coming up right now on cnn newsroom, gaza's deadliest day, blood is spill odd both sied on. plus, cheers follow the announcement that hamas has taken an isreali soldier prisone rmp, and pro russian separatists say they are holding the bodies of on 200 victims and they say

they are not going to hand them over easily. snow ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ >> hey there, a warm welcome to the viewers of the united states and around the world. immediate cease fire fween israel and hamas. israel says it's just thwarted another infiltration attempt by tunnelling from gaza. palestinian health officials say the latest death toll stands at 501. so it's rising dramatically just in the past 24 hours. that's after at least 87 palestinians were killed on

sunday. israel says 13 soldiers were killed. hamas announces the capture of a military soldier. the military says it can neither confirm or deny the claim. all the violence is calling for a desperate scramble to safety. watch this. >>. >> reporter: fleeing for their lives. a few belongings, just the clothes on their backs. as they go, israeli bombs blast their neighborhood. this man says he had to abandoned his own mother. >> since first light, thousands of people have been streaming down the street. this is one of the roads that

the israelis drop ped told civilians they could transmeet safely without fear of being bombed. israeli tanks pounded gaza throughout the night. but u.s. mill tants were fighting back. >> as they were tied, just trying to cling to life on foot, on cars on donkey carts. anyway, just out. >> they're just hitting, hitting, hitting, he says. and when they leave, where do they come to?

well, wuj of the united nations schools that has been opened to shelter that displaced people. i just talked to united nations official. he has no time to speak on camera. he says this is a critical situation. overflowing, but a safe haven for now. no choice except transfer the bleeding and the dying to other clinics. others may still be lying in a combat zone. >> many people are still under ground. you see, those people will distract them. so, surely, from those people are dead people, injured people. and those who might die if we didn't do something.

no need to understand arabic to understand this man's pain. he says he saw a missile slamt into his wroer and mother. no time for a full autopsy. no time except to pronounce time. now, cnn is covering this developing crisis from both sides. >> what can you tell us is happening there now this monday morning 1234. >> erol, there is a lot going on. i'm just wanting to step out of the way of the picture right now to show you what is going on right now. we've just heard a huge

explosion. a camera man is showing you a picture across in eastern gaza. you can see huge plumes of black smoke going up. that is where we understand there may be hand-to-hand combat going on between israeli ground troops and hamas mill tants. and then a little further in the distance, we've seen in just the last few moelts, flares going in eastern sections of the border. those flares, we're being told by security expert, could be used quite probably to mark targets that the israeli aircraft will come and bomb.

>> it could be as well that they use some kind of smoke screen to mask movements and prepare for another cross-border i'm just going to leave on that spot so you can still watch it. that was the announcement by the hamas militants last night. that they had captured, in their words, an israeli soldier. a soldier taken prisoner in northeastern ga sa early sunday. so far, it's not confirmed those reports and says it is checking. we expect to have some kind of confirmation in the course of the day. but if this does prove correct, and we're not saying it is correct right now, there could be multiple scenarios here.

but if it does prove correct, it could be a game changer in this battling. the capture of an iz reali soldier, hamas is likely to both use political and mill tair damage. we know that israel does all that it can to get those soldiers back from the battlefield whether they're alive oar dead. but, certainly, in spite of all of that heavy bombing, hamas by no extent, putting its head down and giving up this fight. only this morning, we have heard that they have raided east of gaza, infiltrated in israel. they're claiming to destroy another military vehicle. they're claiming to have destroyed forces this morning.

we have to try to get independent confirmation in this warning: >> a rapidly developing story as we saw and heard that strike take place. they want a meaningful cease fire. it seems as though based on what they're seeing and hearing now, that is huely unlikely today. >> i think the problem is here that if they don't shut down these tunnels that permit going into israel to stage rates and

they haven't stopped that happening, only this morning, again, that hamas is infiltrated in israel. day want to get a minimum job done. israel is going to have to ponder very carefully if these reports do prove true. israel may still want a margin. >> yes, okay, it's on international terrorist list, but it is a gorilla force. and by gorilla standards, hamas

is giving a very good account of itself. it is certainly invested in new technologies and new training since isz real in 2012 and 2009. they've shown an ability to launch these cross border raids. they say they're engijed at the military border here on the gaza side. and last night, just when you think that maybe the civilian population is wearying, by almost two weeks of war now,well, when you heard news of that captured israeli soldierings u that could be that support is galvanizing rather than waning.

>> you oo in a place that's no stranger to it. but what can you tell us about some of these recent reports, that the idf has spoiled two infiltration attempts overnight. >> you're absolutely right. this is an area that's very familiar with rocks being fired. what's really causing concern are the infiltrations. right around the area called erez that you have con first named those infiltrations. that i mean say that they've engaged a number of militants, killing ten of them.

we understand from a helicopter strike. they have not given us any confirmation of israeli casualties. >> tunnels are the big probable. when that i mean say tunnels, you're talking about underground cities. orr or, dm this case, as we've seen, increasingly militants. that has been the increasing danger for israeli troops. >> it doesn't completely protect civilians where you are.

the shrapnel can still fall and cause damage and psychological damage to people on your side of the border. >> of course, they do occasionally hit very close to can i noter garden. those kinds of strikes, when they happen, so an incredible amount of fear. people have died from these rocket strikes. one landed just the other day killing one man and wounding three others including a four-month-old toddler. these rocket cans be deadly. people are very frightened of them here and it's why they say this action in g a, za is needed. but the death toll is rising dramatically in gaza.

you have an increasing number of izrali soldiers. this is proven to be very costly for both sides.

it's been four days since malaysia airlines flight 17 crashed into the ground with 298 souls on board. the russian presidnt responded with a call to the crash site. but, so far, there's been very little cooperation from the separatists in control of the area. it shows what appears to be one of the flight data recorders. flielgts investigators cannot tell whether they've been recovered. but the leader of the seventy-declared people's republic says that he will be turned over to sbrer national investigatorings, but not to crew crane.

>> some blistering words today coming from tony abbot in which he really went after the separatists. there is no doubt about that, to counter what has been a very effective russian public relations campaign as well. but they believe that they are

>> cueing this a tragic event. but, also, urging different parties not to use it for pli political gain. take a listen. >> translator: however, no one should have the right to use this tragedy to achieve selfish,

political objectives. >> it is necessary that all the people whose victims of this disaster. from their website says that 251 of those bodies have now been recovered from the crash site. you will recall, of course, 298 passengers and crew on board flight 17 perished on thursday.

>> and their backers to please comply. >> and that pressure is certainly mountaining as the days go obama. thanks, ivan. we're going to continue looking into this story avenue the break and explore those trying to come to terms with the loss. i'll talk with a bhan who lost a friend in the disaster. hear that conversation avenue the break.

welcome back. the 298 people >> we grieve alongside all of those throughout the world who have lost family and friends in this senseless tragedy.

i strongly believe that all of us being here for the next week to discuss, to debate and to learn is, indeed, what our colleagues who are no lodger with us would have wanted. >> this tragedy has impacted so many more people than the almost 300 on board the flight. we're joind now by miciale carson with us from amsterdam. he was on his way to an aids confront in australia that we just saw. thank you very much for your time. you wrote a blog post and you disdusz what he taught you about live and love. can you just, with our viewers, share what that was, exactly? >> well, first of all, thank you very much for having me on the show.

>> carrying his big secret with him, that he was gay, he thought it might not be the best for him. he decided to take a step back, just enjoy life a little bit more. but not giving up on his ideals. so that's why he joined the h.i.v. aids prevention lobby and became a feared lobby itself for his ideals. that's what he taught me in live. >> so, in a way, he lives on through you. do you know how his family is handling this?

how is his fachlly handling this and if they're planning to go to the crew crane? >> i talked with his brother recently that they are going to a meeting today with all the family members where they will receive more information. i don't know if they will go through ukraine. i don't think so, but i'm not exactly sure. it easter ri, me, his friend and his family apart. >> i aprieshuate you speaking to us here on cnn. viewers can head to your blog to see what you've written. we do have more on those who lost their lives on flight mh 17. just head to our web site, cnn.com.

we've got images there, some touching stories and memories about the passengers on that plane. again, all of that you'll find at cnn.com. coming up, on cnn news room, back to our top story, israel hunts down targets used by criminals.