hello. welcome to our viewers in the united states and around the world. i'm george howell. >> i'm natalie allen. ahead this hour he was thought to be taken captive by hamas but now israel says the soldier was killed in action. we will have the latest in a moment. for the first time in history a known ebola patient is here in the united states. but doctors insist the public does not need to worry. welcome back. netanyahu says israel's military operation in gaza will go on. >> the idf at first said this young man, lieutenant hadar goldin had been captured and now says he was killed in combat on friday.

>> goldin was part of israel's effort to find and destroy hamas tunnels. israel accuses hamas of using tunnels to smuggle weapons and attack israelis. >> saima is live with the latest developments from this day. if you could help us understand why this one soldier's story was critical to the situation. >> it was potentially the reason why the cease fire was broken. a lot oaf controversy surrounding the timing of the event. the nature of the event. of course when israel announced it had a missing soldier feared captured. they feared that goldin had been taken by hamas militants. on the other side hamas declared it didn't have the soldier. they hasn't captured him. islamic jihad, another group said they didn't have him

either. israelis then carried out a series of artillery and mortar rounds in to gaza. that's when the cease fire broke down. 9:30 a.m., one and a half hours in to the 72-hour humanitarian cease fire or would be humanitarian cease fire i should say because it simply didn't take place. a huge breakdown and continuation in fighting, an escalatelation of fighting. more mortar rounds and firing in to gaza. of course the death toll mounting. the israelis now said although they have announced that hadar goldin had been captured on friday and that is why we have seen an escalation in the violence, they are now saying they believe he was killed in the initial attack after all. so he kuz killed on friday. by the initial attack, natalie, they are referring to this fighting that went on in or

around a tunnel in rafah where militants confronted israeli soldiers, the idf and one of the militants detonated a suicide bomb. what they are now saying is alongside the two soldiers announced dead on friday, hadar goldin is the third, taking the death toll of israeli soldiers to 64 and three civilians. >> saima, at this point, is israel keeping soldiers there on the ground to continue the dismantling of these tunnels? >> absolutely. there's no let up up as far as that's concerned. prime minister benjamin netanyahu televised on thursday in addresses, last night, saturday night in jerusalem making it clear the demilitarization of hamas or attempted demilitarization of hamas will continue on. the demilitarization of tunnels will carry on and we are seeing a lot of movement, as well, around gaza. as far as israelis are concerned

this will continue on. peter learner told cnn he said he sees no end in sight. this depends on what is happening on the ground in gaza. we are not seeing any determined date line for when israeli troops will pull out of gaza. natalie? >> all right. the fighting goes on. thank you. today we learned 100 more palestinians were reported killed on saturday as a result of the renewed israeli shelling. more than 9,000 palestinians so far have been wounded since the hostilities resumed last month. the overall death toll in gaza now more than 1700 and the bloodshed showing no signs of letting up. >> israel's prime minister says his country's troops have severely hurt the capabilities of hamas. as you just heard from our report from saima, benjamin netanyahu said the effort will

continue until all of the tunnels in gaza are destroyed. >> translator: our army continues to act in full scale in order to accomplish what it was supposed to accomplish, to bring back the quiet peace and calm to the citizens of israel and severely harm the terrorist targets. let's go thrive karl penhaul. he is at a mosque that's been brought to rubble. if you can tell us about the situation on the ground there. we hear that behind you. >> yeah. exactly. let me just take a camera over there. a building probably about a kilometer away from where we are right now. that is israeli shelling we believe going in to there. there's been more shelling, a little further south of where we are in the last few moments. it's unclear what the targets are. the building has been targeted in the past with just what they call a knock on the roof, a warning shot. we're not sure what target maybe

beyond that. we have in past days and weeks seen rocket fire going out from gaza city. perhaps this is an effort by the israeli militants to target some kind of rocket facility. that's just a suggestion on my part, however. what of course it does clearly demonstrate is the fight is still on and pl mr. netanyahu's comments last night certainly not indicating the war is coming to an end, as many palestinians hoped for and speculated. but simply a statement that the fight is now in a different phase, a reflection, perhaps of the israeli military found on the ground finding itself increasingly entrenched in this kind of guerrilla war style tactics that hamas has been waging. again, you'll hear explosions of more shells going off. really, all of this confrontation, all of this war seems to me from the street to be forging a couple of different

opinions. on one hand we see ordinary palestinians who say they have to stand and continue the fight against a much mightier israeli army and others who are trying to cling to hopes and dreams they had before the war started. let's take a look. they have been bombed. but they still bow in prayer. he is blind but says he can picture the ruins. the mosque is just stone and walls. we will rebuild. we say to the israelis, we will crush you, he says. across the road, straight a student dreamed of studying human rights in america. that was until they came

crashing through his wall. >> this is my room. everything is destroyed. everything is destroyed. >> reporter: his history books and political biographies lie in this debris. 17 years old, he planned to spend summer cramming english and win a scholarship to a u.s. college. but he's lost his focus. >> very sad, very sad. because this is my life. this is my life. destroyed. >> reporter: israel targeted some mosques accusing gaza militants of stowing weapons inside. but others who attend the mosque say they saw no guns or rockets there. in the rubble below, generations entrapped in a recurring nightmare. some say war is the only way. they must fight for their country, he says. but on the roof, one clings to

his dream that will take him far away. >> my dream perhaps is -- [ inaudible ] >> as you see there some people say they are clinging to their dreams. others believe they are trapped in a nightmare and no escape from and as you heard before we went to that report at the sound of explosions here in gaza city. that was either artillery or perhaps missiles fired from an israeli drone in to a building about a kilometer away. we're keeping our eye on the situation. see how things pick up in the course of the morning and try to find out more about what the israelis may have been targeting there. >> it goes without saying your colleagues and viewers around the world appreciate your reporting and other reporters there bringing us the facts in tang rouse situations. i want to ask you, what is it like for you?

what is it like for people on the ground when it comes to getting clean water, food, or electricity? i'm sure electricity is not reliable at this point. >> yeah. absolutely. there as well, george, we have to differentiate between yourselves, the journalists in many ways. although we feel obliged to tell the story we are also here by our own choice and can get in and out of gaza. that is plainly not true for the palestinian people. they don't have any possibility of leaving the country, getting out of the gaza strip because the borders are closed. so they have to bunker down here and accept the hand that is dealt to them. right now that is a pretty savage hand. the power plant has been struck on a number of occasions now. there's limited power across the gaza strip. most of that from personal generator power and that is having an impact on pumping water. what you'll see are people

lining up in the streets, drawing water from tanks that have been put in public places. those will be replenished in the course of the day and people come with plastic containers to get that. it has an impact on what people can cook at home. normally a palestinian would cook in their own home. their homes may have been destroyed or have no electricity to cook on. now we are seeing long bread lines, people wasting hours a day trying to get their daily bread. george? >> karl penhaul reporting live in the gaza strip. we appreciate your reporting. we will have more from the middle east later this hour. >> in the west bank, the violence is growing in response to israel's operation in gaza. we will have more about this in a moment. but first, some members of the u.s. public have expressed concern that an american infected with ebola has been brought home for treatment. those involved in his care have made a message in his response.

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an american doctor who contracted ebola is back in united states for treatment. this is the first time someone with the virus has been on u.s. soil. >> some people are worried about

the risks of bringing an infected person in to the country. dr. sanjay gupta has this story. >> reporter: the fight to keep american dr. kent brantly alive is now in the hands of infectious disease experts at emory hospital. the 33-year-old brantley made the long journey from liberia to the united states in a specially equipped jet. >> i'm worried about him. yeah, i am. he will be okay regardless. >> reporter: after nearly 6,000 miles, 14 hours in the air, brantley touched down on saturday in atlanta but not before a brief refuelling in bangor, maine. he is the first known ebola patient on u.s. soil. i spoke to dr. bruce ribner, one of the leading physicians overseeing his care. he said there was no question bringing the patients to emory. they were ready for them. why take the risk at all? >> i think you have you have been in that part of the world and know the level of care that can be delivered.

these are americans who went over there to supply humanitarian mission of medical care for these individuals and our feeling is they deserve the best medical care to try to resolve this infection they can get. >> reporter: by early saturday afternoon, brantley was transferred from his isolation on the plane to an ambulance on the tarmac. a caravan took to the streets of atlanta where his every move was tracked by air and ground. awaiting him at the hospital, a specially outfitted containment unit. one of only several in the world. >> what is the message for the general public that are concerned with having an american with the ebola virus in their backyard? >> this is not a virus. this is a patient. this is a neighbor, a parent, a child, a spouse, a sibling. this is a sick person who needs our help. >> the other american missionary is waiting her trip back to the

united states as well. 12:30 on saturday afternoon, an hour after the plane landed at dobbins air force base it was back in the air and she is expected to join her colleague at emory next week. dr. sanjay gupta, cnn, atlanta. >> we also just learned that dr. brantly who arrived in atlanta has been visited by his family. his wife amber said he's in good spirits and grateful for the care he is getting and his family visiting him behind a glass wall for their safety. >> hope he recovers from this. . we turn back now to our middle east coverage here on cnn. after the break, he's not injured, but he's not out of the fight, i should say. straight ahead, a wounded israeli soldier says he wants to get better so he can finish his mission. let me get this straight... [ female voice ] yes?

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welcome back to our special coverage. fury over the operation in gaza. palestinians flooded the street in protests. >> some demonstrations turned deadly. our martin savige found himself in the middle of the violence. >> in the west bank, these are the most violent days in years. the anger directed at israel and its war in gaza. when these marchers came too close to an israeli settlement, israeli soldiers opened fire. as many as six people died in

clashes like these last weekend. a week later, the crowds are even larger as rival political groups unit in anger over what they see as a slaughter of innocence. >> palestinians all over the west bank are demonstrating against this aggression, against our people. >> reporter: soon word spreads the latest attempt for a cease fire is violently falling apart. >> it is not about hamas, it is about israeli aggression against the palestinian people. >> reporter: the crowd, including women and children, pours through the streets of hebron. this time protesters attempt to reach an israeli check point. israeli border police, soldiers are positioned to greet them. using tear gas, stun grenades and bullets they keep them back. the angry crowd fighting back with shouts and rocks. it is not long before we were in the cross fire.

israeli soldiers pushed the media back. while searching for demonstrators in nearby allies. >> this is in between the protesting crowd and the israeli soldiers. in fact, here they come now. you have to keep your eyes open for both the rocks and the crowd-control devices. fears are mounting here as the death toll continues to grow in gaza, so will the days of rage in the west bank. martin savige, hebron. in hospital across israel, the country's soldiers are recovering from they wounds of battle our senior international correspondent spoke with some israeli fighters on the front lines. >> reporter: a mother sits by her soldier son's side, his head wrapped in a bandage after surgery, wounded while on a mission inside of gaza.

>> when i heard that he got hurt, i said thanks, god. >> why? >> because we can handle it. because with we will overcome. he's alive. we earned our son back. >> reporter: he survived a blast of shrapnel to the face and neck. he's only 21. he got hurt. he saw some of his friends got killed in front of him. he lost five friends from his group. what's going to happen to him? >> reporter: he doesn't want his face shown because he's insisting on finishing his mission, helping complete israel's objective of blowing apart the hamas tunnel network that it says can be used to strike inside of israel. in another hospital another wounded soldier who could talk telling us detonating tunnel underground is fraught with

danger in hamas territory. we saw them carrying rpgs. when we arrived to the tunnel entry we isolate the area to work on it but there's always danger. revealing only his first name, ron tells us he caught himself in the cross hairs of a sniper, mangled his hand, hit his hip, thigh and stomach. >> the frequent injuries we see in the emergency room which already had more than 100 soldiers pass through here is injuries to the extremities. >> reporter: amputations? >> amputations, fractures, damage to major vessels. >> reporter: palestinians say their pain and suffering is much greater. more than 1600 people have been killed, mostly civilians according to the palestinian health ministry in gaza. israeli soldiers say they try to avoid civilians, but admit it's a war out there. unfortunately civilians will be

harmed. hamas is using children and civilians. they hide weapons in mosques and schools. they shoot at us from civilian areas. hamas, for its part, makes it clear, it should come as no surprise that israeli soldiers are targets. while stalking tunnels and killing palestinian people in a territory that is not their own. cnn, israel. switching to weather a super typhoon continues to intensify in the western pacific. let's find out where it is headed. >> ivan has his eye on a few storms. >> you are not going to see stronger tropical cyclones on earth than what you are seeing here. a little stronger but not by much. this is a storm that has 260 kilometer an hour winds. in miles per hour that is 160 a category five in the atlantic

basin if we were dealing with a hurricane, which is called typhoons in this part of the world. there it is. a perfectly symmetrical storm. if you are watching from the philippines, i know you get nervous, but this is going away from you and that is excellent news here. it will not be excellent for the southern japanese islands. looks like you will be hit. this is a storm we will be watching closely. it has potential to have a significant storm surge with it. along with some heavy rainfall. the winds are what worries me. 72 hour, 220. weakens a little bit but from a formidable storm which is what it is now. likely will not weaken that much. we have a few days to watch it and we will keep you posted on that. the rain associated with halong will come to the area already

hit by this tropical storm which is in the weakening phase but dumping good rains across the korean peninsula and japan, as well. we'll watch that. this is bertha. leave you with pictures of what bertha, our tropical storm in the caribbean has been doing to our good friends in puerto rico. torrential downpours across the region. look at the surf. don't need a hurricane to get dangerous surf out there. as you see, some folks are out this enjoying bertha. very dangerous stuff without lifeguards there. the rain has been beneficial. puerto rico has been under a severe drought. they are rationing water in some parts of puerto rico. bertha will head to the north and west. not hitting the united states. going between the u.s., in fact and bermuda. guys. >> thank you. >> ivan, luckily for that, nobody on the eastern seaboard will be hit. it is the beginning of the hurricane season. >> a lot of rain for a lot of

people. >> we have a ways to go. >> thank you so much. the news continues here on cnn with much more of our special coverage on the crisis in gaza. the leader of hamas tells cnn his militant group did not deceive the u.s. about the agreement for a cease fire. we will hear from him straight ahead. right. real milk. but it won't cause me discomfort. exactly, no discomfort, because it's milk without the lactose. and it tastes? it's real milk! come on, would i lie about this? [ female announcer ] lactaid®. 100% real milk. no discomfort. and for more 100% real dairy treats you'll 100% enjoy look for lactaid® ice cream and lactaid® cottage cheese.