jane ferguson, al jazeera, gaza. >>> we are going to speak to jane ferguson, who is joining us from gazad jane filed that report. jane, you were talking about the devastation in gaza, the reconstruction material that is needed. but i would like focus on fishing for just a moment. because during the conflict israel only allowed gazan boats to sail 5 miles from the shore. and now there is a restoration of the preconflict perimeter. and they will look at an extension of more than 22 kilometers out to sea. so we'll have to wait and see if that extension will be implemented. but when you look at this, how much difference does it actually make to the livelihoods of the people in gaza? >> reporter: it makes a huge difference to the livelihoods of the fishermen,esten -- essentially they can only fish tiny fish, so this will make a huge difference for them. there are about 4,000 fishermen across gaza, however, that is a tiny fraction of the population in gaza of about 1.8 million people. they will of course benefit from more fish, but realistically when you look at the siege on gaza, the fishing

. >> reporter: i am jane ferguson in the gads strip where at least two tall buildings have been broughtn by israeli air strikes. >>> political shake up in france, the cabinet resigns over a row over the government's economic policy. ♪ ♪ >>> u.s. surveillance aircraft are flying over syria to spy on islamic state fighters. president obama gave the go ahead for unmanned drones and other aircraft to track the fighters who control parts of syria. u.s. war flames have recently attacked islamic state fighters in islamic iraq. syria says all efforts must be coordinated by the syrian government. >> translator: syria is ready to couldn't and coordinate on regional and international levels to fight terrorism to implement the resolution of the u.n. security council. in the framework of respecting the sovereignty and the independence of syria. taken in to consideration that the syrian government is representing syrian is off at this. any effort to combat terrorism should be coordinated with the syrian government. >> the islamic state group has been fighting not only syrian government force buzz reb

jane ferguson reports. >> hasam abu morad had one of the most dangerous jobs in gaza. trying to defuse explosives which landed but did not detonate. with little but no professional equipment. just last week, hasam spoke to al jazeera. >> translator: to handle these missiles is very dangerous but the one who acceptance this job must -- accepts this job is doing his duty. >> on wednesday hasam was killed while performing that duty. he had been trying to disarm a large bomb when it exploded, killing him, three of his colleagues and two journalists. this is the spot where the bomb disposal unit were when the bomb exploded. however, there are excites all over gaza of unexplodeordnance. unexploded ordnance. at the site other unexplode bombs litter the ground. families try to recover bits of remembrances. and children play nearby. >> he loved people, this is why he went everywhere to look for and defuse these missiles. to help children and old people and to secure the houses of the innocent. >> reporter: many more house he and neighborhoods in gaza still need to be cleared of

jane ferguson has this report. >> reporter: in just 50 days much of gaza was destroyed. morning after peace returned here, the dust was literally settling. 1.8 million gazans are now surveying the worst war damage they have experienced. reconstruction will take years and billions of dollars. it should be a boom time for this cement factory owner, but his business was badly hit. >> translator: first of all we have to rebuild our factory. we are waiting for the crossings to reopen, this will help to get the construction materials we need to repair the factory, metal, cement, and other materials. >> reporter: importing such items has been heavily restricted by israel throughout the siege. part of the ceasefire involves easing such rules so reconstruction can begin. money from the international community will be needed to rebuild gaza, but this won't be the first time. again and again here infrastructure projects paid for by foreign donations have been bombed by israel when conflicts break out. the yasser arafat international airport was a multi-million dollars initiative pa

. >> jane ferguson joins us from gaza. how are people responding to the warning? >> well, people are taking it extremely seriously. where i'm standing here in gaza city, behind me is the rubble of what was a 14 story building until about 7:30pm local time on saturday night. i'm joined by abu hassan, who lived in the building with his family. thank you for joining us. how did you and your family get out alive last night? >> there were three persons in the building, they called them telling them to evacuate. >> they being the israelis. >> yes. and my daughter told me, so we evacuated as we were. and 10 minutes, they shift a racket. small racket. and they called again, the israelis called again and asked people around the building to move away because they are going to destroy the whole building. this is what had happened, 10 minutes later. two minutes and the building as we see. the israelis said there was a hamas operational center operating in the building. how have yourself and other residents of the building reacted to that. >> it's not true. people are living h

. >> well, let's join jane ferguson from gaza. news emerging on saturday about palestinian factions ready to support president mahmoud abbas, and sign up to the international criminal court. what are you hearing about this? >> that's right. it's significant that we are talking about factions ready to sign up. we heard this year about discussions about the potential to basically apply for membership of the i.c.c. coming from mahmoud abbas, and from the palestinian authority. what we are hearing is hamas and islamic jihad would be willing to sign up and throw support behind that. the reason why that is significant is so far they have not given support to that because if you sign up, technically you are potentially going to be investigated yourself. now, of course, this potential membership of the i.c.c. has been something that aggravated israel enormously. technically the palestinians could be able to claim or ask for a child-led investigation into war crimes, and this is, of course, increasingly sensitive right now, considering ove

let's bring in jane ferguson from gaza. i know you have more to tell us about the schooling crisis. what is it? >> at the minute we are hearing from the discussions in cairo, those indirect talks are supposed to be starting today. they haven't started yet. both sides - both allegations will arrive this afternoon. they only have today and tomorrow, essentially, to come to a decision to have a breakthrough on the discussion. this ceasefire runs out of the end of the day on midnight on monday night. currently a cabinet meeting is underway. there were some comments made before the cabinet meeting. binyamin netanyahu saying until israel's security needs are met, there'll be no agreement. there were other cabinet ministers that came out and said the issue of the seaport tore gaza, something that the palestinian delegation would like to see. they said that that would not happen, they would not support it, because rockets would come back into gaza, and hamas could be rearmed from that. hamas came out and said the egyptian initiative discussed in care scro is not something they are happy wit

jane ferguson. al jazeera, jerusalem. >> an america's heartland the conflict in gaza is creating quite the controversy. at the center of the debate whether the university of illinois rescinded its job offer to an associate professor for his political speech. ash har quaraishi has that story. >> reporter: as the body count in gaza rose over the past few weeks the emotions tweet grew even more charged. like this one: >> reporter: salaita was set to begin a tenureship. the university said it's a personnel matter, and won't comment publicly. his twitter has been silenced since august 2nd. he has not responded to our request for a phone interview. he has written six books on the subject including 2011 publication entitled "israel's dead soul." kerry nelson has written extensively in support of the chancellor's division. >> i think this tweeting has become aggressive. sometimes there is invocation of violence there. he seems at time to step over the line into what some people feel is anti-semitism. >> rep

official line that demand is in any way being retracted or softened at the moment. >> all right, jane fergusonoining us live from west jerusalem. jane, thanks for being with us. >> now although there are reports that airstrikes on gaza have been less intention since the 72 hour cease-fire ended, civilian deaths to continue climb. airstrikes killed people in gaza today including a 17-year-old boy. his body is seen here being taken back to his home. according to witnesses, the teenager was leaving a mosque in central gaza when i was struck by a drone. over all, almost 2000 people have died in gaza. the u.n. says that 73% of those killed were civilians. over 9,000 more have been injured. 63 israeli soldiers have been killed since israel launched operation protective edge. also died was a thai national. >>> taking aim at the islamic fighters. the penalty gone says four airstrikes were carried out alongside roads that occurred near erbil. others have joined the humanitarian effort in iraq. british cargo jets have started to air lift food and water to refugees who were trapped on top of the mountain

jane ferguson, al jazeera, gaza.ll ahead, egypt's government has cracked down hard on opposition banning the muslim brotherhood but it hasn't stopped all protests. a new resistance group has emerged. >> story still to come. in sports, the reaction to liverpool's new english premier league season. >> the ukrainian army said it made a major break through in the four month fight against separatists in the east. it says it has retain the city near the border with russia. it's reported that one of its fighter jets was shot down after the advance. military says it is now ready to push deeper into lundqvist after weeks of fighting in towns and villages on the outskirts. government forces are also closing in on a neighborhood in donetsk where there has been heavy shelling in the city overnight. a russian aid convoy has moved closer. 280 trucks have been held up for days. the first group is now ready to be inspected. the red cross red cross said it's ready to sdproout the aid provided it gets security guarantees from all side

jane ferguson has the latest. >> wresting back control room action lebanese troops rush into the townf arsal. syrian fighters have stormed across the border before but never this deem nor have their attacks been this brazen. they take over a police station, capture soldiers and fire on local residents. their demands for the lebanese military to release a nusra leader ol saturday. >> this is a renewed attempt like previous ones to drag the most populated town of arsal into a fight with the army. we have witnessedents like this before, fighting with the army a few months ago left an officer dead. >> mainly sunni, most of the town's residents back the syrian uprising against the president. it's regarded as a transit point for weapons and rebels entering certain syria. the population has swelled with tens of thousands of refugees settling there. >> it is one of the biggest towns. the infiltration into this town means a lot when it comes to human and political costs. the lebanese army has other missions in the north. in the capital in the south and the beka valley as well. >> reporter: in

jane ferguson, al jazeera, beirut. ahead on the news hour: >> i am tim friend in berlin cher germans are remembering a war that many of them had almost forgotten. >> in sports, sirina williams storms into the final in stanford. details a little later this news hour.

jane ferguson reports. >> reporter: he had one of the most dangerous jobs in gaza.the region's only group of bomb disposal workers trying to diffuse explosive that landed, but did not detonate. with little or no professional equipment. just last week, he spoke to al jazerra. >> translator: to handle these missiles is very dangerous. but the one who accepts this job must know his duty. >> reporter: on wednesday, he was killed while performing that duty. he had been trying to disarm a large bomb when if exploded, killing him, three of his colleagues and two journalists. this is the spot where the bomb disposals unit and journalists were when that bomb exploded. however, there are sites like this all across the gaza of unexploded ordinances, so the dangerous job that those men were doing is entirely necessary. at the site, other unexploded bombs litter the ground. families still rummage through the remains of their homes for anything they can recover and children play in the open grou ground. hazem's family says that's why he did such dangerous work. >> translator: wha

jane ferguson is live for us in jerusalem, jane are the sides any closer to what we've been calling this longer term arrangement? >> well, tony, some of the reports coming out in the israeli media who have been basically communicated to, those reports are essentially saying that we're seeing potentially a softening of the positions of both the palestinian and israeli sides. on the israeli side their initial demand that hamas must disarm for there to be a peace process or lasting peace it would appear that could be softening. on the other side, there is a sense that palestinians are softening their sense that the entire blockade of gaza in place since 2007 would have to be entirely lifted. this blockade severally limits the movement of people and goods by air, sea and land. what the palestinians had been previously seeking was an air and sea port. gaza used to be an historic port but that has not been the case for a long time now. however we are hearing reports that that could be softened. and instead of demanding the blockade be entirely lifted, that it be softened. if that is case, majo

we get more now from jane ferguson who is joining us from jerusalem. good to see you jane. what is expected to happen tomorrow? >> well, tomorrow thomas is really the crunch time for these negotiations. if the israelis don't come back, as you have said, the palestinians have said they will no longer wait for them and that these negotiations will essentially collapse. now the israelis stepped away from the negotiations on friday. that was friday morning at 8:00 a.m. local timing:00 that that 72-hour -- time that that 72 hour ceasefire expired and rockets were fired into israel. since then there have been israeli air strikes into gaza every day including dozens of rockets fired out of israel into gaza. shortly after that, we're likely to get some indication as to whether or not the israeli delegation will return to these negotiations. the palestinians have said not only must they return but they should return without any conditions so they should really return to the negotiations and discuss with the palestinians what they want which is an easing of blockade on gaza. it will

al jazeera's jane ferguson joins us. jane does it seem seem lik likee ceasefire is going to be extended in terms of what people are thinking there? >> reporter: right now we are not hearing of any major break through of those talks in cairo. both sides sticking to their guns. hamas has come out of their military side, their military wing, the kasaam brigade, their terms are the lifting ever blockade that was put on gaza. severely limits people and goods in and out of the gaza strip. they want that lifted. there's also been a suggestion floated by the european union that a sea port could be developed as part of the lifting of that blockade but the israelis want to make sure that whatever limitations they have imposed from hamas in terms of military operations in terms of rockets they don't want them to be able to basically restock any rocket stock piles in gaza. they want to limit the amount of movement of goods in and out so that is likely to be what is debated late into the night here but as you've said less than eight h

jane ferguson is in jerusalem and jane, as you know, diplomats have been meeting in cairo today. what are you hearing about those talks? >> well, those talks are indirect talks, john, between all factions in gaza. the israelis and the egyptians. now, the talks have really just started and they will go on for several days. as you have said, if the ceasefire can be extended beyond its deadline of friday morning 8:00 a.m. local time the talks will likely continue. by now, both sides are putting forward their position. hamas has said they want the blookd to be blockade to be lifted. in and out of the gaza strip. the israelis say however they really want the disarmament of hamas to lay down their weapons and the kasam as they are known to be disarmed. both sides are extremely far apart in their position so far. basically we'll have to see if the egyptians who are brokering these talks can bring the two tides clossides close together e ceasefire which is fragile can be extended. >> jane can you talk about the israeli prime minister's defense of that military operation in gaza? >> it wa

jane ferguson is live for us now in gaza with a little bit more on this. and so jane you've been monitoring the story of this bomb disposal expert. we know that he had been taking advantage of the lull in fighting to i suppose try and improve the situation, make things that much more safer for people there. but what more can you tell us? >> athat's right, miriam. it is really at times of a ceasefire that anybody can go out and try odeal with these sorts of bombs can go out of course at times whenever bombs are dropping at their most intense nobody could go out. but for these men it would have been extremely danger -- >> all right, well, we'll try and reestablish connection with jane ferguson. she's live for us in gaza at the moment. but it is the story that she's been tracking is that of a bomb disposal expert in gaza as we were telling you. he'd taken advantage in the lull in fighting to tackle the unexploded ornz in th ordnance e strip. here is more on his story. >> hasam had one of the most dangerous jobs in gaza. trying to defuse bombs that did not deto

jane ferguson is live in west jerusalem. you've been speaking to residents and tourists about what they have to say about the latest round of fighting. >> reporter: that's right, the cease-fire ended this morning and a day of violence we're seeing with brokered fire coming were both sides. in jerusalem city, however, it was very calm today. there were no clashes with the police, which sometimes do happen on a friday after prayers in the main mosque in jerusalem in the old city. today it was very calm, and we spoke to people there from both sides of the divide about how they felt everything in gaza was going to play out in the coming days. friday in the holy city of jerusalem life appears normal. muslims arrive on foot for friday jews a jew prayers as devout jews arrive. >> people like this restaurant owner who lost his brother in a conflict decades ago. >> as traditional coffee is prepared they tell us that it's not easy to forget the violence taking place in the gas state forces strip just 16 miles away. >> it feels far awa

jane ferguson joins us from west jerusalem.the israeli cabinet wrapped up a meeting, but what is israel's next move? >> welling we saw, morgan, after the meeting, a clear statement. everywhere was waiting to see if the israelis would return to the negotiations in cairo. instead a statement from the israeli prime minister binyamin netanyahu saying the operation in gaza will continue until its objectives of met, bricking back quiet to the israeli civilians, and they will not negotiate under fire. they said that before. rocket fire resumed, the israelis saying they would not negotiate. there were hopes they'd return to the negotiating table. the hopes are all but over. essentially no one can see any way the talks will continue. the israelis are talking about bumping up their operations on gaza. >> a sticking point was the nothings of the tunnels -- notion of the tunnels. one of the main goals was to destroy the tunnels. where does that stand now? > well, ever since this operation began and before that. the objectives of the operat

incidents like this contribute to that number. >> jane ferguson live in gaza. thank you for being with us. >> iran is stepping up an appearance in iraq. there are reports that troops from tehran are crossing over the border to aid in the fight against the islamic state group in the north. the foreign minister is set to meet with iraqi leaders. we have more. >> security forces from erbil are on higher alert than usual because of a bomb. a sticky bomb detonated on a main road in the city - as the peshmerga, kurdish forces title to try to retake territory from the islamic state troops one is the town of jalawla. iranian forces are said to back the fighters. he has arrived for talks with his iraqi counterpart. haider al-abadi is trying to rein in the fallout of a massacre at a sunni mosque. it's blamed on militia members. it's not clear who is responsible. the government vowed to bring whoever is to justice all of that is jeopardizing efforts to form a government within the deadline they need to form a new iraqi government, including sunnis, kurds and other faction

we get more from jane ferguson. >> while violence continued in the gaza strip on friday as well as protests across the west bank, in the city of jerusalem things were quiet and contemplative on friday. al jazeera spent a while there talking to people on both sides about how they feel about the currently conflict in gaza. friday in the holy city of jerusalem and life here appears normal. muslims arrive on foot for friday prayers, as devout jews practice their faith at the western wall. but the violence in gaza is on everyone's mind. in the mainly palestinian side of the city, residents say they people a deep connection to the suffering in gaza. >> send us some hope. >> a restaurant owner who lost his brother here in the conflict decades ago. >> same people. we not hate jews, we just hate not fair, who must live the same as everybody around the world. >> as traditional coffee and shisa pipes are prepared, violence taking place in the gaza strip just 60 miles away. the war in gaza feels far away or feels so close to you guys? >> no to us it feels close and we feel with the people of gaza. we w

jane ferguson brings the report. >>> the lebanese military battle fighters from syria.e security forces have been killed and some kidnapped. >> translator: the gunmen are everywhere. they put a check point near my house, and they are presenting anyone to enter or leave. >> reporter: more than 100,000 people live there, including many syrian refugees. those injured in the fighting are being treated in a makeshift hospital. >> translator: most of the wounded are syrians who live in makeshift camps. most of the wounded are children. there is no place for them to go. >> reporter: heavy shelling and street fighting continued on monday as the lebanese army tried to take control. and the country's political leaders pushed for a quick end to the attack. lebanon's prime minister says he will continue with the military option. >> translator: there is no solution with sunni extremist fighters who are working to bring the war to lebanon. the army has full support from major blocks, and we will use all security forces to support our attack. >> reporter: jane ferguson, al jazeera. >>

jane ferguson has the latest from gaza and a warning that the michaels in the story, they are graphic. >> reporter: seven more executions have taken place and some of them took place where right where we are in the street of gaza city. you can see the remnants of what has been left behind. these are hoods put over the heads of people before they were shot here on the street. it's an extremely grim scene. further down the street more examples of blood and plastic gloves that may have been discarded by the execution here. there are more hoods and sandals, potentially, of those executed. the factions came together to form a revolutionary court, as she called it. hamas, jihad, and they had found these people guilty of collaborating with the israelis. giving israelis information that the factions say calls palestinians death. they say now during wa wartime courts are not convening, and a number of representatives from the factions hande handed down sentences on these people. we know at least five people were killed overnight and so far today on friday in those airstrikes. five houses at le

jane ferguson giving us an update from gaza. we can speak to an israeli political commentators, joining us from wet jerusalem. thank -- west jerusalem. thank you for your time. the israelis are being accused of not being serious about trying to reach a long-term solution, the process. >> yes, i think there is a lot of confusion on the israeli side, and the israeli cabinet that is due to convene soon will have to see how you - how to go on with the conflict with hamas in gaza, whether to escalate the situation, and then go on a ground attack, a deeper into gaza, or maybe trying to gather some international support by requesting the security council to make - to take the operations or to take a decision similar to the decision that was taking after the second lebanonees war, to put some international pressure on hamas, and to try and create some sort of system that will control the attacks of hamas from gaza to israel. >> what is your reading. current mood within the israeli cabinet and the security cabinet. is the israeli governm

jane ferguson is in jerusalem. >> the israelis who had initially said that they wanted hamas to be completely disarmed in the gaza strip are appearing to potentially be softening that stance. on the other side the palestinians who had called for a complete lifting of the blockade of gaza including the establishment of a sea port and an airport appear to be potentially relenting saying that the airport and the sea port may not be possible but we would be seeing instead an eegz of theasing of the blockade. none of that comes to anything, really huge developments in any potential peace deal but of course there are less than two days left in this ceasefire and we've seen ceasefires like this come and go and run out of time. so it remains extremely fragile. also an announcement of u.n. body to investigate potential war crimes or crimes against humanity in gaza. that will be on both sides addressing the accusations that have been made. addressing the accusation he made by the israelis that the palestinians have been using human shields and also addressing accusations that the israelis were using ex

jane ferguson joins us live. tell us what you found out about the executions, jane?> jane, the area we're in is where the most recent executions took place. 11 took place late last night. it was about 3:00 or 4:00 in the morning. it is believed that six men were executed right here in this street. you can still see remanents of that. these bags were placed over people's head and there is still blood in the streets. just further down the street a similar site. bags placed over people's heads and executed. earlier there were -- there was a sign placed up above here saying why people had been executed, that they had been accused and found guilty by a revolutionary court of collaborating with the israelis. that is made up from various factions here who had come together, ordinary people, ordinarily people accused would go through the regular court system in gaza. at the moment that is not meeting during this wartime. this revolutionary court has been set up. and justice was done here according to the factions. >> pretty clear how barbaric this war is on both sides. and s

. >> jane ferguson is live in jerusalem. what are we hearing from the israelis, jane? >> reporter: well, the israelis are saying john that that rocket fire has continued out of gaza. since the ceasefire expired this morning at 8:00 a.m., local time, the israelis say that 61 missiles have been fired from gaza. they have responded, they say, with over 40 air missions. of course each mission can drop several bombs. those are air missions over the gaza strip. now as you've heard, my colleague andrew simmons report there, there was a child killed in one of those air strikes. 5 gazans and three israelis injured in air fire. there have been clashes after protests that followed friday prayer, one palestinian was killed. in jerusalem city however today was quite calm. often there are clashes on a friday after prayers there but today people were in quite a thoughtful mood. we spent some time with people in jerusalem to ask them how they were really taking in what had been going in in gaza. >> friday in the holy city of jerusalem and life here appears normal. muslims arrive on fo

let's get the latest from jane ferguson. we know the lebanese army are trying to push back the fighters. what's going on there? >> reporter: well, that push back is continuing with shelling coming from the lebanese military. there is rocket fire being returned by those rebels. as we're hearing some sources, the rebels are still inside, but more and more are being pushed out of into the east towards the syrian border. as they're pushed out they're also going to be squeezed up against the syrian border just over that border, of course, are forces extremely hostile to these rebels with the syrian army backed by hezbollah. they may be on the run, but as things stand at the moment there are still fighters inside the town with heavy fighting. just an update on some of the figures coming out of ou our, they're calling civilians that have been killed and being treated in hospital. an many are injured. the lebanese military have updated saying 14 soldiers have been killed and 22 are missing. some of those 22 at least are presumed kid

jane ferguson, al jazeera.a. >> the war's taken a costly toll on israel having a major effect on its tourism industry. we get more from jackie roland in west jerusalem. >> reporter: a shopping mall close to the area of old jerusalem. 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 s

jane ferguson, al jazeera. gaza. >> earlier i spoke with london journalist, i asked her what the palestinian people get from the costry resistence from hamas. >> i think hamas gets an awful lot out of it politically but not necessarily in actual concessions as you quite rightly said. alexandria has proved it has not been crushed by the fourth most powerful army in the world. of course, the people in gaza have no army themselves. so hamas has proved it is a resistence movement, and it's done its job as far as this is concerned. but in actual concession it is didn't get much out of it. it got an extension of the fishing areas of si 6 to 12 miles, and construction materials will be allowed under strict constrictions. that's the rebuilding of gaza and that could take up to 20 years. >> nabila told us the conflict cost prime minister benjamin netanyahu's standing on the world stage as well as support of israel. >>> libya has a stark warning for the united nations security council today. >> the situation in libya is

that's jane ferguson reporting from us in gaza.nd just to let you know that we are hearing that the israeli prime minister benjamin netenyahu has ordered the israeli military to strike gaza, quote, terror targets -- and this is after rockets from the enclave hit israel, and we're going to find out more about what that means and bring in jackie once again from west jerusalem. >> yes, just literally in the last moment, really within a matter of minutes of the news coming that those rockets had landed? open desert areas, government officials are now saying that the prime minister benjamin netenyahu has given an order to the israeli military to strike what is being described as terror targets within gaza. so it looks as though we are seeing this ceasefire unravelling before our very eyes. even as negotiators are in cairo looking to find a way to extend the extension. this marks a very worrying escalation of the situation if we see action following up on those instructions given by the israeli prime minister. >> jackie thank you. >>> we

i spoke to jane ferguson about the ceasefire. >> so far it is holding. there are hopes it will hold for 72 hours. before the ceasefire came in effect, there was a barrage of rocket fire. it's normal in this part of the world before a ceasefire takes effect - both sides really up tick their strikes against the other. as it stands, this ceasefire does seem to be holding true at the moment. what we are hearing from reports in the israeli media is if the yeahs fire holds throughout the -- ceasefire holds throughout the night the israeli delegates will return to cairo. they want to make sure it is honoured throughout the night before returning to negotiations. >> there's a lot of heavy lifting in cairo. what can you tell us about that? >> very much so. this is really the beginning, to get the two sides to come to cairo. they will not sit at a table. these are indirect talks. the subjects that have to be tackled are extremely weighty, sucts that have been argued for years. the gazans want - hamas want the lifting of the blockade in gaza. it's been in place sin

. >> for the latest we're joined in jerusalem by al jazeera correspondent jane ferguson. good to see you again. is there hope for a break through now with the palestinians staying in cairo and the israelis leaving? >> well, hope seems to be fading of course as you said. that ceasefire expired and now we're back to similar violence we have seen over rocket fire being exchanged. the israeli delegation have left so officially they're not partaking in talks. unofficially however they are making contact because of course don't forget that these have all been indirect talks. they are not sitting down at the table with the palestinians. we have had egyptians shuttling between the two sides. it is possible there is some communication ongoing even though israelis aren't in cairo itself. the likelihood of a break through, in terms of the lifting of this blook blockade on gaza r or not the palestinians will accept a partial lifting or slight easing whether they will stick by what their demands are a near total lifting of the brookd ball twblockade and whete israelis feel like they'r

jane ferguson reports now on the latest violence. >> reporter: there is little of the shopping district left. this part of southern gaza was heavily bombarded by the israeli military on saturday night. the area once housed many small shops, dozens of buss were destroyed. >> translator: it's an attack on the palestinian economy, and it's an attack on the people relying on the place. this is a civilian area. there are no fighters or rockets or nothing of the sort. >> reporter: al jazeera was filming the aftermath of one air strike when another hit. also on saturday in gaza city, the remains of an apartment building that once stood 14 stories high. the israel military said hamas fighters were operating out of the building. the people living here denied this. residents were warned by israel to leave, so hundreds left and no one was killed here. but this woman lost everything and returned the next day desperate to find some of her family's belongings. >> translator: the kids were downstairs playing. the dinner was ready, and we were waiting for the children to come up. then suddenly someone

jane ferguson is live for news jerusalem. jane, do we have any more details about the possible extension of the cease-fire? >> reporter: well, tony, the possible extension is that, a possible extension. as you have said israel has said they would be willing to go ahead with an ex-pension of this cease-fire which expires on friday morning. hamas so far have said that it's premature to start talking about a cease-fire at this point because of course both sides still have conditions that neither side have really come together to any middle ground yet on it. hamas themselves want a black said of gaza, a blockade that has been in place since 2007. they want this limited. israel wants gaza, essentially hamas to be disarmed essentially. hamas, they no longer an armed group, and of course both sides are nowhere near ready to agree on both sides. >> jane, we heard from adam and prime minister benjamin netanyahu once again defending rale's actions in gaza. tell us more about that. >> yes, netanyahu gave a press conference and they were

thousands of palestinians then took to the streets to participate in the leaders burial, jane fergusonas the report. >> there have been many funerals this summer, but none quite this big. on thursday thousands attended the burial of three commanders of hamas' military wing. mohammed and rapid al attar are the most senior hamas figures to be killed so far in this conflict. their bodies werery ares through the streets in the south of the gaza strip. crowds of mourners display add show of support for hamas. just a few streets away, the rubble they were pulled from. >> we were sleeping there were nine missles that hit the building you can can see the destruction hamas responded quickly. >> the assassination of the leaders won't break the will of our people, and won't weaken the resistence, when occupation will pay the price. >> thursday was the second day in a row of hamas commanders being targeted. on wednesday, an attempt on the military commander failed but killed his wife and two children, he is not believed to be in the house when it was pommed. as well as seven sillians in the house

let turn to jane ferguson in west jerusalem, can you tell us the details of how the latest temporaryeal was reached? >> well, it's a surprise to some on the ground. this morning, after the israeli cabinet meeting heard stronger talk. basically binyamin netanyahu saying that they would not be coming back to cairo for the talks unless there was a cessation of violence, rockets, coming out of gaza. during the cabinet meeting, members had called for an escalation, an increase in israeli operations in gaza, some calling for a full occupation. it's been a dramatic day. there's no confirmed reports as to how this came about. we know that the egyptians have been hosting and shuffling between the two. the egyptians have a pump card when it comes to pressuring hamas in the palestinians, because of the rafah boarder crossing with egypt. it's highly participation that that has -- potential that that has been a carrot or a stick to stop the rocket fire coming. once the rocket fire stopped, the is recallies said -- israelis said they'd honour a ceasefire. >> now that there's a deal, what do the tw

jane ferguson has a report from gaza. >> gazans across the gaza strip know they may have a matter of a few hours left here. the ceasefire will run out at midnight. so many turn out to do their shopping. over the past month it's been new hampshire credibly dangerous to leave your home. let alone leave your home to freely shop for groceries. there is a sense of peace here but also a degree of urgency. people know this could be the last day they could go by their normal daily lives. >> six people, including members of a palestinian bomb disposal unit were killed in gaza. >>> israeli bombardment of gaza did not spare are vital services like hospitals. thousands of people including children in desperate need for help. andrew simmons reports. >> israel's bombardment of gaza did not spare its medical services. the world health organization says more help is needed. this was an intensive care unit, a children's hospital now totally closed. a bomb went off nearby, spraying the entire building with glass and shrapnel. a two-year-old child was in his bed being resuscitated by the doctor. he cou

jane ferguson has more on today's fighting from gaza. >> reporter: this is the sabra areas where homes were flattened in the latest barrage of israeli airstrikes. witnesses say the intense attacks destroyed everything here two or missiles hit a house. all of the block has come down. 500 meters, everything was destroyed. there is nothing still standing. people didn't have time to escape. everyone was injured. no one was left. >> it wasn't just the sabra area. dozens of strikes lit up gaza's skies. medical teams struggled to bring the dozens of wounded people to hospital. we were all sitting at home, so we held our children around us. suddenly blood was gush from my head. i put a piece of cotton on my head and went down stairs to call for an ambulance, and we found many people wounded in the streets. >> israel says rocket sites were targeted. residence say homes, farms and schools are continually being hit. the israeli military says more than 80 rockets were fired from gaza on friday. a 4-year-old israeli boy was killed in the village of naha nahal ohz. the first israeli child to have di

at least 29 people have died since israel renewed the air strikes, jane ferguson has the latest.re have been many funerals this summer, but quite this bill. >> on thursday, attended the burial. >> mohammed and al attar are the most senior figures to be killed so far in this conflict. >> their bodies were carried through the streets, in the site of the strip. crowds of mourners display add show of support for hamas. >> just a few streets away, rubble they were pulled from. >> we were sleeping there were nine missiles that hit the building. you can see the destruction hamas responded quickly. >> the assassination of the leaders won't break the will of our people, and won't weaken the resistence, and the occupation will pay ^t price. >> thursday was the second day in a row of hamas commanders being targeted. on wednesday, an assassination attempt on the group's overall commander failed but kid his wife and two children. he is not believed to have been in the house when it was bombed. >> but on thursday's attack, the bombs hit their target, as well as seven civilians in the house at

. >> reporter: let's go back to gaza and speak to our correspondent jane ferguson who is live for us, we are watching those pictures there of the people celebrating in gaza city. i guess there is relief and must be tangible after 50 days of fighting. >> it is, barbara and it has been for the two hours that passed since the ceasefire came into effect and we heard gunfire in the air and celebratory gunfire and people driving around in cars with flags waving. a lot of celebration here. as you say as well it's extreme relief, over 2100 palestinians in gaza have died over the last 50 days in the fighting. almost three quarters of those were civilians who statistics of the last 50 days have been devastating for the people here. they know there is diplomacy and negotiation ahead but for now an enormous amount of relief. >> what are the key issues of the ceasefire that is brokered, the openings between gaza and israel to let in humanitarian aid and materials for rebuilding in gaza and we have been talking about this for 7 weeks but give us a picture of the kind of devastation that gaza has se

jane ferguson, al jazeera. gaza. >> the conflict in gaza also taking its toll on israel. 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%

we are live in west jerusalem with correspondent jackie roland in a little while but we go to jane fergusons in gaza itself and jane so 24 hours then in which the people of gaza and jabali in particular can gather up their lives a little bit more? >> reporter: for some people it is of course another day, another 24 hours to really come back to areas like this that you can see behind me. we are on the very north of the gaza strip. people are still trying to gather what items in the rubble may be left over from their homes as their homes have been bombed and many of them have. for a lot of people and this is also bad news and people have been hopeful right up to the last hour last night there could be celebrations of an agreement and this would be over. people have been living in this constant state of limbo for eight days now. this is another day, this is the ninth day of cease fire where people hear rumors coming out of talks in cairo but no one is sure and people are not sure if they can start rebuilding and whether or not they can try to come back to their homes to repair any damage for p

as jane ferguson reports from gaza many hope negotiators will be able to agree a deal. >> reporter: israeli and palestinian negotiators have until midnight op tuesday to turn a temporary ceasefire in gaza into a permanent one. egyptians are trying to get both sides to agree to a deal drawn up. the palestinians want an 8-year siege on the gaza strip by the israelis to be lifted. >> what is proposed is not enough quote. what we need is an elimination of the siege, and this can only be achieved if there's an independent passage internationally protected and internationally guaranteed that israel cannot interfere with. >> a lifting of the siege would include opening the crossing. gaza shares a border with egypt at rafah, but the peace proposal does not mention it, and it is closed. >> the issue of the rafah crossing is a sovereign issue that will not be discussed by the palestinians and israelis. it will be left only for the egyptians to decide when to open rafah, and under what circumstances. >> the israelis fear a lifting of the siege could make it easier for hamas's armed wing to restock rac

jane ferguson reports from gaza. >> there's several hundred thousands of palestinians sheltering in schools. people here are waiting to find out what will happen in cairo. just after midnight on tuesday. the ceasefire runs out. people need to find out if that will be turned into a pan ceasefire under some sort of agreement. however, regardless of what agreement is come to in cairo, many sheltering don't have homes to go back to. >> reporter: the gaza girls' prep school is home to 3,000 people. they ran from their homes during the bombardment. hoping the school would offer protection, over 200,000 palestinians are packed into u.n. schools. a new school year was due to start next week. officials say it's been delayed. many, have no homes to return to. i have 11 children, six of them going to school, and the new school year is coming. her children attended the same school they are sheltering in. entire families are crammed together in classrooms. outside the queue for food and supplies. teachers volunteered to help them. to return to their studies. >> a quarter of a million go to the same u.n.

jane ferguson has more. >> reporter: this is the site in gaza strip which was struck close to 1:00 amal time on thursday morning. and the entire building has been absolutely destroyed. the neighborhood has been very much effected with homes that are pretty much uninhabitable. locals say they heard six explosions in the early hours of thursday morning whenever israeli airplanes hit the site as well as the three hamas come maen -- commanders that were killed at least seven civilians were also killed. nay will be able to say now so far they have something to show for this war. up until now nothing has been made public about senior hamas commanders being killed. these were three men that the israelis have tried to kill before, and made several attempts on their lives. >> kimberly joins us now from west jerusalem. hamas has lost three commanders. is there a change in the israeli strategy in terms of targeting high profile hamas leaders rather than sending in more troops? >> this is definitely a change in strategy, and that's because there is this view that in fact up to this point, the isr