subscribe. al-jazeera english. israeli troops continue to mass along the border with gaza after another night of airstrikes hitting palestinian homes and clinics. hello everyone i'm come out santamaria here in doha with the world news from algiers palestinians are rallying against the bombings in a general strike across the occupied territories and israel. also in the news more than 5000 migrants cross into the spanish enclave of seeds of from morocco the largest single day influx into the city.

and more than 20 dead and dozens more missing is a strong side bet is parts of india. so choose day has brought yet more destruction to israeli forces bombarding the strip by land sea and air this is the build up of course of israeli military hardware close to that israel gaza border where there has been artillery shelling from. dozens of sites hit in the early hours of tuesday including hamas offices residential apartments and farmland. we have a look at some of these pictures from earlier where hospitals were overwhelmed. and there's a severe shortage of electricity and water across the strip $212.00 palestinians killed including $61.00 children since the bombing began 8 days ago. let's also look at this palestinian factions launching in more rockets into israel

hitting this building in beer sheba 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 and palestinian leaders have called for a general strike across the occupied territories in israel on tuesday they say they want to disrupt commercial establishments 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. let's start then with me to abraham live from ramallah in the occupied west bank take us through what's been happening this morning linda. so a policy that was killed by israeli forces my hero for the for me he got from the ministry of health and the israeli army says that he was trying to. adopt an armed attack against raith forces that are here that have a law school right now in general to take it all while water supply are

shut down because palestinians are taking part in a general strike that initially big holes for my house in israel but that soon palestinians and your compartment back responded to the wall that we're seeing some of them protesting didn't come up here expecting more protests to follow in different cities been seeing more and more positive things take part in protests in different parts of the occupied west bank and we have more in that 21 palestinians were killed by the israeli forces fire and the sense that most of these protests now we'd expect of those purchases of gold to come from fish and who are these with these would be army would be here to come for that if you have time to see them i'm out joined by a palestinian group this stab me to feed you where they are tat me at the protest downstairs. where the protests right what do you hope to get which.

ringback we are here to some a clear message that this genocide in gaza needs to be stopped. ringback children women the elderly couple one is being brutally massacred being does so without. hearing a voice from world governments and the international community about. that this genocide needs to be stopped. of course i'm talking about the governments because there is a strong support from the people of the world and the protests and marches. and we are here to send that message that this where we are in this whole palestinians are suffering the pain of losing loved ones and this needs to be stopped immediately timey there are been many protests here in the occupied west bank and they have told us that this is different this time it's the 1st time for

decades that we're seeing palestinians across the political divide take part in a general strike do you think this time these protests are different yes we are talking about the general strike that unites palestine from an effort to see and that's the symbolic part of the whole general strike and actually it did not happen since 1036 with a general strike in palestine during the 1st before lucian. and now it is uniting palestinians in the west bank in gaza and inside the fight for list and territories of $948.00 despite the. citizenship that they are heavy in addition to palestinians in the diaspora who are all the uniting on the one the slogan that we the palestinian people are united against any israeli

of aggression against palestinian people everywhere and of course their message boards are to sell them. against the expulsion and the disposition of people in. thank you tell me what do you want from palestinian authority. well the palestinian authority should take the role in. in participating in such events going on on march as well that too but they need to give a clear message to the international community and to work in parallel. diplomatically to try to influence the future. and the international community to work hard then stop this aggression as immediate as possible thank you so much. to be protested she was taking part in the protests here a lot we're seeing more and more falls by palestinians to take to the streets a confrontation for weeks in different cities in the west bank and we're seeing

more and more people sharing on social media asking the world to pay attention to what's going on in palestine saying that they are trying to counter the censorship that they've been facing from some social media platforms good stuff from media abraham and the team in ramallah thank you for that let's just show you some of the protests which against israel's action which are gathering momentum around the world libyans 1st of all taking part in global solidarity rallies for palestine hundreds of students as well as capital residents gathered in front of tripoli's university demanding an immediate end to the israeli violence and the forced expulsion of palestinians from their ancestral homes. it's extended to south america as well hundreds hit the streets in argentina's capital the crowds marched towards the israeli embassy in buenos aires but police prevented demonstrators from reaching the building last week as foreign ministry denounced what it called israel's disproportionate use of force and people rallied outside the u.s.

embassy in jakarta indonesia as well as a protest against the bob barnett of gaza indonesia says it will continue to press other muslim countries to push for an immediate ceasefire on that story we have more from jessica washington. i'm here outside the u.s. embassy where a crowd of university students have gathered to protest and many of them are 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 and 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 a bound 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 the support of the inflation government internees a 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 joke of a job you don't know alongside the leaders of malaysia and brunei have signed a call a letter in collaboration and in that letter they have called for the u.n. general assembly to take this issue very seriously and they say that the u.n. must work together to come up with a peace resolution. well let's return to gaza or itself where it seems very clear

that children are paying the heaviest price $61.00 children have been killed so far but more than that a generation is being traumatized again as reports. laura for 7 hours 6 year old suzy was trapped under piles of rubble. her home was hit by an israeli air strike 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 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 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 mental state and the wind motion instead that she's going through at this point to be asking such a. cyst such an existential question the depths of loss can be overwhelming

especially for children. you know would still. i guess. 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 cell. and of explosions. doctors say suzy will recover from her physical injuries but it's the invisible emotional scars that may require long term attention katia lapus of the u.n. al-jazeera. the rest of the day's news is coming up including taiwan's relations with hong kong plunging to their lowest point in years after hong kong closes its office in taipei and empty supermarket shelves and empty streets pandemic seems not normally associated with east asia oh.

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am the voice we are the voice witnesses on al-jazeera. heard. 0 the top stories this hour israeli forces continuing their bombardment of gaza these live pictures from near the border hospitals within gaza or are overwhelmed there is a severe shortage of electricity and water 212 palestinians have been killed including 61 children let's look at the west bank where palestinian leaders of call for a general strike across the occupied territories in israel on tuesday they're protesting against violence and the ongoing occupation but least 20 palestinians have been

killed in the occupied west bank since monday. and protests against israel's action are gathering momentum around the world people have gathered outside the u.s. embassy in indonesia's capital jakarta to protest against the bombardment of gaza. in the u.s. president joe biden's expressed support for a cease fire during his latest call with israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu but biden is also under growing pressure from members of his own democratic party accusing him of ignoring the plight of palestinian civilians with this report from washington d.c. john hendren. 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 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 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 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 al-jazeera washington onto other news in the afghan president ashraf ghani says his country is ready for a straight out war with the taliban the armed group has stepped up attacks across the country as the u.s. troops stop their graduate roll off for a peace deal because 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 paid for all the patriotic forces would have to rally and make a decision and that issue unfortunately would have to be decided on the field of battle all powerful cyclon swept ashore in western india at least 21 people have

been killed cyclon. is now weakening after making landfall in the state of good but it's also caused damage right down the coast through goa and right down to carola the severe winds and heavy rain a force more than 200000 people from their homes sea levels risen as high as 3 made his the winds of reach more than 195 kilometers per hour. there's also a search underway for 127 people missing after a barge sank off the indies coast nearly 100 people have been rescued but there are 2 other vessels adrift in the rough seas this adverse weather of course complicating the fight against cove of 19 as well on that west coast front line workers have been diverted the number of daily deaths has risen to a record of 4300 the latest now with in new delhi not just this as we say this storm but how it's impacting the fight against cove 19

in those states. yes because the states that have been hit by the cycle and i'm talking about states other than good drought which is where the cycle made landfall last night states like my rush to go up cannot can carry us some of the hardest hit states when it comes to cover 19 and the devastation that's been cause you know by heavy rains and heavy rains has really complicated matters for various reasons one of course is how do you maintain code protocol when you're evacuating hundreds of thousands of people the state authorities have said that they made arrangements to ensure that hospitals had uninterrupted electric supplies you know ambulances were on standby just in case of patients had to be moved but still you know maintaining a court protocol x. social distancing it must not have been a tall task otherwise as well apart from that you know homes have lost electricity trees have been uprooted roads have been blocked so merchant the services really

were hit hard additionally you know the states had to also hold of part of their vaccinations live now the cycle has weakened but as the metropolitan pointed out because it was so powerful you know some parts of good seeing winds up to 190 kilometers per hour last night the winds in the state are still around 80 kilometers per hour in each when we can further to our 50 kilometers per hour for the math department estimates but still very very high winds and very a lot of rainfall so a lot of devastation will because over the next few hours the met department estimates now in mumbai the airport has been up and running again it was shot yesterday for a few hours and some vaccinations centers have been reopened you know and of reopened and vaccinations have resumed at least in mumbai. widely poverty can you

bring us up to date with coronavirus numbers from india. so the new cases that were recorded on monday were about 26263000 new cases 1 that is a significant different feel look at the numbers from specially 2 weeks ago when that number was touching 400000 we are seeing dips in other parts of india as well for example cities like delhi where we are cities like mumbai a big difference with there but if you zoom in you will see various boring pockets and that is where you're seeing a lot of surge so rural india states like west in goa which held elections in the month of april additionally the grim milestone still is that $4300.00 people died because of the virus on monday post official records now i keep saying for official records because experts have been saying that that number is severely undercounted

and the courts have also now been ordering state governments to ramp up testing and be more transparent in fact earlier today the prime minister held a meeting with officials at the state and district level asking them to ramp up testing upgrade medical infrastructure and also your focus on localized containment zones as opposed to the national lockdown that experts have been calling for to arrest the spread of the corona virus and that is part of the mittal with the latest news out of the delhi thank you. several east asian countries often cited for their success in controlling a pandemic are now grappling with their worst outbreaks said to further delays to a planned travel bubble between singapore and hong kong also taiwan's talking to the us to get more vaccines as it reported 700 new cases in the past week from mcbride with this report from seoul. supermarket shelves emptied by panic buying streets and businesses quiet while coronavirus testing sites are busy dealing with

increased demand there are scenes normally associated with other parts of the world not taiwan considered a model example of how to contain the pandemic until now a sudden spike in new coronavirus cases linked to this airport hotel used by airline crews has led to clusters detected across the island which is now virtually closed its borders. or usage was non citizens without residents permits will be prevented from entering taiwan we will also suspend travelers from transferring through the country and this was the same health minister who led an event last summer to celebrate taiwan's apparent fick tory in keeping the pandemic out. still small compared with other places this outbreak of hundreds of cases is a worrying trend for an island used to single digit or even 0 new cases per day

it's a sharp reminder of how east asia often applauded for controlling the pandemic is still vulnerable to the corona virus and its developing variants especially given the relatively slow rollout of vaccines in places like here south korea and its neighbors viet nam had also been recording relatively few cases from the start of the pandemic but now is grappling with its worst outbreak and the region's main financial hubs of hong kong and sing. paul are also finding then not immune plans to resume flights within the travel bubble between the 2 cities have had to be delayed a 2nd time many asian neighbors eager to reopen like better vaccinated countries but aware of how quickly their own infection rates could surge if they do problem bride al jazeera so now the story out of the region hong kong's government says it is temporarily closing its office in taiwan to one's government said that while it

respected the decision it also regretted it tension between the 2 has risen ever since the pro-democracy protests started in hong kong in 2019 taiwan and criticized hong kong's national security law and opened an office in taipei to help people who may want to leave aging of course these taiwan as part of china am more from katrina you in beijing. there is a corona virus outbreak happening again in taiwan but the hong kong office said that this is not due to that and what this closure is really also a reflection of the deteriorating ties between hong kong's beijing backed government and taipei and for contacts that's been deteriorating since $29.00 when we had these massive pro-democracy protests really bring hong kong to a standstill and we had subsequently this national security law which criminalizes subversion and under which we've seen more than 100 democracy activists arrested now during that time taiwan was incredibly supportive of the protesters even

offering refuge to those who may want to leave hong kong and flee persecution as they called it now hong kong has had this office in taipei since 2011 it was opened under the previous administration which was somewhat more friendly with beijing in the goal was to strengthen cultural and business ties between hong kong and taiwan and when they closed today on tuesday did they did not give a reason except to explicitly say that this was not due to the core of the 19 outbreak and it said that there was nothing more to add but according to hong kong media the reason for this closure could be because of a visa status now taiwan has its own de facto consulate in hong kong one of the functions is to help people leaving hong kong to taiwan now the hong kong government told the employees of the taiwan office that they would not have their visas renewed if they did not agree to sign a document supporting china's claim to taiwan and supporting the one china policy.

the u.n. general assembly has delayed a vote scheduled for tuesday on banning the sale of weapons to me and miles military it would also call the vision to end a state of emergency to stop violence against the anti coup protesters the reason given for that delay on monday though the u.s. the u.k. and canada impose new sanctions on high ranking me and military officials and companies connected to the generals spain is facing a diplomatic and humanitarian crisis after more than 6000 migrants crossed from morocco into the spanish enclave of syria this is the largest single day influx into the area many of them actually swam there in more than a 1000 children spanish government has deployed troops to safety to patrol the border with morocco 1500 people have been sent back as well just to put this into perspective. and one of 9 territories controlled by spain in africa on clothes that have long attracted migrants trying to reach europe but the recent

surge of arrivals is further strained relations between madrid and robot morocco is angry that spain has allowed a rebel leader to enter to receive medical treatment the head of the policy front for him clearly contract covert 19 the group has long fought for the independence of western sahara a former spanish colony that is mainly under moroccan control. we'll take you to the headlines at half past the hour israeli forces continuing their bombardment of gaza.