mahmoud abbas will have a meeting in doha. can they agree on a way forward, which hasn't been the case in the last two weeks. two things here. one even if hamas is, you know, the main players on the scope, as we hear, still they recognise the role from mahmoud abbas. they are not really convinced that he's doing an amazing job. they still consider him as, you know as a spokesman of the palestinians. this is a fact. the second fact that after the unity government from two months ago, they believe that they can't work together. they believe that palestinians can't work out all of their differences. the problem is what is happening between hamas and mahmoud abbas. the problem is how much you can convince israeli government, and binyamin netanyahu in particular to end the military operation. basically, i mean, israelis respect of the leadership of pal stipe, they should listen to the advice and report, because all of the number of casualties will undermine the authorities, if they want mahmoud abbas to be more popular they have -

you mentioned mahmoud abbas. what does it mean for the unit yip government. >> it's putting enormous pressure on the unity government. it always did. from the moment the three young israeli settlers wept missing binyamin netanyahu and israelis said across the israeli spectrum, they hold hamas responsible. as you pointed out, hamas never claimed responsibility for the kidnapping or killing of the three teenagers. no palestinianian group has claimed responsibility. although they are not claiming responsibility, the rhetoric is on hamas, but it's directly discussing the unity government. the israelis said again and again that this is the result of that unity government, that binyamin netanyahu holds responsible mahmoud abbas for going into a unity government with hamas, who israel see as a terrorist organization. so the unity government was going to be fragile. it's been together for a matter of weeks. between the two previous rivals, this puts fatah and the palestinianian authority in a difficult position. until it

there has been a proposal by the palestinian president, mahmoud abbas, and this has been quoted by the united nations, u.n. officials saying that mahmoud abbas suggested deploying palestinian authority troops along the fila dellify corridor, the route between gaza and egypt. which is a key palestinian demand by hamas. we don't know if hamas would accept a proposal, if it would accept having palestinian troops and forces along the border. >> okay. for the moment, thank you very much. live in jerusalem for us. if you are join us on al jazeera, we are continuing to monitor the situation if gaza with the live pictures. heavy plumes of smoke over the skies of gaza this sunday morning as israel's offensive on the palestinian territory intensifies. more than 40 people have been killed overnight, bringing the total death toll on the palestinian side to 398, i believe, assistance the conflict began, more than 12 days ago. earlier the we spoke to the director of operations for the u.n. relief agency. he described the situation for us. [ inaudible ] >> apologies for the quality of the audio, we'l

they put pressure on mahmoud abbas to choose between peace, or hamas. move towards hamas, as the second particular player within palestinian society was to bring west bank again. so basically trying to end the siege on gaza, and try to help people in gaza. the first test to this unity government was this operation against us. it's clear that the international community, israel and the united states in particular are not interested to work with the government. >> so far they are working with mahmoud abbas as a presidential authority. >> when he came, he met the prime minister. >> no one is interested in engaging with hamas. >> with the government or hamas. one of the reasons we see this kind of block before any kind of attempt to have ceasefire, because basically they won't speak with mahmoud abbas as a president, an authority or others. >> when you look at the pictures of what is happening in gaza, you can hear the artillery shells going off now. how does that end without negotiation of all the parties involved? >> it with will not succeed. we had all t

so let's talk first about mahmoud abbas. he's under a lot of pressure. you have people within israel calling for him to cut ties from hamas, to sever that government. what are you hearing from your sources in that region of the world in is that something he would consider? >> there is no fact established independently that hamas is directly involved with the condemnable acts of killing the israeli teenagers. if there is an investigation to conclude that hamas wants it both ways to be in the government and to commit such terrible acts, then there has to be accountability within the palestinian ranks. mahmoud abbas wanted to have more people, if you will, in order to lead. he didn't want to divide it all the way. he can't continue to be only the security arm of israel in the west bank. that is a problem. he has not been emboldened by the israelis to take confrontational steps with hamas and the likes. the more he gave, the more weak he got because he was not given anything back. he's under a lot of pressure. at one point, he threatened he may even dissolve

coming is sort of talking to israelis when he does this and said that mahmoud abbas is one of the most moderate leaders you're going to get, and i think that might be true. the problem on the other side is this. netanyahu is the only politician in israel at the moment, i think, who could deliver 70% of the israeli population to a difficult piece compromise. if he had the willingness or the fortitude. i mean, both of these guys have not shown, obviously, a willingness or the willingness for political risk that, you know, a lot of us would like to see. >> the thing that ariel sharon before he died, when he was miraculously moderating hope of israel, the politics, he said, and it seems an inarguable truth universally acknowledged is that for israel to remain a democratic jewish state, it must make peace with the palestinians, which requires a palestinian state. >> right. there has been polling on this. i think some pretty good polling. the majority of israelis are still for a two state solution. i think a lot of israelis don't believe it might be possible because the palestinians

the unity agreement with mahmoud abbas created a more radicalized hamas. mahmoud abbas understood that maybe the international community didn't care about its violent nature. >> quickly, where does this end? what is israel's exit strategy? under what terms will it accept an accuracy fire? >> first and forecoast, the rocket launches against israeli civilians must come to an end. can you imagine if out of yemen they fire for saudi arabia, flattening the holy cities with rockets. we had hamas rockets fired at jerz. somewhere the -- jerusalem. where is the respect for faith. there is none. we expect the rocket fire to end. we will not allow tours be in a position where three months from now ham a because it has a grievance, will start firing rockets again, and iranian weapons come into the mediterranean. this will not occur. >> dori gold, senior foreign policy sizor to the is -- advisor to the israeli prime minister, thank you for joining us. >> my pleasure. >>> now, a landslide brought on by alternative foon -- typhoon n, ogure killed a 12-year-old boy. the r

. >> let's look at a comment by a palestinian advisers to mahmoud abbas. >> mahmoud abbas has come to terms with hamas, that they are accepting a two-state solution. they are before quiet, a long-term quietness. all while this conflict is really to achieve peace. >> interesting point to make here. this is an adviser to mahmoud abbas. we're not 100% certain that mahmoud abbas speaks on behalf of hamas. but a two-state solution, saying that this is a possible, do you think that's true? could you think hamas buys that? a community who says they don't want to recognize israel as having a right to exist? they believe that? >> well, there are major divisions between abbas and hamas. they seem to be in better communication right now during this cry sus but they haven't reached agreement on terms. a two-state solution is the only solution that will work but hamas has made no effort to agree to any of the terms that would support a two-state solution. so i don't see that as viable. i don't see the comments as really genuine at this point. >> i'm curious, from your time in iraq, david, you've s

the secretary-general of the united nations, ban ki-moon, is in doha and mahmoud abbas is here. they are having a meeting with the mayor of qatar, an initial mfiby qatar to find a solution or an accuracy fire for the moment. we have seen the failure of the egyptian effort when they proposed a ceasefire. hamas related because it said it was not consulted with. now we have an effort by the qataris. they are catch on their previous initiatives, the role of qatar known as a peace broker. they think they can make a difference now that the situation has reached a climax and both sides are willing to find a way out, or how israel will react to this or the factors at play. the american and egyptian role, whether egypt will accept if anything is agreed on some of the terms advanced by the palestinian factions. there's a lift of conditions september to the meeting to be conveyed by mahmoud abbas, and via the qataris to the united nations secretary-general. who will tour the region, including kuwait, imam, jerusalem, and cairo and jamala, and ban ki-moon will convey the demand to the israe

secretary-general and palestinian mahmoud abbas, in doha on sunday to discuss efforts to reach a ceasefire. as well they'll be visiting the east region. an accuracy fire is becoming diff and complicated to achieve. you have the unity government on one hand, the palestinian unit government - it is not - it is gustily clear that hamas and fatter are at odds, not saying that publicly. qatar trying to act as a channel between hamas and the international community, presenting the request of hamas in a possible ceasefire, and you have a complicated situation between hamas and egypt, who share a border, a deepening risk, which only got deeper after a ceasefire was rejected by egypt last week. now you need international players, regional players, such as qatar and the u.n. secretary-general to try to bridge the gap and reach a middle ground between gaza and egypt who share a border. egypt is essential in any ceasefire agreement, because it shares the border with hamas and has control over the rafa crossing, and hamas is saying it will not accept anything less than the crossing with egypt, so that

mahmoud abbas has been clear this is the work of israeli settlers. a great deal of conviction that this was a revenge attack. >> there is a great deal of conviction and yet not much evidence. sometimes, the actual truth, the facts of the matter are not important. in a crowd situation, a belief is enough. there is a history here where palestinians do not feel they get the same treatment in an israeli court or get the same treatment from the israeli police. the israeli police actually are beleaguered. the have been attacked on israeli side for not sufficiently and properly investigating when the israeli teens were captured, too. aresame criticisms that made of police the world over are being made of this police force. the palestinians have annexed for a reason. that is why tensions are simmering. they don't feel like -- the palestinians have an extra reason. that is why tensions are simmering. they don't feel like they will get a fair look. >> what about what has been happening along the border with gaza? what is the situation there this afternoon? >>

the united states and mahmoud abbas. we have presented our demands to all, and whoever is able to have them realised is welcome. i reiterate, it's time for the siege to be lifted. the gazans have placed their trust and responsibility in our hands. we cannot abandon this responsibility, especially in the holy days of ramadan or any other day. our people has grown weary of the siege, it is more than seven years. since 2006 it was a collective punishment for the palestinians for having elected their true leaders through the ballot box. for those crying over the bloodshed, the recent blood shed, i tell them, unjust siege have killed more. our people have the right to live, and are determined to live a dignified way of life. it is the human norm, an international law practice, killing by siege and starvation is no less than killing by bullets. swift killing is as punishable as slow killing. in the past they tried to accommodate the whizz bang, and jerusalem. assuming they have contained our people in 1948. to them i say besie

as well as president mahmoud abbas.ith israel intensifying the campaign, does it look like we might be seeing perhaps a troos or a ceasefire. >> you know, it's important to remember that diplomacy was on the table last week after the egyptian initiative. the credibility of the initiatives was not accepted because of the relation shared between hamas and the new government in egypt. more important is actually what israelies are facing in last 48 hours. it doesn't seem that they are making any progress. it's clear that they are facing real problems on the ground. let's remember why this operation was, from the beginning. it was, according to the israelis, is to mill tarrize hamas, weakening hamas, to end the tunnels. none of those goals has been achieved so far. hamas is still strong. hamas is still attracting israelis, trying to target more of the military on the boarder. israelis are suffering cities inside israel. there's a lot of blame to the government of israel for waiting 12 days before starting the serious operati

the conclusion of the meeting will be delivered by president mahmoud abbas to the egyptian government, which will be key in any ceasefire agreement, because it has a border and border crossing with the gaza strip. we are told by sources at the meeting that there were two different counts, one that prefers a halt in hostilities to stop the blood shed and discuss the demand of hamas and other factions at a later stage. we are told that this is the preference. and there's another camp that prefers discussing all the details at once, including the details of the ceasefire and the demands of hamas and palestinian factions under an agreement. >> there has been demonstrations. do we expect more solidarity protests, do you think, on the west bank. well, we understand that there was a meeting between representatives from the palestinian security forces, as well as from the president's office and different factions, in the meeting it was decided that palestinian security forces would no longer ban protesters from going out in the streets or reaching friction points. to a certain degree the pale

palestinian president mahmoud abbas has backed calls by hamas for an end to the economic blockade of the gaza strip as a condition for a cease-fire. go to gaza city where we have sharif abdel kouddous. where have you just come from? was at the gaza power plant which was hit last night by the israeli military. at least three times with artillery shells. this is gaza's only power plant, provides 30% of electricity to the strip, and was severely damaged last night. it's not working right now and they are looking to repair it. suffering agaza is severe electricity problem with the vast majority of residents on the receiving about four hours a day of electricity. this is adding to the growing humanitarian crisis. the military has declared 44% of the gaza strip as a military zone and is warning people in those areas. that is at itsry widest, nine kilometers wide, and at its narrowest, five kilometers. so half of the strip has been declared a military buffer zone and this has caused massive displacement. we see over 100,000 people being displaced, not only in schools, but in unfinished buil

. >> there's a lot of mistrust between the two population and between mahmoud abbas and binyamin netanyahu. even though john kerry was able to earn the trust of the leaders separately, and a theme of the piece is there was a lot of shuttle diplomacy. he couldn't get them to believe the other is the partner for peace. >> the suggests is that the secretary of state wanted this more that the two sides. >> i think everyone realises that, and he couldn't convince them of the urgency of this, and maybe with what is happening in the news it may change it. >> you talk about a meeting between john kerry and binyamin netanyahu. vait when he's -- secretary of state when he's meeting with the prime minister joins on the experience with vietnam, and binyamin netanyahu says "this isn't vietnam, no one understands israel buttize rail." talk about the meaning of that. >> this is a common sentiment in israel. i lived there for the past two years. there's a sense of isolation, and a feeling that the world doesn't like israel, and doesn't understand israel. >> even america, it's ally. >> america to a lesser

said it will never recognise the state of israel, and, you know, palestinian authority president mahmoud abbas backed hamas's truce demands and explaining palestinian officials said when the international community and the arab world don't come up with the goods, abbas and the leadership of ramallah have no choice but to aline themselves with the people, specifically the people of gaza. in the past the arab world rose in support. palestinians. is the fact that fatah joined forces with hamas part of the reason that that support has been more muted this time because of the extremist aspects of hamas, and a weariness in your part of the world besieged by extremist groups? >> no. that's not true. the whole arab world is undergoing a painful transition. all sorts of issues, instability and violence, and looking at the states falling apart, look at iraq undergoing after the american invasion. look at libya, and after a so-called n.a.t.o. liberation and engagement. look at syria, the hunting ground for everybody. the arab world has enough problems. we are not blaming them for not supporting us. there

gaza strip much. >> mahmoud abbas. >> mahmoud abbas. >> isn't he suggesting that he is leading the movement >> he is saying that. the truth of the matter... >> you say effectively. >> hamas does not want the palestinian authority to be responsible... >> for the west bank and gaza strip. >> they need the legitimacy. >> they've been losing it over the years, and mohamed mursi is in gaol now in egypt, and so there's no real life line for hamas right now. >> exactly. had this is the reason this has been instigated. the people are despairing and despondent. hamas is saying... >> in is a failing strategy. it's legal and wins you nothing. why pursue that strategy? >> i speak - i spoke with people from gaza, they tell me openly and clearly that they knew there would be a major disruption, and new hundreds, if not thousands would diement they were prepared to take the risk. >> to get what. they wanted to - again, to regain waning... >> come on. >> this is important for them. they want to show that they are the ones facing israel. >> that's not a strategy, a winning long manufacture term strategy. wh

. >> would you agree that mahmoud abbas, the leader who is leading the palestinian authority, that his political situation is perhaps more tenuous given the extremist elements of hamas, than, say, binyamin netanyahu's position is, vis-a-vis the extremist elements in israel. >> totally. >> absolutely. i think that - and i think that this is - part of this tragedy, part of the ill fortune on both sides, for both sides, is that this all comes at a time when there's an absence of a peace process. when there isn't a diplomatic negotiating process. which means that abbas, israel's natural interlock uter - as you know, i no longer work for the deposit, i'm free to say that. i think mahmoud abbas is a partner, i think the palastinian authority is a viable and a credible enterlock tur and i do thing these kinds of operations, which again hopefully not, but could potentially escalate, pose a definite threat to mahmoud abbas. i agree with the premise of your question, yes. >> former israeli ambassador. >> thank you for joining us, we appreciate it. >> joining us from denver, colorado. an associat

and the absence of any recognition on israel's part that mahmoud abbas, the president of the palestinianian authority is a legitimate along tur than it has to do with facts, evidence and proof. there's no c.s.i. here that would show, excuse me... >> ramallah in the west bank. >> that would signal definitively and authoritatively that hamas is behind this. >> yes, we know this is not the swedish girl scouts, we know who we are dealing with, fatah, entered this strange bedfellow... >> deal, because hamas controls other areas of the palestinian territory. >> correct. they are not that far away, it's like the upper westside of new york and soho, so we are not looking at california and europe. the distances are small. but to blame the palestinianian authority, or to cast judgment on the palestinianian authority possibility which nor this, i think, is enorm. >> what about the leading democratic republicans in congress, saying as a result of this, that mahmoud abbas should consider breaking that agreement, that power sharing agreement he has with hamas. >> yes, i mean there's - okay, let's put it

the palestinian authority led by mahmoud abbas today called for a 24-hour truce that could be extended for up to 24 hours. but quickly said hamas has rejected the proposal. another spokesman says hamas is open to sending a palestinian delegation to egypt. a senior israeli official tells cnn israel is prepared for a cease-fire, but nothing firm has been agreed upon. a strike today hit gaza's only power plant. hamas television says the house of a senior political leader was also hit. and a radio station run by hamas was also bombed. medical officials in gaza now say more than 1,100 palestinians have been killed. 53 israeli soldiers and three israeli civilians have died. in a news conference, the secretary of state of the united states, john kerry, talked about preventing civilian deaths and he brushed aside criticism of his diplomatic efforts. >> this is not about me. this is business really and israel's right to defend itself and our strong support for israel's right to defend itself. but about whether or not there is a way forward that could avoid the loss of soldiers for israel and th

mahmoud abbas. he is our partner. he is the palestinian president, he is our partner in the reconciliation. nd you accept his leadership to negotiate with the israelis through secretary kerry an can speak for hamas and hamas accepts his it principleses an his values and his negotiating stance. >> mr. mahmoud abbas is the palestinian president. he is our boss, authority and when it comes it to negotiations there are no negotiations any more. actually netanyahu tamp eled -- trampled on telephone. and he turned away every single choice, american choice, actually, american backing, so this is an il use. hamas-- illusion, hamas has talked about the management of the palestinian decision. mr. abbas nine months ago went unilaterally. he didn't consult us. he didn't consult the other palestinian facs, however we as palestinians are ready to participate in rich rooing the political decision. but it has to be institutionalized and it has to be-- linked to our people t the volition of our people whether it was mahmoud abbas or o

and basically is headed by the palestinian president mahmoud abbas.r members of the plo came out afterwards backing basically the central demands of hamas for a cease-fire with israel. this really strengthens the palestinian position when it comes to going back to this egyptian effort to mediate some kind of truce and really what they're supporting in particular is the idea there should be the release of many of these palestinian prisoners from israeli jails and also an end to the very tight border restrictions proposed by israel and egypt. they're looking to cairo to reopen the border crossing. at moment, we haven't heard a reply from the hamas leadership to this suggestion and what the palestinian president mahmoud abbas is also saying, there should be a truce followed by five days of negotiations on these crucial issues. >> yolande knell there. there has been a response to navi pillay's words that israel might be committing war crimes from the israeli ambassador, speaking at the u.n. human rights council in geneva. he said that israel has the right

qatar is hosting a meeting between mahmoud abbas and ban ki-moon.y are in doha trying to push for an ends to the fighting. mohammed vall has more. >> we know these liters are here the secretary general of the united nations, ban ki-moon is in doha and mohammed abbas. they are having a meeting with the emir of qatar. it is an initiative by qatar to try to find a solution to this conflict. at least a cease-fire for the moment. we have seen the failure of the egyptian effort last week when they proposed a cease-fire. israel accepted it. but hamas rejected because it said it was not consulted with. now, we have another effort by the qataris. they are cashing in on their previous initiatives, the roll of qatar, well known as a broker of peace in many regions. they think they can make a difference here, now that the it has reached a climax. both sides are willing to find a way out. we don't exactly know how israel will react to this. we don't know many other factors at play here especially the american role, the egyptian role, whether egypt will finally,

gaza was delivered by israeli to mahmoud abbas, to the palestinian authority. nine years ago, we uprooted all the jewish settlements in gaza and abu mazen said publicly, i quote now, he said once the israeli occupation inside gaza is over, once there are no jewish settlements in gaza, there will be no hostilities and no terror attacks no, rockets whatsoever. since he gave us this commitment and we pull out from gaza and we uprooted all the jewish settlements from gaza, 14,900 rockets were launched so far in the last nine years from gaza into israel. 2,600 only in the last two weeks. so it's a big question. if we can really trust abu mazen still of course, it's better not to have a terrorist organization, a terrorist regime in gaza like hamas or islamic jihad. >> hamas was elected by the palestinians over the fatah and the plo leadership. >> this is bad enough that the palestinian elected a terrorist organization to lead them. i think many of them regret this terrible mistake. by the way, it was totally inconsistent with oslo accord that said clearly that no ter

chief ban ki moon is today meeting with palestinian president mahmoud abbas egypt's attempts at creating a ceasefire a few days ago as hamas rejected the egyptian proposal of thousands of part of the scenes happening in. this operation has been ongoing we've seen those numbers increase steadily over the last few days which has seen an opting for the violence used by particularly the israeli force now of course these particular instances of homes being targeted and they are regarded by the palestinians here very specifically as signs that israel is not being careful enough of its operations that it is willing to be reckless actually is the language used by officials and policy and civilians we've been talking to me it's going about targeting militants . on wednesday the israeli palestinian conflict claimed the lives of four young palestinian boys show as they played football on the beach in gaza following images contain graphic scenes the bodies died on a clear and sunny afternoon in an area regarded as one of the safe guards and israeli ship apparently followed on the beach where the chi

an advisor to palestinian president mahmoud abbas says a delegation will be heading to cairo to negotiate the terms of a new ceasefire. meanwhile. israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu says hamas is ultimately responsible for the death toll. mideast conflict latest-sotvo president obama says a lasting peace will ultimately require a demilitarized gaza. and dismantling of terror groups. r the united states is accusing russia of directly firing at ukrainian government forces from across the border. state department officials say these pictures show blast marks where missiles were fired from on the russian side. officials also accused russia of providing separatists with heavy weapons. u-s officials believe a russian missile brought down malaysia airlines flight 17 in eastern ukraine earlier this month, killing nearly three hundred people on board. russian leaders blame ukraine's military campaign against separatists for the tragedy. argentina's last captive polar bear will remain in the country. despite a petition signed by more than 800-thousand people asking for the bear to be moved t

so mahmoud abbas is in an interesting, difficult position. he's a leader of the palestinians but has no voice in this critical moment. on the other hand, he's still for nonviolence. there's talk he'll go to the egyptian leadership about a way to end the fighting. it isn't clear whether he has influence at all on the palestinians in gaza. it's a major challenge to mahmoud abbas, who is strongly against violence and has termed the not only hamas and israel as makers of war. so he's actually gone out on a limb criticizing hamas at this difficult time for the palestinian people. >> indeed. all right. well, thank you very much. appreciate your reporting, martin fletcher. appreciate it. >>> and coming up, thousands of people in detroit have had their water cut off because they didn't pay the bill. i'll talk to two people working hard to get the water turned back on. you've reached the age where you've learned a thing or two. this is the age of knowing what you're made of. so why let erectile dysfunction get in your way? talk to your doctor about vi

came hours after palestinian president mahmoud abbas sent the u.n.eneral a letter claiming that israel's strikes constitute war crimes. meantime, more shells falling near another u.n. school in gaza. eight people were injured. this comes a day after israel launched deadly strikes in an outdoor market following rocket fire into israel by militants, or at least at israeli troops. breaking news, in eastern ukraine, the army announcing a one-day cease-fire near the crash site of malaysia flight 17. intense fighting has kept investigators from the scene the past four days. ukrainian officials say they will stop military action today only to allow investigators access to the crash site. on wednesday a cnn crew was able to reach that wreckage finding passengers' personal belongings scattered across the debris field. >>> next step the senate for a bill to overhaul the troubled department of veterans affairs. house lawmakers aproved overwhelmingly. senators are expected to follow suit today. the bill gives the v.a. secretary authority to fire senior workers f

it was the palestinian authority and mahmoud abbas who have been calling for ceasefire. >> former envoy to the middle east asked if the failed u.s. effort for peace contributed to the current crisis much. >> i went through that once before in the clinton administration, where the efforts at the end contributed to the outbreak of the second enterforwarda, because we raised expectations and they were disappointed. in this face expectations were low, and no one expected us to succeed on either side. during the process that if progress was not made, we were likely to see fighting. does the prospect, the hail mary hope for peace help to stave off the incursions. shall we keep them talking to minimise a greater crisis. >> let's start with how people saw the american mediation effort. i did a poll among palestinians, and another among israelis back in december, and just as american mediation efforts were starting. i asked them what chance they thought these negotiations had to succeed. among the israelis 44% - 4%, you know, the margin of error felt they would succeed. among palestinians, 11% t

mahmoud abbas is asking the international community to step in and investigate crimes against palestinians. >> translation: i've asked for an international investigative committee to be formed connection to the terrorist crimes committed towards the palestinian people and the aggression, especially the burning of a child, burnt alive. this child is only 15 years old. he was burned alive. this remind us of lots of events that took place in the past - killings and burnings. >> his cousin has been released from gaol. nick schifrin reports from jerusalem. >> good evening. this region has been on edge. the arrests are a maim yore wreak in -- major break in a case. it is hoped it will quell the anger. it is increasing thanks to a video of tariq that is disturbing to watch. >> reporter: the beating is brutal. undercover israeli officers striking a teenager, an american teenager, his hands are behind his back. he's unconscious, but still they kick him one last time. his family says the boy 15-year-old tariq. this is how he looks before the beating, this after. israel accused him of attacking polic

. >> mahmoud abbas responded to the murder saying jewish settlers were to blame, calling onst rail to meet out the -- mete out the strongest punishment if it wants piece, and culled on mahmoud abbas to condemn the palestinianian boy's murder. the israeli military reacted strongly to the investigation, by arresting many. are they acting the same. >> no. if you talk to people, there was a rally in jerusalem. my colleagues talked to many people, and they said the proirty should be to find who killed the palestinians. that is a leadership issue. the notion of how the palestinian leadership responds. it's a real question of whether the - both sides will be able to convince their people not to resort to violence. it's a question for israeli prime minister binyamin netanyahu, whether he will be able to calm the calls of revenge. obviously they were enacted this morning. it will be a challenge to calm all of fury on the streets of the west bank, and gaza for hamas here, following the death. it's a question of what the police will say and do, whether they will catch the people that killed the

the position of mahmoud abbas is with respect known. he is against killing of innocent civilians and not sympathetic to firing rockets. that is his possession. the best option for all of us is quietness, not to restart to the option of killing or firing rockets or from the ships as the israelis are doing. if you expect the palestinian people to be aprilingless and sit on -- angels and sit on their behinds and watch the massacre and not do anything, it's too much to ask for. it's not hamas causing that. as i said, we are willing and ready to try, when the aggression is stopped, to abide by a ceasefire. >> i asked if the u.s. would support an israeli ground invasion into gaza. >> israel has the right to defend itself. no country should have to stand by when rockets are launched into their country, that's what we are looking at. the deaths of in the civilians are a tragedy. our hearts go out to the families of those who lost their lives. in this case ham a a terrorist organisation, is the entity that caused the situation on the ground. the

president mahmoud abbas and get back involved in this process. you say? >> we are talking to them. >> but come over here directly. >> if the moment calls for that, and we believe that would be useful to getting to our goal of ending the rocket fire and de-escalating and returning to the cease fire, i'm sure secretary kerry would be willing to do that. already those conversations are taking place. as you mentioned, president obama's conversation with president netanyahu and secretary kerry's active diplomacy with the prime minister. >> is the president going to call him as well? >> i don't know precisely when that call might take place. no doubt that in the course of events they will continue to be in touch. we have many other channels to communicate with president abbas. we want to make sure that he and other parties are using whatever means they have to get this crisis to de-escalate rather than escalate. >> i'm getting all the signals here from various, various sources that the israelis are going to move in on the ground. i assume you're getting those s

and is reaching out to palestinian leader mahmoud abbas as well. israeli officials say that three rockets launched from gaza targeted a nuclear reactor in the southern israeli town. one rocket was intercepted, two fell without causing damage or injury. sheila macvicar brings us the latest. >> reporter: israel calls this operation protective edge. it's intensifying air and sea launch defensive against targets in the gaza strip. in 48 hours israeli military launched hundreds of strikes with tonnes of munitions. more in this short period than in the eight day offensive against hamas fighters in 2012. as reservists and equipment including tanks position on the border, israeli officials threaten there'll be more. >> we will not stop. they'll receive a hard blow from the air and the see. if a ground invasion is needed there'll be a ground invasion. >> israel's defence ministry released the pictures, showing israeli air force attacks on what they say were arms cashes and rocket launch sites. some strikes have targeted the tunnels that run from southern ga