unprompted and uninterrupted discussion. from our london broadcast center. on. the death toll mounts says israeli jets continue to targets northern gaza. the air. i'm fully back to boyer watching al-jazeera live from doha with extensive coverage of the israel palestine conflict. funerals in the occupied west bank after 11 palestinians are killed during a day of widespread protests families fleeing the fighting and there's

a warning about the long term effects of the conflict. very. middleby she physical and physical disability is. also in the news vaccinating millions of american teenagers again scolded 19 but this is a call for nations to instead donate spare surprise to poor countries. the air. thank you very much for joining us israel has continued its bombardment of gaza with s. strikes targeting areas in the north in the past few hours. 126 palestinians including 31 children have been killed since the israeli offensive began on monday more than 900 people have been injured hamas and its allies have

responded by firing a barrage of rockets from inside gaza the israeli military says most have been intercepted at least 9 people have died in israel. the senior leaders of hamas believe that they can escape from our armed forces but they cannot we can reach them everywhere we reach all these people and we will continue to do so they attacked us on our holiday in our capital and fired rockets at our cities they have paid and will pay a heavy price for that this is not over yet. let's get the latest on the situation in gaza with our correspondents. south watch we can see a camera shot but i understand that you've had to take shelter tell us about what's been happening. yes and the last couple of hours that i really. have been carrying carrying out intensive. choat ing from the from the ground as well in the north of the gaza strip half an

hour ago they have bombarded the warning. let's say warning iraq 2 houses just 2 steps from our office now we are expecting. anytime these 2 houses could be bombarded by the fighting jets which calls huge explosions and blasts in the area we were advised. my colleagues now are taking children in the office because normally such explosions like what happened with other job building which could be seen elsewhere in the frame of our camera that was when it was bombarded all of the windows on the doors had been broken in our office so 'd that is the latest regarding the area where we are now still hundreds of people. now in the north of gaza if you could see the flames this

is another strike in the north extreme north of gaza strip. hundreds of people families with forced to evacuated their homes from the 3 north east of gaza city and taking from you and schools chiltern's. the humanitarian condition in gaza is deteriorating after 5 years of intensive affiliation from. yeah i'm sorry to interrupt you have. we of course i mean you did the civilians have been bearing the brunt of all this tell us a bit more about the areas where ivan brought him and easily bombardment has focused on today you talked about the north of the guys and straight why specifically the north today more so than any other areas. look.

the israelis are working on according to a systematic plan. but all these plans on all this is collision. succeeded to stop all. of the rockets that have been fired from gaza for the north let's talk about the north. there was an israeli indications or a declaration also. or maybe they were they had information about palestinian fighting groups of fighters trying maybe to breach the borders or carrying out some attacks from near the borders. so that's why they are concentrating in the north but still this doesn't mean that the other areas are safe. 2 nights ago the flame was in gaza city before it was in the south and so on and so since yesterday they are focusing in

the north so what's been what's been the scale of the destruction is it clear to you after 5 days that we've now of these really bombing of gaza what speed the scale of the destruction as we continue to see these what looks like what are we seeing right now in the sky is this going towards israel or is it israeli fire into gaza as a fight. no these rockets. fired by the palestinian fighting group the words. we normally they are followed by. the rockets of the iron dome system trying to intercept. were fired from gaza ok from the north of gaza into israel ok so tell us a bit more than about the destruction that there's been in gaza over these last few days and how gaza's residents have been affected and how they're coping.

the minister of public affairs sure the statement yes. thousands of houses. units as they describe them have been either totally destroyed or partially destroyed god is one of the most overcrowded. in the world in a very small area you have 2000000 people living in this small area all but is eventually compounds that isn't really structured itself is very crowded so i mean is there an israeli raid that. primitive really the nearby houses although they have nothing to do with the conflict that's why when you go to the refugee comes will you go to gaza 50 you'll find looks of the suction everywhere although the. targets were not.

targeted directly by. israeli shelling ok thank you very much for that update. correspondent speaking to us from gaza where israel continues to bonbon the palestinian territory this friday evening they've also been palestinian rockets fired into israel but as it was saying most of them intercepted by the israeli. defense system there and you know at least 11 palestinians were killed during protests that swept across the occupied west bank on friday hundreds of people have been mourning those killed by israeli security forces cities including hebron bethlehem and nablus became battlegrounds as palestinian demonstrators fought with israeli police there were rallies in 200 different locations and more i expected on saturday over.

to our people and occupied west bank what you have done today confirms that you are as a strategic reservoir for the palestinian revolution and resistance whoever possessed weapons stones and monks must strike hard at design its enemy clash with them on the demarkation line inside the settlements the palestinian blood is a red line is a red line is a red line so go ahead and we will continue with you and we will soon have a victory with god permission. is needed abraham was one of the demonstrations and . this is one of several protests that are taking to the streets of all the occupied west bank to show support for palestinians in the besieged gaza strip and against the israeli measures in occupied east jerusalem protesters the fear of having 2 words the illegal jewish settlement a mess out where there is that israeli military that lloyd and we're seeing

palestinians are preparing a lot of cocktails to confront the israeli army that have been using live ammunition to disperse the crowds. were trying to defend our land we have no arms nothing on the horn i'm here because the highly destructive israeli if the striking houses in gaza killing innocent people why these protests were sparked by the latest round of a skill ation protesters here tell us that they have more than enough reasons to protest the ongoing settler attacks against them that they are often quite carried out with impunity the diminishing hope of having a state or being free remember these people mostly are young they were born after the palestinian authority was established in the 1990 s. and they've seen the leaders on and on talk about them having a state and they're only seeing the land on which the state the simple. to be

established. let's take a look at some of the recent fighting between palestinian groups and israel in 2008 israel launched a major offensive named operation cast lead lasting 3 weeks rights groups say nearly 1400 palestinians and 13 israelis died 4 years later israeli forces launch an air strike targeting a senior hamas commander that led to an escalation in fighting for 8 days in which the u.n. estimates 174 palestinians in half a dozen israelis died in 2014 israelis israel sent ground forces into the gaza strip triggering a 7 week war at least 2000 palestinians and 73 israelis were killed the last significant outbreak occurred in may 2019 when israel assassinated a top commander from the armed group islamic jihad factions responded by firing rockets towards tell of eve they saw speak to him. jennings randolph senior

fellow at the united states institute for peace he joins us via skype from washington ambassador very good to have you with us thank you for your patience 1st of all how do you view this current conflict compared to the more recent ones do you think it's likely to be is deadly as the one in 2014 for example or a we already there have you already crossed that line. been to the gaza strip of to do was in 20082009 often during 2000 and put the level of destruction and human suffering after these 2 wars and the other big questions and wars that you mentioned into the auction is it is simply devastating and you know just the orderly invested police unions are paying the price for all these words. i don't think the question is a question of comparison or which was the earliest because i think the suffering was huge in all of them and this one is included i think the question that we

should be asking ourselves is our we willing to continue to allow this to get could every few years or are we going to do something about it and i think that this should be the focus of what is the international community in the days to come and what should be done about this i mean china norway and tunisia had been pushing for a meeting at the u.n. security council on friday that the u.s. brock's there's going to be a meeting now on sunday what steps should be taken by the international community to make sure as you say that we're not here again in a year until he is. well i think this is this is the price of having this is considered a low perth ish and the middle east and the brazilian question in particular has its way to come back and usually come back as food violence and i think the problem is the problem of the putting pressure to bear on this is to become more reasonable

in addressing this issue and then in the coming because the police unions of the we were at odds as far as we are concerned the militia into this issue and there is no political horizon and as long as there is no political as in this will continue to erupt every few years so we have to give the palestinians hope through a process that would be more serious than all were to create before this has been going on since madrid 30 years ago and the then we had also and then since been there were all kinds of attempts but i think we need to be much more serious in trying to see how to end this conflict in a manner that would be satisfactory to both israelis and the palestinians but as you say the process hasn't really gone anywhere especially in recent years in the last 2 years the biden administration is being criticized right now for not coming

up with a stronger response to this conflict. and as you've said yourself i mean this seems to be a low priority right now how do we how do we make it a top priority and is a 2 state solution that the by an administration says it still believes in is that still a viable solution or do we need to come up with another plan perhaps. well there have been all kinds of efforts to reach other alternatives and. this has failed to show there are those now we're arguing for alleged based approach over a one state solution but israel is insisting on having a jewish said show this cannot be reconciled so it is either that israel would accept something that is reasonable and the palestinians played along the lines of the arab peace initiative or we will continue to have this conflict with the eruptions that will take place every now and then if not then we will see another

struggle that will remain with us for a number of the cases in relation to palestinians trying to fight in order to achieve it conveyed and have a one state outcome instead of a 2 situation so it is up to the israelis and it is up to the international community to put pressure to bear on israel in order to accept a solution that would be reasonable and just just just for for both sides and that's what i have to thank you very much for talking to us my pleasure. and still ahead on al jazeera rising star will have more on the trumpet you know in the us has been voted in as chair conference in the u.s. house of representatives.

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phone you know the biggest showers have been in mexico recently we've seen yet again a big downpour mexico city and there's more to come but the wettest potential flooding i think will be in the west of colombia and that line towards syria. frank assessments on why somebody got the middle east why why exactly how and why measure never taking for a situation like i'm not to believe you could ever get informed opinions is the u.s. with thinking military positioning in the middle east or is it just a simple act of we're going isaac ministry us and this is a message to the region the united states here is rethinking its military posture in-depth analysis of the day school ople headlines inside story just sierra.

the air. they're watching al-jazeera a reminder of our main story this hour israel is continuing its bombardment of gaza with s. strikes on getting the north of the territory in the last few hours at least $126.00 palestinians including 31 children have been killed since cesar the offensive began a spokesman for hamas is calling on palestinians acosta west bank to continue their protests against israel's offensive at least 11 palestinians were killed in violence between demonstrators and israeli police on fighting the funerals have been held for some of those killed during those the earlier protests across the occupied west bank more rallies are expected on saturday.

or dozens of children have been killed in gaza since t. israeli offensive began hundreds more have been displaced with their families jason lee is save the children's country director for the occupied palestinian territory he says many palestinian children already traumatized by past wars. we have a situation now where there are 10000 people that have fled their arms who are many of them children seeking refuge in schools they only have the clothes on their back and what they've been able to take from their homes with militant warning where they're going to get their next meal from where they're going to sleep where they go to get medication controlled or both forget that before the escalation that was already occurred with 19 and demming and there was again a new wave in gaza what will be the consequences for those children the injuries that we do will sustain with the fuel supplies running low on gas that there will

be no electricity without electricity how of office that would be function 1st and foremost to treat the injured to actually continue with the ongoing vaccinations and treatment of crude $1000.00 patients how will water and sanitation facilities run without clean water it is impossible to have any conventional control the communal diseases the trauma that these children bear for the remainder of their lives is something if this is this is why it's so critical that we have to have an immediate cease fire and it's and it's to say. this trauma will carry life long injuries mental health issues both physical and physical disability as well. well demonstrations in support of palestinians are happening around the world hundreds of people held a rally in southern lebanon near the border with israel on friday one person died they were joined by religious leaders who said their congregations to united with the people of palestine. on the 2nd day of the muslim.

celebration thousands attending prayers in bangladesh protested in solidarity with the people of gaza the demonstrators led by the islamic political party a calling on the united nations in organization of islamic cooperation to hold israel accountable and these were the scenes in berlin in germany where hundreds of protesters rallied to condemn the israeli attacks the government says it supports israel and has promised to ramp up protection of jewish institutions. has a white house correspondent kimberly hockett with the latest on the u.s. political reaction to the israel palestine conflict in particular where the white house press secretary jen stocky has had to say. she is continuing to do some cleanup on the comments by the u.s. president joe biden on thursday where he stated that the response by israel is in his view not significant and for

a 2nd day agent psaki found herself having to address those comments by the president saying that in no way was this a minimizing loss of life that in fact the united states is working very hard and mourns the loss of every life whether palestinian or israeli take a listen to what she had to say israel has the right to self-defense our focus remains on continuing to use every lever at our disposal to deescalate the situation on the ground i think it's also important to remind people a mosque is a terrorist organization hamas does not represent the views the families the people who are suffering all of the palestinian people who are suffering as a result of this violence on but there is no justification for 1500 rockets coming from hamas so the argument being made by the white house press secretary as you heard there that she doesn't believe there's any justification for any firing of

rockets what the white house is being accused of not just in the united states but around the world is being very selective about the starting point and once again completely ignoring many of the facts on the ground including those forced evictions of many palestinian families from occupied east jerusalem. on to other world news now and then outspoken supporter of former us president donald trump has been elected to a senior leadership role in the republican party that is 6 year old new york congresswoman stephanie was voted in as house conference chair woman on wednesday incumbent chairwoman list cheney was voted out over a criticism off donald trump let's bring in john hendren in washington d.c. john so is elise stephanie again and what does her election say about what's happening and have a topic and right now. well at least the front is a 36 year old republican congresswoman from the state of new york and until recently she was known as

a moderate someone who was willing to cross the aisle and work with the other party the democratic party brought she is also someone who seems to know which way the wind is blowing and although donald trump's reputation has taken a bit of a hit since he left office he is still popular with a solid majority of republican voters according to most polls and he made it known that he did not like the fact that liz cheney was speaking out against him and yet was a member of the republican party leadership holding the number 3 post that of the republican conference chair in the u.s. house of representatives and republican leaders responded to that that includes the republican leader in the house kevin mccarthy and they held a vote in the basement of the capitol a secret vote an overwhelmingly chose 1st to oust liz cheney on wednesday and then on friday to vote in a least a funny and the thing that really says about the republican party is that it is still solidly within the grip of donald trump's define it was asked who is the

leader of the republican party and she said donald trump and so how significant is this internal struggle within the republican. well there are very few republicans who are willing to speak out against trump and that is because he has used his power he no longer has his twitter account but he still speaks out he has supported republicans running in primary elections against republicans in congress that he doesn't like he's also spoken out to criticize them invalid would often cause them serious problems with their own voters so there is likely to be some kind of struggle over the next 4 years donald trump still hints that he might want to run for a rematch in 2024 but there are republicans willing to speak out against him and there's a lot of talk that lose cheney herself might be the one republican voice with the strength to oppose the other wing the donald trump wing of the republican party and

run herself in 2024 we'll see if that happens thank you for that stone hendren live forests in washington the u.s.s. coronavirus oxidation campaign has expanded to include all young people aged 12 to 15 it comes as a wall health organization calls on wealthy countries to donate vaccines for children to its kovacs scheme which is helping knowing come countries acquire jobs as particle henry force the biden administration doesn't seem likely to heat that all. it's not often that you see kids actually excited to get a vaccination shot but that was before kovac and the confidence that comes with a vaccine i was glad because now i can be like safer and soon will be able to like be out soon and do normal things i think it's cool that it's at school because i can see like all my fellow classmates getting it and that i know that like people around me all have it and my whole like district has it so it makes me feel safer

for their parents finally some relief from what has been constant stress and fear having been through 3 cases of cove it in my household of 6. i couldn't get my 12 and 15 year old daughters that shot in the arm fast enough but she is in the minority according to polls about a 3rd of parents want to get their kids that's unaided the rest want to wait will only do it if they have to or they won't do it at all the government wants more people covered to get close to herd immunity and doctors are trying to combat any hesitancy with science while kids are less likely to have a serious complications from cova 19 there was a recent study that showed about a quarter of kids who have persistent symptoms of lasting months after their initial infection still the world health organization believes this shouldn't be happening yet in 100 countries we bowed to the my duty

to the vaccine supply lower risk groups are now being vaccinated. i understand why some countries won't to blacks who need their children and adolescents. but right now. to go to reconsider and to easter donate vaccines to call box the body ministration has given no indication that they're even considering that given the political fallout would be fierce so now in community centers like this one all over the country teens are being vaccinated up next kids from 6 months old to 12 years old that decision is expected in september political hay al-jazeera maryland british prime minister voice johnson is warning that the variant of covert 901st detected in india could threaten england's road out of lock down the u.k. stepping up its vaccine program shortening the time between 1st and 2nd jobs for people over 50 and full clinically vulnerable people if the variant is

significantly more transmissible we're likely to face some hard choices and we're going to be learning a lot more in the coming days and weeks about that the good news is that so far we have no evidence to suggest that seems would be less effective in protecting people against severe illness and hospitalization. again i'm fully back to bowl with the headlines on al-jazeera israel has continued its bombardment of gaza with as trying to stop getting the north of the territory in the last hours at least 126 palestinians including $31.00 children have been killed since the israeli offensive began al-jazeera. has the latest from gaza i always have to move away from the camera to seek shelter from explosions.