you. know each other. last thousands of our programs. documentaries. subscribe she. al-jazeera english. health officials in gaza same 9 people have died in violence as tensions escalate between israelis and palestinians. stun grenades and tear gas was used inside the al aqsa mosque compound as israeli forces broke up a sit in the palestinian worshippers. i'm adrian forgetting this is al jazeera live from doha also coming up iraqi

protesters anger on iran's consulate in karbala after the killing of a prominent activist tehran condemns the rate. of more attacks in afghanistan killing over 40 people including 20 soldiers. we begin with the latest escalation in the israeli palestinian conflict gaza's health ministry says that 9 people have been killed. piers to be prevailing for the moment this a live shot from gaza earlier hamas fired a barrel of rockets from the strip they were launched in response to what the group called israeli aggression in the al aqsa compound israel is hitting targets across gaza with artillery. earlier the al aqsa mosque compound islam's 3rd holiest site was the scene of

a violent israeli crackdown these pictures of from inside the mosque israeli forces firing rubber coated steel bullets tear gas and sound bombs a palestinian worshippers and that's the 2nd time that israeli forces have stormed the mosque since last week. and these pictures are from in and around the compound which houses the mosque israeli security forces targeted palestinian protesters who were standing guard. system was from the palestinian red cross more than 330 people have been injured speaking earlier israel's prime minister benjamin netanyahu praised the security forces for supporting what he called a just struggle but upholding law and order and. it was a long struggle this taking place in the heart of jerusalem this is not a new struggle this is a struggle between intolerance and tolerance between law breaking and violence and law and order the struggle is not new because it has transpired over jerusalem and

the heart of jerusalem for centuries since the rise of the monotheistic religions for years one side ruled and excluded the 2 others and sometimes they changed and the same thing happened you can say that in the long history of jerusalem only under israeli sovereignty since 1967 we are witnessing and continuous and stable secure period in which we are working to ensure freedom of worship and tolerance for all the. organizers of an israeli march to commemorate the 1967 occupation of east jerusalem have cancelled their rally there have however been smaller groups of settlers and right wing activists gathering on the streets of the main march involving thousands of people has been called on. al-jazeera abraham is live in ramallah for us in the occupied west bank but 1st let's speak with harry forces who is outside the al aqsa mosque compound hairy

a lot for you to draw together for us here let's start with 6 o'clock local time when as you will on an air raid sirens began to sound in central israel. well that's right and if we wind the clock back a little bit before that there was a warning from hamas as military wing that if israel did not withdraw its forces from the luxor mosque compound known as the temple mount to jews if it didn't withdraw from the shakes tour of the neighborhood in east jerusalem at the center of this eviction dispute if it didn't release the people it has detained during the course of the day then come 6 o'clock local time there would be a price to pay that price came in the form of $7.00 rockets that were fired towards the jerusalem area one of them was intercepted 6 fell in open areas now this is a very rare event for all of the escalations and rockets we've seen out of gaza in recent years it's not thoughts of it happens in this part of israel or it rather in

the area to the west of here which is around the jerusalem area there haven't been rockets targeting not for several years so that's a major escalatory step as far as the israelis are concerned there will be a response to that the israeli military is saying that there will be several days of fighting in and around gaza they are ruling nothing out including targeted assassinations of leadership of they're not ruling out a ground campaign either the fact they're saying several days also carries with it perhaps a suggestion that they're trying to put some kind of a time limit on it but it's very difficult to do that once these escalations starts because whatever the israelis do is likely to bring a response from inside gaza as well another thing to tell you about a serious explosion deadly one inside northern gaza this is during the time that there are israeli airstrikes going on indeed the israeli military showed

a video of a strike from above saying that it had targeted a cell a terrorist cell as they called it a hamas one inside northern gaza targeting 3. what they said were terrorists however there was also an explosion in beit hanoun which killed 9 people according to the palestinian health ministry including 3 children now initially there were reports that that was an israeli strike there have also been sources suggesting that it could have been a mouth functioning ordinance of some kind from within gaza it's extremely unclear as to exactly what took place there whether the video that's been tweeted out by the israeli military refers to the same incident or not hopefully we will get some kind of clarity we are seeking that from the israeli military to see if they can rule out that they are responsible for what the palestinian health ministry says is 9 deaths including 3 children and after a day of more violence there and occupied east jerusalem is the cancellation of

this this march to commemorate the 1967 occupation of east jerusalem done anything to were defuse tension. yes it's strange really are these days and days of building pressure and tension reaching this boiling point in the imax a mosque compound earlier on monday now that we're on the verge potentially of a very major escalation between israel and hamas in gaza this situation here at damascus gate on the fringes of the old city is the calmest that it's been for some time i think that is to some extent because of the decision to cancel this march monday was always worried about as a potentially very combustible day because of the march carried out traditionally on this day by jewish israelis particularly religious nationalist and far right israelis celebrating the 1967 capture of east jerusalem what they call the rediff

occasion what palestinians considered to be an international law considers to be the military occupation that they go on here in 1967 if that had been allowed to go on through the muslim quarter of the old city there could have been very serious. exchanges of violence between the 2 communities there that seemed a very real possibility up until the last minute the israeli skewed establishment seemed to go back and forth as to whether they were going to allow it to take place in the end of the last minute they decided no that does represent some significant setbacks as far as benjamin netanyahu in the israeli right wing is concerned jews were not allowed access on to the alexa mosque compound the temple mount on this important day for them they've. also stepped back on this front they've canceled a court hearing that was due to take place today a supreme court hearing on the evictions. shake the euro just a short distance away from here and yet we have this potential major escalation

taking place. as a result partly of what we've seen throughout this month of increased tensions and of course there was what took place the very violent. scenes that we saw on the compound earlier on monday. live in occupied east jerusalem we heard from israel's prime minister benjamin netanyahu a short time ago with the palestinian leadership has also been reacting to the heightened attention let's bring in need to bring him live for us in ramallah in the occupied west bank so neda what was the palestinian leadership had to say today . earlier on monday a monday the spokesperson not the palestinian presidency never put up with it dana has said that israel is challenging the u.s. administration that this trying to calm the situation down and it's also challenging the international community and it comes to the point of the international community with how the child with the p.l.o.

executive committee member. who says that the international community's response and reactions where armstrong going off to enforce israel to calm the situation down and he says that the nations aren't enough when it comes to that serious escalation we've also heard from different palestinian officials including top aides to president he tweeted saying that the palestinian leadership is going to convene and study what options they have to confront the israeli escalation in east jerusalem but that has been met with a lot of criticism in the streets where be people say that they've been calling for gaza to respond and they've seen a response from the military wing of hamas and islamic jihad to gaza while the palestinian authority is studying what to do this is. caustic

remarks we've seen them a lot on social media and there is some feeling that the palestinian authority can do more but isn't but when it comes to palestinian officials they will tell you that they are so. king. national community they want do you want to go to council to arab. islamic cooperation to deal with the situation and kind of put pressure on israel of that cigar that we've also heard from the palestinian prime minister how much they who condemned the escalation let's hear what he had to say in the beginning of the government meeting. and then you will how is that idea i hold the israeli government fully responsible for what the worshipers were exposed to in the blessed al aqsa mosque and i warn of the consequences that will result from such incursions as well as attempts to evacuate the people of shake the original owners of the land from their homes why did was done i don't i called on

the international community to intervene immediately to stop these horrific violations and to provide protection to the citizens of the palestinian territories especially in the city of jerusalem which is undergoing ethnic cleansing today jerusalem is restoring the glow of the coals and one of the people of. neda how they have been reacting to all of this. well throughout the past 24 hours and even before that we've seen lots of spontaneous protest all across different cities from the occupied west bank including protests here where we've heard people chanting slogans in support of those in is true. chanting for freedom for palestinians and for them not to be evacuated from their houses but we've also seen many didn't sing the all slow agreement this is the agreement that has been

signed between the palestinians and israelis or rather the p.l.o. the israelis that allowed for the establishment of the palestinian authority in the 1990 s. and there is a growing feeling among palestinians that the palestinian authority isn't doing watch when it comes to live under occupation so we've heard also holds for protests from palestinians who want these protests to go to confrontation who it's near is. near israeli military checkpoints and in legal israeli settlements to kind of confront with the israeli military because they know that although they can't go to jerusalem it's surrounded by israeli military checkpoints they need prior permits to be able to enter it and some of them never get to it but they believe that it's important for them to voice their anger their cause is the same cause they all believe that they're suffering under the israeli occupation and that's why

they want to get a voice heard they want to voice their anger. reporting live from ramallah in the occupied west bank. many thanks george. i want to update next here on al-jazeera then the world health organization declares the covert buying team strain but spreading in india a variant of global concern. however the weather's hot and dry across the middle east and normal weather has been received. it is actually a little warmer than we would expect at this time of the year chelsea one or 2 showers up towards the black sea towards the caspian sea i just catch a rush out of the northern parts of iran still some shabby rain there and to move

in areas of afghanistan a westerly disturbance for to make is went to northern pakistan as we go through the next day or so brightest guys come back in behind that of the temperatures we are getting up into the forty's for baghdad and for kuwait and even here into we could touch 40 degrees celsius as we go through wet and stay off knowing that dry weather that stretches down across southern parts of the arabian peninsula maybe one or 2 showers just around the gulf of aden jump to the showers will be a little further south pushing down into uganda and heavy showers just surround the city for them or if they will see some heavy rain there as you can see just making its way around the lake victoria further south the showers as per usual they are running across central areas of africa to the south of that not see much in the way of cloud or any right although we will see some showers for a type it's a central parts of mozambique and then making well little further north as we go on

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get this is al-jazeera the main news the 9 palestinians have been killed in an explosion in gaza it happened as hamas fired of rockets from the strip they were launched in response to what the group called israeli aggression in the al aqsa compound israel is hitting targets across gaza with artillery. a far right israeli rally in occupied east jerusalem was called off it was organized to mark the 1967 and accession of the city. during the morning more than 330 people wounded what israeli forces stormed the al aqsa mosque compound they fired tear gas and stun grenades palestinian protesters who hurled stones at other objects. iran's foreign ministry has strongly condemned the attack around its consulates in karbala on sunday protestors in the iraqi city targeted iran after an anti government activist was shot dead in an apparent

execution supporters have. set fires around the iranian consulates they suspect iranian backed faces of being behind the shooting a one state was killed close to his home by unknown gunmen in the early hours of sunday. yes the meat on. the islamic republic of iran strongly condemns the right in its diplomatic posts in iraq it hopes that within the framework of the 1961 convention iraq carefully fulfills its commitments regarding the protection of iran's diplomatic locations last night the iranian foreign ministry submitted a letter of protest to the iraqi embassy in tehran one hour from some of the 14 in baghdad. well protests are planned again for today of where it was and he was assassinated as well as in other cities including baghdad to protest not just the habs death but the series of s.s. nations and killings that have been taking place ever since anti-government

protests 1st began in october 2900 just last night there was another attempt at the killing of a local journalist who is now in critical condition in a hospital being treated for those injuries so there is a general outrage at the government for failing to bring those killers to account for failing to rein in these armed groups that are backed by iran that operate with complete impunity and if we look to similar assassinations that have happened in the past it's extremely difficult for the state institutions to really identify the perpetrators because 1st of all the ones who actually carry out the killings are usually low level operatives and even if they are arrested it's very difficult to establish a link with whoever came gave the order and then there is the 2nd really that these armed groups have actually not just they're not just operating in this environment of impunity but they have also to some extent penetrated state institutions they

have penetrated the security apparatus of the judiciary which means that it's very difficult for the state even with the best of intentions to bring these killers to account the investigators who are charged with looking into these cases may receive threats themselves after weeks of secret negotiations mediation iran says that it's open to reach an understanding with its goal for saudi arabia. bit deescalation of tensions between the 2 great islamic countries in the persian gulf region is definitely in the interest of the 2 peoples and the region as a responsible country we think we must always be welcoming of resolving the issues and matters that have existed between the 2 countries we hope with the exchanging of atmosphere to be able to reach a meaningful understanding for bilateral relations and regional developments we will make our very best effort in this regard. the afghan government and taliban

have agreed to a 3 day ceasefire for the muslim holiday of aid later this week it comes amid a surge in violence across the country the latest explosion killed 11 people who were traveling on a bus in the southern province of zabul. reports. travelling in a bus through southern afghanistan these passengers were approaching a chick point around midnight when the bus drove over a mine their journey no one of recovery and no ice regional hospital the latest casualties in an increasingly insecure country but still not that. when our vehicle approached a checkpoint a bomb exploded many people were killed and injured i saw people's hands and feet had fallen to the ground they were not them selves 2 more bomb blasts followed one in power one that killed 2 passengers another targeted soldiers in western far province killing several in afghanistan this was a bloody weekend. on monday a health side in west in kabul was scored with dozens of fresh grapes teenage girls

were targeted as they live school on saturday with 3 separate bombs it was the deadliest attack in more than a year in targeted members of the has are if knit group a shia minority. according to the new york times in the week starting april 30th $140.00 government forces and over 40 civilians were killed across afghanistan the highest death toll in a single week since october the afghan government said the taliban were responsible the taliban blamed eisel and afghan intelligence services these are not. killing innocent people and won't these are against our border because our bullets practic are for the common people. national project best we have announced the rise in casualties has coincided with the final pullout of foreign troops may 1 was the former deadline for the withdrawal of american troops

from afghanistan u.s. president joe biden push that back to september 11th the nato allies will leave then also e.u. foreign ministers met on monday the withdrawal from afghanistan at the forefront of discussions not in shrek. after the terrible attacks in the recent days it's all the more important for the e.u. to make very clear that afghanistan and the afghan government can continue to count on europe support we'll do everything we can to ensure the ongoing peace negotiations reach a conclusion of a key goal in u.s. and nato negotiations with afghan intel a ban representatives has always been a reduction in violence and after and horrific weekend some progress the taliban announced a rare 3 day ceasefire for the muslim eat holidays will be only the 3rd break in fighting in nearly 3 years a brief reprieve for those caught in the middle chelate ballasts al-jazeera. 4

people have been killed in anti coup protests and monitoring groups say that the total civilian death toll is now close to $800.00. demonstrations have continued despite the military's crackdown and way in the south protesters marched wearing white elegy bt hue activists qur'an youths teachers and students joined what they're calling a purification strike meanwhile detained leader aung san suu kyi will appear in court for the 1st time on may 24th she's been charged with various offenses that include violating a colonial era official secrets act and could see jail time of up to 14 years a judge has also ruled that she will be able to meet her legal team face to face for the 1st time we are in that is. to get instruction from her and at that point i asked the question that yes to make that.

happen 90. percent yes. and they then he. told us that he was grateful to the lawyers and we. had to. go ahead very grateful to. the u.k.'s prime minister boris johnson has announced for the relaxing of coronavirus restrictions for next monday people will be allowed to meet in groups of up to 30 outdoors and restaurants and pubs will reopen for indoor dining and drinking the other u.k. countries scotland wales and northern ireland the side of it 19 rules today we are announcing. the single biggest step on our road map and it will

allow us to do many of the things that we've yearned to do for a long time so let's protect these games by continuing to exercise caution and common sense the world health organization has classified the covert 19 strain 1st identified in india as a variant of global concern the official daily number of infections in india has fallen below 400000 for the 1st time in 4 days health officials have recorded a further 3700 deaths from minister narendra modi is facing growing calls to announce a nationwide lockdown the hamid reports. a grim scene that has come to represent the country in the grip of a major health crisis. if fires at cremation grounds are constantly burning as bodies of those who died from kuwait in 1000 keep coming this one pradesh one of

the states worst hit by india's 2nd wave. we used to get up to 10 bodies a day now it has risen to 40 or 50 a day. nationwide the number of new cases has exceeded 400-0044 consecutive days bringing the total number of confirmed infections at over $22000000.00 about 15 percent of the cases worldwide some say those numbers are undercount. hospitals have been able to cope with the crisis a lack of oxygen and beds continues to cripple the health care system that's making it difficult for many people to get much needed care priam couldn't get treatment in his hometown so sick as he is made his way to the capital new delhi why really no one told the students all the hospitals are pretty bad you know they really appreciate her i'm lucky fortunately i just bought

a bed on one shop the government has recruited hundreds of former army medics to help but it's coming under intense public criticism for its handling of the situation so far many wondering why a country wide lockdown has not been imposed like and early stages of depend demick leaving local governments to impose their own restrictions new delhi has announced its lockdown will be extended for a 2nd time now to may 17th. the metro has been suspended and people are only allowed for basic necessities i decided to return home a 1000 kilometers away from the capital. i work for a financial company that is now shut down because of the pandemic i have no choice but to go back to my village here the situation is very bad we will be safe that's the main reason we're going back.

yet most people are unable to get a shot prime minister. is also under pressure. production. in the country even though some experts say they can soon become ineffective against the indian variant of. the infection rate in sri lanka as 3rd wave is running at almost 2000 each day the island is facing restricted vaccine supply from india as cases. sure lanka is relying on donations of the job from china countries started administering the job on saturday after it was approved by the world health organization. has revealed that it blocked more than $10000000000.00 listings last year on suspicion of being counterfeit goods the online retailer says that's around 70 percent more than it blocked in 2019 it says the counterfeiters were trying to take advantage of shoppers who were buying more

online during the pandemic allison has been under pressure from shoppers brands and politicians to crack down on fake products. a mickey whale rescued from london's thames has been spotted again swimming inland the cough was refloated by rescuers in tow downstream off to becoming stuck on sunday but there are fears for its safety after it was seen returning upstream experts say the world's behavior is concerning or that it may be on well. it's good to have you with us hello adrian forget here in doha the headlines on al-jazeera 9 palestinians have been killed in an explosion in gaza it happened as hamas fatah faraj rockets from the strip they were launched in response to what the group called israeli aggression in the al aqsa compound israel is hitting targets across gaza with artillery.