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CNNW CNN Newsroom July 23, 2014

Weve seen the violence over the past few days, the past week. Another day of diplomacy in store for the middle east. There is still no sign of israel or hamas budging. The death toll keeps rising. Officials in gaza count 635 palestinians killed. More than 4,000 wounded. 29 Israeli Soldiers and two civilians have died. Also, this development. Getting to and from israel is now much more difficult. This comes after the federal Aviation Administration banned all u. S. Flights from ben gurian airport in tel aviv. Other European Airlines followed suit as well. A hamas rocket landed near the airport, destroying a house. The faa will revisit the flight ban later today. Cnns Martin Savidge is standing by live from jerusalem. So, martin, this ban remains in effect for up to 24 hours now. The u. S. Says it is a security measure. But israel is pushing back. What are they saying . Reporter well, israels very angry, because they believe in a lot of ways this is just a reward to terrorism. They say that hamas deliberately has targeted the airport. Theyve made several attempts in the past to strike near the airport. And that as a result of the actions that have now been named by the u. S. Carriers and some of the European Airlines, the punishment seems to be upon israel. Israel says, look, were the victims here, were not the ones that have carried this out. Another thing that should be pointed out is the Economic Impact. But theres the Public Relations impact here. And thats really you know, israel would say there have been over 2,000 rockets that have been fired from gaza, into israel. And yet it seems the world is only concerned about one, and that is the one that struck yesterday near the airport. Israel maintains its iron dome, the Missile Defense program worked very effectively, and continues to protect the airport. The reason that that one missile got through is it was not going to hit the airport. Thats the explanation israelis give. They believe this is an overreaction on the part of the airlines. And they also know that, of course, its not happening in a vacuum. This is in part a response to mh17, a plane shot down by a missile. But they say, dont punish israel for that. Obviously there is some International Concern about hamas capabilities. Its not just the u. S. Suspending flights, but you also have the worlds leading airlines also following suit. So is israel facing a more sophisticated and better trained hamas fighters . Not when it comes to what is being launched at the airport. If you Start Talking about israel maintains it is running into as far as operations there on the ground in gaza, yes, there have been some statements that have been made by soldiers that this is a much more effective hamas, that they are running up against. It appears to be better trained and using better tactics than theyve run into in the past. When it comes to targeting International Airlines or any kind of aircraft, they dont believe these rockets are in any way as sophisticated as the ones launched against the Malaysian Airliner here. They would say, look, if youre going to start stopping airplanes landing in areas where there are conflicts, there are a lot of places in the world airplanes will not be flying if that measure is used. We saw the former new york city mayor to demonstrate in his words that this is a safe flight. And there he is there, about an hour and 15 minutes ago, leaving jfk airport. Martin savidge, thank you for the live report from jerusalem. Thanks. Now, to the International Push for are diplomatic solution. U. S. Secretary of state john kerry says talks with egyptian and arab League Officials in cairo on tuesday were constructive. Hamas rejected an egyptian brokered ceasefire last week. So the goal remains to stop the fighting, and establish a dialogue. A Palestinian Authority chief negotiator spoke with cnn with his views on the talks. I think that it is to work out a balance between a ceasefire that will be accepted. I can tell you at this minute that we are close or far away. All im saying, its the most serious efforts that we have seen in the last 15 days being exerted now, with the focus on secretary kerry. I think hes now holding all the lines. But i hope that these talks will culminate in reaching the balance between the ceasefire and beginning the negotiations. The grind of war is nothing new to the palestinians. There are those unable or unwilling to flee this latest fighting. And for them, everyday life has been punctuated by hunger, violence and anger as well. Ben wedeman talks to some of the People Living in the battle zone. Reporter two weeks into war and gaza carries on. A nearby blast, and life goes on. The landscape changes daily. Several floors of this Apartment Building collapsed after an israeli air strike monday night killing at least 11. This building, which around 200 people once called home, was hit monday afternoon. No deaths or injuries because someone got a phone call. Gazans take the long view. Every generation has seen war, and war is going back 66 years. A stones throw away from the scene of some of the most intense bombardment and street fighting, this man remembers all those wars, and at 75, hes had enough. Its better to die than live in this big prison, he tells me. This is no life. The fighting thats been going on now for four days, most of the civilians have left. Probably its just fighters left inside. A few still venture in to retrieve their possessions. While across the road, small tasks distract from big worries. Were sticking it out at home, says this man. Where else can we go . So they stay struggling with mounting difficulties and dwindling patience. Theres no electricity, it just comes on for two hours. The food in the fridge is spoiled. Theres no water. And the kids are terrified because when it comes time to break the fast, the socalled Israeli Defense force starts bombing us. And a new generation sees yet another war. Ben wedeman, cnn, gaza city. Now, since mh17 was blown out of the sky, weve been hearing a lot about whos responsible from both ukraine and from russia. Coming up next, ukraines top spy makes a surprising allegation about just how senior the person is who fired that fateful shot. And heavy winds and rain batter taiwan. Well talk to a storm chaser live at the scene later in the program. Stay with us. Narrator these are the skater kid whoa narrator that got torture tested by teenagers and cried out for help. From the surprised designers. Who came to the rescue with a brilliant fix male designer i love it narrator which created thousands of new customers for the tennis shoes that got torture tested by teenagers. 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Were talking about the train which has finally delivered more than 200 bodies from the crash site to a factory in kharkiv. The bodies are expected to be loaded on to two Dutch Military planes and flown to the netherlands. The finger pointing continues. U. S. Officials say they believe separatists did in fact fire on the jet. Likely without knowing it was a civilian airliner. The planes socalled black boxes are heading to a lab in britain. Investigators there will try to find clues to what brought down the flight. British examiners will be working on behalf of the malaysian government who received the boxes on monday. Convincing the rebels to turn them over was a delicate undertaking. Were joined live now from kuala lumpur, malaysia, with more on this. When you consider what the airline has done through the past few months, the previous one and this one, its quite stunning. They now have handed the black boxes over. They are willing to take a back seat and let the experts do their thing. Yeah, absolutely,errol. The technology doesnt exist here in ku allah bum purr for investigators to actually open up the black boxes and analyze the data inside. Whats key here and whats being celebrated thats probably not the right word here whats acknowledged as the real accomplishment here is it was turned over by the reblgs. And that same Malaysian Team with a lot of work behind the scenes, negotiating phone calls with the Prime Minister, and the rebel leaders. That also led to the return of these bodies. The bodies being placed on a train and eventually beginning what this local newspaper here calls the journey home. The long journey home that you talked about as well, erroll. Even in their language, talking about who might possibly be at fault here, at least domestically here in malaysia, the Prime Minister getting a lot of credit from his supporters and opponents for the way hes handled this so far and helping to negotiate that deal over the weekend, that quiet behindthescenes deal that has now resulted in the black boxes being analyzed and all of those people on that plane, or at least some of them, those who have been recovered, beginning the long journey home. Theres a stark contrast between that view of the government and officials, and the view of them just a few months ago when mh370 initially went missing. This is a National Carrier experiencing really unheard of disasters. How are they handling everything . And how is it changing the way malaysians look at the National Carrier . Well, its no secret,er rroll, even before flight 317, some reports say the airline is losing more than 1 million a day. So theres the financial difficulties. Then theres the reality that there is this perception among people, whether or not its founded in fact or not, there is a perception that exists around the world that Malaysia Airlines may be unsafe, considering the tragedy of flight 370, and then just months later the tragedy of flight 17. Questions about the Airlines Flight plans, even though other airlines flew similar routes over ukraine. Nonetheless, Malaysian Airline officials are saying that they remain committed to staying afloat, to staying the National Carrier, and so they believe theyre going to weather this storm somehow. But a very, very difficult time for the airline, for the people of this country who have suffered yet another devastating loss. Indeed. Will ripley live for us in kuala lumpur. Thanks, will. As claimed and counterclaims fly back and forth between ukraine and russia on the attack of the Malaysian Airliner, a top ukrainian official is making a surprising claim. The chief told her downing of mh17 was no accident. Who operated the missile launcher who did this, killing 298 passengers and crew aboard Malaysia Airlines flight 17. Based on their own intelligence, theres no question in the mind of ukraines spy chief. You believe that was a hurn . Absolutely. A russian trained a russian trained, well educated officer. Who pushed the button. Who pushed the button. Not just a prorussian rebel, but a russian officer. He said an officer would be the only one who would have the training to operate the missile. He walked us through his evidence. He says this image shows a truck with a blue stripe carrying the missiles. Known as the buk m1 the day of the plane crash, hours after flight 17 was shot out of the sky intelligence images he says is the same truck crossing the border, one missile missing. To cover up the crime. Exactly. Russian said the images are fake. More disputed evidence, you can hear the panic in these cell phone conversations purportedly between the rebels. He said his agency has more recorded calls that he cant share yet, calls made three to four minutes before the plane was downed. If they possess this kind of military weapon, like buk m1 automatic missile launcher, the plane is not a military plane, its a big target coming with constant speed, constant direction. They should analyze and they shu view that it was a passenger plane. A civilian plane with hundreds of people aboard. Underscoring the horror of the crash. Nayda wanted us to see this video obtained by his agency. Some victims are burned beyond recognition amid the debris. Most of ukraines video is too gruesome to show you. When you hear the russians say that they didnt do it, whats your Immediate Reaction . Its a lie. Its a total constant lie. And propaganda. Propaganda is also what the russians and rebels accuse the ukrainions from and blame the ukrainions for the loss of the plane. Russian president Vladimir Putin said he will exert pressure on prorussian rebels. There are calls for us to influence a militant, says putin. We will do everything in our power. Ukraine says it is still investigating this, and has more evidence, and as it verifies that evidence, it will be made public to the International Community. Cnn, kiev, ukraine. Now, also in kiev, members of parliament were voting tuesday on increasing the number of troops currently battling prorussian rebels. And then this happened. Take a look. The man at the lectern is an mp from the donetsk region, and hes been seen at separatist rallies. There he accused the government of killing its own people. As you see, a nationalist mp ran up to him, followed by many other nationalists. You can see there some chaos ensuing. Not exactly unheard of either. This kind of physical altercation has happened in ukraines parliament before. But certainly the current tensions and crisis adding to feelings of frustration there right now. Obviously a very tense time as we can see. Well, one week on from the devastation of typhoon ranmasssun, china deals with even more extreme weather. Well bring you a live report from taiwan that was hit by typhoon matmo overnight. Wind and heavy rain hit chinas southeast coast, makes its way up from taiwan. Heres the latest information we have for you. Thousands of tourists have been evacuated from taiwanese islands tuesday. Now flash floods and landslides are the major concern. Were going to bring in storm chaser James Reynolds on the phone with us from eastern taiwan. James, good to connect with you. Its mid dai wednesday there now. This storm hit in the morning. What kind of damage did the daylight reveal . Reporter hi, erroll. Ive been making my way up the east coast area of taiwan. And its really just a getting a sense of what the extent of the flooding is. The rivers are really very high. We encountered road blocks, bill boulders blocking the roads. Its really a case of the water being the big issue here, causing a lot of disruption. Weve also seen downed trees, and damage to property. Even a car which was flipped over by the strong winds. It shows what a punch this storm had on taiwan. Even though the storm is moving on, its still allowing a lot of rainfall to come down. Talk to me about the topography there. I understand its quite mountainous and mudslides and landslides now a major concern. Reporter yeah, absolutely, erroll. Taiwan is a small island. You have huge mountains going up over 3,000 meters. You get the combination of the strong powerful typhoon dumping the rain on these deep mountainsides, flash floods, landslides are the greatest risk. Taiwan has a deadly history, only in 2009 where 500 people were killed by a similar typhoon. Obviously, were hoping that this one is moving through faster than in the past. So we wont be looking at those sorts of devastation. We appreciate the fact that youre there, youre able to give us this immediate report. But you do chase storms for a living, what some might describe as crazy. How, though, does what youre seeing now compare to some of the other major typhoons that youve seen hit this year . Reporter well, you know, its been a very busy start to the years typhoon season. This is the first typhoon ive personally filmed in three weeks, which is really kind of unprecedented for being so early. Again, this wasnt a particularly strong storm on the category level. It was a lowend category 2. If it had been in the atlantic. But these storms, as you can see from these shots, they pack a punch. And they are not to be underestimated, especially in a place like taiwan where you have the flash floods and mudslides. Please do stay safe. Well connect with you over the next few hours and get the updates on the conditions there. Thats storms chaser James Reynolds in eastern taiwan. Very serious situation. A lot of rain coming down. Although typhoon matmo is moving away at the moment, you have the severe winds and blinding rain impacting the region. Mainland china is now in the direct path of the storm. Our meteorologist is tracking the storms. How long are these conditions going to last . Gosh, weve seen the 12 consecutive hours, guys, of torrential rainfall across taiwan. I see another six to eight hours left before china gets the brunt of this storm system. Right now, still beginning to push in toward the taiwan strait. But taiwan, about 90 of the island nation seeing heavy rainfall even at this hour. The storm has cleared the island. You take a look, i want to share with you this image. This picture was

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