if. the the in the in. another day of terror for. a wave of air strikes on tunnels roads clinics and homes is was also warned it will attack 2 government schools which are housing thousands who've lost their homes. the i'm barbara starr you're watching al-jazeera live from london also coming up 17 people injured after rockets fired from gaza hit the israeli cities of our stars and the sheep and president biden under fire from his own party as the u.s. blocks 30 u.n.

statement calling for an end to the value of. the an. elephant you for joining us there has been no letup in israel's own slaughter on the gaza strip which is now into its 2nd week the military has carried out a wave of heavy hey airstrikes on gaza hitting homes and roads as well as hamas targets. to. israeli attacks have destroyed a high rise building that housed the religious affairs ministry and killed a senior commander of islamic jihad more than 15 kilometers of hamas' tunnels have also been targeted and the office of capital red crescent in central gaza was also severely damaged to government schools in gaza currently sheltering people made homeless by israeli airstrikes are now under strain of attack by israel the

military gave the warning to the united nations. $212.00 palestinians have been killed in the conflict so far including $61.00 children while more than $1400.00 people are injured hospitals in gaza are overwhelmed and running low on critical supplies some people are being sent across the border to egypt for treatment much of the infrastructure has been destroyed with severe electricity and water shortages. well electricity officials have issued an urgent call for help to get more fuel supplies just don't need to talk about you know what the family and be at the locals there is the threat that these companies might stop because param of them crossing is closed and patrols expected to come to an end this evening there's a grant from katherine and we're now trying to contain the local market to conserve as much power tools possible there's enough for one to 3 days maximum that's what we need solutions within the next few days meanwhile rockets fired from gaza have

hit buildings in a number of cities in southern israel on monday injuring 17 people residential buildings were struck in the city's a wash dog and bush sending people running to the shelters built to protect them from such attacks where the 3000 rockets have been fired towards israel many are stopped by israel's iron dome air defense system and hundreds of forelimb inside gaza itself. israel has continued to build up its military presence on the gaza border ground forces and tanks have been deployed to near the israeli city of that all which is less than 2 kilometers from the gaza border fence people living in the area have also been forced to shelter from the exchange of rockets. when we hear the sort of rains we have 15 seconds to come and get inside the 6 last days we've been in 60 times maybe more coming here we sleep here in the show.

you myself and many people in this area believe that the solution is not by force the solution must be a peaceful solution and the situation in gaza is terrible humanitarian it's terrible they have no water they have hardly any electricity it's terrible there and until this will be solved somehow there's no chance for peace. well in the last hour south gave us this update from gaza. because in the background. the needs of gaza city now are all empty people are back home. those who managed to get out today the board or the push by what they need and then because no shelter

so the only choice. is just just to stay home. and of this all. the time it is they have to evacuated their homes because one of the residential buildings have received a warning from the israelis that they would bomb their homes so. the other high in the last couple of hours the current of the fire is listed on. live today. during the day the israelis you cut it out several attacks all over the gaza strip killing 4 palestinians including a senior islamic jihad. military commander islamic jihad said they will retaliate for the assassination of their commander also hamas the militant wing of hamas released a statement or to say that they will also hit tel aviv if the israelis continue hitting the safe buildings. the safe place that is eventually.

on the other hand there are humanitarian crisis now with the focus on the concentration. on the humanitarian crisis that 'd are rising up after 8 days of closure. well people in gaza are taking shelter wherever they can to avoid these israeli bombardment as was has this report from a school run by the un what many are taking. hundreds of missiles have been used and destroyed numerous houses some of these houses were destroyed while the families were inside this classroom was changed to be a refuge for these families toucher district here we can find old people and children as well young men prefer to stay outside these classrooms we came here to shed some light on this grieving family. hello what is your name i mean i mean you are. what is your story. i'm in there in the lower we were shocked when they demolished

the house of my daughter while she and her children were inside we did not manage to rescue the whole family her father is a member of a rescue team but he could not save his daughter we called the ambulance and everyone who can help but they could not arrive on time we all were in shock because of the demolition and we couldn't do anything but come barefoot to the school may god punish them for killing my daughter and her children. and i have been. so your daughter and her children lost their lives for the modern medicine at the thought that yes the house was demolished and they were inside they didn't give any warning there shot the mother was the house was doing militants or people like that the fear or the head that said while at the edges of no definitely not there were no militants at all inside the house even her husband was not a member of any faction they just demolished the house with herself her husband and the children there's nothing we can do god will punish the aggressors they killed my daughter and her children they killed innocent children who are not guilty at

all her husband and her brother in law were not members of any faction god will punish them for killing innocent people they didn't even give them a warning before demolishing the house they didn't even give her a chance to take her children leave the house 3 floors have been demolished over my innocent daughter and her children god will punish israel yes i lost my daughter and her children but they are not more precious than the resistance god will punish netanyahu god will punish israel. well u.s. diplomat heidi al-attar has met palestinian president mahmoud abbas as part of an american effort to deescalate the crisis according to palestinian media a bass asked for the u.s. to intervene in what he called israeli aggression against the palestinian people the palestinian leader apparently indicated that he is ready to work with international negotiators in peace talks and that has also met israeli officials will have a 4 say it is in west jerusalem with more on the actual likelihood of

a cease fire when the security cabinet met on sunday there was some reporting that they were going to discuss moves towards a cease fire which does seem to be very much israel's decision now if it does want to start talking about terms for ending the violence. is now reporting as yet as to what's being discussed now but yes and you know who is there with his defense minister with the internal security agency chief the mossad intelligence agency chief the army chief and others i think one of the key things to look out for will be the humanitarian situation if the humanitarian corridor or does begin to be opened up into gaza sometime soon that could be a sign that things are starting at least to slow down certainly the americans are becoming slightly more vociferously in public about the urgency for that there was a state department statement talking about talks with the jordanians where both

sides were urging for calm in that direction also the national security adviser jake sullivan tweeting that he'd been talking to both his israeli counterpart and the egyptian government about working quietly behind the scenes but intensively to try to bring an end to the fighting. well turkey's president says his u.s. counterpart joe biden has bloody hands for approving weapons sales to israel this as biden comes under more fire from members of his own party over his reaction to the crisis house democrat rashida simply wrote truth as she retreated an activist claiming biden is cheering on israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu and the committing of war crimes alexander cortez meanwhile shared video of the destruction of the al-jazeera office in gaza and wrote that it was happening with the support of the united states how can the biden of ministration credibly claim to stand up

for human rights she asked and the line omar quoted independent senator bernie sanders saying it was illegal for the u.s. to support human rights violations. while for more let's go to our white house correspondent kimberly how kid monitoring all of that kimberly president biden really coming under fire from many sides especially is own. there's no question that the pressure is mounting on joe biden from within his own democratic party to call for a cease fire to use the leverage that the united states has with its ally israel to call for an end to the fighting and we are expecting that joe biden will be holding a phone call with the israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu it could be taking place now in fact when biden spoke in the last hour or so he said he would be make a call within the hour to the israeli leader and would be updating the media

following that phone call so we're watching very carefully to see what more comes out of it we should tell you that this would be the 3rd phone call since the violence began with the u.s. president the israeli leader notable that there have been no calls to hamas that is a group that the united states calls a terrorist organization and so it meets through its allies in terms of communication the white house press secretary jens psaki insists that the white house is doing all it can in terms of trying to bring an end to the violence saying that is that it is engaged in quiet diplomacy take a listen. what our role is is to play the most be as constructive as possible in deescalating the violence bringing an end to the conflict we've done again more than 60 calls over the past week with a range of partners in the region so our objective here our role is not to do political analysis or or or provide motivation for any actions but

to take steps we can take as a leader in the world as a as a country with deep relationships in the region to discourage deescalate the violence on the ground and jen psaki speaking there at kimberley the u.s. may have made 60 calls to various players around the region but actually for the 3rd time in a week the u.s. also blocked the adoption of a joint u. when security council statement calling for this violence to stop what reason are they giving for continuing to stop any kind of action or statement from the security council. the feeling is that they want a chance for this process to work the united states has as we've been reporting dispatched a top diplomat to meet with israeli and palestinian officials as well there are quiet diplomacy type phone calls the press secretary says going on from washington to the region and so they want an opportunity for that process to work the argument

being with regard to this blocking of the statement this joint statement from the u.n. security council is that they believe this would not aid the u.s. efforts to bring about a deescalation the tensions and the conflict and so as a result the united states has pushed back we should also note that in addition to pushing back to this joint statement the united states on friday pushed back on a meeting on the violence only for that to take place on sunday and we understand that the u.n. general assembly will also be meeting on thursday as it discusses the ongoing violence but again the united states has tried very carefully to orchestrate the communications and to control this message but it has been having a challenge much because not only of the expected criticism but criticism within the president's own democratic party that the policies of this administration that promise to make its foreign policy. a foundation on human rights that it is when it

comes to this issue of israeli security ignoring the rights of palestinians something that the president said early on that he would certainly look at and make sure that there was an equal measure of security but at the same time well the statements coming out of the biden ministration have been that they uphold equal measures of security for israelis and palestinians so far there has been a very one sided approach with regard to israel's military campaign and u.s. support of it can really help you with the latest from the white house can be as always thank you. and still to come in this half hour really trivedi. ireland against me and martha valiums that leads to fresh sanctions as fears grow for people who fled fighting in the town of. i'm hitting the chamber after months of inaction the u.k. takes its next step out of lockdown.

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the e. the on. the back is a reminder of the top stories here on al-jazeera israel's military has carried out a wave of heavy air strikes on the gaza strip as the region's worst fighting in years enters the 2nd week more homes and roads were destroyed as well as tunnels and other hamas targets or rockets fired from gaza and hit buildings in cities in southern israel on monday injuring 17 people residential buildings were struck in the cities of a dog and bush about sending people running to the shelters and a u.s. diplomat has met the palestinian president as part of a deescalation at 1st with

a basque reportedly indicated willingness to work with negotiators but the u.s. secretary of state has reiterated israel's right to defend itself. while millibar room is a humanitarian worker and human rights advocate in rough in southern gaza and joins us now thank you very much for being with us we have now entered the 2nd week of the 2nd week of attacks on gaza forgive for asking perhaps an obvious question but how are you feeling. aside from. feeling disappointed as we are actually into the 2nd read mind you would imagine that with all the horror of that we have lived through and all the images that comes to human doing the crimes that are committed in gaza you would imagine things would be actions would be taken to stop it but no we are moving to undergo he makes

you think about the last time we had been on the risk emission that last us for 51 days so it's disappoint is fear and anticipation of some movie in the last round of me referring to 2014 of course more than a 1000 deaths there are many more injured and we are seeing the best toll rise as well israel always say that they try to target their attacks but we are seeing more and more deaths and more and more children dying i know that it's very difficult in gaza to find shelter anywhere but what do you do to at least i guess try to keep yourself a little bit safer. no as you said there isn't initiatives and this gives you an idea that there's actually normal safe place in the whole gaza strip the only thing you can do and what we are doing the minute this is collision started there flooded we stayed home the only thing we can do is to stay home and you ask if you are

targeted what you can do is to be saved is to stay away from the airstrikes happened and it means you have to jump from one area to another and it's almost like airstrikes are chasing everyone so you can't do anything but run away this is the only way you try to be the closest to being safe in gaza and seoul is not the same and some people who have been affected directly and more than other people would go if they lost the house of the area starved the more they would go to school and other lives that is not the ship. they can go to of course and we're also hearing the israelis are threatening to actually target some of those schools where people are shelter and we've been talking about that on the program and the other thing that we've been talking about is the issues with electricity with russia with fear while the energy authority saying it doesn't run out of fuel in 2 days how are you living that additional difficulty. this additional difficulty is an addition to a lot of the same difficulties we have live in for bigots we are for example we

receive in my house our own 4 hours of electricity and you have to run to make sure that your you are running or house or household tasks to make sure that you are addressing your needs for example we need an extra city to plant water to our water tanks and without that you can't do so it's really a difficult situation and it adds to your feeling horror because we need to have no electricity sometimes means you have no internet and this is how you have disconnected and this is how you fear more what is happening because you can't anticipate what is happening unless it happens in front of your eyes the eyes of the world are of course on gaza and this conflict right now what if you made of the global reaction i mean politically speaking the security council for example is blocked by the united states but beyond that on social media or more generally are you seeing a shift in this conflict then to perhaps the one a few years back. definitely we are seeing a shift we are seeing

a lot of blogger sort of that if you happening we are seeing the message and happening at the libyans and everywhere but honestly this is why it's will come down and much needed it needs if it can get it by the international community committed to their responsibilities committed to their responsibilities to what devotion of the human rights that is happening in front of their eyes in gaza what we are seeing now along with this global demonstration is this global feeling and this international feeling we have that we have been failed so for so many years like we have been feared before without have been at come to belittle and without have been without in the impunity with the. occupation by our of what there of what's happening girls are we want to see and into the cycle it's will come but it's not enough i have been sharing photos of demonstrations along with my air friends and they were happy with that they were they would count it but they were saying what's next this is needed but what's next because what we are living under

can only be lifted by actions and for the beginning in the report at the white house said that we are doing everything we get not they are not doing everything we get it they get they can't do more than that and the gas stop this if they have the willingness to do so they labor room humanitarian worker and human rights advocate speaking to us from rafa in. southern gaza thank you so much for sharing your experiences with us we really appreciate it thank you. thank you. i am. i on. the look down some of the day's other news of the u.s. u.k. and canada have announced a wave of new sanctions on high ranking me and more military officials and the businesses that fund them the coordinated sanctions are in response to what they called the violent and lisa let tax against the country's pro-democracy movement the u.s. and canada focused on key military officers while britain targeted an exporter of

james including rubies and jade security forces of crackdown on dissent in the country leaving close to 800 people dead since anti coup protests began. well thousands of people from the hilltop town of mendota are hiding in villages and valleys after fleeing an assault by the military the newly formed defense force recently retreated from the town after some of the most intense fighting since february screw florence louis has more has more from kuala lumpur. well we've just spoken to a spokesman for the chin land defense force this is a group that was formed only in april to take up armed resistance against the military giunta and it also says one of its purposes is to protect civilians from the actions of the military now the spokesman tells that the men have retreated to save areas around the hillside town of men but they are planning to return to the town he's not sure when he wouldn't say when to return to protect the women and

children who are left in the town now he also says the military using stream the heavy weaponry against the civilian population including rocket propelled grenades the fight is they don't have very sophisticated weaponry now of course there's really very much concern by human rights groups about what's happening in chin state human rights watch now and says they're also worried about what's going to happen next in the town of minda where this security presence here they're worried about arbitrary detention they're worried about torture and other abuses conducted by the soldiers against civilians they worry that that's going to happen next 90000 indian doctors with medical degrees from russia china and ukraine are urging the government to let them help in the fight against covert 19 they're waiting on the local licenses before being allowed to practice and i've asked the authorities to fast track their permits the plea comes the spike warnings that india will soon

face a shortage of medical staff in critical care units for the 1st time since april 21st the number of daily coronavirus infections recorded has dropped below 300000 by the deaths are still high with another 4106 reported on monday. taiwan is banning foreigners from entering the island following a surge in covert infections war than 300 cases were reported on monday in a country that's only recorded just over 2000 infections since the beginning of the pandemic new social distancing measures are also being introduced. well speaking of corona virus restrictions they have been eased across much of the u.k. thanks to a swift vaccination rollout businesses including pubs restaurants and sports venues are now allowed to serve customers indoors but as jonah hall reports from manchester it comes as a new variant of the virus spreads. another big step in the great reopening of

england scotland and wales with northern ireland to follow the resumption of gatherings indoors breathes new life into restaurants bars gyms theaters and cinemas dormant for much of the past 14 months we lost about 33 percent of our membership base through the lockdown but today's been fantastic we actually had 4 members in the classes so the gym today actually seems nice and busy so that's been a really good reaction to it to reopen properly fans can return to sports venues and limited international travel is allowed it is almost as if life has returned to normal things that we used to take completely for granted like meeting up around a table indoors now feel new exciting and hopefully long lasting but as ever with the coronavirus there's a catch a new variant to 1st discovered in india thought to be far more contagious threatens to derail britain's unlocking plans if it spreads beyond clusters in the

north west the midlands and parts of london the early evidence suggests that the $1617.00 is more transmissible than the previously dominant that the early laboratory data from oxford university corroborates the provisional evidence from bolton hospital and the initial observational data from india that vaccines are effective against this variant and willing to delay the reopening the government has its fingers firmly crossed that surge testing and localized vaccination campaigns will keep the so-called indian variant in check as scientists warn of a possible 3rd wave of infections. that means evidence you freedom to start can but can't let with actually but the day after day there's day so with love in it if you bottled a restaurant and everything so yeah it's great i'm not going out now sort of god knows how long. so it's been it's been out on me but now my.

so. what remains are social distancing squaring and and washing the final hole marks of the pandemic set to be abandoned in late june but the new variant brings new uncertainty and prime minister boris johnson has urged people to be embrace their newfound freedoms but to do so with a heavy dose of caution join a whole al-jazeera manchester. and other top stories on al-jazeera israel's military as carried out a wave of heavy airstrikes on the gaza strip as the region's worst fighting enters a 2nd.