jackie roland is in west jerusalem for us. right, let's now go to--i would like to bring you breaking news from iceland. we're hearing that air traffic has been banned over an iceland volcano. iceland has raised it's alert and indicates that the volcano could soon erupt. earlier this week authorities have evacuated that region as a precaution. we'll be getting more details as they come in. to libya now where media are reporting an unidentified jet in tripoli ar. libyan coast guard have rescued 16 migrants off the coast of tripoli. 16 bodies have been recovered. boats are believed to be carrying up to 200 people. >> we found 16 individuals alive. the rest are lost. we're investigating the others. there were 20 bodies found dead in the water. >> german chancellor angela merkel said finding a solution to the crisis in ukraine is a priority. she met with you ukrainian president poroshenko and said she could not rule out new sanctions against russia if that situation gets worse. let's go live to the city of crimea. tell us what she

ultimately to be able to bring justice to victims. >> okay, jackie thank you very much, jackie rolandst jerk lumbar and an update on the latest death toll coming from gaza strip. now this is according to the palestinian health ministry more than 2000 people have died now since the israeli offensive. a total of 66 israelis including two civilians and a ty national and they have been killed since the start of the operation in early july. but it's a total of 2016 palestinians killed of which 1417 are civilians which really stand out. we have more to come here at the al jazeera news hour including africa's silent killer and ebola is getting all the headlines, another more common virus is killing nearly 1 1/2 million people a year. and unrest in yemen, thousands from the community demand the resignation of the government. and in sport a fresh start controversial footballer swarez as he makes his first appearance for barcelona. ♪ and teams on the streets, the national guard deployed and tear gas fired at protesters, it has been another difficult night in ferguson in the u.s. state of missou

jackie roland has the story from the golan heights. >> there has been intense fighting for days. on wednesday antigovernment forces including fighters affiliated to al qaeda, took control of the kanitra crossing into the israeli occupied golan heights and a day later, dozens of u.n. peace keepers stationed in the area were taken hostage. >> 44 figians and others, leave records with the mission. >> filipino peace keepers in golan heights are in a standoff with syrian rebels as the former tried to storm their position around 10:00 a.m. syrian time yesterday. our peace keeping forces are holding their ground in theirs respective positions. >> reporter: speaking at a- an forum. >> these courageous peace keepers had deployed to create greater stability for the people in the area. we will do everything possible to secure their early release. >> it is the third time peace keepers have been taken hostage in the area. in previous occasions, they have been released. on sunday five rockets fired from syria landed here in the israeli occupied golan heights and on wednesday an israeli soldier

we get more from jackie roland in west jerusalem. >> reporter: a shopping mall close to the area of oldusalem. the few tourists we complete were either jewish or people who like adventure. >> i feel israel is the safest place in the world despite of what's happening. therefore i brought my family to show the people of israel that we're with them. >> translator: i'm not afraid because i love to travel and war doesn't stop me. >> reporter: these visitors bring in vital foreign currency. confidence among tourists and investors are affected by sentiment. so even if the immediate threat has passed they will stay away and that can affect israel not just this year but also next. tourism is the life blood of the israeli economy. pilgrims of all religions come to the old city. while some worshipers head to the beach. but for most tourists, war is the ultimate turnoff. >> i used to make about 5,000 shekels a month. this last was in june. and then after that, tourism started dying. like my july pay was about like 2500 shekels and this month it has been completely dead. i haven't made 500 shekels l

jackie roland reports from the israeli occupied golan heights. smoke from the battles from the syrian army. there has been intense fighting here for days. on wednesday anti-government forces including fighters affiliated to al-qaeda, took control of the crossing into the israeli-occupied golan heights. a day later dozens of u.n. peace keepers stationed in the area were taken hostage. >> 44 fijian troops are being detained, and 72 filipino troops have movements who are still being restricted. the updated figures follows cross checking an of leave records in the area. >> the stand off with syrian rebels as they tried to storm their positions around 10:00 a.m. syrian time yesterday. our peacekeeping forces are holding their ground to defend their representative conditions. >> reporter: speaking to an u.n. forum being held in indonesia the secretary general condemned the detention and intimidation of the peacekeeping troops. >> these courageous peace keepers have deployed to bring greater stability to the people of the area. we will do everything pos

jackie roland is in jerusalem with more on the cost of war there. >> a shopping maul close to the stockholde. >> i'm not afraid because i love to travel. >> these visitors bring in vital foreign currency. confidence among tourists and investors is affected by sentiment. even if the immediate danger has passed, the threat will stay away and that could effect jeremy not only this year but for next. tourism is the life blood of the community fo. for most tourists war is the major turn off. this month it has been completely did. >> israelis have taken stock of what's been achieved after 50 days of conflict. the images of killing and destruction from the gaza strip has tarnished the country's reputation. it leads to bigger issues. >> israel came out as the goliath as the superpower, if you like, an elephant that is fighting fly and not succeeding. >> israeli's satisfaction with its prime minister has drop dramatically. on july 23rd, 82% were satisfied with his performance. august 25th, 38% were satisfied. israeli and palestinian negotiators will soon have to grapple with the biggest use of the ce

here is al jazeera's jackie roland in west jerusalem. the israeli government is saying that the ceasefire meets israel's strategic objective of bringing peace and quiet back to israel. as far as the terms of the ceasefire go, hamas has, in fact, caved in and accepted the conditions on the table back in july, conditions which at the time they said were not good enough, now which they have accepted. however, this agreement doesn't address the longer term core issues, notably hamas's demands for a sea and airport and israel's demands to see hamas, palestinian authorities forces take control of security there. these issues are due to be discussed later. as we have seen during previous indirect negotiations in cairo, they have proved extremely difficult, trying to bridge those caps has been very difficult indeed. as a sign of the lack of confidence, the lack of optimism of people who live close to the gaza strip, regional council leaders warned families not to come back to their homes, and said they are not planning on opening schools on sept

. >> jackie rolands has been monitoring event out of tel aviv. the israeli prime minister has been chairing a cabinet meeting. what seems to be coming out of the meeting, considering the comment we have already heard? >> well, the pressure that the government is under now is to try to convince israeli public opinion that they know what they are doing, that they do have a strategy, they have a clear objective and an idea of how to achieve the objective. ordinary people are asking themselves whether the government has a strategy here. binyamin netanyahu, the prime minister, warning the residents of gaza to vacate buildings where rockets have been launched from, or where weapons are stored. that is a warning that's been repeated in text messages and leaflets dropped over the gaza strip over the last 24 hours or so. also addressing the concerns of people that live in small communities and villages. he said that there would be a special relief package for them, without going into details of what that package would contain. people have had to leave the

. >>> jackie roland is live in jerusalem. how is israel reacting to abbas's call for peace talks, and after a bloody friday, which we just saw, how likely is it that the two sides could go back to the negotiating table? >> well, good morning. i have to say many here in israel are skeptical about the chances of the peace stalks in cairo yielding anything. in fact, some israeli analysts described the egyptian efforts like attempts to revive a corpse. the talks really seem to have made no progress whatsoever, up until now. you are right to point out the increased blood shed. that has an effect on israeli public opinion, and they want to know why the army and the government has not been able to bring security, particularly to the southern part of the country areas, which are within easy striking range of gaza, so the israeli government and military are under pressure to deliver security, they would like to see a ceasefire, an agreement, a lasting truce, but that would have to be in a way that they felt would guarantee long-term s

jackie roland, al jazeera, in the israeli occupied golan heights. >> the government of ukraine is seeking the protection of n.a.t.o. membership in response to russia joining rebel forces in the east. if comes one day after ukraine sent tanks and armored vehicles invaded the area from russia. >> reporter: novoazovsk is a small town but who controls this place has massive significance for east-west diplomatic relations. those who now occupy refuse to be filmed. the residents were almost as reticent but a few were prepared to express their fears. >> i'm worried. i want everything to be fine. i want to have everything in order and a peaceful sky above. >> reporter: ukraine and it's western allies say the town is one of several along the border which were captured in recent days by a combined force of separatist fighters and russian regular soldiers. effectively a russian invasion. for three days now the separatist militia for the people's republic has been in control of this town. there is no sign of panic mock the local population and there is a sign on the wall saying people who are concern

jackie roland has the latest from west jerusalem. >> reporter: we appear to be moving into another period of intense exchanges between israel and the gaza strip. barrages of rockets from gaza has come into israel during friday. in one attack a four-year-old child was killed. there were also other civilians injured in a synagogue in the town of ashtod. israel said in response that hamas will pay a heavy price and will intense it's po bombardment of the gaza strip. hamas has been trying to send a message to israel that despite the killing of three hamas leaders on thursday, they will strike at israel not just at communities close to the gaza strip but towns and cities further away. >> in gaza 17 people were executed after being accused of collaborating with israel. they ordered the executions. these deaths follow the killing of three senior hamas commanders yesterday. >>> police say they arrested eight people last night just days before michael brown will be laid to rest. diane estherbrook is live in ferguson where it all started. the street where police officer darren wilson shot michael b

let's go to jackie roland in west jerusalem for us, jackie h has -- hamas is declaring victory and peopleelebrating in the streets, what kind of reaction in israel? >> a spokesman for the israeli government have understandably sought to present this as a victory for israel and they are saying that hamas ended up having to accept a ceasefire that did not include some of its arms notably the creation of a sea port and airport, some of those key demands not included. however, it would appear that the ceasefire nevertheless has a lot of resistance, a lot of opposition inside the israeli government, but the prime minister benjamin netanyahu steam rolled it through anyway. also people are very much away that the longer term objectives of israel, namely to secure long-term security, a long-term quiet especially for the people living close to the gaza strip, these longer term objectives have not yet been addressed, will not be addressed until these talks apparently start again in a month's time. we just heard from jane about the lack of confidence among gaza families about whether it was really s

. >>> jackie roland has an update for jerusalem. >> the israeli government is under pressure to deliver calm and security. people are living close to the gaza strip. they want to know that they can return to their homes in safety. there's a pressure of time now, because the new school year is due to begin in a week or so. then there'll be the most important holidays in the jewish religious calendar. and people want nig things to b back to normal by then. there are members of the right to think that the solution is to resume intense military reaction, that has not succeeded in silencing the rockets, and so israel may be willing to agree once again to take part in some kind of indirect negotiations to try to secure a long-lasting ceasefire. however, it's likely that in the interim, before the agreement of the talks is, in fact, clinched, that the israeli army will continue to try to inflict the maximum damage on hamas before any talks begin again. >>> they'll back any decision to join the international decision to join the criminal court. reports by the palestinian presidency. it will ope