until more bombardment of gaza. palestinian sairpingsz agree to a new cease-fire. meanwhile on the ground, gazans continue to pay the price. more than 1,000 have been killed so far. well, to al jazeera. live from doha. also on the program: . >> 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.

plus a corner store in brooklip becomes the latest can vance for one of new york's leading urban artists. . >> there have been several hours since hamas and other palestinian fact actions announce a 1-day cease fire. israel has yet to respond. itsisi bombardment of thes gaza strip has continued. this was the scene earlier as art illery and milingsz slammed into gaza city. the number of pal testinians ha been climbing. the total after 20 days of assaults by missiles and art illery shells stands at 1031. nicole johnston is in gaza and filed this report. >> it's been a day of cease-fires back and forwards. first of all, israel was proposing a 12-hour cease-fire. this was rejected by hamas and then hamas and the palestinian

faxes came out with their own 24-hour cease-fire. >> came into effect at 2:00 p.m. local time in gaza. the first one hour of it was very heavy combined. there were at least five israeli airstrikes across different parts of the gads strip including in the central and western part of gaza city. there was also heavy art illery fire and tank shelling coming from the eastern border and from the coast, israeli naval ships were pounding the coastline of gaza. since then, it has been relatively quiet. the people don't know what the cease-fire on the palestinian side will bring, whether attacks will continue from the israelside. while they had the chance, pal stonilyians were out in gaza buying supplies, trying to get water because water is a big problem here. those who have had their houses destroyed, when they could, they went back to the neighborhoods to get anything that they could salvage from there, but really, there is very little for the people of gaza to celebrate in the upcoming eid religious

holiday. >> speaking earlier on u.s. television,issitsi prime minister benjamin netanyahu said the palestinian side was not observing its own cease-fire? >> we have accepted five cease-fires, acted upon them. hamas has rejected every single one of them, violated them, including two humanitarian cease-fires which we accepted and i am mrechltd in the last 24 hours. now, hamas is suggesting the cease-fire. believe it or not, david, they have violated their own cease-fire. they continue to fire at united states. we will take the nets 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. >> al jazeerats diplomatic editor james bays is in west jerusalem and he has more on the diplomatic efforts to end the connell conflict. >> over the last week, we have seen unprecedented diplomatic activity. it's very rare that us see

shuttle diplomacy by both the u.s. secretary of state and the u.n. secretary general, working the region, going to various capitols, numerous meetings, numerous phone calls, a big meeting in cairo, a big meeting in paris. all we really have to show for all of that, now that ban ki-moon and john kerry have returned to the united states is a 12-hour cease-fire. no one has been able to agree to a proper extension of that cease-fire now, from afar, ban ki-moon and john kerry will continue efforts. there will be other communications. the u.n. special coordinator is speaking to both sides. but i think the view here at the moment is that for now, israel is going to continue its military option. all along, they have said they are going to destroy the rockets, find hamas's tunnels. they will do that by diplomatic means to disarm hamas if necessary. but if that is not possible, then they will take the military

option, and that looks the most likely scenario for the coming hours. >> well, omar hijazi in ramal h ramallah, my colleague asked him what olleague asked him what palestinian authorities.

the core problem is that the international community has treated israel above international law and allowed them to do things all other civilized nations are not allowed to do. >> we are joined from tel aviv by israeli government spokesman mark eggers. thank you for being with us on the show. can we get an official line from you? >> indeed. >> has israel accepted or jeektsd the cease-fire as proposed by hamas? >> well, let's just get the facts straight. yesterday, on saturday, we had a 12-hour cease-fire, which we honored. totally. there was not a single israeli shot into gaza fired in that period. we were approached byphon min sneers paris. we agreed to extend ittun latly

for four hours. during that time, we held our fire and there were hamas rockets coming into israel into our cities but we nevertheless held our fire. at midnight last night, we announced at the request of the united nations special envoy, we announced a 24-hour cease-fire, and everyone was very happy about that and of course hamas totally ignored it and kept on shooting. they kept on shooting. we at about 9:30, 10 ogle this morning said enough is enough. a cease-fire means a cease-fire but if one side cell phoase-fir the other keeps shooting it's not a cease-fire. if hamas closes the door. >> you are rejecting this cease-fire. what's next for the israeli strategy? >> excuse me. what cease-fire are we rejecting? i just said we horned every proposal that the u.n. put on the table and we were very strict in abiding by cease-fire proposals. it was hamas that broke the

cease-fires. your questions should be addressed to hamas. >> if that's the case, hay, what's next now for the israeli military? >> i think -- i think your correspondent in jerusalem got it right. with that option, the diplomatic option being closed by hamas refusing to accept cease-fires, therefore the job will have to be done militarily. if they continue to shoot rockets at our cities trying to kill our people, we are within our rights of self defense to act against that and act against the terrorist machine shooting those rockets into the cities. it's the same with the terrorist tunnels, that tunnels that go under the border and pop up on our side so they can infiltrate into israel and conduct various raids. we will supreme court act. >> how many times have those tunnels actually been used against israel? how many people have you actually caught coming out of those tunnels? >> well, as you know, just earlier this week, we had several attempts and, luckily we stopped they at the borders.

but we lost a few as you reported here on al jazeera, we lost a few of our fighting men in presentlying them from coming across the border. >> you understand? >> shouldn't have to live in -- >> exists because of the truckstration over the blockade on gaza. if israel were to lift this blockade, allow the gazans to live normal lives, israel won't have to defend themselves against zenrations of angry palestinians. >> i really beg to disagree, and i think you have really got it upsidedown. israel left the gaza strip. what was it? nine years ago? we took down all of the settlement, pulled back to the international front ear and signed an agreement that was facilitated through the united states in which there was supposed to be open borders and trade and commerce and tourism. why are there restrictions around the gazan strip? because they are hostile. hamas took over and started shooting rockets. the only reason those restrictions are in place is because -- >> in the last few years, you cannot -- you cannot deny the

fact that hamas in the last seven years or so has moved to what's -- towards engaging more politically rather than militarily, so why not lift that blockade? why not allow gazans to cross the border so that they don't have to build tunnels, so that they have to ferret out food, medical supplies, building supplies? >> the tunnels that we are talking about are not to bring food across. the crossings are open for food. there is no problem bringing food into gaza. >> the crossings are -- >> the tunnels are attack tunnels, tear rate of tunnels. >> they are controlled by israel. as we have seen >> correct. and we don't -- that's correct. and we don't allow them to take in weapons. >> through those checkpoints, find it very difficult. they cannot get work. why not lift the blockade? it would make israel a safer country. >> i beg to disagree with hamas being as militant and as extreme

as it is, if we allowed those borders to be open, i am afraid terrorists would be crossing into our currents tree and killing our people. >> that's the bottom line. the only reason we put the restrictions on our borders is because hamas was so hostile that they were firing these rockets. i would ask you a question: is it fair to ask israel to have open borders with gaza when gaza is shooting rockets intoitsis? it's very important. we were willing to have open borders with gaza, willing to have trade and tourism and cooperation. what do you expect us to do with wh when they shoot rockets at united states? >> you know mark. >> to talk about restrictions. >> a 7 ario u.s. intelligence officer has come out to warn israel that if hamas is weakened in any way, israel could be facing a more potent and extreme force. is this something that israel is willing to face? >> we have to take into account all sorts of eventualities. but i would like to offer a

separate analysis: if we come out of this and hamas is weakened militarily and politically because, of course, its behavior, this whole tragedy and its position amongst palestinians especially in gaza is more and more problematic, if we cock come out of this with hamas weakened, the most radicals of peace are weakened, that could be good for peace, and i hope mod rats would be able to come into the vacuum and we could move more energetically on a peace process. hamas against any peace. >> thank you. mark regev. - speaking to us from tel aviv. >> 13 people including two children have been killed in fighting in the eastern ukrainian city of horvika. the city is a key hold out for pro-russian separatists. meanwhile, the ukrainian army said it's advancing toward the

outskirts of donetsk, 45 kilometers to the south. let's get more now from barnaby phillips who joins us live in donetsk. now, barnaby, explain to us where exactly you are and what's happening. >> reporter: i in the center of donetsk, which is still very firmly under separatist control, but it does seem that the ukrainian government army has been making advances, of course, they have been very close to dondon on the south and the west for some time, but they are now pushing forward to the north and, indeed, in areas to the east, and that's important because at the moment, dondon is connected in one contiguous area to the russian border and the sectors control that entire area. if the ukrainian army were to be able to cut this city off from the russian border, that would be a major coup. now, in your introduction, you were talking about the latest fighting, in a place called holivka, a town that as far as

we know is controlled by the separatists, about 30 kilometers north of here it was shelled today. and as you said, at least 13 sillians, including two children, were killed. some of the pictures on social media are deeply disturbing, and some of the casualty figures on social media are higher than 13, i should say, 20, perhaps as many as 30. both sides typically are blaming each other. so we don't know who was responsible for this atrocity. what we do know is that civilians have borne a terrible price during this nasty war sxwrafrn barnaby, we will come back to you in just a moment. continued fighting in eastern ukraine as barnaby was saying has forced international experts to aband on plans to go to the crash site of the malaidsian airliner shot down 10 days ago. now, a group of dutch police officers who have arrived in nearby donetsk to join the investigation team have also

cancelled their visit to the site. the security situation on the way to that site is not to. >> mae many delays in getting international investigators to that site. but ironically, that area may

have become even more dangerous over the course of today as the ukraineian army advances closer to where mh-17 was shot down, in other words, there was perhaps a window of opportunity for some sort of vicinitygation to take place. but that window of opportunity is fast closing. >> barnaby, thank you for the update. ba barnaby speaking to us from the center of donetsk. still to come on al jazeera, cueing for clean cash. why new bank notes are in huge demand in bangladesh. >> preparing for eid, muslimslims are getting ready to mark the end of the holy month of ramahdan.

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♪ welcome back to al jazeera. time for a recap the top stories. hamas and other palestinian groups have proposed a 24-hour truce in gaza. violence has continued. speaking in the last few minutes, the prime minister spokesman says there have been rockets coming from gaza. >> the number of it palestinians has died stands at 1031. prime minister benjamin netanyahu has promised to continue with the offensive. 13 people, including two children, have been killed in the ukrainian city of horlivka. the city is a keyho holdout. the ukraineian army says it is still advancing towards the outskirts of donetsk, 45

kilometers to the south. israel has one of the largest armed forces in relation to the size of its population. for its assault, 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 they object to army policies that discriminate against women. but they are also opposed to the fact that the military has control over palestinian lives. itai akin is one of the 50 soldiers who that petition against israel's offensive has seemed. i spoke to him earlier. he began with an apology? >> i want to say i'm sorry for the palestinians, for more than 1,000 people being killed you in the ongoing massacre and say i'm sorry on behalf of myself and

behalf for other israelis. >> that's first of all. second, i and my friends, we are more than 150 people, both women and min. 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. we will not take part in the military control of the population. >> itai, 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 scary right here in israel. yesterday, we had a big demonstration against the massacre. we were both jewish and palestinians. we are protesting together. after we tried to go to our homes, an angry mob were chasing

us through the entry of our houses. people were beaten up. and palestinian all over israel are getting hit by israeli nationalists. it's very scary here right now. >> itai, we applaud you for your bravery, for your courage, for standing up for your own 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. i had bombs next to my house when i was little. i know 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 sloouks,

and this solution is ending the occupation. those people, israeli and arab were against occupation, against killing of innocent people. the only way to end these killings is by ending the occupation, ending the oppression. we can live together or 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. >> do you think morris morris israel will come around to the way you think? >> unfortunately, it doesn't look that way right nowmoreisrao the way you think? >> unfortunately, it doesn't look that way right now. >> everybody needs to here the voice from israel, the points from the peaceful israel and the voice for palestine and it may be the future will be brighter than it is right now. >> there is no end in sight to fighting between rival malitias 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 airport began on july 13th. there has been fighting between malitias and the army in the eastern city of benghazi. libya's interim government has warned the country could break up if fighting continues. >> the governor of ninevah in north he were iraq has spoke about fighting the it's lammic state group and fears iraqi forces will again take over the city. >> some groups in mosul started to form armed brig aides to force the islamic state out of the city and to ensure the army would not come back to rules mosul in the samed old fashion. >> iraqi christians have attended church in baghdad in a show of defiance to islamic state fighters in the north. the service forms an order by the group for christians in the city of mosul to leave immediately, pay a fine, or face

death. money printing machines in bangladesh have been in over drive as the country releases almost $3,000,000,000 worth of new notes. it's become a tradition during the muslim festival for elders to give fresh rs to give fresh currency.

one of the sadder things about growing older is you start to receive less and start to have handing out more with every passing eid. >> for many, new bank notes add to the luster of the gift taking note that an enormous new bank notes available as eid approaches. >> thissier, we are planning to release up to $2.8 billion worth of new notes. last year we released about $2,000,000,000. long lines turn many people away. this presents an opportunities. like many others, he set up shop buying up old money and 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 then they might not get the money that's there. they might have to come back the next day. so people are happy to pay a little bit extra to us for the convenience.

during. >> during other months rana exchanges new notes for torn notes. he said it is nowhere near as good as it is in eid. for these days, he is happy to share his boy with the children of bangladesh. >> muslims in many other countries are also prepare to go celebrate eid. shoppers have been crowding markets in pakistan's commercial capitol ahead of the celebrations which mark the end of ramadan. women getting henna tattoos and buying traditional jewelry. security has been stepped up across the country over fears of taliban attacks. >> the muslims in india are prepare to go celebrate the end of ramadan. people crowded shops buying last minute gifts and new clothes during the festivities eid will be celebrated on monday or tuesday, depending upon the siting of the crescent moon. >> he has had work exhibited in some of the most famous art galleries around the world but the latest frees david ellis is

on show in a more humble setting. he explains to access while painting his local store in brooklyn, new york could well turn out to be his most expensive painting yet. >> i am david ellis, i am on the corner store, finishing up a mural, art installation, revamp of the store that's been here for 40 years. >> my name is ralph jawad. we are about to open swoon and we look forward to seeing everybody back in the store. >> i used to live on the block. i was on the block like 12 years ago. i would come in here to buy the newspaper. "times," a couple of different pandas and ralph opened it up i see a big article about him. i said, this is dave? the guy that rides the bike? the crazy guy? he kept on calling me saying let me paint. let me paint. i said, okay. i will think about it. and he says to me, well, let's do a trade, ralph.

>> my deal with ralph is 20 to $25 a day, juice or coffee or whatever it might be, newspapers for the rest of my life. so in a way, that's most expensive painting i have ever sold. it comes out of a style i have been doing for a while and developing called flow. it's like if you threw a stone in the water, the way the ripples would go or lava out of a volcano down. ralph gave me the canvas. >> tree is ralph. it's the roots that go down into the histories of brooklyn, the people who are still here, people who have moved on, people who have died, and then there is the trunk, which is him and his father and the leaves are this community that they have helped enrich for 40 years. trying to, you know, conjure that nature energy for ralph because he is a living, breathing relic and his father is, too. >> i believe in this place is

like sacred ground and if i can bless it, i am there. >> a reminder, too, that you can always keep up-to-date with all of the latest news, features on our website. >> that's on 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?