the palestinian group hamas holds talks to fire against israel. >>> hundreds in britain urge not to go to syria and iraq to fight along side extremist groups. >> don't risk your lives and lye lives of your community. >>> ministers join the outbreak of ebola that's killed hundreds. >>> independence day celebrations in north carolina put on hold as hurricane arthur brings winds of 160 kilometers per hour. >>> hello. the bbc has learned the militant palestinian group hamas has agreed to a cease fire with israel expected to be announced in coming hours. hamas sources say they're ready to stop attacks on israel with return to an end on raids on gaza. the announcement may calm the mood ahead of the palestinian teenage boy's funeral. he was killed this week in the aftermath of the murder of three israeli teens. we are in east jerusalem and can give us the latest. i appreciate we're i still waiting for the body of cue are khdair to be released. will the news of the cease fire nonetheless help the situation there you think? >> reporter: really there's an indirect relationship of what's happenin

here's the markets. >>> israeli forces are striking back against a militant palestinian group hamas over the deaths of three israeli teens. they bombed dozens of targets belonging to hamas. its members say they're not to blame and israel is just looking for an excuse to go to war. nhk world's craig deal reports. >> reporter: israelis have come together to mourn. they have gathered across the country to remember three young lives lost. >> it's terrible and it is heartbreaking to everybody here. >> reporter: everybody had been hoping the 19-year-old, 16-year-old, and the other 16-year-old would be found alive. the boys disappeared in mid-june near hebron in the west bank. the israeli defense forces launched an intense search. they arrested hundreds of palestinians connected with the militant group hamas, which has called for israel's destruction. local residents say at least five palestinians died in the operation. israeli soldiers found the teens' bodies buried beneath rocks in a field. authorities think they were shot soon after being abducted. >> israel mourns three teenagers brutally m

there has to be a way that the state of israel and the islamic group hamas learned to deal with each other better. since 2007.en there it was not what israel thought it was going to get when it left the gaza strip in 2005, but it is the reality. i do not know that he did the state of israel or the islamic group hamas actually now have to deal with each other without these interruptions of violence every two years. >> thanks very much. we will be back with you soon as we hear any more news from israel itself. talk all week to a certain extent has been of peace. egypt has been trying throughout the week to bring the sides together. there was supposed to be another effort on friday. as all that debt in the water now? >> absolutely. one wonders to what extent the armed wing of hamas really forced this confrontation on everyone in the sense that they seem to have been, you know, putting pressure on everyone outmaneuvering them by continuing rocket strikes while the political wing was negotiating in cairo. remember that it was that brigade that almost immediately ,ejected the first proposa

the men along to the palestinian militant group hamas, and israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu says the group is behind the kidnapping, calling the killers human animals. our jerusalem correspondent has more on the funerals for the 3 boys. >> there is a discussion going on about whether they should be held singly or together. the three boys. gather -- the three boys buried together would allow the crowd to channel it and allow people from all over israel an attempt all three funerals together. time after that, israel's security cabinet will meet and they will decide on a military response, i suppose, what israel's response will be next. what we are seeing in have run -- in hebron is the city on lockdown. a huge troop presence while israel searches for those suspects. unknowne been at large, destinations, since the disappearance of the teenagers 19 days ago. >> last night senior cabinet ministers in israel ended a late-night session without taking any real final decision on how to respond. they will be meeting again today. what are the different options at this point? >> i think

. >>> fighting between israeli troops and members of the islamic group hamas has intensified after israeli leaders order a ground invasion. >>> and the u.n. security council has condemned north korea again for firing ballistic missiles towards the sea of japan. >>> ukrainian authorities and pro-russian separatists blame each other for malaysia airlines plane crash. flight mh-17 went down in eastern ukraine with 298 on board. kiev says the plane was hit with a surface-to-air missile launched by pro-russian separatists, but the separatists say it was ukraine's fault. nhk world's koran rotanga reports. >> reporter: "associated press" released video believed to have been shot near the crash site, an explosion, then a plume of black smoke. debris is scattered over a large area. search-and-rescue crews are now combing through the crash site. malaysia airlines officials say the boeing 777 was carrying 283 passengers and 15 crew members. flight mh-17 left amsterdam shortly after noon local time on thursday headed for kuala lumpur. the crash occurred in the eastern ukrainian region of donetsk, near

. >>> leaders of the islamist resistance group hamas have rejected calls for a cease-fire. israeli leaders had accepted a proposal to end more than a week of fighting. when the palestinians refused the israelis resumed their attack on the gaza strip. they used air strikes to destroy sites used by hamas militants to fire rockets. egyptian diplomats had asked both sides to stop fire asking call a truce. the israelis accepted and halted their strikes for several hours on tuesday. but hamas leaders rejected the proposal. their fighters fired more than 120 rockets toward israel. one shell landed at a border checkpoint and killed an israeli man. the first israeli fatality since attacks began. prime minister benjamin netanyahu went on television to address the country. he told israelis that his government would take all possible measures to protect them. he said when there is no cease-fire, the israelis' answer is fire. >>> russian authorities have launched an investigation into the derailment of a subway train deep below the streets moscow. they say at least 21 people were killed

lacking food, water and electricity as fighting between israeli forces and the palestinian islamist group hamas disrupts supplies. >>> and tensions are increasing around japan with north korea missile launches and china's maritime activities. we ask japan's defense minister about the future course of the nation's defense >>> international investigators are expressing growing frustration over their lack of access to the site where a malaysia airlines plane crashed. the passenger jet was shot down earlier this month over eastern ukraine. representatives of russia and ukraine are set to hold discussions to try to find a way forward on that issue and the conflict in ukraine. nhk world's craig dale is covering developments. >> reporter: those representatives will meet in belarus with a delegate from the organization for security and cooperation in europe. they want to be able to get investigators access to that crash site. and to do that they need to find a way to get a truce between russian -- pro-russian separatists and ukrainian forces who are fighting in the east. a missile brought down flight m

if we didn't do then we're basically funding a terror group, hamas. >> we are. we are currently funding a terror group because that is a unit government. this is a terror group recognized by the state department. they're working with the palestinian authority. they're currently firing rockets at israel and our taxpayer dollars are going to that government. >> specifically this war we're est reporting isel and we stand that the likelihood of ground troops invading the palestinian territory now, up to 40,000 they're talking about israeli soldiers could be imminent. it could be imminent. all hell could be breaking loose there tonight and if israel is in a full blown war tonight with palestine and hamas united states interests are directly implicated. the catalysts they say for this latest terrible fighting was the murder of those three israeli students who were kidnapped and murdered and what did we do or say about that? was there anything we could have done to try to stop this from escalating? >> absolutely. the same thing we could have done when they formed the un

group hamas which it believes to be behind the killing of three jewish teenagers this is footage of the funeral of the youngsters that were abducted more than two weeks ago and found dead early this week in the west bank their deaths of also sparked a firestorm in international media. that sense of anger and that sense that there will be some retaliation for these threats is becoming increasingly apparent that has promised to make our must pay for the three teenagers found dead on monday so there is a huge amount of grief discovering the grim discovery of the three bodies of those israeli teenagers late yesterday israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu said the three teenagers were murdered in cold blood by what he described as animals. while in his letter of condolence president obama described the killing of the jewish boys as a senseless act of terror against innocent youth meanwhile the killing of a palestinian teen abducted and slaughtered overnight in east jerusalem in a suspected revenge attack has gone largely unnoticed as well as the killing of an eighteen year old pal

. >> conor, the palestinian people voted to put the terror group, hamas, in power. with their offensive against israel and now with the lack of water and food and supplies, et cetera, and the constant fire, do they blame hamas at all for what's going on considering they started it? >> reporter: there's still a lot of support for the people we've spoken to here for hamas. not necessarily hamas, but from hamas' goals, which is to remove the blockade around gaza. everyone we've spoken to supports that. there is a lot of anger and frustration with hamas. hamas was losing a lot of support here before this war, which is why they had done this deal with the palestinian authority before this entire war was started about a month ago. hamas was losing a lot of support. they were short of money and short of support. but this war is actually ramped up support for them because of the goal of removing the blockade around gaza. that has a lot of support, not necessarily hamas, sean. >> conor, stay safe. i know it's a tough day for you today. thank you very much. also out of that re

after the bodies of three missing teens who's abduction and killing it blames on the palestinian group hamas. i spoke to the ambassador who says the government has evidence hamas is to blame. >> you'll understand we are still in pursuit of the two perpetrators that we know are leading hamas members of the terrorist organization. hamas in recent weeks has been calling for kidnappings, encouraging praising those at the hands that did this. on a morning we're mourning and burying the the teenagers, we've had 20 rockets fire ed from the gaza strip. >> now palestinian journalist with close links to the leadership that revised the group's charter. thanks for joining us. have you spoken to the hamas leadership about this case today or yesterday? >> not recently. the official position of the movement is that it doesn't know who carried out the operation. >> when they deny links, do you believe them? is that true as far as you're concerned? >> usually when something like this happens, someone claims responsibility. what is happening here is we have an incident, nobody knows how it happened, who is be

believed kidnapped by the radical group - hamas. the slain teenager's name is mohammed abu khdeir. in santa clara tonight members of the muslim community and cousins of khdeir came out to pay tribute with a candle light memorial. posters of khdeir, signs and palestinian flags crowded the corner of steven's creek and winchester boulevards. khdeir's family members say he was a happy, otugoing person. family members of abu khdier say he was was full of energy. "he was always telling jokes, laughing around, very kind hearted, always making people laugh. so, like i said, its very sad that he had to be, you know, taken at such a young age. no one deserves to die like that -- no one." the event's organizers and abu khdeir's family are asking everyone to increase their prayers for peace in jerusalem, despite the outrage. coming up. a bay area soldier saves the day, when a thief strikes in san francisco. how he stepped in and stopped the crime. an east bay city trying ease the drought troubles. with water restrictions. why homeowners will not even be allowed to water their lawns. the man be

. >> a cease fire agreed between israel and the palestinian group hamas due to end in just three hours time. it is temporary and fragile and in the last hour the israeli army is saying three mortars are fired into israel. the relative calm allowing the ga gazans to go through the rubble. 40 israeli soldiers and three civilians also killed. diplomats meeting in paris are looking for a longer lasting truce and the officials are there. and there are protesting around the around against israel's assaults and there are rallies. >> we are going to gaza first and we have a report. >> parts of the neighborhood are in ruins. there's not much for the people to salvage here. but they still try. tired men, covered in dirt and full of depair. a family with a house and a small shop, this is all they have left now. they have no faith in cease fires. >> what will we 'sooef with a cease fire without conditions? they'll come again and destroy the houses. they don't respect what is agreed upon. >> there are few words to describe what happened here. this entire neighborhood is being destroyed. and beneath

international now the palestinian group hamas has declared a new cease fire after israel promised to resume its ground sea bombardments on gaza the previous u.n. brokered humanitarian truce and needed one a barrel of rockets were fired by hamas into israeli territory and i asked and said no humanitarian ceasefire would be valid without israeli tanks withdrawing and ambulances being able to freely move around the garda but israel still insists it won't finish its operation until this demolish the underground tunnel networks has more from jerusalem. a must has declared a twenty four hour cease fire they are appealing to the united nations to put pressure on israel to accept this truce the israeli cabinet will meet to discuss the latest developments it follows a unilateral cease fire that was declared at midnight saturday by the israelis they say that they were prepared to adhere to a station of hostilities over the next twenty four hours but they then broke the cease fire citing hamas rocket fire as the reason they were there was a rocket fired from gaza at israel in the early hours of

hamas. the islamist group that controls the palestinian territory. craig dale joins us with more. >> people have been speculating for days whether leaders would launch this ground invasion, prime minister netanyahu said it was a possibility and hours ago it became a reality this is video from gaza of the gaza skyline from time to time we can tell you we've seen explosions and heard gun fire or the thud of tank shells. nhk teams on the ground there say they have heard the sound of severe fighting coming from the eastern part of gaza. the israeli defense forces released images of soldiers around the time of the invasion, commanders say this is a new phase in operation protective edge. they say they have been going after tunnels hamas built between gaza and israel. they say some heavily armed palestinians used it but stopped the soldiers are expected to continue the work. the ground invasion comes on the heels of a five hour truce that awe lowed supplies. leaders accused hamas of not ordering the truce. they say hamas is to blame for the continued confl

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this comes after the islamic group hamas rejected a cease-fire deal opposed by egypt and accepted by israel. >> so much for that cease fire just six hours after it agreed to an egyptian proposal to stop attacks,- airstrike israel resumed airstrikes against gaza. that's because hamas never signed off on the plan. the militant ruler was defiant, declaring victory in the air. israel says hamas fired at least 47 rockets into israel. benjamin netanyahu said that leaves no choice. officials say the death toll in gaza is nearly 200. just an hour before the proposed , secretaryfell apart of state john kerry said in tonna he is heading washington. >> one of the reasons i am going to washington and not to egypt is because there was an offer on the table and we believed it was important to give this offer an opportunity. >> at the offer never seemed to have a chance. president obama said the situation in gaza is unsustainable. believe this benefits no one, least of all the depth -- i escalationther benefits no one, least of all the palestinian and israeli people. >> he said he wanted to give ti

gunfire) >> reporter: israel said today its new offensive is targeting terrorists, by hamas, the palestinian militant group that controls gaza. this is the aftermath of a strike that hamas claims killed four of its members. inside the strip today, palestinian civilians were also caught in the chaos. officials said seven people lost their lives, a red line hamas warned israel not to cross. there has been a surge in rocket attacks from gaza, following the kidnapping and murder of three jewish teenagers last month, their disappearance prompted an israeli security crackdown and seeed to have provoked the revenge killing of a palestinian youth last week. sirens sounded today in tel aviv, deep inside israel, where the rockets were intercepted by the country's "iron dome" anti- missile system. kest two miles from gaza, rocket attacks have been part of life for over a decade. to help relieve tension, a children's party was organized outside the town's library today, which also service as a bomb shelter. like many israelis she is giving up on peace and believe strikes in gaza may be the only way of guaranteeing her

. >> reporter: the islamic group hamas are seen as terrorists by israel and united states. their armed wing is a brigade. they have a much bigger political wing that runs schools and other social services. >>translator: i support hamas. they are sincere and they are devout. >> reporter: in june, the palestinian president announced to form a unity government with haums -- hamas. israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu said he will never sit down for talks with them. >>translator: hamas is a terrorist organization that is committed to the destruction of israel. world leaders should not rush to recognize the new government. >> reporter: the israelis have erected electric fences around ga tight regulate the supplies there. the trip is -- the strip is called the world's biggest prison. this is an israeli village near the border with gaza. rockets are repeatedly fired from gaza and land near. people living here are feeling that the threat of hamas's under ground tunnel is approaching their lives more and more. >>translator: i am very, very afraid. it's so dangerous. just imagine

it's run by the militant group hamas, which is firing hundreds of unguided rockets into israel. israel says it is targeting those rockets and a network of tunnels that hamas uses to move goods and fighters. hamas says it will not not stop until israel lifts a seven-year-old blockade of gaza. secretary of state john kerry is in cairo tonight trying to negotiate a cease-fire, and that is where we find or margaret brennan. margaret. >> reporter: kerry said today that he supports an egyptian proposal for 48-hour halt in fighting followed by intensive talks. but hamas already rejected that plan had when it was first floated a week ago and said it will keep firing until gaza's closed border with egypt is opened to allow in food and medical aid and allow some trapped palestinian civilians out. but both the rells rel-- israelis and the egyptians fear that would allow hamas to smuggle in more weapons. further complicating the deal-making is the fact that neither the u.s. nor israel have diplomatic relations with hamas. so kerry called top diplomats in turkey and qatar to ask for their hel

the militant palestinian group hamas says the killings were a war crime.re fficials investigating. and israel has called a five-hour cease fire to allow people to stock up on supplies. plane hit li war gaza's port today. children ran for cover. then a second strike almost immediately. these children didn't escape. emergency services rushed the bodies away. some are so charred they're too gruesome to show. it's not clear what the target was at this port. >> israel insists it only targets the infrastructure used by hamas, terror targets it calls them. previously it hit this, was used by the hamas naval fishermen but the boats aren't going out to sea, and we're told the children here were all children of fishermen scavenging for metal to try to support their families. four boys, age 9 to 11, died in the attack, all from the same extended family. they were buried together within hours. nine days into this crisis, the death toll in gaza is now at least 220. in israel there was also a funeral today, its first death n this conflict. hammin was killed by a mortar.

society. >> the point i'm trying to make is that united states, our government said that hamas is a terrorist group. when he read hamas charter, you understand why. i mean they sound worse than adolf hitler in terms of what they want to do to jews. why won't we want to see our ally, israel beat hamas? why would we want to call a truce in a war israel appears to be winning. >> how are we trying to use your words and mr. mccarthy's, win? if you're winning by causing incredibly large amounts of civilian casualties you can't hide behind the term of collateral damage. it's murder. 500 people, 75% of which are civilians that is not winning a war. which is why, probably the united nations high commissioner of human rights has said israel is teetering on the brink of war crimes. and violating international -- >> un hasn't -- >> everyone has its own views but bottom line is how are we protecting innocent human lives? as muslims that believe in the messiah, under our call is to protect human life. they're not going to do that with the view of win. >> let me ask you quickly before i go. it's documented hamas

he controls the west bank and has been at odds with hamas in the past. but the two groups formed a unity government in june, much to israel's displeasure. kerry went to tel aviv to talk to egyptian prime minister benjamin n netanyahu has hi own conditions for ending this campaign. he wants hamas to stop firing the rockets at israel. he says the ground offensive is to destroy the tunnels that hamas fighter built to infiltrate the country. both sides are standing their ground. it appears the fighting will continue. more than 110,000 palestinians have fled their homes. war planes hit a hospital in gaza. they say it housed a hamas command center and launch pads for rockets. and they say they confirm by phone there was no patients there. israeli troops have hit other hospitals along with mosques and schools. most members of the u.n. human rights council have expressed concern at an emergency meeting. they launched an investigation into possible human rights abuses in the palestinian territories. >> the respect of the right to life, includeling children, should be a foremost con

says hamas is a terrorist organization the state department. she's saying they're a humanitarian group. when asked do you agree? what went on interest there? >> it's shocking. i have no words for a serving politicians inability to articulate that hamas targets civilians for political purposes that is why it's designated not just by the united states, by canada, the eu, most freedom-loving countries they make it illegal to provide material support to hamas for those reasons the other thing pelosi said is that we had to look to qatar for advice on how to stop hamas killing. that is equivalent of saying we have to look for al qaeda for advice on how to stop the next september 11th. >> defenders say they're the ones hamas will listen to. >> they're the number one financial backers of hamas. and qatar is one of the great motherships of terror financing you have to look at chairitable resume to see what it thinks is humanitarian. funding al qaeda in iraq and west africa, both designated terrorist organizations. qatar funds the muslim brotherhood spiritual leader preaching death to americans

in fact, the hamas leader says he won't agree to a truce until the israelis agree to lift their economic blockade of gaza. he spoke in qatar and said his group will only accept a cease-fire if the blockade ends. the general consensus here is hamas leaders want to walk away from the war with something to justify their losses, which have been significant. however, the israelis have faced continued criticism about the number of civilian casualties in gaza. their wore planes have hit hospitals, mosques and at least one of those u.n. run schools we were talking about. most members of the u.n. human rights council have expressed concern. they're launching an investigation into possible human rights abuses in the palestinian territories. >> they expect the right to life including children should be a foremost consideration. >> a 29 council members voted in favor of the resolution calling for the investigation. 17 abstained and the u.s. representative voted against it. u.s. officials say the resolution was one sided because it didn't mention hamas. the fighting has taken a human and economic toll. some european airlines suspended flights to israel f

the cease fire ended when the but that pause ended when the palestinian militant group hamas rejected the truce and fired off rockets. nhk's craig dale is following developments. >> officials with hamas said that the egyptian proposal fell short of what they were looking for. they have been pushing for israel to ease its blockade of gaza. and they want the israelis to release imprisoned hamas members. hamas fighters launched 120 rockets at israel shortly after the israelis accepted that cease fire proposal. one of the shells killed an israeli man. he is the first israeli fatality since the attacks began. the israelis responded with more air strikes. they are going after what they call terror targets in gaza. they argue that hamas keeps its rockets and command centers hidden in densely populated areas. these air strikes have killed 190 palestinians and wounded 150 others. prime minister benjamin netanyahu says israeli soldiers will continue to act with great force. he says israel will strike whoever tries to harm israel. and when there is no cease fire their answer is fire. israel's 20

and hamas is a terrorist group.s is a fight between israel and terrorist group hamas that will not recognize israel's right to exist. israel has been having its population bombarded for the past several years. they left gaza in 2008. instead they got a rerign of terror. we talk about the casualties in gaza which are horrific. there are more and more casualties. more than gaza. israel gets picked on all the time. if we saw in our country that missiles were coming over the border over the canadian border and lobbed on new york or mexican border and lobbed on texas. won't we go after the terrorists and those putting our citizens at risk? sure. israel has the right to protect its citizens. hamas, it is too bad they are controlling the situation in gaza. people like me, we believe in a two-state solution. that is ultimately what happens. if a terrorist group denies your right to exist and the media shows the horrific killings happening every day, it will change public opinion. public opinion will be changed by that. you

they say members of the islamist group hamas use them to enter israel to carry out attacks. the troops appear to be concentrated in an area of 500 meters from their border with gaza. they say they've destroyed 20 rocket launchers and 9 t. >> translator: our major objective in the operation is to restore peace and security in israel. >> our reporter in gaza says israeli troops are attacking other areas by air and she from vessels off the coast. electricity has been knocked out in many areas. hamas remains defiant, saying occupiers will pay a heavy price. the palestinian death toll since israel began air strikes last week has passav wounded. israel last launched a ground assault against the palestinian enclave five years ago. that operation and preceding air strikes killed more than 1,300 people. >>> former thai prime minister yingluck shinawatra has denied a rumor that she may flee the country. she made the remark on friday at her first news conference since the coup in may. patchari raksawong in bangkok is following the story. >> thailand's military government has accepted a

sirz of rocket strikes have been launched at gaza, which is controlled by the palestinian militant group hamasthis comes after searchers found the bodies of the teens missing for two weeks. officials believe the boys were abducted by hamas operatists. hamas has not claimed responsibility. they were hitchhiking home from school june 12th when they disappeared. their bodies found monday in the west bank not far from where they went missing. netanyahu, and israel's president simon peres are expected to attend a joint funeral today. >>> today is the day. again, team usa causing the nation to go ga ga for the world cup. it's a sudden death match in the round of 16 against belgium. so far undefeated. the u.s. head coach says, though, today's referee choice not good because the ref can speak french with the belgium players and he is from algeria, a country the u.s. beat four years ago. nbc's jay gray is live outside soldier field in chicago where a massive viewing party is being held later today. jay, you're very subtle about who you are rooting for. >> reporter: yeah. i'm totally independent as a jo

israel is vowing retaliation for the three deaths of teens that are attributed to the terrorist group, hamas. their bodies were discovered yesterday, hamas has denied any involvement in the abductions or killings. last night though stepped up air strikes on mill tans and gaza. israel's president and prime minister is expected to attend the service. >>> it's suppose to be a fun trip turned dangerous for two men on a utah glacier and it was all caught on camera. they were both badly hurt while tumbling down a cliff. their friend came to the rescue and called 911, reece broke his cheek bone and speedy suffered a broken ankle. >>> an illinois truck driver turned the tables on a state trooper when he saw what he believes was reckless driving and laid down the law, darren minor laid on his horn to get his attention and he pulled him over and he took him to task, and he let him know he was recording the inter action. >> i felt like my video is my way of keeping him accountable. >> the officer did not ticket minor and thanked him to bringing it to his attention. [ brian ] in a race, it's about getti

ago and were found dead on monday in the west bank with israel pointing the finger at palestinian group hamas for their murders the deaths have made headlines around the world. sense of anger in that sense that there will be some retaliation for these deaths is becoming increasingly apparent that his promise to make our must pay than that of the three teenagers found dead on monday so there is a huge amount of grief discovering the grim discovery of the three bodies of those israeli teenagers late yesterday israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu said the three teenagers were murdered in cold blood by what he described as animals. and a letter of condolence president obama said that the killing of the jewish teens had left him feeling in indescribable pain he also urged all parties to refrain from steps that could destabilize the regional situation but despite obama's calls for peace israeli prime minister says he's ready to step up measures against hamas and punish the group further since the start of the operation more than four hundred palestinians have been arrested in the i.d.f. has la

international the palestinian group hamas has declared a new cease fire after israel promised to resume its ground bombardments on gaza the previous u.n. brokered humanitarian truce and to do it a barrage of rockets were fired by hamas into israeli territory that no humanitarian ceasefire would be valid without israeli tanks with drawing billions is being able to freely move around gaza but israel still insists it won't finish its operation until it demolish the underground tunnel networks has more from jerusalem. and thus has declared a twenty four hour cease fire they are appealing to the united nations to put pressure on israel to accept this truce the israeli cabinet will meet to discuss the latest developments it follows a unilateral cease fire that was declared at midnight saturday by the israelis they said that they were prepared to adhere to a station of hostilities over the next twenty four hours but they then growcott the cease fire citing hamas rocket fire as the reason they were there was of rockets fired from gaza at israel in the early hours of sunday morning several were

middle east tonight where israel agreed today to a temporary cease fire in its fight with the terror group hamas. president obama again today urged both sides to show restraint. the question now is whether hamas is willing to return on this agreement after defying an earlier proposed truce over the weekend. john huddy has the report from gaza city. >> reporter: agreed to a hold fire truce with israel. basically the fighting will stop for five hours tomorrow to allow the united nations to bring in much-needed relief supplies to the palestinians here in gaza. and this after another day's worth of fighting including four children who were killed in an israeli military strike. okay. the boys were playing on the beach, ages 9 to 11 years old when the israeli military fired at an intended hamas target and these little boys were killed. they are among the more than 220 palestinian who is have lost their lives now going into day ten of the fight. there were missile strikes today. there are also further rocket strikes at israel. also heavy artillery fire. a hospital in east gaza rehabilitation center for

they have fled to united nations run schools to escape israeli raids on the islamist group hamas. >> translator: we sleep on blankets on the floor and cover ourselves with our clothes. children are now suffering from diarrhea and are throwing up. >> reporter: aid workers are concerned about the state of hygiene at some facilities. along with the availability of clean drinking water and food. for the past ten days, israeli forces have been hitting what they call terror targets in gaza. the territory hamas controls. hamas fighters have fired hundreds of rockets at israel. israeli troops shoot down most of them with their so-called iron dome aerial defense system. the conflict has left more than 210 palestinians and one israeli dead. hamas leaders and others have criticized israelis for killing civilians. and people have protested in different parts of the world, from paris to buenos aires, all of them calling for an end to the violence. but israeli leaders show no sign of backing down. they have turned to twitter to explain how the defense forces are trying to avoid civilian casualties

. >> in response, the palestinian militant group, hamas, has vowed to avenge the deaths. >> this is the latest chapter in the fallout from the kidnapping and killing of three israeli teenagers last month and the river and murder of a palestinian teen last week. >> we will be hearing from our correspondent in jerusalem in a moment. first, this report. >> hundreds of palestinians joined the funeral possession of two -- procession of two militants killed in airstrikes, the latest casualties in a wave of violence that could banish all hope of an israeli-palestinian peace deal. last week, a palestinian boy was burned alive in a suspected revenge killing. israel has arrested six suspects and says three have confessed to the gruesome murder. israel's coalition government is split on how to deal with the growing unrest. avigodor lieberman has announced his party would dissolve its partnership with -- >> it is not a secret, unfortunately, the differences between the prime minister and me have lately become substantial and fundamental. they no longer enable the existence of a joint framework. >>

the militant group hamas is being blamed but they deny any involvement. >> today they shared the family's torment, an entire nation hoping and praying for the return of three teenage boys. the -- today came the grief. there were thousands who came to mourn. the murders said the prime minister, an attack on each and every one of them. >> a wild and deep chasm stands between us and our enemies. they sankify death and we sankify life. they sankify cruelty, we sankify measures yes. the pain is felt most acutely in the neighborhoods where the boys lived. the 19-year-old seen here on the eft alongside the 16 years and another boy. the boys were kidnapped three weeks ago while hitchhiking on their way home from school. they were shot and their bodies dumped in a shallow grave. horrors that bring a father to the brink of despair. >> it could happen waiting for a bus. it could happen in your house. it could happen driving. it could happen anywhere. it's a problem because no matter where we are, we're jewish. >> israeli prime minister netanyahu will be weighing his next move. a large pocket of his

benjamin netanyahu says the operation against the islamist group, hamas will continue until they accomplish their mission. both sides are blaming each other for the casualties in this three-week long conflict. craig dale has more. >> reporter: president netanyahu said, quote, there is no war more just than this. netanyahu went on television to tell israelis that this war won't be over any time soon. the prime minister says stamina and determination are required in the struggle against hamas and its allies. he repeated one of his goals the demilitarization of the gaza strip. now, netanyahu says to do that, his troops must continue to destroy tunnels that hamas fighters use to infiltrate israel. israeli commanders say they have demolished about half of tunnels. they have been trying to disable launch positions to stop hamas fighters from firing rockets at israel, something that happens multiple times a day. our nhk colleagues in gaza say israeli soldiers are carrying out attacks across a wide area from north to south and describe the fighting as the heaviest in the past few days. but the isra

so far the palestinian militant group hamas which controls gaza hasn't said anything. israeli forces have been pounding targets in gaza for days now. they say they're responding to rocket fire from members of hamas and other islamist militants. the air strikes have demolished a number of buildings, they've weakened hamas, they've also been deadly. u.n. officials say 70% of the victims were siftians. israeli leaders blame hamas for hiding their weapons in densely populated areas. they say the militant have fired hundreds of rockets at their country. some have landed, some israelis have been hurt, although none has died. israeli military commanders shoot down most of the rockets with their aerial defense system the iron dome. his troops and tanks have been parked at the border with gaza and there had been fears he could order a ground invasion. as i said he'd approved egypt's cease-fire proposal. hamas spokespersons had said earlier their fighters could not lay down their arms without agreement in place. egypt brokered the truce that ended the gaza war in 2012. president