we're in beit hanoun. this is an area in the north, and they're actually just pulling a body out of the rubble. [ screaming ] that is the sound of absolute grief as they're pulling people out of the houses here. we're being told that just before the cease-fire took place, israeli war planes hit this area in beit hanoun extremely hard. there is areas of complete devastation. as you can see, they're still looking for more bodies, and people here will tell you, we met a lady 70 years old on the side of the road. she said this happened throughout my lifetime. israel has come in and killed us and devastated our lives. when will it stop? [ screaming ] the cease-fire won't bring the dead back. >> we can see there from your report the cease-fire has brought some devastating scenes for people as they go and return to their homes and see the extent of the destruction. are people willing to accept a cease-fire such as it is, or are they willing to follow hamas' line of thought they want a cease-fire only in place if

one of the worst-hit area was beit hanoun in the north of the gaza strip. stephanie dekker has been here. >> reporter: the cease-fire means nothing to those that have lost everything. we're many beit hanoun, an area in the north. they're just pulling a body out of the rubble. that is the sound of absolute grief as they're pulling people out of the houses here. we're being told that just before this cease-fire took place, israeli war planes hit this area in beit hanoun extremely hard. there is areas of complete devastation. we met one lady 70 years old on the side of the road and said this has happened throughout my lifetime. israel has come in, killed us, and has devastated our lives. when will it stop? >> another area where people are also picking through the rubble is shujayea. nicole johnston is there. >> reporter: we're in the central part of shuj shujayea, and it's utter devastation in the neighborhood. whole houses have been pummeled to the ground as well as tank shelling from the eastern border with israel. you can see that there is nothing left of t

school at beit hanoun in gaza. >> eight dead we know of. you're right, wolf, short-term fix versus long-term solutions both need to be addressed immediately. we appreciate it. great reporting on the ground. that's for that great conversation and your work there. >>> ahead at this shower, the grief and devastation surrounding the attack on flight 17. seen and felt firsthand by my colleague chris cuomo, he's going to join me in studio. we'll discuss that. >>> another air tragedy, another plane, vanishing from radar. what happened? i'm living the life of dreams. i'm living the life of dreams, with good people all around me. i'm living the life of dreams. no! i'm living the life of dreams. i'm feeling hopefully. feeling quite hopefully, it's right up here, turn right, turn right. with good people all around me. right, right, right, right, right! with good people all around me. ok look you guys, she's up here somewhere. with good people all around me. there she is! cara! come here girl! i'm feeling hopefully. and the light shines bright all thro

this is an incident that's similar, if you may remember, to beit hanoun, where a u.n. there. investigators tried to go to that school but that is on the front line. shifa hospital is far from the front line. investigators are likely to get there to really pick apart and see what actually happened. what we do know, though, is ten children were killed in the attack. that's according to the ministry of health. and over 40 people were injured. now, we don't know exactly what happened, but it does look -- this was an explosion, this was an area where a lot of people were hanging out. shifa hospital. it was a lot of people taking shelter there during the fighting. also in this camp, these are areas far away from the front line. so when an explosion happens in these areas, we do see a lot of casualties. >> what else do we know about the refugee camp attack? >> this is a refugee camp that's been around since 1948. there's roughly 100,000 people that live there. this is where we saw the majority of the fatalities. this is where ambulances were taking them to the hospital. now,

beit hanoun in garza's north deserted after israeli tank shelling hits this united nations run school killing sixteen and injuring scores of others before the war northern residents had it tough enough recently they've been plunged into incredible danger they were relying on the un to shelter and protect their children now even that is no guarantee. the red cross said they would move but they didn't arrive instead israelis launched missiles at us after which we started looking for our children some were dead others wounded ambulances arrived and each took four to six people we reached the hospital and then here where we look for our children it took four hours to find my son. one hospital room and one entire family caught up in a war from which they couldn't escape. eleven years old was one of those pierced by multiple pieces of shrapnel this family are one among over one hundred thousand who are currently sheltering with the u.n. we have informed the. times in. about this this call about its place how many people what is going on there. and everything the last time it was ten fifty f

beit hanoun in gaza's north deserted after israeli tank shelling hits this united nations run school killing sixteen and injuring scores of others before the war northern residents had it tough enough recently they've been plunged into incredible danger they were relying on the un to shelter and protect their children now even that is no guarantee that. the red cross said they would move us but they didn't arrive instead israelis launched missiles at us after which we started looking for our children some were dead others wounded ambulances arrived took four to six people we reached the hospital and then here where we look for our children it took four hours to find my son. one hospital room and one entire family caught up in a war from which they couldn't escape. eleven years old was one of those pierced by multiple pieces of shrapnel this family are one among over one hundred thousand who are currently sheltering with the un we have been for twelve times in full about this is school about it's a place how many people what is going on there. and everything the last time it was ten f

this lull in the fighting has laid bare the ruins of gaza, especially the town of beit hanoun, reduced in parts to a landscape of rubble, with the pungeent smell of death. >> reporte >> reporter: exodus from the front line. almost nothing left to lose. >> where i live now? where i go now? >> reporter: bits and pieces bundled on their heads. his mother's photo under his arm, he says he lost her in the 2009 war, now he's just lost his home. >> translator: there's nothing left. nothing left. it's a massacre. >> reporter: in the embers, these men find what they say is the family safe. a life savings up in smoke. amid the destruction, some creation. lambs born minutes before the truce began. >> we're only about 700 meters from the border between gaza and israel here. quite clearly there's been close combat here. these are the cartridge cases from a light machine gun. [ sirens ] close by, a race to drag the dying back from the brink. as hamas militant gunmen saunters off to a new position, ready for when the battle begins again. four hours before the ceasefire, a massive bomb dropped here. m

we're in beit hanoun and they're just actually pulling a body out of the rubble. that is the sound of absolute grief as they're pulling people out of the houses here. we're being told that just before this cease-fire took place, israeli war planes hit this area many beit hanoun extremely hard. there's areas of complete devastation. people will tell you, we met one lady 70 years old on the side of the road. she said this has happened throughout my lifetime. israel has come in, has killed us, and has devastated our lives. when will it stop? >> another area where people are picking through the rubble is is in sh shujayea. >> there is nothing leff the neighborhood. all day people have gone through the rubble and concrete looking for anything that's worth salvaging. we've seen people pick up mattress mattresses, canisters, in one case we saw a man with his bicycle lifted on his shoulders as he tried to walk over the rubble to get out of shajayea. it's a really desperate situation here, and the people of gaza are hoping that this 12-hour cease-fire will continue, that i

that the israeli side had all the gps coordinates of all our installations including the school in beit hanoun and we had spent much of the day trying to organize a pause so that civilians could be evacuated." >>the u.s. says it's keeping a close eye on the situation - and might reinstate the flight ban of flights into israel. here in the bay area.people gathered to honor those killed in the mideast conflict. they met at the lafayette cross memorial hillside tonight. the crosses of lafayette is a project started about four years ago to recognize americans killed in iraq. san jose police are investigating a hit and run accident that happened in a safeway parking lot. the man who was hit was reportedly also dragged by that car. kron four's jeff bush has more. >>crime scene tape blocked off half of the parking lot of the safeway on branham avenue. the san jose fire department got the call around 3:15 and when they arrived they found the victim who had been hit by a gray sedan in the parking lot. initial reports are that both the suspect and the victim knew each other, some sort of argument broke

the israelis sensitive to what's going on in the beit hanoun area in gaza.n awful incident, there's going to be the blame game, hamas will blame the israelis and seems the israelis starting to blame hamas. we'll get more information. what will be critical, eyewitness account, forensic evidence. they'll be able to determine fairly soon if this rocket or artillery shell, whatever it was that landed in this building was launched by hamas or launched by israel. there will be experts on the scene to determine that, including united nations personnel who were there as well. it's obviously a very, very sensitive issue right now. civilian casualties in gaza have been very, very significant over these past two weeks, especially since the israeli ground forces went in a few days ago. >> all right. wolf blitzer, we look forward to your interview at the top of the hour. thanks so much. i'll be right back. you're dri having a perfectly nice day, when out of nowhere a pick-up truck slams into your brand new car. one second it wasn't there and the next second... boom! you'

who is a layperson, for sure, to decide what it is you can and can't see, because in that entire beit hanoun area, hovering over that area, you can't see anything moving. you can't see a car, you can't see a person, you can't see anything. so it's very hard to determine just how high up it is and if, indeed, there was anyone there, because we know that there were people in the school. you cannot see that. it was the middle of the afternoon. somewhere around 2:55 that this reported strike happened. and it's a very hot there, but we know that children have been out to play. we just don't know from that video, it's just very hard for us to tell, impossible for us to tell if indeed there was someone or not in that courtyard or if people were hit from the shrapnel standing just in the school because you'll notice the shrapnel goes down and a lot of it bursts out to the left and there is part of the school building there. there is still a lot to be known about this particular incident and a lot of questions. and i have to tell you, from the palestinians' vantage point, the answers that israel is g

we are in beit hanoun in the north. there are pulling a body out of the rubble.hat is the sound of absolute grief as they are pulling people out of the houses here we are being told just before this cease-fire took place, israeli warplanes hit this area in beit hanoun, extremely hard. there are areas of complete devastation as you can see. there are still looking for more bodies. people will tell you we met one lady, 70 years old sitting on the side of the road and she said this has happened throughout my lifetime. israel has come in, has killed us, and has devastated our lives. when will it stop? >> stefanie dekker reporting there. earlier today, i talked to the deputy director, a program for the from the u.n., scott anderson as part of a team trying to provide food and shelter for palestinian refugees. i asked about the cycle of violence and the effect it's having on the civilian population? >> i have been in gaza since february of 2008. i was here at the end of 2008, 2009, i was here during 2012, and the hardest thing, i guess, to accept is as you make friends

that's exactly what the military said it did in its northern city of beit hanoun, warning them to evacuate earlier this week ahead of an advance on hamas targets. as a u.n. school sheltering gazans was starting to evacuate today, the school took a direct hit. at least 16 people were killed. >> we watched the first casualties arrive at the local hospital, child after bloody child. this boy reeling in shock as doctors lost the battle to save a member of his family. >> israeli military says it was not targeting the school building. they do acknowledge they were firing mortars in the area. israel also suggests it could have been a hamas rocket gone astray that struck the school. the u.n. says it can't definitively say who was responsible, they don't agree on what exactly happened in the run-up to the strike. a spokesman for the israeli military told reporters it gave advanced warning of the operations in beit hanoun, appeal to the u.n. and red cross on monday to evacuate the school. the united nations relief and works agency, the group that runs the school and frankly much of civil society ins

we found many here in a corridor at the beit hanoun hospital. they are just a small fraction of the tens of thousands left homeless by the ongoing conflict. bbc news, gaza. >> the israeli government spokesman says they do not target civilians, and the israeli military is investigating the strike on the school. >> it is not clear at this stage. there were u.n. reports that said hamas was shooting rockets that were landing in the beit cannotarea, so we exclude the possibility it was hamas rocket fire. fireorces were receiving from the area, from the immediate vicinity of the hospital, and it is possible that our forces returned fire to that and it could have been our fire as well. we have to investigate exactly what happened. took controlamas in 2007, and they refused to recognize israel's right to exist. what will it take for the signs to reach a cease-fire now? that is one of the topics stephen thacker addressed when he spoke exclusively with the leader of hamas, renisha mcbride . >> doha, the secure location for hamas' top political leader. in

school in less than a week last thursday united nations school in the north of the strip in beit hanoun was struck in similar circumstances of course. under contention with regard to israel and hamas both obviously giving different explanations for the violence but certainly on the ground we're seeing again continued hostilities of course and this is another significant incident now over five united nations schools are being caught up in the fighting which is now of course beginning. to move now and it's twenty day well yesterday we saw another significant incident which was the targeting of the fuel tanks belonging to gaza sole power station garzon has been suffering from fuel and electricity crises on and off for several years since the israeli and egyptian imposed siege began this now is obviously only going to worsen the electricity crisis for civilians here in the strip well we've been catching up with some of those hit most horrendously with awful injuries in gaza's main hospital the hospital. it's hard to fathom how such a vast devastation can occur in three weeks of fighting. th

in a fierce battle with fighters from the islamist organization hamas in the northern town of be beit hanoun on thursday. a spokesperson for the u.n. relief agency says it informed israeli military officials of the exact location of the shelter. >> they knew exactly what was going on there. and in spite of that, this has happened. >> reporter: the number of civilians killed in more than the two-woke-long israeli offensive has reached 784. officials with the united nations childrens fund have expressed strong concerns. among the dead have been at least 181 children. u.n. secretary general ban ki-moon has called for all sides to ensure that u.n. safe havens remain places where people can find safety. >> he once again says all sides must abide by their obligations under international humanitarian law, to respect the sanctity of civilian life, the inviability of u.n. premises, and to honor their obligation to humanitarian workers. today's attack underscores the imperative the killing to stop and to stop now. >> reporter: women and childree price in the conflict. an immediate end to the fighting

school in less than a week last thursday the united nations school in the north of the state in beit hanoun was struck in similar circumstances of course. under contention with regard to israel and hamas both obviously giving different explanations for the violence but certainly on the ground we're seeing again continued hostilities of course and this is another significant incident now over five united nations schools are being caught up in the fighting which is now of course beginning. to move now into its twenty day well we've been catching up with some of those hit most horrendously with awful injuries in gaza's main hospital the hospital. it's hard to fathom how such a vast devastation can occur in three weeks of fighting. thousands of homes damaged or destroyed tens of thousands internally displaced and well over a thousand killed inside gaza's main hospital in its burns unit are a small fraction of the surviving injured this girl three years old. this israeli is demolished the house of this family. so we do see of the girl his mother two brothers with severe burns. this morning. this

beit hanoun in gases north deserted after israeli tank shelling hits this united nations around school killing sixteen and injuring scores of others before the war northern residents had it tough enough recently they've been plunged into incredible danger they were relying on the u.n. to shelter and protect their children now even that is no guarantee. as the red cross said they would move but they didn't arrive instead israelis launched missiles after which we started looking for our children some were dead others wounded ambulances arrived leach took four to six people we reached the hospital and then here where we look for our children it took four hours to find my son. one hospital room and one entire family caught up in a war from which they couldn't escape. eleven years old was one of those pierced by multiple pieces of shrapnel this family are one among over one hundred thousand who are currently sheltering with the u.n. we have informed these are the. twelve times in full of ok jeans about this is school about it's a place how many people what is going on there the g.p.s. and e

know that there have been incursions into the northern area of the strip specifically at least the beit hanoun area we've also received unconfirmed reports that as a result of those incursions there have been specific casualties as a result of those ground true. moving at. this really operation follows days of garza shelling this with a mass launching rockets in return overall nearly two hundred sixty palestinians have been killed most of them civilians including dozens of children there was a short humanitarian truce on first day but the exchange of fire resumed as soon as that. israeli prime minister has been talking about the operation in gaza vowing to deliver a serious blow against spall asli has the details what we're hearing from military sources is that at this stage they are limiting their operation to some two to three kilometers inside gaza we are being told that some one hundred targets have been hit that twenty of them are launching pads nine of them are tunnels at that the operation will be expanded we are also being told that this could take around two weeks this is the time the

un school in less than a week last thursday united nations school in the north of the strip in beit hanoun was struck in similar circumstances of course. under contention with regard to israel and hamas both obviously giving different explanations for the violence but certainly on the ground we're seeing again continued hostilities of course and this is another significant incident now over five united nations schools working course up in the fighting which is now of course beginning. to move now into its twenty day this operation now extraordinarily costly in terms of civilian life now it exceeds the obviously very bloody war of winter two thousand and nine which lasted twenty two days so the palestinians now fear how long will this operation last given these deaths well yesterday we saw another significant incident which was the targeting of the fuel tanks belonging to gaza's sole power station ghassan has been suffering from fuel and electricity crises on and off for several years since the israeli and egyptian imposed siege began this now is obviously only going to worsen the electrici

over these last two days one palestinian child is being killed every hour in this strike on the beit hanoun united nations school building one child was killed this takes the death toll up or pushes it well over seven hundred palestinians killed according to now this the sixteenth day of the operation and well over three thousand have been wounded among all of those casualties the overwhelming majority continue to be civilians the sis . i'm here for dealing with this the health system the system of the cemeteries and the morgues here vital services in terms of dealing with the civilian loss has been enormously stretched over these last past two weeks and we saw that yesterday when we spoke to those workers of those facilities. this is gaza's main morgue several hundred dead have passed through here in the past fortnight. we met its director. and certainly working here is very difficult first when the corpse arrives we put the dead bodies inside the fridge just after fifteen or thirty minutes the families normally arrive to take martyrs bodies morgues are operating at capacity throughout the

know that there have been incursions into the northern area of the strip specifically at least the beit hanoun area we've also received unconfirmed reports that as a result of those incursions there have been specific casualties as a result of those ground troops moving in. and the israeli operation follows days of shellings with hamas launching rockets in return nearly two hundred fifty five students have been killed most of them civilians including dozens of children and there was a short humanitarian truce on thursday the exchange of fire resumed as soon as it ended. or after a very short break here on r.t. international we're back with the latest updates on the plane crash breaking news out of eastern ukraine live from moscow this is r.t. international. but the stability. of the mississippi. you called so quick. look on the polish it. was made a. plague . dramas that can't be ignored. stories others refused to notice. faces changed lights never. told pictures of today's los angeles from rugs to blow. up to. fifty. people with autism. attention great contributions. to society and we're begi

that there have been incursions into the northern area of the strip specifically at least at the beit hanoun area we've also received unconfirmed reports that as a result of those incursions there have been specific casualties as a result of those ground troops moving in the israeli operation followed days of shellings in gaza with hamas also launching rockets in return overall nearly two hundred sixty palestinians have been killed most of them civilians including dozens of children and there was a short humanitarian truce on thursday that the exchange of fire resumed as soon as it ended. there's a plenty more about gaza over on our web site. www dot com. welcome to you live from moscow this is r.t. international let's bring you back to our top story here the breaking news as it has been all morning there and corpses scattered across an area covering fifteen kilometers the aftermath of a malaysia airlines passenger plane crash in eastern ukraine on thursday all two hundred ninety eight people on board were killed fewer than half of the victims have been recovered so far witnesses spoke of se

know that there have been incursions into the northern area of the strip specifically at least the beit hanoun area we've also received unconfirmed reports that as a result of those incursions there have been specific casualties as a result of those ground troops moving in. now the israeli operation follows days of gaza shellings with hamas launching rockets in return overall nearly two hundred sixty palestinians have been killed most of them civilians including dozens of children there was a short humanitarian truce on thursday but the exchange of fire resumed as soon as it entered. joining us here in r.t. international deborah and corpses scattered across an area covering fifteen kilometers of the aftermath of a malaysia airlines crash suspect to be taken out by some sort of trajectory al as it was flying from amsterdam towards its final destination of kuala lumpur all two hundred ninety eight people on board were killed local store bodies falling to earth and the remains of fewer than half of the victims have so far been recovered this is how i witnesses describe what they saw. i saw a piec

david wright, abc news, beit hanoun, gaza. >>> and back here at home tonight, a fast-thinking doctors being credited for stopping a gunman who opened fire at a hospital near philadelphia. investigators say a patient with psychiatric problems killed his caseworker this afternoon. police believe the doctor fired back in self-defense, using his own gun. both men were wounded in the shootout. other doctors wrestled the gun away from the patient. >>> and tonight, the debate over capital punishment is taking a startling new turn. a federal judge calling for a return to firing squads. this happens as another faulty execution in arizona dragged on for nearly two hours. and today, abc's senior justice correspondent pierre thomas tracked down that judge who says his idea is very serious. >> reporter: tonight, the state of arizona is investigating why it took so long to execute this inmate. murderer joseph rudolph wood was supposed to die roughly ten minutes after he was given a lethal injection. instead, it turned into an 117-minute ordeal. >> to watch a man lay there gulping air, at a certain

do know there have been incursions into the northern area of the strip specifically at least the beit hanoun area we've also received unconfirmed reports that as a result of those incursions there have been specific casualties as a result of those ground troops moving in. the israeli operation follows days of shellings with hamas launching rockets in return nearly two hundred sixty palestinians have been killed most of them civilians including dozens of children and there was a short humanitarian truce on thursday but the exchange of fire resumed as soon as it. but we are back in just a sec with more details from eastern ukraine the site of a tragic airliner crash. reversals of fortune and stalemate the harder the western backed regime in camp assaults the resistance in the east the more the resistance is able to push back washington support of a military solution is flagging as well as pushing close off you where. this is about making the business survive. corporations don't love your parishioners told hate corporations have no feeling. corporations don't care about you or me corporations w

was a united nations school about a mail and a half from the israeli gaza border near the town of beit hanoun. there has been intense fighting including ground to ground fighting between militant factions and israeli troops. this strike took place around 3 f.m. local time. it was some kind of an explosion that went off in the school courtyard. some of those witnesses that were wounded anad ended up in hospital spoke of several, three or four perhaps explosions of what they described as shells. the united nations said that in the course of the day, it had asked on two occasions to the israeli military that the civilians from this school who were sheltering there should be allowed to evacuate. the united nations says that that was not permitted. however, we've heard a statement from the israeli military saying they did offer a window for civilians to evacuate that school, a period of about four hours. we don't note who is telling the truth there or if there is confusion. we know in the past in the past few days, the united nations accused both israel and hamas of violating neutrality of u.n. sc

school was struck in beit hanoun, we were at the hospital, and when you see children being hit, especiallymorgue, it does very much affect you, and it's something that no one likes to see. that's the one tragedy of this war, about 20% of the casualties are children. and you see their families there crying. it is very difficult to see and witness. >> how do you cope? you're a professional journalist. it's not easy. you're also a human being. >> you know, it's the one thing that a lot of journalists ask themselves, is how do you cope after seeing this? a lot of journalists have different things to do. a lot of people like to take breaks after such assignments. that is one thing i will be doing is taking a break after this. these are image, you can't get out of your head. images you really don't want to leave your head. because it gipps you that human aspect to every story you report on. >> i'm glad you're out safe and sound. take some time off, relax. i know you're heading back to cairo. we'll stay in very close touch with you. our man in cairo the last few weeks in gaza, not an easy assignm

one gaza resident said the area of beit hanoun had been totally destroyed. >> they are dead. trees are dead. the life is that as well. they destroyed the land, the trees, everything. they totally destroyed it. >> play sot just before the truce took effect, an israeli strike on a house in khan yunis killed 20 people, including 12 members of the same family. on sunday hamas called for a 24-hour truce to mark the muslim holiday of eid al-fitr. overall the palestinian death toll has now reached 1,031, mostly including at least 226 children. israel says 43 of its soldiers have died along with three civilians inside israel. according to the united nations, more than 180,000 palestinians have been displaced and are now living in un shelters. we'll >> john kerry has been intensively involved in attempting to enter a cease-fire. on friday, the israeli cabinet rejected kerry's latest proposal, with israeli sources calling it too lenient to hamas demands, including lifting the seven-year blockade of gaza. the israeli rejection was issued in private so as not to strain u.s. ties. but at

now, you can see above beit hanoun, look ac that the video from the idf that they shared with the media and you will see in just a moment on the top right corner of your screen a puff of black, what appears to be smoke but it's actually from the dirt, from the impact of that mortar. and so you're seeing that now and seeing that mortar hitting the courtyard of the school. now, what israel says is the court yard of the school was empty at the time. that is what their inquiry has found. and that no one was killed because of their mortar but could have been injured. that leaves a lot of questions. i asked the israeli spokesperson for prime minister benjamin netanyahu's office, who you just heard from, mark regev, about that, how can you tell from that v vantage point and he said there's a lot more to be known. he made clear live here on cnn that indeed the inquiry may not be over that these things tend to take quite a long time and you have to look at all the evidence. so far this is the only evidence that has been shared publicly. we do not know if there is other evidence that israel had.

israeli side had all the the gps coordinates of all of our installations including this school in beit hanoun >> catherine: the israeli defense force says it's investigating. and suggests hamas militants may have been responsible. >>the idf does not target u.n. facilities. we knew there were rockets in u.n. schools. >> catherine: fifty miles to the north, normal at tel aviv's ben gurion airport. u=s carriers are now allowed to land there after the f=a=a lifted its two day ban on flights to israel. >> catherine: the secretary of transportation says he is the nececessary precautions. >> catherine: israel's transportation minister scoffed at american fears. >>yair lapid: listen, l.a.x. is ten times more dangerous than the israeli ben gurion airport. wolf: how can you say that? >>yair lapid: because the traffic there is so big >>wolf: but there are no rockets flying around l.a.x. >>yair lapid: there are no rockets flying around the ben gurion airport. >>wolf: there was one landed. >>yair lapid: there was one that landed more than a mile away. listen, the minute we presented the faa with the detai

>> we were in northern gaza in the beit hanoun area, and one after the other hit. you mentioned the death toll. we were at one house where a rocket had been fired into that house. apparently they did not receive a warning. that rocket exploded in the wall, on the wall, next to an alley where there were a bunch of children playing. one 4-year-old boy had his head blown off. we still saw pieces of his skull had been collected by the people in the neighborhood. this is an area that is oftentimes in the firing line from israeli air strikes and retaliatory raids. certainly people there are extremely worried about what's going to happen if israel has a ground incursion. the problem is, as they will quickly tell you, they have nowhere to go. we didn't mean one man right after that strike took place, where the 4-year-old was killed, he was taking away his four children. he said, i'm getting out of here because i don't want them to be killed by a rocket as well. this is an area that apparently local residents have received calls from people speaking arabic with hebrew accen

palestinian fire because as the united nations itself reported, there was rocket fire of hamas landing in beit hanoun was fighting between our forces and terrorist forces who turned the vicinity of the school into a war zone and the truth is this. even if we do discover in the end it was errant israeli fire why was a u.n. school turned into a war zone by hamas, and as the secretary-general of the united nations said himself, ban ki-moon, he said if hamas is turning u.n. facilities into a war zone, they are responsible for endangering the lives. >> but you know the u.n. officials on the scene, they say they twice asked israel, gave the coordinates of the school and twice asked israel for permission to remove those people. they got no response from you. >> first of all, we did yesterday for four hours, 10:00 a.m. allowed people to leave as we have done in the past. hamas opposed that. hamas wants to keep civilians in war zones as human shields but we have consistently agreed as we did yesterday to allow people to leave. >> and so when they say they got no response from you, the u.n. officials on the gr

also today several rockets launched from gaza towards israel fell short and hit beit hanoun.o you know who struck this facility? >> we can't say with certainty. initial indication would be israeli forces. >> reporter: one official said this was, perhaps, an israeli misfire. >> we operate in that area. so there is a possibility there was errant fire there. >> reporter: at the hospital, none of the victims believed israel's claim to be protecting civilians. the u.n. is demanding an investigation. secretary kerry has flown to cairo and reportedly has a proposal. it would be a temporary cease-fire starting on sunday. after that the u.s. and the u.n. would guarantee that negotiations would continue for a more lasting deal. here in gaza the chances of success are not seen as incredibly large. >> all right, richard engel in the region. thank you very much. >>> meanwhile here at home, al is tracking a line of severe weather this morning. in the wake of that deadly tornado down in virginia, a couple was killed when a tree fell on their tent at a popular campground. 3 c3 popular para a