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It's crucial to learn as much about these rare cats as fast as possible to save them from local extinction, conservationists say.

The key now is to get that data to the authorities as quickly as possible, get the specialists on hand and download the information. >> reporter: perhaps of more concern is the integrity of the crash site itself. in a war zone, maintaining a crime scene is not always the first priority. >> anytime you have an uncontrolled accident site, parts vanish. it's just the way it is. we don't want that to happen here. >> reporter: a ten-mile debris path, with clues, answers, and the victims that carry them, now all guarded by hostiles. perhaps, even the people who shot them down. i'm jim avila, in wash...

At 33,000 feet from amsterdam to kuala lumpur was shot down by a sophisticated missile. >> not an accident. blown out of the sky. >> reporter: officials say they're still unsure who launched the missile and from where. governments around the world are calling for justice. >> this looks less like an accident than a crime. >> reporter: russia and pro-russian rebels who have been in a growing battle with ukraine, deny any involvement. but ukrainian officials claim they have evidence. two intercepted phone calls, including this one, in which a separatist at the scene reportedly tells russian milit...

Israeli military says its ground forces are targeting militant tunnels there and rocket firing operations. and this morning, hamas says israel will pay a heavy price. abc's alex marquardt is in gaza city. >> reporter: overnight israeli forces fired flares into the skies above gaza as they pummeled the strip with artillery. all that before prime minister benjamin netanyahu said he was escalating this ten-day conflict by sending ground forces into gaza. the goal, he says, to take out the extensive network of underground tunnels that lead from gaza into israel. that has been built by hamas, and u...

Iranian flight in 1988 over the persian gulf. abc's jonathan karl has more on the high cost of global conflicts. civilians who pay with their lives. >> reporter: if confirmed, it's not the first time a commercial airliner has been caught in the crossfire of a conflict, killing hundreds of innocent civilians. and it's not the first time the white house has had to deal with the consequences. >> looks like it may be a terrible tragedy. >> reporter: on july 3rd, 1988, a missile fired from a u.s. navy ship brought down an iranian airliner as it flew over the persian gulf. the u.s. had been exchangi...