this is al jazeera. hello i'm adrian for the get this is that he is a live from doha coming up in the next 60 minutes israeli strikes kill top hamas commanders and ongoing attacks on the besieged territory of gaza. grief and anger as palestinians hold funerals 56 people including including children are killed. rockets fired by hamas and its allied factions target israeli

towns and cities killing 5 civilians and a soldier. of violence less than israel's mixed palestinian israeli communities the city mess says it's like a civil war. and joining us covert sports is the u.s. track and field team cancel a premium pick training camp in japan as the current virus pandemic. we begin this news in gaza the target of israel's largest bombing campaign since the 2014 war israel has been launching air strikes throughout the night and into today the last says that several of its senior commanders have been killed including its military chief at least $56.00 palestinians have died since. monday

including 15 children and 3 women. my daughter in law and my grandson died and my granddaughter is missing without any trace the jews target women and children my son's wife was 5 months pregnant this is terrorism they bombed them without any warning they didn't warn them the house had nothing but the kids. what should i say this is a crime they were civilians a woman the children of baba and a shopper and these are the people who were at the scene they didn't have the militants nor an official we are civilians sleeping it harms the armed wing of the palestinian group hamas and its allies factions of launched more than a 1000 rockets into israel most of the rockets were launched overnight into southern and central israel as you can see here many were intercepted by israel's. defense system but some rockets did get through 5 civilians and the soldiers were killed. i would like to and that will live some kind of

positiveness to find a solution between. well it was a really scary night. my friends who live in remote places where even more scared but they're used to this reality of missiles being fired from the gaza strip and all of israel's under attack it's a very scary situation to be. in a moment we'll hear from abraham who's in ramallah but 1st a hurry for cities in southern israel harriet let's start 1st of all with the the killing of several senior hamas commandos what more do we know. that's right this is being confirmed by both the israeli military and hamas itself and has been spoken about by israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu we're talking about 6 senior members of the general staff of hamas one of them the gaza city brigade commander the other 5 involved in various elements

of intelligence and rocket production and engineering and all of them said to be close confidence of the head of the military wing of hamas mohammed deaf so this is a significant blow that has been struck the israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu saying that he had promised that there would be unimaginable things that would take place in terms of. the group that he called terrorists and he said that they are confirming that those those deaths and saying that there would be more to follow as far as hamas is concerned it is said that those deaths would not end its struggle they would fuel its continuing fight so i think on both sides we are now expecting a pretty major barat of rockets in response to that blow in the coming hours hamas says it's fight over a 1000 rockets from gaza or that

a 1000 rockets more than a 1000 rockets have been fired israeli airstrikes on gaza continue and from your point of view you've seen a lot of military hardware heading towards the border with gaza. yes i think that does accord with what we have been hearing from the israeli government from the defense minister who is saying that this is an operation without an end date at the moment now this doesn't mean necessarily that there is going to be a ground invasion. certainly there are significant risks as far as israel is concerned given how much it has already been able to do from the air but we've seen number of tracked vehicles of heavy artillery self propelled howitzers being put into place on the back of of flatbed lorries which of them been returning empty so

certainly there is preparation for potentially a different phase or at least a show of force and the option of having that in place is the is there in what we've seen as for what we've seen inside gaza so far as you've heard from those initial opening soundbites that there have been continuing strikes and the death toll has been mounting dozens of people have been killed. and the. the situation looks as if it is going to continue that there have been talks about egyptian mediation but so far that appears to be going nowhere and the escalatory steps seem to be continue to be taken. harry there's a parallel crisis unfolding in israel's mixed palestinian israeli towns and neighborhoods in lid the mayor described it as being like a civil war in neighboring rum the ultranationalist as ready demonstrators were

filmed attacking cars being driven by palestinian israelis. causing crashes while in the northern port town of a crane witnesses said that protesters set a jewish owned restaurant and hotel on fire. come a hospital. we're in a struggle on multiple fronts last night after debates and decisions at the defense ministry headquarters concerning the gaza strip and wanted to aim to lead another front of anarchy that has opened decisions to deploy forces there were given and today in the afternoon in our crew as well we continuing our efforts to stop the energy and restore governance to the cities of israel with an iron fist if needed with all forces needed and all of the already is required. another scene of anarchy the prime minister called it how does israel deal with this internal unrest. well it's

a really significant problem that is as you say in parallel to this unfolding military conflict which we have more of behind us in terms of the shape of more tanks being delivered on the back of flatbed lorries that's the noise you can hear behind the camera. but the the idea of this extremely dangerous situation erupting in these mixed towns is one that is causing real concern not just the prime minister but also interesting lead to riven rivlin the president he's someone who has very much despite being on the right despite being from the ruling likud party she is very much a sort of made outreach to the arab israeli community of this country opposing the nation state lore of a couple of years ago which really cemented the the nature of israel as a jewish state getting self-determination only to the jews when he was forced to sign that bill he did so in arabic and so for him to be talking about

a paul graham against jews in the state of israel that the state which you know as far as design is probably project was concerned it was set up partly to protect against jews being victims of programs talking about bloodthirsty arab mobs on the streets this is language that is very surprising coming from someone like the president of the state of israel and what we have seen are these these eruptions of violence. we have seen people on the arab side and the jewish side being victimized in it so far there are calls for arab leaders palestinian israeli leaders in these communities they are calling for for a meeting and for tensions to be calm and there's also been a curfew of 8 pm local time so that's in less than 2 hours to be imposed in ludd itself and the prime minister as you saw benjamin netanyahu also he's been to

a lot he's been to acre this is a really significant issue for the israeli government even as what takes place behind us in and around gaza and indeed the rocket fire coming out of it is also occupying a huge amount of the focus of what's going on right harry many thanks dana very fortunate that reporting live from southern israel let's bring in now the abraham there who joins us live from ramallah in the occupied west bank what's the latest from there. to palestinians were killed this 16 year old then 26 year old by the israeli army's fire after the military raided different cities in the occupied west bank and they have arrested around over more than $44.00 palestinians in this in these raids but these are not something new you 20 hours is rabies roundup palestinians almost every night and these raised rates have become some sort of a regular appearance such as these in the good israeli settlements that are taking

up palestinians that in crouching on palestinian cities and taking up their resources and also making it more difficult for palestinian protesters to organize and. leads the protest that could go to confrontation points yet military israeli military checkpoints or indicate israeli settlements nevertheless there are calls to pro to to voice out anger and support to. palestinians in gaza strip and also those in occupied east jerusalem we're expecting one here in. around 3 hours which is how often that would be poor and leadership meeting that is expected to be held at $930.00 at the presidential headquarters one element that the palestinian leadership is focusing on is the diplomatic effort is trying to reach out to the international community was heard from several palestinian

officials who say that the international community's response hasn't been. as they hoped for we've also heard from the palestinian prime minister. who says that this is a natural explosion because the reason for that is the israeli crimes as far as how much they put the palestinian president has been holding calls with different of the world including jordan. as well as that all the president's. use of joseph. what's the mood among among people on the street. i can tell you that they are frustrated from the palestinian authority they say they don't expect the meetings of the palestinian authority to be. taking strong steps when it comes to israeli violations and house big a growing feeling among palestinians that the palestinian authority is not being

part of the solution so it might be part of the problem there is a harsh criticism to the security coordination that the palestinian authority is doing with israel course the possum in officials are the funding that they say it's part of the signed agreements with israel this is something that the protesters also chung chant against in protest they talk about forwards and how they are against them so they want the palestinian authority to take a harsh. but they seem to be more interested in a diplomatic approach and they say their options really argument. many thanks indeed abraham reporting live from ramallah the united nations security council has been meeting to discuss the escalating israeli palestinian conflict let's go live to the u.n. al-jazeera christensen rumors that this is the 2nd time right that the u.n. security council has met to discuss this. that's right

it's the 2nd time the security council has met in just this week the 2nd time they've heard from the un's special coordinator for the middle east peace process toward venice land both meetings have been behind closed doors and that is land we are told by diplomats in the room continues to call for calm and sound the alarm on the situation in the middle east we're told that he told diplomats that this is the worst escalation he's seen in years and that he's worried the spiral of violence could continue into a full scale war and publicly he has called on both sides in the conflict to stop the violence and to move towards deescalation but we haven't heard anything from the security council itself as yet the meeting was called for by more than half of the council members as was the one earlier in this week clearly there is concern about the situation on the ground however there is no agreement and how to respond

to it the certain members of the council china norway and tunisia had proposed a statement on monday negotiations on that statement went nowhere we are told that the united states said and continues to say that a statement on the part of the council will not help the situation on the ground they are working other channels and feel that a statement from the security council will not help the situation norway came back with even more general statements that could be made less formally on behalf of the council in an attempt to express concern and show. call for calm those elements included calling for a cessation of hostilities expressing concern about the tension and violence in east jerusalem around holy sites in particular no mention at all in any of this about settlement activity to. very basic call for calm and respect for

international norms that have been upheld regarding those sites in recent years and in the past but again the council at this stage deciding that it will not being able to agree on on a way for and because of the u.s. resistance here but we are hearing that some european members of the council or a representative of the e.u. may make some comments after the morning meetings have broken here but as of yet a lot of concern but no unified statement coming from the council on syria's christian salumi reporting live from the u.n. in new york kristen any thanks. of a man draw as a former national security advisor to the prime minister of israel he joins us now via skype from tel aviv good to have you with us where do you see this going now will will israel launch a ground offensive into gaza. beforehand so the question will

say they. all 4 men we'll call the united nation and i don't know if it's a joke or a really good description of the situation you know in syria more than half the medium are of those have been killed by other arabs and with not so many meetings of the security council so where is the push in adelaide. international community the words. are of the issues when it is often we go to our obscured by syrians it's ok when it is the speed our of skin is very very bad. i understand this is the ironical of the old and this is why from our point of view all the for all the security council is a big joke not this serious. about the biggest. but it is a different operation it was launched by. by hamas initiated by hamas.

will be the only busy government. or eventing group and there will be a government. and make holy see in our capital in juvenile. court against race or. not also parents. made by it and by a terrorist organization but hang on hang on a 2nd i'm talking about i'm sorry and i'm sorry i just i need to make a point but before i don't want to i don't argue with you some of us want to make the point that as really the house is attacked people who are playing peacefully and they are like somehow. i don't. let me answer you didn't interrupt in any of the answers or might call it before me now we have we have we have a deal where when you make when you make a point that needs to wreck things i will interrupt you'll date there are no you've

been arguing that so i want to be people i want to be polarized i want to hear what you have to say not but what they saying is my view look your so let me speak you don't need to speak i am ready to close but when you ask me a question and i know i'm sorry look what i think not what you think so let me speak if you don't want it to speak already you asked me to speak i didn't call you and say please let me speak you ask me to speak so i'm saying what i think what you'll think i'm right so you might make your major point you have made your point let's get on with it. ok my major point is that he sees totally different operation rules of different isn't the state by the. organisation to a server and state and so there is that in all that so. they and ultimatums and we still meant to be strongly that me could get that we still hold only those equal

amounts and that price would be paid by how much we're going to use a sion and the civilians which are used by some us who are i behind that and. also maybe going to the. government can i make a point i'd like to hear your opinion on the fact that hamas says that several of its senior commanders have already been killed by israeli strikes you make the point that you say that civilians you say that civilians are hiding behind all that hamas is using civilians to hide behind surely because it is so tightly packed in terms of population if you launch an air strike on gaza at a target at a military target you're going to get collateral damage people how awesome not hiding behind civilians in gaza these are people who just happened to be so close by because gaza is so densely packed. so what gives you what you suggest that the the still going is asian we launch rockets and missiles into

sydney uni said those who want to because they obviously feel the state of israel and israel because it does it so we do not have did it really couldn't defend itself i don't understand the argument so it's well went to war with hamas in 20141 of the aims of that campaign being to limit the ability of armed groups in the gaza strip being able to fire rockets into israel and yet here we are in 2021 over a 1000 rockets have been launched in the last 24 hours from gaza into israel something's going wrong here there is no military solution to this would you not agree. there is no military solution to the fact that the palestinian decide that they want to be led by they're all going to be free elections. elected hamas could organization regulates that they were going to they should but you're axis of america where you feel you're on your bike many thank you there on

the wall then all of them if they can was elected by the funniest minion who made them so now the consequences is the 2nd you are screwed that's what you asked the public standpoints then for building building going to make. even the student who made the life much much but there are reports very little bit next generation they decided we. could get a big meeting and blunt new shit and then back on super really and see if you needed another you ask me to quote you i asked the policy and why they decided it would be a citizen site if you'd like. they had to build the subsequences i get all that a come back because i come from a kind of the point i made are just trying to make on your own so you talk about consequences surely israel bears some responsibility for what's happening here right now and should do to the fact that israeli security forces attacked people

who were peacefully praying inside the al aqsa mosque. first the fall. peacefully their way that people done you know they for all everything that they call rocks and stones and ever think soul jewels for all from the womb all down the temple mount but which they really but not any that they want throwing stones me at the mosque let me know i am not let me i'm saying what i think not look so let me answer it was iraq peace for korea well if i lay tional all the rules and old agreement throwing stones and rocks into the logging war and the police job i mean that is when we would not let the. people who are coming causally who were right in the. most

was the fact that we have allowed them to come and we are no closer to him then bring him within the system and rockets and so random and rocks and stones and poof rolled before the war the war it was not before. and we believed in the future again and again and again he stayed and we not led to parse the union who behave can do good in the friend then any other superior of. society and in a democratic state i know it is luck it is not like all the arab states the democratic state but the police have has some rules and they will and the fact that both of these venting 2 of them hamas to the side to launch rockets and missiles in full 6000000 sick leave. it all more respect who was unavailable and now get them in our hands for it is that they need it it will take time and

many parties leaving for you and us to buy area and that if you notice the defendant we appreciate your perspective many thanks indeed for your time of i'm enjoying our final national security adviser the prime minister of israel the stuff of our go to is the secretary general of the palestinian national initiative he also served as minister of information in the palestinian unity government he joins us now live via skype from ramallah what do you make of what you just heard so. well i'm going to talk to 1st of all about your question who would call. in to any israeli citizenship because look out and then you have guests isn't it between just simple racist arguments i mean you are going to do it with that system of apartheid and the national discrimination and that's was a very jewish part. and. but i

think facts are in this problem as we were before mentally because israel is good to you in this illegal occupation of palestinian. areas and then see because israel has conducted its nuclear. weapons years ago and mainly because in a lot of forms this is a patient and person. and you want us to meet them. to be good and we don't want us to have this sick and i was even if it's peaceful listen i lived in jerusalem myself i saw how the army had been the most they were just saying it's one thing and i mean. you've got bombs inside the walls they're shocked people with. metallica but of course had fallen 6 people out of love that i most people are in critical condition more than 1000 for the. last and that i'm good and they want to effect

a palestinian. land and then land. imagine 500 people. forced out of their homes ok. now they're going to do it again that's why what is happening is nothing but the deflection system. that it has been. where do you see this going now how many more people have to die for the rocket fire the missile attacks stop. i don't have much time because unfortunately i haven't used it on the palestinians aren't you for a cease fire how much of a difference is fire and isn't it just does not want israel wants to scale it situation i think they want to drag us plus a lot of muscle like no one did in 2004 deal when they killed thousands of palestinians but who bought it in gaza and as you don't go there is

a very tiny small place in those days only 120 square miles we don't point 1000000 people who most of them can also have some kind of from you because there's not enough room in vaccination as it should are. now bombarding the egypt fight those who are on the block when but in fact in my opinion this is a massive and in the sense of past and the world must event must finally see the reality that this is there's a 90 percent commission. which is considered one of crimes by the national will not stop unless this man sanctions on us this is innocent and it's clear that he would just think i was the most i want to ask him what is that you know what's next that you painted on the smart smartness on the clashes so you think now and then you said and those are your partner mr barghouti many thanks indeed.

earlier my colleague come on santa maria spoke to the family bennett who was the israeli defense minister from 2019 to 2020 he's also the chairman of the main a political party kimo began by asking him how long expects the escalation to last . as long as hamas keeps a. deliberate attack in order to murder israelis across the state by the way arabs and jews the like hamas are ready murdered 2 arab israelis in the city of load. 52 years old and his daughter nadine 16 years old israeli arabs who were murdered a holocaust survivor 85 years old was murdered by hamas in her wheelchair if hamas thinks that they can get away with this their wrong will hunt down every commander every post until we win and the 53 people have died in gaza or including

14 children and they all members of hamas are needed to die. indeed hamas killed them because we know they didn't kill behind yes they did not and on come on come on come on you they were. women and children you are effectively murdering your own people make no mistake i spent the night in the shelter with my family in the city of la nona we will defend ourselves and if hamas decides to turn schools into terror bases and hospitals in a cowardly manner into into terror bases they are responsible for murdering their own people you know i'm in the opposition now but make no mistake we are all united we stand strong united and there's one way for this to stop for hamas to lay down its arms and then it will stop ok let's talk politics then mr bennett because you are in a position to actually tell us about the political situation that exists in israel

and how it is contributing to what's going on at the moment the fact is israel doesn't have a well it's still in political limbo technically in fact you could end up being a future prime minister of israel is this affecting what is happening at the fact that prime minister netanyahu doesn't know his future that he has corruption charges against him is this contributing to the whole problem this is not a built in that then you know and it's not about left and right in israel and it will certainly back on the minister guns and the government of israel at this very difficult moment when we get hundreds of rockets a night on israel we all stand united no one will divide us and we'll fight back how is a palestinian leader activist and former member of the palestine liberation organization executive committee she says that israel has been acting with impunity. you have hit and and i did use of violence by the strongest army and that agent at that

getting and since you're going to start getting residential buildings in an area that has been totally closed and beseeched without any means of defense with not ever forced windows shelters with no sirens and at the same time to claim this various claims have it it's not just humanitarian it's a question of 10 existential issues it's political it's legal yes it is human and it is not certainly military because as it is used our military is punitive and monitored and in many ways there's an expression of an unbridled occupation that has existed with impunity for all these years that has never been held accountable since it was created 72 years ago since the other occupation if people use a girl as and has acted with impunity as doug it is the palestinians as a get it up your nation under its control and outside of iraq but this is not new

this escalation is new it has been emboldened of course like the tramp administration's collusion it has been emboldened by biden administration's lack of action and that the sense of the europeans and it's an ongoing so now the question was. is there to attack in jerusalem to get out and in years to target that only has a slam excite here and them and middle of ramadan and to get away with it now they wouldn't want him asked one of them everybody else one day and you are crossing not just that lines your act of walking you are provoking them and stimulus beyond and you would accept about king arabs and muslims and christians everywhere just stop it ok only then they start to escalate it let's check in with. a journalist in gaza. you know i've been saying you french a couple of times what we've been waiting to work across to you what's happening

that the moment you able to talk to us. right now israeli warplanes are striking air raids on. which is the home for lots of media offices here in the gaza strip right now these were a couple of missiles that are where wording missiles and right now they should be starting to bring down the entire tower this tower is up to 14 stories it's one of the biggest and oldest towers in the in the gaza strip and it holds mainly media offices like almost all the media offices are in this tower along with a jo had a tower which was. directly targeted yesterday. as you can hear now there raids are. the raids are. directly targeting the tower. is this artillery fire or can you hear the sound of jets or groans overhead.

i'm sorry is this are it is this artillery fire can you hear the sound of jets or runs. oh my god yes yes yes i need to go down ok. all right as you can see that humans have to take cover. just as we were expecting after warning shots fired at that building which imho is telling us houses among other organizations media offices of the various organizations who cover gaza. that's been at least partially taken out during spake spinoza and mine is a biblical you're not are you able to what are you able to speak yes i can hear nothing i mean well. yes i've directed the camera now to what's the explosion this is this is

a shock tower that has been brought down as you can see. i was standing right opposite to it when i was talking to you. how far away is the option how far away is that building one of the. story of the house has gone the biggest buildings it's the building has not fallen yet. it has not fallen yet which means that more rockets right now will be fiery to where it sit. on how well how densely populated is the area around the building will the building will have been evacuated there were warnings given even warning shots fired but how many people live around that building. this building is in a very very populated densely populated area it's in remelted street it's one of the major important streets here in gaza strip where so many shops are like almost

important shops and there is a dense show buildings of people are so basically distracting such a tower like 'd shouldn't tell and which comes exactly in the middle of the area exactly the middle of renown street means and entire destruction in the neighborhood i can issue you that the aftermath of the destructive of this tower is going to be terrible just terrible whether because of the shops or there are at the neighboring neighboring towers and buildings it is the highest tower in the area but in all the other terese and buildings are lower than it but there's going to be a massive destruction for the aftermath of bringing this tower down. and you have not heard you were telling a colleague of mine owner that a building opposite where you live in gaza was also destroyed today.

yes. yes the building exactly next to the building that i live which also closed massive destruction to the building where i live 'd the other building was totally brought to the ground it's like it's 990 list nice stories those days and it has been brought to the ground totally and the building where i live which is that 8 story building has been massively distracted as well. you say that to those there is a building isn't it i mean everywhere in gaza is highly populated you know i know but what sort of area is that surrounding that building that holds those you so the media offices in that building that the shops there is a residential area. in

bill dating in all the 1st team stories in every single floor there are alike not to not let not less than 3 or 4 offices media offices off channels of i and media and media companies so this is the 1st thing the the bottom story is filled with shops and restaurants so this has also been there also banks there is a bank that is just next to the building capital mall which is the only mall in the gaza strip is opposite to this building right opposite to a. great range of shops cool shops and and the best shops in gaza actually are opens it to this building and next to it we have a couple of buildings ringback like the one you can see the through the camera if the camera is showing it the white one which is next to it ok this one is there is

it then show a totally residential building which means that it is. great to be totally destructive as well where i am where i am now where i'm giving this life right now is a couple of metres away from a shoe and you can see how like how massive the destruction is showing from here and you're trying to ask a little earlier but are you hearing i got. another missile just hit me on the way he should be good to. see him now can you hear me. yes. yes i can hear you are you are you hearing are you hearing the sound of jets in the skies above you or drones or is this not to worry that's being fired you know. yes the jones are yes i can we can definitely hear the drones like above us and the sound

i don't think that they're jets but just the rockets that clash right. by the air raids but. the germans are very clear. the sound of the drones are very clear about that's a pretty regular sound though isn't it you must get pretty used to hearing the sound of drones overhead in gaza. we hear that the drones 247 as they say 24 over 24 like the joes the israeli drones are in the skies of gaza every single moment. at all times money tearing everything and and. before we let you go you know perhaps you just talk us through this gives a sense. yes just give us a very very strange or a very. it's

a very big any important sense of alarm that we could actually be targeted aid. time by any of these drones and you know talk us through what happened did god say it was proceeding this explosion but with that we've seen in the last 10 minutes or so. some brigades announced this afternoon and one is they the martyred the valar their commander of the guns of great david. isa a long way and they said in their statement that he has been martyred along with leaders of his brothers and which i he dean in the aggression office on their sites on the resistance sites in gaza so this this coals for a massive retaliation on this assists in nation of the. resistance has called it also the occupation where planes also

a couple of like about about an hour ago. targeted a blood draw a complex it's a governmental complex near here at. the hospital for medical rehab elite ation also closing the hospital to be damaged. and this was and threatening and it threatened to tell were to be bombed and this is what we have just seen so this is this is what has happened in these late hours until now. all right give me a before we let you go we're just going to play the video again of what happened just a few moments ago 10 minutes ago as we were talking. of the building. after that that strike. you know tell us once again before we let you go for now just tell us what this building was why it might

have been targeted as. well targeting such a building which only holds media and media offices is a clear message by the israeli occupation that it does not one to any any media offices it does not want any media to actually bring out the truth of what is going on in the gaza strip the crazy air raids that are taking place in every moment the killing and targeting of civilians of presidential towers apartments hundreds of palestinians i've been wounded in just 2 days of escalation assails and if they call if they have been saying that hundreds of rockets have been lanced from the gaza strip thousands of air raids have been carried on the gaza strip they're using their when using their massive power to bring down the civilians of the gaza strip as a way to actually pressure the palestinian factions these residential

buildings that are being brought to down like a should look to building an empty tower. a tower a susi tower these buildings are not buildings where our resistance factions reside or have been lashing rockets or any of that these are just pure presidential buildings that have been directly targeted by the occupation forces and this is what is driving them to actually target a big. thing like or a tower like a should look to our which which is which is the only way to actually bring out. the reality. or idea of for the moment well we'll let you go you've had a journalist in gaza let's go to al-jazeera sorry for says who is in southern israel area a but in

a way where you are you'll have been able to see the pictures you saw what was what was going on there why would israel target a building that that according to you is launched the occupied by media organizations. well i think there are several possible motivations the israeli military and the israeli government has been saying that these buildings that it has been bringing down have been in part at least used by hamas or other armed factions inside the gaza strip now of course there is a huge impact to doing that we're talking about hundreds of people potentially losing their homes and as well as that often these these are in relatively well to do areas in gaza is the part possibility that some of those families may well in themselves be relatively senior families within the gaza society and so it has that impact as well and of course it is

a huge statement of power to its to its enemies inside gaza that it has the ability to do these extremely. large scale destructions of what have been landmarks in gaza so i think there are several potential motivations but the effect on the hundreds of peoples of hundreds of people who live in there warned as they have been to get out so their lives to some extent being that the risk to their lives being minimized however without a home inside gaza which is under a huge bharadwaj of israeli airstrikes at the moment is not a good place to be and this is having a massive impact perry hamas says that several of its senior commanders have been killed including its military chief what's the significance of that. again another major step taken by israel another expression of both its

intelligence and its ability to strike it says the israeli military that these were 6 senior commanders who were. part of the general staff of hamas close to the the head of the military wing mohammed day if. it has been confirmed by hamas that they have been killed including the the head of the gaza city brigade so a major blow which is almost certain to elicit a major response in this kind of chain of escalation that we've been seeing in the recent couple of days there are indications and setting expectations at least on the israeli side that another big bear raj is on its way out we should also talk about what's happening inside the israeli government at the moment there is a security cabinet meeting that has just got underway the prime minister benjamin

netanyahu has already been talking about that attack it killing those 6 commanders saying that it was an unimaginable thing for the terrorists he called them to have happened to them and that more would be coming well discussions on exactly what that means are now under way there are some reports within the israeli media that there are at least considerations about a potential expansion to some kind of a ground offensive as well not have to put a big health warning on that that it is not yet in any way confirmed or being talked about publicly but that is what there are reports of in the israeli media that if a decision has not yet been made at least it is being considered and we have seen a good deal of military hardware tracked vehicles heavy artillery long range artillery and tanks being brought into the area close to where we are here and in the meantime this is anything being done to try to mediate between the 2 sides at

the moment to bring this violence to an end. well there have been expressions of concern and calls for calm from many governments and many organizations around the world so far that has done little to ameliorate things the key mediator in terms of face to face ability to talk in all of these recent escalations have to say much more minor than what we're looking at at the moment has been egypt and so far there doesn't seem to have been any success from the egyptian side indeed the israeli military the israeli government seem pretty implacable that a red line was crossed on monday when jerusalem was come it was brought under a long range rocket fire from hamas that is what began the chain the the most immediate proximate cause anyway to that the chain of events that we're now watching on spool and then again there was that huge coordinated barash targeting

television last night again these seem to be things that the government of israel is determined to respond to in an extremely overwhelming fashion and the defense minister benny gantz earlier today said that there was no end date that was being put on this and there seems to be no public expression of will to slow things down in fact exactly the opposite benjamin netanyahu talking about an ever increasing round of attacks and harry what we've got here is what i ask you once again about something we would we were discussing earlier unrest within israel itself. yes this is another extremely disturbing worrying frightening development within the country for people on both communities the jewish and palestinian israeli or

arab communities israel its population is about 20 percent palestinian israeli and what we've seen since the real explosion of violence on monday has been an eruption of communal racial violence between elements of these these 2 groups what was seen on monday was a there was a killing. of a palestinian israeli man he was shot dead by a jewish man in ludd there was an enormous funeral after that the following day in that city which led to clashes with security forces there there then been riots taking place both there and further north in other mixed jewish arab cities the president of israel riven rivlin who is a right wing likud politician but someone who has been very open to trying to improve ties with the israeli arab community opposed the nation

state law which. in the view of many palestinian israelis demoted them in terms of the national character of the country and denied them important rights he is someone who has as i say tried to reach out he is now talking about bloodthirsty arab mobs conducting pogroms against jews so that is the level of the discourse that we're currently seeing the prime minister of israel as well is talking about using an iron fist to crack down a lot itself is being subject to a curfew from 8 pm which is in just over an hour's time from now. wow and as well as that i've just seen reports at least of the senior politician local politician in lloyd talking about jewish settlers potentially heading in the direction so

there are all sorts of rumors all sorts of extremely disturbing developments in terms of that into communal. violence that we've been seeing as well as the violence on a much larger industrial scale that we've been witnessing and viewing both in gaza behind us and in terms of the rocket fire that's been flying around israel harry stay with us for a mode i just want to run those pictures again from around 20 minutes ago when israeli airstrikes brought down a big gaza city high rise building. and

that was a building that that we're told housed shops and media offices. harry you were telling us earlier about why israel might see that building as a target what about the response now from from hamas how will hamas respond to that you think it will weigh in for another night of rocket fire from gaza into into israel. i think almost undoubtedly i mean there is absolutely no sign of any stepping back in terms of the pace of attacks from israel and i think that will elicit or have to as both sides feeling obliged i think at this point to continue in this extremely

depressing calculus that they're making in terms of what is required to respond to the last round of violence so yes we have heard that bomb shelters in a lot on the red sea in the far south of israel they have been opened we've seen reports that the fighting factions inside gaza are promising further attacks in a deterioration of the situation in the coming hours so it's obviously impossible to give any really accurate indications or predictions of where this will go but it's not looking like it's going anywhere good at all at the moment. are a force of. live in southern israel for the moment many thanks indeed harry. gaza the target of israel's largest bombing

campaign since the 2014 war. israel has been launching air strikes right throughout last night and into today within the last half hour israel has struck a large tower block in gaza we were on air live with our reporter in gaza when the building was what it's been partially brought down of an enormous still standing there. will be incredibly unsafe and that will have to be destroyed. at some point this was the moment. and you saw the remaining structure that one bowl on it's on its foundation so i

mean to put the building totally destroyed obviously and that that the part that we can still see. in that pool of smoke will will obviously have to work to come down that was a building that that housed media offices. our correspondent was telling us this is the live shot now of the remains of that building some shops in the basement there were also. some people who had flats apartments in that building as well it is just coming up to 7 o'clock. in gaza more than 2000000 people living under the shadow of the most serious escalation of violence that since the 2014 war.

in the past off on israeli airstrike destroyed that building. where many media companies have their offices in gaza. they've been targeting gaza's police headquarters and government buildings with power reducing them to rubble senior hamas leaders are reported to have been killed including the top commander in gaza city at least $56.00 palestinians have been killed including 15 children. and from gaza the armed wing of the palestinian group hamas and its

allied factions of launched more than a 1000 rockets towards israel towns and cities deep in israeli territory of been hit some managing to get through the on dome missile defense system. and they go was talking about how. unsafe that the remaining portion of the building is it is now collateral we're not sure whether that was another missile attack that that that brought the building down completely but it has now gone it was a missile and being told.