also left a very key meeting with benjamin netenyahu. del? >> mike thank you very much. >>> and while world leaders push diplomacy, there has been no end to the fighting on the ground. nick schifrin is on the ground in gaza. >> reporter: on the gaza/israel border the wounded arrive faster than ever. israeli soldiers carry a stretcher of an injured service member. they mourn a 20-year-old killed this weekend in eastern gaza. a father yule guises his son. >> translator: i was crazy about you. [ explosion ] >> reporter: the fighting that has killed more than 30 israeli soldiers raises every night, and every morning gazans wake up to the damage. some carry remnants of the family who once lived here. and in gaza city a house has been pulverized leaving a single suspended tricycle. they flee anywhere they hope is safe. muslim families live the parking lot of a greek orthodox church. >> they are homeless. their houses are destroyed. they came out from their ruins. they saw the people injured or killed, and so they ran. >> reporter: they sleep below

. >>> so it seems that benjamin netenyahu, the israeli prime minister is saying that the military won't its operations in gaza until these cross border tunnels are destroyed, and that's despite the growing international call for an end to the fighting. james bayes reports from west jerusalem. >> reporter: despite the mounting death toll and the growing international criticism of israel the country's prime minister was uncompromising, the military operation will continue in hamas's tunnels are destroyed. >> translator: as of now we have neutralized dozens of terrorists tunnels, and we are determined to complete this mission with or without a ceasefire, and i will not agree to any proposal that does not allow the idf to complete this work. >> reporter: the latest attack on a un school where thousands were sheltering left 19 people dead. the un says israeli shells were the cause. the top human rights official says she detects a pattern of deliberate action. >> the shelling of houses means a violation of israeli's obligation to protect the right to housing, right to food, right to clean wat

. >> israeli prime minister, benjamin netenyahu urging the international community to hold hamas responsible for the carnage in gaza. >> secretary of state john kerry in egypt at this hour trying to broker a peace deal. >>> and the remains of those kills on malaysian airlines flight 17 are moved from the crash site in ukraine to be flown to the netherlands. ♪ >>> we begin with breaking news coming out of washington, d.c., moments ago an appeals court handing down a blow to the federal appeal act. the court agreeing that those states that opted out of obamacare cannot receive subsidies. those subsidies are used to reduce the cost of insurance. if the obama administration appeals the case could end up before the supreme court. >>> meanwhile another day of shelling in gaza, the death toll rising. israel's prime minister met with the un secretary general, benjamin netenyahu blaming hamas for the escalation in violence. >> the international community must hold hamas accountable for using palestinian civilians as human shields, deliberately putting them and keeping them in harm's way. mr. secretar

and benjamin netenyahu has also asked from help from secretary of state john kerry to try to get thoselights started once again. back to you. >>> lisa stark thank you very much. >>> a trans-asian airplane has crashed while trying to make an emergency landing. >>> and the doctor leading the fight against ebola in sierra leon is now infected himself. he treated more than 100 victims. and now is being treated by doctors without borders. 206 people in sierra leon have died from ebola. >>> a murder trial gets underway today in michigan. why people there are comparing this case to the trayvon martin shooting in florida. >>> and an innovative prison prom. >>> we have just learned that a suspected nazi war criminal facing extradition to germany has died. the lawyer says his client was taken to a hospital in philadelphia over the weekend. reports of his death come the same day a federal judge granted a request for him to be sent back to germany. german prosecutors wanted to try him for the death of thousands of jews. >>> a murder trial is gettingway in michigan. bisi onile-ere reports that ther

israel prime minister benjamin netenyahu defended the air strikes on gaza. >> so for them, we have oner. we will fight, and we will defeat you. that is something that we are committed to do, and i think that's important for peace. i think that the most important thing vis-a-vis gaza is to ensure that gaza is demilitarized, from rockets and from the attack tunnels that hamas is building into israel. this is an important part of the long-term solution. but in the immediate moment, israel has to take the actions to defending its citizens as any normal count think would against terrorists or committing double war times of targeting civilians and hiding behind civilians. >> >>> you just heard ben bn -- benjamin netenyahu talk about the importance of demilitarizing gaza. there is also an order to call up 8,000 more reservists to join the 40,000 who have already been mobilized. then we heard this uncompromising message from hamas. is all of this building do you see towards a possible ground offensive? >> certainly they have been heightening the states and the escalation over the last week hav

. >>> today, benjamin netenyahu said the attack will not stop. >> reporter: israeli prime minister benjaminenyahu statement, dampening hopes of a ceasefire at least in the immediate future. he said we will not finish this military campaign until the tunnels are destroyed. >> translator: we must be prepared for a prolonged army operation in gaza. we will continue to act strongly and with responsibility until we complete our mission. >> reporter: in terms of israeli support, and israeli public opinion, people for the most part, the vast majority of israelis support the government. there are several reasons for that. there are the media, messages that they are receiving from israeli media, and the israeli military about the number of tunnels that have been found, and the number of rockets coming into israel. israel is also tired in the sense that they have seen this conflict play out before. and they want something different this time. and they also -- [ technical difficulties ] then they have in previous years. on sunday night, sirens sounded further north. >> that's kim vinnell reporting. wa

give us an idea of what benjamin netenyahu had to say. >> well, as you mentioned, he said that international pressure, which is mounting, but very slowly, is not going to stop israel from what he described as acting against militants. he also said he has been speaking to several world leaders including the german chancellor, the u.s. secretary of state, and the russian president about israel's right to defending itself. he knows the first priority is to protect people and bring calm. he also said that the israeli army has struck more than 1,000 targets in the last few days in gaza, and he also said that this operation that is ongoing right now, is larger than the operation the israeli army carried out in november 2012, which was the last major escalation. and we also said that the operation will take time and will end when the goal of restoring calm in israel is achieved and when no more rockets are fired into israeli territory. he did not explicitly mention anything to do with a ground operation even though he was asked by journalists -- [ technical difficulties ] >> this is the second frid

john kerry met with benjamin netenyahu, they are trying to broker a new truce between israel and hamaswhich controls gaza. >>> in this hour we'll have the latest from the region, with nicole johnston. she is at a hospital in gaza itself. and james bayes in west jerusalem. to nicole first, though. how is central gaza being affected at the moment by the fighting? >> well, it really does appear as though the fighting has moved from the northern part of gaza down to the central and southern area. a lot of focus is on an area called kaza. it's very different to the previous area, which was a densely populated urban area, but there are 10s of thousands who live there, and most of the people who live there can't get out. we talked to a couple of people who managed to get out earlier, but they said their families are still there, they are terrified, and it's simply too dangerous? the area. they are not going deep into the area, because they said it is still too unsafe. >> reports too, nicole of another hospital in the city being hit. what do we know about that? >> this is a hospital in the far

secretary of state john kerry spoke to benjamin netenyahu to discuss the israeli operation.te department reported that kerry confirmed strong support for the ground offensive against hamas's tunnels, but encouraged israel to restore the 2012 ceasefire quickly in order to prevent any civilian casualties. randall pinkston joins me live from washington, d.c. randall we have heard from john kerry of what he said, and we heard earlier from hilary clinton. what is the president saying and doing in washington? >> the president is keeping close tabs on not only what is going on in gaza, but also ukraine through his intelligence and military, and national security officials. the u.s. remains strongly supportive of israeli's right to defending itself while encouraging israel to return to the 2012 ceasefire according, that depending, of course, on hamas's agreement. kerry also stressed that innocent civilians be protected. >> thank you very much for joining us. >>> al jazeera's senior political analyst joins us now. i want to explore possible motivation for this offensive. is there an

benjamin netenyahu says hamas is responsible and will pay.aeli forces have destroyed the homes of the main suspects and a [ inaudible ] was shot dead during a raid. and gaza has been hit by 34 air strikes in response to rocket fire. hamas denies involvement and warning it will open the gates of hell if israeli attacks. clearly, this is very intense situation indeed especially with the funerals starting for those three settlers. >> it is shiulie, and we are waiting for what the israeli government is about to decide should happen or should be included in a response, because as you mentioned the israeli prime minister said the response will be harsh. benjamin netenyahu is going to participate in the funeral processions for the three settlers just outside of jerusalem. he is expected to give a speech. after that he is expected to join his cabinet ministers for another meeting to discuss a possible or a potential response to the killing of these three teenage settlers. as you know there was a cabinet meeting last night. it was adjourned without an

- actually when i heard about this attack on the school, i just finished an interview with benjamin netenyahu'sior advisor dory gold, and i had been asking him about the death of so many civilians, and what exactly was israeli's policy. this is what he had to say. >> israel as define admission. that mission first and foremost is making sure that rockets are no longer fired at our cities, because we pay a price too. and no country, no country can accept rock set fire into its civilian population. >> if right now, john kerry phoned up and said we want a ceasefire, and hamas received a ceasefire, would israel agree to an immediate ceasefire? >> israeli has accepted three separate ceasefire proposals last week. hamas refused. >> but on the other hand you say you will accept a ceasefire, but you are sticking to your guns. >> if it is critical that hamas's missile arsenal be redestroyed or removed that can happen militarily or diplomatically. we must make sure those missiles are removed. >> dory gold, advise for to the israeli prime minister. in the last hour or so there was a cabinet meeting here, a

benjamin netenyahu saying the international community must hold hamas accountable for rejecting multiple ceasefire offers. he made those comments with a joint conference with the un secretary general ban ki-moon. and he reasserted his nation's right to defending itself. >> i think the people of gaza, and that's become absolutely clear to the world are the victims of the brutal hamas regime. it is the right of every state to defending itself, and israel will continue to do what it needs to do to defend it's people. this is not only our right, this is our duty. >> ban ki-moon called for the rocket fire toengd immediately. but he said israel must exercise maximum constraint as the death toll has soared to more than 600. >> military actions will not increase israel's stability and security in the longer term. i fully share and appreciate the security concern and right to defend your country and citizens. israel is a democratic strong country, and i urge you to demonstra demonstrate fortitude. >> let's speak to james bayes in west jerusalem for us. while that press conference was taking place

. >>> ban ki-moon urged benjamin netenyahu to exercise restraint. the secretary-general is calling on both sides to end their attacks and deal with the root causes of the conflict. >> we must address these underlying issues including a mutual recognition, occupation, and denial of dignity. >> reporter: u.s. secretary of state, john kerry, is also saying israel and hamas must look at their fundamental differences. he met in cairo with egyptian president abdel fattah al-sisi. u.s. president supports a cease-fire like the one supported last week by egyptian officials. that agreement called for both sides to stop attacks immediately and send representatives to cairo to negotiate a long-term truce. israel accepted it, hamas rejected it. hamas leaders are pushing for israel to ease its economic blockade of gaza and release prison members. they kept firing rockets, some of them penetrated israel's aerial defense system and one of them landed near been gerion airport in tel aviv. that prompted some airlines in the u.s., canada and europe and at least one in

and he was also talking about the fact that he had a phone conversation with prime minister benjamin netenyahu. >> yeah. >> and this new ground incursion in gaza might be limited. >> you are absolutely right, and this is something that has been stressed since late last night. secretary kerry had a conversation with prime minister netenyahu before the president this morning. and it was fascinating to see what their emphasized coming out of that conversation, that is the limited nature, seizing on the israeli objective as stated by netenyahu of eliminating these tunnels from gaza into israel to infiltrate, the infiltration of terrorists into israel. secretary kerry going out of his way, speaking for the entire administration, i have to say, that this was the objective, they support israel in this objective, but this clearly was the goal. now the question is do the israelis agree? there are certainly strong indications they want to go further than that. never the less the white house anticipating the pressure that will be coming in thement -- the coming days to put pressure to stop their incursio

secretary of state met with benjamin netenyahu.y posed literally for five seconds for photographers, and then walked out to start their meeting. we have been expecting some sort of remarks from them. i'm told the meeting is taking place in tel-aviv, because the secretary of state will be flying away after this meeting. where he is flying to, we are still seeking clarification on at this time. but this does seem to match what i am told by other sources. ban ki moon said he thought there could be peace very soon. i understand that the possible formula they were looking at was a ceasefire to be followed immediately by negotiations on the underlying issues to satisfy hamas that says there should be a lifting of the siege of gaza. they would get the ceasefire first and then straight away they would talk about that as one of the issues. well, i'm told by a source, i can't tell you anything more than it's a source who knows what is going on, that that has been a problem for israel. it wants those two things decoupled. it wants a ceasefire

training grounds means that israel is still interested in quote quiet for quiet as prime minister benjamin netenyahuas put it. and the u.s. official kept saying the ball is now in hamas's court. everyone is waiting for the political wing to respond. and it has not yet. the violence is increasing, and could increase very quickly if the two sides can't agree, but we are still waiting on that's fire agreement, and it's still a possibility. >> and just after israel resumed those air strikes, al jazeera spoke to a spokesperson for hamas and asked him why the group refused to stop the rocket attacks. >> this question may be legitimate if hamas thought the attack against the israelis, but in fact the israelis started the attack against hamas, and hamas is defending its own people. we are defending the palestinians. so the question must be for the israelis what do you gain from bombing and killing the palestinians and destroying the peace process in what do you get from destroying the two-state solution, this is supposed to be a big question for the israelis. if you said that for the palestinians, it would

prime minister benjamin netenyahu has been totally willing to admit he is trying to draw a wedge betweenhe fattah movement and hamas in gaza, which as you said came together for a reconciliation go. he has been trying to separate those two. the palestinians have vowed to stay together. and israel was hoping the united states would come out tonight and say this is an example of why they have to separate, and the unity government needs to collapse. president obama saying just a few hours ago, saying . . . but he went on to try to calm the two sides saying . . . the u.s. clearly siding with the israelis when it comes to terrorism, but trying to make both sides take positive steps, at least refrain from some of the larger steps that some people in israel them to take. >> now to iraq where the united states is sending 300 additional troops into a deteriorating security situation. president obama says the troops will protect americans and the embassy in bagdad. this will bring the total number of forces to around 100. the administration has ruled out sending combat troops back into iraq. >>> t

benjamin netenyahu says the blame for civilian deaths lies squarely with hamas. >> they are hiding rocketshospitals, arms in hospitals. they are shooting from hospitals. they just don't care. they break every rule in the book. committing triple war crimes. er targeting civilians, hiding behind civilians. >>> al jazeera -- spoke with this woman. >> israel is a rogue state that exists outside of the law. there's no way we can come to any peace agreement with such a country unless it abandons its terrorism. >>> secretary of state john kerry is in cairo to push for an immediate ceasefire. he is scheduled to meet with un secretary general banky moon. and egypt's president. it is providing humanitarian support. public opinion poll suggests many israelis support their government's operation in gaza. and many say they regret the civilian deaths but are still in favor of the military campaign. kim reports. >> reporter: in israel bulletins lead with casualties. pictures of palestinians make the prime time news. a veteran news anchor choking up during coverage of a military funeral. soldier deaths go

has ordered the army to prepare for possible ground invasion, there is less pressure now on benjamin netenyahuny israelis here would like to see a ground incursion and a comprehensive military operation on gaza. >>> rebel fighters in yemen has taken control of a city 50 kilometers away from the capitol. fighting has increased in the last few weeks and thousands of people have fled their homes because of the violence. here are the details. >> reporter: a strategic city north of the capitol is now in the hands of the rebels. in a spectacular drone attack, shiite fighters overran the base, all government buildings, seized tanks, heavy weapons and arrested officers. the top military officer was killed in the attack. they now control huge areas that stretch from the border of saudi arabia north to mountains near the capitol. this is their leader. he says his fight is mainly for political and religious freedoms. worried that they might establish a shiite state along its border, saudi arabia launched an offensive against the rebels there 2009. the capture of the area by the rebels has been condemned

picking up the phone and talking to the president of the palestinian authority, abbas, and benjamin netenyahuabbas just got out of meetings in meetings in qatar with banky moon. they hope to see progress they say as soon as possible. the question, of course, who can bring all of the players to the table, and will anything that egypt brokers or offers up be agreeable to hamas. >> the issue of course is that you are seeing secretary kerry jumping between all of these parties who are involved. egypt no friend of hamas' in particular. qatar more of a friend of hamas, coming up with a solution that looks very much like what hamas suggested in the first place. is there any opportunity for leadership from the u.s.? >> i think we'll see. the state department put the bar fairly low today when it said this is hard. as we here the spokes woman sort of down playing the ease of this situation, but at the same time, secretary kerry is very committed, has a big goal of trying to get something accomplished and move the bar. we saw president obama talk today from the south lawn and you heard a change in tone.

. >>> i want to show you what is happening now in jerusalem, prime minister benjamin netenyahu is givingference. we'll listen in to what the prime minister has to say, and report anything news worthy here on al jazeera in the next few moments. but earlier today my colleague, david foster spoke with a businessman and philanthropist, and asked him how likely an end to the violence could be reached? the >> i think the chances are hopeful and good if -- if israel will stop this madness and aggression, and to say what is the reason for all of this violence and aggression every two years or every year? i think the time is very appropriate. i think the people are there. and i the president is serious to find a way to stop the israeli aggression. >> it's rather isn't it that they have the president in cairo talking to the muslim brotherhood which would have been helping hamas. can you get the right sort of deal with that kind of support? >> of course, i think president sisi is very serious about stopping this sue no, ma' ma'am -- tsunami, and i think what triggered it because of what happened wi

. >>> many israelis say prime minister benjamin netenyahu must stay the course, but there are decentsrses. >> war can end in a week or two, but the problems will stay forever, and i don't see a real solution to the problem unless we canment come to a negotiation with the people. and that probably will take a long, long time. we all support it, i believe, and we should finish what we started. >> i think we're paying now the price of ignoring and being [ inaudible ] towards the palestinians. we have to understand that it's impossible -- we cannot halt around million peoples under siege. >> we're joined now, and it looks like the israeli security cabinet might have rejected the latest proposal for ceasefire. what now? >> we'll probably hear from secretary kerry about this. i'm sure they will go at it again. it just sounded like if israeli accepted it right there and then, it just sounds so desperate. the minister part of netenyahu's government have even been talking about ceasefire unilaterally by israel. so much talk about ceasefire in israel, and so much rejection by hamas unless the s

earlier today, israeli prime minister benjamin netenyahu called an additional 16,000 reservist up forfar the death toll on the palestinian side has crossed the 1500 mark. the overwhelming majority civilians. meanwhile netenyahu vowed to destroy the underground tunnels used by palestinian fighters used by hamas and other factions with or without a ceasefire. gaza has already suffered from staggeringly high rates of poverty and one of the highest population densities in the world. fully 60% of gaza's 1.8 million residents are registered ref fees from past israeli wars. some of the rockets being fired from gaza into israel are aimed at places those refugees once called home. israel has maintained a tight, air, sea, and land blockage on gaza. that's exactly when hamas seized control there. economic output in gaza fell to just $403 per person in the first three months of this year. if economic output, if that $403 a person were 20 times as much, gaza wouldn't even be considered a developing economy. output per person in the united states for comparison was $53,000 a person last year. even

benjamin netenyahu continues to say the primary objective is to top stop the rock ketds coming out ofnd he wants to target those tunnels. so far what we're not hearing a lot of talk about is completely disarming hamas. i don't think anybody in the israeli military at this stage think that is realistic. because that would be much longer and much bloodier. >> we'll see what messages do some out of jerusalem over the night. john thanks for joining us. >>> u.s. president >>> -- live on al jazeera, it seems to be an never-ending cycle of violence, there seems to be no end to this, what needs to happen for it to stop? it is just about tunnels as our correspondent mentioned and as the israeli military press spokesman suggested? what do you perceive to be the end game? >> there is no end game to this conflict in gaza. it's the third in the past ten years. it can be halted temporarily with a ceasefire, but unless the ceasefire makes substantial changes -- for example, the opening of the closure of gaza by egypt and israel, the conflict will resume itself at some stage. the larger strategic iss

. >> israeli prime minister, benjamin netenyahu urging the international community to hold hamas responsible for the carnage in gaza. >> secretary of state john kerry in egypt at this hour trying to broker a peace deal. >>> and the remains of those