>> announcer: an attack on a busy market area near gaza, at least 15 people confirmed dead. >> and this was early on wednesday, israeli tank fire hit a un school. that attack killed at least 19. ♪ hello from doha, everyone, i'm here with the latest from gaza and the rest of the world news from al jazeera. out of control a warning from doctors without borders about the ebola virus.

and is this what greece needs to attract more tourists? maybe but is the cost worth it? ♪ hello, everyone, gaza, of course, first of all. a renewed attack which had killed at least 13 people now. this is some of the latest pictures we have had coming out of central gaza, that the aftermath, the black smoke, the impact of an israeli strike. as well as reports that the university in gaza has been hit. at the same time as a humanitarian window, announced by israel, but it said it wouldn't stop fighting in certain areas where it was operational. that includes most of gaza. >> translator: the israeli occupation is not interested in any truce humanitarian or

otherwise, and it's lying. it aledges that hamas has refused several offers regarding the trust. they have said it five times. hamas has accepted all of the offers, and today the occupation in order to deceive and ka knife, these four hours are worthless. >> live to gaza now, nicole johnson reporting there. some of the pictures i have seen looking pretty gruesome. >> that's right. and the death toll does seem to be increasing. it started at five and quickly rose to 17. the gaza min try of health saying that number will rise. deep inside the area, it is

empty, they have fled from their homes, but people are still living on the edge of it, and that's where that market was underway. ambulance crews are in there trying to get to the dead and take out the injured, children, a busy market area, people perhaps trying to take advantage of what they thought might be a brief pause in fighting. but a whole long list of areas would not be part of any of this so f-called humanitarian pause. what we have had over the last two hours is a lot of deaths. we have had four people in the east, and four more people in another area. and three people killed from air strikes in the central part of gaza city. and as we were driving around,

we would see black smoke pouring into the gaza sky, still very heavy shelling going on all along the eastern part of the strip. >> do we assume that at least humanitarian wise, nothing happened during the so-called humanitarian window. >> no, it was a very short humanitarian window. we haven't heard from the united nations or anyone else that it has been particularly useful to anyone. we have also had reports of 50 people injured in another neighborhood. all of this has just come out in the last hour or so. so it's no change to the situation on the ground in gaza. around 100 people have been killed today alone, bringing the number of dead to over 1300 and more than 7,300 people injured. >> okay.

that's nicole johnston reporting live from gaza. thank you for that. we're going to go to west jerusalem, kim vinnell. you heard nicole talking about this supposed humanitarian ceasefire, what about anything long term? anything on the horizon? >> well, let's just say we -- we contacted the israeli military about this attack, most recent attack and asked for some response. the only response they had was they are looking into reports about the situation. and this humanitarian window was to last for four hours, but as nicole was saying in gaza, not much really appeared to have changed. in terms of more longer-term

efforts, a palestinian negotiator is in qatar in doha, he is going to be meeting with the foreign minister and a political leader. they understand they are going to discuss sending a delegation with representatives from hamas and jihad and the plo to cairo. and israel's preference has always been to deal with egypt. and egypt always had to be a key player. >> and running parallel to that, kim, i have read about the palestinians trying to sign up to the international criminal council to take what they call war crimes further and actually take them to court over it. >> that's right. this has been a long time coming. the plo has been talking about this for sometime. but today plo political

committee met and said we are in agreement we would like to join the international criminal court, but first we would like the arab league to vote on that and be in agreement with us before we go ahead. bare in mind this will take a long time to work through, although lawyers are saying it is possible this could happen, but in order for a case to be referred to the icc, it has to be referred from the country where the crime took place or the security council, and the security council would never really allow that to happen, and another point to make is that if palestine signed up to the icc, it could also be open to facing similar lawsuits that it would be looking to take against israe israel. >> thank you for that. so what kim and nicole have been talking about are really the events of the last let's afour

or five hours. earlier on wednesday there was a shelling of a un school being used as a shelter. our correspondent in gaza went there and spoke to some of the survivors have a look. >> reporter: doctors work frantically to treat the wounded. the emergency ward of the hospital was overwhelmed after israeli forces shelled a un school being used as a shelter just after dawn. the majority of the dead and wounded are women and children. this man says he was asleep when the attack happened. >> translator: all of a suggesten shells started falling alled around us, we were showered with shrapnel, men, women, and children started running everywhere. it was terrifying. >> reporter: it is a chaosic scene here as medical workers try to treat the sheer volume of

va casualties. this classroom was supposed to be safe, all that is left is the remanents of the lives of the people that were staying here. it's not the first time a united nations school full of displaced people has been hit by the israeli military. this man tells me it likely won't be the last. >> translator: there is no safe place in gaza. not a school, not a mosque. people came to this un school for shelter. >> reporter: this woman shows me where she and 20 of her family members sleep. she tells me she won't leave. >> translator: my house has already been destroyed. where else am i going to go. even the street isn't safe. even if they bomb this place again, i won't leave. i have nowhere else to go.

>> reporter: a spokesperson for israel says the case is being reviewed. the agency that runs the unschool has strongly condemned the hit and accusing israel of actually violating international law. >> shock, indignation, words can't express how appalling we all felt. that's why we have condemned this as a serious violation of international law. now we're in the realm of accountability. >> are you sure which side was responsible? >> we got a team to the site within hours. we looked at the shrapnel and damage, we are saying that this is israeli artillery, and we have no doubt about that. >> is it possible this could

have been an accident? they didn't know where the school was? >> as far as intentionality is concerned you would need to ask the israeli army. we have seen a school hit directly. children sleeping next to their parents have been killed. it is an affront to the humanity of all of us. the world should hang its head in shame. >> did you tell them about the location of the school? >> 17 times we called to give them the precise coordinates of the school and inform them of the fact that 3,300 people had taken refuge there. >> this is the second time this has happened with with a large loss of life, how should the international community respond? >> well, we have made it quite clear that it is time for accountability. it has got to stop. we have reached breaking point. we have moved away from the realm of international law. our staff is being -- killed.

there will soon be tens of thousands of people in the sleets with nowhere to go. >> you are a un official, and before that you were a professional journalist, so you are used to seeing these sort of things. but how does it affect you when you see what has happened today? this >> it's beyond belief that in the 21st century children and women men, civilian men, can be subjected to this kind of outrage. palestinians have every single one of their rights denied them. including the right to life and that includes children. it needs to end. just before we leave our coverage for now, the latest coming in from israel, three israeli soldiers confirmed dead today. which brings the total to 56 israeli soldiers and officers killed in this conflict. which for israel is a high toll

compared to previous conflicts. and the other thing i have just seen is the israeli army tweeting since 1500 local time there, which was the time the so-called humanitarian window was opened, 56 rockets have been fired from gaza. plenty more online of course. keep an eye on that at aljazeera.com. here on the channel plenty more ahead including why the so-called vulture funds are prompting anger in argentina over repaying its debt. >> al jazeera america presents: >> smile and look at the camera. >> edge of eighteen >> i thought grades would get me into college. >> the tough realities >> the bullying became

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♪ >> top stories for you on al jazeera, the latest from gaza, where at least 17 people have been killed in an israeli attack on a market. palestinian state news agency reporting one of its cameramen, a 22 year old, is among those killed. heavy fighting in gaza as well. the total number of israeli socialeds killed is officially at 56. 19 people were killed after an israeli attack on a un school. so the un humanitarian

chief, valley amos is someone we have heard from today. she says gaza requires much-needed aid which can only be delivered with a pause in fighting. >> we are very keen to having sustainable long-term ceasefire. this is the thing that ultimately will make the difference on the ground. in the meantime any humanitarian corridors that result in the stopping stopping to allow people to come out to get basic supplies, that enables them to look for the injured and killed, and allows us to come in with much-needed aid, of course we value that, but ultimately we need a long term ceasefire. >> just want to update some earlier breaking news from nigeria, reports of at least three people killed in an attack. police believe the attack was

carried out by a female suicide bomber. that would be the fourth time a female bomber has attacked the city in a week. more on that when we get it from our team in nigeria. at least one airline has suspended all of its flights to sierra leon and liberia. >> reporter: another life lost to ebola in west africa. it is already the worst-ever outbreak of the virus, even the fan -- man at the forefront to stop it has succumbed. he was hailed a hero for his work fighting ebola. on tuesday it killed him. experts where he worked fear they are losing the battle. >> translator: this is first time i have treated an ebola epidemic of this size. there are hundreds of deaths. we just can't control the epidemic, it's going in all

directions, and we have few resources. >> highly infectious, and more often than not fatal, it is difficult to treat and there is no vaccine. it travels easily. since march there have been more than 1200 cases resulting in nearly 700 deaths. with extensive travel links between west africa and the world, there are fears as far afield as the united kingdom. a person incubating the virus may look well enough to get on a plane. >> the message i want to send out is by meeting to evaluate the evidence, we are acting early to make sure we put in place any necessary precautionary pressures to keep

the uk safe. >> as a precaution, one of the biggest airlines in the region has stopped flights to sierra leone and liberia. now taking you to new york. this is john [ inaudible ] from the united nations office speaking about the situation in gaza. >> we have to bring water and food every day and so forth. as the dsg has said, the humanitarian polite of ored neir people now that the power plant has been shut down because of the last round of shelling against that, is that no water being pumped into houses means that people have to come out to get just drinking water. how -- where are they going? they are basically waiting for water trucks to go street by street and provide water.

this again, operationally without a -- a pause in the violence is next to impossible in too many, in too many areas, so the scale of the urgency of the crisis now for ordinary people cannot be over -- cannot be overstated. we must also remember this is an aid dependent population in -- in a huge percentage. over 70% of the population require a need, food assistance. we also have a population like any population anywhere in the world also needs daily health care. 23 of the medical facilities across the gaza strip have been destroyed to the point of now being out of use. where are people to get their medication. pregnant women and so forth? the hospitals desperately short of medical supplies.

who have said that the list of essential drugs are at zero for close to zero in terms of stock levels. that means very critical. so, again, everything that is required to provide life saving support to the population both in terms of supplies and how to get those supplies to the people has become next to impossible for us to do what we are expected to do. and the level of frustration among the population, to us, is very high at the moment. you know, they feel that -- that the world has lost its humanity, it has lost its sense of realization of what they are going through. this is the most intensive round of conflict they have ever experienced and this is a place that has gone through many rounds of conflict. if you go back to the last round of conflict, it's four times more people displaced than last time around.

thank you. >> thank you very much. ma'am? >> good afternoon, deputy secretary general -- >> so that was john ging, he is the head of the office for humanitarian affairs at the united nations. he used to be the head of the united nations relief and works agency. just highlighting really exactly how bad the situation is on a humanitarian level. the fact that people don't have electricity and 23 medical facilities have been destroyed to where they are out of use. that is the point he is outlining that aid is needed and the only way to get aid in is if there is a pause in the fighting. there has not been a pause in fighting. the neighborhood that got hit pretty badly there. we have seen some of these pictures here, children lying in the street injured, the palestinian state news agency

saying one of its cameramen was among the dead a little bit earlier today. so that's the situation on the ground there, and we were hearing from john ging in new york as well. the ukrainian government forces are closing in on the pro-russian separatists strong hold of donetsk. at least 19 people have been killed in fighting during the last 24 hours. many more have left their homes to escape the violence. that is also keeping investigators from reaching the site of the malaysian airline jet as well. brings up to date on the fighting. >> the ukrainians say they are coming under sustained attack from separatists. it's only 12 kilometers from the center of donetsk, close to the train station and airport, but this is clearly a sign of an escalation of this conflict, and

the ukrainians are just battling, trying to push through, taking more and more territory away from the separatists. at the same time this is all complicating what is the ocs's mission to get to the crash site of mh17, and try to get the investigators there safely. the un has said that what has happened to the airline is a war crime. but unless they can get to the site and investigate, they will be unable to fulfill their mandate. both sides are blaming each other for civilian deaths, but we know of 19 deaths in the past 24 hours, but since mid-april more than a thousand people have been killed and the ukrainians have also said that more than 400 people have been killed on

their side too. >> thank you for that update from donetsk. at least two people in india have been killed in a landslide. heavy rain caused an entire hillside to crash down on a village. the first group of emergency workers has arrived at the scene, but more than 150 people are thought to be trapped. argentina's president says the government will ignore a u.s. court order to pay its debts. it has until wednesday midnight in new york to resolve its long-sta long-standing issue. >> reporter: the dispute, the court cases, the waiting all stem from 2001 when argentina defaulted on debts of more than $100 billion. many lost everything. while the country lived through years of economic and social turmoil.

subbi subbing -- subsequent governments reached agreements to be paid some of what they were owed. a few held out. this man is one of them. >> if my country takes 13, 14 years to give me what is mine with everything i have lost -- i didn't send my kids to the college they wanted. i couldn't give my parents the health care they deserve, who is to blame? me or the country? >> >> reporter: they have dubbed him a little vulture. the big vultures are the investors who bought up the debts in the u.s. >> translator: we had to make our claim in the united states, but we were luckily we could go to the u.s., because here we couldn't .do anything.

>> reporter: the argentine president says her government is hon forking its debts to those it has done deals with, but it can't afford to pay those holding out for the full amount. the judge warned argentina not to risk default, saying real people, not vultures would be hurt. all sides continue to negotiate through a complex web of court cases. meanwhile mr. vasquez and many like him watch and wait while a situation out of their hands continues to unfold. there has been anger on the streets of yemen has hundreds of people protested a rise in fuel costs. the price almost doubled in fact. the government has promised a salary rise, though, to help offset the higher gas prices. a tankering kraring oil from the kurdish region of iraq is in

legal limbo off of the coast of texas in the us. the judge said it's too far offshore and can only be taken if it enters u.s. water. the u.s. state department has referred the case back to the central government of iraq and the semiautonomous kurdish region to resolve for themselves. >> our policy remains the same. there is obviously a legal case here, and given that we certainly recommending that the parties make their own decisions with advice from their counsel. our policy position remains the same, which is that, you know, we believe that -- that oil should be transferred through the central government of iraq, but again, this is a case where because it's not in our jurisdiction, there's little we

can do at this point in time. plenty more international news for you online at aljazeera.com. the live blog is on the right-hand side to keep up to date on what is happening in gaza at the moment. it is all there for you 24/7 at aljazeera.com. ♪ mtion. >> hi, i'm lemple lisa fletcher and you're in the stream. shortening the average 9 to 5 , revolutionize the american office. later, the i.q. myth. could teaching emotional intelligence be the missing piece in american education?