has happened in the last 28 days is clear evidence of war crimes committed by israel. that is tantamount to crimes against humanity. palestinian foreign minister meets with officials at the international criminal court at the hague, human rights watch accuses israel of shooting civilians fleeing for safety in gaza. we will speak to executive director kenneth roth, and john dugard. then, 69 years ago today, the atomic bomb on hiroshima, japan. we will go to the hiroshima peace memorial park and speak with a survivor. war rather than the people of the united states. i hate war. war makes everyone crazy. in the war, innocent people are killed. the ultimate case, i believe, is the a-bombing. a two star general is killed in afghanistan, becoming the highest ranked person killed in afghanistan. aikins speak to matt from kabul. up.that and more, coming welcome to democracy now!, democracynow.org, the war and peace report. residents of gaza are returning to devastation on the second day of a 72-hour cease-fire. estimates of the reconstruction cost run as high as $6 billion. 10,000 hom

now. >> happening in "the newsroom" -- mideast tinderbox. >> palestinian officials are saying israel violated the cease-fire 20 minutes into it with the strike. >> that's not true. >> a question of weapons and warnings. >>> as america bankrolls the bombs -- >> it's not optics we are worried about. >> how can the united states subsidize? >> we are worried about civilian casualties regardless of what ammunition is used. >>> and ebola emergency. >> watch as brantly walks off the back of the ambulance. >> the american doctor treated in atlanta getting better this morning. >> he seems to be improved from reports we got earlier. >> as another flight leaves for africa to pick up the second american patient. >> they deserve the best medical care to try to resolve this infection. >> everything slides down and it's just this rush of, like rock and water and mud. >>> also, mudslides in california. thousands stranded, roads covered by almost 8 feet of rock. rescuers frantically digging through to find survivors. let's talk. live in the cnn "newsroom." and good morning. i'm carol costello. thank

france and the ratio of support for israel was even more one-sided than a was in the united states. the united state is still a great deal of support and around the world it is completely. i asked myself the question what it was when i brought about this dramatic change. i can't think of any case in history and a complete change of its political regime. a research subject is that jacob is a reversal in the way the outside world regarded that. and as i studied it, i thought of our learned about certain things. first, obvious things. israel's triumph in the 1967 war and felt changed many things. for one thing, israel again was never too seen as threat does it did on the eve of the war when the war would make arab armies were mobilized on his porters and the rulers were declaring quite plainly. tension to eliminate israel want and for all. israel after that seemed not so vulnerable and strong. but they're also i think more subtle processes that took place. one was the death appeared. it then. to that moment, the leading figure in the arab world was president nasser of egypt and the le

days. the question is how long will it last? israel said it's willing to extend the cease-fire agreement past 72 hours, past the friday morning cutoff. there is less indication hamas is willing to keep its finger off the trigger. there are reports hamas said unless there are significant advancements of the negotiations this week they will let rockets fly at 8:00 a.m. friday morning when the cease-fire ends at 8:00 a.m. that's tough talk to any who has seen the extensive damages in the gaza strip. there is extensive devastation, houses flattened and the death toll approaching 2,000. we visit add home right next door to the tunnel hamas used to ambush and kill three israeli soldiers last friday morning. that broke the last 72 hour peace agreement 90 minutes after it started. the family that lived in a house there said it left the home days earlier when the first rockets started flying and when they came back yesterday found their home virtually destroyed. this is what the israeli prime minister is saying is happening across gaza, innocent civilians are being used as shields and h

enticing? the mclaughlin group.com. /bsnk >>> issue two: israel and gaza. eir future. this issue addresses the legal, political, and moral dimension of israel's recent bombing and land invasion of the palestinian territory of gaza. a conflict in which 1,886 palestinians and 67 israelis were killed. an area slightly more than twice the size of washington, d.c. the heavy lifting in this piece will be done by rabbi henry siegman whose biois crossed by the tv program anytime democracy now ." >> henry seeingman, the former executive director of the american jewish congress long described as one of the nation's big three jewish organizationings along with the american jewish committee and the antidefamation league. he was born in 1930 in frankfurt, germany. three years later, the nazi's came to power. after fleeing nazi troops in belgium, his family eventually moved to the united states. his father was a leader of the european zionist movement, pushing for the creation of a jewish state n. new york, henry siegman stud -- studied and was ordained as a rabbi. he later became head of the synagogue

promised land of the triumph and tragedy of israel. you can watch them talking about the book on the website booktv.org. he spoke out another bookstore in baltimore. this is just under two hours. >> thank you for inviting me. and i want to use the time that is allotted to me. i could go on for roughly an hour. i want to use the time that is allotted to me to try to clarify exactly what is going on in this particular case. it does require a certain amount of clarity because virtually everything that's being said about the current round massacring gaza virtually everything that is being said is simply not true. saying it's not true is just a euphemism. i think it's important to have some clarity. what actually is happening and what triggered it and what is happening now in the ground and where things are headed. let me begin with the beginning mainly the context of what is happening. it's important to get the point of the departure right because we have to know what was the cause and what was the effect. it was the killing and kidnapping and the effect was the harsh reaction in the wes

. office. to your facebook news feed. it's been nearly four weeks since israel launched operation protective beds against the gaza strip more than eight hundred palestinians have been killed quoting four hundred children according to latest figures from the gazan health ministry while three civilians and sixty four soldiers have been killed on the israeli side at the time of this broadcast and on sunday as rarely as shells hit yet another un school killing ten people among the three thousand or so displaced taking refuge there this marks the third un shelter hit in the last ten days prompting the state department to issue a rare statement of condemnation against israel calling the strike quote the scrapes fall but just forty eight hours earlier congress demonstrated its united support of israel by nearly unanimously approving another two hundred twenty five million dollars for the country's iron dome missile defense system this approval despite the fact that the united nations estimates that more than the recorders the palestinians killed in the campaign have been civilians now ju

now! in the occupied territories, what israel is doing is much than apartheid. to call it apartheid is a gift to israel. what is happening there is much worse. >> as a new 72 hour cease-fire takes hold in gaza, we turn to the world-renowned dissident and linguist m.i.t. professor noam chomsky. in part two of our conversation, we talk about u.s. support for israel, the boycott divestment and sanctions movement known as bds, and the blockade of gaza. >> israeli experts have calculated in detail exactly how dozenslories, literally, need to survive. if you look at the sanctions they imposed, i mean, even john kerry condemned them bitterly. their sadistic. just enough calories to survive. >> noam chomsky for the hour. all of that and more coming up. this is democracy now!, democracynow.org, the war and peace report. i'm amy goodman. president obama warning of a lengthy bombing campaign in northern iraq as u.s. airstrikes enter a fifth day. over the weekend, u.s. warplanes and drones attack what the pentagon said were artillery positions in armored trucks along into the militant group isl

from the end of a 72-hour cease-fire between israel and hamas. but we are just now getting word, red sirens being reported in southern israel, according to the israeli defense forces, the idf, those sirens usually signal incoming rockets from gaza. let's go live to john vause, in jerusalem for us. john, what are you hearing? >> reporter: yeah, hey, brooke. well, just a short time ago, as you say, sirens were heard in dozens of communities in the southern part of israel, not far from the border with gaza. and, of course, a delicate moment, because we're coming up to the end of the cease-fire and everyone was waiting to find out exactly the outcome of the negotiations. now it seems that we do know, we're hearing from the idf that at least one rocket has been fired from gaza into southern israel. but there have been multiple sirens warning of rocketfire over the last 20 minutes or so. so brooke, this does seem to be the answer from those negotiations in cairo. at best we were hoping that maybe this 72-hour-long cease-fire may be extended for another period of time while those talks cont

nearly four weeks since israel launched operation protective badge against the gaza strip more than eight hundred palestinians have been killed today in four hundred children according to latest figures from the gazan health ministry while three civilians and sixty four soldiers have been killed on the israeli side at the time of this broadcast and on sunday as rarely as shells hit yet another un school killing ten people among the three thousand or so displaced taking refuge there as marks the third un shelter hit in the last ten days prompting the state department to issue a rare statement of condemnation against israel calling the strike quote the scrapes fall but just forty eight hours earlier congress demonstrated its united support of israel by nearly unanimously approving another two hundred twenty five million dollars for the country's iron dome missile defense system. this approval despite the fact that the united nations estimates that more than the recorders of the palestinians killed in the campaign have been civilians now just in the last couple hours we're getting hear

middle east and a potential game changer unfolding as we speak. a cease-fire between israel and hamas lasts only an hour and a half. the violence threatens to surge to a whole new level. dozens of people were killed when massive israeli air strike pulverized this area. israel shattered the truce just 90 minutes after the cease-fire. israel says hamas broke it earlier. a suicide bomber emerged from a tunnel and detonated among israeli troops. as you can see from these plumes of smoke from gaza, israel is retaliating with ferocious air strikes. >> reporter: there's a price to pay for abducting an israeli soldier as well and they are going to pay a very heavy price. i suspect has -- >> you ain't seen nothing yet. >> ominous words. cnn is employing its vast soornses the world. tell us more, wolf. >> it's clear that that cease-fire is obviously no longer in business. the escalation of the warfare is continuing. it's moving very rapidly even as we speak right now. we're told at least 16 or 17 hamas rockets have already been launched into israel. israeli operations are now moving full speed

and israel conventional weaponry versus palestinyards armed well i hope stant image reand the only palestinian in gaza working for an israeli newspaper, the "new york times" and the tortured logic behind a change in its editorial policy and pyongyang, the rebrand. our web video of the week. when a news story as big, as devices over gaza erupts, the war is fought on the ground and through the media in the battle for hearts, minds, and political support. on july the 8th, when israel began launching strikes alongside that military offensive came the customarily slick pr campaign, selling the idea of a country under existential threat with the right to defend itself with attacks by a hammats government that uses civilians as human shields. many accuse international outlets of buying into media myths supplied by israel's propaganda machine instead of holding things up to scrutiny. for their part, proceed israelis have talked to a displaced david and goliath. under reporting hamas's missile launches aimed at civilians. mainstream news outlets are having their versions of the story challe

between two very prominent jewish boyce's with very different perspectives on the israel palestine conflict without further ado let's break the sad. look please take at least very hard to take that lightly oh. well you better act with the earthquake there are those. who. play. play. play. play play. play. it's been over three weeks since the start of operation protective that the latest military offensive launched by israel against the gaza strip to date the bombing campaign and subsequent invasion has resulted in the deaths of one thousand four hundred thirty two palestinians the vast majority of which are civilians including three hundred twenty seven children and one hundred sixty six women according to the gaza health ministry on the israeli side as many as fifty six i.d.f. soldiers and the reason billions of also been killed according to reuters the situation on the ground is changing by the minute and these numbers reflect only the latest at the time of this broadcast as the casualties continue to mount and a series of proposed cease fires have failed there seems to be no end

international criticism for rearming israel with grenades and mortar rounds. >> i am reminding the united states it is a party to the national humans bill. the united states, amnestyicizes internationas the obama administration to halt arm transfers to israel amid growing evidence of what the group calls war crimes in gaza. then the cia admits sed on senate staffers investigating tn programs. all that and more, com. welcome to democcy now, democracynow.org, the war and peace report. i'm amy goodman. more t palestinians have been killed in the gaza city of following the collapse of a u.s and un-bkeceefire. reuters reports israeli tanks opened fire in the southern 72-hour ceasefire began.the israel is claiming ham fst broke the ceasefire by firing rockets at israeli forces. the israeli military has launched a major effort to captured near rafah.y fear was the palestinian death toll from is now reached at least 1,460, overwhelmingly civilian. the toll surpasses the number of palestinians killed during israel'opn cast lead nearly sears ago. iaeli soldiers have been killed, in addition

siegenthaler in new york. no truce. a ceasefire falls apart after israel says hamas captured one of their soldiers. american support. congress approves millions more for israel's military. >>> ebola. two americans head for the united states for treatment. >>> and the immigration crisis, no deal. and this, the godfather of soul on the big screen. a look back at the contributions of the real james brown. tonight, there was supposed to be a ceasefire. a break in the fighting between israel and hamas. but the humanitarian truce only lasted 90 minutes. both sides blamed the other. hamas said once the ceasefire started, israel moved its forces into civilian areas. but hamas killed two and took two others captive. we bring our coverage with nicole johnston. >> the al kasam brigade, the military wing of hamas has released a statement saying they don't know where the soldier is or anything about it. they did say however they had a mission which included a suicide bomber operating near rafah, after that team accomplished whatever it set out to do was hit by an israeli air strike. so if that t

very contentious issue, israel and palestine. surprised it is only a contentious issue in the united states, not even among the population. it is contentious because the u.s. government and the israeli government are blocking a very important consensus, which is almost universal in support. it has been on the table for about 30 years. 1900 palestinians are dead, close to 10,000 wounded. half a million are displaced grid 64 is merely -- 64 israeli soldiers are dead. first, an update on the humanitarian crisis in gaza. >> many tens of thousands of people, in the facilities right now, probably do not have homes to go back to. those lucky enough to have homes to go back to may have those that are no longer on the water or electricity system. those have been badly damaged. >> all that and more is coming out. ♪ welcome to democracy now. democracynow.org, the war and peace report. i'm amy goodman. the 72 hour cease-fire has entered its final 24 hours. no detail has been reached at this broadcast. palestinian officials are in egypt, but they have not held face-to-face negotiations o

america." a humanitarian cease-fire in gaza quickly collapses, but israel and hamas are blaming each other for breaking the truce. an israeli soldier has been captured by palestinian militants as fighting resumed. president obama called for him to be set free. >> if they are serious about trying to resolve the situation, that soldier needs to be unconditionally released as soon as possible. >> and victims of 40 general motors ignition switches can now file a claim for compensation. we talked to the man controlling the funds. welcome to our viewers on public television in america and also around the globe. israel tonight has warned of using crushing force in gaza after the collapse of a humanitarian cease-fire just hours after it began. both sides are blaming each other for the collapse, and an israeli soldier was reportedly captured by palestinian the fighting resumed. more on the search for him in a moment, but we start with the -- we start in gaza city. >> there has been little to cheer in almost a month, but today, gaza woke to news of a cease-fire. and theyfell silent, cautiously

-israel protests block washington, israel continues to bomb gaza this saturday night with artillery strikes aimed at destroying the hamas network of tunnels. even as word comes from jerusalem that the israeli soldier thought captured is dead. tonight we are live in gaza. >>> and as graphic images of more dead and injured palestinian women and children serve sometimes ugly, anti-semitic reactions, the son of hamas leader says that reaction is exactly what the terror group wants. >> hamas does not care for the lives of palestinians. don't think for a second, please, that hamas cares for the children's blood. they want the children of gaza to die. >> tonight as israel announces plans to scale down military operations once the mission is accomplished, i'll ask my panel whether even once the tunnels are destroyed this is still mission impossible. >> we will continue acting according to the security need and only according to the security needs of israel until we have the target of bringing security back to our citizens of israel. >>> up front tonight, prime minister benjamin netanyahu ma

the end of the israeli/hamas cease-fire. israel claims hamas fired several rockets minutes before the truce was over. the spokesman joins us live in moments. plus -- >> one iraqi in the area cried to the world "there is no one coming to help." well, today america is coming to help. >> u.s. president barack obama gives the go ahead to drop humanitarian aid to tens of thousands of people being driven from their homes and starved to death by isis militants and he's opened the door for possible air strikes. >>> we are now more than an hour past the cease-fire and israel's military says at least five rockets have been fired into southern israel. one was intercepted over ashkelon. the others landed in open areas causing no reported damage or casualties. we are waiting to see if israel will respond to that rocket fire and we may get some answers from our israeli government spokesman who joins me now live from jerusalem. thank you so much for talking with us, sir. and, of course as we just reported, this barrage of rockets that are coming in from gaza into southern israel at this point, i

side and bullets flying in the streets, israel blaming terrorists for a deadly day in jerusalem as the war on the gaza border spills over. >>> another cease-fire, that's short on the whole ceasing to fire thing. palestinians accusing israel of breaking their own truce was an attack that killed another innocent child rile while palestinian mortars and rockets cause them to take cover. >>> he called his wife to say good-bye. then an american hon received a dose of an experimental drug to treat the ebola virus saw the symptoms almost disappear. did a secret serum just stop an incurable illness and a miserable way to die. hello, we're live from jerusalem where there is some breaking news after one temporary cease-fire fell apart today, egypt is now proposing another three-day truce. ellise labott joins from us the state department. what are you hearing about this proposed 72-hour cease-fire. >> jake, i just spoke to a very senior egyptian official telling me egypt has proposed another humanitarian cease-fire for 22 hours to go into effect sometime tomorrow morning. we're talking about a fu

ceasefire. ♪ hamas and israel reached a more long-term agreement mediated in egypt, hello, i'm barbara and you are watching the al jazeera news hour live from london and also coming newspaper the next 60 minutes, ukraine accuses russia of sending paratroopers across the border as the president of the two countries meet. taking flight, members of iraq's shia are air-lifted from a town besieged by islamic state fighters plus. >> i'm in new york city and the leading u.s. ballet company is trying to attract african/american and minority groups to an art form traditionally done by white dancers. ♪ we start this news hour in gaza where a long-term ceasefire is now underway. the truce started just over two hours ago. the deal brokered by egypt end 50 days of heavy fighting that left 2000 people dead and they said the agreement would involve opening crossings between gaza and israel and allow in humanitarian aid and materials for rebuilding. gaza's fishing zone will be extended from 3-6 miles. and the israeli and palestinian delegations will continue in direct negotiations in cairo.

the conflict in gaza may be coming to 0 an end, this after israel launched dozens of new air strikes. 6 the view license escalating after the alleged kidnapping of an israeli soldier. we're now hearing that israel is pulling some of its forces back toward the border. our john huddy is there reporting live. john, is there any truth to these reports we're hearing so far? >> reporter: yeah, that's what we're hearing, kelly. we're also hearing that israeli military officials have been telling people in central sections and northern gaza that they can start going back to 0 their homes and neighborhoods as we're also hearing ground troops are starting to pull back. now, prime minister benjamin netanyahu is expected to speak any moment. you'll be joined by israel's defense minister as well. we're waiting to see what comes out of that. but it could be a significant development in the now more than three weeks of fighting of operation protective edge. i can tell you this. we are have not seen any heavy mobilize 0ation of troops today. no acceleration of the fighting. there's been some outgoin

make peace? also, israel says it is up its operation to destroy hamas tunnels. has israel won the military war but lost the public relations and political battle around the world? you may be surprised at who is siding with the palestinians and why. >> and jake, our other big story is the ebola scare in new york city. you are looking live at mt. sinai hospital where a patient is being tested tonight for ebowl. a the virus has killed hundreds of people and there is no cure. why one doctor says, this is not a question of if the outbreak will come to america but when. let's begin with the countdown to cease-fire. >> reporter: thanks so much. both sides have agreed to just a minute's proposal for this latest cease-fire which is set to take effect in less than three hours. we all know how the last one worked out. joining me now, cnn's martin savidge in gaza. and here with me in jerusalem, a journalist and anchor for i-24 news. let me start with you, marty. in a few hours, people here will wake to another cease fire. is there any practical reason to think that this one will hold? >> repo

for israel f president obama. >>> plus, your government at work, not working. the most do-nothing congress ever heads for vacation. tempers flare on the house floor. will anything get done on the country's most pressing problems? >> from nbc news in washington, this is "meet the press" with david gregory. >> let's show you a live shot of emory university hospital in atlanta where kent brantley, walked into the hospital of his own accord with the assistance of another medical worker. he arrived on a specifically equipped plane after contracting the deadly disease while working in liberia. president obama weighed in on friday saying the u.s. is taking the outbreak of the disease, quote, very seriously. our chief medical editor dr. nancy snyderman has the very latest on the crisis and how the u.s. government plans to respond. good morning. >> good morning. the cdc is now issuing an order for 50 people, disease detectives if you will to be deployed to west africa to try to start to get this epidemic, this outbreak of ebola under control. but in the meantime, they were also at the epic

together with the state of israel in an effort to try to address ways to find a sustainable ceasefire. >> that lull in the fighting comes hours after israeli prime minister binyamin netanyahu called up 16,000 reservists, and ruled out participating in a ceasefire preventing israel destroying hamas's vast network of tunnels. >>. >> translation: i do not agree to a proposal that does not allow the israeli defense to not complete the programme. >> hamas's military spokesperson said there can be no truce unless the 8-year occupation ned. more than 1400 palestinians have been kill, 8,000 wounded in the 24 days since fighting began. on the israeli side, 56 soldiers, three civilians and 1400 have been wounded. the pentagon urged israel to do more to protect civilians. the white house said there was little doubt israeli artillery was the source of an indefensible strike that killed 16 people at a united nations school in gaza on wednesday. >> it is clear that we need our allies in israel to do more to live up to the high standards they have set for themselves. >> the truce coming af

aside from the deadly market bombing in israel has also carried out a number of strikes on residential areas medical centers and a u.n. building housing dozens of refugees shelter white house spokesperson urns called the attack on the u.n. shelter quote totally unacceptable and totally indefensible but not everyone in the administration shares that sentiment see despite a call by the international community for an investigation into gaza war crimes at the u.n. human rights council america was the only nation to vote against the resolution i've also just learned that all parties have just agreed to a seventy two hour cease fire now given the amount of coverage i've given appropriate of standing of voices on the show i think it's important to also present the zion. perspective and that's why today i'm featuring a debate between morton klein president of the zionist organization of america and max blumenthal journalist and author of the lie of life the most and in greater israel now given the time difference between here and jerusalem this interview had to be pre-taped so to m

the increasingly bloody conflict between israel and hamas. benjamin netanyahu vowing only a little while ago that hamas will pay an intolerable price if it keeps firing rockets into israel. israel is accusing palestinian militants of seizing an israeli soldier. the fate of that soldier identified by the israel defense forces as second lieutenant godin remains unclear. just a little while ago the world watched as netanyahu lashed out at hamas calling the group murderous terrorists. >> translator: many in the world understand what is hamas. the organization which together with qatar promised the american secretary of state, mr. kerry and the secretary-general of the u.n. ban ki-moon cease-fire and actually deceivd both of them terrorism does not have borders. today it threatens israel. tomorrow it will threaten your countries. i would like to stress once more we have nothing against the peaceful citizens of gaza. we are very sorry for every and each citizen who was hurt or killed during this operation. we encourage the international organizations, international system, to help and su

gaza strep. >> there is no occupation of gaza. >> many in israel deny there's a siege and argue they have to protect their borders. plus. >> i'm andrew simmons in the ruins of gaza and i will be reporting on the human damage of this conflict. the trauma of children. >> israel says from the very beginning it was only going to target hamas military targets. khan eunist i yunis in the soutt road is still being built. >> there's no plan to secure a longer period of calm. a month on from the start of this latest israeli offensive, palestinians have no idea when or how they will be able to rebuild their lives. resuming rocket attack from 0500 on friday if its demands are not met. it wants a permanent lifting of the blockade. mediators are discussing a diplomatic solution from indirect talks in egypt. israel's media reports the government has offered to extend the ceasefire for another 72 hours. this is the human cost of the violence. 64 israeli soldiers and 3 civilians including a thai national have been killed since the fighting started a month ago. 1886 palestinians have been killed

overseas. the brutal fight between israel and hamas. no end in sight as president obama defends the effort of secretary of state john kerry. >> should be a bunch of complaints, second-guessing of, well, it hasn't happened yet, nitpicking before he's had a chance to complete his efforts. >> the question this morning, is there any hope of a negotiated solution to the crisis? i will ask diplomats from opposing sides of this conflict coming up next. >>> "meet the press " is brough coming up next. >>> "meet the press " is brough to you by bo [ male announcer ] it's one of the most amazing things we build and it doesn't even fly. we build it in classrooms and exhibit halls, mentoring tomorrow's innovators. we build it raising roofs, preserving habitats and serving america's veterans. every day, thousands of boeing volunteers help make their communities the best they can be. building something better for all of us. ♪ >>> we're back with a discussion about the war in the middle east. the conflict between hamas and gaza, cease-fire efforts so far unsuccessful, can a solution be found any t

died as a criminal act as israel steps up its air attacks while redeploying ground troops along the border. german newspaper claims israel's been bugging the u.s. secretary of state's phone while he mediated peace talks with the palestinian. russian checkpoints come under fire from the ukrainian side just as you see in security observers were monitoring the crossing the same attack also reportedly hit a family home. and the international probe into the lazy in plane crashes how to put by combat in the area where graphic seeing show how troops tighten the noose on antigovernment strongholds. very good evening this is art international money kevin oh it's eight pm here in moscow this is the weekly our roundup of the big stories of the last seven days and first while making headlines right now there's been a fresh attack on another u.n. school in gaza this time at least ten people have died the victims were queuing for food at the gates at the time u.n. secretary general ban ki moon called it a moral outrage and criminal act the i.d.f. it earlier signaled that it was winding down its o

. >>> we're going the begin tonight with breaking news in the war between israel and gaza. a ceasefire set to take effect just two hours from now. it is a 72-hour humanitarian ceasefire to allow aid to reach civilians in gaza caught up in the fighting. israelis and palestinians will head to cairo to try and reach a more lasting deal. this current agreement also shows how fragile this piece will be with the united states, that ground forces will remain in place. we have all the angles covered for you tonight. martin savidge in jerusalem. john vause is in gaza city. michelle kosinski has late reaction from the white house this evening. and elise labott has the latest, all the details from the state department for us. we'll begin with john vause in gaza. john, we're still seeing explosions throughout the night in gaza after the agreement was announced. now the ceasefire just two hours away. how do things look at the moment? >> well, don, we have heard that constant barrage of artillery coming, mostly from the eastern part of gaza city. there has also been the sound of automatic

forces. also said importantly here to point out that israel must do more to meet its own standards and avoid civilian casualties. >> now, the israeli defense forces say they targeted three militants riding on a motorcycle in the vicinity of a school. meanwhile, hamas keeps firing rockets from gaza into israel. the idf says scores of rockets were launched today at israeli positions, putting israeli lives at risk there, as well. we're joined now by our own matthew chance, senior international correspondent in jerusalem. so, matthew, you look at the words today from the u.s., appalling, disgraceful, talking about this strike against the u.n. school from the u.n. they call it a moral outrage and a criminal act. it's a pretty remarkable turn from friday when those sorts of words were being used to describe the hamas attack on israeli soldiers, which at the time, they thought led to a capture actually. that soldier was killed. i wonder how israel is dealing with this criticism today. >> well, first of all, jim, they have denied they targeted this shelter in the southern gaza strip saying

. israel dropping leaflets from the sky in gaza that warn the battle is ongoing against hamas. >>> also, a lot of questions about ebola ever since an american doctor returned to the u.s. with the virus. the leading expert in the u.s. medical response to the virus will join us to help us separate fact from fiction. >>> so far there's no real panic but people are very concerned. >> toxic water in toledo. 400,000 people in ohio there are scrambling to find drinkable water. the city is under a state of emergency. we'll have the latest on their situation. also, some call it a seeing eye ring. m.i.t. calls it a finger reader. it helps the visually impaired read, and it is today's "big idea." good afternoon to you all, folks. i'm t.j. holmes in today for mr. craig melvin. we'll begin with those new developments in the middle east. the u.n. secretary-general and the u.s. state department both condemning an attack in gaza today that killed ten palestinian civilians and wounded dozens outside a u.n. school. witnesses say the air strike landed outside the entrance of that school where th

background checks for potential gunfire. james brady was 73. [applause] in recent days israel has been attacked in compelled to take action to defend itself from attacks from gaza this is the third time in six years once again voices have been raised you criticize the military operations to demonize israel? of self-defense that would be a no-brainer for any other country in the world this is a sad and tragic time the special for the more than 1.7 million palestinians who have been taken hostage by her boss with the efforts to abeyance the radical agenda of. we are fortunate to have with us today joshua muravchik whose book "making david into goliath" how the world turned against israel" seems relevant to current events. he has written hundreds of articles in intellectual journals with foreign policy and political and ideological topics the author of nine previous books including heaven on earth the rise and fall of socialism and trailblazers the voices of democracy of the middle east caribbean fellow at the foreign policy institute at johns hopkins school and of indians to studies infi

ground in israel. we're in tel aviv tonight and four days after heavy violence between israel and hamas, benjamin netanyahu addressed reporters yesterday to not only express deep regret for every civilian casualty but also to defend his country's response to the hamas terror attacks. i sat down for a one-on-one interview with the minister. let's take a look. >> mr. prime minister, great to see you again. >> good to see you, sean. welcome to israel. >> it's been a rough five weeks for you. >> for everybody. >> everyone. >> every interview that you have given and yesterday in your press conference you challenged the world to put themselves in israel's position. what would you do if your country were attacked by 3500 rockets? what would you do if tunnels of terrorists were built to attack your citizens? i want you to expand on that. >> well, i think we're in a terrible conflict with a terrible enemy and we regret -- i personally regret and the people of israel regret every civilian casualty that we have. israel does not target civilians. it targets the terrorists. but here's what the terro

fire in israel and gaza continues with ""ac 360"". >>> good evening, thanks for joining us. we're live tonight now and at 10:00 eastern time. the ebola outbreak, doctors get ready to receive two critically ill americans affected. the first time anyone with ebola will be in the united states and in the middle east where it is 3:00 a.m., three weeks into the bloody war between israel and hamas. secretary kerry say the two sides have agreed to a humanitarian truce taking effected in a few hours. >> israel and the palestinian factions have agreed that they are now prepared to implement a 72 hour unconditional humanitarian seize fire. starting later this morning at 8:00, august 1st, the parties are expected to seize all offensive military activities. and neither side will advance beyond its current locations. >> that seize fire is supposed to take place some five hours from now, 8:00 a.m. local time. forces on the ground will stay in place as secretary kerry said and from the sirens we've been hearing since word of the agreement came, it appears no one is seizing fire just yet. that is

significant turn for the worse. mere are some of the latest developments right now. israel says its forces were attacked just 90 minutes after the truce with hamas took effect. says two israeli soldiers were killed. one israeli soldier was captured. after a suicide bomber detonated explosives outside a tunnel, the soldiers were destroying. israel says the attack happened in the southern gaza town near rafah. a massive search operation for the captured soldier now under way. secretary of state kerry condemning it, calling it an outrageous violation of the cease-fire that he and the u.n. secretary-general ban ki-moon announced the night before. hamas denies it has the missing israeli soldier. and it insists it was israel that violated the 72-hour truce by launching a deadly attack on neighborhoods in rafah. gaza health officials say israeli shelling has killed at least 40 people and injured 250 on this day. that was supposed to be a cease-fire. right now, it's unclear who violated the cease-fire. you hear one version from the israelis. a very different version from hamas officials. cn

the cease-fire between israel and hamas has been in effect. so far, appears to be holding. the challenge now is to turn it into a long-term deal. israel says it has pulled its ground troops from gaza during the 72-hour humanitarian cease-fire. the israeli military says troops are in defensive positions outside gaza, all in israel. the truce gives people a chance to do everyday activities like buying food, stocking up on supplies. officials hope it will lead to negotiations to result in a more lasting peace. egypt, under the new president abdel as fazel sissi, brokered agreement. telling cnn, i'm quoting, we're waiting on the israelis to show up. both israel and hamas are keeping a wary eye on one another, even with the cease-fire in place. hamas fired a barrage of rockets. israel launched air strikes just before the truce went into effect. one rocket fired from gaza apparently landed in the west bank, but there were no reports of injuries. we're going to continue to watch what's going on. we'll check in with jake tapper. he he's in jerusalem. that will be coming up shortly here