Youre in the situation room. Were following the two major breaking news stories. The fierce fighting between israel and hamas is gaza and the soaring death toll. Also the downing of Malaysia Airlines flight 17. A train carrying the remains of hundreds of passengers is celled to arrive this hour in the ukrainian city of car keav. From there theyll it be flown to amsterdam. United Nations Security Council has just unanimously approved a resolution demanding International Access to the crash site and prorussian rebels have agreed to hand over the planes black boxes to malaysian investigators in eastern ukraine. Were covering all the breaking news with correspondents in israel, in gaza, in ukraine and washington and beyond. Jim accost ta begins our coverage with more on the dual crises confronting president obama. Jim, whats the latest . Thats right, wolf. Today president obama ramped up the rhetoric on Vladimir Putin call ong moscow to get a handle on the prorussian rebels at the crash site in ukraine but at the point where we stand right now, it is not at all apparent that the russians are listening. In his most forceful comments since the crash of flight 17, president obama accused prorussian rebels of engaging in a coverup. As investigators approached they fired their weapons into the air. The separatists are removing evidence from the crash site. All of which begs the question, what exactly are they trying to hide. The burd the president said is now on russia. Russia and president putin in particular has direct responsibility to the compel them to cooperate with the investigation. That is the least that they can do. Russian officials are sticking by their own version of events just today saying their records show a ukrainian warplane might have been flying near flight 17 when it crashed. Translator no one should have the right use this tragedy to achieve selfish political objectives. Such events should not divide but unite people. The west which is starting to form a united front isnt buying it. We must do what is necessary to stand up to russia and put an end to the conflict in ukraine before any more innocent lives are lost. The white house says the president will keep up the pressure on putin even as hes traveling out west this week for a series of fundraisers recent risking more criticism from republicans. That hes not fully engaged. If it becomes clear theres a need for him to come back to the white house in order to fulfill the functions, well make a change in his schedule. Its not apparently that thats the case. But the president has another searing crisis to deal with. The Israeli Military operationings in gaza. The severity of that mission seemingly questioned by secretary of state john kerry in a hot mic moment. Its a hell of a pinpoint operation. Still, mr. Obama seemed to back that up noting his own worries about the blood shed. We have serious concerns about the rising number of palestinian civilian deaths and the loss of israeli lives. And the white house is now calling for what it calls greater steps to reduce civilian casualties. As for rush, the Administration Says its running out of patience. I walked out of a briefing here at the white house. They were issuing some very tough talk aimed at russia. At one point one official said the russians are doing themselves grave harm with these absurd statements referring back to russian explanations as to why flight 17 came out of the sky. Wolf in. Jim accost ta at the white house. Thank you. The president certainly has per saysive new evidence to back up his harsher tone about russias role in the disaster. Barbara starr has new information. Wolf, right now, one of the key Unanswered Questions is this. Were there russian personnel there when the plane was shot down . Could they have possibly launched the attack themselveses . U. S. Intelligence community looking for any evidence that might have been the case. They dont know the answer yet but the dossier on moscow is being assembled. The u. S. Intelligence on Malaysia Airlines flight 17 now pointing to russian involvement. We know that russia has armed them with military equipment and weapons, including antiaircraft weapons. Key separatist leaders are russian citizens. They certainly have blood on their hands at the very least. The u. S. Dossier to problem it, are assembled by military and intelligence analysts scouring data from spy satellites, radars and phone intercepts. It began when unknown to the world, russian rebels secretly moved a heavy arsenal of weapons into place. Weapons that would lead to the shootdown accord cooing to u. S. Intelligence. There was a convoy several weeks ago about 150 vehicles with armed personnel carrier, multiple rocket launchers, thanks, artillery, all of which crossed over from russia into the eastern part of ukraine and was turned over to the separatists. Within minutes of flight 167 dropping off radar, the u. S. Suspects a shootdown. Experts narrowed in on two pieces of critical intelligence. First, a surfacetoair Missile System had been activated in a separate controlled area in eastern ukraine. A moment later, a u. S. Satellite captured the heat signature of a midair explosion. We detected a launch from that area and our trajectory shows that it went to the aircraft. The conclusion . A russiansupplied buk or sa11 surfacetoair missile launcher shot down the flight. The evidence . U. S. Verified telephone intercepts concluded the separatists had an sa11 system as early as monday, july 14th. And further evidence of a russian connectioning . U. S. Intelligence has now identified a facility just across the border inside russia where rebel fighters have been trained on surfacetoair Missile Systems. So is there any chance it could have been a missile launcher owned by ukraine . The United States says no. Ukraine has a similar system, but none were in that area at the time. Wolf . Very incriminating evidence indeed. Barbara, thank you at the pentagon. Were awaiting a potentially Huge Development in the crash investigation. Cnns phil black joins us from the eastern ukrainian city where prorussian forces are expected to hand over the malaysian airliners black botches. Whats the very latest there, phil. Well, wolf, we are still waiting. Weve been invited to the headquarters of the so called the next peoples republic. The headquarters of the prorussian rebels. We were invited to witness the handover of those voice and data recorders from the rebels to malaysian officials who traveled here and who negotiated this handover. It was supposed to happen two hours ago. There is a crowded room full of frustrated journalists waiting to see this. It still has not happened. The expectation is it will happen tonight at some stage because that is what the malaysian Prime Minister has announced, wolf. And its both black boxes, right . The flight data recorder, the cockpit voice recorder, both black boxes as theyre called. Is that right. Thats what we believe yes which it interesting because only yesterday the leadership of the of rebels were saying we have technical items that might be the black boxes but were not sure. It seems they and the malaysians that negotiate the transfer believe very strongly theyre about to get those voice and data recorders. And phil, tell us about the train carrying the bodies that have finally been recovered. Whats the latest with that . Its heading north out of this region that is controlled by the rebels and thats really significant because thats what theyve been trying to negotiate for some days now. Its heading north to the northeast city close to the russian under the control of the Ukrainian Government. From there theyre going to be loaded on to military aircroft and thrown to the netherlands. Thats where that important work of analyzing, cross referencing dna samples and ultimate lit identifying and returning the remains to families will take place, wolf. Phil black on the scene for us. Let us know when that handover of the black boxes takes place. Were following more breaking news. Well go live to gaza where the fighting is escalating and the death toll climb. Plus, my interview with the israeli officer. This is a situation room special report. [announcer] word is getting out. Purina dog chow light healthy is a deliciously tender and crunchy kibble blend. With 20 fewer calories than purina dog chow. 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Wolf, weve checked with hamas officials here in gaza this evening who referred us to i a position paper they put out earlier saying they are not ready at this point to the accept anything along the lines of the egyptian mediation, the egyptian cease fire offered a few days ago. They say they welcome an egyptian role in trying to mediate some sort of cessation of hostilities, but nothing from them at this point. Beat do note that mahmoud abbas, the palestinian president in ramallah is in contact with qatari and egyptian officials and, of course, secretary kerry is on his way to cairo, but here in gaza, not a lot of upbeat talk about any possibility of the fighting coming to an end in the immediate future. Wolf in. Yeah, ive chicagoed with my sources in the Prime Ministers office here in jerusalem. And theyre suggesting that these reports may be very, very premature as well. The Israeli Military operation clearly continuing. And on the ground where are you in gaza, ben, there seems to be no end in sight at least right now. Right . No, and at this very moment, outside our window, it is quiet. However, there have been a series of strikes in gaza city this evening on a building just a few hundred meters up the street from us where 11 people were killed, mo are more than 40 people wounded. Weve seen fairly intense bombardment in the northern and southern parts of the neighborhood. So no real letup. Death toll well over 550 at this point. About 3,500 wounded. So talk of peace may be encouraging some people to hope for a change. But the reality outside is quite the opposite. Wolf in. Yeah. And israeli, the Israel Defense forces announced today there there are seven Israeli Soldiers were killed today bringing the number of Israeli Soldiers killed to 25. Ben, thanks very much. Lets bring in cnn political analyst josh rogin, a Senior National security correspondent for the daily beast. Josh,ings youre reporting for the daily beast that the u. N. Relief and, would agency gave what, be 20 rockets they found in one of their u. N. Schools in gaza over to hamas. The u. N. Denying it saying they were given to some bomb disposal experts. So tell viewers what precisely youre hearing. A quick clarification. John kerry has arrived in egypt and meeting with the secretarygeneral of the u. N. Ban kimoon. As for the situation with the u. N. Agency in gaza, they announced last wednesday that they found 20 rockets that i learned that they gave them over to the local bomb squad run by the local police. Theres a dispute. U. N. Says the local Police Report to palestinian authorities in ramallah. The Israeli Government privately but not publicly is telling everybody that they actually report directly to hamas. Theres a good chance that those rockets are back into circulation and could be fired against israel. The significance of course, is that these civilian areas and International Organization buildings inside gaza are alleged to be places where hamas is storing and firing weapons from. On the other hand, there home run also plays where Palestinian Civilians are seeking relief and hope and pray that they are safe from the israeli bombardment of gaza. Josh rogin, with that report, josh, thanks very much. You bet. Israels minister of intelligence, thanks very much for joining us. Lets talk about the current situation. Its an ugly situation. Youve said and correct me if im wrong, youve said israel will take whatever is necessary to bring that security to israel including the possibility of retaking all of gaza. What does that mean . Nobodys enthusiastic. Actually we didnt have any interest in this round of violence. It started two weeks ago out of the hamas begins barrages of rockets into our territory. One week ago, there was an egyptian call for a ceasefire. Hamas rejected and continued to launch rockets in our cities. We have the right and duty to the defend ourselves. Including reoccupying the gaza strip . You know what that means . I hope we will be able to avoid it. But if hamas will force us. If they will continue to launch rockets against tel aviv and jerusalem day after day, night after night, in the end, we have no choice. Let me remind you that gaza was supposed to be completely demilitarized. That we pull out of gaza, there were clear palestinian commitment by mahmoud abbas, abu mazen, there will be no rockets, no once israel is out of gaza. There was also agreement signed on the white house lawn, clear palestinian commitment that of gaza will remain forever demilitarized. Youre not ruling that out the reoccupation of gaza. Talk about another threat from the north. Hezbollah threat in i thinking to come to hamass support and start firing rockets into israel into the north. Is that a credible threat . I hope not. We are following very carefully. Hezbollah is now heavily involved in the civil war in syria with many casualties. You know, we in israel, this is a little democracys attempt to the survive in the middle of the most difficult problematic neighborhood on face of earth, we are prepared for everything and if needed to defend ourself also in the north and to strike back there. The death readiness is very strong and clear. The idf, Israel Defense forces would be ready for a twofront war if necessary . Its happened in the past. I hope it wont happen now. We hope sooner or later to end this round of violence in gaza. But we will defend ourself come what may. How much of hamas and its rockets, missiles, its military is funded or directly supplied by iran . A lot. Most of the missiles. Not all but most of the rockets that are 2,000 can the ros just to remind nut last two weeks that were launched from gaza into israel in our cities and towns are iranian made rockets. Some are produced in gaza itself. So far we managed to deliver very heavy blow to hamas military infrastructure, to the rockets, to the rockets industry and to the between gaza and israel but hamas is still there. Israeli soldiers already have been killed. Its a very heavy price. Many israelis families and many were injured. I visited today some off the soldiers. Are they stronger than you thought, hamas and their ieds . Theyve been preparing for this potential assault by israel for a long time . No we were very aware. Since weise withdraw from gaza, instead we pull out from gaza. It was extremely painful. Nine years ago we uprooted all the jewish settlements in gaza and pull out. We hope to promote peace and coexistence. Instead in gaza, hamas establish a terror army violating all the demilitarization commitments. Now we have to fight back. People have to bear this in mind. The core of the problem is not they are launching missiles. Why do they have thousands of missiles in the first place when according to the oslo agreement it was supposed to remain totally demilitarized. The Israeli Intelligence community thought they had about 10,000. Theyve used 2,000 already. Israel says apparently its destroyed another 3,000. Do they still have 5,000 in their arsenal . I think this is what we estimate that approximately we destroyeded about 50 . Theyre left with 50 or less of the rockets. And also we destroyed maybe about 50 more of the tunnels. So this is a very heavy blow to the military infrastructure but they still have the capacity to launch rockets as you saw today. Theres a report that the United Nations operation unra in gaza found about 20 of these rockets. Instead of destroying them they gave them to a Police Forces in gaza. Do you know anything about that . Ing. Yeah, they reported also to us. Who reported it to you. The u. N. What did they say. We saw the pictures. Its very clear you see many missiles in a classroom. But this is not the only case. You know what is so ugly about this war is not only the that hamas people this is a terrorist organization by the way basic ideology like al qaeda or isis in iraq. But theyre not only eager to hit and to kill israeli civilians, they are eager also to increase the number of Palestinian Civ