>> it's also impossible to see... >> israeli aggression... >> coverage of the middle east conflict continues al jazeera america an israeli air strike hits another u.n. school sheltering civilians in the gaza strip. this is al jazerra live from doha. also on the program. israel says it's investigating the attack on the school, we take a look at the human toll. reiterating its demands for an end to the gas blockade.

tank shelling, you could see foot stuff but really just a scene of utter devastation. i am just going to have my cameraman point to this wall over here. this was the impact point. again, as we have been saying. it was tank shelling that's what this area came under fire from. again, an area which was meant to be safe. an area which has been designated by the united nations. a safe area. the israeli military has these coordinates, they know people are shel sheltering here. this is only one room. this school is very large. around 2,500 people are sheltering in this area. but as we have been seeing, they are not very safe. >> as you got to the location and went through the building,

the israelis often say that these locations are being used by palestinian group to his launch mis missiles, have you sn any evidence of missiles or armorments anywhere in or around the building? >> personally i haven't seen anything like that. all i have really seen are families, well, very small children. as we have been saying over 2500 people sheltered here, but they have been greeted this morning with scenes of this, scenes of death. we were just at the hospital a little earlier where people were receiving were receiving treatment, but again this is what's left of the lives of the people sheltering here. people who have lost so much as it is. and we understand that mostly women and children were sheltering here. about 70 were here in this room alone we understand that 16 lost their lives around -- between --

around 90 people have been injured. but, no, we haven't seen any kind of fighting or any reason why the israelis would have targeted this area, especially an area where so many young people and vulnerable people are staying. >> of course in the last few minutes, there have been leaf lets dropped in the area we assume by the israelis, do we know what they are saying? >> at this stage i haven't seen those leaf lets yet, but over the last three weeks the israel i military has periodically sent leaf lets, or text messages or left voice regardless for people warning them to leave certain areas. the people here in jabaliya received no such thing, they did not receive any voice regardless and certainly weren't offered any kind of flyers or anything

like that to leave from here and that is why you are seeing this scene of utter carnage and utter destruction at a school which has we have been saying was did declared by the united nations a shelter. a safe area. and that's why so many families are taking shelter here. but we have been speaking to people some have chosen to leave, but many have no choice but to stay. they say they have nowhere else to go, evening though so many people died overnight, they really don't know what do with themselves and so they are choosing to stay. >> indeed. it's an unfolding storing one we'll keep following with you throughout the day. al jazerra has been speaking to people at the hospital where most of the victims of the attack have been taken. >> translator: god is great, he will save all of us and our children are sleeping and then they started the shelling. we are not fighters. we were in the school. what is this? is this a democratic state of israel which is saying to the

world that they are democratic, they are shelling the schools of the u.n. why all of this when we were sleeping? look at this. they are shelling civilians. they told us to take shelter in the school and they attacked us while all of us were sleeping. this is unfair. there were no fighters in the school. we did not see anyone who was armed at the school. and the school was safe, full of women and children. god help us take revenge of them. >> translator: there were eight family members of my brother and 20 family members of my sister sleeping in one room in the school when the rocket hit it when rescuers came to get them out another rocket fell. they were trying to kill then all at once, they are intentionally trying to kill children, well, they have nothing to hide inside their room. they slept right after the prayers. enough israelis, enough arabs we will remain steadfast with the resistence we will never retreat until the last breath until the last drop of our blood both of my husband and i are disabled

but if we have the option to join the resistence we will definitely do so. god is with us and heaven is for us. >> translator: since midnight until now we have seen 16 dead and 100 injured cases. we had to. [ inaudible ] due to the critical wounds either head, chest, or stomach. now two u.n. schools have been hit since the opening of the operation three weeks ago. no you three government-run schools have also been targeted. u.n. operates 245 schools in the gaza strip. over 230,000 students attending the facilities which also act as refugees shelters in times of conflict. now, the u.n. has found rockets have stockpiled in three of those schools in gaza since the beginning of the israeli military campaign. all of those schools had been a ban doned before the rockets appeared. now this isn't the first time that jabaliya camp has been hit by israeli fire.

it's home to more than 100,000 people. charles stad stade ford reports. >> reporter: black plumes of smoke fill the sky over gentleman balance yeah, one of the most densely populated places in gaza. it is almost inevitable that any air strike here would cause civilian casualties, that's exactly what happened. >> translator: rockets fell on the building next door and one rocket fell here. as soon as that happened, we came running we opened the door come in we saw people torn a part, heads separated, blood, parts. mostly women. >> reporter: children and babies were among the dead again. are these what israel is saying they are use to go protection their tunnel? seven-year-old mahmoud was injured when an air strike hit his neighbor's home.

>> translator: we were hitting at home chat when we heard the explores next door and suddenly saw that he was hurt. >> reporter: this morning his family woke dreaded another day living under the ga a skies their thing members of that family are now dead. killed in another israeli air strike. >> translator: i lost most of my sons. many of their limbs were blown off in the explosion. my youngest child's head was severed in the blast. >> reporter: another day of heavy shelling here in gaza and we are at the hospital on the outskirts of jabaliya an area particularly badly hit. 130 people today, 17 people have died. israel's military campaign targeting what it says are hamas tunnels usually intensifies after dark. the streets get quieter quickly before nightfall these days. israeli air strikes also hit targets in gaza southern town of

rafa, rescuers searched for victims your honor the rubble of another family home. she was only five years old when she was killed. her family carried her body to the grave. israel says it is trying to avoid civilian deaths. but that will meaning in to those who loved this little girl. charles stade ford, a stratforda gaza. 1,262 spalin1,262 palestinin killed since the latest rounds. zest 100 wound. three saville wednesday including an italian national have been killed during this time. more than 180,000 palestinians have been displaced. hamas has issued a statement saying that israel's siege of gaza must be lifted before any truce can begin. the statement contradicted reports on tuesday that palestinian fax shuns were willing to agree to a short

humanitarian ceasefire provided that israel did the same. the military wing of hamas, known as th the brigades, went through a tunnel and went in attacking a watch tower. the have i had was show on the tv following the statements rejecting the ceasefire. >> translator: what you have failed to accomplish with your air force, ma may have ships and your artillery we not be achieved on the ground. by sending ground soldiers her destine today to be slaughtered. no size fire unless the border crossing is open. >> james bays joins us.

there is reaction coming in from israel to the attack on the u.n. school. >> reporter: well, so far very limited reaction. israel says it will investigate the report. so i think we will get something in the coming hours. but i think there will also be global reaction to what has happened on this occasion. at this part of the u.n., the part that deals with the palestinians, they are now dealing with 200,337 people in their various facilities. 85 different facilities are sheltering people in gaza. it was the attack on the school, the other attack on the u.n. school which led to that strong statement by the u.n. security council, also led to this comment from ban ki-moon on monday, the people of gaza have nowhere to run, they are trapped and we siege odd a spec of lands. every area is a civilian area, every home, every school, every refuge has become a target.

now, those are strong words from ban ki-moon, who always likes to give even handed moderate lang ridge, and i think you are going to see real anger at what has happened around the security council table. because as you heard, it's very clear that the u.n. went out of its way to tell the israelis exactly where these facilities that they are sheltering people are. these are supposed to the safe havens in this conflict. yet once again, one has been hit and i think watch the reaction later today coming from the u.n. in new york because i think there will be action again on this. and it may be, just may be, and i am not saying it will, but it may be what starts them talking about not just a statement, but maybe even a resolution which is something that's legally binding. >> yes, it's 3:00 in the morning in washington, d.c. we may may not hear anything for six hours, two very strong

positions the military wing of hamas and how hamas itself is going to deal with the israel i on his any potential ceasefire as well as dealing with its own palestinian authority and leaders and how to deal as a collective unit when trying to help the gazans in the strip. >> reporter: well, organizing this ceasefire, and we are talking not about a final ceasefire, once all the problems have been resolved, but simply a 24 hour humanitarian paws has beehouse hasbeen very, very dift indeed. it's clear to me both on the pal tin genocide between the palestinian authority and hamas, even within hamas itself and on the israeli side there are divisions about the ceasefire and whether to go ahead with the humanitarian pause. certainly we haven't had a final reaction from the israeli side to this idea. certainly israel has agreed to pauses in the past, but this

particular pause no response. we understand that a meeting will take place in the coming hours of israel's security cabinet. so we might get some firmer information coming from that whether the israelis want to still talk about these humanitarian pauses and negotiation about his a final ceasefire or whether they are just going to, for now, h escale their military campaign. >> indeed it is early in the morning and we expect of course statements to come from israel and we'll join you later in west jerusalem. thanks, james. and, of course, you can keep up-to-date with all of the developments from the region in gaza, of course on our website. we have live blogs, analysis, videos, updated 24 hours a day. aljazerra.com. that's aljazerra.com. well, still to come here on the program the e.u. imposes more sanctions against russia but could come at a high cost for european industries. and riding the wave of changes, haiti's government doubles its tourism budget.

out right steal their money >> wishing to start a family >> we lost over $20,000 trying to do surrogacy in mexico >> but left with broken hearts and empty pockets >> how much money do you owe people >> around $350,000 >> praying on the vulnerable >> i have nothing to hide, if i was a scam artist, i would have cut and run from here >> surrogacy inc. an american tonight investigative report only on al jazeera america >> 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.

♪ ♪ welcome back to al jazerra. these are our top stories, 16 people killed in an israeli strike on a u.n. school that was sheltering people in the jabaliya refugees camp in gaza, the same area came under ins tense fire on tuesday. the number of people killed in gaza as a result of israel's offensive has now are you en to more than 1,260. the u.n. says it's a breaking point because it's housing almost a quarter million people in its shelters who have been forced to flee their homes.

hamas has repeated its end to the seen on the strip before it agrees to a ceasefire. since the israeli offensive began on gaza more than three weeks ago, protests in support of the people there have been taking place across the world. mexico being the latest one. on tuesday hundreds marched down the main avenue of the mexican capital waving palestinian flags. the protesters want the mexican government to cut dip 3459 dipc ties with israel 123-4678 no to other news now. iraqi soldiers have been in a fierce battle with the islamic state forces in northern iraq. rebels have taken control of a highway that leads to at that tanaka crete after destroying a bridge on the route. more than two dozen killed and many other injured at a rap con start in begi guinea. they had been there to hear a popular band. investigators are trying to

determine what cause the crowned to panic. the u.s. has announced new sanctions. the west accuses putin to arming separatist fighters, they'll target energy, banking and defense sectorse second. >> tonight u.s. is imposes new sanctions in key sectors of the russian economy, energy, arms, and finance. we are blocking the exports of specific goods and technologies to the russian energy sector. we are expanding our sanction to his more russian banks, and defense companies. and we are formerly suspended credit that encourages exports to russia and financing development projects in rauch. >> russia is europe's biggest source of energy and a major trading partner so the sanctions have a much wider impact. are david reports from the netherlands 67 the ex-port of

cut flowers brings a multi billion dollars bloom to the dutch economy each year. russia was a growing part of it. but each rounds of sanction is his blighting the business with a country the netherlands has been trading with for the last 300 years. brokers in this high-tech auction room are now finding the falling rule and rising energy costs for producer are pricing them out of moscow's market. but this giant warehouse is only down the road from the airport where the doomed flight mh17 began its fate. journey this businessman believes after the death of so many innocent civilians, russia must be forced to pay the price. >> on one side you want to hurt russia, but on the other side you also shoot yourself in your feet. >> reporter: the sanctions are designed to have a strong impact on the russian economy while limiting the damage to european industries. but what businesses most fear is a retaliatory strike by the

kremlin in the start of a new economic war. this dutch site is set to be part of the biggest storage of gas from russia in europe. the european union buys 76% of russia's gas exports, the biggest comsumer is germany. it will remain untouched by the sanctions. >> here there is the classical clash between moral principles between human concerns which are very aware of in the aftermath after the terrible downing of the airplane of malaysian airways. and, of course, the geopolitical considerations that are at play. >> reporter: record rainfall in southern holland this week had everybody scramble to go repair the dikes. but an economic storm could yet lie ahead if a europe just

struggling its way out of a recession. the crisis in ukraine is impacting fa are and wide. david chater, al jazerra, the hague. the downing of malaysia airlines flight mh17 over eastern ukraine has prompted the debate about the dangers of flying over conflict seens. in' has been meeting in canada and says it will put together a task force to make sure information on flight safety reaches the right people at the right time. now, relatives of those killed when an air al algeria flight came down have visited the crash site. some families flown by helicopter. it crashed on thursday, all 118 people on board were killed. the doctor leading the fight against the h he ebola out break in see air lyon has died one week after contracting the violence, he was praised as a

national hero for his efforts to fight the end december more than 1200 cases have been diagnosed there this year alone. thousands and thousands of children are starving after two years of war they are left in a country so ravaged that there is not enough food to live on. a report from the capital and we advise that some of you may find the images disturbing. >> reporter: she is only 17 years old and she's already a widow. her husband was killed in some of the religious-based violence that took the central african republic for months now, she's hungry and alone, her baby is suffering from malnutrition. >> my heart breaks every time i look at him. he is suffering and i can't help him. i don't know what do. i have nothing to give him. >> reporter: other babies are also clinging to life. their bodies emaciated. the violence has displaced hundreds of thousands of people. families haven't been able to grow their own food.

>> translator: the children arrive with acute malnutrition and severe complications it takes a long time to treat them. it's really terrible here. the number of patients has dramatically increased. >> reporter: the united nations predicts that nearly 110,000 children will suffer from mall knew chips this year and, that number could rise. around 5,000 people are treated every week, they come in with malaria, dysentery, malnutrition and health workers say they are strug to go cope. aid workers say the crisis here is not getting enough international attention or funding. >> but even under these conditions some babies manage to survive. >> surprising how strong they are because this of smell, with maybe 900 or 1,000 grahams when they are born, they did survive. which is quite incredible. and we have one or two babies in one week that can die. >> reporter: there is some good

news. the mainly muslim rebels and christian anti-militia correctly signed a ceasefire, but many roads outside the capital still aren't safe to use. that means that some of those who desperately need help won't get it. al jazerra. now the governor of the u.s. state of california says his state is willing to shelter more migrant children from central america. jerry brown made the comment following a meter in mexico with religious leaders from across the central american region. thousands of unaccompanied minors crossing the u.s. border illegally has triggered a humanitarian crisis along the southern u.s. border. brown says a long-term solution is needed to deal with the problem. >> the u.s. has to look bonds the board forget at this problem. it has to keep the humanitarian frame of reference as it deals with each of these young immigrants. and number three, there has to

be a courageous action on the part of. [ inaudible ] if we are going to get the problem solved. while staying in the region now, what images come to mind when you think of haiti? surfing might not be one of them. but as andy gal der reports they are hoping to make waves on the international surfing scene. >> reporter: on haiti's southern coast surfers aren't an unusual sight these days, but just a few months ago,. [ inaudible ] now look at them. they are all part of surf haiti an ambitious project aimed at bringing tourists and their money to the beaches. he runs the camp and says surfing here is about more than just catching waves. >> haiti is something else, you have to be -- you have to take

pleasure in the waves and the life of people. >> reporter: and in a place where most people live on $2 a day that sense of community is vital. the boys are taught about the environment and there are plans to show them thousand make surfboards, instruct and eventually run surf haiti themselves. one of the first boys to learn to surf here, tells us the project has the potential to change the lives of his entire community. but it's not going to be an easy road. i have traveled all over haiti and been to various tourist destinations but for surfers with a sense of adventure, it doesn't get much better than that. but the biggest challenge this project face is his getting people to come to haiti in the first place. for many tourists, haiti is perceived as being dangerous and dirty. the cultural capital, the beaches aren't exactly pristine. passion from these young

haitians is unmistakable. and it's the chance to be part of the lives like people like samson that organizers hope will draw surfers to the waves and ultimately help tourism grow. >> i would love for there to be a haitian representation in the international surfing circuit, professional. i would really, really, because then once they announced this kid is from haiti and he's out there ripping it, then all of a sudden people go haiti surfing and the whole industry pays attention. >> reporter: surf haiti remains for now a small project with few customers. waves like this -- with waves like this it's hop hoped that tt will soon change, andy gallagher, al jazerra, haiti. now three al jazerra journalists have now spent 214 days in an egyptian prison. last month mohamed far m fahmy d

peter greste seven years, and another seven years plus three years because he had a spent bull net his possession one he picked up at a protest. they are falsely impressed and al jazerra continues to demands their release. >> people have suffered and died from ebola for years. it's a devastating disease. what makes this latest west african outbreak the worst ever? the number of dead, the geographics spread. the threat of many more case. ebola is the "inside story."