heartache as palestinians take advantage f the ceasefire to return to their ruins homes. comploaments idiplomats in e trying to broker a permanent truce. >> hello and welcome, you're watching al jazeera live from dho doha. also coming up from this program? , a group trying to establish an islamic state move across syria into lebanon. more misery in china after

efforts to find survivors, are met with a landslide. catching up with a speeding comet. >> so the diplomatic effort to agree to a permanent ceasefire in the gaza strip is gaining momentum. the u.n. general assembly is discussing the crisis in new york and this as diplomats are meeting in cairo. egypt is trying to broker the truce but it seems the two sides are still unable to reach an agreement on several sticking points. among other demands palestinians want an end on the siege on gaza and israel wants the end to the rocket fire. 64 israeli soldiers and three civilians including a thai

national have died. gaza's health ministry says 1979 palestinians have been killed. more than 9500 palestinians have been injured. l are still living in the shelters. a ceasefire has entered its second day and appears to be holding. these are the latest pictures showing people coming onto the streets but it will be a long time before life turns to normal. the latest as people return to salvage what they can from their neighborhoods. >> increasing numbers of people have come out to the streets here in gaza city. and indeed right across the gaza strip as we're now in the second full day of this 72-hour humanitarian ceasefire people have been going about their business going to banks to get cash, supermarkets to get food and seeking out medical

treatments for relatively minor issues like stomach ailments or skin problems. issues that they haven't been able to receive help for because hospitals have just been so stretched because of the sheer volume of casualties since the situation good afternoon. they hope that leaders will be able to come up with some sort of agreement which will reach a peace that will see an end to this conflict. but many people are uncertain that they will see a lasting peace here in gaza. they say that the fighting can start at any time whether it's in days, months or even years, vand verand have very little fat war will not come back here. >> three brothers, three very different prognosis. sheltering in he suffered mostly cuts and bruises. omar the second oldest will need

surgery but with the right treatment he should survive. the youngest mohamed has suffered serious burn and shrapnel injuries. his injuries so bad, doctors don't believe he'll see his second birthday next month. anna, a cousin was in the house when it was hit. >> the israelis are criminals, where is the humidity, these are just children -- the humanity, these are just children. they didn't resist, they were just sleeping. >> reporter: mohamed calls out for his mother but she isn't there to console him. she and four other members of the family died in the same attack. the united nations estimates that thousands of palestinian casualties are civilians and has called on world powers to investigate whether israel's a s

committed war crimes. medical officials say since fighting began there has been a sharp increase in early births. the neonatal unit, doctor says he is struggling to keep the babies alive. >> the machines not functioning well, sometimes we have spare parts to repair, we have shortened staff. this compounds the problem as i said before, it's going to be the babies lives at risk. >> palestinian children are winded hurn -- wounded, hundrede been killed. desperate dprit t desperate to p

children like mohamed. >> hopefully coming up with a lasting peace. >> marwin bashar joins us from london. marwan, for years you have seen gaza coming under siege under attack. many say this is unprecedented. can you put it in context, how much the gazans have come up to from israel's lates onslaught? >> you know, in one of those signs i read during one of those demonstrations i was looking at on television was quite remarkable. it said something about if you're looking for a safe spot in gaza, stay away from the children. which basically tells us how much the children suffered this time around. whether in death or in injury. whether in dispossession, or living with death. because for the last month, what

was remarkable, is this new drone element that basically was hovering over the gaza strip and we heard from nts and from nikol and others, in which the degree people were sleeping and waking up with the fear of death every moment of their lives. that sort of war that doesn't spare anyone, the women the children or the men, this is not a gender war. this is a war that everyone, every palestinian has been its victim. and so, in a way, the degree of destruction, the 10,000 houses, the tens of schools, the hospitals, the sewerage, the water sources, the electric systems, all of that was bombarded. basically nothing was spared. so the degree of damage not only

was psychological and physical and infrastructural. it came against backdrop of a number of offenses against gaza over the next six years, three of them now this time, but a lot of people around the world already know by now that hosts around 2 million people now, the most repressive of lifestyles in basically an open prison. all in all doesn't bode well, over 700 be international journalists have covered this war, what is in gaza is not going to stay in gaza. >> meanwhile you have palestinian representatives and israeli representatives getting together in cairo, both have

their respective demands, many say will not be met. do you see any resolution coming outs of this? >> what is clear -- out of this? >> politically or diplomatically, this is going to be the stuff of the war. mean, this is as tense and nail-and-tooth as was the war. would you expect the israelis as aggressive and the palestinians as steadfast. i say became of, war is the continuation of dploiz b diplomy other means, here we have the continuation of war by other means, diplomacy. the israeli demand of no more rockets being shot on tel aviv after the gaza siege is lifted and the humanitarian assistance provided and reconstruction of gaza is done, all of that i think it's possible, i think gaza will probably stop shooting rockets against israel and if

israel abides by its basic commitments, over the ceasefire, lifting the siege and allowing people to fish in their own coastline, allowing the injured to seek health treatment in next door egypt or elsewhere, those are human rights. those are natural rights. those rights don't even need to be discussed in any ceasefire of any sort. if israel is going to abide by the minimum requirements of human decency, the basic rights of people who were under the most offensive war, just to get these human rights. so i think israelis should have the minimum decency to offer gaza lifting the siege and the basic human care needs. as a consequence, i think israel should expect that there will be no rockets launched against its territory.

>> marwiin bashar, thank you so much. marwin was talking about the negotiations between the two sides. meanwhile the u.n. intl general assembly, described are epeted attacks on u.n. facilities in gaza as out.raiblgous outrageoue and raise questions about international law and accountability. >> let me be clear. mere suspicion of militant activity does not justify jeopardizing the lives and safety of many thousands of innocent civilians. international humanitarian law clearly requires protection by all parties of civilians, and civilian facilities, including u.n. staff and u.n. premises.

>> well, kristin saloomey joins us from u.n. headquarters in new york. take us through what's being said at the moment and what are the biggest points to come out of this? >> well, as you said, u.n. officials from various departments have been briefing member-states. this is an informal meeting that was called by the arab group here at the u.n. to hear the latest on the situation in gaza. the meeting was actually called before the current ceasefire. but it took a few days to get everyone together because they have been hearing from humanitarian officials, human rights officials, ban ki-moon himself, unrwa, the organization that oversees the palestinian situation in gaza. and what they have been hearing consistently is about palestinian suffering in gaza throughout this military action. and they have heard time and

again from each u.n. official consistently the need to lift the blockade on gooz in orde gao return some semblance of normal life to the citizens. overwhelmingly their speeches have focused on the impact of the blockade on palestinians, the impact of the military action on civilians and the need to address the root causes of this in order to bring some hope to palestine yabs and tian and e hope. ban ki-moon said they will rebuild again this time but there has to be an end to the cycle. so that really is the overwhelming theme from u.n. officials. and now member-states are also getting a chance to speak.

>> kristin saloomey at the united nations where the general assembly is being briefed on the crisis, thank you. the world health organization has begun a two day emergency meeting in geneva on the outbreak of ebola in west africa. this comes after the ministry confirms a second death from the disease. a doctor in liberia has died and communities are quarantining to protect from the virus. a second american aid worker infected with ebola has returned to the united states. virus has killed 932 people since march. a ceasefire has been declared on the syrian lebanese border. follows days of clashes from the group calling itself the islamic state. the most series spillover from

the violence so far. the group has agreed to extend the ceasefire for another 24 hours. zena hoder has the latest. >> it is a slow and difficult process but there seems to be progress. this is according to a delegation of muslim clerics who have tried to mediate the situation. holed up in that border town they also held talks with the army command. according to the army delegation, the armed fighters have agreed to withdraw from the town of arsel and its outscirs. there will be a 24 hour ceasefire will which will end friday evening. tomorrow the delegation will return to the town and hopefully ensure the release of some 30 lebanese security forces members who are -- have been held

captive for days now. the armed fighters belong to the self-declared islamic state group as well as syria's al qaeda nusra branch. this has really been a very dangerous and deadly conflict. many civilians are strapped inside. more than 150,000, many of them are syrian refugees. we don't have to cite the number of civilian casualties but we do know that civilians have been caught in the cross fire. they're hoping that this agreement will end the confrontations but many politicians in lebanon will tell you that even if this battle is over lebanon is still entangled in syria's war and this is not the first time syrian rebels have attacked the army and expecting attacks in other places of lebanon. at least there are efforts and syria's efforts to put an end of what is being described as the

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hour. taking advantage of the three day ceasefire. palestinians have been killed since the fighting broke out. 63 israelis and 3 civilians including a thai incredibl natie been killed. secretary-general ban ki-moon says the deaths in gaza have shocked and shamed the world. fight be between lebanese troops and the group calling itself the islamic state. spillover of violence in syria so far. more rescue teams are pouring into remote corner of southwest china struck by an earthquake on sunday. so far the death toll is approaching 600. the local government says that

figure is expected to rise. our china correspondent adrian brown is in the town of long tu shan the quake's epicenter. >> reporter: migrant workers returning to homes in the quake zone. a sad silence procession. on the way we meet this person who has been traveling for three days. walking the final stage because he has no alternative. >> translator: it's hard to get a lift on a motor bike. there are not a lot of people with good hearts and it's expensive to pay for a ride. >> reporter: unless you're part of the emergency services, the only way into the quake zone is by motorcycle, or on foot. the returnees have come back to a village where if i% of the homes have been -- where 70% of the homes have been destroyed. some have lost loved ones but he's been fortunate. under the shade of a tree a reunion with his wife and son.

savorsavors what he thought he d lost. new shoes and clothes, necessities now. then it's time to see for himself what happened to his old home. walking in his neighborhood he's lost in his thoughts. nothing's the same. >> translator: i felt really sad. i was devastated when i first saw this. i almost burst into tears. >> reporter: he knew his house had been destroyed but nothing prepared him for this. the home he remembered, gone. >> translator: we still owe a lot of debt from buying this house. it's really heartbreaking to see it like this. >> reporter: in the rubble he recognizes familiar and mundane objects. he border $13,000 from relatives three years ago to buy this house. now he's had to give up his factory job until he can get his family resettled.

so for now, he's a man without a home or an income. but he walks away to what he does have left: a wife, child, and the hope he'll one day regain what he's lost. adrian brown, al jazeera in long tushan, southwest china. a ceasefire has been signed between the government in yemen and the huti rebels in the north. mohamed val has the details. >> reporter: calm and anticipation in northern yemen after the signing of a ceasefire agreement on monday. the truce ended several weeks of fighting between the yemeni army and rebels. they were fighting along the border with saudi arabia. last month the two sides had reached a similar ceasefire but it soon collapsed. now a presidential committee says guarantees are in place for a lasting agreement. >> translator: both the

parties have agreed to put an end to the conflict. pull out of their positions. a and to initially hand them over to the mediators. >> reporter: there are causes for concern. some of the factions affiliated with the hutis as well as the local tribes are not happy with the agreement. they refuse to give up some of the territory under their control. this has presented the main parties to the agreement with a challenge. >> translator: we laid down a plan for it. first eliminate points of tension to observe a ceasefire and both sides to back off to where they had come from. this is an initial step. >> reporter: this is one of the least developed parts of yemen, rebellions against the state and along with the husis, the government is trying to counter al qaeda in the asian

peninsula. this may not begin even if the ceasefire holds. al jazeera, yemen. mohamed fahmy, peter greste and baher mohamed were falsely accused of helping the outlawed muslim brotherhood. in june, mohamed fahmy and peter greste were given seven years of sentence. baher mohamed was given an extra three years because of a spent round he picked up at a protest. al jazeera continues to demand their release. the ukrainian government, says it is preparing to retake the city of donetske from pro-russian separatists. 18 soldiers have been in clashes with rebels in recent fighting. a u.n. official has warned the security council that the humanitarian situation in

eastern ukraine is steadily worsening. russia's tank biathlons is underway, cold war friends and foes but as rory challenge reports, you won't find any natives participating this year. >> war games, thick fumes pump from powerful engines. the home crowd urges on russia's tank crews. >> translator: perfect. we are supporting our team. good luck. we are going to win! >> reporter: 12 nations are competing with this tank championship. but despite being invited, no nato country has come.

>> those who have been invited have come. >> getting around the 20 kilometer course is tough. two of mongolia's tanks break down. this rounds to the delight of many in the stands is won convincingly by russia. armenia is second. the competition tank here is a standard t-72b. it's being used by all of the teams except for the chinese who have brought their own tank and if you believe some of the more disgruntled rumors around here, maybe this one. such is dismissed by the winning crew who says their victory is just down to them being better. >> the tanks are the same but the drivers have great skills and they show better performance. it's about experience and skill, shows what russia can do and we don't give up. >> reporter: dozens of countries around the world still

use tanks made by russia during the cold war. this is a high-octane way for russia to prove its hardware still competes. rory challenge, al jazeera, russia. >> first in history to rendezvous with a comet. alin baba reports. >> for the first time ever a spacecraft has caught up with a comet. thanks to the european space agency, a probe called rosetta reached its target a comet several kilometers wide. >> today is the beginning of the real science mission because now we can start measuring things, really analyzing this comet, finding out what its history is, where it's been in the solar system, what it's be made of.

>> since blasting off from french ge giana, are following t moving closer to the sun. >> rosetta being closer oto the sun so that the sun illuminates the nucleus of the comet, staying 100 meters apart. >> first, perhaps this november, it will deliver a lander to the comet to drill on the surface. >> what we are looking for is pristine material out of which the solar system has been formed. this material is uncontaminated and hitting there like in the nucleus of the comet. >> we know our earth has a great deal of water on it. we don't know exactly where it came from and it's likely comets have a lot to do with that process. >> images have shown the comet

in some detail but scientists hope it soon could give us a good idea what our own planet looked like at the birth of the solar system. nedeen baba, al jazeera. >> you can keep updated at aljazeera.com. walking down the street in chicago may now have a lot more meaning as city officials plan to attach dozens of sensors gathering data from everything from pedestrian movement to air pollution. online data, what happens to it after we die and who has rights to it? and later, struggling mom and pop shops and unrealized retail concepts, as locals turn