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fears of a full scale garza conflict as israel carries out, airstrikes and palestinian fighters respond with rockets. ah, i'm not matheson, this is all 0 live from doha. also coming up a 5 year old palestinian girl is among 10 people killed in gaza, dozens more injured. the palestinian islamic jihad grouping. gaza says it's fired, more than $100.00 rockets into israel. and china continues military drills are on taiwan and warns of more action against the u. s. beijing's still angry about how speaker nancy. busy posey's island visits. ah,

we're going to begin in gaza. we're israel's carried out a wave of air strikes and armed fighters have retaliated provoking fears of a full scale conflict. palestinian islamic jihad says it's fired. a 100 rockers said it's really cities including tel aviv. israel says it's iron dough missile system has intercepted them. air raid sirens have been heard in the southern and central israel. a high rise. tar and gaza cities been hit. one of those killed was to see alger body, a commander of the all quotes brigades. it's the military arm of islam of jihad, at least 10 others also died including a 5 year old girl. dozens of other people had been injured. you now said reports from gaza. so until now we're still with the same ease railey raids on different areas of because it's stripped, the latest of which was a targeting of a home in jubilee that's in the north, in gaza strip. and i,

i local sources say that 6 people where injury to from that targeting or the ministry of health has not yet updated the number of injuries, or are people killed in these targets. it has been left until 10 people killed, including a 5 year old child, and a over 75 have been injured in different areas that the rates are very much tense in this cell. then causes strip as well in high newness and rough off how those 2 govern net with witness to lots of raids, violent trades lately. ah, in addition to the last raid, which was on the home in javala, as was caretaker prime minister. yep. who to says it'll do whatever it takes to defend itself. is ro carried out to precise come, tutorial peroration against an immediate threat? our fight is not,

was the people of gaza islamic jihad is in the arabian proxy. that wants to destroy the state of israel. and kill innocent israelis, the head of islamic jihad is in the harem. as we speak, we will do whatever it takes to defend up. he has a 100. as a member of hamas political bureau, he says they will defend the palestinian people. i think from us our, it was very clear, this is a good is people, i think we will not keep silent. and we will not close our eyes for the se, proof. and i think you, we have the decision to go to different people and to stop the situation. i don't think we have the ability to do that. and we have the decision to do that and to some decision. and i think that we have a good coordination with all policy infection. look to see what we can do and what is the best option for the policy people. and for the, you know, the distance fraction in this time john holman's in occupied east jerusalem. he's

got more on the international reaction where israel continues with, with what it calls this operation. and on the other side is let me continues to rockets into a throw. these really military says that now there's 120 rock has been launched into the country. so far we not him of any reports of injuries on the israeli side . a lot of those rockets being stopped by the iron dough, which is the israeli system against rockets to stop them even in the air. and those that have landed seem to have done so in areas where they haven't been able to to hurt anyone. will say something else is going on. it's quite movie account that we were hearing from someone living in gaza. in the macro level. there are other countries weighing in on this and other organizations. the united states is one of the earliest a tweet from the ambassador's israel,

saying that the united states firmly believes the israel has a right to protect itself. we're engaging with different par, isn't all sides for come. so that was seen as quite firmly citing with the, with the israel in the jordanian foreign minister, the countries li, just to the east took a different tone calling for an end to the condemned israeli aggression against the gaza strip. and the un who. so the special coordinator for the middle east peace process also waited and said that he was deeply concerned. egypt who various media is saying that there is a delegation from egypt that has come or is coming to israel to try and to try mediate between the israeli government and islamic jihad and try and stop this before escalates. still further correspond to need. abraham covers the occupied was bang for us and she says the tension there has been high since is really forces

arrested. a leader of islamic jihad bought some outside the in jeanine. on monday. the palestinian presidency has condemned de escalation, calling a dangerous calling upon the international community to intervene to stop what they called. it is rainy exclamation also we heard from the palestinian prime minister and from the you talking about the escalation thing. it's israel that started this week, people to enter my la, go out in the, throughout the pro to calling for unity calling for retaliation. we've also seen a 10 situation engineering in the north will be occupied with bank. this is we are a senior plumbing. she had the, there was a respite from engineering itself, has been the epicenter of our coverage and has been the center of attention in the past few months as use radio wouldn't have been conducted almost nightly, and daily. we to the outskirts of the refugee camp fear we know that there are

armed men, they are in the camps, their estimated at the lower hundreds. they will be fight and engaged in armed confrontations would be through the forces when they twice to enter the refugee camp. and arrest people are and we both of those armed men yesterday going and showing a 4th in the camp holding weapons. because as we know, ever since israel has arrested the san, beside the from jeanine on monday. these limits you have has raised its level of alert, has told it's all members to be ready to europe, to basically make israel page, which is the terminology that they've been using for arresting senior flemming to had with them. sadly from june to the us national security folks on john kirby says israel has the full support of the united states. this feels like a,

a solution. of course we were made to a. busy to jerusalem and that, but that we still wants to be on both sides have to want it to. rosalind joined jordan is joining us now from washington d. c. so john kirby saying that israel's got the full support of the united states . what else is the white house been saying about this? well, the by that ministration is also reaching out to what it calls the relevant parties . asking them to try to calm the situation to not aggravate attentions and to try to was stop by the violence that has been erupt. ing, i'm in is in southern israel and in the gaza strip by all day on friday and into

the overnight the by didn't ministration of course is are very much committed to a 2 state solution. but it has also been a very clear and we saw this when the u. s. president joe biden was in israel and occupied west bank recently that he knows that the situation is not at a place where the parties couldn't negotiate in good faith on trying to achieve a separate palestinian state. and so the president feels that his role is to try to promote trust building between the 2 parties to try to focus on economic development for the palestinians. but certainly the outreach that is coming from the by net ministration is really not going to include the most immediate. our parties are in the gaza strip hamas islamic jihad because they're considered terrorist organizations by the u. s. government. and so there are no cut communications of any sort between

u. s. officials and those parties. and that's part of the problem isn't answer rosalind. but it's that lack of trust of allowing any efforts to try to are preventing any efforts with young to try to build any sort of reform between any of this the sites. one would imagine that from what we're hearing that the joe biden admins job, but by the ministration may well like the status quo and want things to move forward in a positive direction. doesn't sound as though it's got much room for maneuver. well, it's not just that the biden administration isn't going to engage with hamas, or with as law islam of jihad, that has been the policy of previous a u. s. administrations. but the usaa government under joe biden has been rather explicit in its view that these organizations are proxies for iran, a country with which should many u. s. government have had considerable law problems and a rather high level of hostility. so it's a,

it's just not going to happen. you're just not going to see u. s. officials engaging with hamas or with islamic jihad. what you are going to seeing is engagement with the palestinian authority and its president mahmoud abbas . you're going to see an engagement, of course, with the israeli government. and you're going to see engagement with other parties in the region with egypt with jordan, with other countries that may be able to bring indirect influence upon hamas and islamic jihad. but you're not going to see the americans doing it themselves. that's just a nonstarter rosen. thank you very much indeed. rosalind jordan talking to us from washington d. c. with united nations middle east coordinators called for d escalation of the fighting. kristen salumi has more from the un in new york. there can be no justification for attacks on civilians. those are the words of middle east coordinator toward venice land in response to the recent attacks in

gaza. he noted that a 5 year old child is among the dead and express concern that this escalation between palestinian militants and israel. and what he described as the targeted killing of the palestinian islamic jihad leader could further exacerbate tensions in the region intentions, which have been growing and brewing not only in gaza, but also across the west bank. and of course, it's the united nations that gets called in to pick up the pieces after conflicts like this in the occupied territories. and he express concerned that civilians will ultimately be the ones who pay the worst price at a time when international support and international funding to help and situations like this is stretched very thin. so a word of caution from the middle east coordinator or words released on twitter and in statements to the media calling on both sides to tone down their response and

protect civilians. audiences as a professor of law at queen's university's previously worked for the united nations extensively in that garza and jerusalem. and joining us live now from ottawa via zoom. really good to have you with the sir now to 0. thank you very much indeed for your time. i'd like to talk to you about the legal accountability elements of all of this. we've been in this situation before where both sides have been trading rocket, fire and air strikes and often seems that the statistically and historically it is civilians within garza who tend to be affected most they're the ones who are more likely to die or be injured. let's start with israel, given the fact that there is a perception that israel appears to be immune from prosecution. how likely is it and who would bring any sort of legal action i have? i'm for accountability against israel. thanks to the question. thanks for having the accountability is key. it's key in palestine,

but also in any conflict in the world in order to have peace, you need accountability. the problem is you have an accountability vacuum when it comes to israel, palestine. so the question is, who and what form would be available to seek accountability for crimes that are committed either by the occupying power or my past. and you know, 2 groups in the short answer is the 4 are many, but few and far between at once and the same time. 3rd states, for instance, united states, canada, all hike and track the parties to the fortunately convention which governs treaty, which governs relations between an occupying power which israel is and they occupied population to the palestinian people are in the gaza strip and the rest of the occupied palestinian territory. these 3rd states have obligations to ensure respect for the terms of the convention, and that means domestically as well. so in principle, 3rd states may apply their own domestic laws to seek accountability for those who

commit order to be committed, war crimes, crimes against humanity, violations of the laws of war, you know, occupied palestine. but the real problem there is political will and, and that's a general problem both of the international level and the domestic level is a suggestion that the on groups that we see in gaza, but also across palestine as well. may well take some if not comfort, that at least be motivated by the fact that they to main or face any accountability . well, i mean, i frankly don't think duction in their minds the power disparity between the militant groups and gather and the regular armed forces of the nuclear armed state . israel is so mix that on the one hand, the gallons are basically wanting to free themselves of a foreign military occupation. that is last now for 56 years and are using very crude means to do it. sometimes those means violate international law. i can't put

my mind at myself in the minds of those who, who are engaged in this sort of armed conflict on their side. but i suspect they're not too concerned with being held accountable on by virtue the fact that on a daily basis they have to live with the structural violence of israel occupation on their lives. 62 percent of the gas is stripped, for instance, is unemployed. 78 percent of the water in the gaza strip is undrinkable and so on. so those are the more immediate concerns on israeli side. however, there is a concern most definitely a neighbor articulated that the international criminal court. and the prox, the prosecutor, which has now opened an investigation to the situation of palestine. we'll seek accountability in some way, shape or form in respect of action. they are taken in occupied palestine including in garza. and so one can only hope that that would serve as a deterrent the actions taken by the occupying power when these flare ups take place, which all too often unfortunately happen. it's dasia lubricant,

which i mentioned before that you previously worked for the united nations, both in garza and in jerusalem. when you've been working there, do you have an indication, do you have a sense that there is ultimately i desire to find a solution if not a long term to state solution or whatever might be the case. but even in terms of stopping the, the rocketry either with the air strikes in the rock of firing, going back and forth between garza and israel. is there an and is there a desire to do that? or there is, is there just an acceptance that this is how things are? yeah. well, your question, thanks to response is the 1st response is the immediate that these flare ups and violence occur by virtue of the fact that there is no long term political horizon like solution which would allow palestinians and israelis to live in peace security side by side et cetera, in line with un resolutions and international law. so the focus of inquiry needs

necessarily to be on asking why that is the case. what is it about the situation on the ground that makes it difficult for peace to come about? and frankly, all told it has everything to do with the fact that you have a 56 year old foreign military occupation of palestine by the israeli state. and they have no intention. and they've made very clear about this politically a publicly to relinquish that territory. and give the palestinian people their freedom. and so so long as you have a situation or foreign, illegal occupation of someone else's territory by israel, that will give rise to resistance. and therefore continued a struggle as the palestinian resistance is quite frankly, pleading when one considers the structural wiling sub these rings the occupation. now in place again, it for over 50 years and millions of people living without the right to vote, living a disenfranchised of all of their human rights, civil, political, economic,

social, cultural. and so $11.00 for instance, compares the international communities response to and rightfully to russia, illegal invasion and occupation and annexation of crimea within a very short period of time. there's been a robust response from the western countries in particular to apply international law and sanctions against russia to call it to count, to bring it back to its senses. you have no cit know similar responses when it comes to israel's foreign military occupation of palestine. and it's this, this, if you like, an inconsistency, a devil standard, which will only feed and fuel continued violence between of massive occupying power on one hand, taking more and more territory, palestinians, daily, and the palestinians who are just holding on for the life. it's really good to get your thoughts on this, so we appreciate your time. audience is thank you very much indeed for being with us and al jazeera. thank you. 2 other news now. china says it's going to

stop cooperating with the u. s. and a range of global issues as the road continues over the visit to taiwan by u. s. hospital nancy pelosi. beijing regards the island as part of china and it's furious about her recent trip. china is now holding military drills using live ammunition close to tie one's territory. florence louis has more from non pen where diplomats from the u. s. and china have been meeting on the sidelines of the association of south east asian nations conference. as a meetings intern on pen drew to a close. cambodia is foreign minister who's chair of the association of southeast asia. nations acknowledged the difficulties that lay ahead. we know that every years we have our set of challenges, the address, but i had to say that never before, not like these here have we been confronted with so many parallels. at the same time. tensions over the war in ukraine and us. how speaker nancy pelosi is visit to

tie one have overshadowed events here. the divide between the u. s. and its allies on one hand and china in russia and the other appears to have deepened. china and russia's top diplomats walked out of the east asia summit when the japanese foreign minister was speaking, reportedly in protest against japan's criticism of beijing's military exercises around ty, one, u. s. secretary of state antony blinkin said there was no justification the 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. it separates china and taiwan with the past 2 years, pursuing economic work, 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 provoke a crisis. it's unlikely china will back down. it's foreign minister has criticized the u. s. and defended beijing's action, cassandra for both the losses, visits her serious him, but that china, so been at the okay seriously. interfered in our international affairs violated the promiscuous 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 turkish president, reserve tie up out of the ones in the russian city of sultry, holding talks with president vladimir putin. the discussion turkey's role in the plan to resume green exports from ukraine's ports on the black sea. the forest cargo ship carrying green from ukraine, passed through the boss for us nearest tumble this week. out on unproven are also talking trade and energy. 3 more cargo ships loaded with grain have left ukrainian ports there, carrying a total of about $58000.00 tons of corn ones headed to ireland. another to you, k and a 3rd to turkey. inspectors will check all 3 of them off the coast of istanbul. that arrangement as part of the green export deal brokerage by the u. n. and turkey, ukraine's economy minister says the deal should be extended to cover more than just grain. kenya's drought could affect this year's election. thousands of people in the driest regions may be unable to vote. many kenyans are struggling to survive,

while others have been displaced. they say they feel neglected as the country. braces for a competitive and expensive pole out of soil reports from carissa. abdul abdur livelihood depends on livestock, but there is a drought. after 4 field rainy seasons, millions in arab areas have little to eat and the animals are dying. in a few days, forties will head to the poles. abdi and his neighbor say they are more focused on staying alive. in casting their pallets had aid, the cook had the quote that absolutely about holler, titian to have come to look for votes, where they have not told us how they will resolve our problems. they just want votes. life stock was millions of dollars have died since october last year. conflict over resources, boundaries and banded. she are not making things easier, many hard as have left their homes to look for food and water. they have gone to

other areas to try and see the animals, but it also means thousands of them may not be able to votes. politicians will wrap their campaigns on saturday. they're promising better living conditions that the parts of this country where, you know, nobody wants to know about it and then you know what, what goes on in that part of the, and unfortunately, the county governments, i've also not been very useful because the county governments are of, of resources to provide her assistance to drought victims. ah, what has happened is that this county, governments have not located enough money to livestock related activities. this community eldest, say their issues have not been prioritized i born here in my children a school in here. i don't have a job, my income generation is livestock,

whereas my daily food is coming from the level to see my life. so all has gone. my grandfather died. oh, my children, all that good. so example, i'm asking you if my generalise of income is left took and has gone wild drive for those vying for political positions in this region, have talked about ambitious plans to reduce poverty. but many people here say they want less talk and more action. catherine saw al jazeera gary sac county peruse. congress says blocked president pedal kasteel from travelling to columbia. kasteel was to attend the inauguration of colombian president elect. gustavo petro . the peruvian leaders facing several criminal investigations, mostly linked to corruption, allegations which he denies. peruse laws are low congress to rule and fight that

the president can leave the country. the latest opinion polls in chile suggest voters will reject a new constitution in a referendum next month. some are blaming a disinformation campaign for the upon opposition. latin american editor lucien newman reports. yes. it's the final count down to a new draft constitution that was meant to unite chileans, iraq with a copy of the proposed magna carta in hand. he's volunteers sing, let's go. we must win and vote approval or a proof in september decisive referendum. though if you don't get a muscle them, you know, we won't change because our current constitution written under a dictatorship was bad. this one will give us better health education, pensions, and recognition from diginero nations. ah, yet the new constitution is seen by many as to radical and divisive even by some

chileans on the center and central left. left joined together without hatred of you know, without fear. one would hope to say it or not, this one is not good even before the draft constitution was finished. last month, it was the target of an unprecedented campaign of disinformation promoted by those who oppose. major proposed changes to chiles political, any good nomic systems. the purpose is to actually make you believe something that is not true. i will say that probably there is an additional intent and if to make you distrustful, not only of youth, but about everything disinformation fit on social and traditional media has spread fear that chileans will no longer own their own homes. that indigenous nations will have more rights than every one else, and that the justice system will lose all its independence. even the independent

electoral board has come under attack on social media, presumably by extreme right. when groups he, i mean without all the people they've invented, all sorts of lies about the preliminary results and undocumented foreigners being able to vote. but many believe it. this is now chillies number one, best seller containing the nearly 400 articles of the proposed constitution. but it's not exactly easy reading and much of it is open to interpretation. all of which facilitates misinterpretation and confusion. add to this, the very credible reports that freight copies of this country pollution are circulating on the streets in the mid to spread this information. and you have an issue that is most explosive and polarizing. what are the televised campaigns, segments that give equal time to both sides may be crucial to the constitutions, passage or failure, property, mumbo fun, emotionally, everywhere in the world. and it.