[ explosion ] >> israel continues air strikes on gaza. the palestinian family, including six children have been killed. in israel, running for cover. the military says at least 20 rockets were fired at once from gaza in the past few hours. ♪ >> hello, there, welcome. live from doha, also on our program, don't spy on friends, germany asks the top u.s.

intelligence officials to leave. we'll have more from berlin. ♪ >> iraq's military prepared to attack months after it was overrun by islamic state fighters. and in the world cup, argentina will now face germany in the final on sunday after a shootout against the netherlands. ♪ israel continues to target the gaza strip with air strikes. palestinians have also fired rockets into israel, but all casualties have been in gaza. 88 people including women and children have been killed in israel attacks over the last three days. almost 600 sites have been hit by israeli jets. israeli air strikes killed seven people at a coffee shop on the

beach and a two-year-old girl has been killed. the israeli army says more than 440 rockets have been launched from gaza over the past three days. 96 on thursday alone. some of those rockets have gone as far as tel-aviv, but the iron dome defense system has intercepted many of them. >> reporter: family members huddle and cry around the small body of the 9-year-old palestinian girl killed during an israeli air strike. she was rushed to hospital, but died soon after. her father carried her through the streets of gaza during a small and subdued funeral. >> translator: i would like to send a message to the coward enemy. what wrong did this innocent child commit to you. this isn't the first child

targeted by the coward enemy, and is undoubtedly not the last, either. >> reporter: palestinians say another israeli air strike targeted at least two houses in a densely populated area while they were asleep. bodies were pulled out of the rubble from several homes here. and at least 16 people were wounded in this attack alone. the israeli army says it has struck hundreds of hamas targets. attacking rocket-launching sites, storage facilities and tunnels as well as the homes of the leaders. >> it's a terrible tragedy if any innocent people are killed. but the party responsible is hamas. because it is putting its rockets within civilian areas. >> reporter: all this is happening while an israeli army

buildup is taking place just outside of the border with gaza for possible ground invasion. but palestinian fighters continue to fire rockets into israel. rocket sirens are regularly heard in israeli southern cities close to the border with garza, and for the last few days, rockets targeted tel-aviv. many rockets have been intercepted by israeli's iron dome defense system. but israel insists it will continue to attack hamas from the air, land, and sea, until no more rockets are fired at israeli territory. the united nations city council has held an open session on the conflict. and has been hearing from the palestinian and israeli b bam -- ambassadors on the crisis. >> today we face the risk of an

all-out escalation in israeli and ga sa with a ground offensive still pal papable. prime minister netenyahu has announced the israel cabinet and establishment remain unified in the decision to intensify the targeted areas. president continues to appeal to an end of this crisis, and has reached out to president sisi seeking egypt's assistance. >> it was israel that abruptly suspended the peace negotiations in april, in response to the reconcile of the plo and hamas. a step long called for by our

people as well as the international community. and that israel has publicly declared its option to the unity government and has used every baseless pretext to undermine the palestinian government, in attempting to force its collapse. we condemn such cynical tactics, provocations and illegal behavior, and call on the international community to also condemn it. there can be no justification for the killing of innocent civilians. >> in the last three days, 442 rockets have been fired into israel. that's one every ten minutes. [ siren sounding ]

>> 15 seconds. that's how much time you have to run for your life. imagine having only 15 seconds to find a bomb shelter. now imagine doing it with small children or elderly parents or an elderly friend. a generation of israeli children is growing up under the shadow of this threat. this has become the normal way of life for many israelis. >> james bayes is keeping up with events at the un and joins us life. james that was the open session we were watching there, and then they went into a closed session. what is the latest we're hearing about what is going on? >> the closed session has now ended on gaza. they have been discussing some sort of statement

[ technical difficulties ] >> humanitarian access in syria. it's possible this statement that we may now await may not be delivered by the city council today. sometimes in the past these statements have taken several days for the city council to actually agree on the wording and language. but it will just be that if it's anything, and that is a statement. there won't be any actual action, resolution or anything. >> just to explain the dynamics of the un city council for us, james and why we're not going to be seeing more than a statement despite a very impassioned call from the secretary general. >> an impassioned call from the secretary general.

he took a very rare step in actually asking for this city council meeting, and saying it was important for them to meet. he can do that, but doesn't do it very often. we didn't hear the various positions of the 15 countries around the table of the city council calling on the city council in open session. they all spoke in closed session, but we know that the us will support israel in some ways. the us is not happy that there should be any strong condemnation of israel. that is always the situation, and that will have been the situation again when they met today, and that's i think why you won't have anything more than a statement from the security council right now. >> okay. james thanks very much for the update there from the united nations.

the israeli military is saying a family who lost eight members in an air strike have been given adequate warning. six of the victims were children. it happened in an area of gaza. bernard is life in jerusalem. what exactly is the military saying on this? >> it says it was targeting odaey, the hamas commander in the area, so they targeted his house, but in fact the list of people say they didn't kill him but eight members of his family, and injured another 25. the israeli military have put out a statement about this, and in it they say in this specific case, . . .

>> the family left the building, proving that they had received warning call. and just let me quickly explain this knock on roof procedure. after calling a house that the israeli military are targeting, they fire a small rocket without an explosive war head on to the roof of the house essentially to tell the people in that property that they mean business and that house is going to be hit, but something went wrong. eight people were killed, as we said, 25 others wounded. i should also add in the rockets that have come out of gaza today in the past hour, we have seen one come very close to our office here. we're just south of jerusalem. the siren went off about an hour

ago. sent shoppers to the bomb shelter. and the missile was intercepted by the iron dome. >> okay. great consternation for the people there in israel as well. thank you very much. >> plenty more to come on the program. beeel bring you more in-depth coverage on the conflict. plus we go inside the yemeni city which has been captured by shiite rebels.

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♪ hello, this hour here on al jazeera, the israeli and palestinian envoy of the united nations has accused each other. and ban ki moon says there is a big risk of an a ground offensive. an israeli family who lost 8 family members had been given sufficient warning says the israeli military. amid all of this talk, it is easy to miss one very clear fact. that is that at least 88 people have been killed in the gaza strip since those air strikes

began on tuesday. the number that have been killed in israel is zero. now the number of people who have been injured in gaza is at least 550, and the number of israelis injured, just two. these numbers reflect israeli's superior military. the israeli military says it has hit more than 600 sites in gaza. and says 442 rockets were fired from gaza. some have hit israeli targets but most have proved ineffective. republicans we're joined live now by john in gaza. those numbers speak for themselves. gaza is not a safe place to be. what is the situation now? >> it is not safe here now by any means, and that disproportion is what strikes everyone here. you hear those debates in the un and each side is talking as if

this is somehow an balanced fight. it is not balanced by any measure. the israeli military said that if that family were all killed mistakenly, that would be a tragedy. nevertheless that was just one of two major strikes last night in that same town, and today we're told that a family of eight has been killed. the question that people here have is -- is israel justified in killing your whole family even in you were responsible for a rocket attack that so far has killed no one. that's what has people here very much upset. and adding to the general sense of unease here in gaza, israel has been distributing leaflets telling people to leave their homes. you can imagine the effect that

has. talk of a potential ground war and calling up of israeli reservists. people here are terrified that that is what is going to happen next. and they feel there is a an imbalance that is not being seen internationally. up with good thing has hand, and that is that the border crossing to egypt has been opened for very, very limited purposes. for people to get treatment who are injured. however, stephanie decker tells me that so far only about a dozen people have been able to cross. and one reason for that is you have to have duel nationality, visa or residency elsewhere, and so few people here have that. >> thank you very much indeed. we'll return to this story, of course, over the course of the evening. for now, though, let's get you other news. it's the kind of treatment that

is dished out to enemies almost unheard of between friends. germany has asked a u.s. intelligence official based in berlin to leave the country. that's in response to two reported cases of spying on germany. >> translator: we have to ask ourselves, what are the main tasks for our services in the 21st century. we see completely new threats. and i believe in these unclear times we have to strengthen the confidence with allies, i'm convinced that more confidence and trust can and does lead to better security. we have to work together trustfully. >> nick spicer has more now. >> reporter: angela merkel allies spying on allies was a waste of time when there are

crises like syria. she is asking the top intelligence official of the united states to leave the country. there was an case of a 31-year-old intelligence officer who exchanged some 200-plus documents in exchange for over $30,000. the second incident involves a member of the military. it's not clear at what level this person was operating at or what kind of information they may have gathered. however, it was clearly just too much. the snowball effect here last october when it was revealed that america's national security agency was spying on angela merkel's cell phone, following other revelations about how the

nsa was able to look into the every day lives of ordinary germans who are still weary from the nazi era spying on the lives of everybody back at that time. so the psychology here is just one of complete resentment towards what is seen as american interference into the every day lives of germans and at a governmental level a complete lack of trust coming from washington. >> iraq has stepped up air strikes in preparation for a ground offensive. the strikes killed seven and injured eight others. they captured the area a month ago. imran khan has the latest from bagdad. >> the air strikes continue for days now, and what military experts say is these air strikes are very useful to weaken

targets inside the city in preparation of a ground force moving in. but we haven't seen any evidence of a ground force preparing to move into the area. there is a question of what kind of hardware is being used in these air strikes? the iraqis really have two options. one is the cessna plain which is equipped with hell fire missiles. also now they are using the su25, these are planes supplied to them by rush and iran. they have heavier weaponry, so that's another option for them. but we have heard that the iraqis are using drones. when you think of drones, you normally think of americans. there are american drones flying over bagdad, but they are here for defensive purposes for american assets within the country. so it's likely if there are drones being used they are

either iranian or very low-grade iraqi ones. no one in the government is admitting to the use of either of those two drones, but that's what we're hearing from the people inside the city. meanwhile inside the city of musol all is not well. >> reporter: the iraqi government has lost this city, but the new rulers don't agee on who should control the province. among one of the groups here the self declared islamic state. weeks later the groups still share the objective to recall the maliki regime. it seems the group has started a campaign to get rid of any descent to its rule. >> translator: masked fighters

are looking for and arresting former officers from saadam's army. they are imposing their own extremist views on people. they are telling tribes to lay down their arms. we won't accept this. >> reporter: this former major general prefers to remain anonymous. this was here a man who was the leader of the self declared islamic state chose to make his first appear answer. he demanded muslims pledge allegiance to him. many sunni groups haven't heeded that call, and some people believe that is why the self declare islamic state group has been arrested tribal elders. they say it's a scare tactic to prevent any opposition to its rule. the city is off-limits to international journalists, and people are fearful to speak their minds, but formal general

leaves the islamic state won't be able to prevail over what he calls the true owners of the land. >> translator: they may be in control, but they know without the former army officers and tribal elders, they wouldn't be able to enter musul. we won't allow 4 to 500 masked men to rule us. >> reporter: defiant words from a man who speaks in the shadows, but his words have been echoed by other leaders. 35,000 people have fled fighting in yemen. 200 people have been killed since houthi rebels overran the city on tuesday. >> reporter: a day after the

capture by the houthis following weeks of fierce fighting. the army continues to shell rebel positions, but the shiite fighters will not back down. these civilians were caught in the cross fire. many have left for safer areas. the leader said the capture of the area was to deny al-qaeda fighters territory in the north. >> translator: we have no problem with the state or the republican system. our problem is with the three groups. their aim is to expand and get more political influence. >> reporter: the houthis say it is now time for reconciliation. but on the ground tension continues to build. they have asked others to join

the fight against the houthis. >> translator: the houthis were founded by this man to end what he described as decades of oppression against his people. hussein was killed in 2004, but his movement survived. they are now lead by his brother who controls most of the north, has a powerful army, and tons of supporters, mainly in the north and the capitol. houthis believe the u.s. and israel are a threat. they always chant death to america, death to israel. three journalists have now spent 194 days in an egyptian prison. they are accused falsely of helping the out lawed muslim

brotherhood. mohammed fahmy and peter greste were each sentenceded to seven years in jail. baher mohamed received an additional three years because he had a spent bullet in his possession, which was picked up at a protest. al jazeera continues to reject all charges and demand the journalists be freed. there is a strike over anger of the government. it's the biggest strike since the government took power in 2010. ♪ to the world cup news, argentina have set up the world cup final against old foes germany. they beat the netherlands on penalties after the first scoreless semifinals in the

cup's history. >> reporter: the netherlands were looking for a second final, while argentina were looking for their first appearance to the finals 24 years. messi got a free kick after 15 minutes. the argentines went close to ten minutes later. at halftime it remained goalless. the second half had even fewer chances as neither team seemed able to score that all-important goal. but robin had a chance to win the shot in the 98th minute. but 30ing minutes of extra time couldn't separate the teams so it went to penalties where the dutch couldn't repeat the heroics of their semifinal playoff against costa rica. rodriguez scoring the fourth for argentina to send them to their first final since 1990.

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