♪ >> hello, and a very well -- "arm welcome to the "journal and these are our top stories. another bad day in israel as they continue the ground offensive, and they are recovering more bodies may crash of the malaysian airline, and there is a ceremony here in berlin. germany's president on who try to kill adult hitler 70 years ago today.

well, we began in the middle east, and it has been the deadliest day so far since israel began its ground offensive in gaza. israeli forces have been pounding a district of gaza from the ground, the air, and the sea, as they intensify their offensive on high mass militants. at least 97 palestinians have been killed today and hundreds injured. the overall palestinian death total is now over 430. ofael, meanwhile, says 13 its soldiers were also killed in today's fighting. ofl, there is little sign this affecting mediation, and it is feared that the escalation will increase still further. thousands began fleeing gaza city soon after daybreak. some residents called the attack on the district the fiercest

from israel since the six-day war. israel is destroyed. they are firing from all sides. they are burning everything down so people will run. they want to take our land. >> a brief unit. cease-fire allowed emergency medics tended to the hundreds of wounded. and found scenes of carnage chaos, uncovering bodies as they scrambled to evacuate the injured. doctors are struggling to treat the high volume of patients. many hospitals are running out of water and medicine. power outages are frequent. israel blames hamas for the humanitarian crisis. >> we did not want to be caught up in this fighting, and that is why over a period of days, we repeatedly called upon the civilian population to evacuate the area. exactlyately, hamas did the opposite. hamas told the civilians to stay because hamas wants to exploit them as a human shield, hiding their war machines behind the

civilian population. >> sunday also left the israeli military with a high death toll in a single day of conflict since 2000 six. fighting continued throughout the day after the temporary humanitarian truce collapsed. calls forenewed its an end to it. >> we call on all parties to adhere to international humanitarian law, particularly discretion, proportionality, and precaution to ensure that civilian casualties do not occur. >> despite the rising death toll, hamas has so far refused calls for a cease-fire. >> well, we are joined on the line from jerusalem. palestinians killed, 13 soldiers also dead. the situation in gaza appears to be spiraling out of control. >> well, yes, it does seem to have spiraled out-of-control, but it might not even be the end

of it, because the israeli prime minister addressed the nation, with the fallen soldiers, and he said that it continues as long as it takes, and he says there is support for this campaign by the international community. he again blamed in the report hamas for the high civilian death toll, claiming that hamas rejects, and both sides are not backing down, and civilians are clearly paying the price. >> you're speaking to us from jerusalem. how are people reacting to what they are hearing about the ground offensive and the mounting casualties? >> well, it depends always who you ask, but people have a different picture from what people may see in gaza. they are concerned with the army fighting and the death of soldiers. there are still incoming rockets, although they are much less, and they are saying that hamas is to blame for this situation and the death of civilians in gaza, but there are also critical voices.

there were some in tel aviv. but they are in the few hundreds. gaza is very much a part. it is just 1.5 hours away from jerusalem. deal withlis do not the situation in the underlying province. >> both sides agree on that there is terrible suffering going on. is there and really -- any likelihood that anyone could escalate a de-escalation? activee are some being now, and there are some initiatives coming out of qatar, where secretary-general ban ki-moon is there, and they are calling for an end to the violence, but the main focus he believes, it would have to be egypt to address the neighboring country. they also understand that u.s. secretary of state john kerry is coming to the region, but so far, nothing really tangible, and some people i talked to in

gaza are very disappointed and angry about what they feel is a lack of endorsement so far by the international community. tanya thank you for that, joining us from jerusalem. earlier, we talked to a doctor who lives in the area, and we talked to him about the situation there. >> the situation in gaza now is very bad. people are anxious, depressed. they cannot go outside their homes. there is a lack of water, lack of electricity, medical supplies also very bad. people who were forced to leave their homes. they went to schools, where they are overcrowded. sanitary a lack of

supplies, no water, no electricity, no food, and there streets.e lying on the many of them are already dead. the situation is desolate, very bad. >> a doctor from gaza city. moving on from that story, we go to eastern ukraine, where pro-russian rebels say they have recovered parts of the black rocks of the malaysian airlines was shot down in rebel-held territory, killing all 298 people on board. rebel leaders say the flight data recorder will be handed over to international aviation authorities, that they worry that rebels have been tampering with the crash site to hide who has been behind the attack. u.s. secretary of state john kerry has been speaking on american tv, where he directly blamed the pro-russian separatists in eastern ukraine for the disaster.

ring picked up the imager of this launch -- the imagery of this launch. trajectory, where it came from, and the time, and it was exactly the time this aircraft is appeared from the radar. we also know from voice identification that the separatists were bragging about shooting it down afterwards, so it is -- non->> john kerry dairy. in the meantime, other western leaders have been ratcheting up pressure on russia, urging that the kremlin do more to open up the crash site in ukraine to investigators for an impartial investigation. >> pro-russian rebels say these railcars contain the remains of nearly 200 people who died on flight mh 17, and staff were able to open the cars that were not able to count the bodies. it is also not clear what will be done with them. the government in kiev said it sets the train, but there rebels

did not make any move to send it back. i have heard rumors in the media that the bodies of those killed in the crash will be taken to kiev or somewhere else. that is just not true. we will not move them anywhere until observers and experts arrive. the osce hasly visited the site. they say they expect a malaysian team on sunday. it is still unknown how many bodies have yet to be recovered. >> the bodies are exposed to direct sunlight and have started to decompose. we must collect everything as quickly as possible and take them away. they are becoming a danger to the local population. >> the search area now encompasses 50 square kilometers, and it includes several villages. despite the demands to not tamper with the site, the

barricades are not secure. it is not clear how many people have entered or left the site. all the while, heavily armed ce monitors the os under watch. they say they will only guarantee the safety of international investigators if kiev agreed to a cease-fire. what a truce is nowhere in sight. images like these continue to emerge from ukraine's east. there is also confusion pertaining to the two flight recorders of the boeing. this shows emergency workers finding what could be one of the black boxes. others say they have the other one. where there recorders are now remains unclear. >> our correspondent at the mh 17 crash site in eastern ukraine earlier on sunday. he joins us on the line now. vladimir, tell us what you saw at the crash site. >> well, the crash site, as

indicated in the report, is a huge area of several kilometers. is a scattering over fields and several villages, and the plane debris, we have been there today for the second day in a row, and we have seen the plane lying on some people's backyards, on the gardens of people's homes, and some of them were still on the trees and the river, and there is only one small portion of this which has been sealed, which has been sort of guarded by the separatists. the remaining parts of the site are totally unsecured. the journalists and the people are freely walking along these plane, along the remnants, and this is very troubling, of course. >> talk a little bit more about the rebels. how are they conducting themselves at this time?

>> well, it is very difficult to say whether they are cooperating or not operating, is the only thing they are responsible is manning the checkpoint on the routes leading to the crash scene, and guarding this small area of the crash site, which is sealed off. however, it would be fair to say that they are quite cooperative, so they are not obstructing the journalists or osce to gain access to the site, but apart from that, we do not see anything else. we cannot say that they are in control. >> before i let you go, did you see further bodies being recovered today? because there was talk about a train coming in and bodies being put a board. >> yes, that is correct. when we were on the scene yesterday, we were still seeing bodies being taken away in body bags, and today, there were no more bodies on the field by the, and we were told

people who are employees that they do contain the bodies of the victims of the mh 17 flight, and there are the observers who were also at the train station, and they asked for these train cars to open, and they confirmed that these train cars contained the bodies. >> vladimir, thank you very much for those details. some background on this story, we are joined now in the studio by an aviation expert. tim, the rebels said, we heard it there, that they are now going to hand over the black box or black ox is to aviation experts, what's something they may have been tampered with. tell us about these developments. there,, it is a disaster and it is chaotic. you see civilians walking over the debris field, obviously limiting. the evidence has been tampered with already. crashes, theh the

crash site has to be shut off completely, and the investigators are going to be taking the evidence, but this is not the case. for more, i believe that this scene is not an accident site anymore. it is a crime scene. the future will tell if it is a war crime or a crime of terrorism, but it is a crime scene, and the respective authorities should be in there and security forces. >> international commentators and international leaders are still calling for an independent and impartial investigation. we have however, already missed the opportunity already. gone ine would have immediately, meaning a few hours after it happened, security evidence, the flight data recorder, and the evidence. but i think now we have seen that the americans have said that they have evidence, so i think there is no doubt that the rocket brought down that plane. >> ok, you are an aviation expert.

what conclusions has the international aviation community already drawn from this terrible disaster? what must change? what needs to change? >> l, it is a wake-up call for many airlines and the industry to reconsider their cvs -- safety assessments when flying over war zone areas. this is a risk, and the safety in aviation is built on one principle, which is prevention. preventive thinking and prevention. you do not take risks in aviation. that is what has made aviation safe in the past hundred years, and that was not followed here. >> an unprecedented incident. tim, thank you very much for your input. >> you're welcome. >> so the discussion about exactly what happened last thursday before mh 17 came down to earth in ukraine continues. meanwhile, the family of the passengers and crew onboard the aircraft are only beginning to contemplate the extent of the tragedy they face.

from thee victims were netherlands, and that is where we begin our next report. crash,y day since the more and more people have brought flowers to the airport. 298 people on board flight mh 17, some two thirds were dutch. the netherlands is in morning. -- mourning. thousands have expressed their regrets, and here in this town, the mourners are struggling to cope with the loss of three entire families. >> it is terrible, and everybody's hearts are bleeding and crying, and people feel a little anger, but mostly sadness, confusion. it is terrible. au can never think that such thing can happen. >> six leading aids researchers

and activists were also on board. they will be sorely missed at the international aids conference which began sunday in australia. all strongly believe that of us being here for the next week to discuss, to debate, and indeed what our colleagues who are no longer with us would have wanted. 2014 to them. we will remember their legacy and forever keep them in our hearts. >> the most prominent among them was a researcher who was a global pioneer in preventing mother to child hiv infection. the delegates held a moment of silence, but the pain of the loss is almost deafening. news now, andher we have this story. in 1944, a group of german army

officers led unsuccessful attempts to assassinate at all fit where and to mount a coup to and the nazi regime. germany has been honoring the memory of a general and the other member roles -- members. here in berlin, there was a tribute to the thousands who were executed or imprisoned as a result of the assassination attempt. ♪ >> 70 years ago, the plot to kill adult hitler ended here in and courtyard, where clouse others were shot. though hitler survived, the president said the coup attempt was not a failure. legacy that today allows me to say i am proud of on german army based not authoritarian traditions but on the resistance to injustice. today draws upon this spirit of this moral inheritance.

>> he said the july 20 plot to set a moral standard for germany to live up to. >> we are in a democracy. that we mustues fan for and that we must live by. we must take responsibility. each and every one of us in our own ways. we can look at our lives and asked the question, how can i become the person i could we? ♪ >> it was a poignant tribute to men who were first reviled as traitors and only later honored as heroes. long, germans were reluctant to commemorate july 20, the plot to assassinate

adult hitler. some questions the motives of at least some of the plotters, but there is no questioning their bravery, and any resistance to hitler was better than none. >> whether general is now seen as a hero here in germany and an important figure in german history, but who was the kernel, and what happened on july 2070 years ago? let's take a closer look. 70 years ago? >> they are paying tribute to his father. the eight-year-old was a young boy when his father was executed. fatherswed in his footsteps. he joined the army and later became a general. he said his father was simply doing his duty by taking part in a plot against hitler. >> he is part of our family history, and that is how he is a knowledge and honored. but he was not the only one

involved. the kernel was an army officer and a father of five. he became a central figure of resistance. he and other officers formed a plan to assassinate the fuehrer and end the nazi dictatorship. he placed a bomb and the headquarters of what is now poland, and it killed after your people, but hitler survived, suffering only a perforated eardrum. the kernel was executed by firing squad that night, and his wife and children were also rounded up. >> we were sent to a children's home. i think we were supposed to be sent on easter monday. that is where our relatives were, but the plan failed because there was a heavy bombing raid, and we had to go back. there, and the americans turned up and freed

us. later found out that the nazis had planned to exterminate his entire family. today,happy to say that the family is more numerous than ever. many in germany today see them as an exploratory -- exemplary role model. >> it required bold thinking and versatility, which he certainly has. when the situation became so extreme, he was prepared to act. he was prepared to go to great lengths for reasons of conscience. ♪ the legacy is that

soldiers have a duty to obey, not just to follow orders but also to stand up to injustice. >> for more on the implications, we are joined by our correspondent. john, he and his fellow conspirators, of course, failed optima, but asat was pointed out today, it was certainly not in vain. >> that is right, peter, and i think that the main legacy of lesson that there are sometimes situations, extreme situations in life, where one has to choose between the dictates of one's own conscience on one hand and one's loyalty, one's loyalty, obedience to one's superiors, perhaps even to one's government or head of state. that is a very serious dilemma. thank very few of us are put in that situation, but his lesson is that when those two things are opposing one another that there must be no hesitation.

one has to decide in favor of one's conscience. >> absolutely. he was viewed as a traitor by the nazi is, understandably so from that went of you, but that actually carried on through the postwar period for quite a long time. can you explain that? >> i think it was an evolution in the way that german soccer league. after the war, so many displaced people, so many displaced germans, people who had lost members of their family during the war, and they were inclined to simply see him as a traitor, but as the german public was confronted with the enormity, the monstrous missed of the nazi crimes, they then began to see as and his inspectors victims of nazi brutality. it is only recently that they have come to see more clearly that, in fact, he is a role model, as i said, in this particular case and that his lesson that conscience

ultimately has to take precedence over blind loyalty, even to governments is, of course, a relevant lesson, even today. >> absolutely, and when we talk about the july 20 plot, we're are talking about resistance to and there was civilian resistance. >> indeed. there were christian groups, like the right -- white robes, and there were christian pastors , roman catholic priests, as well, and then, of course, there is a whole group of communist, which is a group which is not talked about much in western germany because of the cold war. the communists who were imprisoned, many of them died in concentration camps, many of them were heralded as champions in eastern germany and rather ignored in the west. >> our political correspondent, thank you, indeed, for sharing those views with us. tone, sports news

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age. stretch with a dramatic sprint finish in the tour de france. from new zealand, pulling ahead early on, leading the pack right up to the final kilometers. in fact, to the final meters, but it was not enough. just meters to the finish line, they were overtaken by norway, the first to cross the line, claiming his second stage victory of the tour so far. that is all we have got time for on the "journal."

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