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the israel's 5 be 5 told by bombing more building in gaba and palestinian factions, launch rockets into southern israel. pope fade for any survivors off to a barge of think on the moon by coast. so i can pay claims at least 90 lives in india, race and protect the optic talks aimed at slowing down the damage inflicted by climate change. ah, me, if there is a hell on earth, it is the lives of children in garza where the view and secretary general antonio good terrorist that the general assembly meeting on the ongoing conflict in gaza. representatives from around the world have been meeting to discuss the latest escalation involved, and israel,

how must on its allied groups. several foreign ministers have already been speaking in support of the ceasefire. meeting follows days of israel's ally, the united states, blocking efforts of the un security council to agree on a resolution calling for an end to host realty. here are some of the highlights of the you in general assembly session. so far today, solutions can only be the fighting, must stop immediately. i appeal to all parties to cielo, to seize or steal it. these now, and i write direct my call on all sides for an immediate cease fires. you'll still have cause serious damage to vital civilian infrastructure in gaza, including robes and electricity lines contributing to you many said any emergency crossings into gaza, been closed, and par shortages are affecting water supplies under the billions buildings and homes have been destroyed, damaged, or rambled and inevitable air strikes and damage. several hospitals,

which will already short of supplies will be years of the building, thinking closures exists, invited by the coffee in 1900 pandemic for an o n. and how much time i'd only it's high time for the international community to shoulder its responsibility to envious of the occupation of our land, of our holy sight of our present and our future. it's high time take practical measures to provide international protection to the palestinian people until they can practice their right to self determination. you urge you to honor your commitments under international law, including not to acknowledge the illegal status created by israeli procedures and policies unoccupied. palestine including in east jerusalem, we call upon you not to provide any assistance or support to entrench and maintain the current status. the recall on you differentiate between israel, the occupying power and the occupied territories, and to ensure accountability. so none on the room with them or adobe. i'm

a little jug. what we call on the international community to take responsibility seriously and urgently and immediately protect the palestinian people. why putting an end to israeli aggression and all illegitimate practices so that the palestinian people may once again enjoy it? so jim that writes, including religious observances, guitars position has always been one that supports all sincere and honest effort to make real progress in settling the conflict in the middle east. and in light of recent escalations, we've taken swift steps on the basis of our conviction regarding the importance of the peaceful settlement of disputes, including dialog mediation, and let's speak to christine salumi, who's out the united nations is always been listening in to the meeting. kristen some strong wed. so far this morning from speakers. the question is, what do we expect to actually be achieved from this meeting?

while we've heard an impassioned call for action coming from several high level officials from countries in the arab world, middle east, and the muslim world who are particularly concerned about the situation on the ground in the middle east in gaza, in particular. and the possibility of that spilling over into a regional conflict in inflaming extremism and anger throughout the region. so what we are hearing is many things, but some certain themes that keep repeating one is the call for an immediate cease fire. we heard a big focus on the humanitarian situation in gaza, which many have compared to an open air prison. they've talked about the fact that a 3rd of the casualties among palestinians have been women and children. of course

israeli citizens have died here as well. but what many of the speakers are pointing to is proportionality, which is an issue under international law, the palestinians here are considered occupied israel is considered the occupier and that comes with responsibilities as the secretary general himself said in his opening remarks, even wars have rules. so we are hearing for calls to and some of these actions attacks on journalists have been brought up protection of holy sites and, and the force removal and palestinians from their homes as their being threatened in east jerusalem, which is recognized by the un as palestinian. and that would be the capital of a future palestinian state, but mostly what we are hearing is to answer your question

a call for action on the part of the security council. and in the absence of action by the security council, by the general assembly, a unified statement and work we understand is being done behind the scenes to get to that point. many here are hoping to amplify that message to pressure, not only israel and her mom to stop fighting, but to pressure the united states to get behind a more unified international response. kristen just worth mentioning to view as we are looking at live pictures of that general assembly. it is the technician, foreign minister of mines around the who is currently speaking in a couple of speakers. we're going to soon hear from the u. s. and back to the united nation, there's going to be a lot of focus on what she has to say. well, the united states has been saying behind the scenes to other ambassadors to our

crew here with al jazeera, when we've asked for their position that they are working tirelessly for a de escalation. they say they have spoken out to call for an end to the violence, but they have not expressed that call as urgently as many here would like. they have not called for an immediate cease fire. their words have been much more nuanced and many have interpreted that as buying time for the israelis to finish their mission. so the position of the security council has been 14 against why the united states saying that a statement coming from the security council or a resolution, as the french are now pushing for calling for a cease fire, would only undermine efforts to reach that end. but given that we are seeing very little progress on the ground towards that and people here are questioning the

logic behind the american position. and so it will be interesting to see if there is any more nuanced from the us ambassador linda thomas greenfield, who is a cabinet member of joe biden's. not expected that the u. s. will back down. they haven't so far in terms of international action in the need for international action, although i'm sure they will express their sympathy for victims on, on all sides of the conflict. whether it will be watching for any of any sign that there might be some acquiescence towards some sort of international action. okay, many thanks about kristen, the new me and we will return to the united nations. when the us investor begins to speak less return. now to gather because israeli fighter jets happened, continuing to cause more destruction and death. the in

the past 24 hours to crowded refugee camps home to tens of thousands of people have come under attack. so far, $233.00 palestinians including $65.00 children, have been killed in the israeli offensive, which began last week and palestinian groups, hamas and its allied factions have also stepped up their rocket attacks against towns and cities in israel. this is basheba in the south where several people have been injured today. rockets were fired towards ash cologne, causing some damage that prime minister benjamin netanyahu is meeting his top security officials this hour to discuss the ongoing ministry escalation in gaza. and the possibility of a ceasefire. let's get the picture from gaza on the ground. some of the lamb is a palestinian jenise who lives there. he is live with us now. rocket attacks, as we've been saying that continue to pound, gaza,

bring us up to date from where you are. it's continue right now. we are in the city in the heart of the gods next to the you on his quarter. and the right at this moment we are hearing jet fighters moving and that drones we have just here, also some bombing from the marine and there was suicide from the scene. this is, this leads us to my mind that at the beginning of the you and session there where there was a bombing in base. how don't and, and it is the started give the house of which are many and for people to have been one, did 2 of them out a creek critically. according to the family, they talk to al jazeera english and they affirm that the family received no notification from any part. so by me, continues and civil people have been killed today. and it leads us that

getting a budget which i sent me, they did. people who are living there in bed to leave the area where they have live, they don't know. i mean, you unschooled used as shit that are falling now and targeting houses. and he's us to say that just the english talked to a family, a policy and men of guys who exchanged change in his chair with his brother. i mean that he gave his brother to kids and he took, took it from his brother. why? because they expect that it's and it's like and, and crushed and killed the family. they preferred that some individuals, some member, the family wouldn't say alive. the article is changing kids and gaza. another point that the, that that is cute. the amount of working on the network and the

2 teams are working on that network of water, electricity, electricity, because now it is the end of the day. and the night is coming. i mean the night is knocking the daughter of god, which means that this is knocking the door of god's. i mean, in garza, now people prefer to night is not coming because it means more huddled, more explosions, more destruction. and more of this such a di, picture you describe for the people off guard when night falls, they believe death is coming. thank you. me a boot for lamb, a palestinian journalist, living in gauze i. we can cross now if it's ramallah in the occupied west bank and correspond hamid. what is the latest where you will? well, certainly there hasn't been any reaction yet to what's unfolding. i do in general

assembly and i don't think any, but as soon as actually following very closely what's going the, what they're more worried about is what's happening in gaza. that is something that have been very has galvanized really especially do use in the occupied was back. another issue that is also galvanizing them is the issue of occupied east jerusalem. and those families that actually fit in with expands expulsion from shifts or raw those. this is what people here are worried about politics or something that doesn't really concerned them at this stage. they have learned that the un needs over and over again. now they've been about 88 resolutions since 1948 to another 40 that had been vetoed or blocked by us, but any, in any case,

nothing has happened. nothing has improved for them and nothing has bought the end of the occupation. so at the moment whether the, of course a cease fire would be welcomed simply because it would mean less death, less suffering for the people of gaza. but then what happens next? i mean, you have conversations with felicity and they tell you and then walked yes. how much has been weekend that just to the benefit of israel, but eventually they'll be another round of violence. eventually they will be another war and nothing will change for them. so certainly a lot of anger and i think that's really a challenge for it. if i listen, you know, throw it in also for these really authorities on how to sort of quell that anger at the moment, which is spreading not only in the palestinian territories, but also inside of israel among palestinian israelis who have also felt the brunt of all what's going on at the moment and what more can you tell us about the

possibility of a sci fi we know they've been discussions between the german foreign minister and the palestinian leader. any update from that? well, that's still ongoing, as far as we know. now there have been over the past few days, there have been a lot of reports in the israeli media about sees fire. there was one day that had been put forward, which was actually today 6, but that did not happen. now there's other leaks in the, in the really media we're talking about maybe israel announcing a unilateral cease fire that would be after this meeting that is happening now in tel aviv. so we'll have to wait and hear for that to get a feeling that as these fires in a minute, the international pressure on both sides has been pretty strong. and i think israel is at

a point now where the at least the military command says that it has achieved what it needed to achieve in gaza. 5 and politically, with every day that goes by with the amount of pictures that are coming out of those civilians killed, the children killed the suffering to build things crumbling. i think it's putting it on. yeah. and lot of pressure to reach us is via as quickly as possible. many thanks for the holder of the hamid therefore in ramallah let's go live to west jerusalem now and speak to him. ron con enron. this an important meeting, i believe, between prime minister benjamin netanyahu. and his top security officials do we know exactly what they are talking about and whether the possibility of a cease fire is real from where you standing well, this security cabinet meeting is actually off the record as well. there's no journalist

allowed in the and so we don't know what they're going to be talking about, but i have to say these meetings do take place on a regular basis when there's a conflict, they do escalate those meetings much more often. if there is any talk of a c, y, any decision made about i see why it's in that meeting that that decision will come . but it's not just the security cabinet meeting which is chaired by the caretaker prime minister benjamin netanyahu. he will also be meeting with people from the army, from the air force, from intelligence agencies and taking that important as well. the big question here is, what kind of pressure internationally can the prime minister withstand when it comes to the united nations? and really they're talking about this in this special assembly session that they've got going on right now. when it comes, the united nations, actually quite a lot of pressure. israel tends to ignore any resolution that comes its way if you

want it things against israeli fire department is that netanyahu has long been a critic l d. united nation saying actually it's just an anti is ready body. however, there is one person, one nation that can pressure israel must the united states of america. but here opinion is split between what president biden is doing. there are those people that suggest that he's trying to put pressure on premise, that netanyahu to bring about see why, what the, the language that biden is using is de escalation on the way to a cease fire. now that seen by some quarters as being pressure. however others, the thing has been quite soft, the pressure that it's not enough, it's not strong enough language that netanyahu only really responds to very strong language. that was all this is going on, my colleague or the other made mention that the foreign ministers from germany back here at the general public all being here and meeting with palest,

posting president as well. they've actually met with, be ready for me, sent these ready for me. this is actually part of ministry is actually spending this meeting is one of solidarity saying that these people have come to show. so there's he, so whether that has an impact on any sci fi negotiations remains to be seen. but right now there is no sci fi, it was supposed to be introduced at 6 am thursday morning. is that 6 pm or half by 6 in the evening? mostly 5, so maybe maybe not, it's announced this evening. will it come 6 am friday morning. we don't know. but like i say there are discussions taking place, but whether anything concrete will come out, we'll only will find out in the coming hours. iran, i believe how much on it's out. i'd factions have stepped up their rocket attacks against towns and cities in israel. is that true? is that the right? is that the right picture? i'm not entirely sure you can call it

a stepping up at the very beginning. of the conflict, the way more rock is being fired into israeli territories and it surprised is well in how far they could get. they reached a central israel in to tell a v as well in the last few days. what the, what we've been saying is much more shorter range. rock is being fired into the areas next to the barrier, but that's actually only hard and the israeli position of those living. there are a lot of what we're hearing via the media and people i've spoken to on those board is, is the actually, we don't want to cease fire with house. we just want mass, completely destroyed with fed up of these rock is coming into our territory. you have to remember that yes rockets are being fired from gaza, but israel has one of the most sophisticated rocket defense systems on the planet. the i don't, according to these ready army, some 90 percent of those rockets have been destroyed before they even fell on israeli territory. the rest,

the ones that have fallen have destroyed and given light damage to various homes of various cars and things like that. and people have been injured, but it's not a huge concern when it comes to the israeli. when it comes, oh, sorry to call him ron kon, off that we promised we'd return to the united nations. when we heard from linda thomas greenfield. she's the us ambassador to the must have a listen to what she has from crisis in israel and gaza with a singular focus. bring it in to the conflict as quickly as possible. we have not been silent. in fact, i don't believe that bears any country working more urgently and more fervently toward peace. this is not a slight and it is not silence. it's a fact. i shared to underscore our deep engagement and commitment to working with

israelis, palestinians, and partners across the region. to resolve this conflict, the united states has had more than 60 diplomatic meetings at the highest levels, including at least 5 by president biden. in his most recent call with prime minister netanyahu yesterday, president biden communicated that we continues to stand by israel's right to defend itself. that we believe is role is now in a position to begin winding down the conflict. and we expect a significant de escalation to begin in the hours and days ahead. we will continue to relentlessly push for peace. and we appreciate that so many nations have come together in this body to express the importance of resolving the conflict. the security council has met 4 times in the last 10 days on this topic,

including an open debate over the weekend to deliberate over the situation, particularly the suffering of civilians caught in the conflict by no thought of their own. again, we've been silent and we hope that people across the region have heard as loud and clear. the united states calls on all parties to respect their obligations under international law, including with respect to the protection of civilians, medical facilities, and facilities that serve as civilian shelters. we continue to condemn rocket attacks by hamas and other terrorist groups, and we stand against extremism that has led to violence against both communities. and we commend the tireless dedication and life saving work of the un and now the humanitarian workers on the ground. we have to focus on making tangible progress toward peace. the united states will continue to champion every diplomatic effort

that moses closer to that gold israelis impacted palestinians deserve safety and security and should enjoy equal measures of freedom, security, prosperity, and democracy. this requires that all parties return to working in good faith toward the vision, israel and a palestinian state, living side by side in peace, and within, secure, and recognized boarders. i would also encourage everyone participating today to take a hard look at how they are investing in the region. the needs and gaza in particular are immense. we hope the international community will step up to meet the humanitarian needs on the ground. and this must be done in a manner that serves the needs of the palestinian not hum us, which is time and time again fail the palestinian people the human toll of this

violence has been heartbreaking. the stories of the families of children who have been killed, of those living with the trauma of surviving are painful. we will never be fight silent in the face of such suffering. we are committed to working in concert with other members of this body to bring a rapid end to the current violence and over the long term create the conditions for lasting and sustainable peace. thank you very much. ok. joining us, we're watching a live special session of the un general assembly on palestine convene today to discuss israel's ongoing offensive on the gaza strip. we just heard that from linda thomas greenfield, who's the u. s. investor to the united nations. we've heard from a number of other ministers today to including the palestinian foreign minister

less tend to all correspondent kristen salumi at the united nations who's been following the meeting closely. what did you make of what linda thomas greenfield had to say. very interesting. this is the 1st time we've heard her speak publicly on the ongoing conflict and violence in the middle east. although we've gotten some read out of her comments from behind the scenes. and she was pushing back against criticism that we've been hearing all morning about the security council not being able to come together and act with one voice in some countries directly calling out the united states for blocking any such action. she said that in her remark, she talked about the fact that the united states has been actively engaged in behind the scenes diplomacy. she said to bring an end to the conflict as soon as possible. we have not been silent. in fact, she said,

i don't believe any country has been working more fervently than the united states . she talked about 60 diplomatic meetings at the highest level 5 of those meetings, including president fight. and she talked about the president's recent call to israeli prime to benjamin netanyahu. during which she started by saying he reaffirmed israel's right to self defense, but also said that the united states expressed their belief that it was time for a significant de escalation to begin. not the as an immediate cease fire, but calling for de escalation. she also talked about the need to deal with the issues on the bring both sides back to the table in terms of finally finding some resolution towards the 2 state solution between palestine and israel. something that seemingly

continually has been pushed to the side in recent years. she reaffirm the need for those sorts of talks and negotiations. but again, she is in a defensive posture here, as many of the countries that we've been hearing from so far have expressed their desire to come out as a unified group and make, make a statement together. and so far, while we're hearing these very strong statements, we are not hearing a full unified call because of the u. s. s position. chris, and i wanted to ask you about why this meeting matters. because as i understand is nothing that they announce today is binding a tool. is that correct? that is correct. the general assembly is the most dramatic democratic body here at the united nations. everyone has an equal vote in equal se, but at the security council, whose words and actions constitute international law. the security council does

not come together and issue a proclamation, then it doesn't have the same force as international law. now, because the security council hasn't acted the other countries in the general assembly, specifically the organization of islamic cooperation and the arab group here, the un we're pushing for this meeting. they wanted to amplify the message that's coming out. so that in that sense, that's what they hope to accomplish here, but you're right, the security council really is the only body that has the power of international law behind it. and of course, as we've seen over the years, the united states are, i'm sorry, over the years, they have issued many proclamations on middle east, but they haven't really been enforced or done anything to resolve the situation there. and you could argue the united states could argue that avoiding

the security council, in this case may be more productive because past secure.