it's been quite a show. that's it for us tonight. >> stay with us for the latest breaking news on flight 17 and the conflict in gaza. have a great night. have a great night. >> good night. -- captions by vitac -- www.vitac.com u.s. flight to tel aviv suspended. the u.s. said it is a safety measure. israel said it's not necessary. >> meanwhile, u.s. secretary of state john kerry is working to negotiate a cease-fire in the conflict between israel and hamas. plus, a somber journey as the bodies of passengers and crew of malaysia airlines flight 17 edge closer to home.

we've seen the violence over the past few days, the past week. another day of diplomacy in store for the middle east. >> there is still no sign of israel or hamas budging. the death toll keeps rising. officials in gaza count 635 palestinians killed. more than 4,000 wounded. 29 israeli soldiers and two civilians have died. >> also, this development. getting to and from israel is now much more difficult. this comes after the federal aviation administration banned all u.s. flights from ben gurian airport in tel aviv. other european airlines followed suit as well. >> a hamas rocket landed near the airport, destroying a house. the faa will revisit the flight ban later today. cnn's martin savidge is standing by live from jerusalem. so, martin, this ban remains in effect for up to 24 hours now. the u.s. says it is a security

measure. but israel is pushing back. what are they saying? >> reporter: well, israel's very angry, because they believe in a lot of ways this is just a reward to terrorism. they say that hamas deliberately has targeted the airport. they've made several attempts in the past to strike near the airport. and that as a result of the actions that have now been named by the u.s. carriers and some of the european airlines, the punishment seems to be upon israel. israel says, look, we're the victims here, we're not the ones that have carried this out. another thing that should be pointed out is the economic impact. but there's the public relations impact here. and that's really -- you know, israel would say there have been over 2,000 rockets that have been fired from gaza, into israel. and yet it seems the world is only concerned about one, and that is the one that struck yesterday near the airport. israel maintains its iron dome,

the missile defense program worked very effectively, and continues to protect the airport. the reason that that one missile got through is it was not going to hit the airport. that's the explanation israelis give. they believe this is an overreaction on the part of the airlines. and they also know that, of course, it's not happening in a vacuum. this is in part a response to mh-17, a plane shot down by a missile. but they say, don't punish israel for that. >> obviously there is some international concern about hamas' capabilities. it's not just the u.s. suspending flights, but you also have the world's leading airlines also following suit. so is israel facing a more sophisticated and better trained hamas fighters? >> not when it comes to what is being launched at the airport. if you start talking about israel maintains it is running into as far as operations there on the ground in gaza, yes, there have been some statements that have been made by soldiers

that this is a much more effective hamas, that they are running up against. it appears to be better trained and using better tactics than they've run into in the past. when it comes to targeting international airlines or any kind of aircraft, they don't believe these rockets are in any way as sophisticated as the ones launched against the malaysian airliner here. they would say, look, if you're going to start stopping airplanes landing in areas where there are conflicts, there are a lot of places in the world airplanes will not be flying if that measure is used. >> we saw the former new york city mayor to demonstrate in his words that this is a safe flight. and there he is there, about an hour and 15 minutes ago, leaving jfk airport. martin savidge, thank you for the live report from jerusalem. thanks. now, to the international push for are diplomatic solution.

u.s. secretary of state john kerry says talks with egyptian and arab league officials in cairo on tuesday were constructive. hamas rejected an egyptian brokered cease-fire last week. so the goal remains to stop the fighting, and establish a dialogue. a palestinian authority chief negotiator spoke with cnn with his views on the talks. >> i think that it is to work out a balance between a cease-fire that will be accepted. i can tell you at this minute that we are close or far away. all i'm saying, it's the most serious efforts that we have seen in the last 15 days being exerted now, with the focus on secretary kerry. i think he's now holding all the lines. but i hope that these talks will culminate in reaching the

balance between the cease-fire and beginning the negotiations. >> the grind of war is nothing new to the palestinians. there are those unable or unwilling to flee this latest fighting. and for them, everyday life has been punctuated by hunger, violence and anger as well. ben wedeman talks to some of the people living in the battle zone. >> reporter: two weeks into war and gaza carries on. a nearby blast, and life goes on. the landscape changes daily. several floors of this apartment building collapsed after an israeli air strike monday night killing at least 11. this building, which around 200 people once called home, was hit monday afternoon. no deaths or injuries because someone got a phone call. gazans take the long view.

every generation has seen war, and war is going back 66 years. a stone's throw away from the scene of some of the most intense bombardment and street fighting, this man remembers all those wars, and at 75, he's had enough. it's better to die than live in this big prison, he tells me. this is no life. the fighting that's been going on now for four days, most of the civilians have left. probably it's just fighters left inside. a few still venture in to retrieve their possessions. while across the road, small tasks distract from big worries. we're sticking it out at home, says this man. where else can we go? so they stay struggling with mounting difficulties and dwindling patience.

there's no electricity, it just comes on for two hours. the food in the fridge is spoiled. there's no water. and the kids are terrified because when it comes time to break the fast, the so-called israeli defense force starts bombing us. and a new generation sees yet another war. ben wedeman, cnn, gaza city. now, since mh-17 was blown out of the sky, we've been hearing a lot about who's responsible from both ukraine and from russia. >> coming up next, ukraine's top spy makes a surprising allegation about just how senior the person is who fired that fateful shot. and heavy winds and rain batter taiwan. we'll talk to a storm chaser live at the scene later in the program. stay with us.

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welcome back. for the victims of malaysia airlines flight 17, it's the first stop in a very long journey home. we're talking about the train which has finally delivered more than 200 bodies from the crash site to a factory in kharkiv. the bodies are expected to be loaded on to two dutch military planes and flown to the

netherlands. the finger pointing continues. u.s. officials say they believe separatists did in fact fire on the jet. likely without knowing it was a civilian airliner. >> the plane's so-called black boxes are heading to a lab in britain. investigators there will try to find clues to what brought down the flight. british examiners will be working on behalf of the malaysian government who received the boxes on monday. convincing the rebels to turn them over was a delicate undertaking. >> we're joined live now from kuala lumpur, malaysia, with more on this. when you consider what the airline has done through the past few months, the previous one and this one, it's quite stunning. they now have handed the black boxes over. they are willing to take a back seat and let the experts do their thing. >> yeah, absolutely,errol. the technology doesn't exist

here in ku allah bum purr for investigators to actually open up the black boxes and analyze the data inside. what's key here and what's being celebrated -- that's probably not the right word here -- what's acknowledged as the real accomplishment here is it was turned over by the reblgs. and that same malaysian team with a lot of work behind the scenes, negotiating phone calls with the prime minister, and the rebel leaders. that also led to the return of these bodies. the bodies being placed on a train and eventually beginning what this local newspaper here calls the journey home. the long journey home that you talked about as well, erroll. even in their language, talking about who might possibly be at fault here, at least domestically here in malaysia, the prime minister getting a lot of credit from his supporters and opponents for the way he's handled this so far and helping

to negotiate that deal over the weekend, that quiet behind-the-scenes deal that has now resulted in the black boxes being analyzed and all of those people on that plane, or at least some of them, those who have been recovered, beginning the long journey home. >> there's a stark contrast between that view of the government and officials, and the view of them just a few months ago when mh-370 initially went missing. this is a national carrier experiencing really unheard of disasters. how are they handling everything? and how is it changing the way malaysians look at the national carrier? >> well, it's no secret,er rroll, even before flight 317, some reports say the airline is losing more than $1 million a day. so there's the financial difficulties. then there's the reality that there is this perception among people, whether or not it's founded in fact or not, there is a perception that exists around

the world that malaysia airlines may be unsafe, considering the tragedy of flight 370, and then just months later the tragedy of flight 17. questions about the airline's flight plans, even though other airlines flew similar routes over ukraine. nonetheless, malaysian airline officials are saying that they remain committed to staying afloat, to staying the national carrier, and so they believe they're going to weather this storm somehow. but a very, very difficult time for the airline, for the people of this country who have suffered yet another devastating loss. >> indeed. will ripley live for us in kuala lumpur. thanks, will. as claimed and counterclaims fly back and forth between ukraine and russia on the attack of the malaysian airliner, a top ukrainian official is making a surprising claim. the chief told her downing of mh-17 was no accident.

who operated the missile launcher who did this, killing 298 passengers and crew aboard malaysia airlines flight 17. based on their own intelligence, there's no question in the mind of ukraine's spy chief. you believe that was a hurn? >> absolutely. >> a russian trained -- >> a russian trained, well educated officer. >> who pushed the button. >> who pushed the button. >> not just a pro-russian rebel, but a russian officer. he said an officer would be the only one who would have the training to operate the missile. he walked us through his evidence. he says this image shows a truck with a blue stripe carrying the missiles. known as the buk m-1 the day of the plane crash, hours after flight 17 was shot out of the sky intelligence images he says is the same truck crossing the border, one missile missing.

to cover up the crime. >> exactly. >> russian said the images are fake. more disputed evidence, you can hear the panic in these cell phone conversations purportedly between the rebels. he said his agency has more recorded calls that he can't share yet, calls made three to four minutes before the plane was downed. >> if they possess this kind of military weapon, like buk m-1 automatic missile launcher, the plane is not a military plane, it's a big target coming with constant speed, constant direction. they should analyze and they shu view that it was a passenger plane. >> a civilian plane with hundreds of people aboard. underscoring the horror of the crash. nayda wanted us to see this video obtained by his agency.

some victims are burned beyond recognition amid the debris. most of ukraine's video is too gruesome to show you. when you hear the russians say that they didn't do it, what's your immediate reaction? >> it's a lie. it's a total constant lie. and propaganda. >> propaganda is also what the russians and rebels accuse the ukrainions from and blame the ukrainions for the loss of the plane. russian president vladimir putin said he will exert pressure on pro-russian rebels. there are calls for us to influence a militant, says putin. we will do everything in our power. ukraine says it is still investigating this, and has more evidence, and as it verifies that evidence, it will be made public to the international community. cnn, kiev, ukraine. >> now, also in kiev, members of

parliament were voting tuesday on increasing the number of troops currently battling pro-russian rebels. and then this happened. take a look. the man at the lectern is an mp from the donetsk region, and he's been seen at separatist rallies. there he accused the government of killing its own people. as you see, a nationalist mp ran up to him, followed by many other nationalists. you can see there some chaos ensuing. not exactly unheard of either. this kind of physical altercation has happened in ukraine's parliament before. but certainly the current tensions and crisis adding to feelings of frustration there right now. >> obviously a very tense time as we can see. well, one week on from the devastation of typhoon ranmasssun, china deals with even more extreme weather. >> we'll bring you a live report from taiwan that was hit by

typhoon matmo overnight.

wind and heavy rain hit china's southeast coast, makes its way up from taiwan. >> here's the latest information we have for you. thousands of tourists have been evacuated from taiwanese islands tuesday. now flash floods and landslides are the major concern. we're going to bring in storm chaser james reynolds on the phone with us from eastern

taiwan. james, good to connect with you. it's mid dai wednesday there now. this storm hit in the morning. what kind of damage did the daylight reveal? >> reporter: hi, erroll. i've been making my way up the east coast area of taiwan. and it's really just a getting a sense of what the extent of the flooding is. the rivers are really very high. we encountered road blocks, bill boulders blocking the roads. it's really a case of the water being the big issue here, causing a lot of disruption. we've also seen downed trees, and damage to property. even a car which was flipped over by the strong winds. it shows what a punch this storm had on taiwan. >> even though the storm is moving on, it's still allowing a lot of rainfall to come down. talk to me about the topography

there. i understand it's quite mountainous and mudslides and landslides now a major concern. >> reporter: yeah, absolutely, erroll. taiwan is a small island. you have huge mountains going up over 3,000 meters. you get the combination of the strong powerful typhoon dumping the rain on these deep mountainsides, flash floods, landslides are the greatest risk. taiwan has a deadly history, only in 2009 where 500 people were killed by a similar typhoon. obviously, we're hoping that this one is moving through faster than in the past. so we won't be looking at those sorts of devastation. >> we appreciate the fact that you're there, you're able to give us this immediate report. but you do chase storms for a living, what some might describe as crazy. how, though, does what you're seeing now compare to some of the other major typhoons that you've seen hit this year?

>> reporter: well, you know, it's been a very busy start to the year's typhoon season. this is the first typhoon i've personally filmed in three weeks, which is really kind of unprecedented for being so early. again, this wasn't a particularly strong storm on the category level. it was a low-end category 2. if it had been in the atlantic. but these storms, as you can see from these shots, they pack a punch. and they are not to be underestimated, especially in a place like taiwan where you have the flash floods and mudslides. >> please do stay safe. we'll connect with you over the next few hours and get the updates on the conditions there. that's storms chaser james reynolds in eastern taiwan. very serious situation. a lot of rain coming down. although typhoon matmo is moving away at the moment, you have the severe winds and blinding rain impacting the region.

mainland china is now in the direct path of the storm. >> our meteorologist is tracking the storms. how long are these conditions going to last? >> gosh, we've seen the 12 consecutive hours, guys, of torrential rainfall across taiwan. i see another six to eight hours left before china gets the brunt of this storm system. right now, still beginning to push in toward the taiwan strait. but taiwan, about 90% of the island nation seeing heavy rainfall even at this hour. the storm has cleared the island. you take a look, i want to share with you this image. this picture was taken nearly 200 miles north of where the storm made landfall, or about 300-plus kilometers north. this is taipei city. the wind damage bringing motorcycles down in that region. the radar shows you big landfall around chenggong, that our reporter said cars have been toppled in that region because

of the winds being reported. this region of taiwan extremely mountainous. mountain ranges 1,600 meters on the coast. 5,000 or so feet high. highest mountains of about 3,800 meters, 10,000 feet high. that's akin to taking a sponge that put it against the wall and squeezing all the drops of water out of it. that is what the clouds have to deal with when they run into these mountains across portions of taiwan. 476 millimeters, nearly 20 inches of rainfall that has come down across taiwan in just 12 hours. the concern is where the storm system is headed. population 7.2 million people, you put that city in the united states, it is equivalent of a second largest city in the u.s., just shy of new york city's population of a little over 8 million people. it puts it in perspective, to a category 1 pushing in towards a very densely populated city,

making landfall in the next three hours, which will be in the early afternoon time across this region. rainfall totals in millimeters upwards of 200 millimeters, which is about 8 inches in a city, again, with 7-plus million in the forecast here. still going to be a very, very dangerous afternoon shaping up in eastern china. >> that's a lot of rain. thank you so much for that. >> thank you. world powers are considering more sanctions for russia in the wake of the flight 17 disaster. >> coming up after the break, we'll put moscow's relationship with the west under the microscope. stay with us. so our business can be on at&t's network for $175 dollars a month? yup. all five of you for $175. our clients need a lot of attention. there's unlimited talk and text. we're working deals all day. you get 10 gigabytes of data to share. what about expansion potential? add a line anytime for 15 bucks a month. low dues... great terms... let's close. introducing at&t mobile share value plans... ...with our best-ever pricing for business.

welcome back. to those of you watching here in the u.s. and around the world. >> here are the headlines this hour. the u.s. federal aviation administration has banned all u.s. flights into and out of bengurnian airport in tel aviv. several european airlines have followed suit. the faa announced the ban after a hamas rocket hit a house near the airport. fighting shows no sign of letting up, with 635 palestinians and 31 israelis now reported killed. >> to that point, the u.s. secretary of state says the humanitarian crisis unfolding in gaza is just heartbreaking, and

needs to end. john kerry said tuesday's talks with egyptian and arab league officials in cairo were instructive. the focus is to get hamas to agree to a cease-fire now to establish dialogue. the bodies of the passengers of flight 17 have traveled by train from the rebel-held city of donetsk in ukraine to a factory in kharkiv. workers there have been placing the bodies into coffins. the remains are expected to be flown to the netherlands in the coming hours. the victims' bodies had been in limbo for days, sitting in refrigerated rail cars at the crash site. >> nick was there when the train carrying the bodies arrived. >> reporter: they wait for the bodies here. and in the netherlands, australia, for the train. to crawl out of a savage civil war so the dead might rest. it emerges ghostly silent.

a few defined men dressed in fatigues. police also there. inside we glimpse two malaysian officials, onboard also the black boxes. little dignity, caught up in a callous war. this man is part of the security detail accompanying this train. we don't know whether they are separatists or with the ukrainian government. but this is the first time this train has been seen in public outside the separatist-held areas. and the families of those onboard really just one part of a tragic and awful journey. he says he's from donetsk. but not who he's with. but he does this, if we ask if he's ukrainian. inside this compound, the painful grim work will begin of placing human remains in coffins. it may be hard to even count the damaged bodies on the train definitively one told me.

but with the crash site so compromised, the bodies and black boxes inside may be the closest to hard fact of what happened to mh-17. steady flow of dutch officials coming in the night before. forensic experts, a huge task ahead. what was it like for those people. four, five days? >> i think it was very sad and very hard for the majority. because everybody probably knew someone who was on the plane. >> reporter: the bodies slowly to be brought here, flown home. where some will still need to be identified before they can rest. nick paton walsh, cnn. moscow denies any role in the downing of the plane. christiane amanpour spoke to russia's ambassador to the eu, and he claims some nations are trying to capitalize on this disaster for political gain, and using the dutch foreign

minister's word he calls it despicable. he calls the downing of the plane a wakeup call for ukraine. >> they all say this is a game-changer. and now they are putting more sanctions on. what is your reaction to that, and won't that come at a cost to russia? >> well, i agree it's a game-changer. i think it's a wakeup call. and i agree with the u.s. administration on that. sure it's a wakeup call for everybody to stop instigating violence, stop supporting the ukrainian government in its military campaign against civilians. >> further sanctions are possible. russia and the european union maintain close economic ties. take a look. the eu is russia's biggest investor. some $13 billion in 2012. trade, investment and services between the two totaled $520

billion in 2012. russia does more than ten times the trade with the eu than it toes with the u.s. as well. and the eu's biggest single supplier of energy, sending europe a third of its gas. six of the passengers killed on mh-17 were on their way to an international aids conference in melbourne, australia, just a short time ago former u.s. president bill clinton gave the keynote address, giving a stark contrast between those passengers and those people who shot the jet down. >> good afternoon. those who shot them down and who provided the means to do so represent the other side in our struggle to define the terms of our interdependence. the open hand against the clenched fist. the inclusive politics and economics versus division and

dominance. cooperation against control. life against death. it matters not that the murder was meant to be committed against other people. >> the former u.s. president went on to praise the australian and dutch foreign ministers for their speeches at monday's u.n. security council meeting. >> since that missile brought down malaysia airlines flight 17, the country's prime minister has said he wanted to give a greater voice to the anger and grief of the malaysian people. at same time, he's acknowledged this case required working quietly for a better outcome. andrew stevens has more from kuala lumpur. >> reporter: after days of frustration and private anguish for malaysian prime minister najib razak, finally got the break-through he was hoping for,

the rebels in ukraine. right down to the last few hours, news conferences were called and then delayed in kuala lumpur as the final details were ironed out. just after midnight monday, he had a deal. >> tonight we have established the basis of an agreement. the remains of 282 people currently in the forest will be moved by train to kharkiv where they will be handed over to a representative from the netherlands. approximately 9:00 p.m. tonight, ukraine time, the two black boxes will be handed over to a malaysian team in donetsk. >> reporter: a government source close to the prime minister tells me the key to securing that deal was a decision made on day one. adopting a strategy of quiet personal diplomacy rather than

public outrage. even though, the prime minister's own family was directly affected by the tragedy. the prime minister's stepgrandmother, the second wife of his grandfather, was on flight mh-17. relatives say he stayed in close contact, repeatedly promising not just them, but all next of kin he spoke to, that the bodies would be returned. the aim was by the end of the holy month of ramadan, july 28th. the source tells me he set about using his contacts with getting through the back channels of the donetsk people's republic. only a handful of people in the government's office knew about the private communication, according to the source. together with growing public pressure, it's believed the prime minister's efforts helped break that stalemate. there are still many questions to be answered. the key, of course, if the plane was indeed was shot down, who was responsible.

as these protesters outside the russian embassy in kuala lumpur tuesday shouted, we want justice. andrew stevens, kuala lumpur, malaysia. moscow denies any role of the downing of mh-17. our next guest said sanctions alone are not enough to stop vladimir putin from pursuing his agenda in the ukraine. we're joined now live via skype. steven, it's great to have you. let's talk about president putin's agenda in ukraine. you have the annexation of crimea, and now we're talking about the apparent shootdown of a flight over rebel-held territory. what at this point is russia's standing in the international community? >> well, its standing is quite poor right now. we have to remember that president putin actually was a

highly respected member of the international community as was russia. for his first more than decade in office. but over the last year or so, as he's begun this pressure on east ukraine, annexing crimea, he actually violated one of the big norms of international relations, which is the big powers do not simply annex bits of territory of weaker neighbors because they want to. now he's violated another big international norm, which is that big powers with major military capability do not share that capability with rebels who they support who might not be able to use the equipment. and as a result, we get this tragedy. this is very bad for vladimir putin's international reputation. >> and many in the west believe that the pro-russian separatists are responsible. some countries also building the case that, you know, russian intelligence officials, or military advisers may have been on the ground. that's still being looked into at this point. but again, moscow denies any involvement in the downing of this plane.

so how much do you think this tragedy is russia's responsibility? >> well, it's largely russia's responsibility. it's largely the responsibility of vladimir putin, and his government. they, after all, are the ones who created this insurgency in the east. there are some in the eastern part of the ukraine who have real complaints with the way things are done in kiev. but there was nothing -- no hint of a civil war. until putin started stirring the pot up in east ukraine and then invading crimea and annexing it. after all, it was the russian military that very likely supplied these missiles to these rebels. the russian government certainly did not want these missiles to be used to shoot down a passenger airliner. this is a public relations disaster for them. of course, neither would the ukrainian government. neither would the rebels. but when the russia government supplied these rebels, this ragtag group of people, with this weaponry that could be used in such a deadly way, they were

acting very irresponsibly, and putin's reputation is suffering for that. >> this question has been asked numerous times, you know, what can and what should the world do, especially when we're talking about president vladimir putin. i guess the question is, if you think russia is responsible, how should moscow be punished, and could tougher sanctions really convince putin to end his support for the pro-russian >> i think that's the big question. it's a very good question. i think the answer is that sanctions can help. they have helped so far. a bit at least. and if the europeans now follow through on what looks like will be a more robust package of sanctions, it could hurt the russian economy more. that said, i think that vladimir putin is really bent on continuing with his campaign to dominate ukraine. and he needs to stir up trouble in east ukraine before he can do that. that's clearly part of his strategy. so i think he probably is not

going to back off, no matter what the results of his investigation show. >> yeah. and as we've heard from leaders, they're calling this particular incident a game-changer. we'll have to wait and see. professor of political science at uc berkeley, appreciate your time. thank you so much. more on the crisis in the middle east. >> we'll look into one of the incidents that sparked this latest round of violence. the palestinian/american team beaten by military police after his cousin's murder speaks with us here at cnn. hear what he has to say after this short break. in the nation, it's not always pretty.

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welcome back, everyone. the latest round of fighting between israel and hamas militants in gaza erupted a few weeks ago, you may remember, after the murder of three

israeli teenagers and the apparent revenge killing of a palestinian teen. the palestinian victims, the american cousin, was there the day of that brutal killing. we want you to hear how he describes what he's been through. he and his mother spoke to our christiane amanpour about the ordeal. >> welcome both of you to the program. suhar, when you saw your son in the state that he was, and all the pictures we've seen of his face practically unrecognizable, what went through your mind? >> itches horrified. i just thought, how could something like this happen. you know, to my baby. like we're on vacation. and, you know, i never expected something like this to happen. >> tariq, tell me what happened to you that day. >> well, i was actually with mohammed earlier that day, and

we were together playing board games. and we were having fun. until i left him, and then i came back. i walked by him, and he was sitting by himself. i asked him if he needed anything from the bakery. and he said, sure. and i went to the bakery, and i bought him some things. and i came back, and i found the cop car there. and then the cops told me that you can't get closer to the scene. and mohammed wasn't there. >> so did you think the worst? did you know then that something terrible had happened to him? >> yes. >> what was your reaction when you found out that he had been so brutally murdered? >> well, i was -- i couldn't believe it. it didn't go into my mind. it was very -- it was like -- it

was devastating. i couldn't believe it. >> suhar, here you are, you come from where you live in the united states to visit family in jerusalem. brought your teenage son with you. and suddenly you're caught up not just in the murder of your cousin, but in the protests that led to the brutal beating of your son. >> yes. it was horrifying, especially the fact that when i went to see him in the jail cell, they wouldn't allow me to. and when they finally agreed to take him to the hospital, too, you know, they wouldn't let me see him in the hospital. then they took him back to jail again. he didn't get that time of comfort. >> are you telling me that this very severely wounded son of yours was not given medical treatment for a good -- at the beginning of this custody? >> that's exactly what i'm saying. he was taken straight to jail.

even after being beaten unconscious. my husband had followed him over there. and he had begged for them to take him to the hospital. and they claim that they asked him, and being unconscious now, and being beaten, and they said, well, he said he didn't need any medical attention. he said that's not true. they never asked me. anything. >> let me turn to you, tariq, since it happened to you, and your parents were not able to be with you. first, tell me how did you end up being beaten, thrown to the ground by israeli police? how on earth did that happen? >> well, while i was watching everything happening, because i was so blown away from everything. i still couldn't believe it. i thought i was dreaming. like i didn't realize that he was just gone. >> mohammed you're talking about? >> yeah, i'm talking about mohammed.

and i couldn't believe it. like i was there watching. and then from a corner, i saw some soldiers running, and they're running towards the crowd of people. and i was just watching. it was so terrifying. and when i saw -- they ran -- they split up and ran towards everybody. they were trying to, like, get everyone out. so when they were running towards us, i didn't know where to go. like some people left from the outside, some people jumped the fence. and i jumped the fence. and they ran behind me, and they grabbed me and slammed me to the floor. and i was screaming, because it hurt. and i was screaming for help. i didn't know what to do. >> and you said that they kicked you in the face. your face looked like a terrible mess at the end of all of this.

>> the first thing they did, right when they grabbed me and slammed me to the floor, they zip tied my hands together behind my back. so i couldn't make any sudden movements at that point. and they started beating me. and i could not even breathe at that point, because of them kicking me however many times. they kicked me in the face, they kneed me in the face, they punched me in the face. they were beating me, like they had no -- they didn't know what they were doing. why would they be beating me like that. >> tariq, can i ask you, you're 16 years old. you've been through this savage beating. your cousin was brutally murdered and hunted down, and terribly tortured. despite all of that, can i ask you for your reaction to what started all this? and this was the murder, kidnap of three israeli teenagers on the occupied west bank. what do you feel for them, and

for their families? >> like, it's sad both ways. it's just sad. like i can't -- it's sad for somebody to die like that, no matter who they are, or where they come from. me over there was just like a taste of what they go through over there. what they go through, like the people that are dying in gaza, it's really sad to watch them have to be kicked out of their house and having to go through all that pain. like it's really sad. like for me, it's just -- what happened to me was just a taste of what they go through. you have people dying all over there. >> suha? >> no mother should have to go through burying her own son, no matter what race they are. there are people dying every day. the women and children in gaza

that -- it's a massacre over there right now. i'm just hoping for peace. >> well, i appreciate you both being with me today. suha, tariq, thank you very much indeed for joining me. >> such an interesting story there. the last point about peace, there are moderate voices on both sides, the israelis and palestinians who just want to get along. this french artist j.r., even put up these massive black-and-white portraits of israelis and palestinians along the separation wall in jerusalem, without identifying who was who. all of thesm making goofy and funny faces as a way of making that point, that each side has more in common than they may realize. >> yeah. to add to that positivity, there is an israeli student living in the united states who decided to start this campaign online to send this powerful message, a positive message on twitter, #jews and arabs refuse to be enemies. it's gone viral. >> all those voices.

>> exactly. all right. we'll continue to look at that, and other stories. 100 days on from the violent kidnapping by islamic militants, the horrific memories fresh in the minds of the nigerian school girls who managed to escape. >> we bring you the story of two of those girls when we come back. when you run a business, you can't settle for slow.

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it's a traumatic thing for us. all we want is for our friends to be rescued and returned home. >> translator: i have continuous nightmares. every time i close my eyes, i see the bok o haram people attacking us. >> reporter: what impact has this had on the community? >> translator: we live in fear. we are frightened all the time. there are continuous attacks on our village and surrounding villages. a lot of people have relocated and left the villages. we're afraid because boko haram has come and attacked and burnt buildings. >> translator: the community is not in good condition. the parents are ill, and some of them have died. >> reporter: if they reopen these schools, will you go back? will you go back if they open

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we are still here for you, everyone. i'm errol bar net. >> i'm amara walker. ahead this hour, flight by american carriers to tel aviv suspended. israel says it's not necessary. meanwhile, u.s. secretary of state john kerry is working to negotiate a cease-fire in the conflict between israel and hamas.

>> plus, the somber journey as the bodies of passengers and crew of malaysia airlines flight 17 edge closer to home. with all that's happening, we can report there are whispers of diplomatic progress in the middle east. but there's no real concrete sign israel or hamas will stop fighting anytime soon. >> secretary of state john kerry and u.n. secretary-general ban ki-moon are still trying to broker a truce. but the death toll, it keeps rising. 635 palestinians killed in gaza. more than 4,000 wounded. 29 israeli soldiers and 2 civilians have died. >> the numbers are increasing every day. now getting to and from israel becomes more difficult. it comes after the faa in the u.s. banned all flights by u.s. carriers in tel aviv for 24 hours. european airports have followed suit. this decision was made after a

hamas rocket landed near the airport destroying a house. you see the aftermath there. faa will reconsider the flight ban later today. >> former new york city mayor michael bloomberg isn't waiting for the u.s. ban to be lifted. he boarded an el al flight from jfk airport. he called bengurian airport the best protected airport in the world and calls the faa's restrictions a mistake. that gives hamas an undeserved victory. cnn's martin savidge is standing by live from jerusalem with the very latest. so martin, israel obviously not happy about this ban. but the u.s. and other airlines are saying this is about security. >> reporter: it is, right. and you can sort of understand from both perspectives. the israeli government here is saying, as the former mayor of new york just said, this is nothing but a prize given to terrorists. in other words, that israel is suffering economically, and, of course, it's also suffering as a result of the flights not coming

and going and carrying people. for something that hamas has been doing to israel, launching missiles, thousands of them, rockets. it should be pointed out, i had a conversation with the idf, and i asked, i said, this particular rocket that landed right next to the airport, was it a failure of iron dome, or was it an actual decision on the part of the government isn't it wasn't going to the airport, not to take it down? the idf said it is still investigating at this particular point. i said how confident do you feel about protecting the airport. the israeli military says they believe 90% it's a very good record. of course, the international airlines would be worried about that other 10%. in other words, any possibility that an aircraft could be hit by a rocket is just too much of a chaps for them to take. sort of switching gears now to the overall conflict. the loss of life on both sides is horrendous and tragic, particularly for those family members who lose.

and in israel there is the death of one soldier in particular, an american, that seems to have struck a national chord, as we found. 21-year-old shawn carmelee was from texas. and played football in high school. rooted for the cowboys. but unlike most texans, carmeli joined the israeli army. sunday he and fellow american max steinberg were among 13 israeli soldiers killed in gaza. they identified the killer as a lone soldier, referring to troops whose parents don't live in israel. fearing his death would go unnoticed and burial unattended, friends took to social media. we don't want his funeral to be empty, they wrote. let's give one last honor to this hero who died so that we could live. it was an emotional appeal for people to attend.

they did. an estimated 20,000 people packed the streets of the northern city of hivea despite the hour of 11:00 at night. some had driven hours. most were strangers, all had to be there. there is no doubt that we would come and show our support, this man said. there is no such thing as a lone soldier in this country, says this man. we are all with each other. so many people came, the soldiers from carmelli's unit had to struggle through them to get to the cemetery. in a country no stranger to sacrifice, carmelli's story moved many. a young man from the lone star state who died fighting for the star of david. returning to our original conversation about flights into

israel, u.s. airways announced it will resume its service from philadelphia to tel aviv on thursday. however, that's assuming that the faa lifts the restrictions that are currently in place against american airlines. >> all right. martin savidge with the latest there from jerusalem. martin, thank you. and again, just to reiterate what martin was saying, this just in to cnn. we want to confirm that u.s. airways plans to resume flying the philadelphia flight to tel aviv on thursday night. but of course, as martin said, this is pending the faa's approval. well, world and regional powers are scrambling for a diplomatic solution. u.s. secretary of state john kerry says talks with egyptian and arab league officials in cairo on tuesday were constructive. hamas rejected an egyptian brokered cease-fire last week, so the goal remains to stop the fighting and establish a dialogue. the palestinian authority's chief negotiator spoke with cnn with his view on the talks.

>> i think there are talks now trying to work out a balance between a cease-fire that would be accepted, and then lifting the siege from gaza. i cannot tell you at this particular moment, at this minute, that we are close or we are far away. all i'm saying is it is the most serious efforts that we have seen in the last 15 days, being exerted now, with the focus on secretary kerry. i think he's now holding all the lines. but i hope that the results will culminate in reaching the balance between the cease-fire and lifting the siege and beginning the negotiations. >> life during a time of war is nothing new to the palestinians, for those unable or unwilling to flee the fighting, everyday life is filled with a combination of anger, hunger and violence. ben wedeman talks with some of the people living in the battle

zone. >> reporter: two weeks into war and gaza carries on. a nearby blast, and life goes on. the landscape changes daily. several floors of this apartment building collapsed after an israeli air strike monday night killing at least 11. this building with around 200 people was called home, was hit monday afternoon. no deaths or injuries because someone got a phone call. gazans take the long view. every generation has seen war, and wars going back 66 years. a stone's throw away from the scene of some of the most intense street fighting, this man remembers all those wars, and at 75, he's had enough. it's better to die than live in this big prison, he tells me.

this is no life. the fighting has been going on here now for four days. most of the civilians have left. probably it's just fighters left inside. a few still venture in to retrieve their possessions, while across the road small tasks distract from big worries. we're sticking it out at home, says this man. where else can we go. so they stay struggling with mounting difficulties and dwindling patience. there's no electricity. it just comes on for two hours, says this man. the food in the fridge is spoiled. there's no water. and the kids are terrified because when it comes time to break the fast, the so-called israeli defense force starts bombing us. and a new generation sees yet another war.

ben wedeman, cnn, gaza city. the bodies of more than 200 malaysia airlines flight 17 passengers will soon be returned to the netherlands. >> that's right. a train has carried the bodies from the crash site to a factory in kharkiv. finally these remains are being placed into coffins. two dutch military planes will fly them out of ukraine later today. >> the blame game, it continues. u.s. officials say they now believe separatists fired on the jet likely without knowing it was a civilian airliner. >> the plane's so-called black boxes are heading to a lab in britain. investigators there will try to find clues as to what brought down the flight. we'll bring in will ripley now in malaysia on that. the essential black boxes are now in investigators' hands now.

what happens next? >> reporter: well, in fact, the malaysian government, as we speak, is just wrapping up an emergency session of parliament here in kuala lumpur. the prime minister just spoke a few minutes ago. he talked not so much about the black boxes, because that investigation -- >> all right. unfortunately we're having technical problems with will ripley's signal. he was mentioning how there's a special session of parliament being called at the moment. the government, in fact, the prime minister of malaysia receiving a lot of praise from people this time around for being able to retrieve the black boxes. we'll, of course, reconnect with will later in the programming. >> since that plane was shot out of the sky, we've been hearing a lot about who's responsible, from both ukraine and russia. >> coming up, ukraine's top spy makes a surprising allegation

about just how senior that person is who fired the fateful shot. and heavy winds and rain batter taiwan. weather experts fear mudslides could be next. we'll talk to storm chaser james reynolds live at the scene later in the show.

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welcome back, everyone. we've reconnected with our will ripley in kuala lumpur, malaysia. will, you were just speaking about how the malaysian government is handling this crisis, their second of the year. pick up where you left off, mentioning that special session of parliament. >> reporter: sure, errol. really an unprecedented emergency session of parliament, never before in the history of malaysia has parliament been called to address specifically an air tragedy. but that gives you a sense of the magnitude of flight 17, and how seriously -- how serious of an issue it is for this country. i was talking about that session, just wrapped up. the prime minister reveald new details about the investigation, specifically the condition of the people who were onboard flight 17. cnn and others have reported about the fact that these people, their remains were laying in this field, scattered

for miles, really. and that the way that they were treated was not appropriate. it was not how somebody should be treated. the prime minister talked about that. he said the condition of the bodies, the way they were handled was wrong. however, he also said that because of his behind-the-scenes quiet negotiations over the weekend with the russian separatist leaders, he said that they have limited the damage and that the families of the people onboard the plane can be assured that now these people are being handled with the respect they deserve. they're going to be taken -- the new procedure will be carried out before they're returned to their families in their respective countries. so the prime minister domestically here, errol, is getting a lot of credit from even his opponents, even in speaking before the emergency session of parliament, for the way that he has remained neutral. he's held back any public criticism, any public finger pointing. he is not aligned with the united states and some other european countries that are basically pinning the blame on

this on russia. he said malaysia wants to wait for the facts to come in before they make a decision about who may be at fault, errol. >> such a massive difference in response to locals that, when compared to the disappearance of mh-370. that's will ripley live for us in kuala lumpur. thanks. a top ukrainian official is now making a surprising claim about who shot down that malaysia airliner. a spy chief told her the downing of flight mh-17 was no accident. >> who operated the missile launcher that did this. killing 298 passengers and crew aboard malaysia airlines flight 17. based on their own intelligence, there's no question in the mind of ukraine's spy chief. you believe that was a russian? >> absolutely. >> a russian trained? >> a russian trained, well educated officer. >> who pushed that button? >> who pushed the button.

>> not just a pro-russian rebel, but a russian officer. nayda said an officer would be the only one who would have the training to operate the missile. he walked us through the evidence. he said this image shows a truck with a blue stripe carrying the missiles. known as the buk m-1 the day of the plane crash. hours after flight 17 was shot out of the sky, intelligence images show what he says is the same truck crossing into russia, one missile missing. they are trying to get these vehicles out of ukraine. >> out of ukraine. >> to cover up the crime. >> exactly. >> russia says the images are fake. more disputed evidence, you can hear the panic in these cell phone conversations, purportedly between the rebels, recordings released by ukraine. nayda said his agency has more recorded calls that he can't share yet, calls made three to four minutes before the plane was downed. >> if they possess this kind of

military weapon, like buk m-1 automatic missile launcher, they should know the plane is not a military plane. it's a big target, coming with constant speed, in constant direction. they should analyze and they should know that this was a civilian plane. >> a civilian plane with hundreds of people aboard. underscoring the horror of the crash, nayda wanted us to see this video obtained by his agency. some victims are burned beyond recognition. most of ukraine's video is too gruesome to show you. when you hear the russians say that they didn't do it, what's your immediate reaction? >> it's a lie. it's a total, constant lie. and propaganda. >> propaganda is also what the

russians and rebels blame ukrainians of. and blame them for the loss of the plane. the growing international condemnation, putin said he will place pressure on the rebels. there are calls for us to influence the militants, said putin. ukraine says it is still investigating this, and has more evidence, and as it verifies that evidence, it will be made public to the international community. kyung lah, cnn, ukraine. >> accusations are being thrown around and emotions are high in ukraine right now. we want to show you something else that happened in kiev. members of parliament were voting tuesday on increasing the number of troops battling pro-russian rebels. then this happened. nicolay was at the lectern accusing the government of killing its own people. a massive accusation. you can see what happened. nationalist mp ran up to him,

followed by others. chaos ensued. we have seen brawls in the ukrainian parliament before, but certainly this disaster and the difrgss in the country certainly becoming much more evident. >> clearly. one week on from the devastation of typhoon ranmasssun, china deals with more extreme weather. >> we'll bring you a live report from taiwan hit by typhoon matmo overnight. m the healthcare you deserve. at humana, we believe if healthcare changes, if frustration and paperwork decrease... the gap begins to close. so let's simplify things. let's close the gap between people and care. when folks think about wthey think salmon and energy. but the energy bp produces up here

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welcome back, everyone. heavy rain began to hit china, as matmo makes its way to the southeast course. roads are closed. and power lines have fallen in parts of the country. >> flash floods and landslides now are the major concern there. storm chaser james reynolds joins us on the phone from chenggong in eastern taiwan. good to connect with you again, james. last hour you were talking to me about some of the devastation, some of the damage that you see. many of the buildings in taiwan are built to sustain this kind of storm. but talk to me about the power outages, and how officials are handling the aftermath. >> reporte james, if you can hear me, give us an update on the conditions you can see now. all right. unfortunately as you can tell we don't have him at the moment. but we have another expert standing by waiting for us. he's been tracking this storm.

on the radar just yesterday, this was a serious storm. it continues to leave a lot of rain in this region. >> yeah. it is a menacing storm still at this hour, errol. schools, businesses closed across this region. the taiwan stock exchange suspended over the past 24 hours because of the tremendous wind and rainfall. the storm system even at this hour, sitting at 130 kilometers per hour, which is 80 miles per hour, puts it at a category 1 hurricane equivalent. it's pushing into eastern china. that's where landfall is expected in the next couple of hours as it approaches south of the city of fujo. that's one of those areas we'll watch carefully for substantial problems to push in, as we know the population of fuzhou is 7.2 million people, twice the population of los angeles. with winds over 80 miles per hour. damage certainly going to be likely across this region. the storm eventually pushing through interior china and falls

apart in the coming couple of days. rainfall, again, take a look, we've already reported well over 400 millimeters, or nearly 20 inches of rainfall across taiwan. eight inches of rainfall left in the forecast over the next couple days. it's been busy here over the past several weeks. neoguri made landfall three weeks ago. last week, we had rammasun. made landfall a second time across the southern china around the island of hanan. here's matmo, and the track goes in between the tracks of the initial two storms. you can kind of see everyone dealing with a new location when it comes to these storms over the past several weeks with matmo coming in across eastern china. take a look at the perspective. here's matmo at this hour. we have yet another alert, a

formation sitting behind this storm system. at this point, a little too early to say what the storm may end up eventually doing, but the models suggest it will try to get its act together in the next couple of days and as we head into the weekend. philippines is an area we'll watch for another landfall with this storm, if it develops in the coming couple of details. we'll leave you with images here, errol, coming out of taiwan. the ships all brought back to port. we know significant damage left in place. this is the radar imager rol was talking about pushing through taiwan. james reynolds tweeting that there were vehicles toppled because of the winds associated with this, exceeding 150-plus miles per hour when it made ralph. rainfall over 90% of the island nation has seen rainfall with the storm system beginning to push in toward china, guys. >> usually it's after the storm where a lot of the injuries and the dangers are lurking around. so we hope everyone stays stave.

pedram, thank you for tracking that for us. trying to restore victims for the victims much malaysian airlines flight 17. >> and find some closure for their loved ones. returning bodies to the netherlands and then home, after this break.

we don't care whether you're in the u.s. or watching from around the world. we're just happy that you're here with us. i'm errol bar net. >> i'm amara walker. >> the u.s. federal aviation administration has banned all u.s. carriers in and out of the airport in tel aviv. several european airlines followed suit. u.s. airways said it plans to resume its daily flight to tel aviv thursday. that's pending faa approval. the faa announced the ban after a hamas rocket hit a house near the airport. fighting also shows no sign of letting up. 635 palestinians and 31 israelis are now reported killed. the u.s. secretary of state says the humanitarian crisis unfolding in gaza is heartbreaking and needs to end immediately. john kerry said tuesday talks with egyptian and leaders were

constructive. >> passengers off this train and taken to coffins. they will return to the netherlands for identification. let's get more now on typhoon matmo as it starts to hit china. that storm struck taiwan overnight. >> you can see some of the footage there. very powerful storm. roads are currently closed. power lines have fallen in parts of the country. storm chaser james reynolds reconnects with us now from changgong in eastern taiwan. james, it's midday there now, explain, is the cleanup effort under way? does the government appear to be capable of handling the aftermath of this? >> reporter: absolutely. i started to travel a little further north up the east coast of taiwan, seeing numerous

trucks full of soldiers out on the street, in earnest cleaning up, the mess after this typhoon. we've seen a lot of trees down. a lot of boulders and rocks across the roads in places. some places the roads are even impassable due to landslides and fallen trees. >> we should explain that in many respects, taiwan is capable of handling storms like this. their buildings are built to withstand the winds which came. and they have, especially this year, seen a number of storms like this already. >> reporter: yeah, absolutely. you know, it's a rather small island. they get hit by typhoons every year, regularly. so they really built the infrastructure to withstand the strong winds. but the main threat is from the heavy rains. you've got the huge mountains which form the backbone of the island. when the typhoons hit, they dump

the rain and that can translate into flash floods, landslides. it's difficult to prepare against, errol. >> stay safe. as you continue to survey the area. we'll connect with you next hour. that's james reynolds, a professional storm chaser on the phone with us. mir m miraculously as the rain is still falling. the mh-17 disaster, the bodies sitting in a refrigerated rail car near the crash site. >> which disturbed many of the victims' relatives, of course. >> reporter: they wait for the bodies here. and in the netherlands, australia, for the train. to crawl out of a savage civil war so the dead might rest. it emerges ghostly silent. a few defiant men dressed in

fatigues. ukrainian police also there. inside, we glimpse two malaysian officials, onboard also the black boxes. the carriages with the bodies sealed with construction foam. little dignity. caught up in a callous civil war. we understand this man is part of the security detail accompanying this train. we don't know whether they are separatists or with the ukrainian government. this is the first time this train has been seen in public outside of separatist-held areas. and for the families of those onboard, really just one part of a tragic and awful journey. he says he's from donetsk. but not who he's with. but he does this if we ask if he's ukrainian. inside this compound, the painful grim work will begin of placing human remains in coffins. it may be hard to even count the damaged bodies on the train definitively one told me.

but with the crash site so compromised, the bodies and black boxes inside may be the closest to hard facts of what happened to mh-17. a steady flow of dutch officials coming in the night before. forensic experts, a huge task ahead. >> it's very sad and very hard for the majority. because everybody probably knew someone who was on the plane. >> reporter: the bodies slowly to be brought here, flown home. where still then some will need to be identified before they can rest. nick paton walsh, cnn, kharkiv. >> christiane amanpour spoke to russia's ambassador to the eu. he claims some nations are trying to capitalize on this disaster for political gain. using the dutch foreign

minister's words, calls it despicable. he said the downin ining of thee is a wakeup call. >> they all say this is a game-changer. now they're putting more sanctions on. what is your reaction to that? and won't that come at a cost to russia? >> well, i agree, it's a game-changer. i think it's a wakeup call. and i agree with the u.s. administration on that. it's a wakeup call for everybody, to stop instigating violence, stop supporting the ukrainian government in its military campaign against civilians. >> while further sanctions are possible, one thing to keep in mind is that russia and the european union maintain very close economic ties. take a look at this. the eu is russia's biggest investor. some $13 billion in 2012. trade, investment and services between the two totaled some

$520 billion in 2012. russia does more than ten times the trade with the eu than it does with the u.s. russia's also the eu's single largest supplier of energy, sending europe a third of its gas. since that missile brought down malaysia airlines flight 17, the country's prime minister has said he wanted to give a greater voice to the anger and grief of the malaysian people. but at the same time, he's acknowledged this case required working quietly for a better outcome. andrew stevens has more from kuala lumpur. >> reporter: after days of frustration and private anguish, the malaysian prime minister najib razak finally got the break-through he was hoping for, a deal with the rebels in the ukraine. news conferences were called and then delayed in kuala lumpur as the final details were ironed out. just after midnight monday, he had a deal. >> tonight we have established

the basis of an agreement. the remains of 282 people currently in the forest will be moved by train to kharkiv where they will be handed over to representatives from the netherlands. at approximately 9:00 p.m. tonight. ukraine time. the two black boxes will be handed over to a malaysian team in donetsk. >> reporter: a government source close to the prime minister tells me the key to securing that deal was a decision made on day one. to adopt a strategy of quiet, personal diplomacy rather than public outrage. even though the prime minister's own family was directly affected by the tragedy. the prime minister's stepgrandmother, the second wife of his grandfather, was on flight mh-17. relatives say he stayed in close

contact, repeatedly promising not just them, but all next of kin he spoke to, that the bodies would be returned. the aim was by the end of the holy moth of ramadan, july 28th. the source tells me that the prime minister set about using his own extensive contacts to get in touch via back channels with the rebel leader of the donetsk republic. only a handful of people in the government's office knew about the private communication, according to the source. together with growing public pressure, it's believed the prime minister's efforts helped break that stalemate. there are still many questions to be answered. the key, of course, if the plane was indeed shot down, who actually was responsible. as they protesters outside the russian embassy in kuala lumpur tuesday shouted, we want justice. andrew stevens, cnn, kuala lumpur, malaysia. >> coming up, we return to our other top story.

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welcome back. the latest round of fighting between israel and hamas militants in gaza erupted a few weeks ago, you may remember, for the murder of three israeli teenagers and the apparent revenge killing of a palestinian teen. the palestinian victim's american cousin was there the day of that brutal killing. he and his mother, suha, spoke to our christiane amanpour about that ordeal. >> welcome both of you to the program, suha and tariq. suha, when you saw your son in the state that he was, and all the pictures we've seen of his

face practically unrecognizable, what went through your mind? >> i was horrified. i just thought, how could something like this happen. you know, to my baby. like we're on vacation. and, you know, i never expected something like this to happen. >> tariq, tell me what happened to you that day. >> well, that day i was actually with mohammed. earlier that day. and we were together playing board games. and we were having fun. until i left him, and then i came back -- i walked by him, and i asked him if he -- he was sitting by himself and i asked him if he needed anything from the bakery. and he said sure. and i went to the bakery. and i bought him some things. and i came back, and i found the cop car there.

it was -- and then the cops told me that you can't get closer to the scene. and mohammed wasn't there. >> did you think the worst? did you know then that something terrible had happened to him? >> yes. >> what was your reaction when you found out that he had been so brutally murdered? >> well, i was -- i couldn't believe it. like, it didn't go into my mind like that. it was very -- like, it was devastating. i couldn't believe it. >> suha, here you are, you come from where you live in the united states to visit family in jerusalem, brought your teenage son with you, and suddenly you're caught up not just in the murder of your cousin, but in the protest that led to the brutal beating of your son. >> yes. it was horrifying. especially the fact that when i

went to see him in the jail cell, they wouldn't allow me to. and when they finally agreed to take him to the hospital, too, you know, they wouldn't let me see him in the hospital. and then they took him back to jail again. he didn't get that time of comfort. >> are you telling me that this very severely wounded son of yours, who's sitting next to you, was not given any medical treatment for a good -- at the beginning of this custody? >> that's exactly what i'm saying. he was taken straight to jail. even after being beaten unconscious. my husband had followed him over there. and he had begged for them to take him to the hospital. and they claim that they had asked him, him being unconscious now, being beaten, and they said, well, he said he didn't need any medical attention. and he said that's not true, they never asked me anything. >> let me turn to you, tariq, since it happened to you, and

your parents were not able to be with you. first, tell me, how did you end up being beaten, thrown to the ground by israeli police? how on earth did that happen? >> well, while i was watching everything happening, because i was so blown away from everything. i still couldn't believe it. i thought i was dreaming. like, i didn't realize that he was just gone. >> mohammed you're talking about? >> yeah, i'm talking about mohammed. yeah. and i couldn't believe it. like i was there watching. and then from a corner, i saw some soldiers running. and they're running towards the crowd of people. and i was just watching. it was so terrifying. and when i saw the -- they ran -- they split up and ran towards everybody. they were trying to, like, get

everyone out. so when they were running towards us, i didn't know where to go. like, some people left from the outside, some people jumped the fence. and i jumped the fence. and they ran behind me. and they grabbed me and slammed me to the floor. and i was screaming, because it hurt, and i was screaming for help. i didn't know what to do. >> and you said that they kicked you in the face? your face looked like a terrible mess at the end of all of this. >> the first thing they did right when they grabbed me and slammed me to the floor, they zip tied my hands together behind my bag. so i couldn't make any sudden movements at that point. and they started beating me. and i could not even breathe at that point, because of them kicking me however many times. like they kicked me in the face. they kneed me in the face. they punched me in the face. they were beating me, like they

had no -- they didn't know what they were doing. why would they be beating me like that. >> tariq, can i ask you, you're 16 years old. you've been through this savage beating. your cousin was brutally murdered and hunted down and terribly tortured. despite all of that, can i ask you for your reaction to what started all this? and this was the murder, kidnap of three israeli teenagers on the occupied west bank. what do you feel for them and for their families? >> like, it's sad both ways. it's just sad. like it's sad for somebody to die like that, no matter who they are or where they come from. me over there, it was just like a taste of what they go through over there. what they go through, like the people that are dying in gaza, it's really sad to watch them have to be kicked out of the house and having to go through

all that pain. like it's really sad. like, for me, it's just -- wlapd to me was just a taste of what they go through. they have people dying, all over there. >> suha? >> no mother should go through having to bury her own son. no matter what race they are. there are people dying every day. the women and children in gaza, it's a massacre over there right now. i'm just hoping for peace. >> well, i appreciate you both being with me today. suha, tariq, thank you very much indeed for joining me. >> those images, he's unrecognizable in that. when you think about it, the death of the israeli teens and this other palestinian teen, it does create a lot of anger. it almost silences the voices of

moderation on both sides that don't want any shots fired in their name. in a way this conflict makes it too easy to paint jews and arabs as mortal enemies. >> a social media campaign, wants the world to know that is simply not the case. samuel has examples of friendship in the midst of conflict. >> reporter: it is a unique plea for peace for a region filled with war. the social media campaign is called #jews and arabs refuse to be enemies. its facebook page may only have a few thousand likes now, but it is filled with moving messages and powerful photos of couples who won't let religion stand in the way of love. like this photo, journalist embracing her jewish boyfriend. he calls me nashama, hebrew for darling. i call him arabic for love. this posted by a arab-jewish

couple in the united states, we cohabitate in peace. families of mixed heritage are sending a message across social networks. this reads jasmine is israeli, osama. this young girl's photo posted to twitter poses a simple question, my mom is jewish, my dad is muslim, so how can i be an enemy of myself. they hope if the message is taught to everyone this young, then the devastating cycle of violence that's ripped generations can finally be broken. samuel burke, cnn, new york. >> powerful messages and images there. >> now, 100 days on from the violent kidnapping by islamic militants, the horrific memories are fresh of the nigerian school girls who managed to escape. we'll bring you the story of two of those girls when we come back. just signed up for your

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welcome back. you are taking a live look at pictures from the italian island of giglio. the costa concordia is being removed very slowly. salvage crews refloated the ship last week and now it's being moved to the italian port of genoa to be dismantled. the ship ran aground two and a half years ago, and 32 people died when the ship crashed into a reef. but as you can see here, live pictures quite remarkable. it will be quite a herculean task. some of the biggest restaurant chains in the world are caught up in a food safety scare in china. >> yeah, this is a big story you want to be aware of. they say they've removed products that came from a factory accused of mishandling

and selling meat. >> reporter: this is an american-owned meat factory operating in china. among its clients, fast-food chains in china, including mcdonald's, starbucks, and pizza hut. behind this store is something they never wanted you to see. cnn cannot independently verify the disturbing images filmed and broadcast by shanghai based dragon tv. raw meat being scooped from the floor in heaps and thrown into a metal tub on the production line. this sign says substandard. the bin of substandard chicken nuggets is dumped into another bin, mixed with raw chicken for reprocessing. these beef patties used in big macs and other products, tossed in raw beef. also in the mix, expired meat. the parent company of shanghai huhsi illinois based osi group

said it is appalled by the report and is investigating. mcdonald's and yum brands have apologized to customers and halted orders from the company. and other restaurants have pulled all products that came from this company. the factory's operations have been suspended. china's struggle against food quality scandals continues. stock prices of some of the affected companies took a hit right after the scandal broke, as you might imagine. especially when you see how they handled some of that food. shares of yum brands tumbled more than 4% monday. but crawled back .7% points yesterday. mcdonald's stocks down 2.75% in the last two days. nigeria's president said he's committed to rescuing the

more than 200 school girls kidnapped by boko haram. goodluck jonathan met with the families of many of the girls tuesday marking 100 days since they were taken by the islamic militants. girls who managed to escape were among the guests of the president. the event came days after a violent attack on an area of northeast nigeria. officials say more than 60 people were killed, and thousands were forced to flee their homes. >> isha sesay sat down with two of the girls who were able to flee their captors. >> here she is with their stories.

>> reporter: tell me how you are doing now, after all of this. >> translator: it's very difficult for us. we live in a very difficult situation. we are always concerned about the girls who are still missing. when we go into the community and we see the parents of the missing girls, the parents cry. it's a traumatic thing for us. and all we want is for our friends to be rescued and returned home. >> translator: i have continuous nightmares. every time i close my eyes, i see the boko haram people attacking us and abducting us. >> reporter: what impact has all of this had on the community of chibuk? >> translator: we live in fear. we are frightened all the time. there are continuous attacks on our village and surrounding villages. a lot of people have relocated and left the villages. we're afraid because boko haram

has come, attacked and burned buildings. >> translator: the community is not in good condition. the parents are ill. and some of them have died. >> reporter: if they reopen these schools, will you go back? will you go back if they open the school? >> translator: if it is going to school in chibuk, i will not go back to school because i am afraid and traumatized. >> isha sesay tells their story there. thank you for joining us on cnn's special coverage. we'll be back with much more after the break.

. >> hello, and welcome to our viewers in the united states and around the world. i'm amara walker. >> i'm erroll barnett. several u.s. and european flights into israel are suspended after a hamas rocket hits way too, too close to the country's largest airport. >> plus after days in limbo, the remains of flight 17 victims are one step closer to finally returning home. now, unfortunately, diplomacy has so far failed. there's growing concern within the united nations about the humanitarian situation in gaza. >> enough so that the u.n. human rights council will hold an emergency sessions in geneva today. the death toll in gaza has reached 635. the u.n. saying the vast majority are civilians. 31 israelis have been killed.

all but two of them soldiers. that meeting in geneva today is not being backed by the u.s. or any western european power. the u.s. and israel have previously accused the council of bias. >> this was a huge development, a hamas rocket that fell in israel tuesday is now having a huge impact on international travel there. the u.s. federal aviation administration suspended all flights from u.s. carriers into and out of ben gurion airport in tel aviv. several european airlines then followed suit. the faa announced the ban after the hamas rocket hit a house near the airport. you can see some of the aftermath. it damaged this house but no one was injured. us airways plans to resume its daily flight from the u.s. to tel aviv on thursday pending faa approval. after the faa ban was announced, a delta jet heading from new york to tel aviv was diverted mid flight and what do you know,

our very own john vauss was on the plane. he called in after landing in paris to tell us what happened. >> we were about an hour outside of tel aviv when the pilot came on the announcement system and basically said that a rocket had fallen about a mile outside of ben gurion airport. ous of an abundance of caution, they decided to reroute the plane heading back to paris. >> we're going to bring in martin savidge now covering all of this from jerusalem. martin, we were just listening to john vauss trying to get to where you are to help with coverage but the flight was diverted. israelis are very upset at this ban. what exactly are they saying and why is this so damaging for them? >> israel maintains that it is completely unfair and unrealistic. they say this is of course, the result of a terror attempt by hamas and yet, it's israel that appears to be being punished.

they would say the efforts that are -- the caution that the airlines are expressing as a result of this missile which landed a mile outside of the airport just do not fit in with the realities of the ground about the idf i said, this missile that will landed in yahud, was it because the iron dome defensive system that israel has failed? or was it a conscious choice by whoever operated that system since it wasn't going to strike the airport, not to launch against it. the idt said they're still investigating. i said how confident are you in protecting the airport. it was stated well, the system is 90% effective. that is a stunningly good record. but it's that 10% that, of course, the airlines are very worried about. it only takes one missile in the wrong place to create disaster. in light of what happened in ukraine, no airline right now

wants to take that risk. >> former new york city mayor michael bloomberg also upset at the ban decided to board a flight and headed to tel aviv. he's most likely in the air as we speak. what's the reality how dangerous it is there? we do have secretary kerry in cairo trying to negotiate a cease-fire. but what have we seen today? has there been a continuation of air strikes and rocket attacks? >> there is combat taking place inside of gaza. the idf is reporting most of the contact is in the periphery. however, they still say that there is intensive fighting taking place in the northeast part of gaza where we've seen most of it the past couple days. the idf says most of the fighting between hamas and its soldiers is taking place around tunnels. the tunnels are the other weapon that the israeli military claims hamas is using to rye to strike israel. tunnels which run under the border, under the security

perimeter. they an allege allow hamas to trik against israeli civilians. it is on going fighting. the airplane situation may be a bit i've distraction but for most israelis and certainly for palestinian as well, the focus is what's happening inside of gaza. >> martin savidge live for us in jerusalem, thanks. in tel aviv, u.n. chief ban ki-moon once again condemned the militant rocket fire raining down on israel, but ban ki-moon also said israel's military response will not increase a jush state's security in the long-term and with israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu at his side, ban offered his solution. >> my message to israelis and palestinians is the same. stop fighting, start talking. and take on the root causes of the country so we are not back to the same situation in another

six months or a year. >> and as you just heard, america's top diplomat was in cairo for cease fire talks on tuesday. u.s. secretary of state john kerry is under orders from president barack obama to push for some sort of truce. kerry says talks with egyptian and arab league officials were constructive but much work lies ahead. >> the loss of lives and the humanitarianrian impact is real heart breaking and we're joining our international partners in reiterating our call for an immediate end to the fighting and a return to the cease fire that was reached in 2012. >> and there were some dramatic moments at the u.n. security council on tuesday. palestinian ambassador riyadh monsour held up photos of some off the hundreds of palestinians killed and wounded. in the israeli operation. and as he appealed to the council to stop the killing, he read out the names of 44

children hon have lost their lives in the conflict. the u.n. relief agency says the fighting has forced more than 100,000 palestinians from their homes. but? >> but the violence is nothing new to gazans and many are unwilling to flee the latest conflict. >> two weeks into war and gaza carries on. a nearby blast and life goes on. rebel is routine now. the landscape changes daily. several floors of this apartment building collapsed after an israeli air strike monday night killing at least 11. this building was around 200 people once called home was hit monday afternoon. no deaths or injuries because someone got a phone call. ga zans take the long view. every generation has seen war and wars going back 66 years.

a stone's throw away from the scene of some of the most intense bombardment in street fighting, abu remembers all those warzycha and at 75, he's had enough. it's better to die than live in this big prison he tells me. this is no life. the fighting has been going on now for four days. most of the civilians have left. probably it's just fighters left inside. a few still venture in to retrieve possessions while across account road, small tasks distract from big worries. we're sticking it out at home. where else can we go? so they stay struggling with mounting difficulties and dwindling it patience. there's no electricity, it just

comes on for two hours. the food in the fridge is spoiled. there's no water and the kids are terrified because when it comes time to break the fast, the so-called can israeli defense force starts bombing us. and a new generation sees yet another war. ben wedeman, cnn, gaza city. >> we'll have much more on the situation in gaza later this hour on cnn. >> including a look at another front in this conflict. the international media. but first we're going to turn our focus to malaysia airlines flight 17. dutch investigates are preparing to receive the victims' remains as the netherlands observes a day of mourning. we'll have the latest on the search for answers. [ female announcer ] there's a gap out there.

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the bodies of more than 200 malaysia airlines passengers are now being prepared for the next leg of their long journey home. >> workers have been removing the remains from this train and placing them into coffins. two cargo planes are expected to fly them to the netherlands later today for forensic investigation and, of course, to be identified. for days, thes were in limbo stored in refrigerated rail cars in rebel controlled territory near the crash site. and now, well, an eerie calm has

taken over the crash site six days after the plane went down, there are no more emergency crews combing the debris fields, no recovery teams searchinging for remains. that's even though dutch officials say they are not sure that all au 298 bodies have been recovered. cnn's senior international correspondent ivan watson joining us. that's disturbing to hear. officials not sure all the bodies have been recovered. sounds like there's a lot more work to be done at the crash site, but no activity? >> the issue of returning these bodies, you're right, with the netherlands declaring a day of mourning and the first shipment that will be arriving by air in amsterdam met by the king and queen of holland, by the prime minister in what is sure to be a very moving ceremony.

but yes, after that train that traveled from this separatist held city across front lines and arrived in the ukrainian government controlled city of kharkiv after a dutch led international team began working with the bodies of the victims, the dutch announced that instead of some 280 plus bodies being in that train, that they so far had only counted about 200. there was more work still to be done in if the refrigerated train cars, however. we may learn more as the day progresses. meanwhile, amara, the finger pointing over what took place, that continues to rage with now u.s. intelligence officials telling cnn that will perhaps the rebels shot down this commercial airline or this doomed plane last thursday by mistake that they didn't really know it was a passenger plane when it happened. u.s. intelligence officials also claiming that they're still

seeing evidence that russian vehicles are continuing to move across the border here into separatist controlled territory. as many as 20 vehicles on tuesday arguing that the weapons and the supplies are still coming to the separatists. now, the russian president vladimir putin has responded saying too on television that russia is being urged to withdraw support from are the rebels to use its influence to kind of draw down de-escalate and he said that russia will try to use its influence but also said that ukraine has to declare a cease-fire and we are not seeing signs of that here in the separatist controlled city of donetsk. there was shelling overnight. it was pretty loud in the northern outskirts of the city. i'm hearing from residents that people living in the northern suburbs spent much of the night hiding in their basements. we're still trying to find out if there were casualties overnight as a result of this

artillery bombardment, but all of the indications are is that the fighting continues to rage between ukrainian troops and these pro-russian rebels. one rebel commander that i talked to last night very disappointed, very angry that he wasn't getting more support from moscow in this battle. meanwhile, in. the ukrainian parliament on tuesday, a familiar scene for ukraine watchers. lawmakers there engaging in a brawl in the halls of the parliament. this was at a time when a vote was taking place over whether or not to call up more reserves, military reserves to be used in this war that continues to claim lives and has been going on for some three months now the, transforming the landscape of eastern ukraine. amara. >> you hope for these families they will soon get closure.

all the bodies will soon be recovered and this full and independent investigation will quickly take place. ivan watson from donetsk in ukraine. thank you very much for that. >> as ivan was mentioning there, there's every level of conflict happening right now between those who support ukraine and separatists. there are claims and counter claims flying back and forth between russia over the attack on the airliner. a top ukrainian official, for example, is making a bold claim against moscow. kim la sat down with the spy chief who told her the downing of flight mh17 was no accident. >> who operated the missile launcher that did this? killing 298 passengers and crew aboard malaysia airlines flight 17? based on their own intelligence, there's no question in the mind of ukraine's spy chief. >> you believe that was a russian. >> absolutely. >> a russian trained. >> a russian trained well

equipped well educated officer. >> who pushed that button. >> who pushed that button. >> not just a pro-russian rebel but a russian officer. the he says an officer would be the only one who would have the training to operate the missile. he walked us through his evidence. he says this image shows a truck with a blue stripe carrying the missiles known as the buk m 1 the day of the crash. hours after flight 17 was shot out of the sky, intelligence images show what he says is the same truck crossing into russia. one missile missing. >> they are trying to get these vehicles out of ukraine. >> exactly. >> to cover up the crime. >> exactly. >> russia says the images are fake. more disputed evidence, you can hear the panic in these cell phone conversations purportedly between the rebels recordings released by ukraine. but nida says his agency has more recorded calls he can't share yet, calls made three to

four minutes before the plane was downed. >> if they possess this kind of military weapon like biom 1 missile launcher, the plane is not a military plane, it's a big target coming with constant speed in constant direction. they should analyze and they should know that it is -- it was a civilian plane. >> a civilian plane with hundreds of people aboard underscoring the horror of the crash, nyda wanted us to see this video obtained by his agency. some victims are burned beyond recognition amid the debris. most of ukraine's video is too gruesome to show you. >> when you hear the russians say that they didn't do it, what's your immediate reaction? be. >> it's lie. it's a total constant lie and

propaganda. >> propaganda is also what the russians and rebels accuse ukrainians of and they blame ukraine for the loss of the plane. perhaps bowing to the growing international condemnation, vladimir putin says he will exert pressure on pro-russian rebels. there are calls for us to influence the militants, says putin. we'll do everything in our power. a ukraine says it is still investigating this had and it has more evidence and as it verifies that evidence, it will be made public to the international community. kong law, cnn, kiev, ukraine. >> moscow continues to deny any role in the downing of this plane. christiane amanpour spoke to russia's ambassador to the eu. he claims western nations are trying to capitalize on this disaster for political gain, again using the dutch foreign minister's word, he calls it despicable. >> they all say this is a

game-changer. and now, they are putting more sanctions on. what is your reaction to that, and won't that come at a cost to russia? >> well, i agree it's a game-changer. i think it's a wake-up call and i agree with the u.s. administration on that. it's it should be as a wake-up call for everybody to stop instigating violence, stop supporting the ukrainian government in its military campaign against civilians. >> and the ambassador insists no one has produced any convincing evidence of russian or rebel involvement in the missile attack. you may be wondering about the calls we just showed you. he insists the evidence ukraine has reesed is fake. >> sounds like the war of words will continue for quite some time. we'll have much more later this hour, including some of the youngest witnesses to the airliner falling from the sky. we'll hear from the adults

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welcome back. typhoon matmo is pushing up towards china's southeast coast after striking taiwan overnight. thousands of tourists have been evacuated from outlying islands. winds more than 160 kilometers

an hour brought down power lines in some areas and heavy rain is stoking fears of landslide. our meteorologist has been tracking the storm throughout the day. >> joins us from the cnn weather center with an update. >> it looks like we're making landfall for the second time right now across eastern china. the concern is that it really hasn't weakened much even interacting with anororious mountains of taiwan. winds decreased from 140 kilometers per hour now down to 130, still 0 miles per hour or category 1 equivalent hurricane as it pushes in toward eastern china. the eye begins to interact with land. that is when the official landfall is being made at this hour. the system will begin to try to weaken over the next several hours as it is depleted of moisture that keeps it going. still models suggest it will ride to the eastern seaboard of china in the coming couple of days. rainfall totals impressive to

say the least. fuzhou could get eight inches of rainfall in the next couple of days. if you put it in the united states, it would be the second most populace city. han yang to the north, about a foot of rainfall expected in the next couple of days. han yang has a population equivalent to the city of san francisco if you're watching from the west coast of the united states. about 800,000 people. here's the radar perspective over the past 24 hours. rainfall has been nonstop over much of taiwan, even at this hour. more than some 12 hours removed from landfall was made. we see about 90% of the island nation still seeing rainfall at this hour with very little in the way of clearing with the storm system and again, we think in the next few hours as it moves away from taiwan and moves in towards southern china,

finally conditions going to be improving here. rainfall totals nearly two feet in spots. that's about 20 inches out of areas across eastern taiwan. take you to the north around taipei city some 200 miles away from the storm system, damage still being reported because of the powerful winds associated with the storm at times reaching 170 kilometers per hour and guys, a quick glance and what we may have ahead of us. matmo on the move away from taiwan. there is a medium chance for another storm system forming in the next couple days. at this point, looks like the philippines may be bearing the brunt of the storm in the next few days as it tries to form. >> another storm for the philippines. >> fourth in as many weeksing. >> okay. we want to get an on the ground perspective and reconnect with our storm chaser there in eastern taiwan. >> james reynolds shot video from the eye wall of the typhoon in chang gong. he joins us on the line.

james, it's going good to have you. i know that flash flooding and the landslides are quite a concern. what have the conditions looked like over the past few hours? >> well, the rain is still falling chevly in eastern taiwan. i've been very slowly making my way along the east coast north towards the city. we've seen numerous rivers which have got very high water levels. really just churning brown water from all the rain water runoff from the mountainous interior. one of the roads we tried to access was blocked by boulders and a landslide. but really, there are soldiers out. there are people on the streets trying to clean up the mess and try and get the main roads clear so that life can try and get back to normal as soon as possible. >> you talk about them cleaning up the, quote unquote, mess right now. what kind of damages have you been seeing? and what kind of power out and? how widespread have the power

outages been? >> well, luckily in terms of damage along the coastal areas it mostly seems to be superficial. power lines downed and roads blocked by fallen trees. i didn't see one car. and also many of those coast counsel communities are without power. many, many kilometers along the coast and saw the power's out. it could well take quite awhile before power is restored to those communities. >> typhoon matmo struck taiwan overnight. describe what that was like. i know you're a storm chaser. i'd imagine you were not hunkered down? >> well, you know, to do my job properly, i need to try and find a safe place to shelter from the wind and the rain. that can be difficult when the strongest part of the storm was passing at my location, it was a very, very kind of hazardous and at times frightening environment. debris flying through the air,

glass smashing. tree blanches flying around and just very, very strong winds which if you were exposed to directly would cause you a lot of harm. >> we're glad you are safe. please remain safe and take care of yourself out there. james reynolds reporting for us out there in eastern taiwan. james, thank you so much. and we have much more to bring you during our second half hour. more than two weeks of conflict in gaza takes a toll on both sides. as they blame each other for the blood shed, another battle plays out in the media. >> but first we'll learn more about a victim of malaysia flight 17. his colleagues share the story of a man who devoted his life to the fight against aids. >> it's a great loss of a very kind person, a brilliant scientist and doctor and a giant in the field of hiv/aids.

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fighting between israel and hamas shows no sign of letting up with 31 israelis now reported killed. u.s. secretary of state john kerry and u.n. secretary-general ban ki-moon remain in the region but their efforts to forge a cease-fire have so far failed. >> the u.s. federal aviation administration has banned all flights by u.s. carriers into and out of tel aviv after a rocket hit dangerously close to ben gurion airport. several european airlines then followed suit. but now us airways says it plans to resume its daily flight to tel aviv from philadelphia on thursday. that is spending approval. >> the remains of more than 200 malaysia airlines plane have traveled to a factor in kharkiv. workers have been placing the bodies into coffins. they are expected to be flown to the netherlands in the coming hours for forensic examination and to be identified. >> take a look at these live

live pictures coming to us from the italian island of giglio. the costa concordia is about to be towed away. it is moving why ever so slowly to the port of genoa. it will be cut up for scrap. salvage crews refloated the cruise ship last week. it ran aground some 2 1/2 years ago killing 32 people. as we've mentioned, the death toll continues to climb. 15 days now after israel began hitting targets in gaza. >> and as israel and hamas fight each other, they are also waging a war of perception. miguel marquez looks how the international media is covering the conflict. >> that israeli ground invasion of gaza has been launched. >> today's mideast violence

might seem familiar, but in this environment traditional media meeting new media meeting social media, the horrors of war playing out like never before. >> a palestinian child riddled with shrapnel screams for his father. the israeli parents and friends mourn the death of a 21-year-old soldier. so many sorrowful pictures right alongside them -- troubling images of resentment. ga zans cheer rockets headed toward israel. on a hill top overlooking gaza, they cheer air strikes hitting ga zag city. >> when you see the gruesome aftermath of rockets hitting op both sides of the border, there is an anger that many people feel and compulsion to help that many people feel that i think is it really palpable. >> the fight raging in gaza

spilling over into the media, both sides trying to win over hearts and minds worldwide, both sides blaming the other for the violence, both sides trying to demonstrate the other more monstrous. >> hamas wants to pile up the numbers of civilian victims for its own propaganda purposes. >> this is just cruel and heartless propaganda. blame the victim, accuse them of using human shields. blame them for the loss of their own lives. >> the control of information propaganda as old as war itself, this time around even celebrities like rihanna caught in the fray. she tweeted #free palestinian, then deleted it minutes later after being inundated about whether she supports hamas. she later tweeted let's pray for peace and a swift end to the conflict. is there any hope? >> can't write a word about this conflict without getting ripped apart from people on both sides.

>> in social media, words often turn cheap and very, very nasty. dehumanizing both sides, turning destruction and horrible loss of life into mockery. on twitter the #s hamas is responsible and hitler was right flow with at times extreme anti-palestinian and anti-semitic rhetoric. >> we're talking about a conflict where the dehumanization of the other side from both sides. when you have benjamin netanyahu talking about tell jencally dead palestinians, when you have leaders of hamas explicitly saying they are targeting civilians, it's no surprise that that kind of dehumanization filters down. >> the worry for many israelis, palestinians and hamas are winning the argument making israel look like the aggressor, not simply defending its borders. a war of words almost as important as is the actual fight. miguel marquez, cnn, new york.

it has been only a week since malaysia airlines flight 17 was downed before many who actually witnessed that plane falling out of the sky the day they will never forget. >> i mean the horror of seeing something like that, i mean, it would traumaize anyone. as flil black found out, children innocently playing witnessed this disaster, as well. >> the debris of mh17 is scattered over a wide area. so is the trauma inflicted on local residents. in the nearby village, the playground of an orphanage is empty and silent. children who call this home have been sent away because on july 17, they saw too much. val tina teaches here. she says last thursday, the children were all outside when there was an explosion. she says the children started

screaming. these are dead bodies. vallen tina shows me where the body of a woman fell on the ens of a field where children were playing another woman came down nearby and here she says the children saw the body of a boy hit the earth. she says they were terrified. some screamed some just sat and cried. mh17's cockpit now lies down the street. vallen tina and other women who work at the orphanage have been coming here with pictures of children killed in the aircraft. they leave them toys. flowers for their parents. in this village, showered in debris where people fell through ceilings and in yards, people say they will never forget july 17. for her, the explosions, fear and bodies were like memories of the second world war. as well as trauma, people here

feel relief, even gratitude because no one on the ground was hurt by the bodies or the huge pieces of debris which fell so close to their homes. near the main crash site, residents prayed for mh17's victims. these people are living through a civil war but even they never expected to witness death on such an extraordinary scale. phil black, cnn, eastern ukraine. >> now, six of the passengers killed on mh17 were on their way to an international aids conference in melbourne, as a railia. earlier former u.s. president bill clinton gave the keynote address. listen as he speaks about the six who were lost in the disaster and their contributions to the fight against aids. >> thank you and good afternoon and in 2003, joep lange when we were just beginning helped us

scale up aids treatment and care in tanzania and south africa. he continued to help us in the years since. he and the five other colleagues we lost live lives which are overpowering in their contribution to a shared future. >> now, the doctor president clinton mentioned there, joep lange, was instrumental in getting hib medication to some of the poorest areas on the african continent. colleagues say it was a selfless pioneer for hiv sufferers and a real standout researcher. we look at his many achievements. >> a father, a scientist, a pioneer. a great man, a giant in his field, an inspiration. these are just some of the words friends and colleagues used to describe professor joep lange.

>> joe is someone who is able to combine fission, in-depth knowledge and courage. if you combine those three, you are able and this is why he was able to do great things and that has been tremendously important to the organization but also why i look up to him. >> professor lange and his partner jacqueline van tongeren worked in hiv and aids research particularly in africa. they were traveling to a conference in australia on board mh-17. the conference held a minute's silence to mark the loss of several participants who were on the plane. his five children and ex-wife, two heart broken too speak. >> joe's personal life and professional life was really one in a way. so we often worked in his house where his children were, and he always wanted to make time for his children.

>> to put his achievement simply, professor lange was the driving force behind ensuring hiv medication was made accessible to low income sufferers in africa. >> the first time i traveled with him, it was in 2007. people gave him a standing ovation. and because he was the one. when everybody said it was impossible, he said that we could treat people in the right way in africa, and he started proving doing so. >> now, nine million people in africa are taking this vital medication. professor lange lobbied governments both he and jacqueline gained international recognition by celebrities, world leaders, and the dutch monarchy pore their commitment and passion. these words say what we have heard from so many. >> i was in shock first and overwhelmed by sadness which is still the case and the other side of the emotion is anger, anger that such a student

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>> translator: she always loved education. she was always reading. sometimes i would ask her her sarah, can't you go to sleep and she would say no, mom. i really want to read. i want to finish my school, go to high institution and graduate because i want the world to see me on television like the way she watch the journalists. that's her dream. >> can't even imagine 100 agonizing days for these families. that was isha she say speaking with parents of two of the kidnapped girls. protests are planned on wednesday to help draw attention to the missing girls. still to come, how safe is the air space over countries at war? >> very important question. also, should airlines change their routes to avoid those fighting zones? we'll take a closer look at that after this short break.

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looking at the costa concordia's final voyage. these are live pictures coming to us from the italian island of giglio. >> the wrecked cruise ship is being towed away to the italian port of genoa to be dismantled. it is a slow and painstaking process as you can see. salvage crews refloated the ship last week. it ran aground two and a half years ago killing 32 people.

since malaysia airlines flight 17 was shot down six days ago, the international aviation community has been on high alert. >> and much of the focus so far is on the issue of flying over conflict zones. rene marsh looks at that problem and some of the possible alternatives. >> when passengers boarded malaysia airs flight 17, they couldn't know they would be flying over a battlefield. but hours later, 33,000 feet above east ukraine, a missile ended their lives. >> we filed that flight path accordingly, and it was accepted by the european air traffic control and like many other airlines that have been flying that route for many, many weeks and with hundreds of airlines passing that route every day, we believed it was safe to do so. >> reporter: it may shock you just how often planes fly over conflict zones. on the ground in iraq, the

terrorist group isis is seizing control but above, a busy highway in the sky with hundreds of flights. every day, this includes american planes like delta flight 7 from dubai to atlanta. and over afghanistan, united flight 82 from newark to delhi, india. let's just say you're fly together united states from either dubai or india. if you look at the map, you almost have to fly over one of those high concern areas. it's either that or fly hours out of the way. and some say that is just not practical. the faa can ban u.s. flights in dangerous areas after mh-17 was shot down in eastern ukraine, that area joined crimea, north korea, northern ethiopia, libya, and somalia as off limits to u.s. aircraft. in iraq, u.s. passenger planes can fly but only above 20,000

feet. out of range of most missiles. warnings in effect for eight other areas, as well. such as syria and afghanistan, the threats include missiles and small arms fire. but airlines can fly there if they want. >> airlines have always had to make decisions about whether particular cities are safe to operate to. >> in fact, three days after mh-17 was shot down in ukraine, another malaysian plane flying in kuala lumpur to london passed over the war-torn city of homs in syria. the airline explained the decision to cnn's richard quest. >> it was designated as a safe flight corridor. in hindsight, my personal opinion is that when i found out about it, we immediately contacted our flight operation guys and said please take a closer look at these corridors. >> congressman duncan hunter wants the faa to be more

aggressive in protecting u.s. airliners. >> this is something you have to keep up the pressure i think and just make sure there's always open lines of communication between what our intel community knows to be true and what the faa is advising international air passengers. >> perhaps a sign the calculus has changed and warnings are not enough, the faa stopped flights to israel's main airport after a nearby rocket attack. something that didn't happen 11 days ago when hamas threatened an attack on the airport. rene marsh, cnn, washington. and that concludes our three-hours of special coverage. i do want to thank you all for joining us. i'm erroll barnett. >> i'm amara walker. stay with cnn. hala gorani will continue our special coverage right after the break. -- captions by vitac -- www.vitac.com

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one american airline could resume flights to tel aviv in the next 24 hours if aviation officials decide it is safe after rockets fired from gaza came dangerously close to the ampt. also this hour, a day of mourning in the netherlands as the bodies of those killed in the malaysian airlines flight 17 will soon be transported from ukraine to the netherlands. thousands are evacuating, as typhoon matmo is slamming into taiwan with heavy winds and strong rain. and costa concordia which ran aground off the coast italy two years ago is being towed to a salvage yard. we'll have live coverage.

hello, i'm hala gorani, live in london. cnn's breaking and developing coverage in the middle east and ukraine. this hour the american secretary of state john kerry and the secretary-general of the united nations ban ki-moon are still trying to broker an israel/hamas truce. it is the reality on the ground that hopes are fading. the death toll, meantime, keeps growing. 631 palestinians and 31 israelis killed so far. you are seeing the aftermath of fi ve violence in the gaza strip. they met in jerusalem on tuesday. ban ki-moon criticized both sides and called for an end to the fighting. kerry did not go to jerusalem, although he did hear from mr. netanyahu. mr. netanyahu upset about one

significant development, the ban on american flights over israel. the faa announced that ban on tuesday after a rocket hit a house close to the airport in tel aviv. the faa will review its advice in about nine hours. us airways said it plans to go ahead with its flights from philadelphia to tel aviv on thursday only if the faa lifts its suspension. more on this flight ban. >> reporter: all u.s. airline flights in and out of israel canceled. one delta flight turned around midair. the flight path shows the plane bound for detel aviv, with 290 crew and passengers on board, was diverted to paris. the u.s. government taking no chances after last week's deadly missile attack on malaysia flight 17, and after this,

rocket remnants found in a demolished house just one mile from tel aviv's airport. the faa alerting airlines, even before it could send out a formal 4-hour ban on flights. jittery carriers responding immediately. >> a super sensitive reaction to what happened over ukraine by u.s. carry yers. >> reporter: united, us airways, and lufthansa and norwegian airlines. angry israeli transport minister called the u.s. move a, quote, price to terror. the country's own airline continues to fly. currently the faa prohibits u.s. airlines from flying over eastern ukraine and crimea, north korea, northern ethiopia and libya.

u.s. planes can fly over iraq, but only above 20,000 feet. and the faa warns of dangers including missiles and small arms fired for airlines flighting over eight other countries, including syria and afghanistan. but it's up to the individual airline to heed the warning. some critics say security decisions belong solely with governments and said faa warnings urging airlines to use, quote, extreme caution is too vague. >> i have no idea what extreme caution means at 33,000 feet in a commercial airliner that has no protection against any ground-to-air missiles. i don't know what the faa is saying there. >> reporter: the military arm of hamas threatened an attack on the airport, but to be clear, that did not prompt the faa ban. it's the rocket attack that did it. we do know that the faa will reassess the ban after 24 hours,

but the question is, when the ban is lifted, will that reassure airlines to resume flights or will they need a cease-fire? rene marsh, cnn, washington. we know israel is extreme unhappy about this. they say they constantly re-evaluate their routes and they deem these flight routes to be safe. cnn's martin savidge is on route to the airport and joins me now by phone. israelis waiting to see what the faa says about resuming american flights into israel but we've heard over the last several hours that they're extremely unhappy about this decision. >> reporter: they are the prime minister of israel has made it known to secretary of state john kerry and transportation minister for israel has expressed how unhappy they are to both american and u.s.

aviation oversight committees. however, you know, it should be pointed out from those carriers, you know, their concern for the passengers and those who fly. it's not so much as israel is trying to say, look, you're punishing israel for what is seen in this country as a terrorist attack against israel. and the israelis are saying, as a result of that what you're doing is giving a prize to hamas. that prize is it's a victory and economic suffering israel is getting out of all of this. israel is saying, we're the victims here. you know, that's the view from certainly tel aviv and the israeli government. the airlines, again, are saying, look, we understand the iron dome, which is the defensive system israel has put in place, is 90% effective and that is really quite remarkable. it's the 10% we're worried about for our airlines and for those who fly on them.

hala? >> it's not just u.s. airlines, we were mentioning, klm, air france. could this have other implications, especially because israel is shut off because so many major airlines from u.s. and those in europe are canceling flights. could this put pressure, perhaps, on the israeli government to try to find some sort of solution to stop the fire from both sides? >> reporter: well, i mean, it certainly could be argued, of course, over 2,000 missiles the military now have come out of gaza and struck israel, it's the one that fell yesterday is most devastating. not about the direct damage in the home but the economic impact and as you say the political fallout potentially for israel is huge. so, will it put more pressure on

israel to announce a cease-fire? israel maintains it will adhere to a cease-fire that's agreed upon. they say it isn't the problem of israel, it is hamas that has broken cease-fires in the past. the pressure is undoubtedly there. will they bow to it? probably not. >> martin savidge with that report as we wait for the faa's decision on whether or not to resume flights from the united states to tel aviv. now, the u.n. human rights council is to meet in an emergency session next hour to discuss this crisis. reuters is reporting a draft resolution made by the palestinians will be talked about. it calls for humanitarian rights violation allegedly committed by israel in gaza.

let's get the latest from the ground. karl penhaul is live inside of gaza. what's happening this hour, karl? >> reporter: again, many things going on. the israeli military is saying hamas and the other militant factions fired more than 90 rockets toward israel yesterday in the course of this war so far, as martin rightly said, more than 2,000. and there was a kind of thought among military analysts at what point does hamas and other groups run out of these rockets? what we've heard from those groups through their propaganda machines and websites is that, in their words, they could go on more or less indefinitely building these rockets because they say it's only the technology brought from the outside and they're putting them together with parts here on the gaza strip. whether that is true, we'll have to see. certainly f they're still able to fire 90 rockets a day, still

suggests they have firepower. on that front, the u.n. relief agency came out with a strong statement last night for the second time during this confrontation. they say they discovered militant rockets in a u.n.-operated school. now, that school was one of three in the same compound, and in the two adjacent schools more than 1500 displaced people were sleeping. so at that point the u.n. said it evacuated its personnel from the school where the rockets were and simply left them behind. they have no mandate nor the technology to clean those up. very dangerous to handle. this, of course, is the kind of action on the part of hamas and other militant groups spurring the criticism by the israelis, for example. hamas is hiding within civilian population, almost using the civilian population as human shields. maybe it is part and parcel of

the kind of war we're seeing in gaza, densely urban area. this was always going to be a dirt y urban guerrilla war. that's what it's shaping up to be and criticism to hamas for storing rockets in places where there are civilians trying to get some protection, hala. >> i'm curious if it's a u.n.-operated school, at what point were rockets moved there and stored there? how does that work? >> reporter: very difficult to say because it appears a lot of these schools have been closed since the confrontation began and they haven't been used for putting the internally displaced into until the ground invasion by israel began about five days ago. so, i guess that would give a window of opportunity for hamas and militant groups to reposition their arsenals. possibly also through some kind of tunnel networks from ajadjact

buildings, bringing them through tunnels. it's about a week ago, to my memory, the u.n. said it detected, i believe, 20 rockets in a u.n. school. this time around, last night, they said they simply got their staff to clear out. they didn't stick around to count how many rockets were there, hala. >> karl penhaul is live in gaza. thanks very much for the very latest on the ground. one of our team of reporters covering this story from both sides, as we have been committed to doing. we are getting live pictures now of bodies being loaded onto dutch military transport planes, the grim, tragic and sad scene there. today's officially a day of mourning in the netherlands. of course, as many of you who have been following this story know, the remains of passengers aboard mh17 made their way through, first, rebel-controlled territory in eastern ukraine and then government-controlled territory on a train.

eventually loaded onto this transport plane to make their way to the netherlands. there they will be identified. the vast majority of victims were dutch. those who are victims of other nationalities will then be sent back to their homes and their families and loved ones. we'll be right back. you're watching our special coverage on cnn.

today is officially a day of mourning in the netherlands. the country is getting ready to receive more than 200 people who died on malaysia airlines flight 17. in ukraine this transport plane is getting ready to fly some of these remains back to the netherlands after they were transported by train as we were mentioning before our quick break. first through the rebel-controlled territory in eastern ukraine and finally government-controlled territory. this transport plane is in kharkiv. those dutch airplanes are set to fly the bodies back to holland in the coming hours. it's been about a week since the airliner went down. the crash site is now quiet, but the tension and finger-pointing still very much an issue. senior international correspondent ivan watson is live from donetsk in eastern ukraine with more on what to

expect in the coming hours. ivan. >> reporter: that's right. you know, one of the questions is, as that train left from their separatist-controlled city and crossed front lines, carrying the bodies of passengers to the ukrainian government controlled city of kharkiv, where those live pictures are of the dutch planes being loaded up, after arriving there, where an international team led by the dutch who, of course, had the biggest loss of life in this disaster, more than 190 dutch citizens killed, we learned from the dutch that there weren't as many bodies initially found on the refrigerated cars as had been initially reported by, not only separatist sources here, but also by the ukrainian government who indicated perhaps more than 280 victims were aboard the train. the dutch officials say they

were only able to account for 200. perhaps those numbers will be resolved in the coming hours as the forensics teams have been working presumably throughout the night there in this delicate and very complicated process of trying to repatriate these victims. of course, the queen and king of the netherlands, prime minister, they will all be waiting in amsterdam for the arrival of the passengers. as what you mentioned, is clearly a day of mourning in the netherlands after this terrible tragedy. hala? >> and regarding the downing of the plane itself, it's been a week, as we were mentioning, a lot of finger-pointing, blame being assigned, the rebels denying they had anything to do with it, russians denying they backed the rebels in any way. the ukrainian government saying

it's still the separatists that took down the plane with russian weaponry. are we any closer to knowing with any degree of certainty to know exactly what caused this tragedy? >> reporter: last night i was talking to a top rebel official here who was making the argument that a ukrainian jet shot down malaysian airline flight 17 and mistook it for the presidential jet of russian president vladimir putin. that is an argument/theory that has been rejected by the u.s. government, rejected by, of course, the ukrainian government. and governments who lost citizens aboard the plane, for example, australia and the netherlands, have -- and britain, have made it very clear they believe this was shot down by a surface-to-air missile from rebel-held territory. some have gone a step further, making the case that -- or the

accusation that the surface-to ha -air missile launcher came from russia itself. so, the finger-pointing continuing. intelligence officials in the u.s. telling cnn yes that perhaps the rebels shot down the airliner by accident. russian president vladimir putin has acknowledged that he's under pressure to try to rein in the militias here. but he's also calling for kiev, for the ukrainian government, to declare a cease-fire here. we're seeing anything but a cease-fire. there was shelling throughout the night in the northern have iages north of this city. residents describing to us how they hid in their basements in areas closer to where the fighting was overnight. if anything, it seems like the fighting is intensifying and it

even spread into the halls of the ukrainian parliament yesterday after a motion was passed to call up more reservists from the ukrainian side to fight here on the front. so, increasingly complicated situation taking place here in eastern ukraine with this ugly civil war. hala? >> ivan watson, thanks very much. in donetsk. 10:20 a.m. there in eastern ukraine. it's been a week, as we were mentioning, since flight 17 was downed, but for many who actually witnessed that plane falling out of the sky, it's a day they won't forget and the horror of seeing something like that would traumatize anyone. we've heard full grown adults say they won't forget what they saw this. as phil black describes, children also witnessed the blast as well. >> reporter: get brie of mh17 is scattered over a wide area. so is the trauma inflicted on local residents. in the nearby village, the

playground of an orphanage is empty and silent. the children who call this home have been sent away because on july 17th they saw too much. v valentina teaches here. she says last thursday the children were all outside when there was an explosion. she says the children started screaming. these are dead bodies. she shows me where the body of a woman fell on the edges of the field where children were playing. another woman came down nearby. here she says the children saw the body of a boy hit the earth. she it is they were terrified. some screamed, some just sat and cried. mh17's cockpit now lies down the street. valentin and others who work at the orphanage have been coming

here with pictures of the children killed in the aircraft. they leave them toys, flowers for their parents. in this village, showered in debris where people fell through ceilings and in yards, people say they will never forget july 17th. the explosions, fear, and bodies were like memories of the second world war. as well as trauma, people here feel relief, even gratitude because no one on the ground was hurt by the bodies or huge pieces of debris, which fell so close to their homes. near the main crash site at hrabove, residents prayed for mh17's victims. these people are living through a civil war, but never they expected to witness death on such an extreme scale. phil black, eastern ukraine. >> we'll have a lot more of our special coverage of the downing

of flight mh17 as well as what's going on in gaza. after the break, though, a check into the weather picture in asia. china's feeling the effects of a huge typhoon as it moves north from taiwan. the island has taken a beating. we'll have an update for you, especially if any of you are headed that way.

typhoon matmo is pushing up toward china's southeast coast after striking taiwan. take a look at dramatic video coming in to us. you don't want to be outside in this kind of weather. the storm made landfall in taiwan on tuesday. thousands of tourists have been told to evacuate from outlying islands. winds of more than 160 kilometers an hour. trying to quickly calculate that in miles but it's early. 100 miles an hour, i think. brought down power lines in some areas. landslides make it harder. it will hit main land china in a little bit. quickly convert 160 kilometers an hour to miles per hour. >> you got an a-plus, hala. it's exactly, 100 miles an hour. you got it. >> still, you don't want to be outside in that kind of weather. >> absolutely. it would be a category 2 type

hurricane with storms across eastern china. seeing landfall across fujian province. the winds at this point, 130 kph, meaning about 80 miles an hour as it approaches land there. it has weakened to a category 1 hurricane equivalent as it moves in toward land. the area it's approaching, that's the concern because it's densely populated. you take the city of fujuo, 1.7 million people. take new york city, a little over 8 million people. this would be the second most populous city in the u.s. across there, hengyang to the north, and winds over 100 kph in the forecast as well. landslides, flooding, also major concern ayos thcross this regio.

models report it up to 8 inches, this would be about 1 foot of rainfall in hangyang over the next couple of days. it's been busy here in the last couple of weeks. n and ramasun in southern china and matmo through fujian province. these typhoons and tropical storms have taken various routes not intersecting, except through the fiphilippines. immediate chance of formation. this would be the fourth typhoon in as many weeks if it develops across this region. we'll talk about this, hala, in further detail over the next few minutes coming up in the next half hour of the newscast. the model suggests the philippines should be on alert for the potential next tropical storm developing in the area.

>> thank you. the "costa concordia" is making its final voyage. the wrecked cruise ship is being to towed away, carefully and slowly, from the italian island where it slammed into the coast 2 1/2 years ago. salvage crews managed to refloat the ship last week. it was quite the operation. it's being moved to the italian port of genoa to be cut up for scrap. 32 people were killed in the disaster. i believe these are live images. are they? all right. this was just minutes ago. but, this is what's going on this morning in italy. nigeria president goodluck jonathan says he's committed to bringing home the 200 school girls being held captive by boko haram. he met with families of many of the girls on tuesday, marking 100 days since they were taken by the islamic militant group.

girls who managed to escape the abduction also attended. the event came just days after yet another violent attack by boko haram on an area of northeast nigeria. officials say more than 60 people were killed. thousands more were forced to flee their homes in that volatile area. a quick break. you're watching cnn and cnn international. welcome to our viewers all over the world, including in the usa this hour. will europe muster the will to hit russia where it hurts with new sanctions? what's at stake? will it happen? ahead. every day, people fall. from a simple misstep, to tripping over a rug, to just losing their balance. and not being able to get up from a fall can have serious, lifetime consequences. being prepared is important. philips lifeline with autoalert is more than just a medical alert button. it's an advanced fall detection system designed to get you help quickly. if you fall and you're unable to push your button,

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welcome back, everyone, to our viewers in the united states. i'm hala gorani. iraq's parliament is expected to meet within the hour to choose another president. the constitution specifies that the president must be kurdish. it's a largely ceremonial role now held by jalal talibani. he'll have 30 days to select a new prime minister from the political blocs. nuri al maliki is fighting to keep his position. fighting within israel --

between israel and hamas shows no sign of letting up. 635 palestinians and 31 israelis now reported killed. flights by all american airlines and several european carriers into tel aviv are suspended after a rocket hit pretty dangerously close to ben gurion airport. us airways wants to resume daily flights to tel aviv tomorrow, but u.s. regulators have to agree to that. the bodies of more than 00 malaysia airlines passengers killed when their flight was blown up over ukraine are now being loaded onto a dutch transport plane. you see live images coming to us from kharkiv airport. the remains will be flown to the netherlands, where today is a national day of mourning. most of the passengers aboard mh17 were from the netherlands. so, what do you do about all of this? the european union is struggling to decide how to proceed.

should it hit russia with tougher sanctions in the wake of mh17, because some governments are accusing russia of backing rebels in eastern ukraine. and intelligence officials are saying that in some cases they believe the rebels took down the plane. because of its annexation of crimea, russia has already been subjected to eu sanctions like travel bans and asset freezes on some of vladimir putin's inner circle. on tuesday foreign ministers met in brussels to discuss possibly widening sanctions to target whole sectors of the russian economy. what is the sticking point, though? this isn't happening. a lot of eu countries depend on russia for their energy needs. that's an answer for you. here you see the network of gas pipelines from russia that crisscross europe. germany is europe's largest economy. germany alone gets 40% of its gas from russia. for italy, it's 20%. france, 18%. for other eu nations the

percentage is even higher. on thursday the dutch foreign minister france timermanns is expected to add a list of individuals to the russian sanctions. let's get more on how russia is responding to all of this. let's cross over to diane magnay. are we hearing anything from the kremlin to these sanctions, any reaction? >> reporter: no. the kremlin is trying to keep a low profile really in terms of this whole investigation until investigators have got to decide and an independent investigation is being carried out. the russian position is that everyone should hold their horses until that point and stop allocating blame when we don't know who's responsible. and the same goes in respect to sanctions. those sanctions haven't been imposed yet but they are threatened and there is no

reason why the kremlin should really come out and make a statement about sanctions that are still only in sort -- are being threatened. one question to ask is whether it's sanctions what mr. putin is most concerned about or the possibility of losing ukraine, which at the moment seems more and more a possibility. perhaps, that is why he is calling for a cease-fire at this time so that the investigation can be carried out. while ukrainian authorities seem to be considering this a good time to try to defeat the rebels once and for all, which is why we're seeing continued fighting around donetsk. if you think about it, hala, the last couple of months the rebels have really been pushed back from a much wider area of eastern ukraine, just to the two cities of donetsk and luha the

concern about the east of ukraine, first of all, if ukraine does win this war, nato may reach right up to russia's borders. secondly, he doesn't want to see a color revolution, a revolution that started very much as an anti-corruption revolution against the political relief of ukraine. he doesn't want to see that succeed and possibly inspire russians to do the same. that's why the statement that he made yesterday at his security cabinet meeting, which was the most full statement he's given, really, since this terrible accident, brought up both of those points. and i think that's very telling about where the russian president's priorities are right now. >> thanks very much, dia diana

magnay. barack obama and mark richard agreed in a phone call on tuesday that russia must be persuaded to end its support for the rebels. that is the wish. it's not what's happening on the ground, according to many. both leaders expressed concern over signs that russian military equipment and personnel are still flowing into ukraine. that's that obama -- that obama/dutch prime minister phone call there. ahead on cnn, life in a conflict zone. what it's like to live in constant danger where there is nowhere to run or hide. plus, jews and arabs speaking as one. and they have a message of friendship online. this has warmed many hearts around the world. another internet sensation. we'll bring you that when we come back.

well, the u.n. says what's happening in gaza in the israel/hamas conflict has forced more than 100,000 palestinians from their home. violence, nothing new to gazans and many unwilling or unable to flee this time around. ben wedeman spoke with some of them. >> reporter: two weeks into war and gaza carries on. a nearby blast and life goes on. rebel is routine now.

the landscape changes daily. several floors of this apartment building collapsed after an israeli air strike monday night, killing at least 11. this building, which around 200 people once called home, was hit monday afternoon. no deaths or injuries because someone got a phone call. gazans take the long view. every generation has seen war and war is going back 66 years. a stone throw away from the scene of some of the most intense bombardment and street fighting. this man remembers the most intense and at 75, he's had enough. it's better to die than live in this big prison, he tells me. this is no life. the fighting has been going on in shaja'ia now for four days. most of the civilians have left. probably it's just fighters left inside.

a few still venture in to retrieve their possessions, while across the road, small tasks detract from big worries. we're sticking it out at home, says this man. where else can we go? so, they stay, struggling with mounting difficulties and dwindling patience. there's no electricity. it just comes on for two hours, he says. the food in the fridge is spoiled 37 there's no water. and the kids are terrified because when it comes time to break the fast, this so-called israeli defense force starts bombing us. and a new generation sees yet another war. ben wedeman, cnn, gaza city. back to our other major story, and that is the downing of flight mh17. as we were mentioning a little bit earlier, the bodies and remains of some of those victims were placed on a refrigeratored

train. eventually made their way to government-controlled territory in kharkiv. this is kharkiv airport. these are c-130 transport planes. eventually those bodies will make their way back to the netherlands. i understand nick is at the airport. can you hear me? >> reporter: hala, i can hear you. from where i'm standing on the tarmac at kharkiv international airport, i can see two c-130s. we understand one is dutch, one is australian. in the back of one of the c-130s, you see a number of coffins being loaded by ukrainian soldiers in dress uniform. an area being set up from some of the dignitaries are coming here, and we understand that this is really the first of the bodies that were recovered from that train. they went through the first of the five refrigerated wagons. this is the first of number of loads, which should be continuing until friday to

repatriate certainly 200, possibly more bodies from that particular train. the scene here at the airport, trying to provide as much dignity as possible given the extraordinarily difficult, tragic and some say disrespectful journey these bodies have had. certainly the initial stages of their journey here back towards the netherlands. hala? >> and are all the -- mei mean, there were accounts that perhaps not all of the victims are aboard these c-130s? that some remains might still be at the crash site? do you have any details on that? >> reporter: that is the deeping troubling question that hangs over this ceremony here, that there is a discrepancy between what officials are saying, the number of bodies that were on board that particular plane. let me explain to you how that happened. at the start ukrainian officials and separatists were saying there were 282 bodies in reasonable condition and 87 body parts on that train.

that was also confirmed by malaysian security officials who traveled on that train with those bodies. later yesterday during the day, dutch investigators and the dutch make up majority of the people there on the international team to provide forensic and investigatorer to support for the ukrainance, they said they actually weren't sure about that 282 number and said they could only confirm there were 200 bodies on that particular train. as they continue to go through the remaining wagons, the remaining of the five refrigerated wagons, it's possible they could get closer to the number of 298, which are the number of people that lost their lives on the mh17. but the discrepancy between the number have cast many suspicions toward the separatists that not all the body parts were put on that particular train as it left. questions now it is not the entirety of human remains and bodies from mh17.

when renewed access to the crash site can be good enough to allow people to continue looking for those remains at the crash cited now, hala. >> and who is there exactly at kharkiv airport? representatives from the netherlands, i presume? i mean, who else is there to make sure this is all done, you know, as properly as possible after the tragedy? >> reporter: in the last 24 hours coming into kharkiv we've seen dutch military officials, dutch forensic, dutch police, a contingent here who had plenty of experience in investigating avenuation disasters, also diplomats, australian ambassador, for example, is also here. large numbers to come in to try to assist in this particular process. many will be here for this, understandably, brief ceremony at kharkiv to get this first plane on its way. there were suggestions, too -- possibly we'll see ukrainian dignitaries turning up, too. possibly even the president.

but at this point there's no sign of him turning up. a deeply symbolic moment for ukraine as they begin the journey back toward the netherlands, while they're identify the bodies and forensic tests on the bodies can began. we have to point out how this is an extraordinarily, lengthy and difficult process so the relatives already trying to deal with the trauma of losing loved ones aboard mh17. now also the issue of how lengthy it will take for bodies to be identified and then for them to be buried for closure, hala. >> one can't imagine the angu h anguish, i suppose, unless you've been there. of the families and loved ones waiting for their family members, their spouses, their children, their parents, for their bodies and remains to make it back to the netherlands and in some cases to other countries. so, we'll keep following that. our nick paton walsh is at kharkiv airport. our reporters are fanned out

across the region for more. we're talking about the human tragedy, the human dimension of all of this. it's a day of mourning in the netherlands for the victims of mh17. one of them lost his life while working to rid the world of aids. find out more about a leading researcher who died. so needlessly on mh17 and his work as well coming up next.

big typhoon has made its way across taiwan, headed toward china right now. we have more. >> hi. this storm system making landfall right now with pretty powerful winds. it's kept similar strength we saw at landfall some 24-plus hours ago across taiwan. wind speeds have barely weakened down to 30 kph, category 1 type hurricane if placed in the at laventic ocean. taiwan has seen a lot of rainfall and now fujian province in china. flooding a major issue in this region because of rains over the last several weeks. back out towards taiwan, the ships brought back from ports. schools, business is closed. taiwan stock exchange suspended business on tuesday because of the rough weather in this weekend.

james reynolds showing you video from chenggong. taiwan is home to some of the most densely populated mountains, rising to 10,000 feet. 286 mountains over 10,000 feet across taiwan. nowhere in the world you'll find that many mountains packed together with that much elevation. the wind speeds pushing together 180 kpm. substantial damage in chengdong. vehicles toppled and rainfall over a foot as well. unfortunately, it is not the last of it. we know another storm system could potentially be brewing in this area. leave with you a photograph from new taipai city. >> be careful if you're out there, everyone. thank you. six of the the passengers

killed on mh17 are on their way to an international aids conference in australia. earlier former american president bill clinton gave the keynote address at melbourne right there at that conference. he spoke about the six lost in the disaster and their contributions to the fight against hiv/aids. >> in 2003 joep lange, when we were just beginning, helped us scale up aids treatment and care in tanzania and south africa. he continued to help us in the years since. he and the five other colleagues we lost live lives, which are overpowering in their contribution to a shared future. >> now, the doctor that was mentioned there by bill clinton

was the dutch viralologists joep lange. he spent much of his working life trying to get hiv/aids medication into africa. >> reporter: a father, a scientist, a pioneer, a great man, a giant in his field, an inspiration. these are just some of the words friends and colleagues used to describe professor joep lange. >> joep is someone who is able to combine, vision in-depth knowledge and courage. and if you combine those three, you are able -- and this is why he was able to do great things. and that has been tremendously important to the organization, but also why i look up to him. >> reporter: professor lange and his partner jacqueline von tongeren. they were traveling to a

conference in melbourne on mh17. the conference marked a minute of silence to mark the lives of several participants who were on the plane. his ex-wife and two children, too heartbroken to speak. >> joep's professional and personal life were one. we often worked in his house where his children were. he always wanted to make time for his children. >> reporter: to put his achievement simply, professor lange was the driving force to ensuring hiv medication was made accessible to low income sufferers in africa. >> for the physicifirst time i d with him was in 2007. people gave him a standing ovation because he was the one, when everybody said it was impossible, he said that we could treat people in the right way in africa. and he started proving, doing so. >> reporter: now 9 million people in africa are taking this vital medication.

professor lange lobbied governments, both he and jacqueline gained international recognition by celebrities, world leaders and the dutch monarchy for their commitment and passion. these words say what we have heard from so many -- >> i was in shock first and overwhelmed by sadness, which is still the case. and the other -- the other side of the emotion is anger. anger that's such a stupid incident can create such a loss. he had done so many good things for a lot of people. and he was definitely determined to continue that good work. so, it's a great loss of a very kind person, a brilliant scientist and doctor and a giant in the field of hiv/aids. >> reporter: friends tell me his family says they're only just realizing how important and recognized professor lange was in his field of expertise. because for him, he was simply dad.

cnn, amsterdam. >> quite the loss there. i'm hala gorani live in london. thanks for watching our special coverage on our big developing stories this hour. "early start" is up next.

♪ u.s. intelligence officials revealing their belief that pro-russian rebels shot down malaysia airlines flight 17 most likely by mistake. but who pulled the trigger? and could russia be responsible in some way for this crime? this as the netherlands marks a day of mourning. the first shipment of bodies set to arrive there today. we'll bring you live team coverage of all the angles on this major story. flight suspended the u.s.