they weren't able to get properly inside hazar. it's a different situation on thursday, they are in the middle of it. so far several bodies have been brought out. that's not an easy area for the emergency teams to get around. under like shajaiya, which is densely populated, where they can see what needs to be done, who needs help, hazar is an open agricultural area. there's distance between houses and farms, it could take time to get to those that eed help. we don't know how long the cause will last for. it's been going on for an hour. >> the ambulance crews and paramedics have been courageous going into the areas, trying to pull the injured and the dead out. m we know thousands have been injured and hospitals attacked. how depleted are medical supplies. how are they getting more in? >> even under the best of times in gaza the hospitals here don't have what they need. that's because of the israeli siege. israel, while it allows medical supplies in to gaza, it doesn't allow anything they term as dual use, under-israeli term that pre

they are mostly farmers from hazar. the homes and fields are a battle ground between the israeli army and palestinian fighters. >> around midnight a tank shell hit the house making a hole in the roof killing my son and cousin. the rest of the family is injured or suffering burns. >> also is the mother of a 12-year-old boy killed. >> translation: why did they kill him? was he caring a bomb or rifle? was he a threat? >> reporter: finally they are taken to see the bodies. he says god retaliate for them, they have taken him from us, my son. the problem is medics can't reach the middle of hazar. it's still under attack. it's been chaotic outside of khan youni [s]'s main hospital. ambulances are arriving, and everyone waits to see if it's their family members inside. >> this man is trying to call his family. there's 60 people in his house, and he says the tank shells are hitting all around them. more ambulances arrive, and more are injured. >> there is no chance to use any road leaving. the tank shells are landing everywhere.

omar joins us from hazar refugee camp. it's been a difficult time for iraq. what is the mood at the refugee camp where you are? >> well, it's a sombre one. there's no signs of celebrations. some of the chin were wearing their new -- children were wearing traditional clothes. i spoke to app old man that said he couldn't have the traditional shower. another man was saying he only went to the toilet once in the last 24 hours. this camp is a transit camp. the unhcr is building a new one. it is home for 5,000 families, most of them are from mosul and the surrounding areas. there are a mixture, they are complaining of the conditions, it's tense, hot. they have a few hours a day. you imagine the conditions. they do get some aid from the various u.n. agencies, and basically the camp was set up with the help between the government and the u.n. hcr, but the conditions are tough. >>> omar, thank you for that update. >>> three al jazeera journalists have spent 212 days in an egyptian prison, last month mohamed fadel fahmy and peter greste were given seven year sentences.

. >> we move to the nearby village of el hazar. israeli military has been targeting what they say are hamas tunnels? >> i am standing about 200 meters from the border of the village near konunis. the israelis say no one can go in because they are looking for what they say are hamas-built tunnels. a lot of people haven't seen friends and relatives for a couple of days. it was about half an hour there were warning shots fired from that area over the crowd here and a few minutes okay, we saw a tank moving from left to right. but we cannot get any closer than this. eight people were in this house when the israeli shell hit. miraculously, they all survived. we moved as close as we safely could. you could see the tanks kicking dust into the air. people here told us the israeli military had confiscated their relatives'mobile phones. >> translator: the international ross's red cross certain going to come. there are dead people in the houses. >> we demand ban ki-moon come to see what's happening on the ground. it's burning. there are bodies

the latest was an air strike just about a half an hour ago on the home of mahmood hazar.addition to that what we're hearing of course is that the israelis have sent out these automatic prerecorded phone calls to hundreds of residents of the neighborhood northeast of here telling them to leave as soon as possible by the latest wednesday morning. and to go to gaza city. the anticipation, of course, is that there may well be ground operation in that area, which is really quite close to gaza city. anderson? >> and wolf, the word from israel is they're ready to step up their campaign against hamas, right? >> yeah, they certainly are. the israeli cabinet, the security cabinet met late into the night, wrapping it up only a little while ago at the defense industry in tel aviv with the prime minister benjamin netanyahu running that meeting. and all indications are the israelis are primarily concerned right now some of these underground bunkers, these tunnels that supposedly housed a lot of these missiles, these rockets. and they want to go in there. you can't just do it with air p

different areas of gaza during the ceasefire period from the north, as well as dozens of bodies and out of hazar. trying to bury the body is a big problem for the authorities. they are full, overflowing. what happens in gaza is - under normal circumstances, there would be large funerals for people. at the moment the bodies are wrapped in white cloth and buried as soon as the families manage it. >> at the moment, thank you. nicole johnson updating us on the situation in gaza, as that hamas-declared ceasefire comes nooelent five minutes ago. as nicole said, israel not responding in kind. before israel resumed its bombardment of gaza on sunday, we heard from the israeli foreign ministry. >> we have in the past agreed to the egyptian ceasefire plan. we have applied it, and immediately hamas has breached it by firing many rockets into israel. we - as agreed, two humanitarian ceasefires. every time hamas reached them. >> diplomatic editor james bays life in west jerusalem. we wondered how israel would respond to the hamas led declaration of a ceasefire, which went into effect a few minutes ago. the im