we will we'll take a short break and we'll close our conversation on hamas and the conflict between israel and gaza after this. this is inside story. stay with us. >> you're watching "inside story" on al jazeera america. today the president of the united states blamed hamas for the collapse of the cease-fire and said a peace deal was impossible without the release of the captured israeli soldier. we just have a few minutes left. as you head to cairo, i know it's in the nature of being a negotiator that you have a certain amount of built-in optimism can you defeat that pessimism that you heard from barack obama this afternoon? he sounded very dubious that a cease-fire can be put back together. >> our delegation is going to cairo tomorrow. we want to show the world the side that wants to make a cease-fire and the side that continues the war. since the israelis broke the cease-fire we have 51 palestinians killed. we need to stop this aggression. there are children being killed every two hours, and every two hours there is a palestinian child between ages 5 and 8 being killed every day. what w

. >> the 72 hour cease-fire between israel and hamas fell >> the 72 hour cease-fire between israel and hamas fell about 70 hours short. the two sides blame each other for the continuing fighting and dying. that's the inside story. >> hello, i'm ray suarez. it was thursday evening eastern time in the united states when the news broke friday morning would begin a three-day cease-fire between israelis and palestinians fighting in gaza. during the overnight hours before americans even woke up, the cease-fire was gone. lost in a haze of mutual acrimony and continued violence. the intense diplomacy from secretary general ban ki-moon and secretary of state john kerry, and not coming to much. israel has declared they have the intention to keep fighting until all the tunnels leading into israel have been destroyed alliances and support within the region are being fractured and redrawn. >> reporter: when the cease-fire collapsed the finger pointing began. hamas blamed israel for advancing on the town of rafa on the pretext of destroying tunnel. israel said that it was destroying a tunnel when a

potential breakdown of talks here between hamas and israel.et's get straight to this tweet from israeli defense forces, idf. gaza terrorists have breached the cease-fire and launched a rocket at israel, hitting the huff earnca long regional council. there has been a 72-hour cease-fire under way as the peace talks have continued in cairo, so we are in just about that final hour of this temporary cease-fire. we have reporters both in gaza city and in jerusalem for you, as we have been hearing and reporting here at cnn, sirens going off, code red sirens going off in southern israel. so we have fred polite ken. at the me what you know, what you're seeing where you are. >> reporter: right now, brooke, it's still a very fluid situation. it's a very tense situation here in gaza. i would say about 45 minutes to an hour ago, we did from our position here something that might have been interpreted as being possibly an outgoing rocket that was possibly fired from here. and it was only a couple minutes later that we did get those reports from the israeli

the second day of the temporary cease-fire between hamas and israel holding for now.ut what is the status of the peace discussions? we're live with the latest developments. >>> the u.s. general assassinated in afghanistan. an insider attack, catching victims by surprise. the ambush raising new concerns this morning over the safety of our troops in america overseas. we'll take you live with the very latest on that as well. >>> ebola outbreak. the second infected american now back in the united states being treated with an experimental drug, this, as the virus rages across africa. we'll tell you what is being done to stop this. good morning, everyone. great to see you today. welcome to "early start." i'm john berman. >> and i'm poppy harlow in for christine romans. it's 4:00 a.m. here, we welcome viewers both in the united states and around the word. up new this morning, peace, and the second day, all is pretty quiet between israel and hamas. the people of gaza emerging from the ruins with israeli troops gone from the ground there. the tricky part now try to make this l

. >>> direct talks between hamas and israel go on in cairo. and a very important matter. an underground quest for the mysterious substance thought to hold the universe together. >>> hello everyone, the political crisis continues in iraq as prime minister nouri al-maliki refuses to give up his position. now on monday, haider al-abadi was appointed to replace maliki. he's been given 30 days to form a new government. maliki says that appointment vitals thviolates the constitut. he's ordered the international community to stay out of the issue. >> i really urge you to iraqi military to uproot the islamic state group and al qaeda. you are responsible. they are otherwise a cancer that can spread. we are all responsible for the safety and security of our country. >> that's the political battle. meanwhile in the north of the country, kurdish forces continue to fight against islamic state fighters. the u.s. has been backing the kurdish fighters with weapons, however humanitarian crisis going on and on as thousands flee their homes a with islamic state forces enter their homes. jan

a 72-hour cease-fire between hamas and israel has begun. will it last? what happens when the 72 hours end? we are live with what's happening right now. >>> two patients infected with the deadly ebola virus. they will soon arrive to america from africa. where will they go? we are live with the latest developments. >>> a dangerous journey. today, for investigators of malaysia airline flight 17 going back to the crash site where they say dozens of bodies remain. we are live with what investigators are finding. welcome to "early start." i'm john berman. >> i'm christine romans. it is august 1, 4:00 a.m. in the east. up first, the sound of silence in gaza. we are three hours into a 72 hour cease-fire. a cease-fire brokered by the u.n. and the united states. so far, it appears to be holding. it is a much needed pause of a bloody, 24 day israeli offensive with hamas. >> during this period, civilian wills receive relief and op two-point toy carry out vital functions, including burying the dead, taking care of the injured and restocking food supplies. >> gaza is

the cease fire between hamas and israel and palestinian civilians finding themselves right in the middle of a humanitarian catastrophe. on the u.s. returns to iraq as president obama authorizes a. jihadist militants in the north of the country. having to fight exactly the same group you were supporting syria. headlines over the weekend of today welcome to the week international with me but first now we start with the breaking news that is right now coming into our offices here a passenger plane has crashed into a residential complex while taking off from the main airport in the iranian capital that jet was said to have been carrying forty people unconfirmed reports have the death toll ranging from fifteen to everybody on board the plane had been on an internal flight here in aussie international we'll keep you fully updated on the plane crash in tehran a continuation of the breaking. and although the heavy armor is rolling towards dawn yet scares the ukrainian army prepared to use its full force on the city that it hasn't already been shelled and extensively bombed. in one of the latest

arab neighbors are not as comfortable with the actions taken in this latest round of violence between hamasael saying that hamas is actually, you know, taking it too far this time. if they really want to have peace, they need to stop firing the rockets and therefore move ahead towards peace talks. i know you want the blockade to end and israel saying if that has to end, you have to stop firing the rockets. so you're in a catch-22 here. >> no, we are not. there was a cease-fire and there were no rockets for 72 hours. israel refuses to step in and negotiate the end of this conflict and that's why the cease-fire broke down. if israel declares today that they are ready to take their airplanes and their artillery and their tanks, there can be a long-lasting cease-fire and more than that, we can start negotiating peace. if israel is very happy that the arab countries are not supporting palestinians, then they have no excuse for not making peace with palestinians because they used to say we are afraid of making peace with palestinians because iraq is a hostile country, egypt is a hostile country.

. >>> and we're following more violence in the mideast after the cease-fire between hamas crumbles. several rockets were fired overnight between gaza and israel. we're live in the very latest in jerusalem and gaza with the very latest. >>> welcome back, everyone, to our special coverage. i'm amara walker. >> and i'm george howell. we begin in iraq where the u.s. has unleashed another round of targeted air strikes in iraq hoping to stop the momentum of u.s. militants. >> u.s.-guided bombers said to have targeted the positions along with the mortar system of erbil. isis reportedly has fought its way within 30 kilometers of that city. local leaders say 150 peshmerga troops will be killed after fighting in the last week. isis has seized many militaries that the peshmerga was protecting. this week, militants took over the mosul dam which is iraq largest hydroelectric dam. >> we also you want you to look at this video showing one of the humanitarian aid drops in iraq. aid drops have reached at least some civilians in the mountains there trying to escape the islamic militants who have vowed

. >> in gaza the five-day ceasefire tension between hamas and israel continues to hold. for people on both sides, uncertainty remains, still hasn't been a breakthrough on a long-term truce, delegates have returned from cairo where negotiations were being held for consultation with his their respective leaders. with that ceasefire in place many of the palestinians living close to the border have returned to where their homes once stood to find only piles of rubble as is reported in this report. >> reporter: this story of this family is a common one in gaza. it was only a year ago when they she moved in to her new house, now she sits in front of a pile of rubble in the hopes that someone will provide some help. >> translator: i was shocked and screaming in the street. i still have to pay the mortgage. i am a widow. my husband was killed in the previous war. and now my son is in hospital. >> reporter: her relative and her four children, left during the conflict to a safer place. it's only after the ceasefire was extended that she decided to return. >> translator: we will st

a three-day cease-fire between, -- between hamas and israel comes to an end.thorizes targeted whates in iraq to prevent he calls to prevent what he calls a potential genocide. and the world health organization declares west africa ebola africa -- ebola outbreak in international emergency.

also, the cease-fire ending between israel and hamas this morning. olence erupting between those two and talks failing after that three-day cease-fire. live team coverage on the ground from gaza and cairo. we'll talk about if there's hope for a long lasting peace. >>> hurricane iselle barrelling into the hawaiian islands. dangerous wind and waves slamming them. indra petersons is tracking this storm for us. i'm poppy harlow. 4:30 a.m. on the west coast. we begin with this, president obama raising the stakes in iraq. in a nationally televised report, he authorized air strikes against militants warning america cannot turn a blind eye to the crisis in that region. islamic extremists closing in on the city of irbil. the president, also authorizing an emergency air drop of water and food to help a large number of kurds and other minorities trapped by the militants. >> there is no decision i take more seriously than the use of military force. over the last several years, we brought the vast majority of troops home from iraq and afghanistan. i have been care

between israelis and palestinians. he brokered a deal to release soldiers. hamas had a friend in mohammed morsi who opened the border between egypt and gaza and along then with secretary of state hillary clinton brokered a cease fire between israel and hamas in 2012. but things have changed since then, like israel, egypt's current president views hamas as a terrorist group and a regional threat isolating the group politically, sealing off the border and sealing off tunnels. >> the reason they have put restrictions on the borders is because we don't want hamas to do that. as long as hamas doesn't want to invest in the people of gaza and wants to invest in the terrorist war machine, those restrictions have to stay in place. >> reporter: with monday's cease-fire, they're the peace broker. egypt holds the key while helping to deny hamas the ability to rearm and attack israel. >> egypt is not just negotiator. hamas has spelled out their leading demand is an end to the siege, what they call a siege of gaza, and they're looking to egypt to open up the rafa border crossin

brokered cease- fire between hamas and israel is quickly shattered today. e truce collapsed less than two hours after it began. israelis pounded hamas. they say it was before the cease-fire started. at least 62 palestinians and two israelis were killed. israel says an officer was abducted. >> i think it's going to be very hard to put a cease-fire back together again if israelis and the international community can't feel confident that hamas can follow through. >> the president called on hamas to unconditionally released 23-year-old abducted officer. 25 days every fighting have left at least 1500 palestinians and 65 israelis dead. >>> the first of two american aid workers infected with ebola will arrive in the united states as soon as tomorrow. the second patient will be transported back from liberia a few days later. the plan is to house both patients in a secure unit at a hospital in atlanta. a medevac plane left yesterday to pick them up. but it is only equipped to transport one patient at a time. this is the first known time the ebola virus will enter the

when people try to portray there's really no difference between hamas and the jews and israel, i wantsay, you're missing the point. there is a difference. there's a difference between people who stand in front of a baby carriage, protecting the baby that's in it and those who stand behind the baby carriage and let the bullets hit the baby before it hits them. there's a difference there. if we don't get that, if we don't understand the difference between the good guys and the bed guys, don't ever go to a western. because you'll never understand the difference between the guys wearing the white hats and the black hats. we are obliterating the line between good and evil. there's a distinction. we need to be clear in calling out evil for what it is. when people will behead a child and leave people starving on top of a mountain without food and water, 40,000 of them, i don't care what religion it is, it's evil. that's what we need to be clear about. >> there is a difference. there is black and white. always good to see you. >> thank you very much. >>> the u.s. firing the first air-strikes

what's your reading of the situation between hamas and egypt?the relation between hamas and the current egyptian government is pretty tense. a couple of months ago there was a court ruling to ban the activities of hamas here in egypt because the egyptian government sees an offshoot of the muslim brotherhood with which they are clearly at odds. it might complicate the mediation efforts. so far no other country has submitted a cease-fire initiative other than egypt, even qatar and turkey. they haven't submitted initiatives. so far the egyptian initiative is the only one which enjoys international recognition. >> sally nabil in cairo, thanks for the update. >>> still to come, the world's biggest case of hacking. a russian criminal gang steals more than a million names and passwords. >>> and how people power and odds helped free a man trapped between a train and the station platform. and it doesn't even fly. we build it in classrooms and exhibit halls, mentoring tomorrow's innovators. we build it raising roofs, preserving habitats and serving americ

. >> with the combat between israel and hamas in the gaza strip entered the forty week, efforts to broker a cease-fire have taken on an urgency. israel embraced the cease-fire. hamas rejected it. this week secretary of state john kerry adopted a proposal floated by turkey and katah. allies on hamas. the plan includes hamas' demand to lift israel's 8 year-long barricade. israeli officials went ballistic last weekend after secretary kerry abruptly changed the term. the israeli newspaper said this quote: the chief editor of the times of israel said this: he dubbed kerry a happyless debbie. unquote. obama administration officials are bristling over the criticism of kerry. on friday secretary kerry condemned the israeli palestinian violations of the gaza cease-fire. is it warranted or over the top? >> at the specific issue of his coming in with a peace proposal that came from joining with turkey, whose leader is the worse anti- semantic leader in the middle east. they formed a program. kerry's carrying it in did not go over well. >> a lead balloon. >> there was a bad move. it is completely dis

morsi who opened the border with gaza and with secretary of stays hillary clinton brokered a peace between hamas and israel in 2012. things have changed since then. like israel, egypt's current president views hamas as a regional group and threat. isolating them politically, sealing off across gaza and destroying tunnels between the borders to stop hamas from smuggling weapons. >> the reason both egypt and israel have put restrictions on the border is because we don't want hamas to do that. as long as hamas doesn't want to invest in the people of gaza but wants to invest in its terrorist war machine, of course those restrictions have to stay in place. >> reporter: with monday's cease-fire, egypt once again assumed its role at mid east power broker. when talks resume in cairo on a long-term truce, egypt holds the key to helping ease the blockade of gaza while helping to deny hamas the ability to rearm and attack israel. >> egypt is not just the negotiator. hamas has spelled out their leading demand is an end to the siege, what they call the siege of gaza. and they're looking to egypt to open up t

after a few days silence on the role of arms returns to gaza as a ceasefire between hamas and israel and with palestinian civilians finding themselves in the middle of a humanitarian catastrophe. the u.s. returns to iraq as president obama also rises east strikes against the hardest militants in the north of a country with washington now having to fight the same group its supporters in syria. to bad lines of the week and off today welcome to the weekly arching international with me tongue would say first the heavy armor is a moving to was done yet to as the ukrainian army prepares to use its full force on the city now that it hasn't been shelled and bombed extensively already. none of that i distrust of the popular blogs arrives in the city center where attached in a week of assaults more than a dozen people were killed and a loan. officer the media the photo work of roads and should have. given up looking. for you here was a much more. hopeful. feel. amid intensified attacks from the army the self-proclaimed republic says it's ready forces wired to avert a humanitarian crisis in the

between hamas and israel. palestinian civilians finding themselves on the brink of a humanitarian catastrophe. in the u.s. reruns of iraq president obama. in the north with washington having to fight the same group its supporters in syria. today welcome to the week. is moving towards. the ukrainian army prepares to use its full force on the city not that it hasn't already been shelled and bombed extensively already. in one of the latest strikes to apartment buildings. leaving at least one person dead huge houses all over the city. i see them in the photo where those roads are unsure how slough. giving up looking. for you or your was a national. poll can. feel. that it. well donetsk is a regional capital right here in the heart of government resistance now but it's also a vital hub for the entire economy but at least is to be used let's bring up some facts for you on r.t. international well it's ukraine's fifth largest city with a population of nearly one million last year forbes named it the most attractive ci

a 72-hour cease-fire between hamas and israel has begun. will it last?appens when the 72 hours end? we are live with what's happening right now. >>> two patients infected with the deadly ebola virus. they will soon arrive to america from africa. where will they go? we are live with the latest developments. >>> a dangerous journey. today, for investigators of malaysia

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after a few days silence the roar of returns to gaza is the ceasefire between hamas and israel and the palestinian civilians finding themselves right in the middle of a humanitarian catastrophe. and the u.s. returns to iraq as president obama authorizes airstrikes against militants in the north of the country but washington now having to fight exactly the same group it's been supporting and in syria. headlines over the weekend of today welcome to the weekly on r.t. international with me rule received. the heavy is moving towards. the ukrainian army prepares to use full force on the city not that it hasn't already been extensively shelled and heavily bombed. one of the latest strikes to apartment blocks right in the city center were attacked in a week of a soul smaller than a dozen people were killed in. said only that the photo were present our discussion has left. several blocks. for you or your muslim national. school. fees. if. you got it. amid intensified attacks from the army the republic says it is now ready for a ceasefire to avert a humanitarian crisis in the area and yet scare

the exchange breaks temporary cease-fire and negotiations over the war between israel and hamas. authorities say the palestinian rockets landed in open areas and no one was hurt. no word on casualties from the air strikes, whether they'll continue negotiating. >>> in iraq, government forces are fighting isis militants. the new attacks follow monday's retaking ever the mosul -- of the mosul dam. president obama that prevents a possible flood. we have more. >> reporter: a strategic dam is back in e thhands of occurred jury forces. u.s. air power helped them gain the upper hand and president obama called it a major step forward in the fight against islamic militants. >> this operation demonstrate that's iraqi and kurdish forces are capable of working together and taking the fight to isis. >> reporter: standing atop the dam on the tigris river, charlie d'agata found plenty of evidence of the intense battle. >> reporter: we're finding lots of shells on the dam itself. >> if that dam was breached, it could have proven catastrophic. >> reporter: now iraqi forces are fighting to drive mi

a cease-fire between hamas and israel goes into effect hours ago. negotiations for a long-lasting peace happening now in egypt. after several failed launches, does the temporary truce have staying power this time? live team coverage and peace talks in cairo, ahead. >>> violence in the streets of a usually quiet missouri town. there was looting and vandalism. gunfire from an angry crowd. furious over the police shooting of an unarmed black teenager. we have the dramatic new video ahead. quite a busy night here. >> i'll say. >> good morning. nice to see you. welcome to "early start." i'm john berman. >> i'm christine romans. it is 4:00 a.m. in the east. we welcome our viewers in the u.s. and around the world. >>> a vigil that turned into a violent confrontation with police. they attacked police cars. the reason behind all of this? the shooting death of an 18-year-old boy, michael brown, at the hands of police saturday. witnesses say brown was unarmed and did not instigate what happened. there was a physical confrontation with an officer and the office

. >> a three- day truce between hamas and israel shattered by rocket fire. militants in gaza fired the first shot after refusing to extend the 72 hour halt. and israel responds with air strikes. we'll have the latest there. >> john, we are hearing drones and fighter jets and continue to hear them tonight. we looked up and saw six drones in the skies above gaza at one time and we saw and felt numerous air strikes from israel and hitting points in gaza. this started early this morning without outgoing rocket fire minutes after the sos fi-- ceasefire expired. >> there was rockets fired close to the hotel. more than 45 rockets were launched since midnight and three dozen hit in israel and three intercepted and one rocket hit a house. there were a couple of injuries reported in israel today and we saw a number of blasts in gaza. palestinians report five dead and 20 wounded. a 10-year-old boyamong the deaths after a variety of targets were hit in a street. three of the deaths came in a air strike from the south. and the idf blames hamas for all of the casulties. u

all remains quiet between hamas and israel for now. mediators are planning to shuttle between palestinian and israeli delegations to try to hammer out a longer truce. this one expires after midnight eastern time. secretary of state, john kerry hammers out a permanent two day solution. it's been tried time and time again. let's go to reza sayah. this is not a process many would think. this is the israelis talking to some negotiators and palestinians in a different location talking to negotiators. >> reporter: yeah, that makes the process complicated and difficult to monitor. some good news within the past hour. this palestinian official who told cnn the talks are set to resume sounding optimistic saying there has been progress in the talks. when asked about the prospects of the two sides extending the cease-fire beyond 8:00 a.m. local time on friday, they indicated they are hoping for a longer term agreement beyond just a cease-fire. that seems to be where the two sides are stuck. that seems to be where the impasse is. there is growing i

>> well, as you've been saying, there doesn't appear to be this huge gulf between hamas and israel. israel of course demanding what they describe as a complete demilitarization of gaza, and hamas, for their part, they want to see the blockade lifted and the porch in gaza to be developed and they want control over their airspace. from what we understand, the israelis are unwilling to move in any meaningful way, and for hamas, it doesn't appear that they're willing to demilitarize. so with these key issues again being achieved, many are wondering how they can move forward in these talks, but others are suggesting that there are incremental issues that they can decide on, and it might be a way to move these talks forward. but again, without the delegations in the country at the same time and egypt at the same time, it's going to be very difficult for both sides to find their way forward. >> we'll leave it there, thank you very much. and take you now to washington d.c. where rosslyn jordan is standing by at the state department. and in past rounds of fighting, what are they making of it

the long thermostat at us agreement between hamas and israel is not even on the table. too difficult to get. u.s. officials trying to get to some kind of agreement that will at least buy hamas and israel a year or two of peace. >> what is the u.s. role? president obama had a call with prime minister benjamin netanyahu yesterday. do we know what came of that? >> obama and netanyahu relationship is very contentious and adjustment officials admit that each call has been very contentious in the last few weeks. also contentious, a request by israeli officials to restock about a billion dollars worth of ammunition that came in during the war. u.s. officials tell me that no one in the administration had actually objected to that, but it increased the tension, and it increased the friction between obama and netanyahu, bottom line, the u.s. has publicly supported israel throughout this war, even with a little criticism about civilian casualties and has restocked the israeli military as it was fighting this war. >> nick schiffron reporting from jerusalem, nick, thank you. >> that

the cease-fire ending between hamas and israel. let's get to our matthew chance in jerusalem who has a new development to bring us. matthew. >> errol, thanks very much. within the last few minutes a few minutes after the cease-fire formally came to an end between the israelis and the palestinians and hamas in gaza after a 72-hour essentially hiatus in violence, it's just been confirmed to us that another rocket has been fired from the gaza strip towards southern israel, sirens going off in southern israel. the israeli iron dome interceptor system coming into play and the israeli military saying that that rocket was intercepted in the skies over the israeli city of ashkelon so it does seem that that cease-fire that's formally come to an end is, indeed, over but with these repeated rocket strikes that are being reported to us by the israeli military because just before the cease-fire expired, as well, the israeli military said further two rockets have been fired from the gaza strip. they didn't hit any population or cause any injurie

a three-day cease-fire between hamas and israel beginning hours ago.ael withdrawaling its troops from gaza. can the truce last? we have live team coverage from the ground in jerusalem and cairo where peace negotiations will be under way. >>> ebola outbreak, two infected americans recovering with an experimental drug. one home in the united states, the other, the woman will be

egypt's foreign minister is leading indirect talks between hamas and israel.he said the new cease-fire will allow for talks for an even longer truce. fighting since july 8th has killed 1900 palestinians and 67 israelis. >> announcer: now your nbc10 "first alert" weather with meteorologist brittney shipp. >>> good morning, we're going to see really nice weather as we head into the next few days. and sunny skies and below average temperatures for the rest of today. we are going to see plenty of sunshine. and then our temperatures are going to stay below average. staying in the high 70s, low 80s. so philadelphia right now, 63 degrees. humidity's at 67%. if you're waking up with us in the poconos, the temperatures on the cooler side, you definitely need a jacket, 64 degrees in pocono mountains. low 60s in glassboro. a bit warmer closer to the score. 67 in stone harbor. temperatures in atlantic city at 62 degrees this morning. similar conditions in dover and wilmington in the low 60s. nothing to show you really on the radar. a big change to what we saw yesterday. f

a lot of tension between hamas and the israelis. easy negotiations but i think there is a clear ground that this is going to have to end soon. >> you mentioned the hamas, israel and egyptians. what about, the unity government, after years fatah and hamas not cooperating all of a sudden that was formed, some think that was the catalyst for everything. but unified, post28 days of fighting? >> it seems they are at least they are saying they are. what they are saying is it is a national consensus government, none of the people in the government are from hamas, or fatah, but this is meant not have hamas up front in any government. they've agreed about it a long time ago. the one against this national government was israel. one of the political objectives was to destroy this national government. but the irony of it all after israel did what it did, and failing, this national consensus government is actually a helpful, no one does, we might go into some far more extremist groups, far more offensive towards israel. so for the time being, th

if people think there's a difference between hamas and isis or hezbollah or al qaeda, they are dead wrongi think that the actions of hamas, executing their own people only the other day, 18 people in the city square surrounded by hundreds of cheering people proves that point. it happened two days after isis so brutally took the life of james foley, an american citizen. >> the claims of the destruction, 70% of the rockets and the missiles held by hamas, are you confident that at this point, your inventory, if you will, of their arsenal is correct? what are you going to do to assure the safety of the people of israel during this cease-fire because you have nothing but history to rely upon, and it is a history that shows they will attack you in the midst of this process. >> well, there are two types of rockets and mortars and missiles that they're using. you have the midrange and the long-range supplied by syria. most of those came in during morsi's time as egypt's president. most of the damage was done during morsi's presidency and we believe that's over. the other kind of weapon that they'

a three-day cease-fire between hamas and israel beginning hours ago. israel withdrawaling its troops from gaza. can the truce last? we have live team coverage from the ground in jerusalem and cairo where peace negotiations will be under way. >>> ebola outbreak, two infected americans recovering with an experimental drug. one home in the united states, the other, the woman will be joining the doctor today. this as it gos across africa and a man is quarantined. good morning and welcome to "early start." i'm deborah feyerick in for christine romans. >> i'm john berman. we want to welcome all our viewers here in the united states and around the world. the cease-fire in the fourth hour and holding. israel and hamas pressing pause on the bloodshed halting a month long conflict. both sides keeping the peace will be difficult. meanwhile, cleaning up in gaza. so much of that region in ruins. one-fourth of the population displaced. the infrastructure damage tops $4 billion. our karl penhaul is in gaza. the cease-fire, four hours in, cuz seem to be holding. >> re

this conflict is as much of a fight between hamas and egypt as it is a fight between hamas and israel is why you can see that some of these negotiations happening in cairo broke down even before israel could step in the picture, there is a lot of bad blood between the egyptian and hamas side and a lot of insulting going on and it's clear to many, will not let it finish, he wants to finish with the palestinian authority sitting across from the rafa border. they have a very big suez canal extension project and don't want hamas to have any demands like expanding a sea port, building a sea port which can allow weapons to flow from gaza to the peninsula. so this policy towards weakening hamas i think has been a big reason why the conflict has persisted as long as it has because egypt and israel and egypt perhaps more than israel has an interest in weakening hamas, seeing it as an extension of its own muslim brotherhood adversary. >> daniel many thanks for joining us from tel aviv. let's go back to our top story, breaking news indeed about air strikes, possibly carried out by the u.s. airfo

. >>> right now, just four hours left in the cease-fire between israel and hamas. still no sign of progress in talks between the two sides in cairo. is there still hope they can reach a lasting truce? >>> hello, i'm wolf blitzer reporting from washington it i'd like to welcome our viewers from the united states and around the world. the u.s. is now considering possible rescue missions in iraq as more u.s. military advisers arrive in the country. it's part of the effort to help save thousands of iraqi civilians trapped by terrorist fighters. some members of iraqi's yazidi religious minority have made it out of the mt. sinjar area to a refugee camp near the border with syria. but according to latest estimates, 10,000 to 20,000, maybe even more, may still be stranded. just a little while ago, the deputy national security adviser to president obama, ben rhodes, said president obama should get options in the next few days on how best to help them. >> we don't believe it's sustainable to just have permanent air drops to this population on the mountain. some of them have b

there was a surprise attack by hamas in violation of the cease-fire understandings and a fire fight betweenists, we were protecting ourselves. the time is very important here. one and a half hours after the cease-fire commenced. that means everyone knew, everyone knew that there was supposed to be a cessation of combat operations in the gaza strip and our soldiers were functioning as if a cease-fire was in place with orders only to protect themselves. >> here is the question, did hamas, the military arm of hamas know that israel under what kerry announced, john kerry, the secretary of state was allowed to decommission or destroy tunnels during the cease-fire? in other words could there have been some confusion, they saw israeli military action dealing with the tunnels, they didn't know that that was allowed under the cease-fire terms? >> i don't believe there was any confusion. i believe there was a deliberate breaking of a cease-fire, deliberate violence of a cease-fire. secretary secretary said so publicly he spoke about the tunnels, both the united states and the united nations received

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barghouti, between the political wing of hamas and the military wing, and for that matter, between themas and islamic jihad? because some are suggesting that the capture of this israeli sole jesh jer soldier, the suicide bombing, the killing of the two other israeli soldiers at the tunnel, maybe had more of a mark of an islamic jihad than a hamas. give me your analysis. >> no, i don't think so. i think there is a complete compatibility between the political and the military side. and we have not noticed any sign that there is -- there are differences between the palestinian groups in gaza. on the contrary, actually, all palestinians, including people in the plo and hamas and jihad got stronger. that's why we had joined the delegation, a unified delegation that was supposed to negotiate a long-lasting cease-fire and the end of this israeli aggression on gaza. i don't think these are real factors. i think in reality what hamas did is to try to take advantage by one military action just before the cease-fire ended, and the israelis were taken by surprise. they suffered. because of that, t

place later on friday in cairo the united states and egypt will be mediating these talks between israel and hamas the latest information we have is that the talks will be in direct no word as of yet when they likely to start now all of this comes as violence between the two sides continued right up until the last moment we are hearing from palestinian sources that fourteen members of one family were killed in an israeli strike at the same time the israelis reporting that another five soldiers are there is killed inside gaza hamas has announced friday a day of rage an israeli police are on high alert in the palestinian territories and also in jerusalem but certainly this temporary truce is urgent we have heard from the united nations that one child is dying every hour in gaza that a quarter of gazans are displaced and have sought shelter in the united nations schools and hospitals and other such places there is essentially a chronic shortage of water it was almost no food medical supplies are at an all record low and at the same time electrical cuts continue to be felt so the concern on the ground

look at the missi competition we see going on between hamas and israel. while the e iron dome appears to it would effective, not be that effective if hamas was firing rockets that were guided and somewhat accurate, even remotely accurate. the e vast majority of rockets they fire are going over unpopulated areas. doesnes that iron dome select to intercept, it has a hit ratete of 90%. 10% is still causing damage and achieving the ultimate goal to terrorize the population. we have to take somome lessons from that when we look at our own missile defense systems. on the rightg to be side of this? can we ever build missile defense systems that will be successful and doing it in a cost-effectiveve w? is reported in real-time. there is no lag timeetween what happens on the ground and anody else who knows about it here. anybody can put it on the news. >> we have seen some extraordinary video. for qstion --ls calls into question is this and lananden airpowe power. it will be about human interaction and contact. take the chief of staff. s his group is looking at con

. >> egyptian state media outlets are reporting a cease-fire between hamas and israel. there are not many details available other than the cease-fire just started and 7-week gaza war, which has killed more than 2200 people. right now, prince william county police searching for the man who shot another man in the face outside a mcdonald's in woodbridge. dewayne williams and his bowyer accomplice, jamie ae wanted in connection with felony firearm. brianne carter spoke to neighbors. dewayne williams is wanted for allegedly shooting one man and then carjacking another. >> is very concerning. my wife was watching tv and said oh my god, that is what bridge. a 23-year-oldot man in the parking lot on dale boulevard. the victim, who suffered non-life-threatening injuries, was at the restaurant to meet this woman, 31-year-old jamie bowyer. bowyer showed up with williams, who has been in trouble with the law before, opened fire. fled theand bowyer scene separately. authorities spotted williams later, but he fled on foot. then he reportedly carjacked another man. police say bowyer

five hours from now, it the ceasefire between israel and hamas is scheduled to end. hopes that both sides will extend the truce. but we begin with a developing story out of iraq. tonight, there are reports of an emergency relief air drop by the iraqi government to help tens of thousands of people trapped on a mountain by a group that called itself islamic state. they have taken over the town of sinjar, leaving thousands without food or water. the president is weighing all of his option. lisa stark is live in washington with more on that. lisa? >> well, john, if you could imagine the white house is very concerned and is closey monitoring the situation in iraq. the unfolding humanitarian crisis. josh earnest called it bar derrick and disgusting and the u.s. is going to offer it's own humanitarian stens to those trapped on that mountain, without much food and warm water. and also, the u.s. is considering airstrikes in iraq. at the white house, josh would not confirm that airstrikes are on the table, but he did say that the u.s. has launched a strike in the past. >> we v

place later on friday in cairo the united states and egypt will be mediating these talks between israel and hamas the latest information we have is that the talks will be in direct no word as of yet when they likely to start now all of this comes as violence between the two sides continued right up until the last moment we are hearing from palestinian sources that fourteen members of one family with killed in an israeli strike a match has announced friday a day of rage and israeli police are on high alert in the palestinian territories and also in jerusalem but certainly this temporary truce is urgent we have heard from the united nations that one child is dying every hour in gaza that a quarter of gazans are displaced and have sought shelter in united nations schools and hospitals and other such places so the concern on the ground is that both sides do it here to the seventy two hour cease fire to give residents of gaza an opportunity just to try. i and paid themselves full as possible continuation of hostilities operation protective edge in its fourth week and the number of palestinians killed

ceasefire is holding between hamas and israel after a near months long i.d.f. onslaught in the tiny territory killed almost nineteen hundred palestinians. worldwide news live from moscow thanks for joining us on aussie international for me rory sushi and the whole crew a very good morning to you. people in east ukraine second biggest city over low ganske say life there has become unbearable since army troops began the siege half of the residents have abandoned their homes and with constant interruptions to power and water supplies the little food getting through as well the council there in the city has announced a humanitarian crisis the phone connections been severed social networks are boiling with attempts to get any information from those people trapped in lugansk we've managed to get some accounts of what's happening online my parents and relatives are on the ground there are no gunshots anymore only by arguments and they're aimed at residential houses which are being destroyed this is you ation is critical the signs don't work emergency services on fixin