he was with his cousin mohammed just moments before mohammed was kidnapped and murdered last week. a statement from the state department said it was profoundly troubled by the assault, calling for an incredible investigation and full accountability for the apparent excessive use of force. joining us now from tampa, florida, from pbs studios, is suhad abu khdeir. as well is as aunt relative of mohammed abu khedir. welcome to democracy now! thank you for joining us. our condolences. and you talk about what you now understand is happening with tariq and what happened to mohammed? >> thank you for having me. , like understand now is you're saying, he is on house arrest and has to pay a fine, which i think is very ridiculous. after what he has endured, we should be the ones compensated at this time. , we are stillmmed in mourning. the whole city is in mourning because it is such a close-knit abuly, he even the non- khedirs have grown up with them for several generations. >> i want to get your response to a spokesperson for the israeli police. he said tariq was one of six palestinians ar

the political leader who takes charge after mohammed.starts more or less after analecttive process, but then after 40 years it became a kingdom for all intents and services. he's saying he is now the religious leader. he's officially representing islam as the state religion. and so he is wielding religious and political power of the masses. >> he didn't win any kind of election or process. a group of cardinals did not go behind locked doors and one of them comes out a winner of a ballot. how, when you declare yourself a caliph, the peel around you, do they recognize it? are they bound to follow that? can they say, no, i don't think you're one. >> this is where it's a little bit different. he didn't declare himself technically he did not declare himself a caliph. he has a group of would be people around him. they are respected and looked up to by the rest of his collective group. they recognize him to be the most knowledgeable, the most wise, the most experienced. this group of people around him would have been the one who is gathered tog

peter greste was sentenced along with two colleagues mohamed fadel fahmy and baher mohamed, accused of spreading false news and aiding the muslim brotherhood, designated by the egyptian government as a terrorist organization. the false evidence used in court to convict the three includes video from another channel and peter greste's report from other parts. their conviction triggered a global outcry. journalists signed petitions calling for their freedom. the u.n. and u.s. denounced the conviction using words like chilling, drag ownian and obscene. >> praying for forgiveness, the pope meets some of those sexually abeautiful. >>> and a satellite installation in the middle of a national p k park. >> tech know, every saturday go where science meets humanity. >> this is some of the best driving i've every done, even though i can't see. >> t >>> good to have you with us. these are the top stories on al jazeera. at least nine people have been killed by israeli air strikes in gaza. hamas said several of those were fighters. four others were wounded. israel's deadliest attack on hamas in two y

three al jazeera journalists peter greste, mohamed fadel fahmy, and baher mohamed have now spent 191 days in an egyptian prison. in australia peter greste's family launched a new appeal to secure his freedom. they are hiring new lawyers and set up a website where supporters can donate money. we don't have the details, we'll come back to that later. first to the australian government which admitted that a boatload of 41 asylum seekers were handed over to sri lankan authorities. the group was among more than 200 people intercepted near the coke as islands last week. there's no news on what happened to the remaining asylum seekers. human rights groups say many are tam ills and could be tortured if sent back to sri lanka. sara hanson young is a senator for the green's party. first of all, how much do we know in terms of details about the case. how many of the 41 returned were tam ills, and who are the rest of the 200 that's been reported? >> well, part of the problem is we don't know an awful lot because the australian government here is keeping all of this under wraps, under a cloud of

mohamed's death. some israelis today are still insisting that israel did not kill him. what matters is that this violence continues to hurt and kill the youngest and most vulnerable, john. >> did i understand nick that there is a power outage just behind you that is carrying on tonight? >> yes, so what happened right before that story ended right there is that we had a big israeli air strike, about five or six seconds before the story ended and all of a sudden all the power went out. you can probably see absolutely nothing behind me because there is no power right now in gaza city. what you're looking at is kind of the northern half of gaza city. i'm not sure if the power is off in the southern half, but certainly in the northern half it is and there's probably 200, 300,000 people living in these neighborhoods behind me. we'll investigate why that happened but clearly some kind of israeli strike has just taken away power from hundreds of thousands. >> you couldn't see behind you but the power came bac

protesters want mohamed mursi to return to office. he was deposed by this man, abdul fatah al-sisi, last july. a year later egyptians are divided. >> we don't see a change. we haven't seen a change in the past 30 years, nor in the next 100 years. >> egypt needs a military man to mix things. it will not do having a normal person rule the country. if you look now, there's control here. >> reporter: despite tight security and a clamp down of supporters, they are deconfinement. human rights agencies are alarmed by a deteriorating humanitarian situation. al jazeera spoke to a woman in the capital, but did not want to be identified, and said she was sexually assaulted by police three months ago. al jazeera cannot independently verify her allegations, she's taken her case to authorities in cairo. officials would not comment. >> the police officer hit me, and he raped me. when he was getting up he was making fun of me, telling me i wasn't a virgin, calling me names. i'm devastated. july the 3rd, 2013, is a day many will remember for generatio

15-year-old kid named on tuesday morning. [ inaudible ] >> since mohammed moment's murder, the city is in chaos. violence is escalating with more kidnappings and relatives visiting the region from the united states have been targeted and arrested. >> we paying the price for something they didn't do. revenge. revenge. that is it. >> many believe moment's murder was in retaliation for the deaths of three israeli teens. that is what is re-ignited tensions there and those in this family think are reaching a boiling point and plans to visit have been canceled. >> to think we were supposed to be there is scary. >>> the family wish things were different. another cousin who lives in sacramento went to east jerusalem last year and this picture was taken with mohamed abukhdeir during that trip. >> why was he the victim? because he is the wrong place at the wrong time. he was vulnerable. a child. >> there will be a vigil in mohammed moment's honor later today at the corner here from 7:30 p.m. to 8:30. >>> new details, caltrain says northbound 280 in san francisco will re-open in time for monda

. >> mohammed earns this shirley's express convenience score on new york's long island. following of customers and has managed to dodge a big bullet in his line of work -- getting robbed -- until now. it's just past midnight and mohammed is finishing up some paperwork before locking up for the night. >> my head is down on my paperwork and i guy come quick and say give me the money. >> the robber tosses the phone and waves a baseball bat threatening mohammed. >> he said hurry up, give me the money. >> one wrong move could have deadly consequences. convenience store murders are near the top of the list of workplace slayings in the u.s. every year. and now the phone is across the room so he can't call the cops. but the clerk has been siding something from the robber with the menacing bat. he's got a weapon of his own, a big gun under the counter. what would you do in this situation? would you fight back? break out the gun? or just give the man threatening you with a weapon what he wants. >> i had to decide myself. i can't call somebody to ask what am i going to do now. >> m

this is where police discovered mohammed's badly burned body. the palestinian autopsy report says he was still alive when the killers doused him in gasoline and set him on fire. today rachel frankem, the mother of one of the murdered israelis sent her sympathyes to mohammed's family. >> no mother or father should go through what we are going now. and we share the pain of the parents of mohammed abu khdeir. >> the murders of the teenagers both israeli and palestinian triggered a wave of protests and riots. tensions spiked when israeli police were caught on video viciously beating another palestinian teenager who turned out to be mohammed's cousin. >> they were kick you. >> kicking me in my face, punching me in my face brutally. they didn't stop. they were carrying me and still kicking me and punching me, even when i was unconscious. >> tariq told does he misses mohammed. >> i can still remember his voice in my head. it's like he's still here, just that nobody can see him. >> reporter: we spoke with one of the suspects lawyers. he told us that thr

an anti-mohamed mursi protest gained momentum.ohamed mursi and his group threatened the young democracy. after mohamed mursi was deposed, his supporters set up project camps and promised to stay as long as it took for the leader to be returned. egyptian security forces stormed the camps. hundreds of people were killed according to human rights organizations and attacks targetting security forces were on the rise. leaders of the muslim brotherhood were put in gaol. some now faced death sentences. seen by supporters as a saviour, abdul fatah al-sisi was elected in june. abdul fatah al-sisi's rival rit out at the election. during his ipp august ration, e -- inauguration, egypt's president promised a prosperous future. >> we will establish a strong republic, safe and stable. there is has been concerns about more clamp downs in egypt. >> still ahead on al jazeera. >> i think this has been a monumental success on multiple levels. >> what is it like to live at the bottom of the sea. a record-breaking aquanaut is back on dry véland. >>> w

he was convicted alongside baher mohamed and mohamed fadel fahmy, after being falsely accused of colluding with the muslim brotherhood. >> reporter: verdict were announced around the world. a month on from the scenes, al jazeera correspondent peter greste said he would appeal against his conviction. his brother made the announcement at a news conference in australia. >> our family restoefld work tirelessly towards recording peter's freedom and assert its images. we acknowledge the support offered by friends, members of the public, the media, international community and politicians and diplomats. we need to recognise that there's a long way to go to achieve our goals. >> peter and mohamed fadel fahmy and baher mohamed were convicted of reporting false news. all threes maintain their innocence. the judge sentenced peter greste and mohamed fadel fahmy to seven years in prison. baher mohamed was given a solt of so years because he picked up a spent bullet casing. since they were first picked up they spent 209 days behind bars. >> the first four weeks after the verdict restrictions in prison we

peter greste, mohamed fahmy, and baher mohamed, sentenced up to ten years in jail.al jazeera continues to call for their immediate release. >>> peter greste's family is launching a website where people can contribute to the campaign to free him. the family is raising money to hire a new legal team for appeal. peter greste's brother spoke about his parents recent meeting with peter in cierp. >> well, as you'd imagine it was quite emotional. it's the first time they've visited him or seen him for six months in the flesh. and they were certainly tears shed. >> florence louie, reports from australia at the announcement. >> his family is looking towards hiring a new legal team to appeal. peter greste together with mohamed fahmy and baher mohamed were accused to aiding the muslim brotherhood designated by the egyptian government as a terrorist organization. the false evidence used in court to convict the three include video from another channel as well as greste's reports from other parts of china. their conviction triggered a global outcry. jowrnlts frojournalists united

mohamed fadel fahmy, baher mohamed, and peter greste are in prison in egypt. this was then being sentenced and gaoled, reporting false news the charge. it was something they and their employer denied. >> our guys shouldn't have been arrested or incarcerated for one day, let alone 200. we call on the president of egypt to recognise that and release them. >> here at al jazeera european the staff are doing what they cap. this is a silent protest. but the message is loud and clear - journalism is not a crime. the network continues to demand the release of its employees from prison. >> at the end of the day as journalists we are aware it could have been any one of us inside that gaol cell. wherever we are in the world, whatever story we are covering we are thinking of the three and calling today and every day for their immediate release and for egypt to reverse their shameful decision. >> reporter: across social media the hashtag free av's staff is re-tweeted from america to australia, there's a determination to make sure the men are not forgotten. >> the president

me, mohammed, and all my other cousins. together playing games, right, until -- >> video games? >> no, games as in, like, we were, like, playing board games. right. so after i left him, took him back, because usually in ramadan we have to, like, eat late at night so we can fast during the day. >> so there's a big meal to break the fasting right after sundown. right. >> yeah. so i went out and i wanted to go to the bakery and i walked by mohammed and he was just sitting by himself, and i asked him if he wanted anything from the bakery and he was, like yeah, sure. and i went to the bakery and i came back five minutes later and i found a cop car there. what happened was i walked toward the cop car, and they didn't let me get any closer until i knew there was a problem. and i did not see mohammed there. and that's how it started. so i called my family and everybody came. >> so he had been taken, right? >> he had been abducted. >> he had been abducted. and you -- did you know this? did it circulate through the family very quickl

a year has passed since president mohamed morsi was ousted from offi. violence and uncertainty continue. was egypt ready for the arab spring? >> well, yes. you know, they have had military rule since 1952, since the revolution. so, many, many decades of authoritarian rule, something had to happen at some point. bur i would say they were not fully prepared. there were some aspects of democracy egyptians are terrific at. peaceful protests. voting, they have done a great job with voting. what they have done a terrible job of on both sides is power sharing. one side wins and election and wants to get rid of all of the other side and declare that they are i will legitimate. democracies cannot work without power sharing. >> you have a in that government under sisi who has vowed to crack down on rebel yon. are we poised foanother uprising? >> it's a possibility. i was in cairo not a long ago. my hunch is that portioni has a lot of support. the muslim brotherhood has a lot of support. so, it's not as if its lopsided in favor of el siss. i. i think he has suppor

mohammed fahmy and peter greste were sen tensed to seven years each. baher mohamed given seven years and then added on another three because he had a spent bullet casing in his possession that he picked up at a protest. al jazeera rejects all accusations and continues to demand that their journalists being freed. >>> still to come we'll compare the weapons being used by both sides. >>> and we'll go to erbil in the north to take a look at the effect that is having had on the economy there. ♪ >> it's a chilling and draconian sentence... it simply cannot stand. >> its disgraceful... the only crime they really committed is journalism... >> they are truth seekers... >> all they really wanna do is find out what's happening, so they c >> governments around the world all united to condemn this... >> as you can see, it's still a very much volatile situation... >> the government is prepared to carry out mass array... r ♪ [ technical difficulties ] >> trying to sort out the muddle of the presidential election. he has described the situation as a critical moment

. >> three of the six suspects in the murder of mohammed abu khdeir has confessed. this is according to information from police reports and sources. we also know that the three subjects reenacted the kidnapping and the crime for the police following the route of the car in which mohammed abu k hdeir was kidnapped leading them to the forest where his charred body was found. now some of the suspects are minors. as you know there is still a gag order on the reporting details of this murder, however some information is being released, and some is still remaining undisclosed. we do know that the detention of the six suspects has been extended for five of them it was extended for eight days and for one of them, for five days. and as well we spoke to some of the lawyers who are representing the suspects, and they said that they are being banned by the israeli authorities and the israeli police from meeting with their defendants, the suspects, and they criticize this decision saying it is a blow to the foundation of justice in israel. >> meanwhile in the gaza strip hamas ha

greste and mohamed fadel fahmy were sentence th to seven years in prison and baher mohamed 10 years because he had a spent bullet in his possession. some of peter greste's work from other parts of africa. al jazeera rejects the charges and demands their release. the conviction triggers global condemnation with journalists, government and international institutions calling for their freedom. >> spoking to the egyptian media, abdul fatah al-sisi said: >>> but the cold hard truth remains - three men are behind bars in a prison in egypt for doing their job as journalists - convicted on false charges. their families are paying the price as well, seeing their loved ones suffer. determined to do all they can to secure their freedom. >>> the australian government haseneded -- haseneded its silent on the fate of a group of sri lankan asylum seekers. 41 were handed back to sri lankan authorities in a transfer at sea. but there has been no news on the fate of 153 others, believed to be tamil. human rights groups say they could be tortured if sent back to sri lanka. >> ukraine's president plans to seiz

he also had another competitor in mohammed who was another major figure. but both of these men are now vice presidents and candidates. >> they are all from three major pashto groups. >> that's correct. so because atta i think recognize that this is my interpretation but i think he recognized and it was clear that he could not dominate the space on his own. he actually, there was an incentive for him to engage with the central government and this is a think where the use of the word warlord becomes unhelpful because the assumption is that these are actors inclined to wage war against mujahideen. i think the reason that i took on the word strongman is because these are individuals with great strength in their own right outside of the state that under certain circumstances is archly valuable for them. the central reason i signed her state it was in order to beat their competition. so atta began a really interesting relationship with karzai in which sometimes he misbehaved, sometimes he demonstrated loyalty as part of a bargaining relationship and it took a co

thousands attended mohammed's funeral, and tariq was in jail and couldn't say good-bye. >> do you feel bad about not being there? >> i feel so bad. i feel like i missed a chance to see him one last time. >> reporter: we joined him and his father as they visited mohammed's grave to pay their final respects. a moment of peace amidst the looming threat of war. >>> the family of a grandmother who was beaten by a california highway patrol officer plans to sue on her behalf. last week a video of the beating surfaced on youtube. the officer pins down the 51-year-old, pummels her repeatedly. family members say marlene suffered multiple injuries, and her civil rights were violated. they're not saying who they will be suing exactly. police say she posed a danger to herself because she was walking through traffic lanes. she's been hospitalized and is undergoing psychiatric evaluation. that officer has been suspended. >>> new york city police apprehended a 20-year-old woman after she abandoned a baby on a subway platform. witnesses say the woman pushed a stroller off the train and on to the subway

. >> let's turn to mohammed for his take on this, he's chief economic advisor. great to have you back on the program. everybody is fixated by rising interest rates and we know that will go up. is that a terrible thing for the economy and markets or a good thing? >> it can be a good thing if it comes as part of economic growth and job creation. right now everybody is hoping for economic lift off. that would be not just good for main street, it would be good for wall street because it would validate asset prices. once that happens, the fed will start to move. the expectation is the fed will hike towards the middle of next year, but it will be a very gradual hike and it will stop below the levels that have prevailed his tore rickly. >> so mohammed, what if economic lift off doesn't happen and you have asset prices like "the new york times" pointed out elevated in many, many categories from equities to farm land, what happens if there is no economic lift off? >> that's a big risk, right? the fed has the following trade off, willing the fed says to underwrite future

,eik mohammed and when i bring that picture, the picture the police posted employed sheik mohammed, howe gets killed? he gets killed. he burned life. he was alive. i can't believe it. abbew khdeir wants to see how his cousin, he gets killed in this way in cold blood just because he is a palestinian, just because he is a palestin n palestinian, he gets killed in this way. what is the meaning? >> tell me where this leads you. >> a lot of jewish gets killed by hitler. you killed my kids in the same way. >> tell me where this leaves you as a family, where this leaves you as a palestinian first and foremost and where you think it leads relations between israelis and palestinians? >> kids is kids wherever you go. it doesn't matter what kind of kids but the palestinian kids have a lot of problem. i feel sometimes they have had this agenda from israel government against the kids. he wants a new age from the palestinian kids to be no feeling, nothing for the palestine, no feeling, no -- no roots. he don't feel with his roots but the palestinian get the family, raise the kids for always look to y

just 24 hours ago, he watched israelis hand over his son's mohammed's body.is grief has been public. his son's death has ignited palestinian anger in a jerusalem neighborhood that's you believe calm. through this ancient city, they carried the 17-year-old's body wrapped in symbols of palestinian nationalism. one family member said this wasn't a funeral. it was a wedding attended by thousands for a martyr. immediately afterward, the grief and fury erupted. these are not routine clashes this is you believe al main thoroughfare through jerusalem. this is a middle class palestinian neighborhood. israeli police say they are actively trying to find mohammed's killers hoping to quell the anger. >> we are hoping things will calm down and oh, my goodness the main focus which will have an effect on the ground level is the investigation into the teenager's death which is continuing. >> the anger is still burning. in bethlehem, palestinian protesters threw malatov cocktails at israeli soldiers who fired back with rubber bullets. increasingly, the tension isn't about the

mohamed fahmy, bader mohammed, and peter greste are in prison in egypt. this was them being sentenced three weeks ago and jailed, reporting false news was the charge, something that they and their employer emphatically denied. >> peter greste should not have been imprisoned for one day let go it hundred. >> here in al jazeera, staff are doing whatever they can to get their voices heard. this is a silent protest. the message from these employees is very loud, very clear. journalism is not a crime. ask the network. it's official position remains unchanged. it continues to demand the immediate release from employees from prison. >> at the end of the day as journalists we're all aware that it could have been any one of us inside that jail cell in cairo. wherever we are in the world, we're always thinking of peter and mohammed and bader and calling for egypt to reverse their shameable decision. >> reporter: cross social media the #free ajs staff is being retweeted. there is a determination to make sure that these men are not forgotten. >> why is he doing that?

mohammed omer joins us by phone. thanks for joining us, mohammed. >> thank you very much. >> you say some of the nights have been the worst. tell us what it's like. >> indeed it's some of the most terrifying nights. they have bombed continuously. people have to be ready to evacuate their homes. some who have evacuated their homes they've been shot at by f-16s and drones. there's nowhere to hide. absolutely total dark for the third day in most of the gaza strip and there's nowhere to run to basically. when you go to the borderline of the south or east, you're being shot at. even if you're in the center. now, the israeli military has asked the people to evacuate their homes from the east of gaza city and the northern part of the gaza strip. where? to the middle of the gaza strip and people gather and they were shoot at and killed inside in schools. the west of the city is supposed to be a safe place but unfortunately it's not a safe place. i'm in part of gaza city where the bombing is constantly hitting residential are

al jazeera's journalist mohamed fadel fahmy has been admitted to hospital for a shoulder injury. he was sentenced with peter greste to seven years yich. baher mohamed was given 10 years because he had a spent bullet in his possession picked up at a protest fight. al jazeera relates the convictions and demands the journalist be freed. >>> a police officer has been kld in a blast in barr rain, the explosion taking place south of the captial. there are no claims of responsibility. the government faced protest by people demanding more rights. >> in macedonia police fired tear gas and water canon to prevent protesters storming a court building in the capital. about 2,000 demonstrators gathered to protest the life sentences imposed on six ethnic albanian muslims. they were convicted of murdering five fishermen in a float to destabilize the country. the men deny the charges. >>> greece is the gateway to europe. it's coming under security for policies. under the grebe law, the -- greek law it has been extended. in 2009 it's more than 18 months, if individuals are thought to be not cooper

mohamed el-erian. >> you're out.. >> joseph richard kernen. >> jrk. >> joseph richard robert kernen. i have a confirmation name. checking the futures -- i have four names. >> well i also have a confirmation name. >> you have about six. >> anyway down 44. >> you don't have a confirmation -- >> well, el haron would be my -- >> it's not a confirmation. >> well i was confirmed, though, but that's a different thing. you can be confirmed when you're jewish after you have the bar mitzvah. >> i didn't know that. >> but it's a different type of confirmation. >> okay. >> you see the futures are down after that big -- >> after the sell-off the day before. >> yeah. >> all right we're going to get to the latest on the situation in gaza and ukraine. but first here's some of the top business stories. mcdonald's and kfc in china are facing a new food safety share. a shanghai tv station reported they sold expired beef and chicken. the company said they immediately stopped using meet from the company. shares of bb&t trading lower. res

. ♪ krooer ♪ >> al jazeera's peter greste, mohammed fahmy, and baher mohamed, now spending 200 days inn. today there was a day of action organized across the uk and beyond showing support for our jailed colleagues. peter greste and mohammed fahmy given seven years in prison. baher mohamed receiving ten years. >>> the acting va sectarian sloan gibson testifying before a congressional hearing today. he promised immediate action to fix what he admitted are unacceptable issues, but he added one of the problems is adequate staffing. >> we don't have the refined capacity to quantify our requirements, because historically we have not built our resources from the bottom up, we have instead managed to a budget number. >> he says they will work to speed up delivery of care. >>> the affordable care act is now six months old. a lot of state governments have opted out of the expansion saying it wasn't affordable. robert ray has the story having to choose between marriage and insurance. robert? >> del, good morning. an extraordinary story and not something that is very common in the state of tenness

mohamed fadel fahmy and peter greste were sentenced to seven years. baher mohamed was given 10, because he had a spent bullet in his possession which he picked up at a protest. they are accused of helping the outlawed muslim brotherhood. al jazeera rejects the convictions and demands the journalists be freed. >>> two people were injured when egyptian security forces fired at drivers protesting a hike in fuel prices. it removed subsidies on friday resulting in a 70% increase. taxing the poor is not the right move. >>> now, a new internet law in russia could cause major problems for foreign-based websites. sites that store the percentage information of russians are forced to move them to domestic servers or risk being blocked. it include facebook, youtube and others that don't have offices in russia. websites can be blocked without a court ruling if they are deemed a threat to public order. mt vladimir putin says it will protect children from indecent content. critics say it puts them on the same path as china. >> an intelligence analyst says a majority

. >>> it's the anniversary of the overthrow of president mohamed mursi of egypt.nd he's been replayed by abdul fatah al-sisi -- replaced by abdul fatah al-sisi. supporters of muslim brotherhood continue to demand his reinstatement. >> reporter: july the 3rd a day many egyptians will remember for generations. the defense minister surrounded by secular, leftist and religious leaders makes what many consider a stunning declaration. >> translation: this roadmap include suspending the constituti constitution holding presidential elections. >> reporter: it was a decision welcomed by the crowd of army supporters and chanted "it's a new revolution." the shock supporters of the beposed president called it a coup. back in 2012, when mohamed mursi was elected president, he appointed abdul fatah al-sisi defence minister in a sweeping overhaul of the military. at the time egyptians had high hopes that the new president would introduce political reforms and build a strong economy. instead, the opposition and the christian minority became concerned about the rise of political is

what happened when -- how do you know when mohammed has gone missing?ell, that night, we were all together, me, mohammed and all my other cousins, we were playing games, until -- >> video games. >> no, games like -- we were like playing board games. so, after i left him, to come back, because usually in ramadan you have to eat late at night and fast at the day. >> so there's a big meal to break the fast. >> yes. so i went out to the bakery and i walked by mohammad and he was sitting by himself, and i asked him if he wanted anything from the bakery and he said, yeah, sure, and i went to the bakery, and i came back five minutes later and i found a cop car there. what happened was i walked towards the cop car and they didn't let me get any closer until i knew there was a problem, and i did not see mohammed there and that's how it started. so i called my family, and everybody came. >> so, he had disappeared, had been taken. >> abducted. >> abducted. and you did -- did you know this? did it circulate to the family quickly? >> um, actually, yes. once we got w

mohammed was a bia pious man, his family said. he was 66, and his family admits that he helped fighters fire rockets. his community is calling him a martyr. their silence shows their reverence. they commemorate what they call his skies. mohammed's family said that he helped the fighters so he could make money and because he believed. >> he was 66 years old. why would he want to die a martyr? >> for our land palestine. >> reporter: mohammed's cousin. at a local mosque he says a traditional prayer. and mohammed's youngest relatives who have lived through airstrikes for four days come to show thanks. >> mohammed liked visiting people and helping people. and he educated his people. >> as a crowd of a thousand walked out of the mosque, they're reminded that the frequent sound is the loudest. [ explosion ] >> reporter: israeli bombs shake the earth, shockwaves travel through your spine. this one landed just 300 feet away from us. and the aftermath? part of this video is too grizzly to show. that man in blue is carrying a dead toddler. [

he was convicted alongside colleague mohammed fahmy and baher mohamed a month ago after being falsely of colluding with the outlawed muslim brotherhood. >> reporter: the verdicts were denounced around the world. now al jazeera correspondent peter says he will appeal against his conviction. his brother made the announcement at a news conference in australia. >> our family has resolved to continue to work tirelessly towards securing peter's freedom. we acknowledge the immense support that has been offered by friends, members of the public, the media, international community, as well as politicians and diplomats, but we need to also recognize that there is still a long way to go. >> reporter: peter along with baher mohamed and mohammed fahmy were all convicted of reporting false news and aiding the banned muslim brotherhood. all three maintain their innocence. but the judge sentenced peter greste and mohammed fahmy to seven years in prison. baher mohamed was given a total of ten years because ho had picked up a spent bullet casing at a protest. since they were first picked up they spent

and mohammed's youngest relatives came to show thanks. mohammed liked visiting people and helping people, and he educated his children. as the crowd of nearly a thousand walked out of the mosque they're reminded in this war actually the most frequent sound is the loudest. [ explosion ] israeli becomes shake the earth. shockwaves travel through the spine. this one landed just 300 feet away from us, and the aftermath: part of this video is too grizzly to show. that man in the blue is carrying a dead toddler. israel said the target was palestinian fighter. the scars felt by the children who were just a few feet away. the women were inconsolable. >> prayers were just ending as this strike happened. you can still smell the explosive powder in the air. there is a lot of tension right now because just a mile down just 30, 45 seconds ago there was yet another attack. >> reporter: today israel vowed to step up its campaign, which means in this war there will be more sounds and more images like today's. nick schifrin, al jazeera gaza. >> i want to

"god should punish israel", mohammed's mother cries. the boys were quickly buried, many asking why innocent children are targeted by the israeli army. we asked the army for rehabilitation and they issued this statement:. >> reporter: but that strike took place in front of two heels filled with journalists. no one knows what was in the shack. there was no secondary explosion suggesting weapons were kept there. we witnessed children running away from a strike, and ending up being killed anyway. >> there was anger and fear on the other side of the border too. the funeral of israel's first casualty. the victim was killed by rocket fire near the crossing into gaza. he was taking food to israeli soldiers. >>> diplomats in europe have been busy trying to stop the rapidly rising number of deaths in gaza. diplomatic editor james bays has this report from brussels. >> reporter: the u.n. is hoping this will stop for a few hours, a vital pause to get humanitarian aid in to help the people of gaza. but it will only bring temporary assistance, intens

egypt has had a crackdown since mohamed mursi was deposed in a coup. >>> mohamed fadel fahmy has been admitted to hospital for treatment for an injury to his shoulder. he and two others spent 189 days in prison. he was sentenced with peter greste to seven years in prison. baher mohamed was given 10 years, accused of helping the outlawed muslim brotherhood. al jazeera reject the convictions and demands the journalist be freed. >> in the egyptian capital cairo, two have been arrested during treat protests. the government calls the hike necessary to fix the economy. for many, it's a tax on the poor. we have this report. >> a 70% increase in fuel prices have taken effect. this will affect everything. food, drink, transport, children's expenses. how can she is people afford a living. this is not fair. after the government removes subsidies, taxi drivers say they'll go out of business. >>> gas has gone up. that is not a small increase. we can't pay the rent, let alone deal with this increase. >> reporter: these pictures show taxis near cairo parked in protest. al jazeera journalists have be

just hours after they were buried a 16-year-old palestinian mohammed abu khdeir was abducted, his bodyater found burned and the later autopsy results show he was alive when he was set on fire. >> translator: i've asked for an international investigative committee to be formed for the terrorist crimes that have been committed to the palestinian people and aggression and especially the burning of the child mohammed abu khdeir who was burned alive. >> reporter: israeli police arrested several jewish suspects and say there is strong indication their motive was revenge for the deaths of the teenage settlers, the prime minister benjamin netanyahu has condemned all of the killings. speaking from the home of one of the teenagers he had a message for mohamed's relatives. >> translator: i would like to send condolence to the family of the young man and promise we will deal with the crime and the murders do not have a place in israeli society. >> reporter: but those words have done little to calm the situation. thousands of palestinians demonstrated in the streets of rafa on sunday voicing discon

my son's blood is worth more. >> mohammed was abducted late tuesday night. his charred remains found several hours in a jerusalem forest. the autopsy rosht indicates the boy was still alive when he was set on fire. >> in part due to differences of opinion over to you ho respond to gaza, where missiles and rockets continue to be launched into israel from there, the israeli foreign minister announced today his nationalist party is dissolving political alliance for the party of the prime minister benjamin netanyahu. netanyahu is calling for measured response in the face of rocket and mortar fire. attacks on israel but lieberman is calling for a much tougher esponse. translator: it's not a secret unfortunately the differences between the prime minister and i have lately become substantial and fundamental. they no longer enable the distance of a joint framework. the truth is the alliance did not work in the election or after it. we remain a loyal coalition partner. don't see any reason to dismantle the coalition. >> israeli foreign minister speaking there. lieber

and mohammed's relatives came to show thanks. >> mohammed liked visiting people, helping people, and he educated his children. >> reporter: as a crowd of a thousand walked out of the mosque they're reminded that in this war the most frequent sound is the loudest. [explosion ] israeli bombs shake the earth. this one landed 300 feet away from us, and the aftermath part of this video is too grizzly to show. that man in blue is carrying a dead toddler. israel said the target was a palestinian fighter. at least one woman wounded and the scars felt by the children just a few feet away. the women who are inconsolable. prayers were just ending as this strike ended. you can still smell the explosive powder in the air. just a mile down, there was yet another attack. >> today israel vowed to step up its campaign which means in this war there will be more sound, more images like today's. nick schifrin, al jazeera, gaza. >> well, video has emerged showing a father grieving the death of his three-year-old son. this is the scene of the hospital just a warning you may find the following scenes distu

mohamed's father hussein here accepts condolences. mohamed was one of his seven children. israel is investigating his son's death, but he won't wait for an official answer. >> my son was killed by israeli settlers. they killed him and burned him. we know who did this. >> naftali frankel, on the left of this poster was one of the three israeli teenagers found dead on monday. his family wants justice for them and also for mohamed, the 16-year-old palestinian. >> it's very simple, a murder is a murder. when we read in the bible thou shalt not kill, it doesn't say a jew or an arab or a christian, a murder is a murder and a killer regardless of race or motive should be brought to justice. >> israel has sent its forces to the edge of the gaza strip, the piece of palestinian land run by the islamic movement hamas. israel says that ham as is responsible for killing its teenagers. palestinians inside gaza here shopping for ramadan fear israeli attacks. almost 2 million palestinians are crowded into this strip of land. their rulers, hamas fire rockets and do not accept israel's righ

and of course tension has been extremely high in this region, particularly following the death of mohamed who has reportedly, was reportedly killed in retaliation for the deaths of three settlers earlier on. let's go to stephanie who joins us at the damascus gate in jerusalem. as i mentioned, stephanie tension high at the moment and explain the significance of where you are right now. >> well, we are in east jerusalem which of course it was the palestinians that wanted to see the future of the state and first friday of ramadan and muslims want to go and pray at the mosque which is behind me in the old city now. a lot of restrictions here because of tensions you are talking about extra police deployment and i will show you what is happening there in the back and because there are restrictions on age and a man under 50 is not allowed to go to the city and prayer and they are behind the line and mr. are special forces and police on horse back and keeping it very, very tight indeed. that is the concern that things could escalate but at the moment things have been pretty calm just outside of d

since egypt passed ousted then president mohamed morsi. are taking the one-year anniversary as an opportunity to theuss the situation of country. messages posted to the social a companyr -- reflect divided between supporters and detractors of the former president. not deserve to remain in power because he did not live up to the expectations of the people. any have had similar viewpoints. some called him a thief or terrorists. criticized his removal from power. because he had been out -- had been democratically elected that it had to be overthrown. the criticism has intensified in cairo after the bombings in which two people died. the perpetrators of the attack had announced their intentions on the web a few days earlier, even indicating where they planted the bombs. been postings have messages reproaching the government for spending more time securing supporters for muhammad morsi than protecting the people of egypt. outrage in russia over the gay pride event on sunday. stage.ared a kiss on among not gone down well russian web users. thous