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suddenly in different areas of the gaza strip in the northern in the south and gover. net and here even in regards of the t, as you can see here, behind me this high rise tower, it's called palestine tower. it's a residential tire tower. as you can see, it's in the residential neighborhood. apartment was residential apartment was targeted there, right there in the 7th floor number of people have been killed in that talk and others have been injured. there is a lot of chaos that is going on now in because the strip more numbers are rising, whether injuries or injury that are being killed. these attacks have come suddenly things have been a little bit more calmer before they started islamic jihad sources told us that they had their talks going on with addiction mediators just an hour before these

sudden attacks took place on because the strip no attacks were mentioned. that there was an intention of any tax taking place despite all the threats and warnings from the palestinian and israeli side. not with their reports that hamas has said, all the factions in the gaza strip are united. do we expect a response from either hamis or islamic jihad? yes, theory. and so now both lie because you had leaders here in the call, the strip and the, the hello, who is based in lebanon, and also a brigade through their sources. how much officials, they have all said that there is a strong res phone. that is going to be retaliation on this israeli crime against the people of the gods. this trip. they said,

that's what every supposed that will be coming out from god's that won't be through the joint chamber where all policy is, factions will be participating in that response all together and not as one faction or one military or fighting group alone. but it will be a consensus to apply to station of all the policy instruction this time to retaliate until now nothing has no response has been declared or stated from godsa. but the law who is islamic, she had political chief based 11 on that that this, this crime will be responded to very strongly and that television is going to be under fire. ok, thank you so much. him nestle, it's for giving us that update from gaza. let's speak to marian booty, who's a writer and researcher. she's joining us from what i'm and that's in the occupied westbank. hello, maddie, i'm thanks so much for your time with us on al jazeera,

i mean important to note as always, that gaza, of course, is under blockades, by the is really, is 15 years on. but from what you're hearing about this attack and from, from what you understand is going on, perhaps you can give us some context as to the lead up to this i'm thank you for having me. so right now and let us know we are also, as you were mentioning earlier, there is negotiations and talks about electricity crisis that is happening. and as it is almost a population of 2000000, most of them are under the age of 18 that have been under siege for more than 15 years. and i'm concerned in terms of how this course is on rivaling and what israel is doing. and is that going to place to focus in that it's trying to target leaders of she had in his slimy and the assassination of tasty to shopping without any context. let's also recall how israel consistently reports on palestinians as

though it has targeted and will include neutralized terrors and including looking at the numbers of the martyrs. as of yet, there's a 5 year old child that was killed in this was preceded by bombing through israeli air force. and drones strikes on, visited just weeks before and is comes at high end times when israel is army settlers in the west bank to shoot and kill palestinians and not have to speak under, you know, the chain of command of the military. so what we're seeing right now is an intensification of israel's military strategy of shock and awe. and i know it is not just, you know, the politicians. and let's keep in mind the israeli elections are coming not the november. and there's been this trend of israeli leaders to use as a weapon to kind of raleigh these really settler population. but in terms of thing on the military commander that has been killed in this attack,

is that clear to you whether i see it in a job buddy himself was the target of this attack? i think it would be for us to even suggest that israel has consistently targeted us and particularly its civilian population that has 0 ability to evacuate, which is a violation of international law and to try and bring the discourse back to say it is literally faltering into the israeli narrative and discourse, and i think as reporting on this, it is really important to keep in mind and keep in focus. the 2000000 palestinians . most of them are used that have been under seats for 15 years, dealing with air right after the other. they're still not recovered from the brutal and savage boardman that happened last summer with 0 accountability. any military within israel. and i think even if it was the target, the continued use of civilians as a weapon by the military,

as collateral damage to pressure palestinian to for get and let go of their right to freedom is a disservice to justice. everywhere it's, it's quite simply is that right and you were mentioning the moments ago, of course the, the is really coming is really election. it is of course, an election season in israel. but besides that to me, what do you think will be the response from factions in the gaza strip? like how my son is slamming to hot? i think it's going to be the same response they've seen over the years. they're also gonna try and retaliate in a way that they rally their own political support. and this is what's consistently happening is that the pawns in this are the palestinians that are seeking liberation for most cellar colonial ponder and authoritarian reading like the p any and repressive regimes like hannah. but then how masses located in a place that has been under siege for 15 years, that has been been awarded and consistently targeted by these really military. if

israel was able to bomb the last thing, it would do the same. and it would say i'm and i would say every palestinian is a terrorist, but they can't because 60 percent of the west bank is inhabited by sellers and settlement. and these are the complex nuances that we really need to delve into beyond what these really military spokesperson is trying to get us into. is this going to leave 2 to win all out war or do you think on guys will i think this is depend on couple of factors. one is the ability of the palestinian civil society to respond and showcase the solidarity the others also on the way this is going to be recorded on and showing in terms of the brutality that we continue to experience . and then 3rd is the policy makers and decision makers like the u. s. still continue to give military to israel after killing ha, seems like shooting of all the journalists and then trying to what the nice for usage of a camera as though she's upstairs. and this is the trend and the theme. so i think

if we continuously faltering the strap are really not going to get anywhere with that. in fact is going to change what is going to change the support. for example, you were just mentioning the support that the u. s. a gift to his rule. that's the but doesn't look like it doesn't change at any point soon as it that's depend on us . our representatives owe us our demands. and when we make those demands, they have to either end here or like build their position. and i'm ready right now is a very testing moment for the global community, regardless of profession, and regardless of position, whether you're going to show he's not just solidarity, but action against this brutality that we're witnessing. we're done speaking about it being bond and asked which political faction or who israel is targeting right now, really trying to move towards the duration just as we've seen last summer under game

to father unity. and i think right now, as i've said this last year, and it's, it's tormenting that we have to consistently status. but not only our final breath, we are being suffocated in the i c u unit. that's what israel is doing. and right now it's not just on pilots thinking, well how are you going to respond, right? it's on the world. how's the world to respond? what about the, the, the sort of the usual players? if i can say that when it comes to mediation and when it comes to such issues like such events like this one that we've seen in gaza, we've often seen the egyptians be able to step in and play some sort of role in terms of calming down the rhetoric in the tensions do you expect or who can play a mediator right now? i think right now the only mediators that are playing any role, whether it's egypt or otherwise, the tension, they're trying to call this, to pass us any confrontation towards our literal occupation by

a military nuclear power. israel is the only state in this region that has nuclear weapons and somehow continues to play victim. what they're trying to mediate is our continued compensation. and we've seen israel do this relentlessly by employee regional power through their vulnerabilities and ally that they're trying to built in order to kind of perpetuate their, their settler, tony, lose them, and excel, read it as well. and for witnessing and acceleration doesn't have been long enough times for any inkling of life there to grow traumatized and destroyed the negotiations by egypt about electricity. let's recollect this isn't 15 years in the making. it's been 15 years of policy and he's trying to convince israel that they deserve electricity to carry on daily activities, not just they've activities. they got cancer patients and patients in hospitals

that are unable to survive because of this injustice. so if want to speak about the mediation of those are bringing like the demand that's being asked for. so when israel says it's a fascinating place, the shy buddy, it's actually happened assassinating in a gradual killing, a very slow killing of 2000000 past any of them as that. and that's what's happening. it's not just one moment because the news tag say it is right and we're just hearing this is according to in fact the reuters news agency is really our spokesman. has said this on the guys operation quote, we haven't finished yet. what does that make you think about where things will have to next and what do you think the ultimate aim is for? for israel, this time around? i think what it reminds me of is at the same time in the spokes person said a flattened during one of the worst. and it reminds me, again of the terms that were used on and on by israeli representatives and officials in terms of basically burning alive. and i think what this means

is that they're not going to back down because we continue to tolerate their times, whether it's in jeannine, whether it's in an eunice or whether it's in the us, the way in 48. how those things are honored by a settler colonial regime. well, a 13 year old in prison. manasseh and treated him like a terrorist. and we continue to separate these events, but it's not the, this is the systemic. what's happening is ethnic cleansing in a, in a decade maybe won't see a palestine, and maybe israel will be the lessons of the crimes of the past. what was happening right now is ethnic cleansing, and i think that's what's going to continue to happen. the flat and a little come for the west bank and then we'll finish off with the citizenship. and this is what we've been echoing. and it's, it's getting labor that we have to keep repeating this until it resonates mary. i'm so far i've not seen any sort of reaction perhaps not surprisingly,

from the palestinian authority over in the, in the occupied west bank. and that is where you are. i don't mean to put you on the spot here, but have you seen anything from the, from the personnel authority and you expect expect them to weigh in on this? i appreciate you asking. i haven't seen any responses from the palestinian authority either. and i don't expect any currently, this isn't the who are in regina sanctions on the bus in 2018 and then beat up palestinian protesters in the west bank that demanded the palestinian authority. lift the sanctions. so the, the palestinian authority and specific, the fashion that is ruling the ph are also go undergoing their own internal strength over all to be the next president after the us has exceeded his own presidential term by more than a decade. so i don't expect any response from the extent of that of her pressing

any palestinian civil society response in the west bank. i'm back with you. we'll leave it there, but we thank you so much for joining us on this developing and breaking news story out of it online the occupied west lang. thanks so much. we are going back to him the so you to get an update from gaza itself or you have an update for us and tell us about the latest casualty figures in the decimal, you're hearing the casualties are still, they still haven't changed. we're, we're looking at the numbers through the ministry of the, of hell. there's still until now. 44 injured. and 8 people killed including a 5 year old child. ah, different medical groups and cruise are in different areas of targeting through the gaza strip in different areas of the gaza strip. trying to see the people who have fallen are injured through these raids israeli rates.

give us some context that lead up to to this a talking guys are you know, yes until now or a doreen there is no statement by the palestinian no resistance factions or fighting groups. hearing god's done a belt, the kind of response that is going to come on. these is really rates and attacks, but we have, we witnessed a lot of the ease, really a reconnaissance plays and we're plays in this kind of godsa in different areas. also, military are our media. israel military media said that about 50 is really war. planes are in the skies of god. then we actually do hear them ah, over our heads. so as this attack, of course, i came in a very sudden way, a very sudden circumstances. we don't know how much it will complicate the situation further, but

a lot of threats are now being made by the palestinian a fighting groups here on the kind of retaliation saying that tel aviv will be there are 1st a point of target this time emma . so how are people in gaza actually a feeling about this or that, or they worries, is there a sense of worry that this could lead to an all out war? like we've seen in the past years? i'm sorry, again during i feel waived again, your resident are people and garza worried that this could lead to an all out war. busy definitely during indefinitely, i mean today is a weekend and godsa peeper are felt that even, even despite all the threats and warnings that were happening this past week and

and how things seemed really tense. but people had to hope that egyptian mediations and other international mediations could keep the con, going on people and not ready after one a year for another. a deadly war of the gods. a strip, last year's war in may more than 260 people were killed, a thousands were injured. infrastructure was completely destroyed, and there was a lot of our residential buildings. an apartment in homes that were destroyed at thousands of people have become homeless and the effects of that war are still going on until now. people in the gaza strip, the residents are still living the effects of the previous war. so for a new war to iraq, to or i to come suddenly or if to happen suddenly now is a very devastating reality for the people of godsa here who have not yet are

recovered from the effects or a of the past may war. or thank you so much im i will let you go for now. you know, so you're reporting for us from gaza. we are going to cross over to occupied east jerusalem and bring a john home and he's joining us from there. so john, what more of the is really officials are there is really military saying about the so talk on gaza right now. actually there is a meeting between the active prime minister la la pete and his defense minister. that's but he gets and they meant to be talking exactly about the situation in tel aviv. the israeli ministry was putting out statements both before the strike and after it. so this is obviously something that they've been preparing for. and that's not just today, but for some time the roads into god's that were closed off earlier this week, off the rest of one of the leaders of islamic jihad in the

occupied west bank. so it's obviously some sort of escalation or reaction that was anticipated. the roads were closed off and then obviously with this strike today that i don't, which is the israeli and t rocket system has now been activated, stopped quite a lot of rockets getting in. the israeli leaders have said that they talk to border communities about this. the communities, the board with gaza, there's been shelters of also been opened in towns that are close to gaza strip. so obviously, even before the strike is right, was expecting some sort of reaction to come from god's it's come from us, let me join the hut and now it's just a question of time seemingly as to what happens when. right? so john, from what you're hearing from, from, from areas in jerusalem occupied east jerusalem as well as west through sal and what is it from the is really side that led up to this attack?

that's actually the question because what we're hearing talking to people is obviously that it's not entirely usual for the israeli military to actually i originate and, and, and, and be the 1st to strike the blow in this sort of thing may generally wait for something to happen so that the fact that they've done this so far this time round 1st with the arrest, obviously in the occupy westbank can now obviously fall more seriously with this strike in garza, they've said that they're doing it to remove any threat to the state of israel. but this is obviously something that's preemptive, it's coming 1st from them. so we don't know yet what the aims of these railey military are and why they've decided to do this at 1st. we've got to wait for that sort of information to come. i think one thing as human was saying there with gods,

i think a lot of people here will be thinking as well of escalations in the past. you and her were mentioning last may when they're actually violet within israel was border, and that was seen as perhaps a much more serious threat to the country than some rockets coming in from garza that it quite could quite easily put up its iron dome system. this screen and be able to stop most of them. so i think that also within the country, that might also be a worry that people be watching as they see how this unfolds. and john, what do we make of the timing a fall of bethany? my guest from it. i'm along the occupied west bank. i was touched upon and where she was saying, of course this is election season in israel elections meant to be taking place in about 90 days time ourselves yeah, that's really true. we've got election scheduled for november here. so at the moment the country is really in a state of flux, i think some people with thinking perhaps they wait for new government to go in before taking definitive action on these sorts of things. and let that happen 1st

and that new sort of mandate this could as well be the campaign that's already started in a row. the political parties already jostling at the position right now. so this could be part of that as well, taught to tell which of those that it might be. but yes, it's also coming actually after a period of sort of unusual calm. obviously the violence comes in, fits and starts and it's not constant, but we're coming off almost a month for the off the president biden's visit from the united states in which over the month of july and august, the school holidays, things like that. not a lot of been happening, so this is suddenly erupt it into that tranquillity. what can you tell us about reports that the army has been deploying additional batteries? john ford for that iron. the missile defense system. you were talking about a moment ago in parts of central israel,

including tel aviv reportedly. yes, we have heard that as well that there's a battalion heading south from the army. what we've also heard from his railey media that is about 50 at plains and drones that a going above the skies and gods. remember the air space is actually controlled by israel, as is the air space in the occupied at west bank. so there is definitely a build up here, and again, the sense that even before they strike that this was something that israel was obviously preparing for. it taught it in, in a statement that came out before there was talk of the communities in the booed with garza coming in and, and talking to the government about what was about to happen. i've already mentioned about the bomb shelters being opened, the roads being closed, this is obviously something that israel has been building up to. now it's sending more troops in. and what we're waiting for, i suppose in this moment is exactly what hamas and islamic jihad are going to

decide to do whether they will. so when a strike back and how hard that would be. yeah. all right, thank you so much. don homeland is reporting for us from occupied east jerusalem. we are going to cross over to washington d. c. and we're going to speak to mike hannah, he's joining us from there because mike, you're a former a bureau chief in fact in, in jerusalem. just 1st tell us whether there has been any, a reaction or response from the u. s. nothing yet. we have been reaching out for some kind of response from the administration, but we haven't had anything at this particular time. the standard response from the administration has always been, well, we support a 2 state solution continue to do so and calls on all sides to exercise. com, but clearly not happening in this particular situation. but it's interesting and instructive to note that a year ago was the last major israeli operation in gaza. that was

a 12 day operation. now what is notable is what it was called. the israelis called that operation guardians off the walls, whereas the palestinians in gaza called that operation sort of jerusalem. now why this was is because hummus pivoted, in terms of its responses. it basically outlined that any action in jerusalem would be an action against war palestinians. and those in gaza would respond basically it was pre empting what it saw as the lack of action by the palestinian authority. but the significance of this is that any action in jerusalem is regarded as an attack on gaza by the palestinians in gaza. so you've got a much wider base in terms of what is happening. and the israelis claim that they received intelligence reports of a pending action out of gaza. hence this type of operation. but it is a situation that has this background to it. and it lies as well,

not only in the conflict between israelis and palestinians, but also that massive division between those in gaza and the palestinian authority . hamas of course, weekly and control of gaza. the palestinian authority, powerless in a way. and those within god's that seeing the palestinian authority as weak in terms of dealing with what are regarded as israeli publications. okay, mike will let you go for now. thank you so much for giving us that context. my canada reporting from washington d. c. for us, let's bring an al jazeera senior political analyst. matawan bishop is joining us on skype from paris. my won your initial thoughts on the attack on gaza. you know, it's one of those tragic dasia who all over again. right. we've seen that. even if i remember correctly, you and i spoke about that it, she just happened every, every summer or so about clearly most of the time there's an israel escalation.

clearly the attack on what israel deems an enemy target, but it is a residential building that residential neighborhood as it is the case, mostly in guys, one of the most populated areas in the world. it's a basically an open refugee camp. and hence we see already the last i looked where 8 killed probably mostly civilians because as i said this as venture. and that's why it's again tragic. i think the israeli excuse, that is fin. it's more of the same preemptive attacks against that by the scenes when it's clear to all of us that things are more or less calm. with the exception of continued israeli raids in the occupied west bank. but we've seen it happening

ongoing since president biden visited the area speaking president. why didn't, he also comes to wind the rain because clearly. busy the horrific position of the united states telling the students that there is no end in sight for their occupation. there is no end in sight for the israeli practices. and that no matter what the united states would continue to support israel and its policies. which means this leaves a free hand to do what it may in a dock if there is including that, including the killing of what it wants to using the most sophisticated weaponry, much of it comes from the united states. so this is one of those american sanctioned crimes against palestinians on the occupation. it will probably lead to further escalation because judging from the reaction already and

judging from the succeed in coming out of gaza, clearly hamas and the other factions will not ship identity by and the, the israeli ridiculous claim that we were all that back in. one fact should not another, i mean really, it goes a long way either to prove how delusional they are after years and years and years are kind of sitting is responding from. busy israeli provocation or attempting to show once again as if there is an israeli train in a preemptive strike, that ends up killing scores of palestinian civilians and jetting money. 1 others, so in terms of retaliation, my law, where do you expect is going to happen? and do i mean, how much has reportedly said that all the factions in gaza are united. so or

do you expect a united response from all the factions, or will house go out alone or islamic jihad? but when it comes to guys, i think we've seen them more or less coordinate, good action. although how much is in control? i think a number of things usually happen and coordination. sometimes you might some see some, some things happening without the full coordination. but in general there is. but to imagine that how much which would that would, that would stand idly by while israel attacks a fellow fraction and guys, it's like basically one of the coalition members and is the governor being targeted by the palestinians and the other faction in the government, not doing anything about it, it's actually 2 tickets because it's gas off that is being attacked. it's the gas civilians are dying. the 8 year old child that died just now.

it's not how matters you had except child and is ro knows that and he calls them and you know, forced casualties as it were. but then during the day, the crime is a crime. judicial because the extra judicial getting it is what it is and the occupation continues and the crime under the patients. important want i guess, to always remember know that this is a, a city that has been under blockade for 15 years by, by the israelis, if you can just shed some light on, on what that means for people there. but i mean, also absolutely what you're saying that it is important to say that it's been 15 years on the stage. but why not take it further back?

it's been occupied since 967. that's over 5 decades over 50 years, occupation. but the same people or the majority of the people, the absolute majority of the people in garza, are refugees. and they are refugees from the surrounding areas in garza from southern israel, in areas where israel has settled immigrants from various parts of the soviet union, former soviet union of eastern europe. and so, so for which means and legal settlement continues that guys are wild palestinians and their descendants more than 70 years after they were expelled from their own homeland, from their own homes. and villages and towns continue to be undone. bartlett by these res. so you have one of the most overpopulated,

impoverished camps in the world. the old, this in the world continues to grow. i did that attack by the occupying force israel, sanctioned by the enlightened democracies in europe and the united states. so this goes back a long, long, long time. i would say it's probably the longest colonial settler criminal regime that machine. it continues to do what it does. it's always doing it as counter terrorism, as it were, a claim, as a security imperative. that's the claim as a pre emptive strike to stop that or that's the claim. but that this claim has been going on for 70 years. and we all understand that you cannot, you know, continue to deceive the international public opinion with claims because when you and your patient you can then come and have peace. but you cannot go to a doctor patient and continue the crimes of the patient an x and expect the

palestinians to be signed. why is it that israel feels emboldened at this time? i want to carry out such a type such an attack. you know, really, of course we could have asked that question every time. israel does not. israel does that persistently and continuously and hence is right. is always emboldened. and the primary primary reason for is boardman is the united states. as i said earlier, the bite, you know, ministration has given green life is continue doing what it's doing. it's even got a few taps on the back and a lot of from graduations and praised by the american president. why at the same time, basically excusing the israelis for not even thing gauging and the lemme see where that's 12. and so of course i understand that the united states is

involved in similar operations in africa, asia, and other places strew special forces. of course, those areas are not occupied like us, but it is. and of course the search is occupied also with ukraine ends. the attention is elsewhere and is appeals. it could get away with more of the same in the occupied territories and city. of course, there is the issue, but each politicians and it wants to be says, emboldened because there are elections in a number of weeks. and i think for the so called mother a prime minister who wants to have a more hawkish appearance moving forward in order to get more seat along the right . isn't the same for his so called defense minister guns. the same thing for much of the cabinet. they're all up for re election and i think they're competing

for the for the support for training and is there is there and is there any populace that has moved to the right that significantly over the years. now i just want to say one important thing to all of that. it is what's gonna happen in the next few days and weeks. if we're going to see some major escalation. if we're going to start seeing some rockets being shot on the israeli settlements around garza, and if they send a response, as we've seen that happen before. and then the palestinian factions decide then to start thought anything further israeli sounds to the north such as the leave or even perhaps jerusalem. god knows. then we're going to see some serious escalation . but again, we've seen that on a number of occasions on the, on the last to beckett's, i can remember to start at 142022008 so on,

so forth. when we've seen some major escalation and this because of days, randy provocation and it's, it's crimes. we could see another such escalation. and that could lead to some serious deterioration of security. the situation is notably marijuana and that no particular in the the, the defense minister benny guns recently visited some areas around garza and he said already repair preparing. and i'm quoting here, actions that will remove the threats from this region. what does that comment mean to you? about where this goes to next and what the is really are planning. i realize that this is not a time to, to even humor. but, and this is, jane administer means anything, occupation. then he's delusional. and again,

experience who long experience has proven that if he meant that ending occupation, that is about to do that then yes, he is right. there will be no more threat to the israeli sucking but what he means by that is attacking more and more palestinian leaders. why that minute is leaders or political leaders? then we don't want to see more of the famous clinician because over the years and our view was around the world, understand that because we spoken about it over the years. whenever one stadium minute and leader is killed by a dozen step up to take his place, dozens step up to take his place. so whenever they speak of getting rid of one finished or another by the killing of minute tense and whole score of 7 years,

i run them. what we see is the stadiums ready to step up and even more after 5 more young minutes, i was ready to take over from the older medicines and we've seen that happen. i get them again and the west bank in june and certain certainly in gaza. dozens of spin leaders and many have been killed by israel and that has not changed the situation because every time someone died, someone was killed. dozens are those took their place, lumber saw to thank you so much for giving us all that contacts from parents. thank you. so just a reminder, we began to news our on al jazeera with breaking news and it's and developing story out of god's we're 8 people have been killed in air strikes by is really forces on gaza. and we're hearing that at least 40 people have been injured. the is really

military and launched the air strikes the following days of tension after the arrest of a senior palestinian leader of the group islamic jihad. we're keeping an eye out on the situation in gaza. i will bring you all the latest information as in when we get it the we will move on to other world news and the war of words has continued between the united states and china in the wake of how speaker nancy pelosi as a to taiwan. her trip infuriated china. it's carrying out its biggest ever a military exercises in the seas around taiwan. and at the assay on foreign ministers meeting cambodia, basing and washington have been trading strong words for the u. s. as described, china is actions in the taiwan strait as a significant escalation, while china has warned the us against creating a bigger crisis. lawrence louis has more from n as the meetings,

infinite pen drew to a close cambodia, foreign minister, whose chair of the association of southeast asian nations acknowledged the difficulties that lay ahead. we know that every years we have our set of challenges to address, but i had to say that never before the mob like the here have we been confronted with so many parent us at the same time. tensions of the war in ukraine and us how speak a nancy pelosi visit to taiwan have overshadowed events here. the divide between the us and its allies on one hand and china and russia, and the other appears to have deepened. china and russia's top diplomat walked out of the east asia summit when the japanese foreign minister was speaking, reportedly in protest against japan. criticism of asians, military exercises around taiwan, us, secretary of state, antony blink, and said there was no justification for china's actions. these provocative actions

are a significant escalation. we've seen how beijing is attempted to change the status want i want for some time. for example, more than doubling the number of aircraft flown over the center line that separates china and taiwan with past 2 years. pursuing economic were political interference and cyber attacks against i one. now, they've taken dangerous acts to a new level. united states is conveyed to the p r c consistently and repeatedly that we do not seek and will not provo a crisis. it's unlikely china will back down. it's foreign minister has criticized the u. s. and defended beijing's action from seller to both the losses, visits her seriously, but the china so, but at the seriously interfered in our international affairs violated the promise

us had made we china and seriously harm that they once threats relations. so it is only natural. the chinese said by show our strong opposition as in foreign ministers, had warned on thursday. the risk of miscalculations in the taiwan strait could lead to confrontation among major powers in cambodia has been no signs that the meeting of the last 2 days have helped ease tensions. florence li al jazeera and on pen. well, taiwan says that several chinese naval boats and the aircraft cross the so called the median line on friday morning. it's a halfway point from the mainland to taiwan. not recognized by beijing. china has been carrying out life fire drills in the zones around the island type pe says it won't respond to what it calls provocations. even though the drills overlap with areas if claims. china has also fired long range missiles in areas surrounding

taiwan. japan has asked asia to stop saying 5 ballistic missiles landed in it's exclusive economic zone. civic will fall in as the international editor of taiwan plus. she says type pay is taking china's military drove seriously, but doesn't want to escalate the dispute. taiwan government have sought to reassure the public, saying that they are monitoring all activity related to these military drills. they say they have a handle on the situation. while china's conducted military exercises before. this is unprecedented in the scale in the sense of how close it is to taiwan and the fact that it surrounds the main island of taiwan. the ministry of defense had said that this amounts to a blockade, shipping routes and flight routes have had to be changed. time once president has called these military exercises provocative and irresponsible with our town dell, i would like to emphasize that we will not escalate conflicts or provoke disputes,

but we will firmly defend our sovereignty and national security and stick to the line of defense of democracy and freedom, we're committed to maintaining the status quo on both sides of the straight, and i've always been open to constructive dialogue. taiwan will never be knocked down by challenges. i hope all time when a citizens can unite as one relations between taipei and beijing have deteriorated . heavily over the past few years, and people here have gotten used to the aggressive language and actions from china with china saying that they will take taiwan back. why force, if necessary, as raging considers taiwan as part of its territory. but these military exercises had given a sense of unease. and if any indication of the movie or the number one app download is one that pinpoints the closest location to you in the capital of air raid bunkers are shelters. there are about 4000 such across the city, many of them under building shopping centers or car parks,

mainly because people have lived with a specter of war for decades. but i want to make it clear that people here don't think that these military exercises would lead to an invasion where they are concerned about that there could be a miscalculation or a misstep that could lead to conflict. we're taking it back to gaza because are going to speak to dr. miss hat bussey's, the director general of the guys i ministry of house. he's joining us on the phone doctor and welcome to al 0. tell us, tell us what kind of tell us about the latest casualty figures rather than you're seeing the number of people who are injured was a trying to. so you get a 5 years old. i mean was 44 are want to get into just like why life was just and suddenly we hear. everyone said, i'm not we have, you have reached those numbers. it seems that they are coming in

a different system, instructional medication and medical supplies and equipment. so we have never had to come in such a fine. busy mortgage, we're just, we have not yet to couple corona and now this is tradition. seems that it's, it's just talking and nobody knows what would happen to be coming to our number of people that have been killed. what's the latest number that you're hearing? because the reports are suggesting 8 people along, of course with that child that you were mentioning just a moment ago. yeah. 88 killed among them. there's a child of 5 years old and $44.00. okay. and what sorts of injuries are the hospital seeing in terms of the people that have been coming in from, from their injuries? what are, what are they suffering from? you know, each attacks coming from the muslim bites. you're not coming from that. i think

just a bullet coming from attacks from the sky. so read, who does she got the situation is very difficult. after those attacks apartments, we have some serious cases now, already admitted in the us and the other treatment. and because we're in the emergency rooms homes not. busy with them, but i mean, nobody will happen to come in 2 hours, right. we understand this is a developing story and it is ongoing. tell us more about the, the hospitals and the shortage of medical supplies that you were mentioning a moment ago. how dire is the situation? well, we have not yet to come from countries, you know, and now we have had shortage of communication to reach collection. we have a choice, you know, communication and maybe get supplies and many equipment. i'm not, we're not sure the outside will not be able to send them outside to be fixed. and we can import some of this outside because of the body because of the clothes.

so today i like x rays and probably got the revision machine equipments for the hospital for that reason. but i think the best thing to be done now is to shut up the box for medical supplies, medical medication. sure that we can get that in addition to those wanted just just a few minutes ago. are you worried that this situation is going to continue to escalate? and if that is the case, then what does this mean for, for hospitals and their ability to cope in terms of treating people who are going to be wounded by the israeli attack? we have, we have been told that all this much coach to be ready in fact then we used to do receive medical work such because of the repetitive admission to visit our people so that we can get medical subjects with the doctors. and that's what they can when

you say you have to be ready. what exactly does that entail? how nobody takes location, nobody vacation, everybody be on call. it's been increase in threes. but there is a system that we are doing for many years before to, to, to call for the large number of match would much want to come into the office and we are ready to do that. at any point defense, everybody knows his own. and what to do and what to do. so for that reason, now we are 5 or 5 now to be ready to expect was that the reason we look for is not available just waiting. what will happen? nobody knows. but we are ready. are you worried that this is going to continue to escalate the thermal hot? what we, what, what we can see, i can see the screen with the divisions in front of you can see what's the rest of the division is up. so it seems that there will be an installation, i don't know, but, but nobody's happy for that or the change that we will have

a bad situation. it's no interventions. i think there's those people who are civilians will yes, i'm what i'm what not. not on the mean. yeah. we'll leave it there. thank you so much dr. and how about for speaking to us from gaza and shedding some light on the medical situation. there at least in how hospitals are coping, let's say, with garza and bringing him the say it's who's joining us from there. so even though, obviously the doctor, i was just speaking to very worried about an escalation in this perhaps echoes a lot of people sentiments in gaza. just tell us what you're hearing right now. yes to read of course especially i want to remind our viewers with something that this escalation or ease really rates on the gaza strip. they come after 4 days of israeli closure to the heiress checkpoint and to catch up with sand m,

where all the goods that are allowed to enter the gaza strip. enter at this men to adapt to our solar electricity power plant. hearing the gaza strip was saying that it was a, it's almost finishing all the fuel that it has in storage. and that the more power cuts will be on happening are conducted because of the shortage of fuel. which meant that it's going to be also affecting hospitals, medical center is and so on. so this was the reality of 4 days that where people, patients with the, with the difficult ob conditions were not allowed to cross into the occupied west bank through areas. this was how the situation was the, the past to 4 days. so going from this where people where hoping that the mediations, the colds with egyptians, the kataria,

the un medications that were happening in the past week would lead to a calmness. they would lead to a better are going on of, of a situation less complication of the situation. and then they find themselves in the middle of attacks. now our people are at home there, you know that the there is going to be, or they are trying to get themselves ready for something that could be even worse ah, to, to the amount of what happened in may. i mean, people now are telling us that their, their families, they're taking their kids that, that they should be prepared for a war. something very much similar to what happened in may. it's been, it's been very what, how was in may but what, what is the official reaction from gaza itself from, from either house officials or islamic jihad officials or,

or any other factions until now, then nothing has been restated. apart from what has been stated, earned ear, that's by the islamic, you had relieved or 11 on seeing that all the red lines have been cross. and this crime will be responded to very strongly and tell it be if it's under fire, how much the official and the brigades of sources had said that this is a whole battle of all the public near factions, all the policy and resist morale. let me just jump in there for a moment because we're coming to our in the say, you thank you so much for giving us that update from guys. i will speak to you again in a couple of minutes right here on al jazeera. so just the reminder of this breaking news and developing news story out of gaza. you are looking at the latest pictures from does a city where 8 people have been killed in air strikes by the is really military by

the is really forces on garza and speaking to a doctor just a short time ago. he said that the latest casualty figures that he's hearing from, from the ministry public health found at least 44 people. a child was also killed by the is really strikes on a gaza is really military saying that it launched this operation days because there had been days attention, in fact after the arrest of a senior palestinian leader of the group islam. and we will have more updates from guys coming your way in just a moment right here. and i'll see you in a minute. ah ah

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