that is the shajaiya neighbourhood. >> reporter: dead bodies lit ared the streets. adults laying over the children. al jazeera has no way to verify the video. binyamin netanyahu said he warned residents of the area to evacuate. he said he has been attacking hamas targets. there's no safe place here for people to run to. >> translation: i shame from shajaiya, it's destruction. the israelis are burning everything, pounding the area, forcing people out. >> reporter: babies are among the injured civilians rushed to hospital. ambulances struggled reach the injured, to people are forced to drive themselves. >> translation: there are generalest by the red crescent to allow ambulances to the area. it was related by the israeli occupation forces. >> reporter: the bodies are wrapped in white cloth, piled in the morgue. the injured comes as israel pounds the territory from the land, air and sea. the military assault has got more intense over the last few days. >> translation: we accuse the israeli occupation of committing a heinous massacre in shajaiya. dozens of women and chi

the smoke you see is around shajaiya the eastern area. to put it into context in terms of the military campaign, the israeli army has suffered a hard hit by hamas. this morning they managed to infiltrate two tunnels into northern israel. the hamas said they managed to kill 20 soldiers, this is not confirmed. the israeli army says they killed 10 fighters. it shows that they are managing to breach the border, something that israel is extremely concerned about. this is why, perhaps, they are stepping up. israelis say they don't have the intelligence to deal with this, and after 13, 14 days, they are managing to breach the boarder. it's a huge concern for his rail. >>> as we talked an another live picture, another flare in the sky above gaza. what, exactly - this is the first time we see this flare, since the bombing began. what does this mean, what does it signal. >> the flare is used to illuminate the grouped so the army can see better, what is happening. i'm not a military expert. this could be gas. they came down with a lot of smoke and t

the shajaiya neighbourhood filled with life. gazan cowboys corralled their herds. residents collected food and supplies, and for a few hours kids were free to be kids. but these moments, these survivors are dwarfed bit the destruction. streets close to the border are gone. this is this war's epicentre. israeli f-16s dropped thousands of pounds of bombs. green hamas flags flutter from homes used as bases. countless homes are rubble. you can see where each room once stood. this used to be a bedroom. above the rubble this family hunts for money or jewellery - anything of value that could be used to buy food. below the rubble the bodies in this man's father and brothers are buried. >> translation: what we have been through is overwhelming. we must remain strong and live like others do. >> reporter: this is where you entertained guests. omar's cousin lived in the next house. >> the blood of my sister, 20, and my daughter, seven years old. >> reporter: he tries to open a kitchen door. it's blocked by debris. >> for other people kitche

>> translation: it is a massacre taking police in shajaiya in the full sense. word, committed by israel against civilians. there's no armed me amongst us. the streets are packed with dead bodies, women and children, laying in the streets. we are searching for brothers and cousins killed. we cannot find them. >> translation: ambulances, paramedics and media crews are targets. a federal local reporter was killed. we speak to his colleague who witnessed the accident. tell us what happened. >> translation: we have been working together covering event in gaza over the past three days. the media was targeted. we survived the first, second was close. we survived a third attempt. we were chased by the israeli jet fighters. the fourth time we were riddled by rockets, and my colleague and a medical crew were killed. we were targeted despite putting on the words tv and press marked. we were targeted. the ambulances and paramedics were denied access. our phones were disabled and we could not reach the red crescent for help. >> translation: to update you on the political po

and they fled israeli air strikes in the neighbourhood of shajaiya.er down they took what they could carry and got out as fast as they could from horror. all night, and all morning the israeli military bombarded shajaiya. it struck homes, cars more civilians died here in one night than in the previous threes days of conflict. what you can't see a palestinian fighters using this area as a base. in that fighting they killed 13 israeli soldiers. during a brief ceasefire we drove in, the deeper we went, the emptier the streets. >> this is in the middle of the neighbourhood. this is a u.n. school. it's been gutted by an israeli strike. if you look down here, you see how empty the neighbourhood is, and you hear the sound of israeli drones - they are across the street from the school. you see this, a house that's been destroyed. on our way out we met a family. israel told everyone to leave days ago. some are heeding that call now. can you tell me what you saw this morning and last night? >> reporter:. >> translation: we heard shelling and artillery, the soun

. >> reporter: all day shifa hospital has dealt with hundreds of people injured and killed near shajaiya. for a brief moment, this. [ chanting ] >> translation: this is an honour to the palestinian nation and victory for the palestinian people. we are proud of the me of the resistance, and of the palestinians. >> it's to confirm that hamas has the body of an israeli soldier or has taken one alive. it would be a big achievement for the group. in 2011 it swapped corporate gilad shall eat for over 1,000 palestinian prisoners -- shilete for over 1,000 palestinian riseners. captured israeli soldiers are wor worth a lot to hamas. here, no one wants another night like the one in shajaiya. >>> and the latest now from gaza with stefanie dekker, who joins us live. when we spoke about an hour or so ago there was intense bombing in gaza. what is the situation right now? >> it's the same. we have moved locations. we'll get a better view. we'll show you, that's the neighbourhood of where we were yesterday. it was heavily pounded with artillery fire. that seems to go on again. i want to update you on a

like shajaiya. this is the first time we had israeli troops carrying out attacks with palestinian fighters in an urban area. it had been happening in the north. this is the first time it happened in a residential area, which is why we saw so many killed. >>> with attacks with the troops, can be expect fighting to intensify? >> we would expect that fighting will intensify tonight. we have heard from the israeli prime minister binyamin netanyahu. he made it clear that they haven't finished the operation yet, that times are tough. they'll keep going until they have destroyed all of the tunnels that hamas and others used, until they have disarmed hamas. there has been a call that the israelis had over the past few weeks. with this news from the al-kassam brigade, this claim that they had kidnapped an israeli soldier, if that turned out to be true, there would be a tense rehabilitation. >> thank you. israeli prime minister, binyamin netanyahu, made a public address defending israel's fight against hamas

the majority are from shajaiya. every few minute we hear loud explosions. this woman is in another part of the church. she has a 20-day-old son. he is seeking shelter at the church. she tried to find shelter at a nearby school. there was no room. >> reporter: . >> translation: i can't describe the fear. my family is slit up. >> cradling her trial, there are fears the doming will not stop soon. new life, surrounded by death. >>> there is a lot of shuttle diplomacy, let's talk to our diplomatic editor, james bays, in west jerusalem. john kerry saying yes we have made progress, and you listen to the hamas leader, khaled meshaal saying we will not stop fighting until conditions are in place. where are we on this? >> i don't think it's just the hamas side. i think it's true that both sides - the two central sides in this, the israelis and hamas do not want to go back to where we were over two weeks agoment they don't want another ceasefire, and the situation as it was. from hamas they are being public about their position. they want the seeing of gaza lifted. yo

there are reports of new attacks on gaza's eastern neighbourhood shajaiya. >>> ukraine is willing to hand over the investigation of a plane to outside agencies. >>> fighting between pro-russian separatists and pro-russian troops resume in the east of the country. >>> first, israel's bombardment of the gaza strip by hair and sea goes on. five are dead after 25 shells hit the alaxa hospital. there were scenes of chaos as patients and doctors crowded into the corridor. one of the shells hit the third floor, damaging the operating theatres and the intensive care unit. doctors are struggling to move patients to other hospitals. the director-general at the alaxa hospital joins me on the line. were you at the hospital when the shells started to hit? >> i'm at the hospital to solve a problem, and my hospital was targeted. >> did the hospital receive any warning? >> no, nothing. not at all. just without any warning. >> and is there - did you see or did any of your staff see any military activity at the hospital or near the hospital? >> no, there was nothing. maybe not far from the hospital, a

there are tens of thousands of people living there, but it's not like shajaiya. having said that we are seeing a lot of injured people and bodies, as the day goes on. the death poll from the south-east will start to rise. >> what is happening in other areas of gaza today? is it a bit more quieter than it was yesterday and the previous days? >> it depends. one minute it can be quiet. then you hear shelling. there is a battle in shajaiya between palestinian factions and israeli army battles in the north. the other information is about the electricity situation in gaza. i was speaking to the spokesperson of the power station, and he was saying that they are now 100% without power. up until this point they had been operating at some limited capacity, but overnight the power station was struck by selling. the main equipment was knocked out. they are hoping to get coordination at some point with the israeli authorities and the red cross to get in there to find out what they can do to help the situation. at the moment the main power decision is not providing any trist a

there are reports of new attacks on gaza's eastern neighbourhood shajaiya. >>> ukraine is willing to hand over the investigation of a plane to outside agencies. >>> fighting between pro-russian

more than 1,000 are from shajaiya. every few minutes we hear explosions. in another corner of church is this woman, with a 21-year-old son. the israeli military destroyed her home. she tried to shelter in a nearby school. there was no room. >> translation: i can't describe the fear. our family split up trying to find safety in different places. my house was destroyed. i don't know what we are going to do now. >> translation: cradling her scrild she prays the -- child, she prays the bombing will stop soon. >>> the f.a.a. issued a ban on flying in and out of tel aviv, lasting 24 hours. other are cancelling flights na this region. what can you tell us, lisa stark, about the extension of this been? >> the f.a.a. will continue to assess the situation in israel, continuing the ban. it says the israeli government provided the agency with new information. the agency is looking at the information to see if that eases their concerns about security at the airport. >> at the state department the spokeswoman marie huf was asked about the ban and she said the f.a.a. was

people who live - who are staying here at the moment fled after their homes were attacked in the shajaiya neighbourhood. as you can see, the place is packed. our cameraman is zooming around to some of the classrooms where people are living. there's more than 3,000 people staying in the school at the moment. >> we heard from the diplomats at the u.n., which is thousands of miles away from gaza, and i say that both literally and figuratively because this means in the present at least very little for palestinians in gaza right now, and the struggles that they are dealing with. >> that's right. at the same time people are talking about the ceasefire here. chatting to some of the mothers, they are desperate for an expended ceasefire and they reached the point where they want a ceasefire at any cost. some palestinians demand a lifting of the siege. others want n a ceasefire and an end to the fighting. to update people, it's been quiet in gaza over the last 10 hours. the last time we had tank shelling was 10 hours ago. and the last reports of rockets fired from gaza were from a small palestinian

celebrating the religious holiday period of eid, but most of the people here are from the area of shajaiya in gaza. they say that their homes have been destroyed or they are so damaged that they can't go back, and they are too unsafe. it's difficult conditions for people living here. the tension is high. families are in close quarters. more than 30 people are staying in each classroom and they don't have enough mattresses, food for water. >> nicole johnson, the u.n. security council has issued a statement calling for a ceasefire. are people talking about a permanent ceasefire, are they hopeful that something may be worked out? > the people we have spoken to this morning, which has mainly been women, the mothers of large families, are desperate for a ceasefire, they want the fighting to go back. this has been going on for well over two weeks, they are exhausted. they should spend this time of year travelling around gaza visiting their expended families. instead, people are inside their houses, too fearful to go out, they are lying in the united nations schools -- living in the united nation

. >> we are inside a united nation the school, and most of the families came from the shajaiya neighbourhood. it should be a time of celebration, it's the religious holiday the eid. they'd be visited extended family, exchanging gifts, but instead they are living inside a u.n. school, 3,000 people, around 30 per room. they say there's not enough blankets water or food, and they are desperate for a ceasefire. it's not how they imagined they'd celebrate eid. people will be visiting other families, but it will be to pass on condolences for the more than 1,000 palestinians that have been killed. >> israel says it will continue excavating tunnel networks. a video released monday shows the destination of a tunnel leaving. israeli believe they have destroyed most of the done else leading out of the -- tunnels leading out of gaza. >>> the international agency of the red grass has been attacked in -- red cross has been attacked in gaza. they are saddened by the attack but will continue humanitarian work in the area. >> there's little joy for palestinians. the resilience of the people of gaza is as up

we were told that ambulances were not able to get into the shajaiya neighbourhood. it was too dangerous to go in. the death toll is likely to rise. 40 people died obvious night in the shelling. bringing the total number of dead on the palestinian side to 397. people have been fleeing their homes, panicked. trying to find a safe place in gaza, it's not likely to happen. different areas are being bombarded and people have nowhere to run. huge plume of smoke over gaza right now. you can hear in the background the bombardment continuing. no quiet this morning, no calm this morning. people of gaza still suffering a great deal. meanwhile on the diplomatic front, there are intense efforts under way to try to net a ceasefire -- negotiate a ceasefire between hamas and israel. here in qatar u.s. general ban ki-moon it to mote with hamas -- meet with hamas leaders and the palestinian authority president mahmoud abbas, too try to find a ceasefire and negotiate a truce between gaza and israel. we don't know what is thought of the efforts. we'll ask nisreen el-shamayleh, who is i

shelling going on in the eastern flank of the gaza strip , hit hard obvious the last week, back in shajaiya and other areas. there is israeli naval ships - they are shelling the coastline. we can occasionally hear the pounding boom of that as well. so certainly a change in the mood inside gaza. people had hoped that there would be an extension of the ceasefire, but from the hamas perspective there was never an extension. earlier this morning we were outside a bank. a lot of people were lining up, trying to get money from the atm machine, trying to take advantage of what they hoped would be a longer window of peace to get ready for whatever the next phase of this war would bring. >> as you say, hamas never agrees to the ceasefire, because they wanted to see israeli troops and tanks withdraw from the area, and people allowed back to their homes in those buffer zones, and that never happened. >> that's right. when you look at this from a palestinian perspective or the perspective of people inside gaza, they are supporting hamas in that. they say to allow israeli troops that continue to operate

shajaiya >>> this is al jazeera america, live from new york city. i'm richelle carey.ere are the top stories. there has been a lot of talk, but on the ground in gaza - no end in sight to the violence. >>> ukranian troops push towards the separatist stronghold of donetsk. investigators say it's too dangerous to approach the malaysia airlines crash site. >>> american leaders talk about how to deal with the border crisis, while police and border

. >> we are receiving loads of injured from the shajaiya area, and we were flown over by two f-16 fighters, firing a large number of air to ground missile direct into shaijia. we cope with the situation, but the injuries are severe. as it has been, a large number of civilians and women and children. the problem is that the israeli forces do not allow ambulances to access those people who are trapped. more than 1 underand hundreds. we don't note the injured in the area, but it's a major problem. the hospital managed, but it is under intense pressure. >> what injuries are you seeing coming into the hospital? >> right now we are operating almost on amputation injuries and shrapnel on the artillery, and the israelis are shelling against the local areas. this may cause internal bleedings and other life-threatening situations. it's very disturbing to see the large numbers of civilians, and the children. the father came running with his daughter, screaming that we need ambulances, we need ambulances. >> you made a plea earlier to world leaders when we spoke to you to stop the violence because it'

the majority from the neighbourhood shajaiya. every now and then we here loud explosions. in another corner is another woman with her son, 20 address old the the israeli military destroyed their home. she tried to find shelter in a school - there was no room. >> i can't describe the fear. the family split up. my house was destroyed. i don't know what we'll do now. >> cradling her child. she prays the bombing will stop. new life surround by death in a place where there's few if any places to hide. >> today the f.a.a. extended its ban on u.s. air carriers flying in and out of tel aviv. the industry started the ban after a rocket fired from gaza, an international airport. european airlines are expanding. >> reporter: the administration has no evidence that hamas has the anti-aircraft missile la brought down the malaysian plane over ukraine less that a week ago. aviation authorities are taking no chances. there's a lot of pushback from israel. they are not happy about the flight ban. the transport minister says it's not just an economic issue, but it hands hamas a political vi

shajaiya >>> this is al jazeera america, live from new york city. i'm richelle carey. here are the top stories. there has been a lot of talk, but on the ground in gaza - no end in sight to the violence. >>> ukranian troops push towards the separatist stronghold of donetsk. investigators say it's too dangerous to approach the malaysia airlines crash site. >>> american leaders talk about how to deal with the border crisis, while police and border patrol deal with the life. >>> is nuclear power plants. >>> the beginning of eid has not brought about the end of fighting in gaza. today israel rejected a 24 hour ceasefire offered by hamas, and within minutes the battle was back on. the israeli military and hamas traded sporadic fire, and neither side is talking about a truce. uncertainty reins in gaza. we are joined with a report on what is happening now with what clearly seems to change by the minute. >> you're absolutely right. really unpredictable scope in gaza. as -- scene in gaza. earlier on sunday israeli jets, tanks, were pounding various parts of the gaza strip. it wa

. >> reporter: for a few hours ambulance vehicles couldn't reach al-shaaf and shajaiya. >> translation: the red cross can't reach the area, it's too dangerous. people are stuck at home. some people managed to plea to schools in safer areas. we are stuck. the streets are empty. all you hear is shelling. we are living in fear, terrified. there are 18 of us in one room. it's my whole family. we are stuck. kids are crying. >> reporter: after a while emergency crews rasped the area, which -- reached the area, which were heavily shelled. among those killed two women and the son of a hamas ladder. >> translation: there's shelling with no communication on when medical personnel can evacuate the injured. >> reporter: it was a long and difficult night. the tense shelling is going on. people will be hoping for a break, long enough to pull out anyone that has been injured or killed. >>> we are joined by nick schifrin, outside of shifa hospital in gaza. good morning to you. what can you tell us about the temporary pause in fighting? >> i just want to point out what you are looking at. that is the n

the residents of shajaiya and other areas, and every inch corner, alley of the beloved home soil of gaza that has been placed by god, and it will remain as such. it will remain a beacon for the whole world. there's no doubt a catastrophe is taking place. as we speak, more than 600 people have fallen as martyrs. they may even reach the number of 700, and the majority of them are women and children. the enable, impotent binyamin netanyahu has taken revenge on civilians, he came together blindly and indiscriminately shelling civilians. gaza - what can i say. this is a press conference. poetry is not enough. 1,800,000 people have been besieged for eight years. they met and confronted this siege with creativity, manufactured their own weapons, defended themselves again as the israeli forces in three consecutive roles, in addition to the ongoing aggression. they have made the way of life out of the hell of siege. it is nothing short of an epic. the wounds of gaza and gazans are wide open. more than 1,000 houses have been totally destroyed - levelled to the ground. the displaced within gaza - w

in the shajaiya neighbour hood a thorough fair is neglected. other than a boy pushing groceries. two neighbourhoods emptied by war. with two families struggle with loss on a day the u.s. hoped there would be peace. this man knows the hospital well. his family members took 20 rooms. shrapnel cut through his brother's leg. he's prepping for surgery. >> are you nervous. >> he nods, but is so nervous he can't speak. down the hall, his cousin has already had four surgeries, one for each part of his body, pierced by debris. the entire family lived in a u.n. school-turned-shelter when two shells exploded. the dead were his mother, stepmother, sister and two brothers. >> translation: i don't understand how i survived or why i'm alive. >> across town, you can see the loss and the heart break. into in a light tup on a photograph by a father of his son. the family says an israeli bullet killed marr won, israel denies it. . >> i was holding my son. he fell. i called to him. he gave no response. >> it was her oldest son, the one destined to leave the family, named after the man on the hamas p

most came from shajaiya. in another corner is another woman with a 20-day-old baby. her home was destroyed. she tried to find shelter in a nearby school. there was no room. >> i can't describe the fear, hour family split up trying to find safety. my house was destroyed. i don't know what we'll do. >> new life surrounded by so much debt, in a place where there are few, if any, places to hide. >> u.s. airlines are allowed to fly in and out of israel. the american aviation authority banned flights after a rocket from gaza landed near the international airport. >> of course, we have extensive coverage of the offensive in gaza on the website. and all the diplomatic efforts going on. you'll find a live blog, opinions and analysis. that's at aljazeera.com. >> now, unhave secretary-general ban ki-moon says an inclusive government is required to prevent the break-up of iraq. he made the comments during a news conference. nouri al-maliki has been under pressure to resign but resisted. large parts of the iraq have fallen into the handof the islamic state. 60 prisoners were kill

there's tang shelling on the -- tank shelling on the eastern side of the gaza strip , like in shajaiya. and east of khan younis. shelling on the west, off the live position here. israeli naval ships are positioned off the coast, pounding the beaches of gaza. air strikes happened in a number of locations. we heard of one in the middle of gaza city. this houses the alaxa television station, affiliated with hamas. most people had evacuated from the building. it's a popular one for his rail to hit during operation. it's been hit before, it was hit in 2012, and now hit again today. >> and that's a stark contrast to a few short hours ago when gazans were taking the opportunity. a valuable opportunity to go out to stock up on food, on supplies, and to try and find missing loved ones. >> that's right. many of the people that we spoke to early this morning said regardless of the end of the ceasefire from the israeli side, they'll continue to line up and wait outside of the banks to get cash that they have no other choice. they can't go home and wait there in what they hope is the safety of thei

they are from shajaiya, which was nearly destroyed this weekend. the israeli family gave a 5 million warning before bombing the complex. >> i have nothing with me. i've been at the church tore five days. if i waited to take anything for myself, i would be dead. >> this man waited too long. after the family fled, he ignored the warnings to go back for his children's clothes. today his body arrived at the shifa hospital. the black bag of clothes sitting on the gurney. a mother has lost her son, a sister, a brother. and a father needs help to sit. he says his son's death left him with nothing. >> we have no one. we can rely only on god. >> this man lived and died next to his cousin. he is wrapped in the flag of hamas. >> 200 people carry their bodies through the streets. every day for the last two weeks gaza city has hosted dozens of funerals. and every day there's another reason to wife tears from the eyes. she and 34 members of the family are living in a church courtyard. she hoped it would be 35. >> when my daughter in law ran away from the shellin

. >> reporter: for the first time in weeks the shajaiya neighbourhood filled with life. gazan cowboys corralled their herds. residents collected food and supplying. and for a few hours kids were free to be kids. >> but these moments, these survivors are dwarfed by the destruction. streets close to the border are gan. this is the epicentre. bombs were dropped. palestinian fighters dropped troops. the green hamas flags fluttered from homes used as bases. countless homes are rubble. you can see where each room once stood. this used to be a bedroom. above the rubble, this family hunts for money or jewellery - anything of value that can be used to buy food. below the rebels the bodies of his father and three brothers are buried. >> translation: what we have been through is overwhelming. the palestinian people must remain strong. we must be able to live like others do. >> reporter: this is where you entertained guests. his cousin lives next door. the same strike gutted his house. >> the blood of my sister. she's 25 years old. and the blood of my daughter. she is seven years ol