the largest crackdown on hamas supporters in the west bank since 2006. 2006 of course is a significant year and hamas seized control of the gaza strip, in that year. sparking a bitter subdivision between the leadership in the west bank and hamas in the gaza strip. many thought things would improve with the national reconciliation government formed between hamas and the factions in the west bank. since then they have lurched from crisis to crisis. and culminating with the arrests of these activists in the west bank. but to answer your question about what hamas can do at this stage little. all they can do is issue statements and under score how angry they are at the move. they put into question the political union, at this stage all we had from hamas is the angry statement. >> what are the palestinian authority or the israelis saying about the reported security coordination between them when it comes to these arrests as the hamas spokesperson is claiming? >> the israelis have not said anything about whether or not they were involved in the arrests of the activists over the last 24-48 hou

the target hamas and islamic jihad. i'm fauziah ibrahim and you're watching al jazeera live from doha. coming up in the next hour. ku klux klan rally to remove the con43rd flag. life support we visit one hospital in greece struggling to get by. >>> and why containers stuffed with canadian rubbish are piling up in the philippines. our top story out of gaza where six cars have blown up simultaneously, at least two people have been injured. the cars are believed to have balooning to senior officials from the hamas group and islamic jihad. tamar al michel is in gaza for us. tell us what happened during the attack? >> around 6:00 in the morning explosions took place in the neighborhood in the northern gaza city. the six explosions took place in six cars belonging to hamas and islamic jihad military fighters. these cars were stopped in the front of these fighters' houses and the explosions was by hand local made explosives and caused damaged to these cars. two people injured as a result of these explosions and after that, the

the palestinian authorities warn hamas that it's likely to make more arrests in the west bank. hamas is calling for the release of hundreds of its members detained by palestinian authorities security forces. the authority says hamas members planned to sow chaos. >>> the greek finance minister is accusing its international creditors of terrorism, 24 hours before a referendum on accepting rejecting bail out. banks will reopen on tuesday as greece teeters on the edge of bankruptcy. >>> we can talk now to a former greek deputy finance minister. he is live in athens and a former member of the opposition new democratic party. thank you for talking to us. i understand you are going to vote yes. could you tell us why? >> because i think two reasons, a no vote will cause them to be tougher in greece our banking system is insolvent. we need to salvage much of the deposit of the working class. you'd probably want grease to vote know. those reasons. the consequences - yes. don't you think five years of tough austerity leading greeks to suffer beyond the expectations, don't you think that is

after denying the existence of the group. hamaswhich controls the gaza strip, ordered the crackdown and arrested dozens of suspects. there are a few armed ultra religious and ultra conservative groups in gaza. but according to palestinian in thes they're sustained in part by former members following the hamas-led crackdown three years ago. >> a few that contradicts israel's accusation that hamas provide support to groups affiliated to isil in the sinai. >> whatever the case the isil threat is growing in gaza. earlier this week they threatened to overthrow hamas for agreeing to a truce in israel and for not being religious enough. >> we deal with these groups in a few ways. first with dialogue. we try to con vince them to move away from this ideology. secondly there is an approach for those who destabilize gas. third we use our own communications team to combat against the propaganda messages. >> hamas fighters have set up check points to look for isil sympathyers. many here are asking whether it's enough. >> an explosion at a mosqu

in the west bank. 2007 was a year of bitter division between hamas and the palestinian leadership. that was the year that hamas creased control and for years there was little communication between palestinian factions. 12 months ago they agreed a reconciliation. a government made of technocrats, and the government effectively was on the verge of collapse, and there has been a collapse between hamas and the west bank. trying to afford a new government moving forward. >>> fighting in eastern libya as more than 25 people, and 35 were injured as the libyan army battled fighters from the different areas of the city of the five fighters were killed and seven injured. three civilians were reported to have been killed. >> afghanistan's parliament rejected one of ashraf ghani's key nominations for government. a lack of consensus has left a key number of key cabinet posts vacant. crossing to jennifer glasse joining us from kabul to tell us about the latest going on in parramatta. jennifer. >> that's right, it wasn't close in parliament this morning. the defence minister standing got 84 votes

a few days ago the leader of hamas, in a statement to the media said - i should preface this by saying he was talking about negotiations mediated by european powers that hamas would not agree to a deal with israel unless the soldiers or unless the people or rather the hamas figures held by israel that were agreed to be released by israel as part of the gilad shalit deal were released and he'd entertain the notion of returning to israel the israeli soldiers. we believe at the time what that meant was that the remains of israeli soldiers who died during that war was what he was talking about. it's clear he may be alluding to the fact that israeli citizens may be held in gaza. >> do we know what they may have been doing in gaza and you talked about a gagging other being lifted. what is that about? >> that's right. the israeli government insisted on basically the media not being allowed to discuss this in public. that's why 11 months after one of these israeli citizens came into gaza from what we understand from a hole in the fence near a beach area that gaza shares along the border with i

than 100 of the group's activists. hamas saying more than 100 people were detained in overnight raids on the west bank on thursday. and a spokesman or the palestinian authority said that planned to sow chaos but they were politically motivated. is. >> translator: carried out by the palestinian authority against hamas and supporters. university students and released prisoners. these arrests are part of the security coordination between israel and the palestinian authority. >> crossing over to be israel now, imtiaz tyab reports. >> we can see an awful lot of anger. this sweep as you will, arrests crack down as it's been described is perhaps the largest we've seen against hamas since 2007. 2007 is the year that hamas seized chrome violently of the gaza strip that caused a major split between it and fatah. and the issues have been very problematic. many thought they would try to put their differences aside to try to improve things but that government has proven to be extremely weak, the distrust, and hamas here in gaza is very c

a spokesman from the palestinian authority, gave no specific charges hamas is saying the raids are politically motivated. >> it was a large campaign carried out in palestinian authority in west bank. they arrested over 100 part of the security coordination between israel and the palestinian authority. >> we'll be go to gaza and talk to imtiaz type. tyab. >> so many supporters have been arrested by palestinian security forces there. we understand around an hour or so a protest will be held here in the gaza strip by hamas supporters protesting these arrests of these hamas activists in the west bank and they're calling for their immediate release. but one would also imagine that given fact that there is at this stage at least some sort of government relationship between the two sides the unity government if you will, there will also be pressure from hamas leadership on the leadership in the west bank to a explain why these arrests were made, why now, and more importantly to again, release these hamas activists. are. >> and imtiaz, we heard these were part of the security operation of the palestin

they're demanding the 100 activists arrested overnight in raids. hamas says that the raids are politically movemented. >> the signs read "traitors," and "save the west bank" 100 supporters have been arrested in the occupied west bank. hamas, which controls the garza strip, reacted angrily to the arrests calling them politically motivated. >> there will be consequences, but it will not weaken hamas. >> there has not been a security crackdown on the west bank on this scale since 2007 when hamas sees pow in gaza. that sparked years of bitter division between the political factions with fattah mostly confined to the west bank and hamas in control of gaza. in a rare sight of hope differences were put aside with the formation of the national consensus government. a government by which most accounts has been a failure because it has not been able to make any major decisions. the calling in to yes is the ability to hold together the government which includes his fattah party and hamas and why many believe that the crackdown is politically motivated. she said thi

in the occupied west bank. hamas which controls the gaza strip reacted angryily and called them politically motivated. >> thethe convinces of the crackdown and to free our prisoners. >> there hasn't been a security crackdown on hamas supporters since 2007 when hamas seized power in gaza. that sparked years of bitter division between the two political factions with fattah mostly combined to the west bank and hamas in control of gaza. differences were put aside a year ago with the formation of the national consensus government. a government which by most accounts has been a failure because it has not been able to make any major decisions. >> the timing of the arrest call into question mahmood abbas' attempts to hold together the national consensus government, which includes his fattah party and hamas a government on the verge of collapse for months, and why many here believe that the crackdown is politically motivated. >> one of the hamas supporters who was arrested. she said that it's especially painful during the hol

had been arrested in the occupied west bank. hamas which controls the gaza strip reacted angrily to the arrest, calling them politic lick motivated -- politically motivated. >> there'll be consequences for the arrests, if will not weaken hamas, we encourage them to stop the crackdown and free our prisoners. >> reporter: there hasn't been a security crackdown on this scale since 2006, when hamas seized power in gaza, sparking years of bitter division between the two main palestinian political factions, with fatah confined to the west bank, and hamas in control of gaza. in a rare sign of hope, differences were put aside just over a year ago with the formation of a consensus government, a government which is a failure because it hasn't made major decisions. the timing of the arrests calls into question the palestinian's president's attempts holding in effect the government, including fatah and hamas, a government on the verge of collapse, and why some believe the crackdown is politically motivated. this woman's son was a supporter arrest

>>> a string of bomb blasts in gaza, the target hamas - islamic jihad >>> you're watching al jazeera. coming up on the programme - al jazeera travels to ukraine's front line and watches as both sides violate a ceasefire agreement. a south korean spy kills himself after being emproiled in a phone hacking scandal. angry scenes in south carolina at a ku klux klan to protest against the removal of the confederate flag. >>> first to gaza where six cars have been blown up. two people have been injured. the vehicles belonging to senior officials from the ruling group. of hamas and islamic jihad. we go to gaza. >> >> the first comes out of gaza was for a while by the spokesman of the interior ministry in gaza. he said a series of explosions and series of cars were blown up this morning, and they belonged to activists in the palestinian factions, and he didn't clarify who is behind this attack. but he described these groups or the ones who behind these explosions as criminals, and he said that the security have started their investigations, security will assist who is behind the attacks, and t

the leader of hamas, collared michelle and he was asked about talks. he said that any real substantive way moving forward really kind of predicated on israel releasing the approachers, who agreed to be released as part of the deal that saw the release of gilad shalit held for a number of years by hamas. hamas will only release israelis if the palestinian prisoners were released. at the time he meant the remains of the soldiers that hamas has been holding. it's clear that they may be holding israeli prisoners as well. >> news comes on the first day of the 50 day gaza conflict. ofry you have been covering development between israel and hamas. >> it raises question about what is going on and why they wanted to keep it so quietly. here in gaza, an interesting development, as you point out yesterday marked the start of israel's 50 day bombardment of gaza. as part of the ceremony in the gaza strip, in the center of the city a statue a monument. it is a tank with a fist emerging from the tank. in the fist are three dog tags one of those has a name. that name i

i believe it's the responsibility not to hamas. it's the responsibility for the minister interior, the internal forces, security forces so i believe they have to do their work. i support their work according to the law. >> stefanie dekker has this update for us from gaza. >> this is the biggest attack there has been against hamas. the difference this time also leaders of islamic jihad, their cars targeted. it poses a three-fold challenge for hamas. one on a political level. now, two groups being targeted by, again, at the moment unclear which group. they do believe affiliated to the islamic state of iraq in the levant. the politics here on the ground is different groups is very complicated but also when it comes to public opinion and security. hamas, one thing they pride themselves on here in gaza is that they can makeh maintain. security, gaza is under israeli imposed siege. hamas doesn't patrol its borders. they have said they can provide. people on the ground are asking whether they can continue to do so one man we spoke to earli

the target - hamas and islamic jihad >>> hello this is al jazeera, live from doha i'm adrian finighan. also on the programme - america back on the charm offensive. we'll have its latest in pushing the iranian nuclear deal >>> scuffles in carolina at a white sprup rem sift -- supremicist rally to protest at the removal. confederate flag. >>> we visit a hospital in greece instructing to get by >>> first to gaza six cars van blown up. believed to belong to the ruling hamas group. >> reporter: some of the analysts link that - these exclusions with the radical groups islamic radical groups in gaza, groups that support the ideology of what is called the islamic estate specially after the complicated relation between the groups and hamas security and hamas movement in gaza. but until now there's no clear official statement by these groups or the interior ministry. this analyst is, and the exclusions give more than one find, specially by the aftermath and the cause of the damage than previous exclusions before the previous solutions and the aftermath and cause of the damage is bigger and stro

i think it's the responsibility not to hamas. 's a responsibility for the minister interior the internal forces to security forces so i believe they have to do their work, and we will support their work according to the law. >>> stefanie dekker sent us this update from gaza. >> reporter: this is the biggest attack there has been against hamas. the difference this time also leaders of islamic jihad, their cars targeted. it poses a three-fold challenge. one on the political level. now two groups being targeted by a group unclear which group. they believe affiliated to the is lallic state of iraq in the levant. the politics on the ground a different group is complications indicated. when it comes to public opinion and security. hamas, one thing they pride themselves on here in gaza is that they can maintain security. gaza, of course is under israeli-imposed siege. this is something they have sold to the people that they can provide. but that is now changing. people on the ground are asking whether they can continue to do so. one man

one of the hamas supporters who was arrested. e said it's especially painful during the holy month of ramadan. >> last time he was an israeli prison. this ramadan he is in the palestinian jail. it's so hard when a fellow countryman puts chain on your son's hands. >> this latest crackdown on hamas have been building for months. on wednesday after an placing lasting weeks the israeli military announced the arrest around 40 hamas supporters for allegedly planning attacks on israel. officials have warned of more arrests to come soon. >> the arrests are related to civil peace and security. our priority are national interests, and that is to maintain civil peace and security. >> whatever the case the arrest will only deepen the political crisis between hamas and the pa. al jazeera gaza. >> let's return to our top story. that is, of course, the greek referendum. i'm joined now by the director of political research in washington, d.c. thank you for joining us. >> thank you. >> they're not going to come out of this too well, are they? >> i

after denying the existence of the group hamas which controls the gaza strip arrested armed suspecting. >> there are armed groups operating across gaza. most are strong, loosely structured but according to analysts, they are sustained in part by former members who pledged to the sinai peninsula in egypt following a hamas led crackdown three years ago. a view that contradicts israel's accusation that hamas must provide support in the sinai. whatever the case,s isil threat is growing in gaza. earlier this week, the leaders of isil threatened to overthrow hamas for agreeing a truce with israel and not being religious enough. >> we deal with these groups in a few ways. first with dialogue. we try to convince them to move away from this ideology. second is a security approach for those who try to dough stabilize gaza, including arrests. we use our own communication team to combat against their propaganda messages. >> hamas fighters set up check points along most page roads across the gaza strip as part of efforts to find sympathizers. >> why a fishing net in mexico could mean trouble for b.

it is the pa making an agreement with hamas that the world doesn't want to recognize. i understand the long record, but hamas as a political reality and there can be no palestinian unity when the major political actor with and a free and fair election in 2006 as a governing power and part of the palestinian territory. a powerful real actor when the roar refused to recognize there can be no unity on the palestinian theme. it will be divided in two. the palestinians coming together, not being divided into, but forging the house is the only way to go forward with the peace process. they feel that way to go forward and the only way to prevent factions of having their own interests to erupt in violence again. those who want peace should support palestinian unity. factions moderate degree to which they are forced to come to a center is supposed to be not on the margin and facing no disincentive for carrying out radical names. if you are palestinian peace we should encourage reconciliation. even dealing with an actor we don't like that a palestinian government with which the

i believe it is the responsibility not for hamas, but there's some responsibility for the interior the internal forces, security forces. so i believe they have to do their work and will support their work as i have said before according to the law. thank you so much for joining them on the show the senior representative of hamas, speaking from beirut. 11 iraqi soldiers have been killed in i.s.i.l. aring in ramadi. they were trying to retake the provincial capital after it fell in may. it's about 100km from baghdad. >>> a spy has apparently committed suicide after being broiled in a phone-hacking scandal. he denied spying on civilians. the spy agency denied claims that they used spy ware to monitor south koreans. harry fawcett reports from seoul. >> reporter: the 46-year-old agent to the intelligence servant from n i.s. was found dead in his car on thursday. next to him a 3-page will. part has been released to the media on sunday. he can reassure the public that the hacking programme that he was involved in the purchase and technical operations, was not used against seen civilians. they

in the backhand there's a tension between hamas and the factions. notably the fatah party. they have been in a national consensus government for around 12 months or so. it's on the verge of collapse and they are ending negotiations to form a new government to move forward and deal with the problems facing palestinians in the west bank and gaza. whatever the case the crisis is set to deepen about word on the palestinian authorities spokesperson who handles security in the occupied west bank saying there'll likely be more arrests. >> the lebanese group says the battle begun, 2,500 army soldiers and allies went into areas near the lebanese border. dozens of barrel bombs have been dropped by the government. if successful a supply route will be cut off. the syrian army launched raids in aleppo. it's followed an alliance of rebel groups a capture of a military base. . the rebel attacks have been repelled. government forces controlled most. fighting in eastern libya killed more that 25 people. the army of the u.n. recognised governments. the rebel groups said that five fighters we

of being affiliated with fighters operating in the egyptian snie an accusation that hamasenies. >> i think this is part of the israel propaganda to deceive the war, but i think they understand the fact very well that there is no comparison, and there is no connection between hamas and isil. >> by presenting hamas as isis by presenting islamic fundamentalism jihadism as one ideology it's easier to persuade the world. >> reporter: hamas, which controls the gaza strip and is an offshoot of the muslim brotherhood and is banned in egypt has been battling isil affiliates in recent months. one group say it was responsible for a series of attacks. hamas responded with a major crackdown and arrested dozens of people. which could explain that isil said it would topple the group. whatever the case hamas finds itself increasingly under pressure to deal with a growing isil threat. >>> in northeastern nigeria, the latest boko haram raids have killed nearly 250 people most of them including women and children were in borno state. eyewitnesss say gunmen raided homes, and stormed mosques a

the world. it's easier to prevent hamas as also an absolute evil. >> reporter: hamas which controls the gaza striphas been battling with isil affiliates in recent months. hamas responded with a major crackdown and arrested dozens of people. which could explain that isil announced it would topple the area. whatever the case hamas finds itself increasingly under pressure to deal with the growing threat. >>> in northeastern nigeria the latest boko haram raids have killed nearly 250 people. nearly 150 were in borno state. eyewitnesss say gunmen raided homes and stormed mosques after prayers were finished. the attacks come during the muslim holly month of ramadan. >>> diplomats expect to work around the clock to finalize a deal finalizing iran's nuclear program. the head of the u.n. nuclear watchdog agency says there are still unresolved questions about the nuclear stockpile. >> reporter: negotiators have already been working around the clock here. we understand there was one meeting with the lead u.s. negotiator, the lead e.u. negotiator, and two deputy foreign ministers of iran that went on until 3:0

the israeli military responded with airstrikes against hamas targets. after initially denying the existence of the group they ordered a major crackdown and arrested dozens of suspects. there are a few armed ultra religious, ultra conservative groups operating across gaza. most are small and lack clear policies and leaderships. but according to analysts they're sustained in part by former members who pledged to the sinai peninsula in egypt following a hamas-led crackdown three years ago. >> a view that contradicts israel's accusation that there were groups in isil and the sinai. another affiliate known as the province of sinai carried out a coordinated attack carrying dozens of military personnel and civilians on wednesday. >> whatever the case the isil threat is growing in gaza. earlier this week the syrian base leaders threaten to over throw the hamas for not being religious enough. >> we deal with these groups first with dialogue. we try to convince them to move away from this ideology. secondly there is a security approach. third, we use our own commu

israeli officials say citizens are being held in the strip, one by hamas. they have been held there for 10 months. a gag order has been listed. paul brennan is at the home of one of the missing men's families. before going into the issue of the families tell us about the two missing men. what do we know about them? well two men, which the gagging order was listed on the main is a man who is an israeli of ethiopian dissent. he's 28 years old. it appears he crossed the border from israel into gaza on september 7th last year two years after the end of the gaza war, the anniversary that we are marking today. the mystery is why he did it. it appears that he wept the five or six miles to the beach where the gaza perimeter fence is left his bag on the beach and ran through a gap in the fence, a gap left by the israeli forces from the conflict that happened two weeks earlier. there was a news conference here with the brother of the man, who is appealing for calm saying that the family don't know why he left. but interestingly they describe not as a hostage crisis bu

the gaza strip. they posted a video condemns hamas. nouncement follows accusations by israel that hamas is helping isil linked fighters in neighboring sinai. put all of this into context with our correspondent in rafa. now that we know you are in rafa with isil's declaration, can we expect more violence in rafa then? >> reporter: hi, yes, well here it is a very tense situation following the violence. just over my shoulder in what is egypt, that has caused a lot of alarm in the gaza strip but perhaps more for hamas. hamas is under a lot of pressure, not only by egypt, again, egypt has also accused hamas of not being hard enough on various armed groups inside the gaza strip, but also as you mentioned you have this threat now from the islamic state of iraq and the levant to take over the gaza strip much like they have taken over the refugee camp. the spokesman said he wanted to end what he described as hah ma's tyranny here in the gaza strip, and he is alluding to the fact that hamas has been cracking down heavily on a number of people who

israeli military announced the arrest of around 40 hamas supporters for allegedly planning attacks on israel. warned of arrests to come soon. >> the arrests are related to civil security. that is to maintain civil peace and security. is. >> reporter: whatever the case the arrests will only deepen the political concerns between israel and the pa. >> lots more to come here on al jazeera. >> i'm andy gallagher i'm here at the home of nascar racing, vm been told not so display the confederate flag. we'll tell you why. >> as greece plunges deeper into financial crisis. >> greece's choice, a bad deal... and no deal. >> world markets react. >> it's a grim picture. >> the consequences could be catastrophic. >> for continuing global coverage, stay with al jazeera america. >> welcome back. a quick reminder of the top stories here on al jazeera. polls have opened in greece where people are voting in a bailout referendum that could map out the country's financial future. they must decide whether to accept budget reforms in exchange for more financial aid. >> tunisia has announceed secu

hamas and israel. we're in a period at the moment, a year on from the gaza war of 2014 where both hamas and israel through intermediaries are trying to negotiate a long term ceasefire. there is a very real prospect that the tension between two might go raised by this incident, this missing person, these two missing persons and that might jeopardize the talks indirect talks underway. the other thing is to draw a very clear distinction between the case, 2006 israel soldier abducted and held five years in exchange for palestinian prisoners being freed and these two cases where very strong evidence appears that they went to gaza voluntarily. what exactly motivated them remains a mystery. you heard from the brother saying that he was not well. i think this makes a bit -- it's a very different kind of case. >> all right paul brennan live for us, thank you. let's go to gaza. what is hamas saying about these allegations? >> a very curious situation with few answers. we reached out to hamas spoke to its senior spokesman and his response to us about this news that came out when an israel court lifted a gag order re

first attack by hamas inside gaza it is the biggest. it has been seen as a strong message and something that has hamas extremely concerned. >> now within a matter of host cuba and the united states will restore diplomatic relations reopening embassies closed for a half century. the u.s. broke off relations with cuba in 1961 two years an of revolution led by fidel castro. now they have announced plans to restore relations. washington has removed cuba from its list of state sponsors of terrorism paving the way for restoration of full ties. our latin america editor lucia newman has this update from havana. >> this is a very significant day. the last day in which the cubans and the united states will not be having diplomatic relations after more than a half century. the fact that they'll each be opening up embassies does not mean that the relations will be back to normal or the way they were before the cuban revolution. far from it. there is still the u.s. economic embargo in place. the guantanamo naval base is still oned by occupied by the

the egyptian sinai. an accusation that hamas denies. >> i think this is part of the israeli propaganda to deceive the worldbut i think to understand very well that there is no comparison, and there is no connection between hamas and daesh. >> reporter: the view some analysts don't entirely disagree with. >> by presenting hamas as isis by presenting islamic fundamentalism jihadism as one ideology it's easier to persuade the world. and present hamas as an evil. >> reporter: hamas is an offshoot of the muslim brotherhood, and has been fighting its own battle with isil affiliates in cent months one group claiming ties to isil has said it was responsible for a series of bomb attacks across gaza. hamas responded with a major crackdown and arrested dozens of people which could explain why earlier this week, isil warned that it would topple the movement for agreeing to a truce with israel and for not being religious enough. hamas finds itself increasingly under pressure to deal with the growing isis threat. >>> northeastern nigeria the latest boko haram raids have killed nearly 250 people. nearly 150 of them were

the second, it's targeted hamas activist and jihad, at the same time it's the first time because the previous explosions used to target hamas fighters or hamas security and members. they said this is a challenge for hamas security in gaza and even for the groups and palestinian factions, how to deal with these developments and what is the coming days will be in the situation in gaza. >>> diplomatic efforts to calm regional fears to calm the nuclear fear. saudi arabia and jordan are on his list. on friday iran's supreme leader made his first comments. he said it will not change tehran's relation with the u.s. or middle east. meanwhile, the business of doing business with iran is already starting. germany is sending a trade delegation to tehran on sunday and spain has a similar trip planned as well. now, we have a professor of world studies at the university of tehran. he says the opening up of markets in tehran is worrying some countries. >> the problem saudis and israelis have is about iran's economic benefits, some of the sanctions that would be lifted or suspended. they don't mind s

but the palestinian enclave controlled by hamas considered a terrorist group by israel and the united states. some reports suggest turkey provided hamas with as much as 300 million in annual aid, coming to a head in 2010 when the turkish sponsored freedom flotilla was intercepted and boarded by it israeli military. that incident led eight turks dead. >> there is a lot of sympathy among the public for palestinian rights. that's not to suggest that all turks are a supporter of hamas. le the ruling justice and development party. they have been able to alived the public sympathy with political support for hamas. >> on the southern flank, turkey has a porous 800 mile border. now turkey's neighbours are swept up in violence and turmoil. the president was once a close ally to syria's president from bashar al-assad, but he broke with damascus after the bloody assault on protesters in 2011. since then turkey purply let militants, including turks, close its border into syria to fight against the bashar al-assad regime. over time many armed militants joined the frank yallop, beginning -- islamic

it was announced that 100 supporters have been arrested in the occupied west bank. hamas, which controls the gaza strip, called them politically motivated. >> there will be consequences for these errors but it will not weaken hamas. we have the authority for this crackdown and to free our prisoners. >> there has not been a security crock yawn on crackdown since 2007 that had sparked years of division between the factions two fattah mostly confined to the west bank and hamas in control of gaza. differences were. aside just over a year ago in the formation of the national consensus government. a government by which most accounts has ban failure because it has not been able to make any major decisions. >> the call for arrests tend to old the consensus government, which includes the fattah party and many believe that the thebackdown is politically motivated. >> they say that it is especially painful during the holy move of ramadan. >> last ramadan he was anvil prison. this ramadan he is in a palestinian jail. so hard when a fellow countryman puts chains on your son's hands. >

but none of less i think it presents a real headache for the israeli government and hamas too. ng on the first anniversary of the start of the war in 2013 and at a time when hamas as israel appeared to be entering a period of genuine calm. there's also the potential for increased racial tensions. last month protests turned violent charges were developed against an officer who had been film beating a citizen. but for the moment the mood is calm. whether it stays calm depends on how this develops in the coming days >>> from the israeli side of the border into gaza now and as our correspondent will tell us hamas is saying pretty much nothing. >> reporter: a very serious situation here in gaza but one with very few answers. al jazeera reached out to senior hamas spokesman and asked him whether hamas was holding either one or both of these israeli citizens. the answer to that was, and i quote, no comment. still in the background of all of that of course is one year since israel began its 50-day bombardment of the gaza strip, that of course has been marked here in gaza by a ceremony i

in the largest crack down of its kind in years and hamas under pressure from i.s.i.l. threatening to remove the group from power and israel accusing hamas for supporting sinai across the border this egypt and we report from rafa. >> reporter: this is the gaza strip and black smoke can be seize rising in the sky after egyptian air strikes and followed one of the biggest attacks against its forces in modern history, the sinai province claimed responsibility for coordinated results which killed civilians and military personnel. a resident of rafa on the gaza side of the border and says egypt's response to the violence was intense. >> translator: it has been terrifying for us. we heard so many explosions. our children couldn't sleep because there were so many loud blasts at night. we pray for the safety of egypt. >> reporter: less than 24 hours before the coordinated attack on the egyptian sinai israel's intelligence minister accused hamas of being affiliated with fighters operating in the egyptian sinai, an accusation that hamas denies. >> i think this is part of the israe

hamas need him for? they should return the boy and that is it. >> the government suspects they being held by hamas, the islamist group. >> we demand from the authorities or whoever is holding them in gaza to do the think we are committed to as humans. >> hamas has refused to comment. their fate races fears that that hamas will use them as bargaining chips to release prisoners. the case a reminder of the plight of the person freed in 2011 in exchange for the release of hundreds of palestinian detainees. >> 2 million people have been displaced by 18 months of four in south sudan. this comes as the country marks four years since the cleaning -- since declaring independence. one activist said his country has nothing to celebrate today. we won't be rushed, nor will we sit around the table forever. john kerry has been speaking as another deadline looms for a deal with iran. western powers and russia and china are poised to lift international sanctions on the economy in return for concrete plans to curb islamic republic's nuclear reprogram. john kerry: this is not open-ended. president obama made it clear to me last n

the israeli military responded with air strikes against hamas targets. lly denying the existence of the isil affiliated group, hamas ordered a major crackdown and arrested dozens of suspects. there are at least a few armed ultra religious, ultra conservative groups operating across gaza. most lack clear policies and leadership, but according to palestinian security analysts they are sustained, in part by former members who fled to the sinai peninsula in egypt following a hamas-lead crack down a few years ago. a view that contradict's israel's accusation that hamas supports isil members in the sinai. whatever the case the isil threat is growing in gaza earlier this week, the syrian-based leaders of isil threatens to overthrow hamas for agreeing to a truce with israel and for not being religious enough. >> translator: first we try to have dialogue. we try to convince them to move away from this eye ideology. second there is a security approach including arrests, third we use our own communications team to combat their propaganda messages. >> reporter: these

first attack against hamas by groups inside gaza, but it is the biggest. en though there were no may tallits it is being seen as a strong message and something that has hamas extremely concerned. stephanie deck kerr al jazeera, gaza. >> egypt's military said it has called dozens of what it calls terrorists inside the sinai peninsula. the military said that seven of its men were also killed in the fighting. a number of armed groups have long operated on the peninsula. >>> 11 iraqi soldiers have been killed in fighting with isil in ramadi. they're trying to take the capital of anbar province. it fell in isil hands in may. it is about 100 kilometers of baghdad. thousands have fled the fighting, many head to go baghdad, but iraq has started closing a key bridge that people use to get to the capital. imran khan went to find out more. >> on the other side of that bridge there are a number of families we don't know how many that are fleeing the violence from anbar province. the government has shot the bridge down. it is not allowing anybody to get across. now we d

and arabs and israelis don't like like the hezbollah, the hamas, the jihadis and all kinds of other peopleagain, it's a very complicated situation, and unless u.s. and iran really reach agreement particularly on the regional issues, this deal cannot be sustained. you cannot normalize a problem in the context of the relationship that is not normal >> >> thank you very much for your incite. we'll be covering this deal from all angles throughout the day here on al jazeera america. be sure toe tune in tonight at 9:00 pm eastern for an in-depth special report on the iran nuclear deal. but first coming up next we tackle iran's economy. it has been decimated by years of restrictions we'll see how citizens in iran may benefit from the deal. not just in this country but around the world. >> ...as if there were no cameras here, would be the best solution. >> this goes to the heart of the argument >> to tell you the stories that others won't cover. how big do you see this getting? getting the news from the people who are affected. >> people need to demand reform... >> we're here to provide the analys

the second person that the israelis believe to be in the hands of hamas is a bedoin and the exact circumstances of that are very unclear indeed. we are waiting for further details before we can say anything with any clarity. >> paul we know that the israelis have lifted the gag order, as you were mentioning, the gag order on reporting on manguisto's disappearance. what are they likely to do now with both men missing? >> clearly there's going to have to be questions answered. the fact that manguisto is an israeli is a particular consequence. i am in the car heading to the area right now. israelisisraelis palestinians are claiming they are treated as second class citizens here in israel because of his ethiopian heritage, so there is going to have to be i think a real exercise going on with the israeli government to try counter that kind of accusation and then of course there is the question marks as to exactly why he went, where he is now and when the exact circumstance of his disappearance to attempt to have him return to israel will be. >> paul, thank you for that update. paul brennan speaking

but this is now the mission for hamas and put all the defenses behind. >> that is small comfort. at 80 years old he's guardian of his four young grandsons after their parents were killed. he finds it difficult to worry about their futures when now their lives are so hard. >> we launched a program $700 billion to rebuild gaza. but we were forced to suspend it. there was simply a big drain on budgets at the moment. the other problems have been the israeli blockade because we're not getting enough of the basic houseing building materials that we need. and finally there is not enough cooperation between the palestinian party. gaza was always going to be a challenge. we have failed collectively the people of gaza. >> an iraqi court has sentenced 24 people to death over the murder of hundreds of shia muslims. many of the soldiers killed were fleeing form u.s. military base, now the suspects are wanted in connection with the killings. >>> video posted online is said to show the it was attack of aleppo. activists have accused government officials of using gas on monday. the attack is sai

group. >> whatever the case, hamas finds itself under pressure to deal with the growing isil threat. >> the new warnings, that aid can't be delivered to people who need it in yemen because of of the worsening security situation. >> as they run for their lives scattering, from the fighting, a child, lying in the street is carried. this is now. one part junkyard, and one part graveyard and, one of the most beautiful city says ravaged boy war. >> its people, in desperate need of help. but the aid isn't giving in. >> the constant fighting, that's happening, we have attempted more than 2 or 3 times to send big ship carrying food and fuel, but the security situation, in the port area is such, that, has forced the ships to back off and return to international waters. >> while fighters, and exchange bullets and blame medicine and nourishment are in short supplies. >> we don't know what is happening, when it comes to that and we know there are sounds of bullets and fired shots and, in the end the decision of the captain of the ship whether i

can do it's not the first attack by hamas inside gaza but it's the biggest and even though there werefatalities it has been seen as a strong message and something that has hamas extremely concerned, gaza. >>> bruce lee died 42 years ago but his legend lives on in a new exhibition in hong kong. chinese american fighter and actor commands a big following and rob mcbride takes a look. >> reporter: his statute overlooking hong kong's harbor is a big draw as legacy has from a generation ago. where his particular brand of kunfoo is practiced they look at his lightning moves. >> icon of konfoo. >> reporter: a master who learned his skill from a master who learned directly from bruce lee, it provides a living link not only with the unique fighting style lee developed but also the accompanying philosophy. >> facing life as a human being. >> reporter: jeff has grown up with that philosophy since seeing the first bruce lee movie in san francisco and he faced discrimination but lee taught him it was suddenly okay to be chinese american. >> although that period was short it was in 1973 it was like

his father was a british citizen from the hamas who was a gunrunner. er was from an old family in new york city. katty: you write that he was in danger in charleston. why is that? mr. dickey: southern fanaticism reached the peak leading into the beginning of the war. anyone who thought differently than the conventional southern was done -- that they had a right to succeed and that slavery was good, was likely to be attacked. if people had known that this consul in their midst was doing everything he could to undermine the cause of the confederacy his life would have absolutely been in danger. katty: do you think if it would not have been for robert bunch the south could have won the civil war? mr. dickey: there would've been a better chance that britain would have recognized the south early in the conflict. if that happened it would have then game over as far as the succession was concerned. in the early days, the north did not have the resources to force the south to rejoin. if the british h would have brush away the paper blockade by the north, that w

and islamic jihad. >> this is the biggest attack there's been against hamas the difference this time also, leaders of islamic jihad were targeted. it proposes a three fold challenge, politically groups targeted by it is unclear who. the politics on the ground is very complicated. also when it comes to public opinion and security, hamas, one thing they try to say is that they can maintain security in gaza. gaza is under israeli imposed siege. hamas doesn't control the borders. they have always sold this to the people that they can provide. one are asking if they can continue to do so. one man asked whether it's today car bombs tomorrow what is next, so there is that concern. having said that, life is back to normal in gaza, people having been through much more. i think really this is a challenge for hamas. there have been arrests made in this case now investigation is on going but hugely challenging for them to try and get these groups under control. >> it's five months since the ceasefire deal was signed between ukraine and russian backed separatists in the east. that's been frequent

the hamas location as right here. the 1 01 degrees at the east bay shoreline with warm temperatures. 94 lan city, 94 to 100 for los gatos and morgan hill, 1 01. >> reporter: overall the to to choose their all in the mid-90s if you want to escape this he'd get to the plan into law or san francisco >> reporter: 70's for the east bay shoreline and '60s for the coast and july for the weekend should be nice. >> reporter: for the mustang consistent ^--pretty much staying consistent >> grant: these are planets at the bottom is venus and at the top is jupiter. it looks fun but are close together. it is not rare but appears to be so close together is unusual and next sunday expect this is 2023. >> pam: plus, can kardashian come to the bay area to speak up on a controversy 0 area patrick hear from people on the all day to hear her. >> pam: the giants all love something to happen for the first time in miami mollen stadium. kerrey has the highlights and sports coming up. >> pam: kim kardashian is here to talk about all ban scam wh