saima is standing by in jerusalem and john vause is in gaza city. john, it's hard for any of us to truly understand what the past month has been like there for the two million residents and now the half million, it's believed, displaced. how would you describe daily life right now where you are? >> well, errol, it's worse, and it's bad, and it's getting worse by the day. they do need some kind of pause from the fighting. they need an opportunity to get that aid into gaza. there were a number of red cross trucks, red crescent trucks loaded up with supplies that did try to cross from israel into gaza on sunday, but because of the ongoing fighting, they could not make it in. maybe with this seven-hour humanitarian window they may be able to get in. with temporary shelters and medical supplies. because as you say, about 500,000 people have been displaced. about a quarter or more of the entire population of gaza. hospitals here are running very low on pretty much everything right now. there's a problem with no electricity ever since gaza's plant was struc

john vause for us in jerusalem. john, we'll stay on this. quick break here. more breaking news on the sirens sounding in southern israel, as we -- the world, two hours away from the end of the cease-fire, watching and waiting. will it stick, will it not. what is next? stay with me. you do a lot of things great. but parallel parking isn't one of them. you're either too far from the curb. or too close to other cars... it's just a matter of time until you rip some guy's bumper off. so, here are your choices: take the bus. or get liberty mutual insurance. for drivers with accident forgiveness, liberty mutual won't raise your rates due to your first accident. see car insurance in a whole new light. call liberty mutual insurance. >>> back to breaking news on cnn, as we're just getting word, as we have been watching this temporary cease-fire between hamas and israel. it's a 72-hour cease-fire. it is scheduled to expire at about an hour and forty five minutes from now. we were talking to our correspondent in jerusalem, john vause, getting word here at cnn the code re

sara sidner is live in jerusalem and john vause in gaza. let's start now with sara to get the very latest on the israeli perspective. so, sara, the 72-hour cease-fire and the fighting resumed immediately. what's the latest right now? the number of rockets that have come over have grown, the air strikes to 70. the air strike, the israeli military says, are 33 there in gaza from overnight and into this morning. there have been, as you mentioned at least five dead and we know there's some rubble there that the palestinians are going through, pulling bodies out from a mosque. so that's sort of the latest on some of the things that have been coming over between both sides with the fighting. but as far as the negotiations go, israel has been very clear in its statement saying time and again that as long as israel is being fired upon it will not sit down and negotiate to try to extend the cease-fire. the palestinians, for their part, both in the delegation and hamas themselves, hamas saying israel is not talking to us. of course, they're talking t

cnn's john vause reports on efforts to rebuild gaza in the short and long-term. >> reporter: just 72 hours to try and fix the worst of gaza's devastation. like the sewage pipes which have been spewing raw effluent for more than two weeks. >> we need water! to drink! >> reporter: to try and get water running again to thousands of homes. to repair transmission lines from israel up to seven hours of power a day now after more than a week with almost no electricity at all. aid groups are distributing mattresses, water, and basic supplies to last for just a few days. tens of thousands like this and his family have been left homeless. "i don't even know where my house is. where is the road? where is my neighbor's home?" he says repeated israeli air strikes flattened the entire neighborhood. rebuilding isn't a question of when but how. this was a combination of air strikes, ar killry? >> everything. tanks, air strikes. >> reporter: the factory made pavers for roads and concrete ready mix for buildings. just one of more 60 construction companies, according to palestinian officials, targeted

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. >> john vause live for us in gaza. we appreciate it. stay safe and thank you.

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let's bring back john vause he's at gaza city for us. hn, there have been reports of israeli troops starting to withdraw from gaza. i'm told that some israeli forces are moving out because they think they've almost completed the destruction of those tunnels going from gaza into israel. but what are you hearing there on the ground? >> reporter: well, that certainly is the case especially in the north of gaza around the areas that were declared closed military zones which meant the residents had to leave while they carried out those military exercises to search not just for the tunnels but also for the rocket launchers and the storage area for weapons. earlier on saturday a message went out to the palestinians who lived there that by 2:00 local time they would be allowed to return to whatever might be left of their homes. many people, though, seemed reluctant to do that. a few have done that. others are staying away at least for the time being and also the word that maybe israeli troops are redeploying according to palestinian witnesses and

newsroom, john vause, live in gaza.ithin the past hour, the israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu has made a televised address and he has said that the military operations here in gaza will continue, but they're now moving into another phase. mr. netanyahu said most of the tunnels have now been destroyed, and israel will continue to protect the peace and the defense of the israeli public. let's get more on this, go back to bob bear in los angeles and robert mcfadden, standing by in washington. bob, i would like to start with you. you heard the prime minister there, essentially this operation continuing. this is a long military campaign, longer than any other against militants in gaza. why is this one taking so long? >> well, i think hamas has gotten better. you look at the israeli casualties, the maybe two israeli soldiers have been taken. hamas has been able to alter its communications, it has not been pinpoint strikes, civilian casualties are much too high for israel's liking, you know. there's been a reaction aro

john vause is in gaza this morning. john, from where you are, quiet today. the cease-fire holding? >> reporter: yeah, it is, john. just over 12 hours into it now. it's midday here in gaza and it's just a regular monday. it's not. many parts of gaza have been devastated. they were fighting up until the last minute. it has been all quiet now. this is now a good opportunity for humanitarian aid workers to come in, repair crews to head out and fix the electricity. it's 10% supply. try to fix the water and sanitation systems. we have been saying it over and over again, but they don't have a chance to fix that. the sanitation, everyone continues to flow into the street, out into the ocean. they will try to get to fix that. they will try to bring in humanitarian aid. they tried to do it sunday, but the israeli defense forces had to close the main crossing. they did that because of the continual rocket fire from militants. it was too dangerous to pass. there are the long term issues that maybe they can get a deal in cairo and lo

crossings open and israel is not budging on that so essentially a stalemate. >> let's connect with our john vause in gaza city. john, with this report of a rocket being intercepted near ashkelon in southern israel can you give us any indication of what perhaps hamas is saying on your side of the border. >> sure, errol. an official statement came out from hamas, just a brief statement sent out to reporters saying the palestinian factions which is referring to the negotiators who are currently in cairo have not agreed to an extension of that 72-hour cease-fire but they did add negotiations continuing so negotiations for what at this point we don't know who they're negotiating with. again, it seems kind of foggy at this point. but it does seem that, you know, the cease-fire as we've seen is now over. the rocket fire is continuing and, of course, now we're waiting to see the next step from the israelis. do they resume the air strikes here. what will be the next step? i can tell you just looking out the window it is a friday morning here. so the streets are starting to get busier. there is some traffi

that's where we find john vause. , the people of gaza have finally had a chance to go back and try to find their homes, many destroyed, to go to the market and try to get to life as normal as much as they can. what are they feeling on the ground? do they think the strikes are going to happen in 20 hours time in a long term agreement is not reached? >> reporter: certainly they have seen it before, poppy. they have seen the agreements, the cease-fires and long-term deals come and go a lot over the past couple years. there's hope, but a great deal of trepidation that of course a deal may or may not be reached in cairo. it's tentative, i guess. if they come through with the cease-fire, it may not last. what we are seeing, though, is as you say, they are playing this very, very big rally here in gaza in a couple hours time. a short time ago, there were cars going up and down the main street with loud speakers urging them to head off to the rally. it's meant to be a show of support for palestinian unity. we know it's not ju

john vause is in gaza this morning. john, a new 72-hour pause in the fighting.hat do things look like right now? >> reporter: well, you know, john, this could be mid-morning monday, pretty much anywhere in the world. traffic is back out on the roads, there are traffic jams here and people are trying to go about their lives as normal. nothing is normal in gaza. this territory has taken a pounding for a month. entire neighborhoods in gaza city have been leveled. entire towns have been hit hard. you mentioned the death toll and the wounded, 10,000 of them. hundreds of thousands of people have been displaced. so, the next three days, the next 72 hours, that means there will be a chance to head out and repair the damage to get the electricity back on. it's at 10% capacity right now. they will try to get humanitarian supplies across the border. they tried to do it yesterday. with the fighting ongoing, the israel defense forces say they had to close the main cargo from israel because of continual rocket fire coming from palestinian militants. they say it was too danger

. >> cnn john vause joins us now live in gaza city. another attack hits a place of rest for civilians, john. so much help is needed. >>. >> yeah, natalie, that is one of the reasons why hamas is not agreeing to this humanitarian window announced by the israelis. they say this is just an attempt by israel to try to divert attention from the attack on the u.n. school. what here hearing from the israeli military, they're saying, at the time there were three members of islamic ji had, they were on a motorcycle, traveling in the vicinity of the school, and then israel fired a missile. it's not entirely clear if they killed those three members of:00 jihad, but according to authorities here and the u.n., at least nine people were killed inside the school, which was crammed. 3,000 people were sheltering there because of the ongoing fighting in rafa, the southern part of gaza. the problem for the palestinians, they say is that they have nowhere else to go, because the fighting in rafa continues. there's been a constant bombardment around that ar

that is where our john vause is monitoring the developments there. john, if you could first, just talk to us about the mood there in gaza. >> reporter: yeah. well, george, right now many people here are preparing. they're digging in because they've been told by hamas that this could in fact be a long conflict with the israelis. and in the last hour or so palestinian officials have told us that right now they are trying to dig bodies outs fr fr under the rubble of a mosque in the southern part of gaza after it was hit by an israeli strike. just one of more than 30 targets which the israelis say they have hit here today. now, as for the militants, according to the idf just four rockets fired from gaza into israel today. that is one of the lowest counts of this month-long war. now, the israeli military strikes began after that 72-hour cease-fire came to an end. the palestinian militant groups refused to extend the period of quiet even though the israelis had agreed to an unconditional extension of the cease-fire. the rocket fire came first, and then the

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john vause shows us new video that goes to the heart of that controversy. take a look. >> reporter: for almost a month, israel focused much of its firepower here on the northern gazan town of bait ha beit hanoun, devastating entire neighborhoods. the family now living in the ruins of what's still standing of their home. >> and this is my home with my sisters. >> reporter: israel is just a few miles away. and israel's military says hamas used homes here as cover to fire off hundreds of rockets. but when i asked -- so why? why would they hit this area? were they hamas rockets? >> no, no, no. >> reporter: no hamas rockets? >> no, no. never, never, never, never. >> reporter: no hamas fighters? >> no, never. >> reporter: never, ever seen. >> never, never. >> reporter: but in gaza city, reporters from france 24 and india's ndtv have shown at least one rocket launcher located in a residential area. it's a small vacant block of land surrounded by homes and hotels where many foreign reporters are staying. a u.n. building is close by. children are seen playing on the

john vause, cnn, gaza. >>> palestinian leaders are disputing this new video evidence. the palestinian ambassador to the u.s. says he does not know the circumstances of the particular rockets -- the rocket launchers shown in that report and while he admits there have been instances portraying that this was the rule and not the exception is not a fair representation. >>> oscar pistorius is back in court today. these are live pictures of the south african olympian arriving at the pretoria house. actually, they've just come in. they are the latest pictures that you have in the last couple of minutes. closing arguments in his murder trial are set to start any minute. the prosecution will begin followed by the defense. each side is expected to take a day to make its case. we'll bring you live coverage from pretoria a little later in the program. >>> europe's first own patient arrived in spain a short while ago. here's a look at the plane that transported miguel hyras to a military airbase in madrid. he's a spanish priest that contracted the virus in liberia. the air bus is s

>> john vause live in gaza.stay safe. >>> the israeli delegation, the peace talks walking out and turning home. leaving hopes for the truce shattered. reza, do we know what the breaking point was for this to just fall apart? >> reporter: i think the impasse was over the framework of this particular cease-fire agreement and any extension of it. israel's position was clear. they wanted this unconditional cease-fire to be extended. however, hamas and other palestinian delegates, they were not on board. essentially their position was this was an israeli bluff. israel wanted to return to a status quo. they agreed to the cease-fire and agreed to stop fighting and come to cairo to address some of their core demands, including lifting the blockade. we understand, based on statements from the brigade, their minimum demand was opening the sea board, which would give gazans access to the outside world. apparently that hasn't happened. for a few hours, we have had silence here in cairo. an hour ago, an egyptian official sen

john vause, cnn, beit hanoun, gaza. >> extraordinary images there. all right, we will take a short break now. >>> just ahead, a government offensive is intensifying in eastern ukraine. >> yeah, thousands of civilians caught in the middle of this clash as well. this intensifies as the ukrainian military moves in on pro-russia separatists in the key city of donetsk. details coming up. for over 1. [ mom ] with life insurance, we're not just insuring our lives... we're helping protect his. [ female announcer ] everyone has a moment when tomorrow becomes real. transamerica. transform tomorrow. >>> this is the other big story we are following. a heightened alert in liberia and a stark warning from u.s. health officials as fears of ebola rise across the globe. >> yeah, and particularly in west africa. liberia's president declared a 90-day state of emergency wednesday night after the number of confirmed probable and suspected deaths in her country rose to 282. now, the declaration essentially allows the government to, quote, institute extraordinary measures

let's go to john vause. he is in gaza. he's got new developments on what is going on. ll what's you're learning, john. >> wolf, just a short time ago, there was a message put out by hamas coming from the spokesperson. a very short, brief text message saying what is being broadcast about rockets fired at israel, israeli reports aim at confusing the situation. so in other words, hamas now denying that they in fact fired those two rockets into israel just a few hours ago. also, at this point, there has been no claim of responsibility either from islamic jihad, another militant group that has been firing rockets into israel. so at this early stage hamas is saying we didn't do it. >> and it's approaching what, 7:00 a.m. over where you are. the ceasefire is supposed to last until 8:00 a.m. so a little bit more than an hour or so from now. is hamas saying like the israelis, like the egyptians, like the palestinian authority that they want the ceasefire to be extended beyond the additional 72 hours? >> no. they're saying quite adamantly that if there is no progress on the endin

. >> let's start with our john vause who's in gaza city. john, the cease-fire has held for more than just over ten hours now, right? we've been here many times before. how's it all looking right now? of course more importantly, who blinked first? >> reporter: yeah, it is a good question, rosemary. right now it is all quiet here. the fishermen are headed back to sea. some normality had returned to gaza, at least gaza city even though the airstrikes had resumed sips the last cease-fire came to an end. the palestinian rocket fire also continued. there was an uptick in both the hours before the cease-fire came into effect, and as to the question of who may have given in, at this point we don't really know. the wording that came from the egyptians said that both sides agreed to this humanitarian lull simultaneously. so they're not giving anything away there. i guess we'll know essentially who was willing to give in when we find out the details of any lasting agreement if, in fact, there is one. and that will be difficult if both sides dig in and

i'm john vause in gaza with breaking news. soldier is not found, but confirmed dead. more on this from lieutenant colonel rick francona. explain to me the strategy. one they knew the israeli soldier was missing, they sealed off the area and pounded it with artillery tank fire. explain that. >> they want to stop everything in place. they want to prevent hamas or whoever took him prevent him from moving him. they can go house by house and search the area. because once he is moved to a safe area, there is very little chance of ever finding him in that rabbit maze that is gaza. >> okay. one question, though, when i was down there, there was a lot of civilian casualties. we are hearing from palestinian officials the death toll, i think in rafah on friday, alone, was well over 100. they eventually were caught in the crossfire. >> yeah. it is -- as you know, this place is so densely populated. anytime you put any weaponry in the area and once you move into this kind of a rescue and search operation, you will take more casualties beca

thank you, john vause.el aviv via skype, michael herzog, retired brigadier general of the retired defense force. this ceasefire broke down preventing humanitarian assistance coming in. how far in good conscience are israelis willing to put palestinians in harm's way? how much is enough is enough, we've done enough already? >> it's scared that the humanitarian situation in gaza is very serious after nearly a month of fighting. i think this is the a result of the government's policy of putting civilians in the middle of this war, hiding their military capabilities in civilian populated areas, firing from them, calling the population not to leave war zones, not to heed the call to leave war zones. and they are the tragic victims of this. i don't know when this war is going to end. i hope soon. i think any civilian loss in gaza is a loss for israel. i hope this ends soon. >> let's talk about now that missing israeli soldier. the idf spokesman said they don't know who is behind it, but it was, quote, the hamas m

john vause, cnn, jerusalem. >> all right. that was our john vause for us.now, at this moment it's around 5:20 in the morning in liberia for those watching there. you'll know a nationwide overnight curfew expires in less than an hour. it was proclaimed as authorities tried to contain the deadly ebola outbreak. two areas are also under quarantine. clashes reportedly broke out in one slum in monrovia after troops set up a blockade there. meantime, the number of new cases, it just continues to grow. check out that red number in the top left of your screen. the world health organization now saying there are 1350 confirmed suspected and probable ebola deaths in west africa. more than 2400 cases are attributed to the virus. >>> next here on cnn a search for survivors in japan. rescue teams in hiroshima dig through the rubble after deadly landslides. stay with us, you're on cnn. y. and never quite get over it. seven billion hungry people. well, we grow a lot of food. we also waste about a third of what we grow. so, we put our scientists to work. and they found ways

we'll begin with john vause in gaza. john, we're still seeing explosions throughout the night in gaza after the agreement was announced. now the ceasefire just two hours away. how do things look at the moment? >> well, don, we have heard that constant barrage of artillery coming, mostly from the eastern part of gaza city. there has also been the sound of automatic weapons fire. and we've also seen the flares in the sky. sometimes that means there could been an air strike on the way. that hasn't happened. sometimes those flares are used to light up the battlefield. so that could have been why those flares had been in the sky just a few hours ago. obviously the sun is out now. so they're not needed anymore. now shortly after the ceasefire deal had been announced, hamas fired a number of rockets into israel. but in the last couple of hours, it seems hamas has pretty much held its fire. but we have been told here by palestinian officials that in the town of khan yunis, at least eight people were killed in one air strike by i

john vause is in gaza. first to you, wolf, how close to israeli officials believe they are to finishing their military mission, which i am assuming is destroying all those tunnels. >> they think they're close to destroying the tunnels that they're aware of. they obviously acknowledge there may be some other tunnels from gaza go into israel they are not aware. those they found so far they're pretty much in the process of destroying those tunnels. as far as the rockets and missiles and another 30 rockets, missiles came into israel today from gaza, they think hamas has 3,000 or so left rocket launchers. they think hamas used up or israel destroyed about 7,000. they think they had about 10,000 going into this. they have their work cut out for them going after the rockets and missiles. they're also going after hamas millers right nougt. they want to get the top leadership if they can, that's the specific part of the operation. it looks to me, candy, there's no great detisire on the part o the israelis for a ceas

john vause covers it from gaza. the israelis want relief agencies to bring food in, but don't want to suspend military operations in that area. is that sort of -- is that correct? >> reporter: yeah. that's pretty much it, deborah. we have a situation with the israeli's. they recognize this is a dire situation which is getting worse by the day here in gaza. relief trucks tried to cross from israel to gaza. they couldn't get in because of the ongoing fighting. now the window is open. the trucks are coming across the border. they want to continue destroying the hamas tunnels. they want to get in and out as soon as they can. the soldiers inside gaza, they are targets of hamas militants. most of that work is heading toward rafah, the southern part of gaza where the school was hit sunday. certainly, outside the school was hit by a missile and ended up with shrapnel flying everywhere killing nine palestinians according to gaza health officials here. the military operations continue on. at this point, hamas says they are no

john vause joins us and matthew chance. matthew, we heard from israeli government spokesman mark regev saying hamas has started hostilities. any idea of what the israeli response is set to look like here? >> no idea at all in short, errol. certainly you may have heard mark regev saying the cease-fire doesn't just involve the israelis ceasing their fire, it has to be both sides. i've said in the past that quiet will be responded to. what we've seen over the course of the last hour and a quarter or so since the cease-fire, the 72-hour truce came to around end is a barrage of rockets being fired from the gaza strip into southern israel, at least ten rockets is the figure i've seen coming from the israeli military. one of them intercepted by the iron dome missile center above ashkelon. the majority of those rockets though landing in open areas, agricultural ground. still, you know, being seen by israel as obviously an end to the cease-fire as the country contemplates its response. we have images of israeli tanks on the move. is

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john vause joins us live from jerusalem. not a lot of progress has been made in the indirect talks, does it, john? time is ticking away. we've been here over and over. >> reporter: yeah, it does seem like ground hog day for quite a bit. we've had days and days of negotiations brokered by the egyptians. all we have to show for it is the short extensions, five days here, 24 hours there. what we do know at this point is that the palestinians have accepted the 24-hour extension. the israelis have accepted the 24-hour extension. we know the israeli cabinet is coming to discuss the intentions which has been ongoing in cairo. a flurry of flames leading up to last night's midnight deadline. at first saying everything had broken down, the talks had collapsed because the israelis had made some unrealistic demands that the palestinians could not meet. it was all back on. there was a framework put into the agreement. the israelis refused to comment on it. they tell me there was no agreement. at midnight local time here just as the five-d

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. >> with more on what is happening on the ground, let's go to cnn's john vause live in gaza city. palestinian negotiators issuing this ultimatum that israel come back to the negotiating table, but we've heard from israel that they are saying they won't unless the rockets stop being, you know, they stop launching these rockets into israel. so at this point it seems like the prospects for a cease-fire isn't looking so good. >> yeah, and that's a fairly frank assessment, amara. what we're seeing overnight, though, fairly limited rocket fire from gaza into israel. and what seems to be fairly limited air strikes being carried out by the israelis. about 20 targets hit here since midnight by the israeli air force, although one of those was deadly. a 17-year-old was killed in the central part of the gaza strip. everyone is focused on what is happening in cairo or what is not happening in cairo. we understand that right now, the egyptianed me yad ed med me meeting. there is a lot of talk out there right now the egyptians have put together some kind of compromise plan, that they are putting

we want to check in with cnn's john vause in gaza city. that is the other that sees the conflict. ng told that palestinians who live in the area of the north of the gaza strip around the area in the northern part of gaza, the idea telling them they can actually return home. they won't be allowed to go to the north area which is still an active military area. to repeat this again, palestinians are being allowed back into that area. there was a lot of activity in the north and focusing efforts not only to find the rockets and rocket launchers and tunnels. and we have the other report from the central part of the gaza strip. a fairly big town here. that israeli forces may be moving back east. in fact heading back toward the israeli border. speculation here and it's only speculation at this point, the israelis are starting to wrap up the operations here. they are finishing essentially. they are allowing people back into these areas which are closed military zones for more than three weeks. this would for the timetable we heard from the idf. the israeli general a couple of days ago sayi

john vause, as we said on the breaking story from israel.ow the breaking news in our top story from iraq tonight. american special forces on the ground on mt. sinjar for the first time. they have determined an evacuation mission is less likely than previously thought. the team assessed there are far fewer yazidis on the mountain than feared. those who are still there are in better condition thanks in part to multiple food and water drops by u.s. and iraqi forces. ivan watson has beenen top of this mountain. today he tracked down some of the people he saw rescued. >> reporter: in the chaos of an evacuation several faces stood out. a 16-month-old baby and two very frightened sisters named aziza and doua. we found their older brother kevin who was also on the helicopter. he led us to the place where they found refuge. can we see? yeah? after fleeing isis, this is how thousands of iraqis are living. >> we don't have sleep. it's very, very cold. >> reporter: up on the third floor of this derelict building, we find our friends from the helicopter.

cnn's john vause is standing by. the israeli officials are saying they're almost complete with the destruction of the hamas tunnels going from gaza into israel. what are you hearing over there? >> reporter: yeah, well, it's not what we're hearing but it's what we're seeing. if we look off to the distance, we can see the dust on the horizon where it looks as if the israeli tanks and armor have been redeployed closer to the border. you can see the dust on the horizon. clearly the israelis are pulling back, moving away from the populated areas moving back towards israel. that is not to say that they are finishing with this operation. in fact, quite the opposite. a short time ago leaflets were dropped from planes flying over gaza for the local population here reading in arabic, this battle continues. tell your leaders underground the battle will continue. now the problem that -- sorry. also what we're hearing is there is some fairly tense israeli activity down there as well. you mentioned the unra school. 10 people were

. >> let's go to gaza where cnn's john vause is monitoring developments on the ground there. john, i'm sure you heard, listen in the on the lieutenant colonel not wanting to have the civilian deaths but even by the best estimate, 50%, and those were the numbers from israel. 70% from the u.n., 80% from palestinian authorities are civilians. also this new information about a strike of militants on a motorcycle. i guess we're expecting, of course, today, the death toll to increase. >> reporter: yeah. let's just be clear about the israeli numbers as well. what they are saying is that during the course of this operation, their soldiers, their troops, their air strikes have killed 900 militant. now, you're making the assumption that the israelis agreed with the overall death toll of 1900. at this point, i'm not sure they do. they are not putting the figure on the number of civilians killed. that has always been the contention. the israelis saying they killed far more militants than civilians than what is claimed by the palestinians and also claimed by the united nations. you do have

cnn's wolf blitzer is in jerusalem and john vause is in gaza. what does that mean and look like for the palestinians? >> well, right now, candy, this new face looks like the old phase. but what we have seen that is different, the israeli troops pulling back. some leaving the gaza strip altogether. that is because the israelis have wrapped up or are about to wrap up that ground operation, which was intended to destroy that network of tunnels which hamas had built beneath gaza. but as you mention ld, intensive military operations by the israelis in the southern part, particularly around that border town. as you say, 71 people there killed today, that's according to palestinian sources. and candy, this is the third day the israelis have hit the southern part of gaza hard. 100 people died there at least on friday when that cease-fire unravelled. more than 100 died there on saturday and now another high death toll in the southern part of the gaza strip. one last mention here, too, from gaza city. if the palestinians did not know that the israelis wer

let's go straight to john vause live in gaza for us this morning. john, let's begin with this.hat is it like today? it's pretty stunning to see the images emerging, people coming out of the shelters, coming into the markets, getting food. going into their homes, trying to see their homes, many of them destroyed. >> reporter: yeah, poppy, absolutely. you say it's peaceful between israel and hamas. it's not exactly peaceful right now. in fact, just a short time ago there was a funeral here down the main roads for a senior leader militant group islamic jihad. there was the sound of gunfire in the air as they passed by us here. now heading east towards gaza city. here with israel's military offensive on hold, they're essentially burying their dead be it senior military commanders or those trapped beneath the rubble underneath the debris of homes. everyone here, though, keeping a close eye on what's happening in cairo, hoping maybe this cease-fire may turn into something more permanent. but in the meantime, they're dealing with pretty big problems. we know that the big issue is now

john vause is there for us. what have you been seeing and hearing? >> well, anderson, just moments ago, yet another flare lit up the night sky just to the south of here. that's been happening off and on for the last couple hours which fits in with what else we've been hearing from here, which is automatic weapons fire. sometimes those flares are used for air strikes. but sometimes they're also used to light up a part of the battlefield for israeli troops who are on the ground there. we've also been hearing this steady explosions, one just then of what seemed to be artillery fire. we haven't seen any hamas rockets launched from where we are right now. that's not to say they haven't been launched from other parts of the gaza strip. but nothing which we've seen from here. we're also being told by the gaza health ministry that about an hour or so ago, an israeli air strike killed eight members of the one family in the town of kh khan yunis there could be repercussions as far as the palestinians are concerned. anderson? >> obviously, the power plant was h

. >> yeah, cnn's john vause reports on efforts to rebuild gaza both in the short and long term. >> reporterst 72 hours to try to fix the worst of gaza's devastation. like the sewage pipes which have been spewing raw effluent for more than two weeks. >> i work by monday now, work this lines. >> we need water to drink. >> reporter: to try and get water running again to thousands of homes. to repair transmission lines from israel, up to seven hours of power a day now after more than a week with almost no electricity at all. aid groups are distributing mattresses, water, and basic supplies to last just a few days. but tens of thousands like amin kafana and his family have been left homeless. "i don't even know where my house is," he says. ", with the road? where is my neighbor's home?" he says repeated israeli air strikes flattened the entire neighborhood. rebuilding isn't so much a question of when but how. >> and this was a combination of what, air strikes? artillery? do you know? >> everything. tanks, air strikes. >> reporter: hatim's factory made ready mix for buggs. just one of 60 construc

cnn's john vause is monitoring the developments on the ground. d victor, right now, we are up to six rockets which have been fired from gaza into israel. islamic jihad claiming responsibility for most of the rocket fire. hamas, though, which is never shy in claiming responsibility, so far has not claimed any responsibility since that cease-fire ended more than 24 hours ago. look at the death toll today. five people so far killed. three at the mosque. two others on the motorcycle. indication from the israelis it was a targeted strike on militants. when it was a hamas group or other targeted group. on friday, when the cease-fire ended, another five people killed. yes, ten people died since the cease-fire ended. compared to the death toll in the run up to the cease-fire, each day, more than 100 people were being killed and in one area alone in rafah, more than 100 people were killed the day the first cease-fire unravelled. when we look at the death toll, it is a lot lower than in the past. also, the israelis are keeping up with the military offensive

let's get the very latest starting with cnn's john vause in jerusalem.ar as an extension of the cease-fire? >> reporter: nothing official coming from the israeli side. everything coming from the palestinians saying that that humanitarian cease-fire which has been under way for 72 hours will be extended for five more days, and as you say, wolf, that cease-fire deadline just came 20, 30 minutes ago. now before that deadline there was rocket fire coming from gaza according to the israeli military in the two and a half hours leading up to the deadline. five rockets were fired from gaza into israel and most of them landing in empty areas causing no death, no damage. no one was hurt, but of course, this now is a very difficult, political calculation for the israeli prime minister, benjamin netanyahu. when we thought it was just one rocket fire from gaza into israel. a source told me they could move on from that and they didn't could what was going on. it could be a different calculation and benjamin netanyahu under a lot of political pressure from within his o

reza sayah and john vause in gaza. we will have full reaction to what we hear from the prime minister of israel. his aides tell me this will be a significant statement and a change if you will as far as israeli ground troops are concerned in gaza. >> in fact, reza sayah in cairo with us as well. reza, from your vantage point, is there any anticipation or hope as to what the prime minister would detail in this statement? >> reporter: i think the hope for a lot of people is that the prime minister is going to announce a deescalation of the military strategy, perhaps withdraw ground troops, and that announcement if it happens would perhaps set the stage for the truce talks, for a cease-fire that was of course supposed to take place yesterday, friday morning, 8:00 a.m. local time, but of course it never happened because of the violence that flared up again. i think a lot of people around the world are watching this conflict in gaza, the bloodshed, and they want these two sides to stop the fighting, to come to cairo, to sit

cnn's john vause is live in tel aviv with much more on this. eat, john? >> reporter: well, kate, hamas said that international airlines should stop all takeoffs and landings here at ben gurion airport from 6:00 a.m. local time today. that was more than eight hours ago. the implication, of course, is that they would be targeted by those hamas rockets. the israeli military has told us that since that threat came into effect, only one long range rocket has been fired from gaza towards ben gurion airport. it landed a few miles south of here in an open field, and so far today it seems pretty much business as usual. there's been one flight cancellation, reportedly out of security concerns. that was a royal jordanian flight from amman, but the rest of that airline's schedule appears to be operating as normal. so, too, the other international airlines here. they are taking off and landing as well. it does seem that hamas was hoping for a repeat of what happened last month when the faa banned or stopped u.s. carriers from landing here for a day and a hal

john vause is in gaza. matt through chance is there and reza sayah is in cairo. we'll be live to all of them later in the newscast. >>> u.s. president barack obama says he has authorized targeted airstrikes in iraq. mr. obama says the airstrikes will be launched only if necessary to protect american personnel and to help iraqis. there are no indications that any airstrikes have been carried out. mr. obama's announcement came after they announced they were performing an air drop. the air drop is to help groups stop facing possible starvation. >>> it was last week when they stormed the town of sinjah. now thousands of people are trapped without food, water or shelter in the intense iraqi summer heat. here's what president obama had to say about that. >> when we face a situation like we do on that mountain with innocent people physician facing the prospect of violence on a horrific scale, when we have a mandate to help, in this case requests from the iraqi government, and when we have the unique capabilities to help avert a massacre, i believe the united states of a

. >> i'm john vause reporting from gaza. >> more air strikes and artillery from israel into gaza.e, officials in gaza say 50 people were killed in the same period of time israel reports hitting what they call hundreds of terror targets. more than 1,600 people have died in gaza in this recent military offensive. 61 israeli soldiers and three

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