he was ripped out of gaza by nbc, and there was an uproar against it. >> he was pulled out of gaza because he was viewed as showing palestinians. >> was a turning point in the media where social media protested, msnbc was forced to bring him back. >> shows awe fragment of how national media is dealing with this issue. >> it's just a wonderful story because he was put back in gaza after this protest. >> four americans who sympathize with palestinians, the return to gaza was a small victory. but what happened the next day was a clear setback, a paid contributor on nbc's 24 hour outlet, msnbc, which is considered liberal in the u.s., he dared to criticize the channel and other u.s. media for a pro-israeli bias. >> ridiculous. we are disgustingly biased when it comes to this issue. >> rula jebreal says she is no longer welcome on msnbc. the question should asked of her bosses on the way out the door go beyond just one network, just one market. the same questions can be put in varying degrees to media outlets the world over. >> one of them was: if we liberal media are not willing to challenge t

there is no safe place in gaza. we are seeing a real humanitarian disaster here, and the impact on children is just absolutely appalling. jerusalem, where we are joined by christopher gunness, the spokesperson for the united nations relief and works agency for palestine refugees, unrwa. chris gunness, welcome to "democracy now!" tell us what you know about the attack on her shoulder. > -- on your shelter. >> attend: 45 there was some kind of israeli missile strike just adjacent to the front gates ,f one of our schools in rafah where more than 3000 people were taking refuge. don't forget, these are people who were told -- many of them were told by the israeli army to leave their homes. what are they do?/ they walk through a battlefield, effectively, they turn about what is assumed to be a u.n. safe sanctuary, and then they get killed there. you have to draw your own conclusions, but when i hear your introduction talking about the reaction of the state department, and when i hear your introduction and what you say abo

i want to get now to gaza and mohammed omer, a researcher and journalist in gaza. not sure if you heard or saw this explosion. we have been playing it here on cnn. what can you tell us? >> yes, i just saw the explosion just about two minutes ago. it hit the islamic university in gaza. and we don't know until this moment what is the target exactly inside the university. this is the university which is known to be an institution for educational purposes. however, it has been bombed and targeted by the israeli military on several occasions. the situation as it stands at the moment in gaza is quite horrifying. don't know if you can hear in the background israeli f-16s are hovering and bombing and also the drones and the warplanes and the warships in the east of gaza city are constantly bombing as i speak at the moment. the hospitals in rafah have announced that they are overwhelmed, and they cannot deal with the cases that get into the hospitals. most of the people who they are trying to evacuate are basically lying on the ground, and dead bodies that the ambulances ar

explosions in gaza.d that five more israeli troops have been killed there with the ceasefire now about two hours, 47 minutes away. the truce to begin at 8:00 a.m. local time in gaza in israel. talks between the two sides could begin in cairo, as soon as tomorrow. earlier tonight we got reaction to the agreement from the chief plo delegation in washington. have automatic of the palestinian factions now agreed to this ceasefire, including both the political and military arms of hamas, even islamic jihad? >> it seems so, anderson. i think this agreement enjoys the support of all the palestinian factions, president abbas spent the last 48 hours exerting intensive efforts with different factions, with regional players in order to arrive at this truth or humanitarian ceasefire to allow for the political negotiations to take place in cairo. >> what is different this time? as you know, last time hamas rejected proposed humanitarian ceasefire and said israel's agreement to it was basically just for show. >> well,

reporting for us from gaza city. thanks, john, very much. >>> let's get some israeli reaction to what's going on. the spokesman for the prime minister of israel is joining us right now. it's pretty alarming that the united nations is saying that widespread disease could erupt in gaza in a matter of days. what can israel do to alleviate that? >> well, we agreed -- as you know, wolf, we agreed to a three-day cease-fire for humanitarian purposes. it had all been organized by secretary ban ki-moon of the united nations and secretary kerry of the united states and we were told as of yesterday morning we were supposed to start a three-day humanitarian cease-fire for the people of gaza so that they could receive the immediate and important humanitarian support that they so badly need. who torpedoed that? hamas that deliberately undermined and destroyed the cease-fire. and so i think if there's a terrible humanitarian situation there in gaza there is only one address for that complaint and that is hamas that destroyed the ch

, women, and men, in gaza. >> okay. good to talk to you. many thanks indeed. i will take you back to that press conference underway at the united nations in new york let's listen in. >> the ceasefire seems to have lasted for maybe 90 minutes. it is a tragic opportunity for both sides to end the fear and suffering. and we need to find a way to get back to that. i think stephan has talked already about the situation. the situation now. you have asked me, the -- we see instead of calm today. instead of seeing palestinian families out able to tend to their daily needs, instead we see escalation, and it's the secretary general is quite, quite upset about this. and we're looking to see how the same partners can work together to try to get back to where we hoped to be last night when the statement was released. this is not going to be easy. i think all of us have seen situations where in the past -- where there have been captures of israeli soldiers, and that has -- i think anyone could have predicted that was going to lead to

who is the editor of gaza writes back this fantastic anthology of gaza or writers who is a professor of literature in the gaza strip who teaches hebrew literature in the gaza strip has had his brother and his brother in law his best friend killed for no reason these were not people connected with hamas militancy these are just people trying to be at home and i want to hear rejection from morton of this slaughter of a civilian population in a fashion that jews endured under our in the under their own occupation and morton he brings up a point i just want to interject really quickly let's talk about the right to self-defense we've seen that the iron dome has been successful at intercepting the majority of potentially deadly rockets do you feel do you support as this full blown ground invasion an air strikes on gaza. of course we condemn and are saddened by the death of any civilians be the arab or jewish but there be no civilians being killed in gaza if hamas would stop firing thousands of missiles against the civilian population in israel no hamas missiles. no israeli retaliation and

gaza. the reason behind this move is that it our conviction is essential to stop the israeli killing machine, which is ,hedding the blood of civilians without forgetting to hit the .ital infrastructure [indiscernible] thoseair, no doubt that initiatives contributed [inaudible] [indiscernible] we cannot forget those atrocious scenes of daily shelling. [indiscernible] [indiscernible] to believe that security would be guaranteed through military might or domination. the logic of superiority will violations ofmore all legal and moral standards. let us be fully of where -- fully aware, there will not be security without a justice -- just and lasting solution. what we have seen in the last month is cruelty put as a policy. and no accountability as a warrant. it is a duty, moral and legal, of the international community to protect civilians under occupation, and the u.n. cannot .emain silent while stepping up efforts to stop the israeli aggression thenst civilians, international community must not

gaza disengage.ce of events actually is the israeli withdrawal took place in august, there were meetings, the israelis insisted that the withdrawal be unilateral, which in any unilateral setting it means one side will not have their interests addressed. but they recognized that there had to be some security coordination. and that gaza's borders had to be somewhat open so there had to be arrangements on the borders, there was an agreement on movement and access that was brokered by world bank president wolf sen and the americans were also involved and that was in the fall of 2005. >> so there is a necessary narrow window between then and when hamas came in january of 2006 and once hamas was elected, well, actually before hamas was elected it was already clear that the provisions to allow u.n. monitors on the border with egypt and to lou access between gaza and the west bank and to allow gaza's borders to be open with israel, none of those were actually implement sod it was a complete blockade at that

gaza. first was operation -- december 2 thousand eight. including a ground operation in gaza, 22 days. that resulted in nearly four years of cease-fire along the gaza border. the second operation was in november 2012. , israel had a rocket system that of salted of the need to launch a ground operation in gaza. it went on for eight days and resulted in a cease-fire of just over a year in seven months. and this is been the third longest and the bloodiest round of fighting. the mainne of characteristics of this confrontation is it was fought in a totally transformed strategic landscape, compared to the previous two rounds. you have the muslim brotherhood ousted from egypt. let's not forget that hamas is an offshoot of the muslim brotherhood movement. hamas drew lessons from previous rounds and strengthened itself to look terribly. i think the main characteristic comparing this round to the previous rounds is entered itnet -- while it is politically and financially at a much weaker point than i

gaza's fishing zone will be extended from 3-6 miles.he israeli and palestinian delegations will continue in direct negotiations in cairo. well, we will go straight live to gaza. you can see the pictures there. people have flooded the streets of gaza city. celebrating almost as news of the truce came through. hamas has declared the truce a victory for them. but certainly for many of the people in gaza this is a huge relief that the fighting at least now, for now is over after 50 days. . >> translator: we are here today after long, long days in this battle, considered by the occupation to be the longest and the most violent battle in its history. we are here today to declare that we achieved victory over the israeli occupation and we have been able to achieve what all other arab armies failed to do. these people, the weak people of gaza have achieved victory over israel. >>> official response there from hamas, meanwhile this was the reaction from the palestinian president, makmood abbas. >> translator: i would like to announce that the pa

gaza. there is talk of an international donor conference to help rebuild gaza. but back in 2009, the international community pledged more than $5 billion for reconstruction in gaza but in the intervening six years only a trickle has gotten through. some donors reneged , and hamas is determined to be a terrorist organization. are some donors say away what's the point? there are a number of head winds to face before even reconsidering the reconstruction of gaza where there's very little in the way of industry agriculture or services that can bring revenue into the economy. during peace negotiations with israel khalid is currently the senior fellow for pleas middle eastern policy. gaza will not receive prosperity without some economic resurgence. the output per person is so remarkably low it doesn't even come close to qualifying as an emerging nation. what is the way in which they get the money to retbhild a sustainable way? >> well, i think you are absolutely right. the word prosperity does not even enter into the equation at this point. i think the first priority

israel accuses hamas of kidnapping one of its soldiers in gaza. but hamas says he may have been killed. hello, i am laura, you are watching al jazerra live from doha. also ahead, a an explosion at a factory in china kills at least 65 people. and the world health organization warns west africa leaders of catastrophic consequences if they fail to control ebola. ♪ ♪ >>> israeli shelling has continued in to the morning in gaza. that follows a bloody friday which began with a few hours of ceasefire and ended with more than 80 palestinians dead in rafah. two israeli soldiers were also killed and another has gone missing. israel has accused hamas of kidnapping the 23-year-old officer. but hamas says it does not know his whereabouts and suggested he may have been killed in an ambush. at least 1,650 palestinians have been killed and more than 8,900 injured since the offensive began over three weeks ago. 63 israeli soldiers have also been killed as well as two israel i civilians and a thai worker. plus more than 225,000 palestinians have taken refuge in u.n

the leader has only been to gaza once back in 2012. to effectively run gaza you have to be in gaza.blem for hamas, logistics. imagine an area the size of detroit with no power, little water, 1.8 million residents you can't leave being run by a group that's a shadow of its former self with a military wing worried about using cell phones that can be tracked by israel. >> internal communication within with hamas has been disrupted and they have a hard time even getting on the page internally much less bringing outside groups into line. >> reporter: despite this, israel says hamas rules the trip with an iron fist, so whoever breaks the cease-fire hamas is accountable. but the reality is more complex. islamic jihad, army of islam, just a few of the better-known groups. the question is how many more splinter groups are there that until now may have been operating under the radar? >> we know that there are jihadi groups in the gaza strip. this is the sort of environment that jihadi groups tend to thrive in. >> reporter: israel blames hamas for sparking this latest conflict perhaps to try t

we left gaza never to look back into gaza, but look at what hamas created in gaza. i have not heard a clear and unequivocal statement by the officials of the united nations saying squarely and unequivocally that all attempts to achieve a cease-fire were broken by hamas. israel said yes to each and every one of them. hamas said no. you know, it is possible to order that statement. that israel has legitimate security needs that must be addressed. very nice words, but how do you address, how do you defend your thezens when hamas uses money that comes from good people in this assembly to build gaza, terror tunnels -- hundreds of millions. cement, steel, instead of building kindergartens schools, hospitals, creating a launching pad for nearly 10,000 missiles. you ask yourself, my god, and that small place, how can they amass so many rockets in one place? those are the consequences? we went out of gaza because we wanted that to be a model for the next stage. some in thethat international community have lost their way. this institution was founded to stand for truth, for j

dollars also goes to gaza?right. >> but we don't negotiate with hamas and we recognize them as a terrorist organization. >> right. and here's part of the reason why you are seeing israel have this seven-year blockade on gaza and that is impacting their economy. the world bank says 40% of those in gaza, 1.8 million residents are living in poverty. one in out of every three workers is unemployed there. but as we've seen gaza's economy contract, there has been this shadow economy. these tunnels that we heard about being dug and what they originally were supposedly for were to smuggle in goods but what has essentially happened is hamas is smuggling weapons and attacking israelis. it's a big reason why you are seeing israelis trying to shut that down. >> thanks so much. an experimental drug that had never been used on humans before is given to the two americans suffering from ebola and it's working. dr. sanjay gupta has details next. what super poligrip does for me is it keeps the food out. before those little piece

all is quiet in gaza. those are welcome words for many in gaza.ifth hour. israel and hamas pressed pause on the flood shed and the month long conflict that killed 2,000 people. they concede keeping the peace will be difficult. gaza, this morning, we are getting a look at it in ruins. one-fourth of the population displaced. according to the united nations the infrastructure damage from the battle tops some $4 billion. our karl penhaul is live on the streets amid the destruction. we look around you, there is good new this is morning. the good news is, as of now, the fighting has stopped. >> reporter: you are right, john, there is good news, and of course, bad news. from here, 3/4 of a mile from the border of israel, no sound of fighting. we haven't heard any sound of incoming artillery or outgoing. the bad news, of course, is a lot of residents are coming back for the first time to look for their homes. what they are finding, well, that's it, john, rubble. where i'm standing, this was a two-story home. the owner said he was a wedding photographer. h

water situation in gaza.was artie a profound problem before this offensive, but what has happened -- we're talking about now the most basic of human needs, access to drinking water. what happened since the offensive? >> there are a number of water treatment plants, pumping stations, and the gaza power plant that have been struck by missiles and essentially rendered inoperable. so 1.5 million people out of 1.8 have not had consistent access to clean drinking water. there is cross contamination from the sewage pipes that are now leaking into the water system. there is people who have been cut off from water for weeks in their communities, but also trying to restore water trucking when there has been a steady stream of bombardment is extraordinarily difficult. drinking providing water to the installation of water points at communities, a voucher program that is reaching 10,000 families. infrastructureon isso grave and fast that it extremely difficult for any agency to cope with, let alone local water authorities

all of gaza city, including what is behind me is gaza city usually lit up. together is in darkness.hat power again - that will mean they'll get water. there has been a huge shortage of water, 30-40% of gaza has full access to water because of pumps. they need electricity to get the water into their apartments, that will come back, and sewerage, there's a large problem with sewage, the treatment plants have been offline, it will begin to go online. the notion is that the crisis will alleviate a little bit. it will take months to alleviate it. it's only three days of ceasefire, it's not clear whether people will be confident enough to complete their lives. >> israel's army will destroy hamas tunnels through the ceasefire. what does that mean, do we know? >> well, what is important is what john kerry, the secretary of state said from new delhi is that he said defensive positions. the israelis are inside of gaza. and that becomes the front line, not the border itself. so now that the israelis are inside of gaza, they are allowed, according to the ceasefire, to stay where they are. they

it's what happened in gaza. a real democracy requires that the election be won by people who are prepared to afford rights to those on both sides of the election. and peter trusts hamas. i do not. the united states government does not. we made a mistake having an election last time. egypt made a mistake. and i think that it's very important that israel negotiate with the palestinian authority if they want to -- >> let him get in here, alan. >> okay. >> egypt did not make a mistake in having that election. the mistake was of us not being tougher on the coup. in fact, when the coup that was launched against in gaza was launched at america's behest against the hamas after hamas won an election. an election that could have led to a just the kind of national unity government that we have today, a government that empowers mahmoud abbas to negotiate on behalf of the palestinian people. and then the palestinians have a referendum afterwards on that deal. >> quickly. >> that's what israel will do and that's what the pale

most of those are tunnels from part of gaza to part of gaza for defensive purposes.oncrete comes from a variety of sources. some was allowed in by israel. a far larger volume was smuggled during the heyday of the smuggling phenomenon. and there's a huge concrete recycling industry in gaza. so the concrete that hamas used probably came from multiple sources, but there is a private strip. >> you have argued there is an entire so-called tunnel economy in gaza. tell me about that. >> absolutely. at the heyday we had hundreds of tunnels operating at any one time. we had the smugglers, the diggers, the people who provided the stuff, and this is a perverse consequence of the israeli blockage. what the israeli blockage did was forced gazans to dig in order to import goods. that creates a massive industry which made it easier and cheaper for hamas to dig tunnels. there's very, very high unemployment rate so wage costs are low, so hamas does not have a great deal of difficulty finding expertise in tunnelling. >> where is the money coming from for these tunnels? this >> for the

they conquered gaza from force.s no freedom of expression, freedom of religion, no freedom of press. so the palestinian people themselves are being oppressed by this evil organization which is now firing rockets systemically at civilian populations in israel. i think it's in the palestinians best interest and israel's best interests to continue this this action until hamas is completely routed from gaza. >>> we're going to have more on the escalating crisis just ahead. secretary of state john kerry just released a statement condemning the killing and capture of an israeli soldier. we will have a live report just ahead. when folks think about what they get from alaska, they think salmon and energy. but the energy bp produces up here creates something else as well: jobs all over america. engineering and innovation jobs. advanced safety systems & technology. shipping and manufacturing. across the united states, bp supports more than a quarter million jobs. when we set up operation in one part of the country, people in

this is not a war waged against gaza alone. this is war waged against mankind's conscience, against all of the principles which unite us. the israeli war machines have spoken. the institutions and the wishes of the international community. it has worked to assault the united nations headquarters and facilities. the most recent events for the attack on the school attack as it was on august 3. third assault against a school run by the agency, a school which served as a sanctuary for civilians. at aggression which has left nothing but rubble and claimed so many lives, aggression referred to as a criminal act, aggression which was condemned around the world. israel disregards the u.n. charter. it disregards all the united nations resolutions. it disregards international humanitarian law. president we have not gathered here today to count months. we are here for those who remain alive, those who have survived every little boy, every little girl and in fact for every palestinian. raising their hopes and faith in the international com

and many more deaths in gaza. hamas told the crowd they won a military victory. >>> and on the political front, hamas discussing a diplomatic solution in cairo. for the existing ceasefire, it's currently supposed to expire on friday morning. and hamas said that it won't agree unless it's demands are met. both sides of the conflict, standing by in west jerusalem, we'll speak to her in a moment. but the crossover, he's in gaza, and there has been a day of rallies there. what's the message from the street? >> reporter: well, from a senior hamas spokesperson, his message was very strong. he said, "the war is not over." and he went went on to say that if a deal is not reached in cairo that hamas is not mean w. the fingers are on the triggers of rockets aimed at israel. but in saying that, if you talk to the people on the streets, they said sh they wanted to come out to the protest to show solidarity with the negotiators in cairo to remind them that whatever is agreed, it should be in the best interest of the people of

in and out of the gaza strip. the israelis say however they really want the disarmament of hamas to lay down their weapons and the kasam as they are known to be disarmed. both sides are extremely far apart in their position so far. basically we'll have to see if the egyptians who are brokering these talks can bring the two tides clossides close together e ceasefire which is fragile can be extended. >> jane can you talk about the israeli prime minister's defense of that military operation in gaza? >> it was a strong defense john put to the national press. israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu drew ton fact that he has been saying and the israeli line has been constantly throughout this conflict that hamas has been firing rockets from civilian areas what they say are civilian areas. what they did in the press conference was really push that line essentially blaming hamas therefore for civilian deaths. take a listen to what he said. >> let's imagine your country attacked by 3500 rockets. your territories infiltra

source of electricity inside the gaza strip. egypt and israel are still supplying a little power but since this plant was hit, 80% of gaza's 1.8 million people now have only four hours of electricity a day. the israeli military hit gaza's infrastructure hard. >> translator: we pleaded four times with the israeli army not to target us. we coordinated with the united nations in gaza. they ignored us. our early calculations put repair costs at around ten to $15 million. >> the palestinian deputy prime minister says rebuilding gaza's infrastructure and the thousands of destroyed homes will cost around $6 billion and that's just an initial estimate. israel said from the very beginning that it was only going otarget hamas military targets. i'm tan standing on the main rod and that road is being built with qatar's money. it's been hit with a massive air strike. qatar is already investing $450 million into rebuilding gaza's infrastructure. european union and turkey are long established donors. people haven't had electricity water and os

john vause standing by in gaza. we start with sara to get the very latest from the israeli perspective. sara. >> reporter: we know that overnight the israel defense forces said that they hit between 20 and 30 targets inside of gaza. responding to rockets that have been coming over since the cease-fire. actually two land before the cease-fire. hamas denying those. but then after that there was clearly a barrage of rockets, a total of 67 since the cease-fire ended. four since midnight here. certainly the fighting resuming. israel saying that they're not going to negotiate while israel is under fire. and they've been very clear on that. they left the talks in cairo friday morning. the israelis saying that as firing is going on we cannot have cease-fire talks and there needs to be peace for peace in order tore those talks to go forward. now, from the palestinian side we're hearing from the palestinian factions. basically, one saying that the talks were far apart because of what they call the blockade there in gaza, sayi

jane ferguson has this report from gaza. >> reporter: in just 50 days much of gaza was destroyed. morning after peace returned here, the dust was literally settling. 1.8 million gazans are now surveying the worst c-- war damage they have experienced. it should be a boom time for this cement company owner, but his business was badly hit. >> translator: first of all we have to rebuild our factory. we are waiting for the crossings so reopen. this will help us get metal, cement, and other materials. >> reporter: importing such items has been heavily restricted. part of the ceasefire deal involves easing such rules so reconstruction begin. but similar measures were also promised in the 2012 ceasefire. money from the international community will be needed to rebuild gaza, but this won't be the first time. again, and again here infrastructure projects paid for my foreign donations have been bombed by israel when conflicts break out. the arafat international airport was a multi-million dollars initiative paid for by the international community. this was to international standards, just ov

gaza. indeed it's hard to grasp the the scale of the damage the amount of destruction in gaza were about to show you a snapshot of how much. carnage is because basically the the city there's a before and after pictures satellite pictures of garza published by the un research organization they show residential areas before and after being bombarded by israel and only after pictures you can clearly see how entire blocks have been razed to the ground left turn and colonel peter lerner from the israeli army told us that the idea of some responding to persistent militant rocket attacks. it sort of continues to be threatened by indiscriminate rockets that are launched by hamas to israel even as we speak even during the continued days as we've seen in the last three and a half weeks and they have continued to attempt to attack us through tunnels and indeed we had the incident on friday when two two soldiers and then a third were killed in an attack coming out from a tunnel and this is a repeating

there's gaza and israel. what we have here are regular goods and services that go into gaza.d and blankets, other hardware and materials. a lot of building materials used to go through this point. since israel accused hamas and other groups of using the materials to construct tunnels. there's no food crisis, not enough food and goods are getting in until israel lifts blockades of control in gaza. behind me we've got material from the red cross. a lot of onions, blankets, some other food. all of this has been going into gaza over the last month during the fighting. of course the ceasefire formally ended this morning just 72 hours. since that ended militants from gaza have been firing more rockets to israel. israel has responded with air strikes and artillery fire to gaza. a lot of concern here fighting will resume. if not immediately certain wil y -- certainly down the line. israel wants gaza to be demilitarized. many think another conflict between israel and militants in gaza is almost inevitable. >>> oscar pistorius defense lawyer is giving closing arguments at the athlete's

more on gaza after the headlines. is obama administration reportedly mobilizing allies for possible u.s. military action in syria. obamaew york times" says is also planning to expand airstrikes against islamic state militants in northern iraq. on tuesday, obama vowed to continue action on the militants after they killed journalist james foley. >> our message to anyone who harms our people is simple. america does not forget. our reach is long. we are patient. justice will be done. we approved time and again we will do what is necessary to capture those who harm americans. to go after those who harm americans. [applause] and we will continue to take direct action were needed to protect our people. .nd to defend our homeland >> an american citizen has been killed while fighting for the islamic state in syria. douglas mccain was killed by rebels fighting for the free syrian army. facing a fresh crisis over its presidential election with one of the leading candidates reportedly boycotting an audit of the vote. the move i a

and separating it from gaza. them on a this comment is from a man who negotiated the so-called withdrawal in 2005. to end the was discussion of any political settlement. gazans will be kept on a diet. meeting just enough calories allowed so that they do not all die. that would not look good for israel's reputation. but nothing more than that. capacity technical that israel is the experts at calculating precisely how many calories would be needed to keep them on their diet, under siege, blocked from export, flocked from import. they cannot go out and fish. the vessel struck back to shore. more of theiror arable land is far from the entry of palestinians. that is the norm. that is the diet they want to keep them on. meanwhile, separated from the west bank, they continue the ongoing project of taking over - - describe the details. taking over parts of the west bank, that israel intends to integrate into israel. presumably, they will ultimately annex in some fashion, as long as the u.s. continues to support it. and b

andrew simmons is in northeastern gaza. i believe this is one of the worst-hit towns in the conflict. it's one thing to turn to bricks and mortar to try to rebuild the town, but how do you start to rebuild lives? >> a massive job, i mean to look around here, well it's hard to imagine what it must be like, actually enduring this sort of onslaught. there were warnings in this district and most people did get away, but this, as you can see, it may be a hamas district, but there were civilians living here. you can see those amounts there, a bedroom and the kitchen next door and the residence blow it employee 432 children were killed in this conflict, 100 more than 2008 and 2009. we looked at what was happening to the children, how are they coping with the stress? >> they're playing now, but this is street therapy where you never have to look far for what gaza is going through. the team of child psychologist are using techniques to calm the stress. every child under seven has lived through three conflicts in gaza. this one has b

what israel is doing in gaza today is not so different. they're defending occupation and their settlement and committing massacres by the full meaning of the word, and they are committing war crimes. yesterday i was in doha meeting with morning minister of qatar, and we reached the foreign minute of egypt, and we were able to reach 72-hour cease-fire. in which secretary general ban ki-moon and secretary of state john kerry. just two hours before the cease-fire was supposed to go into force, the israeli army demolished 19 homes in rafa. using the pretext of looking for tunnels. and then between 8:00 to 9:30 another 21 homes were destroyed by the israeli army. they killed five palestinians, two israelis, and that's what happened. so what happened is that i had information from different sources that palestinians are to be blamed. if it's about finger pointing and blame assignment, then we are under cease-fire. >> let me jump in, let me jump in, i understand that you hold israel responsible for the breaking of the cease-fire. i understand you

andrew simmons reporting for us from gaza. that is the scene this gaza. he was telling us he could hear some celebratory gunfire, we thinks. over in west jerusalem, jackie roleland is there. we understand that rocket alarms are still sounding in communities along the border with gaza, even though the ceasefire announcement has been made? >> reporter: yes, sirens have still been sounding in israelis of southern israel. although the israelis have not been regarding that as a breach of the ceasefire. there haven't been, we are told, retaller to reactions. there could be some wiggle room, if you will, there could still be rocket-launching crews out there in gaza who haven't gotten the message. but we're not hearing any reports of israeli retaliations. >> and israel, jackie has now made an official announcement that it has accepted the ceasefire? >> reporter: it has, although it would seem that this was not unanimously approved by all members of the israeli cabinet. we understand there has been opposition from some quarters, some of the very far right members

for the first time in four weeks it was quiet in gaza. a three-days cease-fire in israel took affect and israel withdrew from gaza border areas. egyptian mediators are trying to get both sides to agree for a longer truce. charles stratford joins us now from gaza. what has been the reaction to this cease-fire? are people optimistic that this might hold this time? >> reporter: well, we visited the south of the gaza strip and went down to rafa and headed down towards where the israeli troops were to the far east if you like, about two kilometers from the israeli border. and scenes of utter devastation, utter destruction. one palestinian man described it to me as looking at the aftermath of a tsunami. so incredible shock amongst the palestinians when returning to their home. now in as far as how much they trust this cease-fire or talks of cease-fire, it seems to be holding at the moment, certainly down in rafa there was little trust as to whether this would continue. the day started okay. there was a sense of people being a little more relaxe

israel says its forces are scouring parts of gaza. captured by militants who launched a suicide attack on a tunnel earlier in the day. the soldier identified as 23-year-old second lieutenant hardar golden. his father spoke out saying he's certain the israeli army will find his son. >> translator: we want to support the israeli army and the state of israel in its fight against hamas in gaza and we are certain the army will not stop under any circumstance and will not leave any stone unturned and will bring my son back home safe and sound. >> two israeli soldiers who were with goldin were killed in that attack in southern gaza. israel is now searching desperately for this missing israeli soldier. we're told israeli forces in that area in southern gaza are literally going house to house. a massive man hunt under way. our next guest has a unique perspective on what could happen next. ger shop baskin was the initiator of the secret back channel used to negotiate the release of another israeli soldier, gilat shilad. he was also adviser to t

that is why we are still in gaza. dealing with the tunnels. >> it's not aggressive to get rid of the tunnels. do you advocate destroying any capability that hamas may have militarily, some full demilitarization of gaza, debts? >> i think eventually we have to get rid of hamas period. i think we should do it now. if the prime minister will not adapt my position to take the action today, for a year or two, look what happened to the people that live in gaza. they are hostages. look at what is happening to gaza. they have a chance to make it to singapore, making it into the afghanistan of the middle east. in the long run we have to upload hamas from gaza, there's no other choice. today we are dealing with the tunnels, tomorrow there's other means to come after us and put our life in danger. in some ways is this backfiring? >> collett argued that this is empowering hamas which, as you know, for all practical purposes was unpopular political basket gaza. >> it's gaining points. you have casualties on both side. they are usi

orla guerin reports from the border between israel and gaza. >> early morning near the gaza border.he cease-fire was supposed to last three days. it did not last three hours. at half past 9:00, a 23-year-old soldier was captured in gaza, taken by militants who emerge from a tunnel. >> two terrorists came out of the ground out of a tunnel. one of them blew himself up. the other opened fire with a gun. in the aftermath, we realized one of our officers had been snatched down into the ground andbducted. >> at the home of the captured soldier, his family put their faith in his brothers in arms. >> we want to support the israeli army and the state of israel in its fight against hamas and gaza, and we are certain that the army will not leave any stone unturned in the gaza strip and will bring him back home safe and sound. >> it took israel five long years to secure the release of the last soldier taken in gaza, and there was a high price -- israel released more than 1000 palestinian prisoners. eventually, he came home, but the deal was controversial, and the nation was scarred by the kidna

israel's offensive in gaza and some residents of a gaza anybody bordering israel have been returninghomes and nick tells us what they found when they went back. >> a neighborhood two miles from the israeli border usually crowded sandy streets are empty, the shops are shuttered. and the only person, the only woman brave enough to walk down the main road walked through the abandoned market with seven-year-old and wants to tell me about her destroyed home. israeli f-16 and air striking interrupt her. so she walks me toward her house. yesterday israeli military told her and all the residents here it was safe to return. but she doesn't know where is safe. as soon as we approached her home and she tells me was hit by an air strike, four more israeli strikes in the distance. all of it is burned she says. and out of her scarf she touches what she says is her last coin. i swear to god i only have two she says and that is the equivalent of 75 cents. for months they used this to launch rockets and israeli military pummeled the neighborhood and the population fled. and he came back to inspect hi

. >> i'm john vause reporting from gaza. >> more air strikes and artillery from israel into gaza. just today alone, officials in gaza say 50 people were killed in the same period of time israel reports hitting what they call hundreds of terror targets. more than 1,600 people have died in gaza in this recent military offensive. 61 israeli soldiers and three israeli civilians have been killed in the fighting. this is with a israel has been focusing on. the tunnels they say allows the hamas militants enter israel and then go back into gaza. benjamin netanyahu says destroying the tun tnels is a t priority. >> translator: our forces are accomplishing the work on the tunnels. up until now, tens of tunnels were destroyed. we managed to hurt severely the strategic system that hamas actually built for many years. >> all right. i want to go to john vause in gaza. john, you are on the ground there. tell us about the situation at this hour. >> reporter: poppy, the military operations in gaza continue. although the troops have withdrawn in the northern part of the gaza strip. israeli tank fire