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 prisoner by hamas but the idf

says goldin was killed in battle an friday. the soldier had been part of israel's effort to find and destroy tunnels in gaza. israel accuses hamas of using the tunnels to smuggle weapons and attack israelis. prime minister netanyahu is saying the israeli military offensive will continue at full scale until peace returns to israel. >> translator: we will regroup and araunge our forces in such a way that will enable us to defend our country. we'll continue this operation until the goal is achieved. >> the overall death toll in gaza now more than 1,700 since the hostilities began last month. look at the very latest from our team who is there. simon is in jerusalem, karl penhaul in gaza. sima, we'll start with you on the situation with this soldier's death and why his situation was critical to where they are in the fighting.

>> natalie, late last night outside their home in kafar, i was there when the family made an emotional appeal for the return of their son, their brother, hadar goldin. and within the hour they were notified he had in fact, been killed. he wasn't missing. the idf has confirmed to cnn that he was, in fact, killed in what they believe is the initial attack. he wasn't captured after all by the initial attack. what they smemean is that suici bombing they believed carried out in the midst of fighting in and around rafah, perhaps a tunnel where the idf was trying to disable a tunnel. behind all this death and destruction there is a lot of politics, a lot of statements and counterstatements. let's talk about what we know exactly. we know that hamas and islamic jihad said they didn't have him. they hadn't captured him.

they hadn't taken him away. they had a group operating in rafah around those tunnels. they were confronted by idf soldiers and they tlbl was an israeli strike that perhaps killed their fighters and with them hadar goldin. the israelis are saying that their fighters confronted the militants and they were killed in a suicide bombing. and that is how they believe hadar goldin was killed alongside two others taking the death toll for israeli soldiers to 64. 3 civilians killed. in gaza, we now believe more than 1,700 people killed. natalie? >> benjamin netanyahu as we just saw speaking about their resolve and they'll continue in full force. did he have anything to say about the world's reaction and in part the condemnation for israel that so many lives, so many innocent people have died in this conflict?

>> this isn't just a straightforward battle or war as some people are calling it here. a conflict. this is also a war of words and, of course, the israelis concerned about the widespread condemnation coming in. they are saying they have a right to self-defense and the world needs to recognize that. of course, the united nations very critical of some of the killings that have taken place, particularly the u.n. school that was struck where children were sleeping overnight taking shelter where they say they weren't even safe there. a number of u.n. staff have been killed as well. the united states, president obama saying that the scenes he's seen from gaza are heartbreaking. not received well here in israel, here in jerusalem by the prime minister or members of his cabinet. but they have said they are resolved and determined this operation will carry on. a short while ago, conditional

peter lerner told cnn he sees no end in sight. it could go either way but he sees no end in sight to this operation in gaza. >> sima mosa, thank you. we want to bring in our karl penhaul who is live in gaza. carl, you witnessed firsthand in the last hour when you were live on our air that, indeed, the israeli situation is still going strong there with the shelling in the area that you're in. >> yeah, absolutely. what we saw with shelling coming from eastern gaza. shells falling into gaza city, a target about a kilometer from where we are now. a tall building. it's a residential building. it also has a popular open air cafe. that not operating in these last few weeks. we believe it was probably tank rounds coming into that building. again, just to reiterate, tank rounds or artillery shells are

not precision weapons. and they are being fired into built-up areas where there are civilians. quite simply there is no place else for them to flee. of course, within all these huge death tolls that we're seeing on both sides but those figures tell their own story on the one hand, israel has now suffered more than six times more military casualties than it did in his last ground confrontation with hamas in the 2008, 2009 war. and also if you do the statistics an it, it seems that probably somewhere around 6% of the casualties on the israeli side have been civilians, whereas on the palestinian side, according to the united nations, more than 75% of the casualties have been civilians. and what that really leads to is when you look down on the streets, those civilian casualty tolls galvanizing public opinion. on the one hand you see some

groups of people saying we paid our blood. we've paid our sacrifice already. we may as well continue fighting to get something out of this war. others still trying to cling to dreams that they had before this started. they've been bombed. but they still bow in prayer. the imam 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 alar dreamed of studying human rights in america. that was until the minaret came

crashing through his wall. >> that's my room and that's my house. everything is destroyed. everything destroyed. >> his history books and political biographies lie in the 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. >> really sad. very sad because this my life. this the life. destroyed. >> israel target someday mosques accusing militants of storing weapons inside. those who attend the mosque say they saw no guns or rockets there. in the rubble below, generations seem trapped in a recurring nightmare. some say war is the only way. they must fight for their country, he says. but up on the roof, one clings

to his dream that will take him far away. >> look, in my dream perhaps is -- >> as you see, a young man, a young teenager who like many other teenagers across the world, his dream before this summer was to get a scholarship to go on, study somewhere else. all that has been shattered. and it's shattered as much as anything else when we look at the huge disparity and death tolls on either side of the gaza/israeli border and also the huge disparity and the proportion of civilians versus military casualties on either side of the border as well. very different for young men like alaa to cling on to dreams. natalie? >> absolutely. and hope for a life that they want to live. so much for rebuilding physically and emotionally there in gaza. thank you for your reporting, karl penhaul.

now a story just in to cnn. lebanon's official news agency says eight soldiers were killed along the border with syria during a clash with gunmen there. several others have been wounded, we've learned. the lebanese army has been fighting insurgents along the border in an effort to prevent violence from spilling over to nearby syria. the leader of hamas is speaking with cnn about the failed cease-fire in gaza. >> coming up why khalem meshaal says israel to blame thr the truce's collapse. also west africa continuing to deal with the worst ebola outbreak in history. we'll hear what conditions are like from someone living in liberia. plus, the very latest in the fight for control of eastern ukraine. we'll have more on what's happening there straight ahead.

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turning our attention to the latest on the ebola epidemic in west africa. passengers landing in togo's capital are being screened for ebola. one person who died of the disease last month caught a connecting flight there. they are very concerned about people getting on airplanes and that causing ebola to spread further. according to the w.h.o., at least 729 people have died since

this epidemic began in march. >> want to show you some remarkable video here in the united states. this is apparently dr. kent brantly getting out of an ambulance with very little assistance. the american is the first ever to be treated for ebola on u.s. soil. that special plane, that evacuated him from liberia will be used to bring a second patient back early next week. both of the infected americans are reported to be in serious but stable condition. recent years have not been kind to liberia. civil war to economic hardship and you having to deal with this current crisis, the worst in record. and the capital of monrovia, schools and businesses have been shut down. joining us live to talk about it, living in liberia, what it's like in the situation is arshel bernard, a resident of monrovia. if we could first talk about what they are calling the ebola

handshake. apparently it's where you don't shake hand but raise your hand so you aren't touching another person. have you seen that happening there? >> absolutely. we have so many forms of the ebola handshake right now. just because nobody wants to contaminate anybody else. it's -- you just -- hi, ebola, hi, from a distance. >> i guess a little levity in a very bad situation there. how are people dealing with it? what's the mood? what's the feeling there? i know many businesses, including your own, have been closed down for present. >> absolutely. liberia has become a little more boring. all we can find to talk about is ebola. it's such a serious situation that we've never had to experience. i know for me, i've had to shut my shop down just because people weren't shopping. the profit liberia closed the government and schools for the next 30 days just so that we can kind of get a hold on what's

going on. and we don't want to contaminate people. we don't want to spread it. we want to prevent it. we really don't know quite how. >> so that's the situation in monrovia. but what's it like getting outside of the city to those smaller communities where maybe people don't know about ebola. and i'll bet that's important when it comes to containment. >> absolutely. the symptoms present themselves like many of the diseases we get commonly like malaria or typhoid. as soon as somebody sees a fever they'll assume it's one of those and not think, let me stay away from this person who might have ebola. we'll be able to get a hold on it when we have the government officials or ngo workers able to communicate to people, look. this is not what you're used to. you'll have to take necessary precautions in order not to spread. >> another question for you, just trying to understand what the president's response there has been to residents in liberia. what have you heard? >> well, the president gave a

statement saying only the essential staff for the government offices will be around. and everybody should have a hand washing station outside of every business. so like literally it's one part chlorine or bleach, ten parts water. you walk around. now everybody smells like pleach. the president in sierra leone talked about the survivors. and that's something we needed to hear as well because it's not something that will necessarily kill you. if you seek treatment early if you know the signs, there's a good chance of survival. about a 40% to 60% chance of survival. and that's better than nothing at all. >> arshel bernard joining us live from monrovia. we appreciate the insight on what's happening there. >> thank you so much. >> she has a good attitude. and seems to be in good spirits. >> positive attitude given the situation, for sure. >> a dire situation there. coming up here after the break -- >> flight 17 investigators are finally getting constant access to the crash scene.

we'll tell you what they are seeing straight ahead. also, as experts get to work in ukraine, malaysia airlines considers what to do next after two recent disasters. what can the company do to completely reassure its passengers.

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>> as you've been saying, it doesn't get any more super than a super typhoon. >> that's the maximum here. you are right. if you are talking atlantic speak here, this would be a category 5. once they get above 3 in the atlantic basin we call them major hurricanes. this is special here. this is an incredible storm with winds of 260 kilometers per hour. think in miles per hour that's 160. we don't typically see too many of these in the atlantic. certainly we've had our share so far this year. this is a storm we'll be watching the next couple of days. not only am i concerned because of its wind field headed up towards japan but because of the rainfall that is going to come. i'll show you why in a second. this is the track from the joint typhoon warning center. the warnings out as of the latest advisory. there you see it beginning to turn to the north here and then between 72 and 96 hours beginning to hit the southern japanese islands and then

heading into mainland japan. but look at this cone. it's huge towards the end of the track here. so one of our models has it going east of the islands and then slamming into mainland japan. so a lot can happen and a lot likely will happen. so stay tuned. we'll keep you posted on the track. once it does arrive, its rain field will be expansive. impacting an area that's already seen significant rains from this tropical storm. it's dumped 500 millimeters. getting word as much as 1,000 millimeters. that's a meter. 40 inches of rainfall. so that is coming. the next typhoon is coming on top of what we've already had. a serious situation with flooding and also with potential obviously for storm surge and wind damage that would come from this cyclone, this typhoon as it comes in. this is bertha. very disorganized. dominican republic getting hit

with heavy raun. over for you in puerto rico. there are the tropical storm warnings for the turks and caicos, southeast bahamas. this will not go into the united states. this will curve out. excellent news, right? it will curve out as it goes to the north and east. not even hugging the coast. some surf. it will get picked up across the beaches of the eastern united states. >> otherwise, thank you, bertha. see ya. >> pretty slow when it comes to hurricanes here in the u.s. >> an el nino year. pretty slow so far. we'll take it. >> good news for a lot of people. thank you, ivan. we turn to the fighting in eastern ukraine. this video from reuters shows government forces fighting outside lohansk on saturday. they've made gains moving closer to luhansk and donestk.

according to reuters, government troops have been using unmanned aircraft in their campaign. soldiers say these drones help to determine rebel positions. meantime in just a few hours, investigators will resume their work at the malaysia airlines flight 17 crash scene. teams did hear shelling in the vicinity saturday, but they determined that it was at a safe distance away and they continued to do their very grim work. more human remains and belongings have been found at the site. as the investigation into the tragedy continues, it once again puts the focus on malaysia airlines itself. >> in less than six months, the company has been part of two international catastrophes. now the airline is considering a rebrand but a change of image, will that really be the answer? anna cabrera has the story. >> as the world mourns those killed on flight 17 and the fate

of mh-370 remains a mystery, the focus on malaysia airlines intensifies. >> two airplanes in the wrong spot at the wrong time. it's the hand they got they've got to deal with it. >> reporter: two planes lost in just four months. 537 lives taken too soon. malaysia airlines has been here before. the airline is no stranger to unusual and tragic circumstances. a hijacking in 1977 killed all on board. another crash in 1995 left 34 dead. and now we're learning more about a bizarre case in 2000. an airbus a330 headed from beijing to kuala lumpur. the reverse route of mh-370. the flight itself went smoothly. on the ground, disaster truck. baggage handlers got hit with toxic fumes. they discovered chemical filled canisters had leaked. poison covered the cargo area. no serious injuries but the

corrosive chemicals damaged the plane beyond repair. >> hazardous materials are carried by every airline in america, every airline in the world probably. if something is mislabeled or mispackaged, or badly packaged you can have that happen. >> reporter: even if you can call what's happened to malaysia airlines bad luck or a fluke, travelers may have trepidations and the airline is already struggling having lost an estimated $1.3 billion in business over the past three years. >> it's not unusual for airlines that go through this kind of thing to end up in bankruptcy. >> reporter: how does an airline with such a troubled past survive? malaysia airlines now says it's considering a rebrand. a reputation overhaul. in an editoriar for british telegraph newspaper, the airlines' commercial director writes our majority sharehold, the malaysian government has started a process of assessing the future shape of our business. and that process will now be speeded up as a result of mh-17.

>> they need to do it. they need to do it quickly. color scheme needs to be different. the name needs to be different. everything needs to be different. they need a program they can put into place within 90 days. >> reporter: the airlines' turnaround must focus on more than image. they can't just scratch the surface but look deeper into its own corporate culture. >> malaysia airlines needs to look for closely, if they're going to survive. they'll have to look closely at their safety culture. they'll have to open their minds to looking at hazards that they would never have suspected. >> reporter: anna cabrera, cnn, denver. the news continues with much more of our special coverage on the crisis in gaza. >> the leader says his militant group did not deceive the u.s. or israel about arrangements for a cease-fire. we'll hear from khaled meshaal. also, a heartbreaking case

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