones above us of course. it hasn't bone heavy like we did when the palestinian faxes in ham decided their 24-hour cease-fire would start after the first one hour of the cease-fire, we had at least five airstrikes across different parts of the gaza strip, a couple of them hit close to here just a few blocks away as well as a refugee camp and during the one hour period, we had heavy artillery fire israel.

people are homeless. houses and neighborhoods have been destroyed there. their lives completely turned upsidedown. and there is no evened in sight so far, you know. we have a cease-fire on one side and then a cease-fire on the other side. but it's no genuine pause in the fighting that really gives people time to prepare or to figure out what to do next. and they can't anyhow because they don't know what's coming next. is it going to be israel moving deeper inside gaza or will a proper long-term cease-fire come that gives people in gaza what they want, which is a proper end to the siege and a lifting of all of the border restrictions? >> indeed as you say, not a time for sell brakes for the people of gaza. >> that's nicole johnson there speaking nson there speaking to us.

>> we have been accepted five cease-fires t ham heaths has rejected every single one of them, violated two of them including two humanitarian cease ceasefires we implemented in the last 24 hours. now, hamas is suggesting a

cease-fire and believe it or not, they have violated their own cease-fire. they continue to fire at us. of course, we will take the necessary action to protect ourselves, to protect our people, including against the terror tunnels they are digging under our border and trying to reach and blow up our people. we will do whatever is necessary to defend ourselves. >> on saturday, we saw a flury of xlomatic effort in paris which amounted to really nothing much except for a short extension of the cease-fire. where does this now lead both international diplom attic efforts? >> well, we have seen unprecedented diplomatic efforts over the last week. we have seen the u.s. secretary of state, john kerry, come to region, ban ki moon, the u.n. secretary general come to the region. we have seen talks in cairo, a big meeting in cairo and then a big meeting paris. really, they have been unable achieve little other than a 12-hour cease-fire that finished

24 hours ago, just over 24 hours ago. and no prospect of a cease-fire agreed by both the sides now. having said that, they are still working towards that. i am there are numerous phone calls being made in capitols by leaders who have a stake in the region or want to stop the blood shed. robert surry, the u.n. special coordinator, i know is speaking to both sides but for now, it does look like israel is going to pursue the military option. >> all right. james, thank you for speaking to us. james bays there, diplomatic editor speaking to us from west jerusalem. israel has one of the largest armed forces in relation to the size of its population for its assault on gaza, it has called up more than 40,000 army reservists. a small number have refused to serve. a group of 50 soldiers wrote an open letter to "the washington post" last week saying they would not take part in the gaza

offensive. most of them were women. they said that they object to army policies that discriminate against women but they are also opposed to the fact that the military has control of a palestinian -- over palestinian lives. joining me is itieokneen. thank you vauchl for being with us. now, you are refusing to serve in the israeli military, particularly in this particular conflict. tell us your objections. >> yeah. >> my name is itie. first of all, i want to say i'm sorry for the pal stippians, for more than a thousand people being killed in the ongoing moss car and say i'm sorry on behalf of myself and for other israelis. >> that's first of all. second, i and my friends, we are m more than 150 people both women

and men. we refused going to the army. we refused to be part of the occupation for the military oppression of the palestinians. and we will not take part in this massacre, and we will not take part in any massacre. and we will not take part in the military control of the population. >> you said it's you and 150 others of your friends who feel this way. how are you perceived amongst the wider israeli community? >> it's sort of scary right here in israel. yesterday, we had a big demonstration against the massacre. we were both jewish and palestinians. we were protesting together. after we tried to go to our homes, an angry mob were chasing us to the interior of our childs. people were beaten up.

palestinians all over israel are getting hit byisis. i scary here right now. >> we aeplaud you for your bravery, for your courage for standing up for your coown convictions. you can understand your fellow israelis, too, who are told that israel needs to defend itself against hamas. is this something that you agree with? >> well, israel will never be safe when we are occupying another nation. you know, i heard a bomb next to my house when i was little. i am how it feels to be afraid of hamas. i know how it feels. i am afraid. my friends in the south of israel are afraid every day of the rockets. but there is only one solution and this solution is ending the occupation. we are a lot of people, israeli and airabs here in israel were

against the occupation, against killing of innocent people. the only way to end these killings is by ending the occupation, ending the opini oppressi oppression. we can live together, maybe two states for two people or one state for everybody, for everyone. but military oppression is not the answer. it's not going to give us any safety. >> itai? >> this is why i am acting right now. >> you are a young israeli. you are the face of future israel, shall we say. do you think morris israel will start to, perhaps, come around to the way you think? >> unfortunately, it doesn't look that way right now. but we are working on it and all around the world, everybody needs to hear the voice from israel, the voice of the peacefulis and from palestine and it may be the future will be brighter than it is right now.

>> itai, how do you hope to change the minds of your fellow citizens? >> well, personally, i joined this letter of refusal with other people and tomorrow, we are going to protest in front of the military base to support our friend who is going to jail for his refusal to join the army, and, also, we are going to publish articles to the israel, maybe, hopefully they will publish it and people will read it and we are going to talk and talk and no one is going to -- no one will shut us off. we will continue talking about what's happening in gaza and in the west bank. >> itai, thank you very much for being with us and speaking to us today. itai akin, piece activist and a conscientious objector. a renowned indian artist is using his work to appeal for

peace in gaza. sudar sun tatinik has made an elab brought sand sculpt tour. it depicts a dove with a human hand and several faces. >> we can live. >> war is not a solution and local people are being affected to such an extent one gets to see blood everywhere. so we want to send across a message to both countries through this art, that they should make efforts to initiate peace, and the u.n. should be a part of it. >> once more, still to come on the newshour including its being torn patrol by sectarian violence combo central african republics divided capital be on the road to lasting peace? plus nepal's pollution problem. we report on ambitious plans to clear the air in catmandu. women cyclists were able to have their say on the final day of the tour de france.

♪. >> there is no end of site in fighting between rival malishas in libya. 30 people have been killed in three weeks of violence. these are the latest pictures from tripoli where a battle for control of the air force again on july 13th has been fighting between militias and the army in the eastern city of benghazi. eastern libyan government has warned the country could break up if fighting continues. well, earlier, we spoke tolivian activists who gave us this update. >> the tripoli international airport thankfully is about 20 miles outside of the town of tripoli. we only hear the heavy

casualties... >> in the outskirts of donetsk, a key city held by pro-russian separatits, government troops have retaken other towns around the city suburbs. heavy art illery in the area has forced more than 2 people from their homes. let's get more now from barnaby phillips who joins us live from donetsk. barnaby, get us up to date on where you are right now. what's happening? >> reporter: what we hearing is that the ukrainian army is advancing to the north of donetsk, and, also, in areas to the east, possibly with the intention of trying to cut the city off from the russian border. of course, that would be a vital blow for the army if they were to succeed in that regard. specifically, what we have been hearing about is fighting near an important town, a place

called holeska, 30 kilometers north ofdon done. there are reports that holitska wasshelled this afternoon. both sides are plablaming each other, the separatist and the government army for what happened. the government is saying that something like a dozen civilians were killed including two clirn. on social media, there are reports that more civilians were killed. 20, maybe as many as 30, and some of the photographs on social media, i have to tell you, are absolutely horrific, and this emphasizes that there is a very nasty war going on eastern ukraine right now, and civilians are paying extremely high price. the few monitors, international monitors that there are here from the osce estimate roughly that some 500 civilians have been killed in the fighting so far and it seems that today has been another bloody day. >> barnaby, stay with us.

we will be back with you in just a moment. continued fighting in eastern ukraine has forced international experts to abandoned plans to go to the crash site of the malaysian airliner shot down ten days ago. a group of dutch police officers who arrived in nearby donetsk to join the investigation team have cancelled their visit to the site. >> unfortunately, the security situation on the spot and on the road to the site is unacceptable for us. we have taken the position not to dispatch and deploy today. >> let's go back to barnaby now standing buy in donetsk. barnaby, this really highlights the dusties of trying to conduct a thorough investigation into the plane crash. >> reporter: yes. and this has been the problem since day one, and let's not forget that it's now what? nine or 10 days since the malaysian plane was tragically shot down and still, a thorough

forensic investigation has not gone underway. ironically, it may be that a window of opportunity, perhaps is closed and that the area around the site, which was never safe, has become even more dangerous because it is one of the areas where it seems that the ukrainian army has been advancing. the investigators, dutch and australians say they will try again tomorrow. >> that's monday, to reach the site, but they may well conclude that if the situation is similar to what it was today, that it is still not safe. >> all right, barnaby, thank you for speaking to us, barnaby phillips speaking to us from donetsk. well, the loss of life flu downed flight mh-17 has touched many families in the norther lands. david shrader reports on the hague from how the hindu community is trying to come to terms with its loss. >> reporter: this is a tragedy that has reached into every home in the netherlands. ♪.

>> here, a ceremony of condolence in a hindu temple in the hague. the mourners came to remember all of the dead on board flight mh-17 but they also lost a bride and groom from their own community here ♪. >> the pasha and rishi married four days before they boarded a doomed aircraft for a long-planned honeymoon in kuala lumpur. they spent one night together in their new marital home. >> outside, a service attended by friends and members of their families, the parents stayed away, still too weak with grief to show their faces in public. t he who conducted the ceremony told us what it might achieve. >> i hope it will bring peace for the souls of the deceased and support for all of those who knew them. across the netherlands and

across the world, families and communities like this one are suffering the same. >> the first of the victims brought back to the netherlands has been positively identified and the family has been informed. funeral arrangements will be made. many more remains of the victims still lie scattered over the battlefields of eastern ukraine where mh-17 was shout down by a missile. >> 298 candles were lit. one for each of the dead. it's a hindu tradition that symbolizes the voyage of the dead from mortality to immortality, from darkness to light, from untruth to truth. david skateer, al jazeera the hague. >> u.n. peacekeepers have recovered both flight recorders from the al ajerri flight as investigators from france arrived they crash site. all 118 people on board were killed when the plane on route to algiers crashed on thursday.

the pilot had been advised to strange paths >> translator: the issue discussed with families of the crash victims which was the most difficult was to talk about how we would identify the remains and how he would bring them back to france. i decided that the teams encouragement on the site need to have the necessary time in order to regroup and identify bodi bodies. when it will be pos ab, the bodies will be brought back to france. >> the costa concordia is about to end its final voyage two years after the cruise ship capsized off of the of the coast of italy. it is being towed to a scrap yard. it's about to arrive at a poured near genoa where the biggest ever salvage operation to refloat the strickenship. >> the italian navy says it

rescued a rubber dingy off of the coast of sicily. a cease-fire agreement last week between warring rebels in central african republic has brought a fragile peace to the capitol. more than a year of violence between muslim and christian militias has forced thousands to flee their homes. bon bongii is deeply divided. >> people are angry, nervous. this group is getting out of bangui where secretary violence divided muslims and christians. roads aren't safe. >> that's why african union troops are escorting this convoy. they leave behind an uneasy calm. they recently signed a cease-fire agreement. a traumatized population wants to give peace a chance. things seem to be getting back to thunderstormal. >> that's why others aren't

leaving. >> we need peace so we can start living again. this violence and killing cannot continue. wir one people. >> the fighting has left communities wary of each other. >> it's still tense here some muslims say they are too scared to leave this part of bangui. some have been attacked and killed. >> across town, nearly 40,000 christians will you have in a camp next to the airport. two best friends, one christian, the other muslim want to change things. their weekly group sessions is where people meet and try to find common ground. >> we first started coming here and people didn't like what i was doing. but i feel safe with my friend who is a muslim. i go to his house and we talk about ways to try to bring back peace to our country. >> also hoping to change attudes, one of a few christians left in what's mostly a muslim area. >> i know the community. i grew up in front of me. we have to talk to our brothers and sisters who don't

understand. criminal elements have infiltrated us. >> a fragile truce means a road ahead is an unanswered. many hope relim on will help dividid i have unite rather than divide this country. >> still to come in this newshour, queuing for new cash. while new bank notes are in huge demand in bangladesh plus. >> a month ago in cost a rico, one of the most energy independent nations in the world, but now they are taking things further. we will show how they are tapping power. >> in sport, find out why one of the world toughest races had a change of scenery this year.

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

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