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ALJAZAM News July 29, 2014

Reach the mh17 crash flight. And could this create a new wave of tourism in haiti . There are indications on both sides in gaza that 24 hour humanitarian truce could be agreed. There is readiness to stop the fighting, but where israel stands right now is unclear. Well have more on that in a moment. First lets update you on the gaza strip. Its continued unabated. Ten people have been killed in strikes. The largest Refugee Center in gaza, we hea. The gaza strip is in flames after being targeted by israeli shells. Reporter this is as bad as it gets for gazas Electricity Supply. The power station up in smoke. No one had seen anything like this before. Its been burning out of control for hours. Too dangerous to send crews in to put it out. There has been shelling around this power station for days, now its taken another direct hit. Trying to repair this could take months. All the plants fuel is burning. We have been targeted several times over the past several days. They say the shelling is by mistake. I dont know, this has been repeated several times. Reporter al jazeera also visited the power plant a few days ago. Then one of its four generators had been hit, and the main office. Even still the workers showed up to try to keep the place running, but they were nervous. Its death. This is dangerous. What can we do . This is our work. Reporter there had been no electricity since israelis ground offensive started. Talking about the situation. There is no water, no descension. Reporter they rely on a generator for all the electricity. But the cost of running it is so expensive they cant use freezers. Only one fridge. After destroying the power plan in gaza we suffered a lot in electricity. And we use generators for eight to ten hours a day. Reporter now it will get much worse for the rest of gaza. With the electricity plant down people will be lucky to get a few hours of power every few days. Nicole johnston, al jazeera, gaza. We have more on the situation on the ground in gaza. Whats its been like in the course of this latest escalati escalation . Reporter well, its been very unpredictable, very chaotic and very deadly. The death toll here in gaza has exceeded over 100, and it really just gives a strong indication of just how hard the Israeli Forces have been bombarding this tiny coastal strip. The sunset over gaza just around an hour ago. As soon as darkness fell over gaza, we can hear the constant thud of shelling from naval ships, which are just off the coast. Probably about two or three kilometers from where im standing right now. Im not sure you can hear but you can probably hear the buzz of drones which tend to fly all night over gaza. And so when you consider the fact that the sun has set. The city is in pitchdarkness because there is no electricity, and the bombardment continues. So again, a very dire situation here. The Electricity Supply is strained. We know shells hit gazas power plant, a number of people were wounded, killed i should say, but what does this mean in terms of future supply, future power shortages at a time when you have hospitals and medical workers going into overdrive trying to take care of people. The overdrive is a very good word to describe it. Hospitals are very stretched and really the only way they have electricity is relying on generators and very expensive fuel. Thats a luxury that mostg gazaens dont have. We have to remember that before the bombardment began three weeks ago this was an area already suffering from a severe power crisis. Most people only had electricity for around eight hours a day. When israel started bombarding this area that went down to oh, oh four hours of electricity a day. As we heard from my colleagues, nicole johnstons report, the shelling of the power station here most people will be lucky to get two showers of electricity every 48 hours. This is not a problem because theyre in the dark for most of the evening. They arent able to power ceiling fans during the hot day or run refrigerators to keep their food from spoiling. This is a problem from the water point of view. Gaza has a very severe water shortage problem. Most people rely on ground water. The only way to get access through ground water is through pumps and wells. With no electricity that means basically people are also out of water as well. Really underscoring how bad the situation is here in gaza, and how much worse it will get. The palestinian organizatio Liberation Organization said it would be willing to consider one. Reporter after consulting with our brother in hamas, it was announced in the name of factions our readiness to stop the fighting and agree on 24 hours humanitarian ceasefire in gaza. There is an u. N. Proposal to make it a 72hour ceasefire. Were positively considering that proposal as well. Well, leaders from the palestinian Liberation Organization, the plo, have been meeting i meet in ramallah to discuss the truce. What are your expectations from this meeting . Reporter well, weve had developments we have heard that hamas is very upset and wanted to wait for israels response before the announcement of the ceasefire was announced, and that the plo has said also believe now that israel does not want the ceasefire and ive heard this through officials in egypt. The source is also telling us that egypt has told the plo not to come to cairo with a planned delegation until both sides are willing to sit down at the table and talk in cairo, Major Development there is. But we were hearing that negotiations were still going on, and there was a move towards a ceasefire and the ceasefire proposal from the plo on jihad and hamas is being considered. Its still unclear at this moment, but the Israeli Security cabinet is meeting on wednesday, no doubt well hear more after that. As reporting, gaza continues to deteriorate. Were joined from gaza. We were discussing with a correspondent on the ground the situation surrounding the strike on the power station. Of course this pose as problem for ordinary residents. We know that hospitals and a few other places run on generators, but ordinary residents are already facing power shortages, and the other problem will be access to water because they rely on water from the ground and they retrieve that with the power pump. Reporter its a massive problem. The secretary general said very recently everything seems to become a target in gaza. Hes not accusing israel. Hes stating a fact. There is nowhere safe including public utilities. The impact of the past station strike is people getting four hours of electricity a day. Imagine that in your home in the 21st century. It that will be reduced further. 95 of water in gaza is undrinkable. 200,000 people in our shelters with plans for 35,000. Weve reached breaking point, frankly. We are completely overwhelmed. The time has come for the warring parties, particularly the state of israel, the warring parties to honor their obligation under International Law, and to take up their responsibilities for the hundreds of thousand who is have been displaced. Its not just that 200,000 were displaced with us, many more will be with relatives, and on top of that israel is distributing leaflets and Text Messages saying another 200,000 to leave. Well have a situation where tens possibly 100,000 people in the streets of gaza nowhere to go. No electricity. No water, no food, no blankets, and no safety because they arent save any way. It is soon be breaking point for the humanitarian community does this mean we have reached breaking point. The parties who have obligations under International Law they need to start fulfilling their responsibility to these hundreds of thousand was displace the people. We cant go on like this. You said there is no way for gazaens to go. Its a tightly packed strip of humanity, and israel argues that hamas is using civilians as human shields. Are you worried about your safety. Of course, weve heard a fifth staff member has been killed. We have shed a lot of tears because of these terrible statistics. Our staff are being killedthere are reports that two more may have been killed, and its intolerable. Humanhumanitarian workers are spying such a my price. Its got to stop. Can you shed more light . There is another example of the flagrant violations of the neutrality of i ca installations. We found them in an area that was quite unstable. We took our staff out. Therthey were too unstable. We notified all the relevant parties. Weve done what weve done with these other cache of rockets before. We hope to get experts to do an assessment and then died what typethen decide what type of action should be taken. More for you on the al jazeera news hour. We have reports from the kurdish regions where theyre fighting off fighters from the Islamic State group. And the wife of the ow owner of the Los Angeles Clippers will sell the team. There are new sanctions against russia. The e. U. Will target a further eight people and four businesses. Those names will be announced on wednesday. The e. U. Started imposing sanctions on russia in march. Phase one was cutting off talks with moscow and borrowing. The e. U. Moved to stage two with travel bans and asset freezes. So far 87 people and 20 organizations have been hit by these sanctions. Now phase three will limit russian access. We have been following the talks in brussels. Reporter ambassadors have been in locked in talks throughout the course of the day. Theyve been putting in sanctions aim specifically at targeting russians. For the time being no public oral statement is being made but a written statement was made following the end of these talks. E. U. Ambassadors say that specifically russias Financial Markets together with that could be used in Russias Energy sector, along with military supplies to russia will be targeted as part of a new round of tough sanctions around the country. These sanctions come following the maiming listing of several individuals and several organizations who face the likes of asset freezes and traffic bans. The feeling here in the e. U. Is that those sanctions didnt go far enough, and what were seeing coming out of this meeting ins the toughest sanctions yet in the handling of the ukraine. Made worse by the downing of flight mh17 in which so many citizens were killed. In ukraine overnight shelling has left 23 people dead. 21 people including some children were killed by shelling in a city which is being besieged by government forces. In the rebel stronghold of donetsk several shells hit an argumen apartment. Reporter the war has destroyed her home and is tearing apart her family. They are split by conflicting holy spiri stories. Other residential areas are pounded by artillery. This man was killed by shrapnel. They say theyre naming separatists for the violence. The shelling is continuing. Civilians are dying. We have information that militants not only gather people but use children as human shields. They completely control the situation and dont allow citizens to leave cities. What happened here shows you just how close the fighting is getting to the center of donetsk. Its still not clear who is responsible for the shelling here, but clearly they are getting caught up with the conflict. Reporter there is also fighting close to the crash site. For the third day in a row investigators have not been able to reach the wreckage. The site has been protected. Al jazeera, donetsk, eastern ukraine. An inquiry by the european kwan has foun union has found compelling evidence that body parts have been sold. This is our reports. Reporter the mass graves held the bodies but how many died of an horrific trade and body parts. Civilians were retained and killed so body parts will be taken and told. I can say at this point there are compelling implications that a small number of individuals were killed for the purpose of extracting and trafficking their organs. A handful of individuals were subjected to this crime. Reporter more than 3,000 people disappeared during the conflict which began in februa february 1998 and ended in june the following year. The claim was that the organs were sold on what have of the kla, kosovo liberation army. They say indictments have been prepared against senior political figures. War crimes did happen. You mention the word indications. There were strong indications. He didnt say proof, but i dont want to comment on that. Lets wait for the indictment to see what it actually means. Reporter a number of properties suspected of being used to carry out the operation. They still insist that this house had no part to play in organ removals. Reporter we did he manned and continue to demand more compensation because this isnt justice. It was International Investigators into our house and threw us out. We had to sleep in snow. We want them to come back again. Reporter those who lost family members the news is unlikely to bring much peace. But they will keep searching for answers. And for justice. Al jazeera. The former u. N. War crimes prosecutors who wrote about the kosovo allegation in 2008. She spoke to us earlier and we askedder why this inquiry had taken so long . We initially opened this investigation but we were not able to continue with the investigation because there was a problem of jurisdiction, because some of the acts were after the war. Some of the acts were acts were now, in china attack where dozens of people were killed. It happened on monday, but the news only merged on tuesday. The gang ran through a town then targeted a Police Station where the officer killed several of them. They have seen increasing violence lately and blame it on separatist who is want an independent state. One of china assumes oh politicians until his retirement in 2012. State media say he faces state allegations we have more from beijing. They say he is beingel investigated for party discipline. If found convicted hell become the most senior party. His trial will be an explosive one. Several businessmen in this country owe their success to his success. Now others believe that another applicatio politician was involved in a plot that would have prevented president ping from becoming president. Rival militias step down to fight a raging fire. The worlds most expensive teenager is told he is not fit enough. Details in sport. Israels invasion of gaza continues tonight. We have been hearing a lot of tank shelling coming from where we are, here. 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More than 100 palestinians have been killed on tuesday and some of israels most intense shelling, 1,191 palestinians have now been killed since the 22day conflict began. 53 Israeli Soldiers and three civilians have also been killed. Meanwhile efforts are continuing to broke arrest shortterm ceasefire. Israel and hamas may be moving closer to a humanitarian truce. Fighting in ukraine has killed 73 civilians, pro russian separatests are threatening to ban investigators from malaysi the crash site of the malaysian flight mh mh17. This is fully protecting israels rights. Fully protecting israels interests, and Prime Minister netanyahu said to me can you get a peace fire for this period of time. If it werent for his commitment to it, obviously the president of the United States and i would not be making this effort. I either take this at face value or someone is playing a different game here. Lets get more from washington, d. C. Interesting words from john kerry, patty, what else did he have to say . What more do we know . Reporter well, its gotten even more interesting after he said that about taking it at face value because we heard reports coming out of israel from the Prime Ministers office saying that netanyahu never asked secretary kerry to get involved in trying to broke arrest ceasefire. Then just within the past hour weve had the state department briefing. It was interesting. Jen sacky, the state departments spokeswoman was asked did Prime Minister netanyahu ask secretary of state john kerry to get involved. She tried not to answe answer but then admitted it was the u. N. The driving force. What is l happen next . Reporter another interesting thing from secretary kerry, he said its up to the parties. Indicating that the u. S. Isnt going to take any additional steps. Heres what we know. The u. S. Is still calling for a ceasefire. But at the same time secretary kerry said he wants a ceasefire that still allows israel to target the tunnels in gaza. Not clear how that would be a ceasefire

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