thank you for >> ja a third night of israeli air strikes against gaza. 35 have died since the start of the offensive. welcome to al jazeera america, live from doha. also coming up in the programme... >> we will not be silent. it's a base for the islamic state and terrorist organizations. iraq's prime minister launches airstrikes against mosul after acuesing the kurds

har bouring islamic state. argentina is in the world cup final after a nailbiting shoot-out against the netherlands. . >> a third night of israeli air strikes bounded gaza. at least 75 people, including women and children have been killed during the offensive, known as operation protective edge. israel's dome defensive system has intercepted more rockets. they'll meet thursday to discuss the violence. during the last three days 550 sites have been hit by israeli jets, including gaza city. israeli air strikes killed seven people at a coffee shop on the beach. a 2-year-old girl was killed.

200 rockets were fired. some rockets have gone as far as tel aviv. we have this report from gaza. >> reporter: an ambulance here is never idol for long. -- idle for long. sometimes in gaza city there are not enough. >> translation: where are the ambulance, we need ambulances. >> reporter: by air, land and sea the israeli onslaught rains down on gaza, striking hamas buildings and homes. often first comes a telephone warning, like the one this man got tuesday, giving him and his family time to escape. >> translation: i work for an electric company. i was not expecting this. i work all day. i was not expecting my house to be hi. nothing is safe on the gaza strip. >> sometimes the israelis don't

call first. >> translation: what did these kids do wrong, that the house was hit inside. if the kids are making rockets, the blood is not lost for nothing. it would be a shame if it was spent without retaliation. the latest victim a 2-year-old girl in a refugee camp. for the second time palestinian frog men were killed, trying to infiltrate a military base from the sea. it was supposed to be a time for celebration. normally in ramadan the shops would be open, the streets full of cars and people. the bombings shut gaza down. now the word on many gazans lips is invasion. it looks like we will face the israelis broadly, not like what is going on now. if they ipp vade gaza, it will

be their last option. with thousands called up for duty, and tanks on the border palestinians fear ramadan will begin with an air assault and end with an invasion. >> stefanie dekker sent us this report from gaza. >> reporter: it's been a night of intensive air strikes in gaza, as the morning came, there has been more targets. one car hit, we are hearing another couple of bombings in the background. this is a sustained campaign overnight, an intensive provision surrounding the gaza port around 2:30. a massive missile hit the place and shook. we are told that the men who managed to infiltrate israel, targetting the military base, they believe the men leave from the port to make their way

north. they are trying to clamp down on that, and more homes destroyed. this is israel's way. they are targetting homes bel g belonging to members of hamas. civilians, family members have been pulled up in this and other incidents keeping people off the streets. it highlights the dangers. people were gathered. a missile struck. seven dead, 15 injured. it adds to the terrifying fear that people have. they are staying home, streets are empty, and they are not gathering at all. it's a tense time, and they are thinking that perhaps it could get worse with a threat of a possible ground invasion. meanwhile, there has been protests in the occupied west bank. demonstrators threw stones and shot fireworks at the military in hebron. >> israeli forces threw stun grenades from the rooftops.

well, let's get the latest from nisreen el-shamayleh. let's start with rocket fire from gaza. tel aviv has been targeted and the de-mona nuclear plant. >> correct. the attack with rocket on the de-mona nuclear plant happened on wednesday night. we understand some of the rockets were intercepted. there was no damage. if one of the rockets hit. the damage would be, indeed, severe. according to the army, we spoke to them a few minutes ago, and we were told that a total of 13 rockets were fired from gaza into israel on thursday. some of these rockets were fired in the direction of tel aviv. there were a total of six interceptions of the rockets by the missile defense system. at least one fired over tel aviv was intercepted, and we read reports saying that some people saw rocket debris in the streets

of tel aviv as a result of interception of the rocket that was fired over tel aviv this morning. this situation is continuing and we've been hearing for the last three days of rockets fired in the direction of tel aviv, and it is worrying for the government and israelies. in jerusalem, we understand that the municipality has been instructed to cancel or postpone outdoor event like concerts, films or music. there were three scheduled today, and they have been cancel. according to the army overnight it carried out air strikes on gaza, continued the operation and says it hit 54 targets. now, targets, according to the israeli army, could be anything from a tunnel, a so-called concealed rocket launcher, or a launching infrastructure

facility. >> nisreen el-shamayleh, clearly international pressure is rising on israel over its operation protective edge, and there was a united nations security council meeting. how is israel dealing with the international pressure? >> well, firstly, we are hearing reports and reading reports and especially in israeli media quoting unnamed sources na in 2-3 days israel will decide whether or not there'll be a ground invasion. we are hearing calls from the foreign minister who said that he expects the international community to support israel in its right to defend itself. we are hearing the defence minister on wednesday evening saying that israel will to hit hamas and gaza by land, air and sea. now we also just heard that the prime minister, binyamin netanyahu, has sent a statement

to the international community, where he explained that israel was coming under heavy rocket attack, and no country on earth would tolerate such a situation and this is why the operation has been expanded and it would continue and take time, and that he expected the international community would support israel, and he spoke to a number of influential countries that expressed support, and he appreciates the stances. we know from the prime minister's office, that on wednesday night he spoke with u.n. secretary ban ki-moon, and with german chancellor angela merkel and the u.s. secretary of state john kerry. these statements are coming at the head of that meeting in new york, expected to put pressure on the israeli government to halt and stop its military operation on gaza while the government is still mulling the penalty of carrying out the ground invasion.

>> thank you for that. nisreen el-shamayleh in jerusalem there. well, it's not surprising this situation is being carefully monitored at the united nations. the secretary-general called for an emergency session to be held on thursday. diplomatic editor sent this update from new york. >> u.n. secretary-general ban ki-moon has been involved in an intense round of telephone diplomacy, speaking to binyamin netanyahu, mahmoud abbas, regional leaders and the king of saudi arabia, the amir of qatar and the president of egypt. he urged the egyptians to reopen the rafa border crossing and made a call to the security council to hold an emergency meeting, a call they heeded. >> i requested an urgent meeting

of the security council. >> reporter: earlier arab and islamic ambassadors at the united nations also called for the security council to take action. >> we conveyed to the president of the security council in the strongest terms our condemn nation of this outrageous onslaught against the palestinian people, especially our people in the gaza strip. and we expressed the outrage of our people, that the security council is dragging its feet. >> minutes later, the israeli ambassador came to the same podium. >> the palestinian delegates stand here representing the palestinian government, which means representing hamas, and he has the autoaffidavity -- audacity to level accusations at israel.

when does such an organization get a voice in the united nations. >> the u.n. security council will meet to discuss the situation. most observers tell you they don't expect access from that meeting, other than, perhaps, a carefully worded statement. air strikes in the iraqi city of mosul killed seven people. eight others were injured. rebels fighting with the group, calling itself islamic state, improvement known as i.s.i.l.ful there's no consensus on how to manage it now. >> reporter: the iraqi government lost mosul. the new rulers don't agree who should control the province. many sunni groups took part in the offensive pushing the iraqi army out. among them the self declared islamic state. weeks later they share the toppling of the nouri al-maliki regime. beyond that they don't have the

same vision for the future. the group known as islamic state of iraq and levant started a campaign to get rid of dissent to its rule. >> translation: masked fighters are looking for and arresting former barthist and officers of saddam's army and tribal leaders, exposing their own views on people, telling tribes to lay down their arms. we will not accept this. >> reporter: this former general prefers to remain anonymous. his former cousin arrested. >> translation: mosul, is where the leader of the self-dlarld islamic state chose to make his first public appearance. this video after he declared a calafat and demanded muslims declared allegiance to him. >> reporter: many sunni groups have in the heeded the call and that is why the islamic state has been arresting former bosses

and tribaledliers, saying it's a -- tribal elders, saying it's a scare tactic. it's hard to gauge public opinion, the city is off limit to journal lifts and people are fearful to speak their minds. many believe the islamic state will not prevail over the true openers of the land. >> translation: they may be in control, they have taken over the courts, but they know without the farmer officers and tribal elders, they wouldn't be able to enter mosul. we have got rid of a 70,000-strong army. we won't allow masked men to rule us. >> defiant words from a man from the shadows, his words echoed by sunni figures, welcoming help as long as they fight to tackle the baghdad government and not for a peace of iraq. let's speak to imran khan in

baghdad. what is the latest on those air strikes on mosul. >> well, the air strikes continue. they happen at night. the question is why are they doing these air strikes. seemingly, according to the military airports, they are being - they are designed to soften up the targets so the ground invasion can happen. there's no sign of ground operations at the moment. so the air strikes continue. the big question, the other question is what kind of hardware is being used. the iraqis have two options when it comes to hardware. they have the cessna planes equipment with hellfire missiles, which is what they have been using. it's likely those have been used as well. we have spoken to sources within mosul who told us that drones, armed drones, are used. when you think of drones, you

think of the americans and - because they have the kinds of technology to use drones. they are flying the - the americans are flying drones over baghdad, but are here for defensive purposes, for american assets in the country. if used, they are likely to be iranian or low-level iraqi ones. if the drones are used. it's likely that they are being used both for intelligence gathering and for armed purposes. it's very difficult to understand what technology, what hardware is up in the air. we know that the air strikes are ongoing, and are designed to really soften up the targets before a ground invasion - ground force goes in. like i said, there's no idea when the ground force may go in. >> stand by for us for a second. i want to run this by you. iraq's prime minister nouri al-maliki accused the kurdish city of erbil of becoming what he calls a terrorist base.

>> translation: i will tell you truthfully. we will not be silent about erbil. it's a base for islamic state and terrorist organizations and those talking about working for unity should stop the criminals. >> we know there has been tensions between baghdad and the kurdish reasons. statements like that will not help to patch things up. >> absolutely not. the kurds have responding strongly to the statement, saying that it's up to them to decide what to do. there has been a surprise in baghdad. i spoke to sunni politicians who are wondering what nouri al-maliki are talking about. none of the groups, the sunni rebels or the islamic state admitted to having forces within erbil or kurdish territories, saying "we are not there." i have spoken to western diplomats and one said something stark, saying "we are as

surprised that he wept that far. s" this statement is seen as a thinly veiled threat to kurdistan. saying that kurdistan, and iraq must remain together to fight the threat. everybody within the kurdish territories, within the political scene in the kurdish territories is looking at the statement as (a) surprising and (b) as a threat to what they want, which is a referendum for independence. >> thank you imran khan in baghdad. >> coming up here on the programme... >> do you still maintainour innocence? >> absolutely. sentenced to 10 years, the former mayor who took bribes to rebuild new orleans after hurricane katrina. >> how the industry wants help from the indian government to compete with china. are tax cuts about to be announced? stay with us.

welcome back. the top stories on al jazeera - at least 75 people have been killed in gaza after three days of air strikes by the israeli military. palestinian officials say 14 children are among the missing. hundreds of rockets have been fired into the territory from gaza. iraq's prime minister ordered air strikes against islamic state in mosul to prepare for a ground invasion. air strikes overnight killed at least seven people. >> in indonesia two candidates are claiming victory in the

presidential election. early results suggest jakarta's joko widodo is in the lead. the french government is proposing a new security law to stop citizens travelling to fight in syria and iraq. if approved it will ban citizens from travelling. access to websites which recruit fighters would be blocked. security agency... ..thought not responding to allegations that angela merkel's phone was hacked, following an angry rehabilitation to a second case of espionage. a german intelligence officer was arrested after admitting passing documents to the u.s. the former mayor of norm has been sentenced to 10 years in

gaol for corruption. he took big bribes from companies rebuilding new orleans. >> you maintain your sentence? >> absolutely. >> reporter: the former mayor of new orleans was elected as a reformer. on tuesday ray nagin was sentenced to bribery, money laundering and corruption, for 10 years. >> he sold his office over and over again. the damage that he inflicted upon the community, to include you, ma'am, to include you, is incall cue label. >> some of the contracts included rebuilding new orleans after hurricane katrina. the hurricane and the storm surge that followed killed some

1800 people and left hundreds of thousands homeless. nagin tapped into racism being behind the disaster, pledging to fight attempts to use the displacement to move out poor black residents. >> we as black people - it's time for us to come toot, it's time for us to rebuild a new orleans. >> reporter: nonetheless the african-american population shrank by 118,000 after katrina. nagin maintains he is not guilty and has the option to appeal the judgment. amnesty international is accusing two former presidenting of the central african republic of involvement in hundreds of killing. they were accused of tensions between christians and mus limbs

three al jazeera journalists spent 194 days in an egyptian prison. peter greste and mohamed fadel fahmy from sentenced to 7 years, baher mohamed was given seven years and an additional three because he had a spent bullet in his possession, picked up at a protest. al jazeera rejects the convictions and continues to demand the journalists be freed. now, india's new government is about to announce sweeping reforms to boost the economy. all is being revealed in the first budget since narendra modi won a landslide election victory two months ago. as we report, factory owners want government help to compete with china. >> reporter: this group is a giant of indian manufacturing, and its expertise in building industrial sized pumps and valves earnt revenues of $2

billion a year. the chairman accuses previous governments of app athy, that he says held back growth in his business. >> we have a feeling that manufacturing is treated like a stepchild. there's so many rules and regulations that need to be followed. some that you needed and some not allowing us to compete with china or the other countries that are big in manufacturing. >> reporter: it's a common complaint among manufacturers. the industry is contract k, and they say the new government must improve infrastructure and abolish retroactive taxes. business leaders argue that more fundamental changes are needed. last year manufacturing contributed around 15% to the country's economy. the true potential is higher. to grow business leaders say they need labour reform.

>> the world bank says india has bun of the toughest -- one of the toughest labor markets in the world. rules make it difficult to hire and fire workers, encouraging companies to stay small. >> you have a factories act, trade union act. when is it done. they are old. it's not kept up with time. >> reporter: the government agrees loosening labour laws is critical. trade unions say they'll fight back efforts to undermine workers' rites. >> translation: he is are human being, they cannot be treated as a commodity. if it happens, manufacturers will suffer. they should not try the experiments or labour laws. it will be catastrophic for them. >> some analysts say manufacturing here could be a $1 trillion industry and create $90 million more jobs in the next 10 years.

business leaders are counting on the government to help them fulfil the potential. >> now, argentinian football fans have been celebrating on the streets of sao paulo, beating the netherlands to a place in the final of the world cup. [ singing ] >> reporter: pure party time for argentina fans. after a victory they were chanting and singing, pandemonium outside of the stadium in sao paulo. "i'm super happy. a message to all argentinian people, we deserve this." the south american nation waited a long time to get to this point. fans ecstatic. they'll go back to the world cup final for the first time since 1990. for the dutch, it was so close. but if there was any consolation, it was this - at

least it wasn't 7-1. for brazilians, if things could not get worse, they did. most of the fans pouring out the stadium were subdued. the dutch, for obvious reasons, but the brazilians because they wanted to see the arch rival from argentina lose. before kick-off, the rivalry was on display. brazilians, some dressing in orange, hoping the support would wield holland to victory. >> translation: we are against argentina, holland will win today. >> reporter: these argentines counting one to seven, mocking brazle for an embarrassing -- brazil for an embarrassing loss 24 hours before. >> do you have doubt that argentina will bin. it's the only team with the support of the pope. i have to doubt we'll be champions. >> after the game it was obvious argentina is one win away, made all the sweeter for them that it

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