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both hamas and israel blame each other for starting it. dozens of palestinians have been killed, taking the total number of dead now to more than 1500. two israeli soldiers were killed on friday. one has been abducted. >> reporter: a truce in name, but tenuous in nature, and perhaps now in tatters. the three-day humanitarian ceasefire in the gaza strip had just come into effect. both sides had agreed to a pause in hostilities under un and u.s. brokered deal. >> israel will be able to continue its defensive operations for those tunnels that are behind its lines, and the palestinians will be able to receive food, medicine, and

additional humanitarian assistance, as well as to be able to tend to their wounded, bury their dead. >> the truce took place at 8:00 am less than two hours later israeli troops resumed shelling, and then replaced a statement . . . but hamas has given its own time line of events, saying . . . people in rafa had used the sliver of opportunity to leave

the shelters. many found themselves incredit in hospitals. >> we were told there was a truce so we went home, as we were sorting out our things they started striking our homes. >> translator: this is my mother and uncles, they were in their cars when they were hit. the situation is getting worse. there was a ceasefire declared this morning, but israel did not respect the ceasefire. >> reporter: it has been three weeks, and the number of casualties is rising, not by the day, but by the hour. more than 1500 palestinians have been killed in this israeli offensive. many, many more had been injured, and medical charities, hospitals, clinics are struggling to cope. earlier we were told that supplies in gaza, medical

supplies are extremely limited. >> in gaza for 48 hours i don't have power in my flat. there's no water in many cases, and this [ inaudible ] and [ inaudible ] it has gone far beyond war crimes or genocide. it is [ inaudible ] before more bloodshed. >> are you able at all -- is any part of gaza allowing you to get in supplies to tend to the needs of those in need. >> yeah, we are functioning [ inaudible ] in the middle of the town, and our medical facilities are [ inaudible ] at the moment by private companies.

[ inaudible ] with difficulty. [ inaudible ] will run out of medical supplies and there are not enough [ inaudible ] medications in the hospitals and lack of blood. that's why the hospitals are calling for blood donations. the situation is -- is difficult, and our teams are working under fire, and to be in [ inaudible ] has been killed some ambulances have been attacked, and this has been the case since the start of the assault against gaza. so [ inaudible ] in hospitals and [ inaudible ] because of ongoing long hours besides the loss they are [ inaudible ] and loved ones like what happened with me this morning, 15 of my

cousins have been [ inaudible ] our family, and i have to continue work while mourning the loss of my family. >> we're sorry to hear that. >> this is the case everywhere. this is the case wherever. my work, one of my colleagues lost her daughter and grandchildren. it is the case everywhere. the medical teams are working under [ inaudible ] and under the feeling of loss of loved ones. >> a ones. >> a

[ technical difficulties ] >> the hospital situation even worse. >> let's bring in now [ inaudible ] in gaza city, contributors of plus 972 magazine on the line life. you heard how medical supplies are very limited. what about every day living in gaza right now? how are people eating, drinking, are they -- you know, are water supplies cut? people who need shelter? there are so many people displaced right now. tell us in your experience what you are seeing. >> yeah, i can tell you that today i actually went down to the -- what are considered sort of the front lines on the war on gaza right now, which were two towns in eastern gaza that were basically rubble. and what i saw there were

families who were out of their homes and in un shelters, and have down there for the last week or so, carrying mattresses on [ technical difficulties ] [ technical difficulties ] >> that's an open question right now. the un shelters are filled to the brim. they are having a hard enough

time finding shelters, and for that reason what you'll find is families trying to stay as close as they can to places that they think will not be bombed and will be saved. one of those places is a hospital which i'm sure your viewers are familiar with. i was just there a couple of hours ago as well. you can see in the open shelter and on the balconies, entire families hunkered down in tents, and trying to find a way from what ultimately is random shelling from tanks. i spoke to someone a few minutes ago who told me she has experienced bombing like everyone else has, and she is far more frightened by the tanks, because they literally fall randomly. and when you hear that burst

it's a question whether you will live in the next 30 seconds. >> what impact is that having psychologically on people? >> i was walking through the streets today and saw several children and they looked to me, i have to say -- i have been -- i have been to and reported from afghanistan and iraq, and i have never seen children look so shell shocked. pardon me, the looks on the faces of -- they looked like old men. they weren't the faces of young children. and they are aware what happened to them. and there is no way that their parents o the aid workers or any of the people here can offer them any comfort in this time. and it's a really, really sad situation that i think the international community needs to

move post haste to end before this gets completely out of control. >> many thanks indeed for telling us about your experiences. let's bring in the professor of arab studies from columbia university. thank you for being with us. a broken ceasefire, a humanitarian situation as we were hearing there that gets more and more desperate by the day, and a willingness, it seems by both sides to continue the violence at all costs. how on earth is all of this going to end? this >> it's very hard to see how it can going to end. on the one hand israel has announced a variety of objectives, which seem very difficult to achieve, and particularly completely disarmament of the gaza strip given the experience the gazans

have had. this is the third round of this since 2009, and given that gaza has been under siege and blockage that entire time. i don't see how the gazans will go back into their cages and allow demilitarization. and what hamas is asking for, and this has been a national demand, is that there be a lifting of the siege an end of the blockage, an opening of the crossing points both with egypt and by israel, such that the people of gaza can come out of what is in effect the largest open-air prison on earth and begin to live norm alives. >> you talk about gaza being an open-air prison, one of the acquisitions often leveled at israel is that palestinians are being collectively punished.

are they? >> they certainly are in gaza. i think what israel is doing is implementing what a general called the devastation of an entire neighborhood of beirut by israeli bombing. and he was essentially saying this is what we have pushed. and i have referenced by israeli officials to implement indication of that doctrine in gaza. that amounts to punishment as entire neighborhoods are destroyed, very clearly this is collective punishment. >> today we have had the collapse of this ceasefire after just a few hours, the ceasefire brokered by the u.s. and the un. is the u.s. an honest broker in

all of this? what about the un? is there a negotiating partner somewhere out there who can d who can bring the two parties together and reach some sort of -- of -- of -- of progress? some way of moving forward. >> part of the problem is the intractable nature of the demands on both sides. in the past both hamas and israel fought to exhaustion. and accepted ceasefire for ceasefire. in each of the two previous cases, israel never lifted the siege. however -- excuse me, i'm sorry. however, in addition to that, you have the problem of the united states not being an honest broker. the united states has proclaimed

its support for israel east self-defense. 1,500 palestinian civilians -- mostly civilians are dead. three israeli civilians are dead. it's difficult to argue that self-defense is on the israeli side. but that is the american official position. a link in a long chain of american bias. which i believe disqualifies the united states in being an honest broker. but for a resolution of this conflict, relying on the united states will lead to exactly the same result we have had in the past 20 years. the united states refuses to admit its biased position in the israeli position. >> professor many thanks for being with us. >> thank you. >> thousands of people have been protesting on friday across the

west bank. here the latest pictures from the area. there are also demonstrations elsewhere in the west bank. kim vinnell is live for us in the area. what is happening kim? we hear there has been a fatality? >> that's right. there have been clashes across the west bank today. these protests were called by various palestinian factions. people coming out to show anger over the israeli bombardment of gaza, to show solidarity with the palestinians in gaza, and also to show their protest against the ongoing the ongoing

>> we're looking live at the south lawn of the white house as we're expecting president obama to step out in a few minutes to talk about the latest round of sanctions imposed on russia. this comes as the european community announcing earlier sanctions today. the sanctions could include restrictions doing business with russian armed groups. there are sanctions against olagarts, friends of president vladimir putin. and against russian institutions. joining us now from the white house is mike viqueira, again, this is all about evidence the administration says it has put

forward against russia supplying arms to the ukrainian separatist. >> secretary kerry brought us that news when he was standing side by side with his yo ukrainian counter part. he had that talk with s ergei lavrov. and again promises were made for a cease-fire. promises were made for unfettered access to the crash site. promises were made for talks between the separatists kerry asking lavrov again to exert his influence over the separatists to get them to back off. the latest we've heard from estimates is 15,000. but john kerry again made comments to the press after his

conversation with lavrov with the your raina ukrainian . >> in the individual time trial where he finished 56th. russia into ukraine. while the russians have said they want to de-escalate the conflict their actions have not shown a shred of evidence that they really have a legitimate desire to end the violence and end the bloodshed. >> so there you have the administration dossier in a nutshell. neatly stated by secretary kerry. there is evidence, as you pointed out, much of that intelligence evidence for whatever reason, the reason given by the administration they don't want to reveal

secrets in their intelligence gathering and practices and so forth, but alleging there is clear evidence that russia is behind this now directly. culpable. it is interesting about this, the previous round of sanctions, these individuals described as connies of vladimir putin, these olagarts, these entities and banks that service these individuals where they keep their money, the administration is saying on one hand that they have taken a bite. capitol flight out of russia, the russian stock market, truth be told it's fluctuated going down and going back up over the course of this crisis saying they've had an affect but then on the other hand saying it's not enough and it's not been enough to deter vladimir putin and russia from the course they have taken in ukraine.

of course that the deputy national security adviser said it could be described as doubling down. do you remember how all of this god started, david, that was in crimea. now the accusation, of course, we don't hear about crimea from the president. --i understand we're getting the president making that long walk now from the oval office waiting for his departure on marine one. he'll stop and talk with us in between. >> we will he'll walk up to the podium and then to marine one where he'll fly to bethesda. new american sanctions, now let's listen to the president. >> president obama: good afternoon, from the netherlands, malaysia, australia, and families around the world families are still in shock over

the sudden and tragic loss of nearly 300 loved ones senselessly killed when their civilian airliner was shot down by russian-backed separatists in ukraine. these grieving families and their nations are our friends