is there a. teaching that you could watch al jazeera english streaming live on i.q. channel. plus thousands of our programs award winning documentary and dead from these reports. subscribed to you cheap forward slash al-jazeera english. or. an israeli airstrike on gaza flattens a building housing al jazeera and other international media. again i'm it's a daughter you're watching al-jazeera live from our headquarters here in doha are

also coming up no place is safe and israeli airstrike hits a refugee camp in gaza with one family losing 10 members. palestinians march to mark. the day palestinians were forcibly displaced from their homes for the establishment of israel. a global display of solidarity from iraq to the u.k. to australia thousands march in support of palestinians and denounce the israeli occupation. israel continuing its bombardment of gaza today it's destroyed an 11 story building housing international media.

that was the scene when the building took a direct hit the building house residential apartments and a number of media outlets including al-jazeera and the associated press it had been evacuated following a one hour warning from the israeli army israel's ground forces have continued to fire heavy artillery into the besieged enclave $140.00 palestinians have now been killed since the offensive began on monday. the answers are a media network has reacted to the bombing of its offices in gaza calling it a barbaric act in a statement al-jazeera says the bombing is a clear act to stop journalists from conducting their sacred duty to inform the world and report offense on the ground it calls on all media and human rights institutions to join forces denouncing this ruthless bombing and to hold the government of israel accountable for deliberately targeting journalists well moments before the media building was flattened

a journalist and the building's owner did try to convince an israeli intelligence officer to give them more time to take their equipment that request was denied and now look at 11000000 of them who are from the associated press news agency we have a lot of equipment including the cameras and other things just give me 15 minutes and i can bring them all out. let's. go you were. home at 7 we need 10 minutes as you can see they're all around the press not people who are going in to get weapons out suffered joins us live from the rubble of the al jazeera offices in gaza suffer what we were talking to in the last hour and i'm going to say this i make it kind of personal i was very impressed the way that the operation the al-jazeera operation in gaza was understandably shut for minutes and then you and your team relocated you plugged in the satellite and you carry on

doing the job of a journalist so this unsubtle horrible attempt at trying to silence the voice of journalism is clearly not working because you and i are having this conversation on this channel. yes they will continue having this conversation until the end of the escalation keep reporting we would have we would use more other plans to keep to continue our reporting yes here in the background you could see my colleagues we were back to the rubble of the destroyed building. try to find or to pick up some of the usable. hopefully. that some of this equipment out of our usable also our colleagues and get out of their house they started reporting immediately using plan b. . also we could see you people returning back.

to their destroyed apartment is looking for. important things could be documents could be jewelry could be like one of the neighbors who said that he came back to look for some pain stuck his daughter have been doing and painting because the space and other things carry lots of memories for each family we had to leave everything behind us including our memories including our years of work including the archives that. that carries loads of experience lot of important material that we can use. let's let's keep. this a reporting on the other side of the gaza. we just learned that israelis have bombarded

another harvey building which is 13th floor building in the course of the line of gaza city there used to be in this building going to some media outlets we we couldn't confirm it yet if the if they have been staying in this building or not but also we could be allies we could see that. there is. a skill a thing and promoting their lives. so they're moving from a stage to another so they started with a low scale bombardment low scale targets now they start hitting a high buildings that include media outlets which serve sink in you and the latest and the latest escalation on the other hand also the palestinian fighting groups they never stop responding guys they say responding go to retaliate thing for days are really attacks they also the palestinian fighting groups they consider that

hitting or bombarding these that is if they shelled buildings as one of the red lines that there is always have crossed they spoke spread sort of that military wing of hamas will go on us. he said. they will keep it to tell of you the longer range rockets towards tel of eve. other cities the thing that they have already started in the early afternoon today the hospitals in gaza they say that they have been receiving a motor but there is more injured people as you said the still the number. the number of people who died so far. 114 people including about 40 children on board and 20 women killed and more than a 1000 of policy have been injured in the last. over the last 6

days of us condition egypt opened its borders exceptionally today to receive and treat these waves of injured people that the minister of health able to deal or treat because of the difficulties that the health system is facing. going back to the borders also in the north of gaza strip still it is a flaming we could hear diluted out of artillery. along the border line east of gaza 50 on also in the north of gaza which forced hundreds of families to leave their homes and take from you on the run schools are shut out. suffered for the moment please stay with us just want to go to another shot that we've got coming into us because there is in that densely populated done turn area of gaza there is another residential town in that area where the israeli army has

warned people to evacuate so we're looking at right now is a very quiet area because people have been told to leave the area it's located adjacent to the garden and finance ministry what's going to happen there soon soon is impossible to know impossible to predict impossible to speculate so we won't do that. but as i say people there have been told to leave the area let's go back to my colleague suff what who is reporting live from the rubble that's been left behind after that media building was taken down so what we've had an official reaction from the associated press we've had an official reaction from the al-jazeera media network any reaction from either the guardian authorities or indeed perhaps even how mass. well. the only reaction

we got so far is a from. the left in jordan let's send the case they believe according to what they said this is what i really attempt to shut out about things in gaza too but in the media from telling the truth so far this is of course lots of other independent. association related off suspicion including those with the governmental press office they condemned this attack on al-jazeera office or in our building and other media outlets as well because also 3 days ago they hit another building which was right behind our office which i'll show it off where there were more of that international and local media offices as well so. we have received lots of sympathy also from other palestinian journalists the other palestinian media group they all even they get we receive phone calls from many of them even

offering their how to keep us on add to keep us reporting yes that is a big sympathy here in gaza they all condemn. such as really action. from hamas and other fighting groups or on the political groups said we have not received. any related to statement or reaction as we are having our conversation with the israeli military is repeating again is justification for taking down the building the al-jazeera used me based in alongside the associated press this saying they had evidence i guess would be the word they would use the. paramilitary and military assets in that building we aware of anything that could have been labeled or misconstrued or identified as being one assumes how many

military assets in the tower block. i have been working in this office for more than 10 years and i have never seen myself and even i ask my colleagues if you have seen and i think suspicious they all confirm to me that they have never seen any of related or military actions or military aspect of the fight even coming in and out in our building we have. lots of families that we know for more than teen years living together almost we meet each other every day and our way in and out of the office and other hun ok. they have concrete evidence of. military activity inside the building this is a live in the floor building and they have one of the most advanced. technology.

for a military technology so if they know if they had these concrete evidence i'm not telling them to whom bought it or to fire it but why did they just pick this up bachmann order this facility that they claim some militants are using get why they had to destroy it live in the floor building and keep a lid 100 tens of millions without chilled out as industries so they could simply from the military are from the logic point of view they could just simply hit the facilities of these offices or the bar is that they claim they were used by fighting groups or for military purposes. safwat thanks very much will come back sure i'm sure in the coming hours. they're reporting live from gaza well in the

past few hours multiple bare arches of rockets have been fired from gaza into israel one person was killed in a neighborhood of tel aviv after one exploded in a street the buildings nearby were damaged by the shrapnel and israeli police are fighting with palestinians in the neighborhood of sheikh jarrah in occupied east jerusalem that's the area where israel is trying to forcibly evict 4 palestinian families a water cannon truck is in the area as are police on horseback. protests are underway in the palestinian territory and around the world demonstrations have been taking place in ramallah in the occupied west bank where palestinians are marking neck bad day that's when palestinians were forcibly displaced from their homes over the establishment of israel the palestinian red crescent says 29 palestinians have been injured by israeli security forces on saturday 17 of them were shot by live. that's going to need to ibrahim who's in in the occupied west bank. just to go back

to the conversation we were having in the last hour or so we've got the younger palestinians predominantly men i'm assuming reacting to the israeli forces literally a stone's throw away. yes these palestinians most of them were born after the 9090 years after this stubbornness mint of the palestinian authority and they were promised on and on by their leaders that they're going to be having freedom and a state instead all these people are seeing now is if you can hear these tear gas bombs that are being fired by the israeli army we've even seen the israeli army if fire live ammunition we have 3 palestinians were now in a critical condition more than 50 palestinians were injured according to medical sources and the majority of these people were hit by mark the munition these people here would tell you that there are 5 of talks of having

a state talks of having peace while instead what they see as on the ground is intensifying illegal israeli settlement building intensifying israeli power and this really sucker attacks which often when the israelis say that they are investigating the allegations or these attacks 90 more than 90 part of 5 percent of these attacks go on indicted so there is a sense here that the israeli is our building in the occupied west bank having the upper hand and these people who are trying to fight that and the only way as many of them were telling us they don't touch arms don't have anything and one palestinian protester was even showing us how he was making up what little folks did by adding petrol and a piece of cloth dripping glue and then they would fire it and try and send the towards the israeli soldiers it's kind of like small means they don't have much but

they were telling us that if this is what we have to liberate palestine so this is what we're going to do. ok thanks for that i'm sure reporting live from. west bank. well solidarity rallies are being held across the world this was the scene in baghdad just a short time. demonstrators gathered in tahrir square to show support for palestinians in gaza some in the crowds were seen burning israeli flags. has more now from fact that. i spoke to a number of protesters who said that they obviously feel that what's happening in the palestinian territories is a humanitarian issue that needs the response of the international community one man said i don't understand why the world is afraid of palestinian children i don't understand why the world doesn't understand that palestinians deserve dignity to live freely and deserve to have a state there's definitely

a sense of empathy also here in iraq with the palestinians particularly in gaza they too are frustrated with the government i spent 10 days last month in gaza i did a number of stories and i got a very distinct sense of what's happening on the ground there what are the things that everyone should know as they look at what's happening there this week is that right before this conflagration began the hope was that the palestinians would launch their 1st elections in 15 years legislative elections people are extremely upset in gaza with the hamas leadership they feel that it had failed them and analysts told me that they believe that hamas would have suffered great losses in gaza had elections taken place later this month now since then the elections have been canceled but again people well in gaza while they're quite upset with the

obviously occupation and about a 15 year blockade imposed by the israelis in the egyptians they won't say it publicly but they will tell you privately they're extremely frustrated with the hamas leadership and the inertia that it has created. the pandemic everything is just now i know right in terms of the misery a 100 times flowed well that's the picture in the iraqi capital pull brannon's in london there protesters were marching to the israeli embassy. the organizers of this march in london had hoped for between 10 and 20000 participants and it looks very much as though they've achieved that goal and this is one of more than 30 marches taking place up and down the u.k. today saturday the point of this is anger and solidarity and go about the pictures that people have been seeing on the television screens for the past 2 weeks both as attention ramped up in occupied east jerusalem but also as the conflict has erupted on the boat on the gaza border now what are they asking for what are they demanding

while a demanding action from the u.k. government that the u.k. government no longer deals trades and arms with israel. and that the essentially saying that everybody should take them to see exactly what is happening in israel very pragmatic the people here and i've got to say it's a cross-section of population from very young to very old they'd know that 1 march alone is not going to solve the middle east coast like they say they start they can simply do nothing they have to express their solidarity with those people dying in gaza and in the west bank. and hundreds of demonstrators gathered in china's u.s. capital despite he recently imposed coronavirus locked on the calling on the arab countries to reject normalizing ties and diplomatic relations with israel after several did so last year. this was the scene in sydney australia where a vigil was held earlier from the u.k. to afghanistan and south africa to germany cries of protest against the israeli occupation of the palestinian territory and its escalating offensive on gaza.

the white house press secretary jennifer psaki has reacted to the bombing of those offices in gaza tweeting we have communicated directly to the israelis that ensuring the safety and the security of journalists and independent media is a paramount responsibility for more on the diplomatic reaction to all of this let's go live to kristen salumi she's at the united nations so kristin we seem to have people making the right noises but sort of momentum isn't building very much. well the united nations has remained uncomfortably quiet on the subject i should say the u.n. security council the secretary general and other u.n. officials have been speaking out daily about the situation calling for calm expressing their concern about rising violence and the underlying causes behind it but the security council has been able to unable to speak with one voice 14

council members did want to make a statement about the situation on the ground one council member opposes that was the united states they blocked even an informal statement the weakest form of the statement that the security council could make. saying that they instead wanted to focus on diplomatic efforts that were happening at the highest levels they were calling doing their own diplomacy they said behind the scenes to work towards easing tensions there of course in the meantime the violence has just escalated so with all of that pressure building against the situation on the ground and here with the growing calls behind the scenes from diplomats who wanted to speak out the united states has relented and is now agreed to a rare sunday meeting on the situation on the ground there we expect that the

secretary general antonio good terra's who hasn't spoken out about the most recent escalation or the bombing of media facilities we do know that he is traveling at the moment and so queer nation is a bit difficult he he will brief the council on this meeting in this meeting on sunday as well to our venice law and who is the special coordinator for the middle east. who has also been speaking out strongly against what's happening on the ground council members will also be allowed to speak but will they speak in one voice and unless they do what the secretary general says of course has much less weight if they don't have if he doesn't have the support of the council behind him putting on your your washington correspondent for a 2nd question is is the u.s. president maybe going to be criticized do you think perhaps because you know one of his calling cards of this relatively new administration is human rights around the world in an almost jimmy carter kind of

a way i guess but one might say oh his critics might say ok human rights but not for the palestinians and this is an administration that what january february march april may 4 months in still has not appointed an ambassador to israel. absolutely it is an uncomfortable situation for the united states to be and here at the u.n. because just barely a week ago the council held a session on multi-lateralism and the importance of international cooperation in international law when joe biden came into office he made a promise to reengage with partners on the international stage and work with them be it with the iran nuclear deal or on climate and in those areas he has made good on that progress and that promise but here when it comes to the palestinians the situation is quite different and that is very noticeable to people here for the

united nations this is one of the oldest issues on the agenda for the security council they've been involved in the situation in the middle east since the formation of israel and since the formation of the united nations. palestine is an area where u.n. officials humanitarian officials work extensively they're involved with people on the ground and so it's an issue that is very near and dear to the hearts of this institution as an institution and it's one where the international community has played a big role so for the u.s. to talk about multilateralism and working together and then block any sort of international comment or even reaction from taking place is not a great look again they have said that they are working behind the scenes we heard a 1st speak out from the u.s. ambassador to the u.n. late on friday night calling for. you know a chance for palestinians and israelis to live in dignity safety and security she

said we must create room for diplomacy and dialogue we will continue to work tirelessly with the u.n. and regional partners towards a sustainable peace before a lot of people they were waiting for the u.s. to say that sooner and this tweet only came late on friday. a night when other countries had been pushing for an action or reaction much sooner christine thank you so much kristen salumi there reporting live for us on the diplomacy and the u.s. reaction from the u.n. in new york let's talk to barbara tree on feet she's the executive director of the international press institute she joins us from vienna barbara good to talk to you again so bombing the al-jazeera building but also houses the associated press that also houses local palestinian residents does that get the message are there or is it perhaps an act of desperation because clearly you know our crew are up and running they were up and running within minutes they're still reporting what's going on there. it's absolutely appalling where we find it is not totally up early

and then not acceptable and whatever reasons may have been behind this attack and there and by early on except for you know it is and and internationally accept that norms that news organizations think join our lists are the are also during conflicts the cannot and must not be tracked target and you know that they serve a public function and they are there on the ground to deliver baikal information she would to citizens and to the world and and bombing their offices that of course we are grateful that there was a warning and human lives were spared but bombing there are forces means that we will be extremely difficult for to join at least to cover to conflicts in the coming days weeks and deprives of trump safe place where they can operate a problem so it's entirely unacceptable do you have at the back of your mind barbara any engagement with the possibility or the slight likelihood that when the

israeli military says there were assets somewhere in the building or in the vicinity that that perhaps and i have to stress the word perhaps might might be true. unfortunately i don't have information other than what they hear in the news about the presence of hamas representatives in the building or near the building that is not that is definitely not something that we know or we don't know i don't know we we have no clue about that. but independently problem that ok understood that that understood barbara just wanted to put the there and then we can carry on with our conversation so public service broadcasting nobody has a problem with the al-jazeera media network in gaza nobody has a problem with the associated press in gaza so if you or the israeli military or the israeli government or the israeli prime minister why would you feel the need to go after courts public service broadcasting. it is as i said is

that it just happened a couple of hours ago and we are still trying to understand also why this why the israeli forces may have to be either to. bomb the building or we are in contact with our members at al-jazeera and we are members of the press and we're still trying to figure out what is the reason behind that. ike i hardly cannot we cannot find an explanation you know of who you say no when nobody has a problem with aging of the year and that's an 8 being possibly we're not words we're not maybe it's in your in conflict even accurate for your information sometimes become uncomfortable to any of the party in conflict so that could have been a reason or it seems difficult to imagine. the local people in gaza talk about having experienced 3 wars in gaza over the past

3 years or so if you or the israeli military and you've gone after their minds i guess successfully gone after local international broadcasters and journalists have been crossed something of a rubicon because once you do it once why not carry on doing it and it's another aspect to this particular conflict this is utterly unique compared to those other 3 wars that people term them as being and they've lived through in the past 3 years. ace is absolutely is as you say they're from italy 2 something and that's why did the world has the world has obviously react that decent attack even more than to what what has been going on in gaza for the past few days that. it is it's it's unprecedented or well of course it is not unprecedented but it is not it wasn't expected because it is against any international agreed rule

of conflict unfortunately valid things syndicate has import.