has been taking a very, very ugly turn, the deadliest day yet. more than a dozen israeli soldiers, nearly 90 palestinians killed on sunday alone. two of the casualties on the israeli side are americans. and secretary of state john kerry left washington about five hours ago. he s on route to the region. first stop cairo. he hopes to try to broker a ceasefire. he ll eventually show up here in israel. other stops as well. but first, let s go to gaza to cnn s karl penhaul who is on the scene for us. carl, what are the latest developments right now? reporter: wolf, there is still heavy fighting apparently going on in eastern parts of gaza. we ve heard air strikes going in. we ve heard artillery occasionally, also. we ve heard the sound of assault rifles firing, possibly an indication that there s some kind of hand-to-hand fighting going on between israeli troops and militant factions there.
the bodies to be transported with no information about when they will be identified or whether they ll end up. the scene here exposed, fueling international concerns of tampered evidence. you can tell that this piece hit, rolled and then was moved, and that s going to be a really big distinction for investigators. russian president vladimir putin insisted a team of international experts conduct work on the site to ensure security. rebel leaders claim to have the cockpit voice and data recorders which may hold key information about mh 17 s last moments. in audio intercepts the alleged commander says moscow is very interested in the black boxes and urges his subordinate to find them. cnn cannot independently confirm the authenticity of that audio. meanwhile, u.s. intelligence points to the mounting evidence of russia s involvement including evidence that pro-russian rebels secretly
over the weekend. you can see the bright flash, you can hear a loud buzzing sound come from the power lines. there were six people in the balloon at the time of the crash. officials say fortunately they only suffered minor injuries. coming up next on new day, secretary of state john kerry calling the mh 17 disaster a moment of truth for vladimir putin. how will the russians respond today? we ll talk to the former u.s. ambassador to ukraine. former president bill clinton tried and failed to bring peace to the middle east. cnn s anna coren spoke exclusively to the president about the current conflict and other major issues as well. no rush, andy.
going to have to keep on guessing. back to you. we certainly appreciate you trying. anna coren from jakarta. cnn obtained new satellite pictures of the debris field where flight 17 went down. what can these new pictures tell us about the jet s final moments? we ll analyze them before the best experts around next.
bring peace to the middle east when he was in the oval office. cnn spoke with the former president exclusively about the current conflict. anna coren is live. it s been a fascinating few days traveling with president clinton as he s visits the projects that the clinton foundation is involved in. it s doing amazing work, impacting thousands of lives. apart from the charity, we also spoke about his wife, hillary, whether she s going to run for president in 2016 as well as global issues that obviously capturing headlines at the moment. notably the crisis in the middle east and the violence, escalating violence in the gaza. this is a subject that is very close to the president s heart because, of course, he tried to reach a peace agreement with the israelis and the palestinians while he was in office and failed. let s take a listen.