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here are the top stories on cnn right now. >> residents are gaza city are reeling after an open barrage of israeli air strikes. this was a strike on hamas run al axa radio. >> international investigators say they'll try again today to

reach the crash site of malaysia flight 17. investigators are sick and tired of the delays. >> liberia has shot down most of its borders in an effort to stop a deadly outbreak of ebola from spreading. more than 200 people have been infected including two u.s. aide workers. >> the escalation in gaza comes after a week of failed cease-fire talks and a warning from the israeli before that this will be a long conflict. wolf blitzer has all the details from gaza. >> reporter: families in anguish. israel and hamas trading blame for strikes in a hospital and a

refugee camp in gaza. >> how many palestinians need to lose their lives for this government to understand that killing more palestinians is not going to contribute to a resolution. >> we did not target the hospital. >> new deaths on the israeli side as well. soldiers killed in a mortar attack near the gaza border. with the death toll climbing, the united nations held an emergency meeting forea cease-fire. >> in the name of humanity, the violence must stop. >> the soundses of battle echoing again on both sides of the gaza border after a brief cease-fire. hamas launching new roks et attacks and israel resuming air and ground strikes. this is priority number one for the israel defense forces. finding and destroying dozens of hamas tunnels, underground escape hatches from gaza used to

infiltrate israel and launch attacks. i went to the front line near the gaza border to see one of those tunnels. israeli forces have uncovered more than 30 tunnels in this area. all right, let's go in. this tunnel is just under two miles long and about 45 feet below ground. >> let's go a little further in. in this tunnel, i guess the tunnel was built for relatively short people, because if you stand up you're going to hit your head. i'm not that tall. it's pretty secure this concrete. they spent a lot of effort building this tunnel. hamas boasts about its network of tunnels posting this video. before being targeted by an israeli air strike, this video

was released by the idf. hamas never got to use the tunnel i visited. >> the israelis found it, they destroyed a big chunk of it back there. the idf says the underground passages to israel have only one purpose. >> from what you know, what was the purpose of this tunnel? >> attack soldiers. theyen want to attack regular people, children, women, men. >> they wanted to go in, attack israelis? >> yes. >> also kidnap. that was one of the rationales that israelis have suggested was one of the purposes of these tunnels? >> yes. >> wolf blitzer, cnn, in southern israel along the border of gaza. during monday's heavy fighting a moment of mourning for one of israel's fallen. a soldier was laid to rest in a somber ceremony.

their son's death has only made them more resolute in israel's battle against hamas. >> hundreds attended the funeral. a chorus of wales and sobbing. >> when i meet liz parents they don't cry, they show me bar mitzvah pictures, tell me he was determined to joining israel's hardened elite infantry unit. they show me this photo weeks before he was killed in an ambush in gaza. his father is adamant but his mother fights back tears. he told us, don't be afraid he knew what he was going there for and he made that choice. there is no reason for people to

run when they hear sirens. this has to end now. theirs is a proud military family, their sons commanding officer watches over them as they talk, it's also a devout family. with religious portraits on the walls. the jewish people are a moral people. the people on the other side, they are the ones without morals. they receive mourners at their home, in a small beach town, a short drive from gaza. hamas rockets are fired over the town on a daily base bis. members of their son's unit come to offer their condolences. as do the local rabbis. i ask the family if they imagine a day where there is peace.

peace? who are you going so make peace with, hamas? we gave gaza back to them ten years ago. who sits there now, not good people, not good palestinians he says. both insist that the gaza offensive must continue. the family is prepared for a long battle ahead. i have a girl and two more boys and the boys will follow their brother. they will go into battle and fight just like their brother. strong words but still a mother's grief, her son's final steps she hopes her other children will not have to follow 37. on to another story we are following here on cnn. western leaders are calling for an immediate end to violence in libya. barack obama held a teleconference with the leaders

of britain, france, germany and italy on monday. they are collectively calling for a cease-fire and appealing to the united nations to help bring about peace. libyan militia groups are battling for territory in the bloodiest fighting since the uprising of 2011. just ahead, turning up the pressure on vladimir putin. >> we'll look at how the european union is looking to force russia to end its support for the rebels in eastern ukraine. >> a tornado causes major destruction to homes and businesses as a big storm system sweeps through the eastern half of the united states.

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leader rz are scheduled to meet in brussels next hour to discuss tougher sanctions on rush in a. they're expected to close ire pea an financial markets to russian state banks. russia's foreign minister says the sanctions will backfire. >> vladimir putin has said many

times they will not abide by the sanctions. i assure you we will overcome any difficulties that may arise. >> fighting postpones the crash site. information is coming out about the last moments of mh 17. pamela brown has new details for you now on the planes black box data record irs and the controversy surrounding their release. >> the black boxes from malaysia flight 17 show the passenger jet suffered a massive explosive decompression. the spokesman for ukraine security council saying in a press conference, experts on commission informed us that the data for flight recorder shows

the plane was coming from a rocket. >> the ukrainians should not use the investigation as a further hammer to enhance their political agenda. the ukrainian foreign minister was wrong to do this. the dutch were quite right to be concerned. >> the dutch safety board is planning to release its initial findings from the black boxes friday. >> it will not be able to identify who fired the missile, it may not be able to identify where the missile came from. it can only say this plane tragically was destroyed at altitude suddenly. >> today dutch and australian investigators got turned around again. unable to make it to the crash scene as the fighting between pro russian rebels and the ukrainian military rages on in and around the wreckage. >> when we reached a checkpoint

there were loud explosions, we stayed there for about 45 minutes and the decision with dutch and australian colleagueses with made to come back, and again, it's such a tragedy, because every day that passes is another day lost. that's so vulnerable to man made and other factors. >> reporter: the ukrainian military has broken through to the crash site. a senior u.n. official says the attack on the passenger jet may amount to a war crime. the high commissioner for human rights is calling for an immediate investigation. pamela brown, cnn, washington. we're going to take a short break now, still to come this hour, assessing the aftermath. >> officials in massachusetts count the cost of a rare tornado that caused this extensive damage. we'll have more details after the break.

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>> the first guy i saw i kicked him in the face, i punched the other guy. >> he saw his co-worker being attacked at a houston gas station, as the co-worker stepped out of his car carrying money from the bank. watch him fly out the door with a flying kick and then flying fists. the two would be robbers immediately retreat toward their suv. by myra manages to nail one of them. and the suv leaves without him. what the bad guys didn't know is that myra in the helmet is a five-time champion in a type of chinese martial arts back in his homeland of sri lanka. he's working at a gas station because his flexible hours allow him to continue training. he wants to be in the ultimate fighting championship. he's being compared to chuck

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