>> across all boundaries in the united nations today in aljazeera. blue first, we'll start now with our top story. it has been our top story for nearly four weeks now, and this is the very latest to come from the conflict between the israelis and gaza. and reports are coming that israeli war jets have attacked a car in the central part of gaza. at least four palestinians killed, including a woman. and nicole is in gaza, and nicole, bring us up-to-date. >> reporter: the violence,

sometimes it's quiet for an hour or two, and then it picks up again. i don't have any information on the latest attack. but we are seeing a lot of cars driving around the central of gaza city. and you can see car after destroyed car. we had two people killed in airstrikes on gaza city. and we know there's fighting going on in the whole eastern border strip of gaza as well as in the north. they just is had rockets, five from gaza, and three or four that we could see from our position here, where we're still hearing israeli naval ships pounding the coastline of gaza. but it's intermittent. it's not always constant. you'll hear it heavy for a while. and then it drops off again, and people are dying in gaza. the hospitals seem very busy, and having to cope with a very limited amount of mel supplies.

>> reporter: that's right, you just heard in the united nations, people in gaza also say that this is a human, manmade catastrophe. and that's something that people do talk about here. this is isn't something that is a natural disaster, and that's why they're desperate to have the situation fixed in the borders opened again. but yeah, it's a really tough situation, and the hospitals, even in the best of times, they don't have everything that they need and they don't have enough supplies because gaza has been blockaded for so long, the doctors need extra training and for foreign doctors to come in here, training local doctors, and what they were saying even a week ago, they were saying that they have only 10 to 20% of what they needed and now we're hearing that they are telling patients that if they have the money, buy their own gauze, and there's the massive problem with electricity now that the gaza

station has been hit. hospitals and everyone will be relying on generators, fuel is very expensive and the generators are cut out. there's no reliable way to try to treat thousands of injured people. >> nicole, giving us the very latest from gaza. meanwhile, the israeli prime minister said that the military will not end its operations in gaza until all across-border tunnelings are destroyed. and even they think, calling for the end to the fighting. james reports now. >> reporter: despite the mounting death toll and the growing international criticism of israel, the country's prime minister was uncompromising as he spoke at the start of a cabinet meeting. the military operation will continue until hamas' tunnels are destroyed.

>> as of now, we have neutralized dozens of terrorist tunnels and we are determined to complete this mission, with or without a ceasefire, and therefore, i will not agree to a proposal without completing this work, which is important for israel's citizens. >> reporter: the latest attack on a school, 19 people dead and the u.n. said israeli shells were the cause, and the organization's top human rights proposal said that she detection a pattern of deliberate action. >> the shelling of houses is israel's obligation to protect the right to housing, right to food, right to clean water of gazans, even with the obligations as an occupying force. >> benjamin netanyahu doesn't seem to be taking much notice of the criticism in the time of war, and he cares most about the

advice from his generals and the domestic opinion. that is behind the operations in gaza. >> yes, we should continue to complete the destruction of all of the tunnels, and actually, influence our security. >> th we are fighting for our l. we in israel want to live, and hamas wants to die. >> reporter: as the israeli onslaught in gaza continues, there's some diplomatic activity taking place behind the scenes. but any hope of a ceasefire seems to have receded for now. james bays, aljazeera, west jerusalem. >> so the situation in gaza is absolutely terrible. the electricity has been almost completely cut off. most of the territory has power a few hours every other day.

and that has caused a shortage of drinking water, which has to be pumped from wells. the lack of food is also severe. people are risking their lives in long queues for the limited supplies. and the israeli cabinet has approved the calling up of more reservists. an additional 16,000 have been called up to serve. and the army has requested more military supplies from the united states. while earlier, my colleague spoke to the israeli prime minister. >> may i quote to you what ban ki-moon has said after this attack. "all available evidence points to israeli artillery as the cause. is he wrong? >> i think at this stage, it's still not clear.

we are not aware that it was israeli artillery that caused that. but we know there was fire from both sides. and there was combat. and we don't know if it was palestinian ordinance or israeli. and hamas deliberately turned into u.n. into a warp zone, and according to the secretary general himself, in an open letter that he put out, he said that terrorists are turning u.n. facilities into war zone, and they are accountable for the tragic loss of life because we don't target u.n. facilities or schools that have been unfortunate been done by hamas, who has deliberately turned into combat areas. why else are they storing missiles in their facilities? >> he said, "we have done the initial side visits and there was no evidence of militants firing rockets. are you calling him a liar? are you saying that you have

definitive information that there was rocket fire going on inside of that school? >> unequivocally, yes, there were hamas terrorists shooting at our forces in the immediate vicinity. [ talking at the same time ] are you saying there was firing going on from inside of this school? >> sorry, if you are outside the school and opposite the front gate, are you still not using the school as a human shield? let's be fair. we totally support [ talking at the same time ] >> a few minutes ago, she said that it is completely unconscionable that the precautionary and the precaution that the international law requires is being ignored. in answer to a question of whether it would be justified for israel to shell the school if there is rocket fire in what you call the vicinity. is she wrong? >> once again, there's no

evidence at this stage that israel did in fact target the school. i know for a fact that we did not target. could there be a stray shell in a firefight? if that's the case, once again, you have to put the blame on the people that turned area into a combat zone. >> ? sort of humanitarian, or a ceasefire? the negotiators said that the palestinian delegation does plan to go to egypt to talk about the issue. >> i would challenge the israelis to ceasefire [ unintelligible ] americans are working on it. egyptians are working on it. europeans, ban ki-moon, the whole world. >> but the israelis will say they unilaterally announced a

ceasefire, and yet hamas did not respect it. and the palestinians did not respect it. they took a cabinet meeting, and it was bagged by the egyptians and it was the palestinians who refused to abide by that. >> they're not telling the truth. the truth is [ talking at the same time ] >> technically they would say that we accept a ceasefire, but at the same time, this morning, raising the number of israelis to 87,000. you should keep in mind that gaza has no tanks, no f-15s, no bases, and you have to keep in mind until this moment, 24 days of the so-called fighting, the war between two equal sides. no israeli child was killed [ unintelligible ]. >> not because there was no attempt to do that, i'm sure that the israelis would point out that the israelis are firing

discriminate rocket attacks. mentioning addition tink and proportionality. >> i'm here because i know that these attacks by israel will not get any political solution. after the complicities. now, yesterday, israel asked people to evacuate their homes. the day before yesterday. the u.n., convinced the israelis to move the people. and again, the israelis, they had the coordinates of the schools and the u.n. is saying -- so what we have are deliberate attempts by the israeli army and airforce to tart civilians, and to kill civilians. >> well, in new york, at the u.n. security council, there was an emergency meeting that now adjourned. and they are now in close consultation, and the diplomats are talking among themselves as

to what will arise from this meeting. now, in a specific accord by the jordanian ambassador, which represents the arab block it talk about the humanitarian situation in gaza. and an open session heard from the u.n. relief agency, that was hit by an israeli shell, killing 19 people. diplomats, as i say, are now meeting behind closed doors. both of the public representatives to the u.n. from israel and palestine reacted to that meeting at the security council. and here's what they had to say. >> no israeli soldier intentionally targets civilians. as you saw with the incidents on the beach, israel does not shy away from accepting responsibility. members of the international community have been quick to condemn israel, but slow to condemn hamas for its war

crimes. and also, at the beginning of the briefing, the baroness said that israel facing the rocket fire. israel faced rocket fire? from whom? hamas. >> and also, i totally agree with the sentiment of our people in the gaza strip, that they feel that the international community is failing them. they are not coming to put their weight on the line and say enough is enough, and this genocide cannot be tolerated and should be stopped immediately. >> we're watching all of this at the u.n., kimberly, our correspondent. and kimberly, after today's mini session, it didn't last terribly long at all, did it? and i think that you can safely

say that the military situation in gaza is top of the agenda and upper most in the minds of the u.n. >> indeed, that has been the focus of the statements that have been made, especially from the punnedder secretary of humanitarian affairs who briefed the council. and why the united nations is so concerned about the events that have transpired in the last 72 hours. saying that she feels the violation of international law has occurred, the attack on the u.n. shelter where 3300 palestinians were hiding, trying to escape danger, is a violation of international law, and now it's calling on the government of israel, as well as hamas to comply with international obligations and subjectives and civilians. and she said even war has rules. but you also heard that there are statements now that the u.n. council is now in close consultations, and you had the very strong statements there at

the podium or the microphone between the israeli ambassador to the united nations and as well as the palestinian ambassador to the united nations. a lot of finger pointing is going on. and i think what's most striking is by the ambassador, trying to portray israel as the victims of mistruth and inaccurate reporting and lies of omission, saying that the attack on the school needs to be investigating and there was no deliberate targeting of civilians, something that you saw the palestinian ambassador, saying that it was genocide that's being unleashed on the 1.8 million living in gaza. >> kimberly, thank you very much. at the u.n., and keeping up-to-date with all of the latest developments on the website where they have much more. and a lot of very interesting analysis on that. so don't miss it.

now, rescue workers are looking frantically for survivors after a landslide buried a village in western india. and the uk, an inquiry to a foreign spy that could strengthen the ties. and south america's competition. >> all right, now, the organization in europe is saying that it's monitors have finally reached the crash site of flight mh17. fighting in the eastern ukraine have prevented them from safely accessing the area for over a week. the team is accompanied by four dutch and australian experts. 298 people dade when the

malaysian airlines plane was shot down, two weeks ago. and let's go live now to barnaby phillips, the correspondent in donetsk. the development after two weeks after the downing of this plane, the investigation team has managed to get to the site. >> moderately significant, i would say. they were able to get there in the initial days after the crash, but what you said was absolutely right. they haven't been able to get there for a week once the ukraine an army advanced into the area and it became a conflict zone. we have to put things into perspective. it was a small team, and my understanding, it took them six or seven hours to reach a place, under normal circumstances, if you were just driving to donetsk if you were drive without obstacles, you would reach in an

hour and a half. so there was fighting in the care, and this is not open sesame from now on, the full forensic investigation that we were all waiting for can begin. i know that the parliament in kiev authorized several hundred arms inspectors and law enforcement officers to go to the area to have jurisdiction for up to a year, but that does not tally with the reality on the ground. this is a conflict area, both sides are fighting and it's strategically important. and any progress on the ground that the investigators are making is absolutely minimal. on many days, i suspect it will be progress one day, and then a hiatus of waiting for several other days, unless the military situation changes. >> they have been allowed one day's grace, haven't they, to be able to get to the actual site. and how tenuous is that ceasefire between the two sites? >> very tenuous, and they're not

really even calling it a ceasefire. it was announced from the government's side unilaterally as a day of quiet. a day of saying that they have been attacked in several maybes in eastern ukraine today, by the pro russian separatists. we haven't heard that from the separatist side. and there's no way of confirming it independently. >> barndy, live in donetsk, and one other thing from ukraine to tell you about. that is that the parliament has rejected the prime minister sending i,blocking the decisionp down. and the vote is expected to lead to a boost in spending by the army, and a default on debt.

debt. public inquiry into the murder of a russian spy has opened in london. the latest investigation has determined whether russia is responsible for the former kgb officer's poisoning. moscow has denied all involvement. but he blamed president putin on his deathbed. >> an important day, as a public inquiry about her husband's death opened in london. the russian spy, attending political asylum in briton. in november of 2006, he fell ill shortly after meeting russian men in a hotel. and three weeks later he died in hospital. on his deathbed, he blamed vladimir putin finishing responsible. it was later learned that he drank tea with high levels of a radioactive substance. one of the things that they will be looking into is the

possibility of the stating responsible for his death. some of the evidence expected to be given, it will only be given in closed hearings. >> i make it clear now that i intend to make public my final conclusion on the issue of russian state responsibility. together, with as much as possible as my reasoning it in that regard. >> his widow, who has long pushed for an inquiry. >> thank you very much. very much because it's very very important for all of us. everybody, all around the world, will know this. >> the uk has failed to get moscow to extradate the poisoning, and one of them is a member of the parliament. but for her, the things are moving in the right direction. aljazeera, london. >> for the first time, turkish

citizens who live abroad can vote in the election. the ticks residing in germany get to vote as early as thursday. there are about 140,000 eligible turkish who live in berlin. tim friend is in berlin. >> well, it is being described abs the largest polling station in the world. and they could well be right. the 1936 iconic olympic stadium, here in berlin, opened up for turkish people in germany to vote in their presidential race. there are 140,000 of them here in the german capital. and you can see they're beginning to queue up now. 1.4 million across germany as a whole. and they are being allowed to vote on foreign soil for the first time. not just here of course in germany, but across europe.

the key question is, how significant is this, and what might it mean for the overall result? let's ask one early voter how important is this for you to be able to vote in germany? >> it's very important to me, because i can decide for myself who will be in charge of turkey and who will run the country. >> and do you sense that support is going to one particular party? akp? [ foreign dialogue ] >> interpreter: i think that the akp will win by a large margin, but i will vote for the hdp, the kurdish party, because i'm kurdish myself. >> reporter: thank you very much for talking to us. well, the total foreign vote is accounting for about 5.5% of the total lectorate. that could just be a game changer.

>> now, the west africa ebola outbreak has now killed 729 people. and sierra leone has ordered the army to enforce a quarantine. now reporting on neighboring liberia's preparations. >> these are the protective measures that medics in liberia have to undertake before they take care of patients. as they are ordered to keep them, they are particularly at risk of infection, but now the fear of ebola spreading to the wider community, they are protecting the country. the president, has ordered the closure of all schools. a thorough cleaning process for all public buildings on friday, and all public sector staff.

speaking at the briefing last week, she emphasized how important it is for people to act responsibly. >> protect yourself, listen to the workers, and believe it is real. go out and carry the message. >> a person who comes in contact with the sufferer, they are at risk. >> the most efficient way of transmitting is when people are taking care of people affected and they get directly exposed to bodily fluids, particularly vomit and blood and diarrhea and feces, and that's why things are happening right now, and we have such an explosion of cases. >> that has prompted the withdrawal of 340 peace corp

volunteers in guinea and liberia and scera leon. in nigeria, these who came in contact with a liberian man who died of ebola. >> we have been [ unintelligible ] all of them have high body temperatures in the morning and in the evening. [ unintelligible ]. >> but the man who first identified the virus in the 1970s believes that the risk of it is remote. >> i wouldn't be worried about

it. i wouldn't be worried to sit next to someone with ebola on the tube, as long as they don't vomit on you. >> but in west africa, this is the worst ebola outbreak ever reported. and it is now out of control. aljazeera. >> so as you heard in his report, nigeria has also been hit by the virus, and one case that we have been talking about so far. we'll be talking to the nigerian health minister in just a couple of minutes, so don't miss that. meanwhile, the u.s. secretary of state, john kerry, is in india, having talks with the new prime minister. kerry is seizing the effort to improve bilateral and economic relations. they are expected to be talked about too. washington is pressing new guinea to accept new trade rules

that would limit how much food the government can stockpile and subsidize. heavy rains in india are hindering rescue efforts after a mudslide. at least 30 people were killed when a wall of mud quite literally covered an entire village. the authorities fear that the death toll could reach 150. >> reporter: rescuers rush the survivors to safety. this village is used to heavy rains, but on tuesday, it received more than 10 centimeters in one day. in the early hours of wednesday, the saturated hillside slipped and fell on the village below, burying many of the 700 residents as they slept. >> i had come to visit my relatives. i often come here. when i arrived, i discovered that the entire village had been destroyed. >> reporter: it suffers from

poor mobile phone access, so news of the disaster was slow to reach the emergency services. now hundreds of rescuers are on hand to treat the wounded and heavy machinery is digging them out. >> in this place, there were 40 to 50 houses, and i checked with my superior, and we think 100 to 150 people are trapped under the debris. >> reporter: he sent the interior minister to the discover area. all efforts must be made to help the victims. >> we have a lot more to come in the program. >> harry reporting from south korea, the ongoing process against the construction of this $1 billion naval base. >> and the plea for peace. the american teenager who says he was beaten by israeli soldiers takes a message to washington. >> and i'm matt ramsey at the polo club in spain, talking

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