welcome back. israel says the soldier that initially believed was captured is dead. the idf says hadar goldin died in a battle in gaza on friday. he israelis had accused hamas of capturing goldin but the

militant group never confirmed they had him. >> fresh shelling taking place a few minutes ago in gaza while we had a reporter live this was happening in the background. more than 1700 palestinians have been killed since the conflict began almost four weeks ago. 9,000 more injured. that's according to officials in gaza. a second american infected with ebola will be in the united states early next week. saturday dr. kent brantly made history as the first known carrier of the virus to be treated on u.s. soil. these images that we're showing you show him entering the hospital in atlanta with little assistance, as you can see. his wife even got to talk to him for 45 minutes, although they were separated by glass. international investigators plan to return to the crash site of malaysia airlines flight 17 later today. they recovered more victims' remains and belongings on saturday.

investigators heard mortar fire but determined fighting in the area didn't threaten their safety so they continued their work. the leader of hamas sat down for an interview with cnn in qatar. nic robertson is joaning us from our bureau in abu dhabi to tell us what he had to say about what happened with the breakdown. >> reporter: yeah, natalie. he said they were clear that his political leadership was clear when dealing with the qatari foreign minister, with secretary of state john kerry that the truth could not be allowed to

involve the 72-hour truce that was supposed to be in place over the weekend could not be allowed to involve and allow israel to continue trying to shut down and destroy those tunnels. this is what i asked him and this is what he said. >> there was a very clear understanding that israel would be able to, during that truce, destroy the tunnels and that's what they say they were doing. they say that you broke the cease fire by coming out and attacking their soldiers. they were only doing what was agreed in the truce. they blame you. >> translator: israelis have told mr. kerry this, but we refuse this israeli position and we told that to mr. kerry and you can even check with him. we told him through the qatari foreign minister that the israeli position is unacceptable. this is because a truce is a truce. but the presence of the israeli forces inside of gaza and destroying the tunnels means it is an aggression because they

are inside the gaza territories. therefore, we told mr. kerry that the palestinian resistance has the right to self defense and the right to deal with invading israeli forces, who are inside of our gaza territories with the necessary means. we did not deceive mr. john kerry and we did not deceive the israelis. we fight honorably. we told everyone this is our position. therefore, they are the ones who should be responsible for this. mr. kerry, listen to our position carefully. now i also said to him was this an indication there was a gap between the political leadership where he is, there in qatar and the military fighters in gaza on the ground. he said absolutely not. they have been through this before. 2008, 2009, 2012. they were in sync then. they are in sync now. he said that's why secretary of

state john kerry comes to him to get his political word. khaled mashal's word on these deals. so the message he is putting across very clearly is the hamas, the military wing are united at this time. i said was it possible to get another truce? he said for a humanitarian truce, a humanitarian pause, that is possible. but he said for a longer, lasting cease fire, he said, that israel must concede to hamas' demands. that is to lift the blockade of gaza. he said that the international airport needs to be open, the borders need to be open and they need to from free, unfettered access to the sea. natalie. >> we will have israeli officials reaction to this interview and his comments in just a moment. we have all seen the pounding that the gaza strip has taken and the death and homes and

building destroyed. how much longer can hamas hold out under these conditions? does he think they can continue, continue to actively defend these tunnels? >> well, i asked that question. he said, look, this isn't hamas, palestinian people. ask anyone on the ground, they have gotten to the point where they don't want the continuation of a blockade where they feel that their lives are being constricted. what they can bring in to gaza is affecting their daily lives. while they are taking a huge pounding now, he says he believes the palestinian people in gaza are willing and prepared to put up with this. i put it to him that this is n a way, a cynical strategy by hamas to bring international attention on gaza, or high civilian death toll. i told him that, you know, he's accused internationally by president obama, the israelis,

as well, that hamas is intentionally firing its rockets and missiles from civilian neighborhoods, which means the return fire will kill civilians which will raise the death toll. he said, look, we're not trying to increase the deaths of palestinian civilians here. but he did admit that they do believe that the current high death toll is internationalizing the situation to a point where the international community recognizes that it must find and help build a longer lasting peace deal between the palestinians and the israelis. so, this is his view that the palestinians can continue to with stand this high destruction rate and high death toll because they want a differentolution than they have had in the recent few years. natalie? >> nic robertson, certainly seems like things have changed for good, as far as the resolve

of the palestinian people right now. as we mentioned, an israeli official has something to say, as you can imagine, to our exclusive interview with khaled mashal that nic just brought us. >> we spoke last hour to dore gold, a senior political adviser to benjamin netanyahu. listen. anybody can go to the website of the u.s. department of state, which was critically involved in negotiating this last cease fire, which hamas violated. if you go to the website, you can see secretary of state john kerry's statement with respect to the cease fire. he makes it very clear -- i mean there's not even room for a doubt, that israel would be allowed to destroy the attack tunnels coming out of the gaza strip and going in to its territory. that was something worked on. that was something worked out. that was something agreed to. so for khaled mashal to go on cnn and say, no, that was never part of the agreement is a real revisionist history and

something everybody whose involved in this knows is untrue. >> if you could talk about the images that everyone is seeing about the victims there at the gaza strip. how is that perceived there in israel? >> obviously, when civilian losses occur, there's something that terribly bothers israelis who see this. we also know where the blame lies. who launched this war? it was hamas. it was khaled mashal sitting in his luxurious suites in qatar telling the hamas military to attack us. moreover, it wasn't just the initial attack, it was an entire infrastructure set up to aggressively attack the people of israel. i mean what are attack tunnels about? they are an effort to create an attack option by hamas operatives to come underground

in to israeli territory, kidnap children, kidnap civilians, attack our soldiers, as well. basically we are responding to aggression. we are the defenders. they are the aggressors. we hope the international community will work with us, will work with others to help rehabilitate the gaza strip. gaza could be a very successful area. it could be completely different. but that rehabilitation of gaza requires at the same time a demilitarization of gaza. we don't want bags of concrete, cement coming in to gaza and being used to rebuild the tunnels and bunkers that were used for the aggressive plans of hamas against israel. we will work for rehabilitation of gaza but in parallel we have to work for the demilitarization of gaza. >> if you want to watch more of cnn's exclusive interview with hamas leader khaled mashal, tune

in later today on fareed zakaria gps. it starts at 10:00 in the morning on the east coast. all of that here on cnn. still to come this hour, they are taking no chances in the united kingdom. >> we will look at what is being done in the event that someone there needs to be treated for ebola like what is happening here in the united states. you think you take off all your make-up before bed. but do you really? [ female announcer ] neutrogena® makeup remover erases 99% of your most stubborn makeup with one towelette. can your makeup remover do that? [ female announcer ] neutrogena® makeup remover.

the malaysia airlines flight 17 investigative team is set to return to the crash site later today. >> this saturday was only the second consecutive day the vie tile situation there in eastern ukraine allowed the experts to do their work. it has been two weeks since the

jetliner was brought down by a suspected surface-to-air missile and a spokesperson for the international observer is working with the investigators and they talked about what they found saturday. >> the work today was conducted at the main crash site, at the location known as the chicken farm for the whole day. this is the second day the experts were on the site. they continued to collect body parts today as well which they took back to their logistic call base that will be brought together and flown to the netherlands to be identified there in a special center. >> this video from reuters shows government forces fighting on saturday. the international observers escorting the crash investigators. they say they could hear shelling but determined it was too far away to pose a threat to them. in the past weeks, ukrainian

forces have moved closer to a large city considered the stronghold of pro russian separatists. well, it has rattled some nerves but american officials insist all is safe. for the zirs time someone infected with ebola, a doctor, is being treated here in the united states. >> this was a specially outfitted plane that flew to liberia to pick up dr. kent brantly landing in the united states on saturday. we have this remarkable video as he arrived at the hospital here in atlanta. he walked by himself with little assistance. chief medical correspondent sanjay gupta spoke to two medical officials who explained how the highly orchestrated patient transport worked. >> reporter: simply getting the patient, dr. kent brantly from point a to point b from the air

force base to the hospital here required a lot of planning, state department, cdc, the hospital itself. the two gentlemen you are about to meet say they have been planning for this day for 12 years. any reservations by any members? you have probably heard reports from citizens of atlanta, they are concerned about that because all they hear about ebola is what is happening in africa. >> i have no reserves. totally comfortable with it. this is what we do and train for and perfectly safe. >> reporter: when you heard about this first, did you have any expectations what dr. brantly's condition would be like when he arrived in the united states? >> no. we have been getting reports here and there. with this disease process, this virus, patients can be in a lot of different conditions. so the condition he's in is what we expected because it's what we have been hearing. >> reporter: we heard he was in serious condition but stable.

we saw him walking off of the ambulance. we heard he took a shower in liberia before he got on the plane. does that surprise you? >> no, sir. >> reporter: given he had deteriorated earlier in the week, that wasn't a surprise in terms of his condition. >> reporter: why not? i was surprised as a physician. what was the expectation? >> our report was that he was ambulatory and stable. >> reporter: with regard to a patient with ebola specifically were you worried about the personnel safety? how was this different than any other transport? >> our team, like i said we train, get extra training on how to transport a patient with ebola and other serious communicable diseases. we transport patients on a daily basis. so the transport of the patient was not an issue for us. we have policies and procedures

to make sure we don't do any contamination of the ambulance or personnel. we have protective equipment. i feel 100% confident we did the right thing. >> reporter: he came in a jet. we saw pictures of the jet and the sort of area inside looked like a little bit of a tent. some passageways for care to be given. when he got on the ambulance, what precautions were in place? >> our ambulance is equipped with drapes. we drape out the entire inside of the ambulance. it is a drape like in an o.r. to prevent contamination of the hard surfaces of the ambulance and makes it easier to clean. >> one thing i'd like to add. we are able to get to the back door of emory university. and with the helicopter you have to land on the ninth floor and go to an isolated unit. the main thing with an ambulance, other than our specialized training is getting the patient to the isolated unit without going through the hospital. >> reporter: we saw them wearing these types of suits, both dr. brantly, the patient.

as well as the health care team on the ambulance. what is the value of the suit here? >> it is a tyvek suit, made to prevent blood, vomit or anything going through it and getting to the health care provider. >> reporter: whole process is underway again as they are bringing back another american missionary from liberia here to emory university. another patient infected with ebola and what we saw and heard about will happen all over again. >> dr. brantly has been visited by his wife amber. she said he is in good spirits. he had other family members visit him, as well. of course they were behind a fwlas wall with. most people die from the disease, but hopefully dr. brantly will get the care he needs and survive. according to the world health organization there's been 729 deaths from ebola. more than 1300 confirmed cases since the outbreak began in

march. most are in guinea where the outbreak killed over 300 people. in sierra leone the death toll is 233. in liberia the virus ill killed 15 6. the world health organization total includes one death in nigeria. a man who traveled from lagos to liberia. the united kingdom has not had to evacuate any ebola victims to its territory. that doesn't mean that medical officials aren't getting ready and rehearsing for that possibility. >> reporter: this is one of the u.k.'s high-level isolation units. it is clean, empty and ready for action, should there be a need for it. the unit at the royal free hospital in london has only been used twice before. never for ebola cases, but infectious disease consultants are on call and regularly trained for the worst. >> it is designed to protect

health care workers. in addition to the bed that we have, we have dedicated systems which filter the air, removing it from the unit before taking it outside of the building. the other thing it has is dedicated lab, concentrating to one case rather than going a distance to other labs. >> it is crucial to make sure you have a controlled working environment. so what the doctors do is take the waste and put it in pressure cookers and it is sterilized before leaving the unit at 134 degrees celsius. the environment is a stark contrast to what the heroic doctors are facing in west africa. >> easier to look after patients in this because we don't have to wear the suits all the time. it is only when you have to do

something with a patient that you have to get in to the suit. >> reporter: as we are shown, even here, avoiding contangen can be a challenge. >> we get trained every few months to do this. it is actually very hot in here. >> reporter: despite only doing run throughs the team here says it is ready should it come knocking on the u.k.'s door. how worried are you about this? >> i think it is an epidemic. that is taking a long time to settle down. due to the infrastructure that our colleagues in sierra leone are having to deal with it. they are uncommon events but we are prepared for it and a lot of work behind the scenes for that unlikely event. >> reporter: an unlikely event but a possible one nevertheless. cnn, london another situation we are watching here on cnn, dangerous weather that hit turkey's largest city. >> right. a tornado in istanbul.

this is video of it. bit unusual. we will hear more from ivan cabrera next.

6r78g9s 6r78g9s. >> a tornado hit istanbul, turkey. let's go to ivan to see what is expected next. >> a terrifying scene there. they are not used to that weather. there was some showers and thunder, maybe you go inside but you do not expect a twister on istanbul. so it was a terrible day. that came with flash flooding, as well. we had upwards of 80 millimeters of rainfall. we have a tornado off the sea

here and three inches of rainfall. incredible downpours. that will continue. i don't think we will get additional twisters today and conditions thereafter will improve. it's been wet, a wet time across the northwestern part of europe. u.k. seeing rain. no severe weather but drips throughout the weekend here. nothing you like. the upper low here. the nasty weather through arizona. that's still going on there. look at the moisture getting pushed in to california. they need it desperately, as you know with the significant drought there. that's about it. after this, we shut it down. remember we're not in wet season here in california. that is later in the fall and winter here. any monsoonal moisture is welcome when you are talking about the entire state in drought and 58% of the state drought in exceptional drought. doesn't get higher than that. terrific we are getting

rainfall. tropics not just active in the western pacific with bertha, but hurricane ise willle. behind is "discoverthat is anot. they could go seasons without much activity. we will talk about hawaii and tropical systems in the next couple of weeks. everyone getting a little of something in the tropics. >> thank you, ivan. we thank you for watching our special coverage here on cnn. i'm george howell. >> i'm natalie allen. stay with us. we will be back with another hour of news. oesn't work fast... you're on to the next thing. clinically proven neutrogena® rapid wrinkle repair. it targets fine lines and wrinkles

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israeli troops regroup along gaza's border as their prime minister tells the world he won't back down from hamas. welcome back to cnn's special coverage. i'm natalie allen. >> i'm george howell. still ahead this hour -- firsthand account of what it's like living with the threat of ebola. we'll take you live to liberia. also, the story of a little boy born out of surrogacy and abandoned by his parent s callsa country to action. israel has declared its missing soldier dead. >> it was previously assumed hadar goldin had been taken prisonery