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a mosque ah 0 then. yeah, it's great to have you with us. this is elsa 0 alive from know are also coming up to davy biden. administration blames former president donald trump for the chaotic withdrawal of us troops from afghanistan and a european charm offensive in china, emitter and mccoy, and are still live under leon wrap up talks with president choosing pick. ah, so in less than 24 hours, the escalating tensions between israelis and palestinians have played out on 3 fronts. in garza, israel's military says it hit sites belonging to hamas. that's after it intercepted several rockets fired from the strip. israel has also launched airstrikes into parts of southern lebanon and claim to have hit amassed targets. there are to,

the military says, this is retaliation for rockets fired into israel on thursday. local witnesses say the missiles hit an open area near a palestinian refugee camp. 6 ah, and that is the 3rd site we're watching the strikes come as is really violence continues in the alex and mosque is lamps. 3rd holiest site is really forces used baton on palestinian worshippers arriving for morning prayers. soon after that hundreds of people gathered in the compound to protest against israel's actions. prime minister benjamin netanyahu has promised a strong response, provoked by a memo when it made it very clear that our enemy shouldn't testers. the internal struggle in israel won't stop us from responding wherever and whenever necessary, and who will not go to who were calling for calm. and we will act against the extremists who resort to violence. as for the aggression against us on other fronts,

we will strike our enemies and they will pay a price for any acts of aggression. our enemy will discover once again that in moments of truth, the citizens of israel stand united and unified and support the actions of the army and the security forces to defend our country and our citizens move. okay, we've got correspondence across the region covering all of this, russel sir, or isn't occupied east jerusalem. you know, the site is in garza and dana holder is entire southern lebanon, which came under is really fire zayna. let's go to you 1st show us the scene where you are explain to us what you're seeing. well we are one of the sites of the israeli air strikes israel's military response following the rocket garage, the garage of rocket fire that landed in northern israel. late on thursday. if you can see behind me, there's a big, a big crates for this happened at 4 am. but since 4 am there haven't

been any further strikes which seem to be an indication that this military response is, is over the israeli army, stopping short of officially declaring it is over. but the signs on the ground show it's is it's clearly a measured and limited response because as you can see, it is an open field. there's really army says it's targeted how math positions now yes, this area was used to launch the rockets towards northern israel. but apart from that, there has been no casualties, so limited and measured response. but i have to make clear that no group has claimed responsibility for the barrage of rocket fire, but security sources 11 on say they believe it was palestinian groups behind that incident. and then the lebanese foreign mystery is now saying that it's going to

file a complaint with the un security council. what. what can you tell us about that? well, as we've seen in the past, every time there isn't israeli attack or in israel, the violation of lebanese aerospace that these government files complaints, the un security council, there is u. n. resolution 170. 1 in place. there is a un peacekeeping force to try to diffuse tensions along this border and has been largely quiet since the major conflict in 2006 between has below and israel. but we have seen cross border incidents like this in the past, but yesterday, really, it was a serious escalation with many here believing that it was a political message. now, the lebanese government denounced the rocket fire. they're saying that they don't want lebanese territory to be used as a staging ground to launch any sort of a talk that can, the stabilize the situation in the country. but many here believe that the

palestinians did not do this alone. that has below the group which has fought wars with israel in the past, at least was aware of this and approve this because there's an area where they really hold sway. so this is about political message is and the message to the israelis is that there is more than one front if you continue your aggression against the palestinian people. and it's not just that a few days ago, israel stepped up its military campaign against iranian targets in neighboring syria. now iran also vowed revenge has below hm. us all allies of iran, all giving a message to israel. if you continue, we can open more than one front, was in a hotel reporting from tire in southern lebanon. thank you very much. let's go to gaza human side standing by there, you know, bring us up to speed on what happened in garza overnight. hey, yes. so since the beginning of the strikes from last night,

these really were planes pounded the gaza strip, but they are the targeted almost 10 targets and evacuated military sites belonging to hamas. there were no casualties, reported also agriculture lands. the ministry of health did say that a children's hospital was partially damaged by a d, a strikes close to it. also, a civilian home was damaged or severely damaged. and you, or because of the strikes in the agriculture lands around it. you know, the question, we ask every time strikes and counter strikes, begin is do the belligerents on either side, want to escalate things or calm things down? what does hamas, what yes. so we know from sources in the egyptian mediation that both parties are not. they're looking for relaxation,

a gradual relaxation of the situation and they're not looking for a further escalation, hamas since the beginning said that or actually claimed that israel is the, the reason for this escalation, because of the storming of a mosque and the aggression that is, that has been happening towards the worshippers and accept munchkin, this is what has flared up an escalation or a confrontation with the gaza strip or in lebanon. and said that it's only responding to these really aggression towards the holy sites and the palestinian people. but from the strikes that we have been witnessing since last night, and the response by the palestinian factions here, it does not seem that any of the parties want a hole or a fool escalation or a confrontation. it seems just an exchange of messages between both parties.

i am the thank you for those explanations will go to our correspondence in east jerusalem in just a moment. but 1st i want to speak to some one, a freelance journalist and activists. he joins us from gaza. it's, i'm, can you describe your experience as a resident of ga. so what was it like being there overnight and into the early morning hours? i think my insurance is old to ship a full scale or because we have witnessed for the 9 and my dog getting more than 10 times over the years on sunday and other sides of the feeling that you can expect the boss to be in your body. or you could be a, one of the, or sparks and this feeling has not only limited is not only limited to this particular rout escalation, but also to a severe mentality. going to be the administration of seniors already a stroke. so it was a just a feeling of tension,

anger as much as a hear that you could lose your life and as well, were you in the vicinity of any of the sites that were targeted. and i mean the need to get to this the over where i live, but it was not, there are much new volume, but also in schools intimidating that those targets could be really going to get. but there's really the government that they are targeting with the science where also designated areas as well. so there's no sort of, i would say close flights that you can find yourself a safe and you have a shoulder as well. every single is potentially dangerous to be killed by your sports, but you're able to gauge the mood and gaza this morning. and i say this, i ask this understanding obviously that it's friday morning and it's going to be the friday prayer at this time. yes,

we're closely. we're closely by the fighting prayers. the song tension here among the public of garza and rama. linked with a sense of fear as well. expecting that it would be a seminar wrong. like what's happened in 2020. this is just a war of the girls in which you will not have any sense of close to normal life. and a, you potentially using people that, you know, and more likely people that you have friends with this sometimes randomly or a radio source. and one thank you very much for joining us on the program today.

so let's go to resources on how he is in occupied east jerusalem restore. i want to ask you the same question. i was asking, you know, just a moment ago, what is israel aiming for here? do you know, is it escalation or is it coming things down? while for now, these randy government is sending out their mixed messages here. the israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu last night just before the security cabinet meeting, he said that he tapped and circles his ran armies and said that any threat against rail is not going to go on punished. however, he said that his government respect the state hisco in the alex, are compound according to the to their status sco, none that the recognized by an international community, by the way, at none muslims or i love to, is it alex a compound, however they are not allowed to come and stay in and worship, but palestinians here to see and death more and more often. now, due to

a nationalist, israelis are coming to the compound and sitting down there and performing the warships as well. and the senate is fani security forces. also to, to open up the space for them to limit into space for the palestinian worshippers. and even in many cases they are these rather security forces in alex a compound or attack in the palestinian worshippers and palestinians. let's say that israeli government by dean. so they are creating a practice that eventually will also a paved the way for the customer, the low of that will a low, the author nationalist also to regularly practice the warships here. and they say that by doing so is rainy. government impact. this is changing or breach of the status go and creating a need normal here. however, on the other hand, that general assessment here is that is really governmental official seeing that spread to governments is now quite measured because these read safety is deeply

divided, particularly over the judicial reform. and these read the government doesn't want to further escalate the situation because the situation in israel is quite fragile . and these read on me just a little bit, go to these a statement and seen that based on did that, that situational assessment, no need for the residents living in surrounding areas or the gaz asleep to ship to, to get into the shelters, which is a sign of the escalation from these righty garden for now. all right, resorts 3rd are in east in occupied east jerusalem. thank you. and thank you all our correspondence in the region. still ahead on al jazeera ah, to black house democrats in tennessee are expelled to taking board in gun control protests after school shooting last month. ah

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to where the to just nutting its way. southern parts of italy farther west. good fine and dry madrid. getting up to 26 degrees. now those showers that we have spinning away across central parts of the mediterranean, also feeding some moisture, some wet, or whether it's who were southern parts of ch initially over the next day or so. could see a little bit about la to into were western areas of libya, charter, some rain for a time as well for that eastern side of algeria. ah, the jump into this tree. hen percent of the population globally is responsible for about 15 percent of carbon emissions showing the debate. people have already lost that lying people. how close to that culture people health conditions have your say . want to broaden this conversation by bringing more voices into it. live on you to people commenting. i want the whole world to know that cherokee are not headed to refugees over this with the powers that be this gene. on the al jazeera

lou. ah, you're watching al jazeera reminder of our headlines today. there's been an exchange of fire between garza and israel is really military hit targets in gaza on thursday night while it's are in dome defense system. intercepted rockets fired from the strip on friday morning. israel has also carried out their strikes on southern lebanon. the military says it hit hamas targets in response to rockets, fired into israel on thursday. local say, an area near a palestinian refugee camp was and more violence at alex, a mosque, unoccupied, east jerusalem. israeli forces used the taunts on palestinians arriving from

morning prayers. afterwards hundreds gathered in the compound to protest against israel's actions. while the spokesman for the un secretary general, antonia gutierrez, has raised concerns about further escalation concerning a situation between lebanon and israel. i can tell you that we condemned multiple rockets being fired from lebanon into northern israel. to day. we are joel actors directs the size and maximum restraint the u. n. intern force in lebanon, and remains in contact with authorities on both sides of the blue line. and we urge the parties to liaise with our peacekeepers and avoid any unilateral action that could further escalate the situation. and the u. s. state department says israel has legitimate security concerns and the right to defend itself, but it has also called for com. rosalyn. jordan has more on this from washington. well there is great concern, a boat from officials here at the u. s. state department,

as well as over at the white house. so there had been a glock of fear that given the convergence of ramadan of passover, which is the 1st day and of holy week in the western christian calendar, that there would be an increase of violence around alex, on mosque. this is a some of what the a spokesperson for don patel told reporters here at the state department earlier on thursday. we are concerned by the scenes out of jerusalem, and it is our viewpoint that it is absolutely vital that the sanctity of holy sites be preserved. we emphasize the importance of upholding the historic status quo at the holy sites in jerusalem. and any unilateral action that jeopardizes the status quo to us is unacceptable. and we call for restraint coordination and come during the holiday season. now there haven't been any, a direct conversations between state department officials and israeli and

palestinian officials at this hour. but that said, the u. s. is going to be very much engaged with it is really an palestinian counterparts because of the concern of, of a possible escalation of violence going into the weekend. that is not something that he was wants to see. and again, that message of trying to engage in restraint, trying to avoid escalation, trying to avoid provocations. certainly those are all things that u. s. officials would be delivering in terms of messages to the israelis and to the palestinians. the white house is blamed. donald trump's administration for the u. s . military's chaotic withdrawal from afghanistan in 2021. a report submitted to congress as the president joe biden was constrained by his predecessors. decisions . however, same report does acknowledge the government should have started pulling out civilians earlier or has been biden, was widely criticized for the chaos surrounding the evacuations. when the taliban

took control of cobble or white house correspondent, kimberly how kit has more white house is not taking any responsibility for what many have characterized as a chaotic withdrawal from afghanistan instead, passing the blame on the previous trumpet administration for not being more forthcoming in the sharing of intelligence as well as preparations for withdrawal, saying that the bible ministration reached out repeatedly, but attempts to communicate were not responded to. we should point out that this report that was prepared and will be shared with both the state department. the pentagon to members of congress was handed to reporters with just 10 minutes prior to the press briefing, giving us little chance to look it over in advance of asking questions of the national security council. but many report is referred to as a classic holiday news dumped. made it very difficult to sort of scrutinize, but oh, what there seems to be in terms of

a conclusion that it is acknowledged within the report. is it the white house is admitting that nobody predicted that the african forces would collapse in just 9 days. in other words, acknowledging a massive intelligence failure on the part of us agencies. and even though the picture showed people rushing to escape and crowding the evacuation flight and times even falling from the sky, john kirby, the spokesperson for the national security council, says he says, for all the talk of chaos, he says he didn't see it. take a listen to the after action reviews are now being reviewed by members of congress to well things that could have gone better. nobody's saying that everything was perfect, but there was a lot that went right. and a lot of afghans are now living better lives in this country and other countries around the world because of the sacrifices in the work of so many american government officials. so yeah, there's a lot to be proud of. in fact, the fight in white house saying that what it's most proud of is that now 124000

afghan people are now living in the united states. the countries were there starting new lives away from the scrutiny of the taliban. further, as the white house saying that president biden is commander in chief of the u. s. military is enormously proud of that. what is not being acknowledged, however, is the fact that within that withdrawal was left behind 7000000000 in u. s. military hardware. the french president demanded mccoys urging chinese leaders choosing pink to reason with russia to help end the war in ukraine. mccoys on a 3 day state visit to china along with you, commission president or sullivan de leon. roman bride reports french president emanuel macro, been given the honor of a state visit. welcome by his chinese counterpart, she jim pay. one of your most influential leaders coming to ask china to exert its influence on russia to bring an end to europe's worst conflict since world war 2 is

sick, was going to show him what he told you. i know that i can count on you to bring russia to reason and every one to the negotiating table. it is. this was she jane paying visiting russian president vladimir putin last month since moscow's invasion . more than a year ago, jane had stayed neutral and proposed a roadmap for a cease fire and peace talks. most west and leaders, including macros have criticized the plan. but the french president has been one of the more conciliatory voices among nato heads of state. 2 weeks before russia's invasion, he met president vladimir putin in the kremlin, under spoken to him several times by phone over the past year. many and now watching to see if macaroni and she together can provide a breakthrough, where others have failed goals on kinship chair, china insists on a peaceful resolution and as willing to work with front to maintain the rationality

of the international community and avoid actions that could further escalate the crisis or let things get out of control. in a show of european unity, macro is accompanied by european commission president ursula on de leon, who has taken a much tougher line on china's failure to condemn the russian invasion. the europeans are looking at the very least, to dissuade china from supplying russia with arms. we also count on china not to provide any military equipment directly or indirectly to russia. because we all know arming the aggressor would be against international law. and it would significantly harm our relationship to the signing of lucrative tre deals on this trip is seen as beijing's attempt to maintain good european relations, even as ties with the us sour hold on. i hope china will tell press the micro

on the one hand and then tow mellum of on the layer on the other hand that it is absolutely impulse to have a european perspective which may or may not be exactly identical to that of the united states. chinese and european leaders hoping, traditionally strong trade links can lead to a diplomatic breakthrough. rub, mcbride al jazeera at china has announced sanctions against the u. s. after how speaker kevin mccarthy met with taiwanese presidents saying when it's targeted, the hudson institute and the presidential reagan library. beijing says the 2 institutions provide platforms and facilities for what it calls taiwan independence . it has deployed warships near waters surrounding the island for a 2nd day. now. fighting between me and mars army and rebel groups have driven more than 5000 people into thailand. time media reporting that at least $800.00 children

crossed the border on wednesday night. the latest confrontations began when fighters from the karen ethnic minority attacked to me and more government outposts . officials in thailand say they will offer food, water, and shelter to the refugees, and then send them back. once the fighting stops, the republican controlled tennessee house of representatives has voted to expelled 2 democrats for their role in a gun gun control protest at the state house representatives. justin jones and justin pierson have called it a dark day. the demonstration happened after a school shooting in nashville, in which 6 people, 3 of them children, were killed. jones person and another democrat lead protest is onto the house floor to demand stricter gun laws. a california is the 1st us state to begin considering reparations for black americans whose ancestors ancestors suffered under slavery and segregation. rob reynolds reports on the commission's work

that might be at a public meeting of the reparations commission. people spoke out sometimes, passionately. our ancestors help build this country, african americans, black people, whatever you want to label as this time. where on the island of desta to despair amongst a sea of abundance, shrewd lipper right should start with muddy the ab 3121 task force meeting is now hard to order. the task force was set up by the state legislature in 2020, to develop proposals for compensating california residents who are descendants of enslaved people. this task force is designed to examine the harms associated with the enslavement of black people, african americans in this country as well. as the legacy of the harms of enslavement, advocate, se reparations would not only be for slavery, but the century and a half of racism that followed. and we think about over time,

whether you want to start with the jim crow laws, whether you want to think about moving forward with the red lining with real estate are the, are the, the horrors of discrimination. segregation, all of those things followed, ah, slavery, an anti if continued a thing to plague us through to day. economists consulted by the panel estimate that the cost of compensating california's black residents could top $800000000000.00. that's 2 and a half times the state's budget for this year. the task force sure says reparations may not be limited to money. the recommendation for reparations must include compensation restitution, which account for stolen land are still in. well, i'm still in opportunities rehabilitation. i mean, a free education, free health care examples, i'm not saying is that those are going to be the final recommendation. hash reparations are not unprecedented. the federal government has paid some native

american tribes compensation for land improperly seized from them. and in 1988 paid $1200000000.00 to japanese americans inter earned during the 2nd world war a task force would like to hear from everyone. the task force must complete its report by july. first, the commission's ultimate recommendations will be purely advisory. the state's legislature and governor will ultimately decide what if any reparations are given a process that is sure to prompt war debate about history, equity, and cost. rob reynolds al jazeera los angeles, ah, are headlines on al jazeera this hour. there's been an exchange of fire between garzon. israel is.