back home it's more than just a football club and what is posted should be left out of football. politics and. the passion and the politics of liverpool f.c. the defiance giant. part of the fans who make football series on al-jazeera. israeli airstrikes bombard gaza into the early hours of thursday 69 palestinians have been killed in the west violence since 28147 have died in israel. hello i'm a very emphatic and this is al jazeera live from doha also coming up violence

spreads in israel's ethnically mixed towns and cities with one man likening it to a civil war. another day of record coronavirus deaths in india as opposition parties asked the government to ramp up vaccination. and ramadan in the times of a pandemic some muslims in america educating their children about the things. they spend another night of explosions and fire in gaza as israeli jets bombed high rise buildings and other targets these are live pictures of the skyline where it's now just past 11 in the morning it appears to be relatively quiet for now. just a short time ago there was at least one more strike on the city israel has vowed to continue its military campaign that overnight explosions listen up the sky in gaza

just as our correspondent was on the up. and interior security building was hit yet on casualties israeli forces have been launching intensive raids on various locations in the area in response to rockets fired by palestinian factions into israel it's the worst outbreak of violence in gaza since 2014 with no resolution in sight well 69 palestinians including 17 children have been killed 7 people have been killed by strikes fired into israel by gaza's fighting factions lot and says also spread within israel as into communal fighting at a scale not seen in decades broke out between palestinian israelis and jewish residents in several cities and was a serious hairy force that reports now from southern israel. in 3

separate strikes israel again showed what it can do will to gaza skyline. the tower contains shops offices and homes and on its top floor the hamas affiliated said t.v. . occupants had been told by israel to leave. seconds after the attack began the building silhouette replaced by smoke and dust. was across gaza a cloud of grief is spreading. taking hold of families and infecting a new generation. as the deaths mount so does the feeling that this is just the beginning they need to kill him then 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. less than an hour after the building was brought down another rocket barrage began. 'd again israel's iron dome interceptors trying to deal with a huge number of targets. hamas said it fired $130.00 rockets several got through to the town of steroids a 6 year old boy killed in one direct hit on a building. others exploding in the coastal town of ashkelon. earlier israel killed 6 senior hamas commanders close to the head of the military wing and involved in intelligence and rocket production a multi at the mall sure. a short while ago we eliminated top commanders of the hamas general staff including the gaza city brigade commander and other commanders and this is just the beginning will hit them like they never dreamed possible. but

there is another growing crisis for benjamin netanyahu and his government. away from this excel orating military escalation in and around gaza across israel from town to town there is an eruption of communal violence between jews and arabs despite netanyahu zone pledge to bring it to an end with an iron fist. on tuesday night jewish cars at a synagogue were torched on wednesday it was a mosque that burned. elsewhere arab businesses were ransacked jewish crowds chanted death to arabs. communities used to living close to each other doing business with each other riven by violence and hatred israel facing a social and security crisis on its streets as it wages an escalating conflict with gaza's fighting factions are a force at al-jazeera southern israel. aid prayers have been held without incident at al aqsa mosque after it was stormed by israeli forces just days ago hundreds of

worshipers attended the early morning prayers it is 3rd holiest site religious leaders are calling for calm the day marks the end of the holy month of ramadan for muslims around the world let's go live now to ramallah in the occupied west bank al-jazeera as neda abraham is there need what's the latest where you are. there has been a fresh israeli air strike against the gaza strip and specifically. the city and also a barrage of rockets fired from the besieged gaza strip towards the israeli towns that are adjacent to the strip in general the israeli army said that it has targeted more than $500.00 targets in gaza. since 8 pm on wednesday the militant groups in gaza have fired more than 100 than 30 rockets into israel and tens of them how could intercept it in general the israeli army says

that the fire and the system has been able to intercept anywhere between 85 to 90 percent of rockets fired from israel and it has it's still expanding its bank of targets in gaza let's remember that gaza is a relatively small strip of land that is filled with 202000000 charlestonians it's one of the most couldn't dense areas in the world so you can imagine the effect of these targets on people we've seen buildings being collapsed in the hundreds of people being homeless but also because it's such a close so. the chances of hitting civilians gets very high and as many gazans would tell you from previous wars they have no place to hide now meanwhile they've been gori an airport has said that it's rerouting its flights that are coming that are

a excuse me that are departing from that are incoming sorry into the airport but they're still keeping the departures from being go to an airport now british airways has just said that it's canceling all its flights from and to big or you an airport and it says that the safety of its passengers. and customers and staff is the highest priority so it could tell you how the situation is unfolding specifically that the tension is still rising the the violence inside israel between palestinian israelis and jewish israelis is mounting and we are expecting an escalation we've seen that in one of the cities palestinians have set a police car a police car. they doubt many thanks indeed i was there as neda abraham there in ramallah in the occupied west bank u.s.

president joe biden a spoken to israel's prime minister benjamin netanyahu biden said that he was optimistic that the violence wouldn't last much longer. my expectation hope is that . this will be. closing down sooner than later but israel has a right to defend itself when you have thousands of rockets lined indeed your territory but i had a conversation for a while with with the prime minister of israel and i think. my hope is that we'll see this coming to a conclusion sooner than later. more now from mike hanna in washington. well president biden saying that his administration is constantly engaging with various parties from various sides in this conflict saying as well that it's not only that his officers are talking to israelis and palestinians they are also talking to

other countries in the region such as cutter and egypt which have particular influence in an area in gaza in particular but president biden clearly walking a tightrope war here he has said he wants to recalibrate the u.s. relationship with israel given the exceedingly close relationship that evolved under the previous administration as yet he has not done so his administration continuing to look at ways in which it is going to reestablish this relationship and those changes that were made under the trump administration still in place for example the u.s. embassy remains in jerusalem having been moved from tel aviv so a president biden clearly saying he wants to recalibrate the relationship at the same time using the phrase used by u.s. politicians for decades and that is that israel has a right to defend himself that is a statement being made by politicians in congress on both sides of the aisle vali

nasr is a professor of middle east and international studies he says that the u.s. doesn't have much leverage on israel when it comes to palestine. it was caught off guard by even the 1st phase of the conflict which was the expulsion of palestinians from their homes in jerusalem which led to conflict in that city which led to an end and israeli attack on the locks on mosques that then. led to this current current crisis and it was caught off guard and he was caught playing catch up every step of the way and currently i don't know what privately president biden might have said and heard from prime minister netanyahu and what gives them hope but publicly the u.s. is playing its old card it's supporting israel and it doesn't have seem to have any leverage that would actually dictate what israel will decide to do in gaza i think it's very difficult for the biden administration to do this because right now if

prime minister netanyahu isn't the drivers he decides to escalate in jerusalem he decides to respond to hamas attacks with overwhelming force and the u.s. is left to play catch up so it doesn't look like president biden is being a position to actually influence israeli policy and therefore in a way he may claim to be moving back from the trump administration but the rules of the game still remain those that will repent during the trump theory. the weather next and still to come on i was 0 after a surge in violence in recent weeks afghanistan was in the islamic aid holiday with a 3 day ceasefire. not backing down anti-government protesters in colombia continue their campaign against police brutality.

but the. sponsored plan qatar airways hello there nice to see you we've got this weather disturbance just hanging over europe and you know what i'm not the culprit but what is this area of high pressure we call it a blocking high because it is just keeping all this instability in place and you know where we have rain and cloudy also have low temperatures this storm risk on thursday will really be towards southeast germany as we head toward the czech republic austria into northern sections of italy still some nice weather to be had warsaw 20 degrees stockholm 22 let me show you on friday what we're watching this disturbance as it gets ready to slam into the united kingdom and france bringing some soaking rain but we do have heavy rain toward corsica island and i think this storm risk on friday will be really anywhere you head all along the western shores of italy where things have been fine and settled high temperatures is toward the

mediterranean but we know what goes up must come down so we're going introduce some rain to greece on saturday that will eventually push into turkey is stamboul what day ahead for you on sunday across north africa things are pretty well as they should be temperatures average except for djibouti 39 degrees on friday looking pretty good. from the al-jazeera london broadcast center to people in thoughtful conversation the struggles that we see in the global south have not because of our health but because of the harm of the global north with no host and no limitation that's the story of climate change it's not that we're all in it together the people of the most impacted in the 1st impact are there in the global side that's always how it is hard to as your baba and acid rain fast fashion should be actually regulated just like they are at studio b. unscripted on i'll just see. the

world. again this is al-jazeera the main news this hour there's been another night of ass trikes in gaza as israeli jets bombed high rise buildings and other targets in the past that the more strikes on the city 69 palestinians including 17 children been killed. 7 people have died been killed by strikes fired into israel by gaza's armed factions israel is about to continue its ministry campaign and violence has also spread within israel as into communal fighting at a scale not seen in decades broke out between palestinian israelis and jewish residents in several cities. a 3 day cease fire has begun in afghanistan as the

islamic jihad holiday gets on the way the deal between the taliban and government follows a surge in violence in recent weeks afghan officials say the taliban fighters captured the key district near kabul on wednesday earlier in the week more than 80 people were killed in the bombing of a school the taliban has denied claims by the government that it was behind the attack radio contraflow the reports now from kabul. this ceasefire comes after an extremely violent month of ramadan here in afghanistan so even though like you mentioned it will be very short only 3 days it will be like a huge breath of air for all afghans who have been literally suffocating from all the violence that has been engulfing the country from what we've seen in past ceasefires even though it's still very early it has been in effect for only 12 hours since midnight local time last time it should hold according to past experience except for isolated incidents of violence has been really surging in

afghanistan and we're not talking just about fighting between the taliban and government forces across the country we're fighting has been ongoing had been ongoing in several provinces that has been in the south where the prevention capital of helmand has been under siege from the taliban the government forces were able to push them away and if you mentioned yesterday which is only 40 kilometers from from kabul according to local sources the taliban were able to capture the district of new york but according to the government and this is a quote they said that the afghan forces only made a tactical retreat on the taliban did not hold the district mass demonstrations against colombia's government. thousands of people have been calling for an end to police brutality they're also demanding economic support during the covert time to make. reports from the capital bogota. 2 weeks of daily rallies have

yet to expose the energy of anti-government protesters in colombia because thousands took to the streets again wednesday. 0 when braley in downtown featured union members teachers and other workers on tuesday president offered further concessions to lessen people's outrage promising free tuition for poor and working class students at public universities. next semester. but protesters here say changes have to be permanent and remain skeptical of the government promises. we don't trust the government they said the same thing many times last year they promise to get rid of tuition but only 12 percent students have access to it the same with health reform the truth is the government wants to fully privatized health in the country. limiters away in another part of town another massive rally here to majority or taxi drivers and students the focus ending the

brutal police response to the protests was c. deficient bet all of the past 2 weeks rose past 40 but dozens more are missing and i got the i will tell you know the truth is it scary to come out and protest but our desire for justice to know the truth of the disappeared the responsibility for the deaths is big of much better than the feel we have no idea after noon several rallies and roadblocks paralyzed most of all but the mayor tweeted a map of the city's public transport system black highlights showing where service was suspended. and is now also feared to gatherings are increasing could be 19 infections as restrictions have become one forcible with daily massive gatherings cities across the country are now bracing for a longer than expected 3rd the peak of a covert 19 infections more than 90 percent of intensive care units are for here in

the capital and the mayor fears a possible hospital collapse we are concerned about the crowds at the marches and protests we ask the government and the leaders of the strike to negotiate quickly why to avoid further transmission of the virus we are facing a serious public health problem mortality main crease if the crowds continue. but with government still. resisting negotiating the root causes of economic inequality and refusing to condemn police violence demonstrators promise they will continue to protest at least in the n.b.a. and just you know with time. india has recorded more than 4000 deaths from covert 19 for a 2nd straight day the number of new infections is also risen india's now recorded more than 23000000 cases since the pandemic began our correspondent elizabeth

purana reports from new delhi that. a modified look sits on his mother's grave as it's being prepared he's not yet ready to say goodbye his story of mourning is one of thousands around the country every day. as india streets empty because of localized lockdowns burial grounds and predatory amps continue to work day and night. and in india's poorest states are there to be hard $100.00 bodies of suspected cause the mine 1000 victims have been found floating in the ganges river . at the scene and investigating we are trying to find out where these dead bodies from how did they get here and their numbers. with climate around the country struggling to deal with a huge increase in bodies residents of gaza they say they inform the local administration about a shortage of what for cremations. we told the administration that the dead are

being thrown in the water because of the shortage of. religious have been told in the water. government denies reports of what shortages it says it's carrying out post-mortems on the bodies to determine the causes of death. elsewhere and continue to die because of oxygen shortages 26 in the southern state of. yesterday we had a requirement of 1270 as we got only 400 there was interrupted oxygen supply from 2 am to 6 am which caused a lot of deaths. cases are increasing in southern india which 18 people also died from oxygen shortages this week in the states of. and 10 and ana despite the number of cases dropping in about half of india's states including the worst affected regions of maharashtra and one in 5 people testing for gets a positive result and that's because the virus has simply spread to other areas

most notably the 5 states where regional elections were held in april elizabeth al-jazeera. let's go live to new delhi mattel is with us from numbers wise in towns and cities will continue to rise in what's the latest on the spread of the virus into rural areas of india. you know the numbers just continue to be staggering more than 360000 fresh cases recorded on wednesday and also grim are still more than 4000 people officially succumbing to the virus these are for sheer numbers and experts believe the actual count could be much higher the big worry is the tall this is taking on rural india where there is a lot of pressure on the entire system in shocking new developments 14 doctors 14 government doctors in

a district in northern india have resigned saying they have been scapegoated for the spread of the virus in that district the district is called or now it is in uttar pradesh which is one of india's poorest and also one of india's hardest hit states when it comes to the virus 11 of those doctors have written a letter saying they have been a facing punitive action by local authorities saying they've been asked to prove that they've actually worked even though this is they have been tending to patients round the clock you know this rural india is really where you are seeing a lot more of pressure on a system because when it is over there don't have more than your primary health care system people have to travel for hours 4 kilometers to access hospitals with beds with oxygen with ventilators so what you're really learning now is a lot more pressure on the system there and probably the opposition apparent

pressure on the government but what are the demands. well the government the more the government has come under a lot of pressure under a lot of forces criticism for its handling of the virus and lately and latest is coming from the opposition parties major opposition parties signing a letter also from the government to do more to stem the crisis along the focus from them has been on vaccinations they've also the government to set aside 350000000000 drove needs to vaccinate the entire company they're asking the government to look at importing vaccines they've also asked the modi government to you know allow other pharmaceutical companies in the country to produce vaccination so that supply can stop meeting demand and finally they're asking the more the government to launch in mosman vaccination drive across the country and do it for free from the metal live for us in new delhi probably many things lebanon is

imposing a nationwide locked out of if the aid holiday restaurants and cafes will be closed on thursday and friday all places of worship will operate at around a 3rd of that capacity members of the public will have to get permits if they want to go shopping or celebrations and rallies have been banned over the 2 day period the coronavirus pandemic could have been avoided if countries and health leaders had acted sooner that's the finding of a new report by an independent panel set up by the world health organization the analysts found that a failure to react to early warnings allowed the virus to spread catastrophic lee they describe february 2020 as a last month the panel is recommended a new global response system be set up their voices month of february meant that health systems became overwhelmed as in seeds spread rapidly time had run out

for many countries to avert the in evan a major impact on the. there was also a global winner takes all scramble to secure the personal protective equipment therapeutics and other supplies required to many countries including some of the wealthiest devalued the emerging science for the 2nd year muslims around the world observed ramadan amid coronavirus lockdown restrictions in the u.s. some mosques have reopened but large gatherings us to limit it but it's hard jocasta reports now this hasn't stopped some families finding new ways to educate their children about their faith. coming. this is what the a mob family did every night this ramadan season the 4 boys and their parents would find their seats and. tune into the live online feed of

a ramadan virtual camp comes at 7 o'clock am on the sofa and welding there at how feeling less than. the free camp was produced by new york kids a us based at home educational service for muslim children each day during this ramadan the camp brought islamic teachings stories and activities into children's homes amid the pandemic so even though we're not able to go to the mosque you know every weekend or we're not able to you know go and you know go out of our friend's home and have dinner with them or have people over our home i think it still helps them stay connected to the community that was the goal of the camps founder and start i mean a search he says he was inspired by his own childhood growing up in a neighborhood with few other muslim children i don't want anyone to know that i was a muslim i wanted to fit in and. when we created in our kids it was

literally to solve that problem to help kids build a little love for their face a 6 year old isa and 4 year old mussa are proud to show their ramadan decorations this is our. prayer son time. and you're going. to break the virtual barrier the camp had children make projects shared with others logging on maybe from a world away this is. the moon as seen from brisbane australia that's where we found 7 year old i'm ana and 10 year old mohammed it feels really cool to be able to connect. and. sometimes. in fact 65000 kids from around the globe subscribe to the virtual camp within days of its launch astonishing its creators all of these candidates from around the

world would have never been connected if not for this weird situation that is the coronavirus and through this rather than camp that came as a result of that a global consciousness filling little minds time this is a mark of. a silver lining of the pandemic the family say and a spiritual education model they hope will continue afterwards heidi joe castro al jazeera maryland. hello adrian fighting with you here and the headlines on al-jazeera there's been another bout of ass trikes in gaza as israeli jets bombed high rise buildings and other targets and in the past hour that and more strikes on the city 69 palestinians including 17 children have been killed 7 people have been killed by strikes fired into israel by gaza's armed factions israel has filed to continue its

military campaign they've got abraham reports now from ramallah in the occupied west.