you are watching cnn's breaking coverage of the humanitarian cease-fire in the middle east. at this moment we are 30 minutes into a 72 hour truce. you're looking at live picture the of gaza city, this is much different to the scene that most residents have been waking up to over the past three weeks. some new information at cnn this past hour, israel is saying it

will withdraw all of its ground troops out of gaza, there are some reports that just as the cease-fire was taking hold, israel anyway says 20 rockets were fired from gaza into its country. and then intercepted by the iron dome system. some estimates are lower. it's a tense moment for the many people who have been suffering over the past few weeks, we'll connect with our correspondents in the region in "moment to bring you any new information that emerges. welcome back, everyone, i'm errol barnett. >> thank you for joining us. as you said, hamas is saying that it fired seven rockets. all of this happened before the cease-fire officially began. so right now, as you just saw, we are still seeing blue skies. over gaza. >> for the moment. we're going to continue to watch these pictures, of course. this is a humanitarian truce that is meant to last for 72 hours. as you see on your screens, it's

just past 8:00 in the morning there in gaza. a bit of context, this is a cease-fire, reportedly proposed by egypt, agreed upon by the israelis and palestinian factions, including hamas, so at the moment -- of course, the u.s. has been pushing for this, at the moment, everyone seems to be moving in the same direction. >> yes, they do about the truth comes with the conflict now in its fourth week. and both sides under increasing international pressure over the mounting death toll. each side says success, this cease-fire will depend on the other. >> our correspondents in the region are closely monitoring the situation this hour, sara sidner is live in israel, but let's begin with karl penhaul in gaza, i know leading up to this, you had the typical soundses of israeli drones over gaza. many people are skeptical this truce will hold. what is the scene as you see it right now? >> right now, the skies are

quiet, we haven't heard since the cease-fire came into operation any sounds of incoming artillery or air strikes or any outgoing rockets. as you rightly point out in the moments before the cease-fire took hold. we heard both militants rockets being fired toward israel, we also heard israeli air strikes coming in, hitting parts of gaza city, certainly the atmosphere here seems to be a little different, i think what is going to help this cease-fire compared to previous cease-fires is the israeli announcement that it will be withdrawing ground troops out of the gaza strip into defensive positions along the israeli border, that will go some way to appeasing militant concerns, because in previous cease-fires, they have been lopsided. also to continue to destroy militant infrastructure, and namely the tunnels, it would appear that israel feels

confident enough that it has got at least much of its mission accomplished that it can withdraw its troops and now things looking to be moving into that talks phase, that is not going to be easy at all. >> the fwakt that israel says it's pulling out its ground forces and we have some information of footage of this, that will bring to our viewers as soon as we have it, that's different from previous cease-fires. and what then on the hamas side of this? is there any activity, any communication that you can tell which gives us the indication that they too are taking this cease-fire seriously? >> we know from their spokes men, and we know from the proposals, it was islamic jihad jed, one of the other militant factions that came forward and said, now is the time, we can go along with the egyptian proposal for a cease-fire, and hamas has come on board with that as well. the militant groups all along

here have been working under some coordinated command structure, and so they do come to an agreement, one would expect what one militant faction says to rapidly come into agreement with the others, that does seem to be what is happening, there won't be the concerns of the militant groups as they had before, that israel is still being allowed to go off this infrastructure during the cease-fire, the rules of the cease-fire seem to be much more clear, and also, if there are no israeli boots on the ground inside of gaza, then we won't see hopefully a repeat of the kind of actions that we saw on friday when another cease-fire was supposed to come into operation when militant commandos clashed with israeli troops. and that ended up ending soon after the cease-fire started. >> we cross now to sarah sidner

in ashkelon israel, not too far from the gaza border, where there's a different view of the past few weeks, give us an update on how things have been there this morning? >> it's been quiet so far this morning, we understand that there were according to the idf, 20 rockets, those were fired before the cease-fire, and to be honest, both sides have done that in the past as well, right before the cease-fire usually pounding the other, this time, hamas saying there are only 7 rockets fired, again, before the cease-fire we also had heard from the israeli military that said it destroyed 32 tunnels, the tunnels with the potential to go into israel, and that it's tunnel mission was essentially completed, and we've been hearing for the past few days from the israeli military brass that they were getting very close to completing the mission and so i think maybe what you're seeing here is the agreement of this cease-fire going-forward,

when you see the troops pulling out, the israeli boots that have been on the ground in gaza, there's a much better chance this cease-fire is going to hold in comparison to what's happened over the past few weeks. we had a couple cease-fires, one of them was supposed to be a 12 hour cease-fire, that barely got off the ground and there was still firing throughout that, and then there was another one that israel called for, that hamas decided it would not sign on to, that didn't go very far, about 20 minutes in, there was firing. you had hamas call and israel say no, you see this come together, where they've gone back to the original proposal from egypt, at this point everyone is sort of holding their breath to see just how long this is going to hold, but it seems that this is different this time, namely because israeli troops are not on the ground. that is what hamas has been saying has been the problem, is that when they have enemy combatants on their side of the border, that they should expect

to see a fight. i think there's a lot of breath holding, but hoping this is going to last longer, the last time that they had this agreement, it lasted an hour and a half. we are here live to see how long this is going to hold. if it does, there will be so much work on the ground there in gaza, to try to deal with the absolute destruction of so much of the infrastructure there. here on this side, some people disappointed in some ways about this particular cease-fire hoping that they had hoped that the israeli military would have completely crushed hamas and gotten rid of basically that government as it were, and the military arm of that government, so that rockets could not be fired into israel again. a lot of people worried that this is going to come up again every few years, we saw it in 2008, we saw it in 2012, now we're seeing it in 2014, people not want be to see the next

couple of years, crop up again, for now, there is also a bit of relief. people tired of hearing the sirens, the rockets on this side, and certainly on the other side, the air strikes and barrage of gunfire there. there needs to be a lull, i think the international community asking for that, as for the residents. >> sarah, we know that on the gaza side of all of this, many palestinians there are traumatized and they need basic seths, but what of the people where you are, what has this, the past few weeks of constant rocket fire coming across the border been like for people in southern israel? >> of course it's been extremely stressful, we talked to several people on the border, particularly two mothers, who have been wait iing to be able go about their daily lives. here's what they said what it's been like to live right there on the border with gaza.

>> my heart is shaking. >> mary has been praying for quiet after living for weeks with a mother's greatest fear, the sthout of something terrible happening to her four children. the thoughts come with the sounds of rockets that fly over head here so often. israel has installed an iron dome missile defense system near her neighborhood. >> how many times have you taken cover? >> all days. all day. all day we hear boom in the air, the children are scared. >> even with the iron dome nearby, she says everyone here knows it doesn't work 100% of the time. and they have seen the consequences of a rocket attack. a neighborhood boy just made it home after three weeks in the hospital when a rocket exploded nearby. after weeks inside, she takes a chance, and lets her children

out to play as the first cease-fire was announced, we travel closer to the border. there was quiet here for a time. >> we arrive at kibbutz nareen. adele has lived here since the 1970s, this is the worst fighting she's ever seen. >> the past few weeks we have artillery and cannon's on both sides of the kibbutz behind -- i don't know where they are, but they make a racquet, it's deafening. and yet she stays, taking us on a tour of rocket pocked streets, showing us the unexploded rocket close to the playgrounded. and lastly, a look at the spot where her 77-year-old neighbor was injured when a rocket got to him before he got to safety.

the iron dome can't work fast enough, this kibbutz is so close to the border. >> i've been sleeping here since the end of june. >> few sleep well on the border now. both adele and mary recognize that is especially true if you are on the gaza side. >> does it disturb you what you're seeing happening in gaza, with all the children and mothers killed there? >> of course, of course. i think it's a -- it's a disaster, what happened there. and it is a disaster what happened here. >> a disaster these two mothers fear will happen again and again. the desire for revenge too great for either side to completely overcome. >> and that just speaks to, you know, how the people are feeling on the israeli side of the border. worried that again they may see another conflict, another military battle cropping up

again. and making civilians live in fear on both sides. errol? >> yes, such a good point. even if the truce holds, people will continue on both sides, continue to live with constant fear of more attacks. >> of course, the u.s. has been telling israel it must do more to prevent civilian casualties in gaza, washington giving a harsh rebuke after 9 people were killed in sunday's shelling at that u.n. shelter, richard roth reports, american patience has been wearing thin about israel's operation. >> as israel presses the offensive against hamas and gaza, historic ties with the united states are freying, some say to a new low. >> the relationship is one between two close allies, there are tensions between them at this moment. >> in one of the toughest u.s. attacks on israel during the obama administration, the state department called the latest shelling on a school in gaza

appalling, as casualties mount there should be a change in israeli behavior. >> when you have a situation where innocent civilians are killed in gaza, there's more israel can do to hold themselves to their own standards. >> we do hold ourselves to a very high standard. when innocent civilians are caught up in the crossfire, it's an operational failure from our point of view. >> the israel prime minister is said to be said not to ever second guess me again on hamas. netanyahu did not give a specific denial when asked about second guessing and criticized news reports. >> full of incorrections. >> full of distortions. and wrong both in tone and substance. the right substance is a support is that we are getting as we

speak, from the united states of america. i appreciate it deeply. >> at the white house monday, a spokesman said israel is one of america's strongest allies. >> the nature of our relationship is strong and unchanged. >> there is more to talk about. israeli intelligence eavesdropped on secretary of state john kerry's phone calls during his intense efforts to broker a middle east peace deal, the israeli government and media blasted kerry's recent diplomatic tactics as unfair. israel will not completely go it alone, the u.s. provides $3 billion in military assistance to israel annually, with an additional $225 million in funding for israel's iron dome missile intercepter program. >> they can overcome it once the conflict has ended during the period at hand it usually leads to a great deal of strain. >> israel knows it has the u.s. congress and american public support solidly in its camp. when the rockets stopped flying

is when government leaders can start trying to repair any damage in the relationship richard roth, cnn, new york. >> we're going to get some other stories we're battling for you. residents in donetsk are taking cover underground. some are blaming the u.s. government for the danger they're in. live healthy and take one a day men's 50+. a complete multivitamin with 7 antioxidants to support cell health. age? who cares. looks like we're about to board. mm-hmm. i'm just comparing car insurance rates at progressive.com. is that where they show the other guys' rates, too? mm-hmm. cool. yeah. hi. final boarding call for flight 294. [ bells ring on sign ] [ vehicle beeping ] who's ready for the garlic festival?

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thanks for staying with cnn, fighting in eastern ukraine may be approaching a pivotal moment. state run media say government forces are preparing for what they describe as a massive assault on rebel held donetsk. forces have already claimed ground from pro russian separatists in the last week. people in donetsk are now living in fear. >> the ukrainian army is fast

moving inside the city, great disquiet reigns. pushing some underground into cellars, half built basements in this building. dozens of women and children eke out a life sleeping on mattresses they carry down here. twins who find the nightly explosions scary, loud. in this dim labyrinth they believe the separate i69s when they tell them the ukrainian army are american backed fascists, set on attacking the ethnic russians here. >> they crush us, the americans, she says, what are they doing? where there is war in the world, they have a part, look, these little ones here, they say, they can't afford to leave, have nowhere to go all the women of the world, she says, raise your voice against these murderers,

above ground the grief and anger are more vivid near where a school was hit. in the small community this can change hieldhoods daily life for year years. they're unworthy because they're fascists she says, the government, why do they have to shoot innocent people? streets torn up, ukraine's army have used a lot of artillery in their fast advance, and as this woman returns to her home for the first time, it's unclear who fired the shells here, that shattered her windows. >> if i had been asleep here, i would have died, she said she was staying at her daughters when the shells hit. the civilian cost of the heavy weaponry used by the ukrainian army to make that swift advance happen, and here also in the shattered windows, damaged homes, you get a sense of how

complex it will be for kiev to win some locals back here where shells landed two people were killed. quiet intimate lives they buried their loved ones. the war is changing, separatist militants thinning on the streets. their leaders cancelling public appearances, ukraine's army moving fast. but this sense of the violence entering a final phase buys no comfort when tragedy has already come and is permanent. nick paton walsh, cnn, donetsk. back live here, the hawaiian islands rarely deal with hurricanes or tropical storms, but this week might be an

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moving its ground troops out of gaza. that is a development we will continue to bring you more information on, as we continue to moaner this, and stay in close contact with our reporters in the region. britain is marking 100 years since the first full day of its involvement in world war i. >> it's like a sea of red around the tower of london there, the hundreds of thousands of ceramic poppies meant to symbolize the british and colonial soldiers that died in world war i. >> belgium is significant because germany's invasion there a century ago is what prompted britain's declaration of war. max foster commemorates the events that took place. >> in the hot summer of 1914, arch duke ferdinand's assassination in sarejevo

triggered revenge. one nation after another entered the conflict. this monday representatives of many of the former enemies commemorated the german invasion into belgium. bygone foes stood together and remembered the victims, 16 million dead and many more wounded. a senseless statistic in a century of war. it was here in belgium that chemical weapons were used, french president hollande said. in all those years, four long years, hundreds of thousands of soldiers perished here, belgiums, french, british and germans, but also africans, canadians, new zealanders and australians. the duke and duchess of cambridge, represented the british queen on a day of commemorations. 100 years ago to the day, britain had declared war on germany. >> we were enemies more than

once in the last century. and today we are friends. we salute those who died to give us our freedom. we will remember them. >> at home in the u.k., prince harry commemorated those who fought in a ceremony to mark their journey. they were put on ships and ferried to the battlefields of europe. near those former combat zones, the belgian king and a young girl released a balloon, a sign of reconciliation and piece. the first world war was a war that was supposed to end all wars, it didn't. 100 years old, conflicts in eastern europe and the middle east remind us that human suffering no matter where you are is universal. max foster, cnn, london. >> and we with leave you at this hour hoping another conflict is coming to an end, we'll have more in a moment. thank you for watching.

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