>> welcome to the news hour. coming up in the next 60 minutes. israel continues to launch attacks on gaza but allows some refugees to return home. attempts to stop the fighting takes another blow as israel said it will not attend talks in israel. >> in west african leaders catastrophic consequences if

they file to control ebola. and 100 years after the war to end all wars, remembering the men who refused to fight. >> israel is continuing it's offensive in gaza a day after a short-lived humanitarian cease-fire collapsed. now a diplomatic solution appears even more remote the fighting now in a 25th day shows no sign of abating. 63 israeli soldiers have been killed. 1655 killed but u.n. estimate 80% are civilians.

343 children. 186 women. and 58 elderly men. 225, thousand are in u.n. shelters escaping the bombardment. nicole, how is it that these residents have been allowed back? >> reporter: well, the israeli army has told residents that they can return to their homes. more than 4,000 people have been staying for 17 days where kids on the edge here. but really people are not returning home. they don't feel safe. they say that the situation is still too dangerous. our cameramen will show you some of the people who have decided to stick it out from here for a little bit longer. some people did go back to take a look to see if they had a house, to pick up mattresses, but really people are saying to us at this stage they won't be

returning home. they don't trust israel and of course, the experience with a very brief cease-fire yesterday which fell apart after a few hours. people here heard about the situation in rafa. very heavy fighting going on and no one feels safe you have to head home at this stage. >> nicole, they say they don't feel safe to head home. those who defy that they do want to return, what are they actually return to go? >> well, we seem to have lost nicole. i'm told that we have, indeed, lost nicole who was reporting from gaza. let's move on to the next story now, and israel searching for a soldier missing in action. they claimed the soldier went missing on friday, and has been captured by hamas. but hamas said it does not know where the officer is. now u.s. president barack obama

has called for his release and that it is a pre-condition for cease-fire talks. there are efforts to end the fighting. but israel said it will not en go to cairo to discuss cease-fire deals. a palestinian delegation is due to arrive in cairo. kimberly, is there any point in holding these talks at all? >> well, the u.s. has not come out with a statement regarding that, but there is tremendous disappointment about the fact that this truce ended once it started and now is in tatters, secretary kerry who helped the secretary of state john kerry who helped to broker that is now

back in washington. he arrived late last night local time. it is really the view of the united states something that was articulated by president obama when he spoke to reporters less than 24 hours ago. the united states can show the two parties and end the fighting and show the path that the parties have to want it. and right now it is the u.s. view that that is not the case. so this is really the backdrop as those diplomatic efforts try to get under way in cairo. president obama did speak to reporters on friday saying right now that it is the united states view that it is hamas that is responsible for the breakdown of that 72 hour truce, and it is very hard to put a cease-fire back together if israelis in the international community can't feel confident that hamas can follow through on its cease-fire commitment.

>> i want to say that the egyptian initiative can solve the conflict in gaza because it opens the door to reach a truss. there is no alternative. >> reporter: kimberly going back to the u.s. and how is this conflict actually in gaza? how is that playing out in the united states? >> well, from a public standpoint there is certainly growing protest and outcry over the high number of casualties. we're seein seeing from new york city, washington, d.c. there are protests, one of the largest coalition of 50 groups that are protesting u.s. support for israeli actions that are taking place. i can tell you at the same time while there is this growing

outcry from the public the official u.s. government standpoint has not really changed. we saw late last night in congress the u.s. congress pledging $225 million additional emergency aid for the israeli government as well as the israeli military as well as the pentagon supplying additional munitions in addition to the $3.1 billion that the u.s. gives to israel annually. from that standpoint it is the view that israel has the right to defend itself. >> kimberly, thank you for that. kimberly halkett speaking to us from washington, d.c. now we've just seen some of the destruction that has taken place in nearly four weeks of fighting in gaza. for people living there many essential services have been destroyed. now the u.s. relief work agency says believes 111 installations have been damaged in fighting.

that includes schools and distribution centers. 9,260 thousands have been reduced to republic. eight hospitals have been hit. five are now completely out of operation. even the schools have not been spared. 66 of them have come under attack. now the institutions that allow gaza to function have also come under attack. among them the finance ministry which has been destroyed. 110 mosques have been hit as 71 of them have been completely analystenned. most important of all is gaza's power plant has been destroyed. limiting the amount of electricity people have access to and police headquarters and dozens of installations have also been hit. well, director of communications at the almezan sister for menu rights. he joins me via skype.

tell us what life in gaza is like without power, without electricity, without water, with its republi rubble and shelling . >> yes, the destruction, and unfortunately, last night and today we've seen more destruction with dozens of attacks and now we have a situation where gazaens are restricted to 50% where half a million people have been displaced. half in u.n. schools, and there are almost no services left. the water and sanitation authorities have declared that they have to shut down, and the

situation is completely dire. the situation where rocket fire hit people who are trying to approach it. they expect more disease to spread because of lack of water and power and growing by the minute. >> just give us a sense of how medical personnel and hospitals still in operation, how are they coping with the injured? >> i don't know, it's an impossible mission for people who are working at the health center. there have been too many ambulances attacked, and ten medics have been killed. hospitals have been bombarded

from the early days medical supplies are not coming and in many places personnel are really trying to give support to the people. for anyone who approaches this vehicle was attacked by the israeli army. they're working under severe pressure and we're sure that medical crews are unable to access injured people timely and has calle caused significant amount of casualties. now this situation with a

humanitarian response. there needs to be much more political pressure to have any effect including humanitarian forces. >> all right, thank you very much for speaking to us. >> thank you. >> one of the two men who were killed by israeli forces in the occupied west bank on friday. the man was killed during a demonstration against israel's military offensive on gaza near ramallah. authorities say troops resorted to using live fire to protest not deterred by the initial riot dispersal method. they would protest the west bank on friday. military police blocked a road

and threw stones at security forces. police fired on anothe and injuring people. for more we have more on our live blog at www.aljazeera.com. still to come libya's battleground. we'll have the latest on the fighting that has caused foreign nationals to leave the country. plus bangladesh border control catch a number of smugglers. and new rugby champions. details later. >> a plane carrying an american aid worker infected with the

ebola virus has left for the united states. "world health organization" has launched $100 million plan to help africa fight the virus. >> reporter: uniting ebola in the fight against ebola. they're spreading the word. a killer that has taken over 700 lives. the heads of those west african nations have agreed to an isolation zone at the heart of the outbreak. they believe the world organization chief who make this appeal to the international community. >> we must support the extraordinary measures and other

resources including financial resources. >> reporter: this is the largest outbreak since ebola was identified in 1976, and some medical staff treating victims have themselves become infected. two sickened american aid workers in liberia are being flown to atlanta for treatment. the first time an infected victim has entered the united states. they've become infected through medical care, and we feel that we have the environment and expertise to safely care for these patients and offer them the maximum opportunity for recovery from these infections. >> reporter: ebola is highly contagious and spread through direct contact. yet outbreak has been restricted largely to western africa. >> wwe don't have the

equipment. >> reporter: there is currently no cure or vaccine. one that pharmaceutical companies need to develop and one they say need to be addressed. >> the current outbreak began in guinea in january. 239 people have died there. in late march it was reported in liberia where it has since killed 156 people. in april cases were reported in sierra leone. it has now claimed 233 lives there. and one infected person died in nigeria.

firefighters were forced back by fighting that was taken place for control of the international airport. haftar have struck the bases of anti-government fighters. the u.k. is the latest to close its embassy and called its people out. the greek navy picks up more than 100 chinese and european nationals from the port on saturday morning. let's go now live to the crossing in tunisia. really yesterday we saw chaos at this particular border as people tried to escape the violence. what's the situation there now? >> reporter: well, today it's much more under control. this is the border between tunisia and libya. for many people who are stranded

in libya this is the only way out. now yesterday the government closed this border crossing. it was reopened today this morning partially. in the past couple of hours we've seen more cars, more people coming in. some are tunisian. there are more than 60,000 tunisiaens. some are libyans who are fleeing the violence, and some are egyptians. we saw 55 egyptians leave this border crossing but there are thousands more who are stuck on the other side of the border there. the estimate is between 10,000 to 15,000 of them, and they have been stranded there for more than three days. yesterday they tried to force their way into tunisia but they were not allowed in. and today they were meeting with officials to try to organize how can they evacuate them from libya without having to stay in tunisia. the tunisiaen government have

haddor concerns. they do not want their country to turn into a refugee center. right now the agreement is the egyptian government will start flying charters from cairo to here to take out 2,000 egyptians every day. it's very like the end of the item but a lot of suffering for thousands of people who are stuck on the other side. >> you've spoken to those who are leaving at that border. what are they saying about their situation? >> well, we saw for example, we spoke with two people who said they were working and it was hell. they said they needed to leave even if it meant that they would lose their livelihood, they needed to cross the border. we spoke to others in libya, and

they said it was safe, that it was in tripoli and around tripoli. but many of the diplomats feel unsafe and they're concerned that the violence will escalate. we have to remember that libya is an oil-rich country and there are thousands of pool working in libya. they all have a very hard time letting go of their jobs there. >> thank you. army officials in lebanon capturing several soldiers and police officers on saturday. two people were killed in an incident that happened in a border town. we followed the arrest of a member of the el al nusra

front. a bomb was dropped from a helicopter. six people were killed in the attack and several residential buildings were also destroyed. 14 kurdish troops have been killed as they fought off an attack in the iraqi city of mosul. the islamic state controls the northern city. kurdish forces say they killed 100 is fighters in a battle that lasted several hours. three al jazeera journalists have spent 307 days in egyptian prison--217 days. they were convicted after

falsely being accused of helping the muslim brotherhood. al jazeera continues to demand their release. >> 68 people have been killed and more than 180 were injured in an explosion of a car part factory. adrian brown has more. >> reporter: it was a huge explosion. this video shows smoke billowing from a complex in the eastern province. peoples posted on social media shows badly burned survivors sitting outside of the factory. the plant makes automobile parts for customers that include general motors. according to state television, it employees more than 400 workers. the cause of the explosion is

still not yet known. but trial accidents occur frequently in china where safety is often lax. people are killed every day. a manufacturing hub, it's key are export markets. adrian brown, al jazeera, beijing. >> a gas line explosion that killed 27 people and injured more than 280 others. investigators looking into the cause say a petrol chemical firm based in taiwan's second largest city failed to notify areas of problems with the pipelines in the area. the flames 15 stories high setting fire to the entire residential block. more human remains from a downed malaysian airlines flight mh-17 are being sent from ukraine to the netherlands for

identification. investigators arrived safely at the crash site, the flight was shot down in the eastern part of the country. fighting kept investigators away from the site for days. a cease-fire remains in praise, but fighting continues. pro russian fighters have shelled the airport, the ukrainian army still controls the airport but luhansk is a rebel stronghold. moscow house something disappearing. argumentapartments that were built to help with housing crisis but the buildings have outlived their intended life span.

>> digging out concrete walls, be bedroomed and bathrooms exposed. these are the last moments of khruskhevi. >> some of my children were born here. we'll remember it forever and we will miss it. >> reporter: he is about to be relocated from thinks flat in a condemned moscow khruskhevi. he and his son are pretty much the last ones left in the block and he doesn't want to go. >> this is near the forest and near the metro. there are shops and markets. where we'll go is an industrial area with windows facing a power plant. there is not a shop nearby and the area has high crime. >> reporter: his complaints will make little different, though. a push to replace the khruskhevi

stalled in 2009, but now moscow is tearing down the tired buildings with newed vigor. >> the program is called a wave program where residents are sent to new housing. people from five stories moved in. we also built schools and kindergartens. >> reporter: the buildings are name after nikita kruschev. thethey have no elevators and the flats were cramped and defects quickly became apparent. but ibut the war had created an acute housing problem.

>> people now are complaining about this, but at the time it was a revolution. people who were staying in a house with five other families suddenly got their own two bedroom flat with a bathroom. can you imagine that, and it was free. >> reporter: a practical problem requiring practical solutions. the needs of 1955 are needed to those of today. but for hundreds of thousands of people these buildings have been home. it's obvious from the things left in these abandoned apartments like this old soviet text book, for example, that whole lives have been lived in these blocks. they've never been cheaply constructed and not much love, but with chef khruskhevi tha every khruskhevi that is demolished, a piece of history goes with it. >> still ahead on al jazeera, waiting for compensation. will general motors pay for accidents caused by faulty ignition switches?

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. >> the 72 hour cease-fire between israel and hamas fell >> the 72 hour cease-fire between israel and hamas fell about 70 hours short. the two sides blame each other for the continuing fighting and dying. that's the inside story. >> hello, i'm ray suarez. it was thursday evening eastern time in the united states when the news broke friday morning would begin a three-day cease-fire between israelis and palestinians fighting in gaza. during the overnight hours before americans even woke up, the cease-fire was gone. lost in a haze of mutual