>> hello, and welcome to the news hour from aljazeera in our headquarters in doha. in the next 60 minutes, ace ceasefire in gaza collapses after only a few hours. accusations and counter accusations as both sides accused other of violating the truce. the ebola virus out of control. the who convenes an emergency meeting in trying to stop the spread of the disease in west africa.

and a gas explosion in taiwan kills at least 25 people. we begin this news hour in gaza and the failure of a joint u.s.-un backed ceasefire. the fighting broke out on friday. both hamas and israel blaming each other for starting it. israeli tanks are continuing to bombard the area. dozens of palestinians have been killed now bringing the number of dead to more than 1600. two israeli soldiers were killed on friday, and one has been taken prisoner. these latest pictures out of northwestern gaza set to show a hamas attack on an israelis tank, and troops could still be on track. the leader of the palestinian authority said that the delegation is due to meet in

cairo on saturday. and hamas has put out a statement blaming israel for the breaking of the truce. they said at 030 hours, they advanced into eastern gaz. and then a firefight began with palestinian fighters and the israeli army. an hour later, israeli tanks advancedthrough the east of the strip, killing dozens of people in rafah and khuzaa. israeli forces were attacked shortly after the ceasefire began. >> despite the reports that you heard from hamas, which is a blatant lie, the forces were indeed participating in the ceasefire. and about 90 minutes into the ceasefire, outcome the suicide

bombers out of a tunnel, and a gunman behind him, blew himself up, killing two soldiers, and then a gunfight, and the aftermath of that, they abducted a soldier, so we have now two dead soldiers in a ceasefire that was agreed upon by both parties and it was broken by the united nations and the u.s., and a terrorist organization that has attacked us. >> peter, you are denying categorically that israeli troops crossed your defensive line in gaza. >> i'm saying that the positions and according to the agreement, operating in order to decommission tunnels, and indeed, we were abiding by the ceasefire, and unfortunately, these terrorists, under the cover of the humanitarian recess, took full advantage of that. >> let's bring in aljazeera's

charles stratford, liver in us in gaza city, and is the fighting still ongoing? >> . >> yes, we know that, mate. >> charles stratford, i'm aware that there's noise and you didn't hear me. is the fighting till ongoing. >> we've seen a slight lull in the north of the strip and the central areas, but we have been hearing reports of ongoing fighting down in rafa in the south. and we have reports of all of these casualties and deaths down there, following the reports of this disappeared israeli soldier. but we were down close to rafah earlier today. and this is what we found.

we arrived near the boarder, and it had began. blocked by a crater created by an israeli shell. people were walking by no man's land, carrying bodies on the very muchers. >> it looked like an earc here, trying to get the injured in and out. and the bodies are decomposing in the heat. >> reporter: we pushed from the left toward the south. one four-wheel drive ambulance managed to get through, but soon turned around, unable to get any further. >> it is to total no-go zone, and we're trying to get to the bodies, but it's too dangerous.

we're trying to get in and clear the rubble. >> reporter: we stuck to the road as we moved forward. and we heard reports that people who ventured into the land on either side had been hit by snipers. what remained of people's home, they were carrying people on stretchers. we asaw the dead man was wearing the green fatigues of the palestinians. one body pulled out of the concrete and another wrapped to the side. this was as far as we could go. we pushed as far forward as we can to the front line now, and people are running out of the village of cuza. some are rushing to get past the tanks, a bulldozer tried to make

a place for the ambulances. the ceasefire was over, and there was no choice but to go. >> with an israeli soldier missing in action and presumed abducted, what are people presuming tonight? >> there's a sense of great fear and trepidation here in gaza tonight with the israeli soldier that has gone missing, and other areas of gaza would suggest that those fears may well be realized. and certainly, we're hearing reports and that israel is giving warnings to all of gazans to remain off the streets beyond 6:00 p.m. and we had a warning here last night in this very hotel. and all the time, we were hearing the discussions that have been going on in israel with respect to them pushing forward, potentially into rafah

and what is being described as a reoccupation of rafah, and bringing in another 80,000 arrivists, israeli soldiers to deal with that. but these are ongoing discussions. there's a great fear, and the closer we get to the event, the more anxiety across the gaza strip. >> before we move on, i want to show you another report by an aljazeera correspondent from our sister network, who went deeper into khuzaa and saw the attack by the israeli soldiers. >> we have witnessed the atrocities, the bodies of young men and the destruction. and until this moment, the ambulances and the red cross medics have been able to reach the town that's completely destroyed. these young men are entering a cart into one of the houses where we're told a number of people are inhumanely executed.

we're going to accompany them in. this area underwent an israeli incursion where the forces and tanks stormed the area, but were faced with resistance. the destruction is everywhere. and we were told that the israeli special forces were stationed here. there's a horrific stench coming out from this place, and it's clear that the situation is quite horrific. this is horrific, men have been summarily executed in this place. >> it's an execution. it's a mass slaughter. six civilians were executed here. you see the blood all over and the marks of the bullets on the walls. god is great.

>> saudi arabia's king abdallah has made his first comments on the offensive, calling israel's crimes against humanity. this constitutes a crime against humanity. and a generation that only believes in violence. >> turkey's government has played a prominent role in the diplomatic efforts to reach a ceasefire. we spoke to the undersecretary of state and senior adviser to turkish prime minister. >> reporter: our foreign minister has been in touch with his counterparts in the united states and egypt on the palestinian side to make sure that they stick to the ceasefire, and i know there are different versions of what happened this morning, who broke the ceasefire first, et cetera, and this whole thing is

happening, and it's clear that those being targeted, civilians in shelt, in gaza and who is being killed there, obviously, you have israel ha has to stop their aerial attacks, and we're trying to get all sides to agree with all of the conditions of the ceasefire. one of the conditions, the israelis on the ground in gaza or not, and we are back to square one unfortunately, but of course, another chance throughout the day today and tomorrow. >> would you say, would you criticize this ceasefire and say perhaps it was flawed and ambiguous when it came to the point that you're mentioning the operations that wouldn't be allowed for the israeli troops that are remaining in gaza some. >> well, a number of the

ceasefire initiatives have been made and broken in the last few weeks, and this was the best that we could get at at this point. and the main goal right now, to stop the killing, the shelling, and so far, about 1400 people have died. and if you don't do anything. >> to downplay your reference, the saying goes, the best isn't enough. in hind do you think that was a weak point in the ceasefire arraignment? the ambiguity there? >> good you look at the overall picture of the israeli aggression so far, and the position of the palestinians in terms of the resistance to this, and there are many issues like this that will be part of any kind of permanent, suggestion stainable ceasefire that we'll have to put together now. >> james joins us live from west jerusalem. and james, what are the

diplomatic options now? with the u.n. ceasefire and collapse in the last few hours, you have a palestinian delegation traveling cairo on saturday. and can this ceasefire be resurrected or will it need to be renegotiated? or is there a place for turkey to get involved here, and broker some kind of a deal? >> i think they're going to have to look at all of the options, because this is really not what john kerry and ban ki-moon wanted. they knew that this was going to be a bold challenge, setting the 72-hour ceasefire, but it has completely collapsed now, and they're going to need to think how to respond. we don't know quite the scale of what they have to respond to at this stage, adrien, because we do not know what the israel military are going to do now as a result of what has happened. and particularly the result of the fact that there's a captured soldier.

what we're going to find out in the next 20 minutes or so, we'll start to find out because the israeli security cabinet is meeting at half past the hour. and they will decide what their next move is, and then i think we'll see reaction from other international players. an hour from now, we'll hear fresh word from the united nations, and we also have to hear properly in the u.s. and how they're going to respond to this. but i can tell you one piece of information, there has been a phonecall between john kerry, secretary of state and benjamin netanyahu, prime minister. and that gives you an idea of the defiant tone of benjamin netanyahu. he says that hamas and the other terrorist organizations as he describes them in the gaza strip, will bear the consequences of their actions and israel will take all necessary steps against those who call for our destruction. strong words from the prime minister, who will be chairing his security cameras in the next

ten minutes. >> israel accuses hamas, and hamas zuzs israel of breaking the ceasefire, and i want to look for a moment at that joint statement from the u.n. and ban ki-moon and u.s. secretary of state john kerry, that prove so problematic in the ceasefire agreement. during this time, the forces on the ground will remain in place, and we urge all parties good the humanitarian ceasefire begins to fully abide bring their commitments during the ceasefire. as our colleague was just saying, perhaps flawed language, open to interpretation, and why would it be in such a ceasefire agreement? >> well, i think it was deliberately open to interpretation because they have to get language that both sides would agree to. they have been trying in negotiations to find language that would be acceptable and that's why the state is somewhat

more ambiguous and vague on that point, what the israeli military would be allowed to do if they were going to stay in gaza, which finally succeeded by hamas, and that they would be allowed to do in their positions. you read a statement that was published by the united nations, but when john kerry explained to the reporters shortly after it had been issued, he put more detail on it and gave his understanding of it, that israeli forces would be allowed to continue their operations between the lines that they already occupied in gaza, but wouldn't be allowed do go forward. and that's what we have been focusing on, did the israeli military after the ceasefire advance forward? if they did, they might be in breach of john kerry's ceasefire agreement. we'll have to look closely at that, and it would be hard to find exactly where the israeli

military were at those precise moments just before and after the ceasefire. >> we'll get a view on that from the state department in just a moment in washington, james, and before we do, is this ceasefire agreement now dead and gone? there's no possibility of it being resurrected, will we have to have a new ceasefire agreement before there's a lull in this fighting again? >> well, i think it's going to be hard it get people to sign up to it again. and having said that, i think it's worth reminding people that the agreement, the 72-hour truce and then talks in cairo, that's basically been with different conditions and different language, that has basically been the proposal coming from the international community led by the u.n. and the u.s. for some considerable time now. it was a version of that proposal, john kerry and ban ki-moon brought to the region when they were here all last week, so i think they will try

to rework it, and find a way that's acceptable to both sides, but it's going to be so much harder now on the israeli side after the capture of a soldier that's really anger and on the palestinian side after the huge bloodshed and onslaught with a great deal of anger. it's going to be difficult to get both sides again, but i'm told that the work on both sides does continue. >> speaking to our correspondent, rosslyn jordan in washington d.c., and any reaction from john kerry, roz? >> we have just gotten reaction from the secretary of state, it's a written statement. and let me read just a part of it for you, because it's a bit long. the united states condemns in the strongest possible terms today's attack, which lead to the killing of two israeli soldiers and the abduction of another. it was an outrageous violation of the ceasefire and the

assurances given to the united nations and the united states. the secretary of state, john kerry, releasing the statement in the past minute or so, and basically blaming hamas for this ceasefire. the statement does go on to say, however, that the u.s. is looking for an urgent recommitment to the ceasefire, and he's not saying, at least in the u.s.' view at the moment, that the ceasefire is dead, but may be legal, and may not match the facts on the ground. >> rosie, you had a conversation with james a few minutes ago, and let's get a view from your side of the atlantic. would would the u.s. have left that wording in the ceasefire statement, allowing israeli soldiers to stay on the ground in gaza despite that ceasefire agreement. >> well, basically this would have been allowed if the proposal that was pushed by secretary kerry, the seven-day

ceasefire, actually been accepted by both sides. this is not a full military it would have led to some sort of negotiations. it's providing time and space for the people of gaza to try to deal with the trauma of the past several days. this was not the case, according to one report, where the question of having israeli troops pull out of gaza was even on the table. according to this report, the secretary of state contacted prime minister benjamin netanyahu on monday, and the first thing that netanyahu apparently said that was necessary in order for israel to design on to a ceasefire deal, that the troops would be allowed to stay in gaza, and they would

not move or advance on hamas positions, something that hamas is challenging, and that the soldiers would be allowed to continue working on the destruction of tunnels built by hamas that have moved into israeli territory. that was basically a fundamental point for the israelis and both the u.s. and the u.n. apparently felt that it was necessary to allow that to be the circumstance in order to get this ceasefire. >> roz, thanks, state correspondent, rosslyn, reporting from washington. 21 minutes into this news hour, we want to remind you of what we have been talking here for most of this program. the humanitarian truce in gaza is over, and it ended after just a few hours. rafah, in the south of the gaza strip has been the scene of intense fighting. israel said that two of its soldiers have been killed and another captured. he's identified as 23-year-old

second lieutenant and dozens of palestinians have been killed in the fighting in the last few hours. prime minister president, mahmoud abbas, said that he will travel to cairo on saturday to work at least on trying to negotiate a ceasefire. we're waiting for statements to come out of the united nations on aljazeera. but first, what is to come on the news hour, alarm in west africa as the ebola outbreak continues to kill in a number of countries. and 21 is ukrainian soldiers are killed with a siege around the city of donetsk. and later, madrid, playing in front of the biggest crowd.

the details in around 30 minutes. >> waiting for the statement from the united nations, calling on palestinian factions to recommitment to the truce, and in the meantime, let's move onto some of the other stories making news right now. the world health organization said that the ebola outbreak is out of control, but it can be stopped and it has called on an emergency meeting next week. it has killed over 700 people in africa. and the $100 million emergency plan to combat the disease. it will pay for several hundred mel personnel, doctors, nurse. and it will help to protect neighboring countries considered at risk, and the communities will be mobilized to help deal with the outbreak. the importance of screening people at borders will also be

emphasized. >> reporter: struggling to cope with an epidemic that has killed at least 700 people so far. hospitals in sierra leone, working against time, the outbreak is getting out of control. in other countries, the u.s. peace corp is evacuating 340 volunteers from sierra leone and liberia. yet in nigeria, where one liberian man is known to have died of the disease, they are being installed in major international parents to screen suspects casings. >> we are ensuring that passengers boarding those flights are ebola free. we are also ensuring that as soon as those passengers are

ready to take off, we have lists of the manifests, which we look at. and we have professionals on the ground who look at the passengers, especially from areas that ebola affected. >> an outbreak in nigeria would have a huge impact, not just for the country, but across the region. authorities hope that such measures will help to stop the virus. but they're worried that it will still find its way in through the borders. close contacts with those infected, especially through bodily fluids. some say dietary habits are also helping to spread the disease. a combination of poor education, and a fear that treatment involves complete isolation is also adding to the problem. >> they're very concerned with what kind of opportunities they will have to stay in contact with their families, because they know they will be isolated

and they understand why. but they are of course concerned about being alone. >> that is complicating the effort to stop the outbreak. the one in west africa is the worst that they have seen, and both the government and mel experts are bracing themselves for more bad news. >> professor hugh pennington is a specialist. and he said that people shouldn't panic. >> the reaction is reasonable, for example one of the athletes in the commonwealth games here in scotland have come from sierra leone, and it's quite reasonable because he has come from a country where ebola is as busy as it were, and you have an illness which could be developed and it certainly wasn't. but he had to be tested and he's negative, and i think he's back

in the games now, and quite a few people are coming out of these countries and coming from parts of the world and falling ill with a temperature and food poisoning and these are the things that people should get at the beginning of ebola, and it's quite right that they are tested and most of them will be negative. the systems that the countries have to make sure that the ebola is not getting out into the rest of the world are working. >working. and admittedly, one or two people from the united states have fallen ill, and it wouldn't be surprising because there are a lot of people trying to help those populations and some of those people will be coming into very very close contact with victims. that's the only way you can catch it. you have to get into close contact with the people who are ill. and the body fluids are fuller the virus, and it's quite difficult if you're just giving an order, but there are 25% of careers in the home setting, in

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