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israeli troops continue to mass along the border with gaza after another night of airstrikes hitting palestinian homes and clinics. i'm going all sorts of maria here in doha with the world news from al-jazeera palestinians are rallying this tuesday against the bombings and a general strike across the occupied territories and israel. also in the news more
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than 5000 migrants cross into the spanish enclave of say from morocco the largest single 'd day influx into the season. and more than 20 dead and dozens more missing is a strong cycle bass's parts of india. tuesday morning in gaza and daybreak has brought more destruction is already forces bombarding the strip by land sea and air the build up of military hardware where near the border dozens of sites have been hit in the early hours of tuesday in fact including hamas offices residential apartments farmland as well hospitals are overwhelmed and there is a severe shortage of electricity and water across the strip the death toll at this point $212.00 palestinians killed 61 of them children since that all began 8 days ago. palestinian factions of also launch more rockets into israel hitting this
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building in. israel says more than 3000 rockets have been launched since the offensive began and at least 10 people in israel have been killed including 2 children. a lot of focus though on the occupied west bank today as palestinian leaders call for a general strike across the occupied territories and in fact israel they say they want to disrupt commercial establishment and ultimately the entire israeli economy in protest against the ongoing violence against them at least 19 palestinians have been killed in the occupied west bank since monday so let's start there maybe abraham in ramallah how things going today. we have one palestinian was shot out by the israeli forces fire near hebron poor thing to these radio army they say that he attempted an armed attack against the soldiers 'd that are there of course since these cases it's always hard for the media to verify that
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narrative but we will be updating with news about the case of the palestinian when we get the confirmation from the health ministry about his status now bob to the strike in the occupied west bank if the call has come from many activists responding to a call by palestinians living in israel to shut down all walks of life and this is the 1st time since decades that we've seen palestinians across the political divide partake in the general strike that there are calls for protests to go to confrontation points and we're hearing sounds from one protest right now taking place in ramallah and more cities are going to be follow following joining me here now is a palestinian activist his name is salim but i meant he's from the palestine institute for public diplomacy and you've been one of the activists calling for the strike what are you hoping to achieve i think we look at the context there are massacres happening in gaza and. it is under siege there's
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a system of oppression in the heart there are no good reaching across all of the stone and i think it's important to rise is one and try to transcend the force recommendation israel has imposed on palestinians to afghanistan means in gaza in jerusalem in the west bank in $1040.00 and not just in the refugee camps and all over the world rising up together to try to the fight the system and you've been also octave in social media trying to get the world to know what's happening do you think that the discourse is changing it is absolutely changing for the longest time israel's narrative has been dominant and it's inoculated from any type of criticism and accountability and i think through social media and through very in the means of the means have been able to share their own story and really shake this dominant narrative and expose israel for the part that regime it is and try to put pressure on israel and you can see that from the amount of people who are coming out not only in palestine but around the world and you've also sure the 1st little story
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you said that a friend of your cousin has been killed by the israeli forces can you tell us more about that and how it made you feel. it's stuff. my my my my cousin's best friend who's 20 years old he. was a boy he was full of life and had a kebab shop in jericho and him and my cousin went to a protest they were together and as he got out of the car an israeli sniper shot him in the chest in the heart and. it's clear that they're shooting to kill killing children and killing children in gaza they're killing children were spanked there are oppressing a people and i think this is an intergenerational struggle and we feel like it's our generation's turn to struggle and resist and if we don't achieve liberation for about a sign the next generation will thank you so much salim from the palestine institute for public diplomacy and we've been hearing from many palestinian psychologists who are saying that palestinians do not have the luxury of having p.t.s.d.
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there is no p. in p.t.s.d. because the trauma is continuous there is no cost trauma and that these young generations also have generational traumas so this is why what this is one of the reasons why many palestinians are taking to the streets today to fight the israeli occupation that has been ongoing for decades. can i ask you as well just before you go about the strike itself and i guess what the organized the participants are hoping it will actually achieve i mean it's a it's a strike in the occupied territories by parts of israel as well. the important thing that many activists and my guests here salim is one of them they talk about the a sense of unity that they haven't seen for decades and they see me feel that they're all facing the same plight so palestinians in israel are facing discrimination by the israeli institution those in occupied east jerusalem are
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facing many problems many violations they cannot build here in the occupied west bank they face more stuck to their attacks and the illegal israeli settler. expanding those in dollars are subject. to sing every few years to an israeli. attack so for palestinians it's important for them that they are united in their struggle against the israeli occupation and they say even if this round of escalation and the siege of gaza strip and of course in occupied east jerusalem as well they feel that the plight is the thing which is the continuous israeli occupation ok thank you for that need for him in ramallah will talk to concern now aid agencies say a humanitarian catastrophe is unfolding in gaza tens of thousands of people have been displaced from west to recent hoda abdel-hamid has more on the increasingly dangerous situation for families in gaza. they fled their homes for safety leaving
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behind all their belongings not knowing if they will ever return to live there or find a pile of rubble instead. then losses in. the narrative garden for. we were sitting at my wife children and i almost sitting in the same room we have free children one is a 9 month old baby all of a sudden the house was hit we couldn't get out. then came another strike and the house crumbled over us they were trapped under the rubble i started screaming but couldn't find them the ambulances could not reach the area 4 pounds an hour but it was too light my wife and free children died. his is a story that has become all too common in gaza this video shows people running for their lives after a multi-story building was hit in central gaza on monday people visibly shaken shocked and in fear. israel says it target is buildings used by hamas or other
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armed groups claims that often go unproven sometimes residents a warrant to evacuate the premises by a roof knock which amounts to an initial small explosion indicating that israeli forces are planning to destroy the building but warning shots or not the suffering caused to civilians living there is own told. journalist jim no sayed narrowly escaped death when a car in front of her was targeted in broad daylight without prior notice that there were 4 people in the car 3 of them came out in pieces embattled prime minister netanyahu has warned that the fighting will continue in full force and it will take time unrwa the united nations relief and works agency has opened 50 schools across the gaza strip for palestinians seeking refuge tens of thousands of
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people already sheltered there crammed in the classrooms. i know the money doesn't come when it's not only the war we have to be careful of the coronavirus how can we protect ourselves and our children. the u.n. agency is expecting more people to come if i learned a little from leg makes it more secure than. i think at the moment norway and gaza is secure but hopefully all actors involved in the fighting will respect the blue collar of the united nations but safety here is not guaranteed doing to do 1014 war several u.n. facilities was shelled $44.00 people were killed including 10 staff and the edges us in west jerusalem. as you see in that report it really does seem that children are paying the heaviest price in gaza $61.00 have been killed and a generation is being traumatized has cut it up as
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a young reports. for 7 hours 6 year old suzy was trapped under piles of rubble. her home was hit bonus really airstrike in gaza her mother and 4 siblings died. and hospital she reunites with her father a budget they hold hands facing a new life without their family that is that if. i was filled with all the anger of the universe but when i heard that one of my daughters was alive i said thank god because this girl might capture some even a little of my other daughter smile. there's not much room for innocence in gaza play time with their new toys is cut short for the sisters when the sounds of fighting come too close for comfort heavy heavy heavy heavy heart attack that no doubt that their father achmad muncy made youtube videos that were widely shared on social media to distract his kids from the violence the days after this recording
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he died in an airstrike oh this boy lost his home oh he holds back tears trying to recover some of his belongings. that i made of the wreckage a moment of joy for these children who managed to save their pet fish but experts fear these fleeting moments of happiness may soon be replaced by a long term trauma my older girl she's 70 years old she looked at me and said does god really feel what we are feeling now and of course i answered the head but i started thinking what is the minton state and the wind and instead that she's going through at this point to be asking such exists such an existential question the depths of loss can be overwhelming especially for children. you know the deal.
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i get. i'm not really that much i get i feel anything i feel i don't know what to feel just. as bomb strike nearby and this girl praise her repeated recitation is an attempt to drown out the sound of explosions. doctors say susie will recover from her physical injuries but it's the invisible emotional scars that may require long term attention. to civilian al-jazeera. well protests against israel's action i gathering momentum around the world people have gathered outside the u.s. embassy in indonesia's capital jakarta protesting against the bombardment of gaza indonesia says it will continue to press other muslim countries to push for an immediate ceasefire. just to washington at the site of those rallies. i'm here outside the u.s. embassy where a crowd of university students have gathered to protest and many of them are
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holding palestinian flags and also banners with the words palestine always in the hearts of indonesia then that really captures the sentiment here in indonesia palestine is considered to be a hugely important issue in this muslim majority country now the students demonstrating here actually only has said that you know this is not just an issue that attracts the attention of students who are aware of these human rights abuses but also other segments in indonesia or in just a few hours ago we saw a protest from trade union groups who said they are concerned about the situation about the human rights abuses against palestinians and in particular they also outlined their concerns in their own words abound palestinian workers who work in israel and in illegal settlements and the conditions they face the lack of safety and the low wages that they are paid for their work now this is an issue that has
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the support of the intonation government internees or has never had formal diplomatic ties with israel and this has always been considered a high priority when it comes to foreign policy regardless of whoever the into the zone president is now indonesian president juncker jodi we don't know longside the leaders of malaysia and brunei have signed a letter in collaboration and in that letter they have called for the un general assembly to take this issue very seriously and they say that the u.n. ma. work together to come up with the peace resolution. in a moment we'll be looking at u.s. president joe biden is taking a stronger position on israel expressing support for a cease fire but critics say he should be doing much more to stop the violence. and the rest of the day's news including a new wave of sanctions imposed on the amounts of military bullets but the u.n. has delayed a crucial vote of banning the sale of weapons. to
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the japanese. sponsored point qatar airways hello there things assess new looking a lot cooler across europe than we expect for this time of year but things are heating up in russia this was the scene in a moscow where they recorded the highest temperature for mid may on monday people boss king in the sun there and that he is going to continue as we go in to choose day 30 degrees in moscow it's not going to hold though things are going to get wet a as we go further into the week and by the time we get to friday the temperature would be dipping down into the mid teens for the rest of europe things are looking rather wet we've got thunderstorms across parts of ukraine rumania and slovakia we've got flash flood warnings there where that rain is going to be particularly
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intense and temperatures across france and germany lingering in the mid teens a similar story for the british isles we will have some scattered sunshine there and that continues in to choose that we've got a weather system coming in and that's going to bring wetter weather with it for the heat and the sunshine we've got to go to southern parts of europe and lots of clear skies and sunshine coming 3 for spain and portugal as well as for italy and the greek islands with 30 degrees in athens. sponsored by qatar airways. killing the debate you don't see this the fiction and atlas 5 you will voice you're only giving a certain narrative that the media will miss when true story no topic is off the table why in the world would we humanize an individual domestic terrorist this was an illegal occupation of a country what they're doing is they're removing or just historical truth in this
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in the street where a global audience becomes a global community on al-jazeera. an update on the situation across israel and palestine israeli forces continuing their bombardment of gaza from the air and from the ground as you see here the artillery near the gaza border hospitals have been overwhelmed there is a severe shortage of electricity and water across the street. 12 palestinians are including killed including $61.00 children. now this is ramallah right now where palestinian leaders have called for a general strike across the occupied territories and israel on tuesday protesting
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not just against the violence but the occupation at least 20 palestinians have been killed in the occupied west bank since monday. and protests against israel's action have gathered momentum around the world this is indonesia people gathering outside the u.s. embassy in jakarta to protest against the. u.s. president joe biden's expressed support for a cease fire during his latest call with israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu but he's under growing pressure from members of his own democratic party who accuse the president of ignoring the plight of palestinian civilians john hendren with this report from washington d.c. . after continued israeli strikes on gaza and persistent pressure from his fellow democrats president biden is now calling for a cease fire in a phone call with israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu the white house says in his statement the president expressed his support for a cease fire democratic congresswoman ileana omar one of the most persistent
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critics of the president from within his own party tweeted finally our delay in supporting a cease fire has caused the slaughter of children and destruction of lives now biden has to push for an end to the occupation the white house press secretary has been insisting the biden administration is engaged in why it diplomacy to end the conflict and reduce palestinian and israeli casualties the president we are making all of our decisions through is how can we help bring an end to the violence and bring an end to deescalate the situation on the ground in march president biden's own secretary of state promised to make human rights the foundation of american foreign policy and the by paris of ministration will stand against human rights abuses wherever they occur regardless of whether the perpetrators are adversaries or partners. critics argue the rights of palestinians who make up the overwhelming number of civilian deaths and injuries in the current conflict are being ignored
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and biden has failed to roll back most of his predecessor's pro israel policy that he once called destructive the us embassy remains in jerusalem biden has not overturned president trump's recognition of israel's sovereignty over the occupied golan heights biden's foreign policy has also avoided condemning forced expulsions of palestinians from their homes so far it is a it's a dramatic failure the main reason for that is that the administration was taken by surprise they did not expect this to happen. it's partly a self-inflicted wound biden maintains both israelis and palestinians. are entitled to safety and security in equal measure that's why some members of congress are questioning reports of a recent one sided arms deal $735000000.00 in new weapons to israel some lawmakers argue this sale should be halted until israel stops its military campaign biden has consistently defended israel's right to defend itself and he has
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repeatedly criticized the hamas rockets raining down on israeli soil at one point saying the israeli assault was not disproportionate but there have been days of air attacks since then. now israelis and palestinians alike wait to see if the american president's call for a cease fire will actually make a difference john hendren 0 washington on to other news on the afghan president says his country is ready for quite straight out war with the taliban the group has stepped up its attacks across the country as u.s. troops stop their gradual withdrawal after a peace deal on he says peace is only possible if the taliban respects democracy and fundamental rights if they do not want peace and want to gain power to violence and impose i wish he had dictatorial regime then the picture all the patriotic forces of tough understand would have to rally and make a decision and that issue unfortunately would have to be decided on the field of
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battle a powerful show in western india killing at least $21.00 people so i can tell you is now weakening off to making landfall in the state of good should out on monday it's also caused damage in states right along the coast from. down to carolina the severe winds and heavy rain falls more than 200000 people from their homes sea levels they went as high as 3 meters and the winds were up to more than 195 kilometers an hour. at the same time as the search underway for 127 people missing after a barge sank off india's coast nearly 180 people have been rescued while 2 other vessels are drifting in the rough seas. adverse weather of course complicating the fight against cove of 19 on india's west coast front line workers have been diverted a number of daily deaths has risen to a record of 4300 the latest now with in new delhi you mentioned last hour
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that the storm is weakening but when it's coming off such strength that means it's still a lot to happen. yes the metropolitan saying that the cycle was so powerful that even 12 hours after the landfall completed in the state of good the winds are still incredibly high close to 100 kilometers per hour the magic potman has said that it expects it to weaken for the but very slowly hitting about 50 kilometers per hour as the winds move north and north east causing a lot of devastation along the way heavy rains heavy winds a lot of property damage electricity outages trees being uprooted and as we speak an operation is underway in india as a ribbon sea now an incident involving 3 barges took place during the cycle on one barge which housed people who worked in oil rigs collapse 96 people are still
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missing separately to accommodation barges again used by people in oil rigs went adrift and an operation is underway to rescue at least 350 people who were on board now of course as we mentioned the covert situation as a huge layer of complication because the states that are being hit by this cycle known even if they didn't make landfall over there even if the cyclon didn't make landfall you know heavy rains and winds in states like carolina are not to come are russia and of course good these are states that are hit hard by coal bed so state authorities say they had to make special arrangements to ensure that when they're evacuating hundreds of thousands of people and villages you know court protocol had to be retained additionally 1 they made arrangements to ensure that hospitals received uninterrupted electricity and also ambulances were in place just in case
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patients had to be moved probably what's the wider current of our situation and injury at the moment the latest numbers. so when you look at the native the latest numbers you are seeing 2 trends one it is that nationally there has been a dip in fresh cases so on monday in your recorded just about 260 $3000.00 fresh cases the other trend is that of an increasing death toll so on monday more than $4300.00 people succumb to the virus it is the highest per day death toll and monday therefore becoming the deadliest day in the pandemic so far now both these figures are official figures and as we have been reporting and experts have been saying these numbers are severely undercounted especially if you take into account the you know the situation in rural india where cases and deaths are searching very
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lack of tests and lack of medical facilities in fact a high court in the state of the pradesh made a scathing observation of the state of affairs in the state asking the government to ramp up testing and also upgrade medical facilities to give you a sense of how scathing the observation was the high court used to look at him the phrase called romber jose which translates to his use and situation where no one seems to be in control and everything is up to fate the court pointed out that in gruel india there was just one bed for 10000 people and that testing was inadequate and also the fact that the facilities were just not enough and too fragile for even normal times forget the fact that we are in iraq pandemic of dimitar with those updates from new delhi thank you. the head of the world health organization had this as described the disparity between vaccine rollouts as
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a form of apartheid it. says the gap between wealthier countries and poorer countries is huge and he's calling on manufacturers to make the shots available to the global vaccine sharing scheme more quickly the u.n. general assembly has delayed a vote scheduled for tuesday on banning the sale of weapons 2000000 miles military it would also call for the 2 to end a state of emergency to stop the violence against anti coupe protesters no reason actually given for that delay on monday the u.s. u.k. and canada impose new sanctions of their own on high ranking army and military officials and companies connected to the generals from kuala lumpur florence flew with more. the latest round of u.s. sanctions targets 16 people including senior members of the military their family members and the central bank governor of the u.k. and now just sanctions on the state owned company but it remains to be seen just how effective sanctions will be in the past they have not been able to determine
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the true young muslim to rule this much now another response of the international community was supposed to be considering was a vote by the u.n. general assembly on a draft non-binding resolution calling for an immediate arms embargo to all that vote supposed to have taken place on tuesday has now been delayed reports say in a bid to win more support meanwhile in the young mom protests against the june to contain and with it a crackdown on protesters the assistance association for political prisoners says more than 800 people have been killed and more than 4000 are still being held for opposing the can and chin state has seen some of the latest violence soldiers took over a town called mend over the weekend and its residents have fled into the surrounding valleys and jungles flee for their safety their reports say that there's been
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indiscriminate firing by soldiers as well as looting of properties by troops and aid groups say the people there are in desperate need of food clothing and medicine . this one a story more than 5000 migrants have crossed into the spanish enclave of say it's from neighboring morocco this is the largest single day influx into the city which is one of 9 territories in africa which are controlled by spain many of them swam to safety more than a 1000 of them miners. spain says it is increasing security and border services in the area to speed up the return of those who have arrived. all right taking to the headlines at half past the hour israeli forces continuing their bombardment of gaza this is of course from the ground near the gaza border
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israel's sorry hospitals are overwhelmed and there is a severe shortage of electricity and water across the gaza strip 212 palace.

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