this is news coming to you live from berlin a major surge in fighting between israel and palestinian militants. israeli forces pound targets in gaza from the air and from the ground outside the territory while hamas launches walk its far into israel the death toll has already topped 100. and another tense night as jews and arabs within israel turn against

each other on the streets the israeli prime minister condemns what he calls mob violence and said. also coming up find. a needle. in news influencers become a virtual lifeline for people in need of help during a deadly 2nd wave of coronavirus infection. plus they were rejected by restaurants but now there's a plan to save millions of poison things that might have otherwise ended up in the trash. hello i'm terry martin good to have you with us israel says it's massing troops on the border. with calling up thousands of reservists ahead of

a possible ground invasion of the hamas ruled territory overnight israeli air force stepped up strikes on gaza as hamas launched hundreds of rockets for into israel this comes amid renewed mob violence between arab and jewish neighbors in israeli cities and the death toll in this conflict is rising. plumes of smoke over gaza. on the ground residents picked through the destruction caused by days of his reilley air strikes palestinians in gaza spent the muslim holiday of eat on bartman. here amongst the rubble there is little to celebrate. the israel defense force bombs what it says is a military compound belonging to the palestinian militant group hamas in gaza its

retaliate for rockets fired at israel the conflict between israel and hamas is escalating. the i.d.f. has already attacked hundreds of targets and we continue to strike hamas whilst defending our citizens it will take more time but with both defending and attacking we will restore peace to israel. the air raid sirens sound yet again israelis run for cover this time israel's aerial missile defense system into septimus sile. but other rockets have cracked the so-called eye and and the reach of hamas seems to be extending further and further into israel this is a neighborhood just 10 kilometers east of tel aviv in heavily populated central israel. as a mass launches more rockets from gaza negotiators from egypt held talks with both

sides to try and find a truce. gyptian qatari and international mediators are talking with the resistance hamas and the israeli occupation but every time they make an effort to create a situation which allows the expression to start a new israeli decision to destroy terror was killed children the elderly and women stifles these efforts. and in gaza as night falls where we residents of fleeing their homes as a new round of shelling hits the city. let's bring in our jerusalem correspondent here tanya kramer tanya dramatic developments there in the past 24 hours how are things looking there the smaller. well absolutely overnight there were massive strikes by the israeli f. host a naval and a tillery mainly in the northern part of gaza the army says that 160 planes were

involved in those strikes and bombardments and they say the targets were mainly underground tunnels a tunnel system that is used by hamas and islamic jihad's inside gaza now this has of coups caused immense to the station hardship for the residents in this area. which have reportedly not being warned of this bombing contained according to the army again 55 rockets were fired from gaza into israel overnight there were no rockets overnight fired into central israel and also in a parallel development there were new violence when you try and ends and also riots and protests and confrontations between. right to his extremist and people from the arab israeli community in those mixed towns across israel that is seen overnight. israel is making no secret of the fact that it is massing troops

at the gaza border is a ground offensive imminent tanya. well we know that there are preparations and we understand from the army that plans of being drafted but at the moment we get a sense that's the kind of pain it's mainly focused on the afros naval and attila re from outside of the had been reports overnight based on a tweet that came out from the military spokespersons office that had granted some confusion but the military can fend dismounting down no ground troops in gaza at the moment. what about efforts to end this fighting tony how much hope is there for diplomacy here. why on an international level diplomacy seems to move or appears to move from this slow we understand that now a u.n.

security council meeting has been scheduled for sunday but i think the focus as you also heard in the report on reachin efforts and in previous rounds of us to the teaser during the war is egypt qatar and the united nations have played a role in mehdi ating between the warring factions but we also have heard again from the israeli prime minister binyamin netanyahu last night in the statement that the operation would take as long as necessary so at the moment we have no indication when those mediation meditation efforts will see any results tony thank you so much w's jerusalem correspondent tonya kramer. well for more on the humanitarian situation in gaza let's bring in latish he's gaza director of the un relief and works agency responsible for the welfare of palestine refugees he

joins us from gaza city thanks for being with us mr small to give us a sense of the humanitarian situation in gaza right now. good morning to you terry and thank you for giving me this is over jonah to talk about this situation is a mixture of things there is this bear yesterday was the 1st day or eat off them ramadan and i think people are in despair that they cannot celebrate this religious festivity that is so important there is people terrifying after 3 days and 3 nights of intense rockets from here but intense problem are getting into gaza people are terrified and that's one reason why they're on the move are rice there's a rising human cost among the people killed as you mentioned at the beginning there are $8.00 children that went to all right u.n. schools and then there is homelessness people are on the move that we have the reports i'm getting this morning is that there are 16 schools of all schools where

people are seeking shelter in one school 2 is more than 2000 people so the despair and humanitarian needs are growing your agency ordered staff to stay home i understand from its from its clinics in order to keep them safe how are you assisting civilians in the situation. so we we are able to provide primary health care through our country to health centers on the 1st day but then on the 2nd day my chief of health a fantastic palestinian doctor there she was the one who called me early in the morning and said this is too hard as she put it this is too dangerous we have to today at least keep the house centers closed this is coming from a woman who is very proud to say in 2014 we didn't shout long day so it gives you a sense of the seriousness back to your question we've kept our sanitation services open yesterday because of the ied holiday everything was going to stop anyway today we've resume sanitation so cleaning and the aid camps and to morrow we hope that

the situation will precipitate primary house care the next big challenge is to support people in our in our schools who are seeking shelter so we will do what we can to provide support the most basic support to the internally displaced gaza is under bombardment it's in the middle of a pandemic how are hospitals in gaza coping at this point. be i really is my understanding i haven't been in the last 23 days will be as reasons my the reports i'm getting is they're barely coping fortunately the devastating 2nd wave of the covert and demi was starting to ease off so they were under pressure but it was starting to be manageable so far my understanding is they can cope with the casualty casualties and if at all of course if this continued if there were a ground offensive the hospitals would very very soon reach maximum capacity and

that would be as serious humanitarian problem understand that water is a concern clean water sanitation facilities in gaza there's concern about the fuel supply electricity what do civilians in gaza need most at this point. you know to be honest what they need most is for the fighting to stop of course but that's a given what is needed most is to make sure they have their basic food needs covered for the moment there seems to be enough food in the markets but of course if people flee their homes as they have started doing since yesterday and are in shelters or with relatives food needs will increase you mentioned water at the best of times there is not enough war save or to supply so water were very quickly become a huge issue and then let me say finally that beyond the basic needs food and

non-food items there will be mental health needs we we are in 14 years of located we've had the great marches of return we've had cold and now this mental health needs are increasing and we should not lose sight of that including if there are thousands of people in shelters there's bound to be gender based violence pressure on children so we must also from the beginning think about and address the mental health or people and well being mr smolla thank you for taking time to talk with us today that was mathias gaza director of the un relief and works agency responsible for the welfare of palestine refugee. and here. within israel the conflict is fueling confrontations in some communities as mobs and arabs and jews confront each other on the streets simmering tensions in several mixed cities are boiling over and it's. what i want this approval attack on the streets of. a group of far right israelis pull an arab man out of his car in

a beaten. mob attacks as well in the city of this surveillance footage shows palestinian youths attacking an orthodox jew. elsewhere clashes erupted between arabs and israeli police. the violence is fueling fears that israel could be headed for civil war. jews and arabs who live side by side in israel's so-called mixed cities are deeply concerned off on the royal couple it was never like this at this scale never. used to be small crafts small fires. we need to live here together coexistence we need to be partners to each other such as. this arab owned ice cream store and bought was vandalized by a right wing jewish mob its owner says she was shocked by the violence. shot up the

road most of my customers are arabs or jews we've been mixed together this whole time i never felt like there was something wrong they used to come up and try to talk to me in arabic it was normal i never felt anything wrong so i don't want to have that enough and. many in these towns are just hoping the unrest will end soon . you know what is right there it is right it's right he said i'm up and it's just so. heartbreaking what happened and that i have to. put an end to this conflict on israel's streets appears a long way off the prime minister has warned that the violence is likely to increase in the coming days. well tensions from the israeli palestinian conflict have spilled over to cities around the world including here in germany there have been renewed protests against israel's military operations in several german cities

with over $1500.00 people gathering in the northern city of braman and there are also been anti semitic incidents of vandalism targeting jewish places of worship police arrested more than a dozen men suspected of damaging a synagogue and on and starting a fire at a jewish memorial site until sold off germany's jewish community is calling for more protection at jewish institutions. now let's catch up on some of the other stories making headlines around the world today protests against racism and police violence have been held across brazil after 28 people were killed in a raid on a vent in rio de janeiro police say they were targeting a drug that was recruiting children rights groups accuse the police of extra judicial killings saying many of the dead were not under investigation. for colombia's foreign minister cloudy a little because resigned following international condemnation of

a police clampdown on anti-government protesters at least 42 people have been killed in clashes between police and demonstrators the protests were triggered by a proposed tax reform but have since morphed into broader anti-government rallies. the u.s. centers for disease control is no longer commend recommending face masks for fully vaccinated people but the c.d.c. says masks or still recommended in crowded settings like buses planes and hospitals over half the u.s. population has received at least one dose against the coronavirus. greece has reopened to tourists visitors from the e.u. from countries and others including britain the u.s. and israel can now enter if they have been vaccinated or tested negative for team greece depends heavily on tourism and is kick starting its summer season ahead of a wider e.u. timetable to reopen to foreign travelers. now to india

where the number of recorded covered 19 infections has surpassed 24004000 or more deaths were reported for the 3rd consecutive day criticism has raged over the government's handling of the crisis everywhere there are shortages of oxygen and medical supplies hospitals and medical staff as well as premature and said mortuaries are all over well in many places social media has served as a lifeline to provide help for people who feel abandoned by their government. did a couple of months ago. a lot different. being a digital content creator. mostly involves planning what to post on instagram handle. known for humorous style she has amassed a big following on social media and has a reputation as an influence. but this acquired a different meaning as

a 2nd leave of course at 19 india suddenly she and other influences like the chemo virtual lifeline for those in need of urgent medical 8 i know found ourselves in this situation and we've been young people did not know where to go within our have phone numbers or you know when they're not even if there was a wonderful friend enough to hang so many. people are in for with quite unlike life . we had. started with being. and when don boot when beard ban went and i am at one point it was a 100 or 200 a day she says the requests began with appeals for help in finding oxygen or hospital beds and soon went on to desperate pleas for plows ma crucial medicines and eventually primitive orients and burial grounds which could accommodate more covered victims' bodies she kept amplifying these messages connecting those who

needed help with those who could provide help. she adds that the reason people started reaching out to them with due to the absence of support from government authorities who seem to have bungled their response to the corona virus outbreak. over the past few years social media has emerged as a powerful communication tool in a country with hundreds of millions of users but the 2nd we have brought forth its immense potential to provide urgent time sensitive assistance during moments of crisis and it's not just content creators who have stepped in to assist the 2nd wave of kuwait has seen other public figures using social media platforms especially twitter to connect with and help those in need. cian of us b.b. who heads the youth wing of the biggest opposition political party has gained recognition for his school with relief work in the country he says for him and his team of volunteers social media has proved invaluable in the fight against the

virus because of the reach it could provide the mobile people even a medium which would respond quickly and immediately coordinate their bequest. on social media you can add all the location quarterbacked information medical reports in one go which makes it easier for our being here to coordinate. why she may not have the same resources as scene of us approach to providing has is similar to answer along with a group of content creators a one to a group which works on providing verified leads and oxygen and other necessary to do all sending in distress to quests at this point in time there is a really normal. influence. that formed then this. she says this experience has made her realise just how much different social media can make to her work she has been filling a white gap in india's overburdened health care system turning her from

a media influence to a real life saver. and near a child very who filed that report joins us now from delhi where how do people feel about social media taking on a role that would otherwise be fulfilled by the government. well terry as well as the 2nd group to the country it became evident to people that they had nowhere else to do anything but dissolution you've got. to see what medically either themselves or their loved ones and that at the seams i very evident that the government as people see and have that of course i just was missing in action in the initial q. meets in fact we have reports and opinion pieces coming week this is coming in seeing that social media essentially did the job that the government should have so there is a positive sense of anger and disappointment in people against the government because they feel like the government would have done a lot more that it didn't although there have been reports in which the government

has basically to go forward that. they still are. recent to last an era ok well perhaps we'll come back to her later in the program meanwhile let's catch up on some other headlines making developed developments making headlines around the world in the coronavirus crisis singapore has tightened social distancing restrictions after a surge in infections there it's banned dining at restaurants and limited public gatherings to 2 people authorities in china have ordered mass testing and 2 cities and the central province of on we are the detection of new local transmissions and for the 1st time since march germany has dipped below a keys 7 day threshold of $100.00 cases per 100000 people restrictions can be relaxed if the incidence rate remains below that level. when

pandemic hit last year restaurants across the world were closed their suppliers saw their stocks go to ruin this poses posed a particular problem for oyster farmers in the u.s. if left to long oysters grow too large to sell to restaurants but some oyster farmers have found a novel way to survive. these releases have been destined to london and in a place like ipad with a glass of champagne but the musk the now being returned to the water that dinner date canceled due to the pandemic. so in march of last year sales basically went to 0 and 90 percent of the oysters we saw going to restaurants and so once the restaurants closed the the distributors just said we can't take any we have no place to send them. so the new hampshire based decided to take part in

a conservation in the should have the nature conservancy a u.s. conservation group is spending $2000000.00 u.s. dollars to buy $5000000.00 sepsis oysters restaurants don't want and it's relocating them to 20 reefs across the u.s. this one in maine belongs to another family helped by the project. it really has been. kind of a lifesaver to be able to keep the revenue coming in. quite quickly. and i just think it's a great thing that they're doing. and it's great to be a part of it so if and now the u.s. does when you're on the show just yes. but as vaccinations keep being rolled out across the u.s. it won't be too known before the delicacy set back on ice. well even though these 2020 olympic games are set to take place in tokyo this summer many hurdles have gotten in the way due to the pandemic so athletes hoping to pete have had their

dreams put on hold like 27 year old boxer a recent supa. research but a 1st picked up the boxing gloves to get in better shape but the sport began to inspire her beyond it in after a year or 2 but it was a national champion in japan the nurse by day dedicated herself for years to realize her dream of qualifying for the olympics but then after the final boxing qualification was cancelled so was her only shot ek impeding it tokyo 2022 shey when i got a phone call from the boxing federation and were thrilled that the qualifying match west cancelled i felt there were hundreds of points who. had been working so hard for you have to the prospective member of the olympics and it's so frustrating that i don't even have the right to compete it's very disappointing that.

i'm. being knocked out of this upcoming olympics doesn't mean the 27 year old plans to hang up her gloves anytime soon. come say for the next olympics in paris at this point but what i can do is try to keep working hard step by step at any competitions or head small or big can keep my efforts to produce a lump picks then i would encourage staying ready to but it makes her international debut at an amateur tournaments later this month. in football you don't win have won the german come after a comprehensive win over rb at leipsic in the final show open the scoring early on with a curling finish early and then got his name on the scoresheet and dortmund made it 3 nil before half time go. through such again leipsic battled in the 2nd half with

dani almost pulling a goal back but don't go and added a 4th goal in the break holland crowding the victory. you're watching t w news eco africa the environment magazine is coming up next. for me and all of us here thanks for watching. the full.

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