al jazeera will bring you the news and current events the much of. an israeli airstrike on gaza kills a senior islamic jihad commander the group to retaliate. i'm richelle carey this is al jazeera live from doha also coming up after 13 years in power of the libya's president even morales goes into exile seeking asylum in mexico. for anti-government protests in hong kong again bringing parts of the city to a standstill. and out of control bushfires now threaten australia's largest city.

the palestinian armed group islamic jihad says there will be no limit to its retaliation following the killing of one of its commanders. and his wife were killed in an israeli airstrike on his home in gaza overnight israeli military says around 50 rockets have been fired in retaliation from gaza prompting the closure of schools and some transportation services and responded with airstrikes targeting apartment buildings and a hamas facility israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu is expected to speak to the media within the hour and syrian state media are also reporting an attack near the lebanese embassy in damascus group islamic jihad says the attack targeted the home of another of its leaders at least 2 people were killed and 6 and let's go live now to harry fossett was and less troublesome so what else do we know. about

these airstrikes about the targets that were hit. well the main target that was struck was indeed the home the indeed according to the israeli military the floor were the man in question was sleeping but. israel says that they targeted him because he was an imminent threat the israeli military calling him a ticking bomb saying that he was behind a recent spate of rocket attacks from gaza into israel in recent months and they had information that there was more to come that they had issued some warnings through islamic jihad itself to try to interdict that activity those warnings went on he did and so they recommended the israeli military and the internal security agency to the prime minister benjamin netanyahu that this was the time to strike and that he approved that strike now just in the last few minutes we've had a further response from palestinian islamic jihad they say they will expand the circle of their retaliate 3 rocket attacks that this will be

a different kind of response from what we've seen in recent months when there have been these escalations which have been to talk back down from the brink towards a further conflagration and that they say that israel has crossed all red lines and that is why this kind of response is required we've also heard from a hamas source who says that as far as hamas is concerned its military wing the arcus some brigade will also be involved in any escalation and in the the unified response of palestinian armed groups and it's led to a major shutdown of normal israeli life in a large part of the country from tel aviv all the way south there are restrictions in place a school is closed for hundreds of thousands of children businesses are told only to operate in areas near tel aviv if it's if their staff are close enough to shelters and closer the guards or all non-essential businesses have been shut down

entirely as for the damascus incident. the israeli military is not commenting on that but islamic jihad and indeed the syrian sana agency say that the son of the of the man in question from. a political leader of islamic jihad that he was killed along with a bodyguard but that. himself escaped being killed in what they say was an israeli airstrike so hairy that none of this is happening and a vacuum prime minister benjamin netanyahu really does not control his political future right now he was not able to form a government it's in the hands of benny gantz can you put this all of this now in the timing of it in some sort of context. well certainly there have been some accusations flying around notably from members of the palestinian israeli joint list that there is at least in part a political motivation to all this the benjamin netanyahu is not just facing the

difficulties of trying to form a another coalition government after a 2nd inconclusive election but also up against the deadline for the israeli attorney general to decide on corruption charges in 3 separate cases against him now we've heard a very different message coming from other members of the israeli political establishment notably from benny gantz himself netanyahu is main rival who is also engaged in trying to form a unity government he said that this was the right decision the president of israel riven rivlin is saying that this is not a time for political squabbling but to put the security of israel above all else we will be hearing from netanyahu and his military chief of staff in just a few minutes time they're due to speak at the bottom of the hour around half past and ok and we will certainly be on top of that very fast unless for some hairy thank you some of us l.m.'s a palestinian journalist who joins us now from gaza someone we spoke last hour sami

said that you're able to hear her airstrikes what's happened since that. what's happening right now is it is explosions i don't know right now we're out of extra bluejeans but i'm hearing bombing not obvious things right now and the latest update that the minister of health said 7 people have been wounded one did and the last incident also on the ground israeli soldiers or israeli troops a palestinian people who tried to or who reached the fence between gaza and israel . is not reported so far only one did from them and it is not obvious of all if they were militants or civilians and with. their life is paralyzed or schools or the schools and government. bodies are closed and even see their fishing in the sea restricted from 11 to 6 miles by the by the israelis.

that it is the bombing was the main one was the security but of a part of this for hamas and some of the areas in east of gaza and we. spoke spears some of the islamic jihad. that is that we heard or resistance will now in it in your home to you is this s.s. a nation for his political goals and here through the thin skin regime. response of the assassination of both going to do in the mosque us or. far in gaza. thank you for that update from gaza thank you. hong kong police to fire tear gas and engaged in running battles with protesters in several parts of the city anti-government protesters had set up barricades paralyzing streets and public transport leader kerry alam has called the protest

a very selfish act it follows some of the most violent demonstration seen in months on monday with the protester being shot and a pro-government supporter being set on fire hugo pollin joins us now from hong kong city what's happening where you are. ever shall 7 i am right in hong kong's financial center this is the central business district and as you can see it's been brought to a standstill behind me are the riot police are trying to clear up barricades set up by protesters and arresting people and as they arrest them they shot out their names as become the protocol of funds protesters so that other protesters can keep track of who has been taken into detention now earlier this is this is this very scene thousands of office workers and more moderate protesters have taken to the streets given up their lunch hours chanting 5 demands timed with hong kong and calling for an investigation into police brutality that protests were sparked by

the shooting of a young student yesterday and calls from other protesters saying that the police. when they're facing a police brutality they left up to the lunch time lunch hour about what happened was that more radical protesters took over they set up barricades tried to block off the roads now this is where a lot of the headquarters of the multinationals big banks high end shopping mall so it usually teeming with business people tourists and just people trying to conduct their business throughout the day as you can see it's been completely brought to a standstill now and riot police have taken over the streets so to be we've we've heard from the chief executive kerry land twice in the last. couple days what is her message been as things escalate. that's very pretty shallow in the last 24 hours she's spoken to the hong kong people twice the 1st time yesterday was off to one of the most violent days of

protests and she basically said that the violence and the protestors movement is not going to lead to any government concessions 2 days she once again called as you said the protesters selfish saying that movement is disrupting life in hong kong and saying that the government institutions are doing everything they can to minimize those disruptions that bring hong kong back to normal but you know all that seems to have a back yard to the message she was essentially sending was that she has the support of hong kong people and she was trying to get the machinations of hong kong back on track and instead what we've been seeing is people who were not formally involved in these protest movements now taking to the streets calling for more accountability from the government from the police we're also seeing that several universities there are protests in several universities with police firing tear gas trying to shut those down 10 universities have. closed for the day and several metro stations have also shut down the protesters and again police firing

tear gas in them so the city once again despite the chief executive trying to bring it back to normal has once again just been another day of hong kong protest ok david hall of the latest from hong kong thank you. the former bolivian president evo morales has left the country after seeking asylum in mexico but his flight has been diverted to paraquat rallies resigned on sunday after weeks of protests following his disputed reelection meanwhile the country he leaves behind is bracing for more violence as thousands of his supporters march towards the capital of pas the army is conducting joint operations with police against what they call vandals marianna sanchez has more from bolivia's capital. he is on his way to mexico marcello but at the foreign minister of mexico said that they sent a plane that belongs to the government of mexico to secure a safe passage of the former president there they have a tradition of granting asylum is so that's what they have done with president

former president they will morality and also with 20 other former government officials who have taken refuge in a residence is here in the past. residents of that belong to the government of mexico now mortalities as he was leaving we're not sure if he said this from the airplane or as he was getting on the plane said that he was thankful for the government of mexico for taking care of his life let's not forget that he's been he has tweeted in the past 24 hours since he resigned that that there was an arrest in order against him and that police were out to get him something that many politicians that we've spoken to have completely denied that there was no order of a rest against him then morales also said that it hurt to leave him for political reasons he's also been tweeting and saying that this is a result of

a coup to top his. regional allies and he got out of cuba. they have said that they support this version clued in mexico that this is a coup to top and i'll just search on home and has more from mexico city. there's a few film crews not just us that have turned out outside of the pool in mexico city where president x. president now morales of libya is expected to the year end arrive but it's taking a little bit more time than was thought to bring him to makes co because he's had to make. a technical stop we think that that technical stuff is happening in part of why it's going to take which is actually below bolivia so it's going to take him a while to get to his intended destination now this is a man it will more or less the on sunday morning he woke up as the longest standing

the longest running current leader in latin america and that was on sunday morning and then by monday evening he was boarding a plane to take him into exile really in mexico he said that he hopes to return to bolivia when he's got fresh energy but the situation in the country really seems to be moving on the schools for fresh elections cools for an orderly transition and there's worries as well about noor an order in that country in a sort of vacuum of power that's being created by the resignation of president if a moral is that he says he was really pushed by the military in that country there's been violence reported on the streets not just ex-president now moralists at the his house people attempting to attack it the opposition leader colors messes at the same and the rector of the national university he's been a very strident voice and this is also said that his house was burnt down he shared

pictures of that on twitter so a very precarious situation in bolivia as if moralise tries to get to hear that scary city which is the city intended and this the nation. still ahead on al-jazeera fish fish. one battle won celebrations in chalet in the plans to rewrite a constitution that dates back to its military dictatorship adopters of the democratic republic of congo are trying to eliminate ebola by the end of the year. was. was how i when you bring down the cold air over warm water as is the case here this is a northerly breeze coming down out of the measuring which is quite warm you tend to

get these big lows developing tight close with strong winds around them this is exactly what's happening the moment you may want to call a medicaid hurricane in the train it's almost as proportions to the east is nice and more winds close and moving in the northerly direction so you've got $23.00 in bucharest but if you're anywhere really from greece west was through italy towards its amazing coast this is windy and wet and potentially nasty say snow in the northern edge because this 8 degrees in vienna so bit of high ground easily in the tirol for example you get snow back towards the east now as well 8 in the sunshine in london with the breeze when little disappointed me cold maybe than overnight between today and tomorrow this thing spreads its wings and you've got nasty weather up through the a coast and in greece this is your in tomorrow even more snow falling in central europe and stew it's warm in bucharest now of course you saw how close that was to coast the circulation here certainly is going to affect our gerri tunisia and libya

with winds rain and this is the picture for tuesday temperatures right down the storminess where we felt. whether sponsored by catalona. dreams jones and entertainments a way for people to rise above the violence around so it's my role to give these girls a different idea that they can leave the ruins of this community 3 short films show how book moments creates a home and family and gives hope and opportunity. a.j. selects on al-jazeera.

watching al-jazeera let's recap the top stories right now the palestinian armed group islamic jihad has fired rockets into israeli territory following the killing of one of its commanders israel has close schools and some transport services along with the border crossing into gaza. police have fired tear gas and engaged in running battles with protesters in several parts at the city government protesters have set up barricades paralyzing streets and public transport. in the former president of bolivia even more alice has left the country after seeking asylum and mexico but its flight has been diverted to paraguay braless reside on sunday after weeks of protests following his disputed reelection. a vast area of eastern australia has been given one of the country's most serious wildfire warnings the city region has been given a catastrophic danger level for the 1st time islands and rising temperatures are

fanning flames closer to sydney's outskirts the rest of new south wales and queensland are also under warning. under these sorts of conditions there is a significant amount of unpredictability instability and aggressive fire behavior and far spread u.u. we know that under under di's of catastrophic if our starts and takes hold if we are not there so quickly that we can bring it under control if it tides hold we are not going to stop it we are not going to control fires under catastrophic conditions by have the ability to develop and grow extremely quickly. after thomas joins us now from sydney so andrew the word that's being used is catastrophic can you put that in some sort of context for us. will catastrophic is the word that the authorities hey use to describe the conditions the weather conditions and the state of the ground as far as just starting to take out relates both to very high temperatures in the high thirty's most of tuesday and very high winds

that can spread by very very quickly and very dry land like this very dry trey's very dry pushes which when fire takes hold can lead to those fires being catastrophic now so far on choose day despite the conditions across the states of new south wales and indeed parts of queensland to the north being catastrophic there hasn't been a catastrophe the hasn't been mass loss of life as far as we know because that was a real danger now that's not to say that people haven't lost their lives authorities haven't got to all the places in this state where there have been fires and it's not to say that this is over yet it's still hot and it's evening here now in australia and this predicted to be a wind change soon which could make some of the existing fires worse but as far as we know the hasn't been any loss of life on tuesday this hasn't yet turned into a catastrophe but to give you some extent idea of the extent of these fires there

have been more than 70 separate fires burning in the state the new south wales alone are you cool to choose day 50 more plus in the state of queensland and right over in the other side of australia in western australia fires are burning there right now as well including some within the city limits of that state capital but on here just 18 kilometers away from sydney's paul the bridge this very much within the sydney suburbs and you can see there was a fire here 3 hours ago they've just about got in top of it now but right opposite people's homes just across the other side of the road i was talking to one of the residents an hour ago and he told me he just got home. from work just over 3 hours ago now to see flames shooting right to the top of the tree it's about 5 meters high he says that the authorities the bad guys got on top of it very very quickly but they're still here now making sure there aren't still some remnant flames alight all right into thomas with the latest from sydney enter thank you. gambia has brought a case to the un's top court accusing me and mark committing genocide against

muslims and mars military launched a brutal campaign against the right in 2017 as a result more than 700000 people fled to neighboring bangladesh to escape but human rights officials ethnic cleansing last year man maher rejected a young report calling for top generals to be prosecuted for genocide labeling the allegations false and prodi from the international commission of jurists says cambia has made a bold move in defending rangel muslims well i think it's very positive that a smaller poor country like gambia takes up this case you know it shouldn't be just the powerful countries in the rich countries who determine who has to live up to international law and not i think it's really to again be used credit even this it's going through its own very painful truth commission process of examining past atrocities by the previous dictator

gambia has that kind of solidarity to take a bold move like this to defend their rohingya muslims 7000 miles away it's the kind of international solidarity that we don't see you see often enough these days. protests have once again broken out in chile with riot police firing tear gas and water cannon at demonstrators in santiago it comes after president sebastian pinera offer to rewrite the current constitution which dates back to the pinochet era once for a written document would be put to a public referendum but opposition figures have criticised that move saying the boat should be health 1st so that people's views can be considered now the current charter many say excludes protections for social rights that has moved was aimed appeasing demonstrators who have been protesting against company quali for more than 3 weeks now a lot of their cutlass union has more from santiago. the unmistakable sight and

sound of the quick cheese national dance. in the same plaza where some travelers largest protests are taking place these people came to remind chileans that there are things that unite them all they feel like this is a decisive time it's making us reflect on what we are and what we want to become we need to feel empowered and also take responsibility for the solutions to these. one of them is a new constitution in nearly 4 weeks of unrelenting protests it's widely being seen as indispensable to pave the way for structural changes to chile's free market system. the current constitution was imposed in 1908 under the pinochet dictatorship and then. the model of the 1980 constitution hands education health social security and labor relations over to the

private sector the state plays a minimal role so people are feeling abused by a constitution that instead of benefiting the collective needs tends to concentrate resources in a few hands without providing the necessary services. but other experts argue that the current constitution is not to blame rather the laws and public policies that have failed to meet people's needs. i'm not saying this a new constitution can't improve the magna carta but i fear that will be a huge question between people's expectations and the reality of what the constitution came and can't do. after nearly 4 weeks of unrelenting protests it's widely being seen as a necessary step to pave the way for structural changes to chile's free market system. but for many that's no longer enough former presidential candidate. says peña that must call for early general elections before chile can tackle a new national charter. but we need to legitimize

social changes by turning to our citizens they inevitably and unnecessarily must be consulted actively and that starts by letting them choose who will represent them. the undemocratic origin of chilies current to magna carta is indisputable like a new one will not rectify all the countries wrongs but it may be a good way to start over to boost the tarnish legitimacy of the country's democracy you see in human al-jazeera santiago. america's oldest living president has been admitted to the hospital and a lanta 95 year old jimmy carter is set to undergo a procedure to relieve pressure on his brain from bleeding after a series of falls he served as u.s. president in 197981. doctors in the democratic republic of congo have told al jazeera they hope to reduce the number of ebola cases to 0 by the end of the year

more than 2000 people including 160 health workers have died since the most recent outbreak began last year catherine soy reports from where the 1st case was diagnosed. i seem about to take why is what is known as an airborne lock contact trace off from the northeast and secure many in the democratic republic of congo she looks for people who have come in contact with a ball of patience in morny to their health put $21.00 days but that was fast morning stop is the home of a woman who's died of the disease this month and then another neighbor tended the burial this is not an easy job if you go in and out sometimes people are hostile others go into hiding or don't give their proper address but we explain to them that what we're doing is for their own good the number of people becoming sick has reduced in auburn towns and cities like benny but doctors are still struggling to contain the disease in the villages father out as we head to mangina town the

number of stops on the road for people to wash their hands and have the temperatures checked tells us approaching ground 0 it's in villages in this area where the fast cases of the board of are discovered nearly a year and a half ago. i lost that and relatives including his mother and only a moment my aunt got sick fish relatives nursed her until she died time ago when we buried her and that's how more people got sick. some communities have been hostile to health visitors resisting attempts to get help several treatment centers and thousands of health workers have been attacked educating people about the airball issue is a big priority for. a lot of well our members here there and like their one time they're not getting on my nerves and the reason i believe what you

comment on how to deal with them or not respond is all to working in volatile areas where rebel fighters ambush villages at will while health organization officials say despite this problems they're hoping to have 0 ebola cases by the end of the 2 is important to make sure the situation in hartford i talked about is under control . the challenges many internal security but also making sure that you don't have. big cities like. a mini i'm. at the market in beni as kitty's performed simulating a death and safe burial it's a serious story told in a simple way the performers hope it will drive the point home that it is real and dangerous can be treated if detected early catherine story al-jazeera mangina eastern democratic republic of congo. former u.s.

presidential candidate hillary hillary clinton has accused the u.k. government of shameful behavior for failing to release a report on russian election interference clinton says every voter has a right to read the reports ahead of the country's december election appropriately details russian descent from ation campaigns aiming to influence both the upcoming and previous votes on since government has denied it is trying to suppress the report to avoid the scandal. is how does there and these are the top stories right now the palestinian armed group islamic jihad says there will be no limit to its retaliation following the killing of one of its commanders. and his wife were killed in an israeli airstrike on his home and gaza overnight israel immelt military says around 50 rockets have been fired in retaliation from gaza prompting the closure of schools and some transportation services they responded with airstrikes targeting apartment

buildings and hamas facility israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu is expected to speak to the media within the hour and the leader of islamic jihad has been targeted in attack in syria's capital the armed group says commander jory survived the attack on his home in damascus on kong police and fire tear gas and engaged in running battles with protesters in several parts of the city anti-government protesters had set up barricades paralyzing streets and public transport. the former president of bolivia abel morales has left the country after seeking asylum in mexico but his fight has been diverted to paraquat for alice resigned on sunday after weeks of protests following his disputed reelection. a vast area of eastern australia has been given one of the country's most severe wildfire warnings the sydney region has been given a catastrophic danger level for the 1st time high winds and rising temperatures are fanning flames closer to sydney's outskirts the rest of new south wales and

queensland are also under warning the protests have once again broken out in chile with riot police firing tear gas and water cannons at demonstrators and santiago it comes after president sebastian pinera offered to rewrite the current constitution which dates back to the pinochet era once rewritten the document will be put to a public referendum but opposition figures have criticised that move saying the vote should be health 1st so that people's views can be considered. america's oldest living president has been admitted to the hospital and atlanta 95 year old jimmy carter is set to undergo a procedure to relieve pressure on his brain from bleeding after a series of falls he served with us president from 1977 to 1981 there's are the headlines the stream is up next. yes there are we don't believe the 2 state solution do you still believe in the 2 state solution we listen to what i just said it was that pakistan would never start

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