with no host and no limitations the corporation if it were here would act like a psychopath part one. and acid rain we have to reduce our consumption here but we also need economic justice for. studio b. unscripted on al-jazeera. edging towards an all out war airstrikes pound residential areas of gaza at least 30 palestinians have now been killed. hello i'm down in jordan this is our jazeera live from doha also coming up israel's iron dome defense system working overtime dozens of rockets fired from the gaza strip into television for israelis have been killed.

in violence also breaking out amongst residents in the city of nod the military has been sent in to regain control. and a rare shooting in russia the teenager opens fire at a school killing 9 people. below you're watching al-jazeera is continuing coverage of the dramatic escalation in violence between israeli forces and palestinian groups there's been a 2nd day of israeli airstrikes and palestinian rocket attacks international calls for deescalation continue to go unheard it's been the most intense exchange of fire since 2045. in gaza city an israeli airstrike hit a residential building the army says it had told people living in one r.t. tower to move out before it was bombed gaza's health ministry says. these 30

palestinians have been killed across the strip and more than 200 have been injured . well this was the view from the ground where the tower came crashing down rescue workers have been combing the rubble looking for any survivors. well there's been no let up for residents of gaza al-jazeera. was talking to us from gaza early on tuesday when a strike nearby. and responds the palestinian fighting groups armed groups including hamas islamic jihad and other smaller groups. it's very close to our office. if. they hit the building that i just mentioned. minutes ago this is a warning we call it a warning really drawn the building with. it which is the last or the final warning

which will be followed or expected to be followed by bigger kids which will bring it all down we will have to move now. it's very close to the office. we expect the destruction of. this building could fly and even our office because only a few meters between. this building that is expected to be destroyed any time when the palestinian group hamas says it fired $130.00 rockets towards tel aviv israel 2nd largest city and its economic capital. well this is the moment one of those rockets hit a bus in holland one of the city's southern suburbs woman died bringing the total number of israeli thanks alex is to 3 sirens rang out across tel aviv residents of the city run for cover. well earlier on tuesday hamas military wing the brigades

and other palestinian groups fired rockets into southern israel hitting the city of ashkelon and they've been sporadic outbreaks of violence across various towns and cities in israel between arab and israeli residents. israeli border police are redeploying from the occupied west bank to laud in central israel up to large scale riots in several cars were set alight the mayor of the city says he's lost control. in israeli's have been holding demonstrations in lodi and other cities well israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu said hamas has blood on its hands hamas. hamas and the islamic jihad will pay a heavy price for their aggressiveness the blood is on their hands we're standing united against they said to me and we pray for the safety of those who got hurt and stand behind the israeli defense forces and security forces. well mike hanna is

standing by in washington d.c. to bring us up to speed on reaction out of the united states but 1st let's go straight to her aforesaid who is live for us in southern israel so a worrying escalation in the crisis with israel already amassing tanks and armor near its border with the gaza strip tell us what you've been seeing on the ground there. well you know it really is extraordinary just how quickly this is all spun up to this level of escalation from what had for much of the month of ramadan been sparks of violence and unrest and discontent inside jerusalem since the decision by hamas to fire those long range rockets on jerusalem on monday evening we are now in a situation where as you were saying things really do appear to be edging towards a much wider scale conflict the the sheer size of the rockets

that emanated from gaza towards television i think caught a lot of people by surprise it also the fact that it was concentrated into such a short period of time and targeted in. a pretty restricted area to the south of tel aviv it seemed that the iron dome defenses were less able to try to intercept such a concentration of rockets all at once and that's why we saw those direct hits potentially in several places south of the israeli city of tel aviv it was the 2nd time in the course of the day that such a thing that happened as you said ashkelon was targeted earlier on and in between those 2 events was that decision by israel to take down that 13 story residential building saying that it because he'd been partly used by hamas and warning the residents to get out beforehand so that has put tens of families on the streets and

homeless it had led to and in been preceded by a warning from hamas that if residential buildings were targeted there would be a major targeting of tel aviv in turn and so you saw the response coming from benjamin netanyahu alongside him the defense minister benny gantz and alongside him the internal security services service cheap. as well standing together in saying that that israel would continue what benjamin netanyahu is saying will be an operation lasting for some time and as you say yes there were a considerable number of tractor vehicles tanks armored personnel carriers that we saw being driven past our position here some 5 kilometers away from the northern edge of gaza that does happen pretty regularly when there are these sorts of escalations but this isn't the normal sort of escalation that we've seen in recent years and so once again whether it be a show of force or prepping for something larger there has been military

maneuvering in the on the ground here just north of gaza and how are you what about palestinian israeli towns in israel like a lot because we've also seen disturbances there with the prospect of of worrying into communal violence on the streets. it is extremely concerning for the residents of those towns and indeed for the israeli government it's not just palestinian israeli towns it's it's mixed towns as well where jews and arabs live alongside each other we've seen it happening in a number of places around the country but particularly as you say focused in ludd and especially tonight what it follows was another instance of protests and riots on monday night when a jewish man shot dead a palestinian man he was buried the victim of that shooting earlier on tuesday

there was a huge funeral after which there were clashes with the israeli security forces and as night fell there's been real into calming all violence it seems stones thrown at cars being driven by jews reports of the same thing happening in reverse and indeed a synagogue set ablaze with the sound of. loud bangs in the background the mayor of lord saying on live television that he had lost control of that city appealing to the government appealing to benjamin netanyahu in person to declare a civil emergency in his town and send in the troops not exactly what has happened benjamin netanyahu ordering the forces usually stationed in the occupied west bank some platoons of those forces being redeployed into israel into a major sort of suburb east of tel aviv so you know all of this sort of sparks of

violence that the simmering tension has been going on since the beginning of ramadan is really setting light to all sorts of crises of course the main one. employing most of the focus of israeli government remains to the south of me this escalating battle with hamas and other fighting factions inside gaza are to have a force that live for us there in southern israel hairy for now thank you well al jazeera has got a home out is that the site in gaza where that residential tower collapsed was a what. a young. israel bombed this tower block and it was completely flattened after being bombed it has been turned into a heap of rubble as you can see this doesn't mean that the israeli attack on gaza has stopped they are still continuing in co civilians and families are the ones that suffer in north gaza there has been a bomb partment up a police headquarters and most of the injured people all of them were civilians

they included a woman and children and they have been taken to the indonesian hospital in the north of the gaza strip. what a smile having a as a senior leader of hamas he said his group will continue to defend jerusalem and the al aqsa mosque from illegal occupation a lot in a confrontation with the enemy we achieved victory in the battle of jerusalem and the defense of jerusalem when our people said no to the attack on our locks a mosque by the settlers we have forced the occupation forces to push their extremists away from al aqsa mosque well the u.s. secretary of state anthony blinken has spoken with israel's foreign minister to reiterate a message of deescalation israel has the right to defend itself and to respond to rocket attacks the palestinian people also have the right to safety and security just as israelis do we are also deeply concerned about the reported loss of life in gaza and israel including the deaths of children as well as many innocent civilians

injured similarly in jerusalem where they reportedly have been hundreds of palestinian palestinians injured as well as israeli police we call on all sides to exercise restraint and to exercise calm a lot now to mike hanna in washington d.c. mike so the u.s. 2nd state and the blinken again calling for an immediate deescalation what can we make of the u.s. response so far that. well the secretary of state's comments echoing that that came out of the white house earlier on in the course of the day once again a very strong call for deescalation now it's important to note that the biden administration has been attempting to recalibrate its relationship with israel since biden came to office back in january this is sort of moving away from the relationship that was established in the previous administration a very close relationship indeed which excluded to

a very large degree the palestinian side off the whole problem by them trying to reset this whole relationship now facing this particular crisis what we heard from state department and what we heard from the white house is the call for deescalation yes we also heard that careful balancing act that israel has a right to self-defense but palestinians have a right to peace and security so we're very delicate acts being held here by the biden administration as this crisis continues and mike israel of course is a key ally of the united states how much is this escalation being seen as perhaps the biggest foreign policy test of the by the ministration so far. well it's certainly a massive test stuff how biden wants to create a relationship with israel while retaining what his administration insists is the way to solve the entire problem and that is

a 2 state solution the biden administration recommitting to his 2 state solution which the trump administration largely pushed aside that being said members of the biden administration had been in contact with israeli officials over the previous months and among the issues they pointed out is that a victim of people from their homes demolishing property does not help a 2 state solution or a resumption offered so you might get slightly harder words from the biden administration in the days ahead although you are going to get that refrain repeated israel has a right to self-defense palestinians have a right to peace and security a balancing act all right mike hanna live for us and washington d.c. mike thank you well the u.n. secretary general antonio has also expressed concern at the escalation in violence the secretary general is gravely concerned by the serious escalations in the occupied palestinian territory and israel including the latest escalations in gaza

which add to the heightened tensions and violence in the uk in occupied east jerusalem he is deeply saddened to learn of the increasingly large numbers of casualties including children from israeli airstrikes in gaza and of israeli fatalities from rockets launched from gaza. well the arab league has condemned the air strikes on gaza and called on the international community to help stop the escalating violence and emergency meeting qatar's foreign minister mohammad bin abdul rahman anthony called for an effective arab position to stop attacks and violations palestine's representative demanded urgent action to mobilize international support to pressure israel let's bring in phyllis bennis she's a fellow at the institute for policy studies she's author of the book understanding the palestinian israeli conflict a primer and she joins us via skype from washington d.c. phyllis good to talk to you we've seen yet more deadly exchanges of rocket fire

between the israelis and the armed groups in gaza today how worrying is this latest escalation do you think. this is very very dangerous it's dangerous both on the ground in terms of human cast we've already seen i think that figures now are 32 people who have been killed in gaza of whom 10 were children or women one who may have been in a hamas member but it's not only the immediate it's also the way it's been responded to in the international community particularly by the united states this notion what we were just hearing about israel has the right of self-defense palestinians do not that's the essence of what they treat it as if this were 2 equal sides it's this illusion that's based on the last 25 years of u.s. support for a peace process that was designed to put israelis and palestinians together at one table and then declare them equal and say well now let's negotiate this is not about 2 countries this is not ecuador and crew and the border dispute this is about

an occupied population without a military without control of their own borders without control of their own territory without control of their own land their own water their own economy without control of anything. set up against an occupying power which is by far the strongest military power in the region bad uncritically by the united states the most powerful country in the world so it has to be dealt with as a question about a patient a question of colonialism the question of apartheid these are violations of international law and as long as the united states is not prepared to hold israel to account these words about well we're concerned about both sides is not going to it's not going to lead to deescalation and for this week we haven't seen this level of violence between both sides since 2014 are we looking at another full scale war and what would that mean politically for both sides do you think. history is determined by when you start the clock you know if you started with when

the hamas rockets were fired you get one diversion of history if you start it and i'm not talking about going back 73 years if you start it from the vantage point of the attacks in jerusalem where right wing settlers have been turned loose and supported by the police to expel palestinians from their home using force to evict people to demolish homes and there is no accountability for that this is this is going to be a very serious political impact of this you know we keep hearing from president biden that he wants a foreign policy that's based on human rights what we're not seeing is any actual commitment to human rights and certainly in this case there is there is no willingness to use political capital it's been clear that for the by an administration the priorities are about the pandemic and the economic crisis that makes perfect sense but the consequence has to be understood if they allow to

remain in place the trump era policies while expressing as we've heard a few minor amendments to health care talk about it leaving in place it's going to normalize that level of extremism as official u.s. policy and it's always good to get your thoughts thank you very much indeed for talking to us as arraf and spencer thank you. time for a short break here not just iraq when we come back solidarity marches spread around the world in support of palestine. and dozens of dead bodies float down the ganges river as india's coronavirus crisis rages on more on that stables. hello once again welcome to the look at the international forecast we have seen some violent storms pushing across the deep south of the u.s.

louisiana mississippi alabama all the way across into georgia saying some very very heavy rain one to 2 tornadoes large hail tucked in and some very strong winds as well the winds been tumbling in from the rockies cold enough to some snow over the high ground for a time as that cool air continues to drive its way further south was bumping into the warmer air just around the gulf of mexico that's where the violent storms have brewed up more of the same as we go on 3 way to stay all the way of its wars the mid atlantic states further north it's fine and dry temp just touching 1900 new york and also in ottawa want to show is just around the mountain states meanwhile it was that western side of canada for western parts of the u.s. brisk winds coming through here elevated fire risk as a result of that it does stay dry with more sunshine dry weather coming back into where texas as we go on through thursday but notice just around the panhandle we could see some lively showers just continuing for another 24 hours also some live

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welcome back to the top stories here this hour fighting between the israeli military and palestinian armed groups has ramped up an israeli strike brought down a residential tower block in gaza city at least 32 palestinians have been killed across the street and more than 200 injured. palestinian group hamas says it $530.00 rockets towards tel aviv a bus was hit in the southern suburb of cologne 3 israelis killed. and the been sporadic outbreaks of violence across israel between arab and israeli residents israeli border police are redeploying from the occupied west bank to logged in central israel and the large scale rioting a state of emergency has now been declared in the area. the palestine solidarity campaign has organized demonstrations in london supporters rallied outside the british prime minister's official residence at 10 downing street they want the u.k.

government to intervene and stop israel from forcibly evicted palestinians from their homes in occupied east jerusalem the planned addictions led to this latest escalation without the protests. it is far too simple to see what's going on in the middle east has been concentrated simply in israel and palestine because here we were. around 2000 people. there was a burning injustice at the eviction of palestinian families in east jerusalem and a huge amount of concern about the violence in the region as well the british government hasn't remained the u.k. together spain and. israel to reverse settlement building saying that it threatens the. palestinian state dominate rob britain's foreign secretary. the firing of rockets from gaza. and israel and all of these are your.

nations both sides of the divide to come back to the negotiating table people who have gathered here in london say this isn't just a case of clashes this isn't just about one group against another this is about in their words the okie prior versus al capone i thought what we have here is israel as the aggressor i'm the oppressor. illegally evicting 1st of all palestinians from their homes it's your job then you have the the the abhorrence the type of peaceful worshippers in the locks on mosques in one of the holiest months of the calendar for muslims on one of the holiest lights of the car in the form of not only did they attack peaceful worshippers but they desecrate at the sites sanctity of one of the most holiest sites in islam. on the turbulence we're seeing 2 in the middle east has its roots or in the lines drawn on maps find the way its

allies decades ago and many of these protests is now feel that the united kingdom has a pivotal role to play in bringing peace to that part of the world and making sure that both this right example a serious cover for our right to a place where homeland. let's get some other news now people in the russian city of cousin are paying tribute to 9 people most of them children who were killed in a school shooting a 19 year old suspect has been arrested and police of opened a criminal investigation such attacks are rare in russia under similar reports. but shock and disbelief outside a school inside a lone teenager had run no more shooting indiscriminately the reality had shattered a normal teaching day in the building known simply as school 175 unsurprisingly there was panic some of the students had run for cover teachers had slammed doors shot. at least 2 students had jumped out of windows others

were able to wait until emergency teams rescued them the security forces heavily armed and in large numbers arrived quickly and arrested the suspected killer he's reported to be 19 years old and a registered gun owner it's unclear what motive he had for the attack some eyewitnesses say it wasn't only gunshots that they heard i think. it was one explosion or maybe 2 it was strong bang we jumped up and thought it was a truck and we heard alarms and ran out. it isn't clear whether the noise was action being taken by the security forces or the attacker but there was day breed both inside and outside the building scenes of school shootings may be almost commonplace in the united states in russia they're rare and shortly after the attack came a statement from the kremlin president vladimir putin had appointed the head of the

national guard to immediately look at imposing new stricter controls over the types of weapons in use by civilians how and why such an attack happened in a school that didn't even have any security is being investigated and drew simmons how his era. the bodies of suspected coronavirus victims have been washing up along india's ganges river sparking fears they could spread the virus even further at least a 100 bodies washed up in just one village and state some are on the banks for up to 2 days after people alerted the authorities in neighboring bass state another 2 dozen bodies washed ashore well on tuesday india saw a slight dip in daily coronavirus cases but experts warn there's a lot of under reporting still a shortage of medical supplies and a new strain of the disease is raising concerns globally reports. india is home to nearly hof the world's cooling of ice cases during the past few weeks it

has recorded hundreds of thousands of cases every day but experts believe the actual figure could be much higher the 3rd is believed to be feared by a new strain of the virus one that the world health organization is studying closely there is some available information to suggest increased transmissibility of b 1617 there is a pre-print that is out so this is a paper that has not undergone peer review in its m a limited number of patients suggesting that there is some reduced neutralization and as such we are classifying this as a variant of concern at the global level. for almost 2 weeks southern india has been seeing a huge spike in cases increasing pressure on already scarce medical supplies. people have been waiting for our was outside this medical college in chennai the queue is horrendous severe

a drug used to treat cope with 19 the large crowd and lack of social distancing raising concerns if this is the case actually you've got. to handle it this way i don't think you will be getting any decoding of anything in fact i feel like i'm infected now i've come to collect from my mother a drug and i feel now i'm infected and i don't know what to do. cities including mumbai and new delhi which have seen a dip in cases of continuing to ramp up health care facilities even with international aid coming in supplies of medicines and oxygen a falling short of what is needed but makeshift facilities like this one at the sick temple in new delhi a proving to be a lifeline for patients. with 250 beds this temporary multi-purpose care center is equipped with oxygen concentrator as celyn does and ambulances the doctors and nurses have been provided by the delhi government and i

see your bed is also available if needed all amenities are free for the patients. so being others in the time of need is an oblong everyone is scared in the last way people are more scared although this one is more brutal in the last piece people were hesitant in going near their family members she was sick of it. as experts warn of a potential 3rd wave of covert 19 some making advance preparations to try to ensure that they're not caught off guard again. al-jazeera. time for a quick check of the headlines here on al-jazeera fighting between the israeli military and palestinian groups as ramped up an israeli strike brought down a real.