of the stories hitting the headlines the news media have been left to sort through text messaging on a quite complex story from main street to street journalism the listening post coverage the way the news has come on and just. edging towards all out war strikes pound residential areas of gaza at least $35.00 palestinians have now been killed. i'm sam is a than this is out there alive coming up israel's iron dome defense system working overtime dozens of rockets fired from the gaza strip and tel aviv 5 israelis killed . violence also breaking out amongst

residents in the city of logs the military has been sent in to regain control. and we'll look at why petrol pumps along the west coast are running dry. you're watching al-jazeera is continuing coverage of the increasing violence between israeli forces and palestinian armed groups it's just past 6 am in gaza the israeli airstrikes have been continuing to pummel the strip international calls for the escalation continues to go on heard it's been the most intense exchange of fire 2014. air strikes have hit a building housing media organizations in gaza the building is not too far from

where al jazeera is an office is located israel fired a warning shot before hitting the target in total 35 palestinians have been killed after 2 days of israeli bombardment in gaza at least 5 israelis have also died in rockets fired from gaza are a force that has the story from southern israel. written in the sky over television the story of just how quickly and decisively this conflict has escalated. to. central israeli suburbs taking direct hits from an enormous barrow of rockets fired out of gaza concentrated into a few short minutes a proportion piercing the iron dome interceptor defenses as military hardware was transported closer to the gaza border israel's prime minister defense minister and internal security service chief addressed an attack on central israel the like of which had not been seen in 3 goals

a war since 2008 hamas. hamas and the islamic jihad will pay a heavy price for their aggressiveness the blood is on their hands. a mass had warned of a major strike on television if israel targeted residential buildings in gaza a little after sunset after telling the families who lived here to get out israel's military did just that. the israeli prime minister had warned of a gathering intensity and pace of attack the army said the building was in part used by hamas. the promised retaliation came swiftly in a coordinated mass launch towards television. this is a wave after wave of attacks coming out of gaza now these rockets are heading in the direction of television we understand there are already sirens being sounded in tel aviv and explosions heard from our side warned that it would launch such an attack if israel destroyed residential buildings inside gaza or the destruction of

that large building appears to have led to this big escalation in what already was a dangerous situation. and. it was the 2nd time in a day that such a barrage of being fired this was the effect of the earlier one in the town of ashkelon where 2 women were killed. in gaza 2 eruptions of overpowering sudden grief this was the funeral of an 11 year old boy who was killed on monday one child among many dead already in the 1st hours of this conflict is still another generation experiences firsthand the reality of israeli airstrikes on this crowded impoverished besieged strip of land. if they want to escalate the resistance is ready they want to stop the resistance is ready if they want to move their hand out of to roussillon the resistance is ready this is the message that we deliver to all the sides and to whoever is involved. was.

and is the crisis deep in between israel and gaza spiting factions a parallel crisis was breaking out within israel's mixed jewish towns in lloyd after a palestinian israeli was shot dead by a jewish man look previous night an explosion of into communist violence this a synagogue set ablaze. the government is sending in security forces usually stationed in the occupied west bank declaring a state of emergency after weeks of tension and sparks of violence the fire has caught and it's spreading very false at al-jazeera southern israel. and these are the live pictures now coming out of council where we're hearing there has recently been resumption of israeli airstrikes it's been a very tense night with rockets being fired from cars with israeli airstrikes

on the town as we've been reporting which have been to the collapse of one at least one building and another building has been severely damaged due to israeli air strikes a building close to where a lot of the media are located how this era suffer thinking loot as early talking to us to say when a strike hit nearby. and responds the palestinian fighting groups armed groups including hamas islamic jihad and other small groups. we hear definite screwed in this very close to our office. they have the building that i just mentioned. a minute ago this is a warning growcott we call it

a warning work that when the israeli drone hit the building with a small rocket which is the last or the final warning which will be followed or expected to be followed by 'd bigger israeli rockets which will bring it all down we will have to move now down. all it's vertical all through the office. we expect the destruction of. this building could fly under even our office because only a few meters to put it between. this building that is expected to be destroyed. i once saw for. really highlighting the dangers that the media face as well as of course civilians in gaza where u.s. secretary of state anthony blinken is spoken with israel's foreign minister to reiterate the message of the escalation the state department also condemned the exchange of fire between the 2 sides 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 citizens injured as well as israeli police we call on all sides to exercise restraint and to exercise calm mike hanna has more from washington d.c. . both the state that apartment and the white house insisting that both sides must stand down the type of balance that the biden ministration is trying to keep israelis have the right to self-defense on the one side palestinians have a right to peace and security on the other as a quality between the 2 sides which many observers believe is not the case but it

must be understood that the by that the administration is attempting to recalibrate its relationship with israel that was a relationship that got very close under the trumpet ministration. to the point where. ordered the removal of the embassy to jerusalem something which effectively put an end to any hope of resuming negotiations between israelis and palestinians and yes there have been some moves from the biden administration to take a stronger line we understand that some biden the visuals approach the israeli counterparts suggested that the ific sions the demolition of homes was not good for the attempt to reach a 2 state solution which was the stated imperative of the united states but at the same time although the language changed under biden there have been few tangible results for example the u.s. embassy remains in jerusalem and while it does there can be no hope whatsoever of

resuming negotiations. waxman directs the u.c.l.a. eunice and soraya now sorry and center for israel studies he joins us live via skype from los angeles california good to have you with us so how far do you think the conflict is going to go do you think we might see an israeli ground incursion into gaza. well already the israelis have been moving near. them signaling to have lost the lots of potential that they're willing to do that i don't think the israeli government would want to initiate a major ground incursion into gaza that could really escalate the situation. and lead to a prolonged war which i think at this point israeli government is reluctant to enter so i expect nitty to limit itself it possible to maybe a day or 2 more days of fighting but of course this situation is not really under anybody's control not the israeli governments not hamas nor certainly the united

states and there's always the possibility that it could escalate the last time there were serious. escalation of violence in 2014 neither hamas nor is wanted a 50 day complet that's what they ended up with because neither one could control the chain of events not the danger that i think we've got today and these have palestinian groups this time demonstrated a greater ability in terms of their rocket attacks and both in intensity and their ability to reach further and further away. yeah that seems to be the case a far the fact that well certainly they've been firing more lockett's into central israel than previously and just seem like there's been this article gets into television but what's been striking is that not all of these rockets have been intercepted by israel's iron dome system they seem to. have awesome questions i'm a jihad seem to be using

a technique of calling many many rockets overwhelming the politico and then to strike them all and some of these rockets have been falling in israel this seems to be one of the new factors in this in this confrontation that entire rounds where have us didn't have the ability technically to overwhelm israel's iron dome defense system and talking about new factors how much of a new factor is the disturbances we're seeing now in towns like law where the man is saying i have lost control i need the army this is civil war. yeah i think this is really the most significant new development in this and the most worrying in many ways what we're being what's been taking place in lawton and other mixed alagiri cities and towns our desire is street politic assaults between jews and palestinian citizens of israel. in law for example the local authorities have basically educated state of emergency and that they can't control it controlled

a situation that's forced now the israeli government to send in order peace units into a lot of this is really unprecedented even at the beginning of the 2nd intifada when the circle of october 2000 took place we didn't see the kind of intercommunal violence that's taking taking place over the last couple of days and if this present escalates given the fact that one in 5 citizens of these are palestinian we could really seeing. a kind of intifada on a whole new scale taking place which is a very wild about it right now how much is personally at stake for a politically exposed israeli prime minister to turn this into a win for him. but in some senses they're ready is a win for him because it's already this escalation is already forced the suspension of the talks with the coalition 'd. people expected maybe as early as this week that china to fold and that's no longer happening least

a matter so he said all the time and in some ways elevated his employments again that's not his importance he's now allowed to you know appear to be the statesman pay them all that he's more comfortable playing so in some ways this will play to his benefit but if the situation escalates and if israel does bomb itself in a long conflict in particular down computing gaza that i think that's a real political risk for netanyahu because there's really no good outcome is or doesn't have a military solution with regards to gaza that will become increasingly apparent in the days and weeks ahead i'm not what ultimately i think. politically because there are still israel is who want to believe that at least that the israeli government can defeat hamas and can declare victory when that doesn't happen they're going to be average miss yahoo as well so i think there are political risks for him but in

the short term it is a benefit of some so poor all right thanks so much for your thoughts and analysis of waxman the. ok. still ahead on al-jazeera ethiopia releases contradictory reports of who was actually killed during a massacre integrate. we'll tell you what's causing malnutrition to make a wiring return to latin america. 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 or 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 southward 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 i 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 or so some lively showers too into parts of the greater antilles for a time but mostly sunshine over the next couple of days with west of weather to the west.

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strikes have damaged the building housing media organizations in gaza the building is not too far from well just syria's own offices are located israel fired a warning shot before striking it in total $35.00 palestinians have been killed after 2 days of israeli bombardment in gaza a palestinian group hamas says it fired $200.00 rockets towards israel 5 israelis have been killed boss was hit in the southern suburbs of all of. the more sporadic outbreaks of violence across israel with with arab and jewish israeli residents israeli border police are redeploying from the occupied west bank to logged in central israel after large scale writing their state of emergency has now been declared in the area. and these are the live pictures coming to us from gaza after a night of both israeli airstrikes and palestinian rockets being fired towards

israel as you can see smoke still hanging over the horizon we understand that in the last few minutes there have been renewed israeli air strikes on gaza so no indication yet that this is a situation which is ready for deescalation now the u.n. secretary general antonio tatton has 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 arc in occupied east jerusalem he is deeply saddened to learn of the increasingly large numbers of casualties including children from israeli air strikes in gaza and of israeli fatalities from rockets launched from gaza. supporters of both the israelis and the palestinians gathered in new york for rival protests hundreds of people gathered

outside the israeli consulate in manhattan there were hundreds of minor scuffles between the rival groups for the palestine solidarity campaign is organized demonstrations in london supporters rallied outside the british prime minister's official residence at number 10 downing street they want the u.k. government to intervene and stop israel from forcibly evicted palestinians from their homes and occupied east jerusalem the planned evictions led to this latest escalation. was that protest. it is far far too simple to see what's going on in the middle east has been concentrated simply in israel and palestine because here in london where around 2000 people also gathered on one hall there was a sense of burning injustice at the eviction of palestinian families in east jerusalem and a huge amount of concern about the upsurge in violence in the region as well the

british government doesn't remain silent the u.k. together with france germany spain and italy have israel to reverse the settlement building saying that it threatens the setting up of a viable palestinian state dominate rob britain's foreign secretary has condemned the firing of rockets from gaza towards through solomon other targets in israel and all of these european 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 occupier verses that occupy. what we have here is israel as the rest of the oppressed. illegally evicting 1st of all palestinians from their homes jobs then you have the. the abhorrence of peaceful worshippers in the

mosque in one of the holiest months of the calendar from one of the holiest nights of the calendar not only did they attack peaceful worshippers but they desecrate at the sites sanctity of one of the most holy your sites in the. turbulence we're seeing in the middle east has its roots in the lines drawn by the u.k. and its allies decades ago and many of these protesters 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 israelis and palestinians have a fair right to a peaceful homeland but palestine solidarity campaign also organized the march in cape town in south africa hundreds of people turned out for the protest they want the south african parliament to adopt a boycott and sanctions bill against israel south africa's ruling a.n.c. and the opposition economic freedom fighters party of condemned israeli attacks on

palestinians in other news ethiopia says the majority of people killed during a massacre in the war region last year were fighters not civilians as reported by rights groups malcolm webb has more. hundreds of civilian men and teenage boys were massacred by eritrean soldiers in the ethiopian town of x. in november last year according to rights groups. amnesty international released videos which it says were verified by dozens of testimonies including this one of one of the victims ethiopia and eritrea and forces were pursuing the to grain people's liberation front. who had previously controlled ethiopia for most of 3 decades ethiopia's attorney general has said the people killed in x.m.l. were in fact called buttons. but. it is established that the

great majority of those killed in this incident were members of the fighting force of the left wing gauged the eritrean forces though they were not in uniform these forces later went back to the city and attack civilians in the streets according to our investigation 93 individuals were killed due to fighting. the government's report contradicts not just amnesties report but also the findings of human rights watch and the government's own human rights commission. and. what we have found because. we have seen just most of us. and. contacted house to house raids to pull. the families around and. i mean. isn't the only massacre here relatives mourn protesters who were

reportedly shot by eritrean soldiers in the town of crow in february thousands of civilians have been killed in the complex eritrea denies its soldiers have committed abuses ethiopia says it's open to independent investigations elections to do next month and ethiopia's prime minister ahmed wants to stay in office some opposition observers say there's no chance of a free and fair poll interethnic violence in some regions and the war integrate many can't vote since the conflict began 6 months ago media access has been heavily restricted but reports of rapes and massacres keep coming. this is one of several videos circulated on social media of water appears to be ethiopian soldiers executing at least 11 on armed men and throwing their bodies over a cliff research isn't journalists verified it last month the government dismissed their claims rights groups say the u.n.

and the african union have done too little too late to try and stop the atrocities malcolm webb al-jazeera. families across latin america are struggling to put food on their tables to use of the pressures of the pandemic that's according to the u.n. food narco cultura organization which says malnutrition in school aged children is increasingly becoming a problem our latin america amateur newman falls from something. all over chile public schools prepare bags with 15 days worth of breakfast and lunch one bag per child it's the food a student would normally eat right here if they were attending class what that would lead to it includes flavored milk instant oatmeal eggs fish we have to guarantee the proper level of protein and other nutrients for school children. with schools closed for more than a year now due to the pandemic parents or older students need to pick up the food

to take home. for sale luis everest is taking home the bag allocated to his 3 year old daughter daniella. won the lottery but out of an lydia before the pandemic we could buy meat or chicken now we have to restrict pasta ross bread things like that every one of them one of them are feel there's nothing here a totally empty part. of all of them the family of 7 includes 5 small children including a 4 month old baby but mr everest has been out of work for months so food is scarce which is why the school's food is a big help. malnutrition was a radical they did in chile in great part thanks to the food program yet the latest annual census carried out under the pandemic reveals that for the 1st time in decades malnutrition is reappearing up by almost one percent the reasons are multiple. for example secondary school student pastoral your law is picking up food

bag meant just for her name is irrelevant to me and when i. i also have 2 small sisters will share my bag between the 3 of us what the un food and agriculture organization predicts that hunger will increase by 7.7 percent in latin america because of the pandemic that translates into 36000000 people but programs like this one underscore that malnourishment and hunger do not always go hand in hand in fact chilean children are amongst the most obese in the world. and dream the pandemic use obesity has actually increased in addition most of the supply malnutrition isn't only caused by small amounts of food it can also be caused by food of poor quality especially in excess of carbohydrates without protein fruits or vegetables . in fact the census shows that malnutrition that causes stunted growth is

also being found in children who are not from low income families another example of how cold 19 is impacting our health well beyond the virus itself you see in human al-jazeera. the bodies of suspected chrono virus victims of brain washing up along india's ganges river sparking fears they could spread the virus even further at least $100.00 bodies washed up in just one village in uttar pradesh state somewhere on the banks for up to 2 days after people alerted authorities in neighboring behalf and over 2 dozen bodies washed ashore. well. both these situations are very dangerous we have heard that corona virus has spread from one flu to another through the system in multi-story buildings and this is documented although there is no global research into how the virus may spread through did bodies in the water i strongly believe that the water is now polluted

it is not with drinking anymore and when these bodies rot it will be even more dangerous. the administration should take cognisance of these bodies as soon as possible and cremate the bodies wherever they have found immediately. and let's take you through some of the headlines here now to syria now israeli air strikes have damaged the building housing media organizations in gaza the building is not too far from where al-jazeera zone offices are located israel fired a warning shot before striking it in total 35 palestinians have been killed after 2 days of israeli bombardment in gaza i'll just serious stuff and conclude this update from gaza.