andrew simmons reporting for us from gaza. and just a reminder that breaking news we have at al jazeera that egypt has announced a ceasefire in gaza starting at 2100 hours gmt, and that's according to reuters who is siting state news in egypt. egypt says it didn't carry out air strikes in libya. the u.s. has accused egypt as well as the united stated arab emirates for the attacks. the newly appointed u.n. envoy says it is not helpful. >> any kind of interference of foreign expression won't help libya to get out of the current chaos, so what is important is to support libyans who want to fight chaos, and who want to do it through a political process. >>> the founder and director of [ inaudible ] institutes, which provides analysis on libyan issues. >> it has certainly taken away the mystique of this being a proxy war. it is the first time since 2011 that a member of the international community has played a prominent role in the libyan conflict. from that respect it's a precarious new chapter we're having to open up. the renegade

andrew simmons has been listening in, and he is joining us from gaza. what do we think is different, andrew from this ceasefire that has been announced. now that we know that all factions have agreed to it from the past ceasefires. >> before i answer that doreen, let me bring you up to date. behind me the sky has been really, certainly, moved in -- in essence by the iron dome weapon the israelis used to counter rockets. at least three rockets have been fired and it has been used to intercept them. we have had a lot of military activity intensifying over tuesday, at least half a dozen palestinian deaths. there's been a lot of mortar fire across the border into israel from the mall stinian factions, at least a hundred rockets fired. there has been at least ten ceasefires so far, and there is in fact more hope here or not, it would appear there is more hope, because it would seem that this time there is an agreement to stick to the script. that there is going to be a phase process in which there's an opening of the bordering, effective a lessening of the wh

the latest death toll saturday alone from the gaza health ministry, 112 people killed. >> john vause reporting for usrom gaza city. john, thanks very much. we'll get back to you. >>> the prime minister benjamin netanyahu says any full scale military action will continue until all those tunnels from gaza into israel are destroyed. according to the leader of hamas the tunnel operation is what's standing in the way of any significant cease-fire. nic robertson is our senior international correspondent. he traveled to doha, qatar where the hamas leader meshaal lives in exile. nic joins us from abu dhabi. you had an interview and he laid out his conditions for a cease-fire. give us the upshot, nic, what did he say about stopping the fighting with israel in gaza? >> reporter: yeah, wolf, he said, look, a humanitarian cease-fire, pause, is something that's pretty easy to do. he said he was ready for that but he does have pretty tough and hard-to-reach conditions for israel to achieve for their -- for hamas to stop their rocket firing and to stop their military activities. he said absolutely hamas will stop t

from the gaza strip. we didn't want to go to gaza. >> thank you very much. >> we had no intention. >> thank you for joining us from jerusalem. >>> let's get a sense of just what it is like on the ground in gaza. we can talk to palestinian political analyst who joining us from gaza. thank you for being with us. what's it been like over the past few hours with the truce in place? are people able to have some degree of a normal life? >> well you cannot speak of normal life in gaza after four weeks of bombardment that led to killing of 1,800 palestinians and injury of 9,000 with stru structur structures, homes and infrastructure. as of this morning, palestinians went back to their homes to check on homes and neighborhoods because we have something like a quarter of a million palestinians evacuated their homes in north side of gaza, east side of gaza and east of rafah. many of those palestinians went back to their homes to check on their homes and neighborhoods. in addition, medical workers are trying to dig and recover some bodies under the rubble and bury them. gradually speaking, life will will go back to norma

joining us from gaza is mustafa barghouti. thank you very much for joining us. a quick question before we get to some substance. how difficult was it for you to get from ramallah on the west bank, where i normally speak to you, over to gaza? was it difficult to get into gaza? >> it was extremely difficult, wolf, because the israelis would not allow me to cross through areas, so a trip that would usually take two hours from ramallah to gaza -- i had to travel for a day and a half, because i had to go to jordan, and then fly from jordan to egypt and then cross sinai and then spend the night in arish and then next morning go to rafah and cross through rafah. it wasn't easy at all. i mean, there were lots of restrictions. the israeli army was bombarding the area when i crossed. so we had to take big risk to get to gaza. but finally, i managed, after long wait and i am so happy to be with the people here in gaza. >> i'm glad you got there safe and sound. i'm glad that there's a cease-fire that's in effect right now. i'm encouraged, you know, as you know, i was there f

clinics are closed. >> the head of the world health organization's suboffice in gaza i suppose us from gaza city -- joins us now from gaza city. more strains on the medical service in gaza. a hit on a u.n. school, any more information, first of all, on that particular strike and how the hospitals are coping with large numbers of dead and injured coming into it. >> we hit from health officials that ten people were killed in an attack on the facility that the host displaced from the eastern part of rafah area. this comes on already situation on hospital, and one of the main hospitals in the south of gaza was a close couple of days ago, because of being and the vicinity of bombardment. this hospital - it might be attacked. this phenomena of attacking hospitals, having hospitals closed because of this fighting has made it almost impossible for the staff to be in a safe and secure city. >> with the closing of the hospitals coming under attack, it's putting train on the hospitals that are still open. are they able to treat the people that come in, needing the services. >> it's a difficult city. i

let's talk more about the needs in gaza, with a consultant for christian aid u.k. he joins us live from gaza city. once again, gazans getting a break from the violence. what canape achieved in the -- can be achieved in the next 72 hours? >> actually, there's a ceasefire in place now, but it doesn't mean that people's life has improved. it only means that air strikes and shelling stopped. at the practical level. like hundreds of thousands of people are displaced. people have no access to water and electricity, and the health system is collapsing. crossings are closed, which, like everything, the ability of aid organizations to respond to the humanitarian crisis will - until we have a political process, and like a long-term political solution, people's lives will worsen, and the situation will be catastrophic as it is at the moment. >> now aid organizations are trying their best to scale up the humanitarian organization, to respond to the needs of people at the moment. there's little to do, because, like, as of today, like 175 facilities have been damaged. 1.4 million population have no o

andrew simmons reporting to us from gaza. s find out the reaction from west jerusalem where jackie rowland is joining us from. it appears to be a done deal for hamas. the palestinian factions even the palestinian authority in ramallah. are there any official israeli comments on this? >> none at all. the israelis have been quite tight lipped about this. they are saying at the moment it is just reports and they have no official statements to make. we have been hearing some of the details about what apparently this agreement contains. there has been quite a bit of skepticism from people in israel, particularly those two live close to the gaza strip those regions and desert areas close to the strip which have really born the brunt of the rocket fire. the council said what he had heard from the deal it sounded very similar to the agreement that was set to end the last hostilities back in 2012, and he didn't see that that kind of agreement would bring a long-lasting peace to people in his region. >> all right. jackie for the time be

our correspondent andrew simons is joining us live from gaza right now. andrew, what are we to think, israel says rockets launched in to southern israel and hamas saying they know nothing about this. >> reporter: what is clear is that these talks have gone right to the wire. we understand more than six hours of talks overnight and that included the indirect means as egyptians acting as mediators and the statement from the israeli military in the early hours of the mor morning that to rockets have been fired in to southern israel. no casualties. the rockets landed in the southern deserts. now, as i speak, there was a crunch a short time ago and i can see in the sky behind me what appears to be like an iron dome deployment there. so it's pass table there has been a rocket fired. certainly heard a crunch. there is massive uncertainty, it doesn't look good. hamas came back after that statement by the israelis accusing palestinian factions of firing rockets they said category no rockets have been fired. but the ceasefire -- that the ceasefire had not been brea

. >> joining us from gaza, just a few hours left until the end of that five-day cease-fire, and according to some sources in hamas they're saying that the israelis have rejected the egyptian proposal for a more permanent truce and putting for changes, but what are you tearing about that situation? >> reporter: well, we are hearing from our sources here within hamas something along those same lines even though they say there is still a few hours ago, and these talks are being stepped up, and they will continue to try to bring about a cease-fire, a longer cease-fire as much as they can. but as you said these are very difficult talks. they have been ongoing for quite awhile now. nothing has been reached. all of this has a huge impact on the people here. there is a different atmosphere in gaza today. people are holding their breath, they're following the news very, very closely, and they're wondering what will happen in just a few hours. so certainly a lot of anxiety in the air here. >> we understand that the latest reports put the death toll in gaza at 2016 people and 10,000 wounded. i suppo

. >> we appreciate you coming in to speak to us there from tel aviv. we'll cross to gaza city. live for us from there. nicole, what are you hearing about what happened in rafah. it's clear that this u.n. shelter has been struck. as chris was saying there, we don't know exactly why or by whom as yet. >> that's right. that's why we have to be careful before we draw conclusions on it. it's difficult to get to rafah at the moment. the area has been under heavy attack for at least two days. ambulance crews only today have been able to move around a little more freely. it's making reporting from there, quite hard as chris said, from the united nations. it seems there have been a lot of deaths, nine or 10 reported so far, as well as injuries. that's not surprising, because there are thousands of people inside all of the these u.n. shelters. we are at a u.n. shelter north of gaza last night. close to the bate lat ir area, and people there were told they could return home, that their area was safe. some went back to take a look to see if their houses were standing. they decided the area

from the areas that they've been in. in all areas expect for the extreme north military operations are continuing their. our sources inside gaza are telling us israeli tanks in other areas of gaza are start to go pull back closer and closer towards the israeli border. >> nicole, thank you for joining us. that's nicole johnston speaking to us from gaza. >>> well, a plane carrying an american aid worker infected with the ebola virus has left liberia for the united states. meanwhile, the dubai based airline emirates has suspended flights to guinea because of the outbreak. >> reporter: uniting against ebola. they're on a campaign to spread the word. a killer that has taken 700 lives in sierra leone lik, liberia and guinea this year. >> you must support the extraordinary measures. protective probing and other resources including financial resources. >> reporter: this is the largest outbreak since ebola was identified in 1976, and some medical staff treating victims have themselves become infected. two sickened aid works from liberia have been flown to atlanta for treatment. >> they've become infected through medical care, and we feel that we have

gaza will end up rebuilding their lives from scratch many more times. jane ferguson, al jazeera, gaza. >>> we are going to speak to jane ferguson, who is joining us from gazad jane filed that report. jane, you were talking about the devastation in gaza, the reconstruction material that is needed. but i would like focus on fishing for just a moment. because during the conflict israel only allowed gazan boats to sail 5 miles from the shore. and now there is a restoration of the preconflict perimeter. and they will look at an extension of more than 22 kilometers out to sea. so we'll have to wait and see if that extension will be implemented. but when you look at this, how much difference does it actually make to the livelihoods of the people in gaza? >> reporter: it makes a huge difference to the livelihoods of the fishermen,esten -- essentially they can only fish tiny fish, so this will make a huge difference for them. there are about 4,000 fishermen across gaza, however, that is a tiny fraction of the population in gaza of about 1.8 million people. they will of course benefit from more fish, but realistically when you look at the siege on gaza, the fishing

. >> oxfam's spokesperson joins us from gaza city via skype. thank you for joining us. i know that oxfam has been warning that gaza is on the brink of a major health crisis. what is the situation where you are? >> the situation in the gaza strip continues to deteriorate because of the continuous military actions that have taken place. this has an impact on basic services serving the gaza strip, including water and sanitation. many pipelines are destroyed and continue to be destroyed. this is leaving the population with health risks. sol, especially on the overcrowded schools are helping thousands of family with spoor water and sanitation services. we are still warning that the public health situation, and the health situation is on the edge of collapse if the situation conditions like this. >> poor health situation, shortage of food and safe drinking water. what kind of work are you and your colleagues having to do to help these people? >> [ inaudible ] ..clean water to those displaced in schools, hospitals and other places. we include those that fled their houses. we ar

they're speaking to us from gaza. well, as we reported, jerusalem is tense after a couple of attacks that the police are now suggesting maybe links to events in gaza. let's go to andrew simmons in whoa is live in west jerusalem. tell us more about these attacks. >> well, it was at the scene of one of these attacks. it was right beside the green line in west jerusalem, and construction working oh i, an excavator butting the bucket of this digger and turning the bus over, within minutes police responded, traffic officer open fired and after a volley of shots the driver was shot dead. his body removed and put on the side of the road, a major sweep operation that took place with security services and forces right across this area of west jerusalem. then few hours later effectively a drive-by shooting a motorcyclist with a gun, and it was an off duty soldier who was hit. he received a serious wound but it is not believed to be life-threatening. we do understand that the security forces have stepped up with potential flash p

translation: i'm calling on the residents of gaza to clear out of any area from which hamas executes terror activity, every place like this is a target. >> jane ferguson joins us from gaza. how are people responding to the warning? >> well, people are taking it extremely seriously. where i'm standing here in gaza city, behind me is the rubble of what was a 14 story building until about 7:30pm local time on saturday night. i'm joined by abu hassan, who lived in the building with his family. thank you for joining us. how did you and your family get out alive last night? >> there were three persons in the building, they called them telling them to evacuate. >> they being the israelis. >> yes. and my daughter told me, so we evacuated as we were. and 10 minutes, they shift a racket. small racket. and they called again, the israelis called again and asked people around the building to move away because they are going to destroy the whole building. this is what had happened, 10 minutes later. two minutes and the building as we see. the israelis said there was a hamas operational center operating in the building. how have yourself and other residents of the building r

gallagher fenwick joins us from gaza city. gallagher, what is the feeling on the streets there right now? are people confident that this cease-fire might succeed where the others have failed? >> yes, as a matter of fact, a few hours back we were describing the mood on the streets of gaza as one of cautious optimism or cautious enthusiasm. that has slowly turned into confidence and trust as news of the army withdrawing is circulating through the streets. it is encouraging tens of thousands of residents of gaza to make it out of the shelters in which they have been hunkered down for nearly one month. this is day 29 of operation which is definitely winding down. so many people are kind -- are coming out and putting the cease-fire to the test. the previous ones have broken down, quickly unraveled, but this right now is the longest period of relative calm that the palestinians have been able to enjoy in gaza in nearly a month. >> gallagher, you are in the north of the gaza strip today. what was the feeling there? was it the same? >

you join us from gaza. it seems when perhaps that there could be a peace, they had to do this the last time that there was an enormous amount of fighting and strife between israel and the palestinians. now it's it's back again and it seems like the very people that are trying to be helped are in the same boat. >> life in the gaza industry for many many years, you can look down here on the street. yes, you can see people going into stores. yes, you can see people going to markets. it is true that not every home in gaza has been destroyed. but in major areas, in major neighborhoods of the north and east and south of gaza, neighborhoods like that have been absolutely flattened. they have lost everything. remember there are no insurance companies that could step in after some kind of natural disaster or anything like that. there will be nobody but their own hard work to try and replace that. and bear in mind with closed borders it's going to be very difficult to get anything, any building materials in a lot of

we are looking at live picture coming to us from gaza where the cleanup in gaza continues after an israeliensive that devastated much of the strip. nearly 2,000 palestinians have died. ♪ ♪ >>> andrew simmons joins me now live from gaza. andrew, the palestinians have influenced a truce, what has happened since then? >> reporter: it went right to the wire those negotiations. right up to when the palestinians announced a five-day ceasefire, israel agreed to extend it, under what terms we are not sure. but we haven't heard from the israelis yet about their stance. then there was a really rocky start, because just after midnight, at least three rockets landed in i says reality i territory. anand the response was air strikes, bombs landing on empty, open ground. then silence, apart from the sound of drones overhead. it does appear that there is a ceasefire in place. as i say, we haven't heard from the israelis yet. but there does seem to be a much firmer situation developing now. this is the first time we have had anything beyond three days in the way of a ceasefire, however, this is the eighth

from experience just how fragile it is. al jazeera, gaza. >>> from andrew simmons now who is live in gaza for us. hearing from that report, the people realize that ceasefires in that part of the world can be very fragile indeed. but are you feeling that people are at least optimistic seeing that it's held for quite a few hours now? >> reporter: barbara, it's right to get -- hard to get the right sus sijt words here. you -- succinct word here but from bait han an, the 45 kilometers of this small gaza strip, 1.8 million people inside it, people are in a sort of surreal state. it is a dark shadow hanging over gaza. it's seen so much violence over the years, so much fraught political situations over the years. but right now, there is a sense of desperation, a sense of this is more than 72 hours, a desperate hope but one that's grounded with a sort of sense of reality, a knowledge that life is so cheap here. and that, with time, there could be more violence that happen there could be a switch of a diplomatic line, a political tactic by either side, whether it be hamas or the palestinian factions or in

. >> he joins us now live from gaza city. day after this cease five was supposedly in place, but instead gazans are again coming under fire. >> reporter: that's right. it's now exactly 24 hours since the most intense fighting of what was supposed to be a ceasefire began. and it's really in the area of rafah, which has seen some of the worst fighting. it is an area near the board wee are egypt. we understand in the last 20 hour hours alone, around 120 people have been killed. many more injured. and we also understand that fighting there continues. we also understand that in the area there is has been fighting, in an area of course where many of hamas' leaders call home. but here in gaza city, we have also seen violence, overnight there were several air strikes, we understand several buildings were targeted, including a mosque. but an hour and a half ago, when i was speaking with our colleague martin dennis, there was a loud bang while we were speaking, and i can just show you or rather we are exactly where that happened. in fa

updating us from gaza there. as you heard, everything is in medical supply, we're told that the situation is dire but the people of gaza are not giving up. >> reporter: we can stand forever because they want to kill each palestinian in gaza. but we ask this stop destructive work against palestinians who are living in gaza. of course, there are a lot of shortage, and now it is the fifth day with no electricity here in gaza. you cannot understand. we are worried about generators. >> there has been more death and destruction in gaza. we go to a heavily shelled town in gaza. >> reporter: we arrived two and a half hours after the cease-fire started. already the tank shelling had begun. most of the ambulances go in to ferry the dead and injured out but could get no further. many walk across no man's land carrying bodies on the stretchers. >> reporter: it looks like an earthquake has happened here. houses are completely destroyed. there is no organization to try to get the ambulances in and the dead and injured out. the

. >> andrew simmonds updating us from gaza city. >>> let's get more from the israeli position. nisreen el-shamayleh is in west jerusalem. what is the latest you are hearing? >> what we are hearing is from palestinian sources, because the israelis are tight-lipped about this, especially on the public level they announced that they are not participating in the talks, as long as they are coming under rocket fire and they have withdrawn. we can say that there is a proposal for a temporary 3-day truce to allow for negotiations on a long-term ceasefire. the shans do not want the -- egyptians do not want the talks to collapse or to be unsuccessful at making the ceasefire happen. palestinians are in the process of studying a response to the proposal which has been put forth. but it was frozen, because the israelis left the talks. we know that the head of the palestinian delegation in cairo is threatening to leave, to head back to ramallah for further consultations with the president mahmoud abbas if there is no progress in the coming hour. the palestinians want to pressure the israelis

martin savidge joining us from gaza city. the idf confirmed the aerial strike on the refugee camp in gaza. basically just a couple minutes after the cease-fire was supposed to go into effect. what's going on now? what's the reaction there? what are you seeing what are you hearing? >> right now, as you can see, the sun is already set. we're starting to slide into another night of darkness here. there's no power, so it's going to be pretty dark, except for those fortunate enough to maybe have a generator. there was no cease-fire today. but certainly an easing of fire. that said, there was plenty of outgoing rockets and mortars that were being fired from inside gaza in the direction of israel. and there was also a lot of artillery coming in from israel. obviously in the opposite direction. going to that strike, you mentioned, it was israel that said and declared th ed thid th humanitarian cease-fire. two minutes later is when the air strike was carried out on the refugee camp on the beach, killing one child and injuring a number

cbs news foreign correspondent clarissa ward joins us from gaza city, what is the latest down there? >> good morning, bob. since that cease fire we have heard steady stream of rockets being fired by hamas from gaza in to israel. us reas has been returning fire with airstrikes, with artillery, 16 palestinians have been killed so far. now obviously this bombardment is nothing like on the level that we've heard over the past few weeks. still has an affect. daily life here has ground to a halt. people are staying in their homes, the streets are empty there's no sense of that going to change with those diplomatic talks in cairo and stand still with hamas vowing to ratchet up their attacks. >> schieffer: what can hamas possibly hope to achieve here? >> well, bob, at this stage politically hamas cannot 'nord to walk away from latest conflict without extracting some concession from the israeli side. the people here have paid such an enormous price over the past few weeks. what is interesting is that there is widespread support here for continuing the war even among people who don't necessaril

that's why they abuse drugs. >> thanks for joining us from gaza and shedding light into what life ise and has been like over the past few weeks with the conflict against israel. for all latest news and what is happening in cairo now, negotiations are underway of course. do go to our website. we've got lots of background for you there and some analysis as well. a background on the history of the conflict too at bbc.com/gaza. >>> let's update you on business. aaron is here now. i like what you did with piggies on the market. >> russia rations. you like crackling? >> big fan of crackle. >> let me explain. thanks lucy. hello. europe's pig farmers say they'll suffer from this ban on exports from russia which you remember was imposed last week all in response to western sanctions on russia over ukraine. thousands of tons of this stuff, pork meat, pushed onto world markets. farmers fear it could lead to a slump in pork prices. jeremy howell reports from a pig storm in staffordshire in the middle of england. >> this is one of the trainer farms owned by mid land pig producers. every week it b

charles stratford is on the phone with us from gaza. what do you know about this deal? >> this has just come through tony. we have heard that a israeli dloidiplomatic force says it's e to begin 8:00 a.m. local time here in gaza. according to the source prime minister netanyahu was going to after he had been notified that all the tunnels had been destroyed here in gaza. and he also hinted that an israeli delegation is heading to cairo to try and finalize that agreement. and we'll wait and see what happens. we are how many hours away now, we are about eight hours away before that begins. and before that proposed ceasefire is supposed to pharmacist egyptiastart.egyptiag trying to push forward with further negotiations with the palestinian factions to try and meet some of their demands. and the israeli army basically stretched that if there are any violation of that agreement of that 72 hours then they will respond as they say with force. >> charles, a couple of questions. is israel now saying that its work with the tunnels is now over and its mission its objective to destro

sure, the majority of people in gaza, they need support to overcome the trauma obtained over the last seven weeks. forohammed omer, thank you being with us, reporting to us from gaza city. this is democracy now!, democracynow.org, the war and peace report. i'm amy goodman. we will be back in a minute. ♪ [music break] >> this is democracy now!, democracynow.org, the war and peace report. i'm amy goodman. the interceptor news site reveals the national security agency is secretly providing troves of data to nearly two dozen government agencies using a google-like search engine. documents from edward snowden revealed that for years the nsa has made data directly available to domestic law and was agencies like the drug enforcement administration and fbi. ,he first book has icreach contains information on both foreigners and millions of us citizens who have not accused of wrongdoing. it is designed to share more than 850 billion phone, and records, which is more than twice the number of stars in the milky way. the report comes after the intercept discovered that the u.s. military has been all employees from visiting the news site and begun blocking it on work compu

ian lee joins us from gaza city. ian, what are you learning about these reported executions?reporter: well, don, yes. like you said, at least 18 people have been executed. and actually, right now we're waiting to hear about more executions that are expected to take place in the city of rafah. when you look at these pictures of the men about to be executed, you have the hamas militants who are clad in black, their identities concealed. but you also have those who are accused of collaborating, also having their identities concealed. and that's likely that -- to protect the families of these men. also, these could be high-ranking or mid-level hamas members. and that hamas doesn't want people to know how far israeli intelligence was able to penetrate the organization. but what you do see is that these executions are very much public. it's to send a strong message to anyone who would collaborate with israel to say this is seen as treachery and during a time of war, anyone who is accused and convicted of treason will be executed. we don't know any sort of legal procedure that took

. >> andrew simmons has the latest for us from gaza city. >> on day two of the ceasefire, crowds of people are cramming into compounds like this. this is a u.n. distribution point for food, and with me right now is the world food program head of office for gaza. tell me, hoe serious is the situation? something like an earthquake has been described. >> yes, as you can see, the situation is really, really bad and serious and so many people in need. as you say, this could be easily compared to an earthquake or tsunami. we have visited the affected areas and yes, the damage to the houses and to the belongings of people is -- >> what's the scale? how many people are needing support? >> well in terms of the people, we estimate between 400,000 and 450,000 displaced people but every single family in gaza has been affected by the conflict. 40% of the territory has been directly part of the conflict and the rest of the population forced to be displaced or ask families and relatives to try to reach solidarity. >> ban ki-moon described this as an unprecedented situation, the level of damage and the le

relief and works agency join us from gaza city. do you have more information about what or who struck the u.n. school in rafah. >> [ inaudible ] beside the gait of the school, the eastern gate of the school, and the multiple - the school, it ignited the shelter, and all the information has been forwarded many times, before opening the shelter. this is - this happened at the school. >> so you are saying it was - it was an israeli air strike, you know that for sure do you. >> according to our staff also insi inside... >> have you spoken to the israelis. have you contacted and asked them what happened? >> i contacted them and we will have [ inaudible ] . they are investigating all these things. of course they have experience. we will be waiting for their investigation and what had happened. >> as i understand it the israeli army coordinated every institution in gaza, they know where every installation is, and they seem to be hit. >> the inhabitants of the school. everything, all the questions are forwarded. we don't understand what is

senior correspondent tells us from gaza city hamas is preparing for something else. >> reporter: hamasesn't need to smuggle rockets into gaza, according to a broadcast on the islamic group's tv station. militants are manufacturing new rockets right here. capable of flying 75 kilometers, or roughly 45 miles, the distance from gaza to tel aviv. the report on tv says the group has already built enough rockets to replace the ones it launched during the five-week-long war. a hamas leader said they still want a truce. >> translator: this is a opportunity to reach a deal, under one condition. that islamic sources are hiding behind them. >> reporter: the last 72-hour cease-fire was shattered at the 70th hour when rockets flew from gaza into israel. israel responded with air strikes on 17 suspected rocket launching sites. when the smoke cleared, a new five-day cease-fire was under way. a palestinian negotiator says real progress is being made on an agreement that would ease the blockade. open the borders, and extend the limits with air and sea ports to be discussed if peace holds for a month. t

gaza. joining us now from gaza, the latest on the situation, and what's the latest and what are you seeing and hearing now? >> reporter: i can confirm that five people have been killed in this latest fighting since the expiration of the ceasefire. around 30 people are injured. and just right now, i can hear the buzz of zones, and periodically the roar of israeli fighter jets as well. so intense situation on the ground here. and many people paying close attention to cairo, hoping that the palestinian negotiators can come up with some sort of agreement that will be for the israeli negotiators to go back to cairo and in their minds, hopefully sign a deal. >> there was a distinction this morning, saying that it was not hamas firing the rockets, but islamic jihad, and is that what matters to the israeli side? >> it does, the bottom line is this, israelis are indroll dealing with hamas, and not dealing with jihad and other factors here. though they know that hamas has ties to those groups, but it is important to point out that these are not hamas rockets that have been fired at israel. and that

especially when the situation is unclear. >> thank you for updating us there from gaza city. >> well, while this is not the first time that israel has attacked a u.n. school during its offensive. it is the first time that israel's main ally has spoken out against it. kimberley has more. >> reporter: aanother attack at school. this time from rafah. israel must do more. in a statement it said the suspicion that militants are operating near does not justify strikes that put at risk the lives of many innocent civilians. a spokesman called the shelling another gross violation of international law. the u.n. agency denounced the attack. there's no doubt that insufficient measures of precaution and control and protection are taken. including by the israeli defence force when engaging in gaza. >> the work is almost complete, and ground troops will be deployed. israel says it will not participate in ceasefire talks. the israeli ambassador says the priority now is to see that hamas is unable to rearm in the future. >> we don't want to see us leaving, allowing hamas to use the time to rearm thous

. >> thanks for joining us from gaza with that update. john there talking about the diplomacy taking place in cairo at the moment. all sides coming together for further negotiations to see if the cease-fire can be extendedment central to that is the united states. we have seen that interview with john kerry. let's talk more about the relationship now between the u.s. thanks for being with us. john kerry saying he wants peace. do you think america has moved to a place in which it's not just rhetoric but they are prepared to put real pressure on the israelis. >> in the last year john kerry tried to put pressure on the israelis. in his bid which failed he called it quits in april or may. trying to get a two-state solution, negotiations back on track. >> people say they feel there is pressure from america. >> -- pressure to be publically disrespectful to the secretary of state. they were obviously feeling something. i think in many ways, i would echo what john would say. if you follow the conflict from afar, the events have been terrible. the

another residential building was also struck in gaza which houses local and international media offices and that's where our correspondent jane ferguson joins us from city. and jane, describe for us what is around you. >> reporter: well, yes, this is inside gaza city here and right across the street this building has fallen down. it's called the al basha tower. it was right there. that's where it was standing and that's where it was initially hit at around 4:00 a.m. this morning. it then, of course, just fell right across the street here. this building was 14 stories high. it was essentially mostly commercial space, and offices. it's believed to have have had the offices of the popular front for the liberation of palestine, their media officers are believed to be inside here. however, the people inside this building were given warning and there was phone calls made to people inside to the security guards outside the building at night. at the minute it seems that no one was hurt or killed on this site. but as you were saying, martin, there was, of course, another building hit shortly before midnight on monday night. that was a residential building.

martin savidge is watching all of this for us from gaza city. great to see you this morning. so the ceasefire has been extended. but there's always a but in this part of the world. israel claiming hamas already violated it. talk to us about what kind of activity you've seen there, or heard reported overnight. >> hello, errol. you're right, this latest ceasefire, number 11, if you're counting, got off to a shaky start. but it seems to be holding this morning. but the people on the street are a bit tentative heading out to work or their daily business. the traffic levels not quite what we've seen on days when there was an absolute ceasefire. last night, about two hours before the old ceasefire was set to expire, israel reported one rocket that came out of gaza and struck israel. then came the announcement the additional ceasefire had been agreed to. all sides agreeing. but at midnight when the old ceasefire expired, a flurry of rockets again out of gaza headed towards israel. israel at the time said we're not willing to let that slide. so they launched retaliatory strikes appare

let's go to nicole johnston who joins us live from gaza. nicole, we heard there was a seven hour limited cease-fire is now over. what is happening there? >> reporter: well there didn't appear to be a seven-hour limited cease-fire from what we saw. people were able to return to the center, which people have not been able to do previously. there were people going in and taking a look at their damaged and destroyed houses. as you were saying in your introduction in other parts of the gaza strip there were airstrikes and shelling started up again and artillery fire. this was happening along those eastern border yet again. we heard tank shellings just as we were leaving. people got quick out out of that area, and in the northern area of gaza as well. in other information that i can update you on, more than gaza, they can return to their homes. a couple of days ago israel told people in the area nearby that they could go to their homes. but the area is still unstable for them to return. so while they get sort of one message from israel they're no

martin fletcher joins me from tel aviv and nbc's chief global correspondent bill nealy joining us from gazae was a lot of action overnight. it seems as though the cease-fire is now holding. >> yes, 20 hours in, no reports of any missiles being fired. the very last one landed about 100 yards from where i'm standing. people are being out going back to some of the devastated areas trying to recover some possessions. we've been in many areas. i've been in earthquakes in haiti and china and pakistan, and i have to tell you, some of those areas do look like an earthquake zone. so the rebuilding process will be immense. but all eyes here as i'm sure in israel are actually on cairo and on those negotiations at the moment because although the missiles aren't in the air, there is plenty of mistrust and even hatred in the air. the question is, can the two sides find some mutual interest? can they make this truce stick because the last one, of course, did not. it only lasted 72 hours. and if they do come even close to a deal, can they make the deal stick? so the challenges are absolutely immense. one o

will be speaking to jackie in west jerusalem, but first let's talk to jane ferguson who joins us live from gazaw, jane, are you seeing -- or are you witnessing israel's action now? >> reporter: we were witnessing it just about an hour and a half ago. it was about two hours ago that reports came in that three rockets had been fired from gaza into israel. very quickly afterwards about 15 to 20 minutes afterwards the israeli military responded and we saw one air strike actually incredibly close to where we were filming in the very north of the gaza strip. it was only about 500 meters from where we were filming. and ever since then we have been hearing more reports of air attacks by the israelis. so far we can confirm ten across the gaza strip. it would seem at the minute most are hitting open ground. however, the ministry of health is saying two children have been injured so far. we can't literally hear anymore air strikes where we are right now, but more reports are coming in which we are trying to confirm of air attacks. >> earlier on you said while the ceasefire was ongoing, you said that gazan

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gaza strip. all of these hospitals are suffering. the situation is quite overwhelming. >> mohammed omer, we want to thank you for being with us speaking fromgaza city, where your family is from. i want to go back to raji sourani, and the significance of the cease-fire being over, and you heard mohammed talking about the hospital being attacked. you are a human rights lawyer. israel, all of the time, in the last 24 days, they have targeted hospitals where refugees are there. as a result of this bombing, killing, and even [indiscernible] there is no safe haven. no holy thing and gaza. everything is obscene. israel is practicing, and very simple words, -- in very simple words, the rule of the jungle against civilians, the hospital, schools, electricity stations. what is in the eye of the storm in gaza, civilians and civilian targets. obviously, it is very clear, hurtser the resistance by army, they are revenged killing civilians. it is a fundamental conclusion. anyone living in gaza can feel it, see it, watch it, every hour, every day. and in rafah, all of this bombing for people of rafah happened immediately after the resistance engaged and

from gaza. just to bring you news from the united nations coming to us. a statement from the united nations urging both sides to reaffirm a commitment to gaza truce. coming to us now, the u.n. urging both sides to reaffirm commitment to gaza truce. let's get the israeli view on this. we can take you to jerusalem. i'm joined by the israeli deputy foreign minister. thank you very much for being with us deputy foreign minister. can we first talk about the ceasefire? the u.n. in the past few minutes urging both sides to try to get a truce again? can you tell us categorically from the israeli government p perspecti perspective, is the ceasefire now over? >>> yesterday was the fifth time israel accepted and respected the attempt to have a ceasefire. before there were other four initiatives by the united nations, by red cross, by egypt. all those attempts were accepted by israel. also this morning at 8:00, we stop every military -- >> is it over? >> yes. 72 hours. at 9:30 this morning, hamas attacked an israeli unit, probably killed several of its people and took

jane ferguson giving us an update from gaza. we can speak to an israeli political commentators, joining us from wet jerusalem. thank -- west jerusalem. thank you for your time. the israelis are being accused of not being serious about trying to reach a long-term solution, the process. >> yes, i think there is a lot of confusion on the israeli side, and the israeli cabinet that is due to convene soon will have to see how you - how to go on with the conflict with hamas in gaza, whether to escalate the situation, and then go on a ground attack, a deeper into gaza, or maybe trying to gather some international support by requesting the security council to make - to take the operations or to take a decision similar to the decision that was taking after the second lebanonees war, to put some international pressure on hamas, and to try and create some sort of system that will control the attacks of hamas from gaza to israel. >> what is your reading. current mood within the israeli cabinet and the security cabinet. is the israeli governme

. >> thanking you are for bringing us the latest from gaza. there are threats to leave the talks unless israeli negotiators return. for more, let's speak to nisreen el-shamayleh from west jerusalem. what is the israeli stance after the ultimatum from the gazans? > so far the israelis insist they will not return to the talks as long as they come under rocket fire. and options are on the table to deal with the rocket fire, meaning when they say rack et cetera on the table. there's a lat to the palestinians to -- threat to the palestinians to leave if the israelis don't return. there'll be a cabinet meeting on sunday, he'll meet with his bett to discuss steps on the issue, especially the talks in cairo. he's under pressure from the southern israeli communities after coming under fire, evacuating and returning to their homes. they feel that the government did not complete its mission in gaza, and you havize rail under international pressure to return. >> keeping an eye on developments, nisreen el-shamayleh, in israel today. >>> u.s. fighter jets a

start of the israeli hamas conflict, nick schifrin has put himself in harm's way to bring us the latest from gazaexplosion ] >> just two days ago he witnessed this missile hitting an open field about a thousand feet from his reporting location. but last night the danger got a little closer than usual. watch. >> here it comes. >> oh [ censor bleep ]. [ explosion ] >> nick says the strike was about 400 feet from his location. he says nobody was injured. this was the third time that particular building had been hit by israeli missiles. nick also says he has seen hamas rockets fired from that location. tonight at 11:00 pm eastern, al jazeera america will take you inside the israeli hamas conflict. tune in for that at 11:00 pm eastern time. as ebola continues to spread in west africa, the world health organization has issued a dire warning saying the outbreak is moving faster than the effort to contain it. the world health organization officials held a meeting. experts fear the death toll could climb much higher. the virus can be spread villa air travel, something that did not happen during previous o