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news live from berlin and israel masses troops along the border with gaza the army calls up thousands of reservists readying for a possible ground invasion targeting 1st the underground network used by hamas militants to launch rocket attacks on israeli cities as jews and arabs within israel turn against each other on the streets of prime minister condemns mob violence we'll get the latest from our correspondent in jerusalem also on the program india's coded 19 death toll again tops 4000 with hospitals overwhelmed the
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prime minister appeals for help to stop the spread of the virus in the area. and protesting the impact of the pandemic in kenya why some coronavirus restrictions are making life even more difficult for societies goes for noble. and welcome to our viewers around the world. israel is massing troops on the border with gaza and calling for thousands of reservists for a possible invasion of the hamas ruled territory the army is targeting the militant groups a network of tunnels beneath civilian area overnight hamas fired more than 100 rockets into israeli cities at least 8 israelis and more than 100 palestinians have been killed in the conflict so far. buildup on the border israeli
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forces stake out their position ready to enter gaza for the 1st time since 2014. tanks fired across the border late on thursday the 1st ground based attacks in the recent conflict gaza residents aren't waiting many have already evacuated their homes with what few possessions they can carry out of it there is a lot of shelling and the children are all afraid even us adults have been in war since our childhood we are afraid and cannot bear it anymore. the night skies are again street with terrifying lights as rockets fly from both sides hamas fired towards television airport forcing flights to be canceled. siren sound in the daylight sending israelis scrambling for shelter.
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we are used to this situation the people of israel are strong and we thank god we support each other and god willing everything will turn out peacefully to finish this for once and for all. this. casualties mount on both sides here in gaza hospitals are overrun by the coronavirus and victims of violence doctors fear the impact of increasingly frequent electricity outages. let's bring in our jerusalem correspondent tanya kramer tanya israeli troops are massing at the gallows a border is a ground offensive imminent. but for sure preparations are being made and plans have being trashed so they're preparing themselves but the israeli army says their focus at the moment at this point at least is on s. strikes on strikes by the navy on a tillery strikes and we've seen overnight
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a very massive campaign of strikes. naval strikes and the artillery from outside gaza. specifically the area in the northern gaza strip the army says they have to put over 11660 planes last night quite a jets and they're targeting there but they call it a tunnel system and that is underneath in this area used by hamas and islamic jihad this is of course very harsh consequences for the residents there and you've seen already the pictures of people. packing their stuff seeking shelter looking for more safety for the insight. what about efforts to end the fighting how much hope is there for diplomacy. well we know that on sunday
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the u.n. security council will be meeting but the international efforts have been somehow rather slow so you would be looking at the regional efforts there are some reports that there mediation efforts going on as in previous cases usually it's egypt the united nations possibly qatar and other state actors there trying to mediate between hamas and israel but so far we don't know what states. those mediation and. the happening right now are and we also heard israeli prime minister binyamin netanyahu last night again that the operation would continue as long as it's necessary. tony as you well know there's been fear of more communal violence within israel after friday prayers give us a sense of the atmosphere there at this point. i think
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police and security israeli police and security they're bracing for more violence and riots you can can say tonight as you've seen in previous nights you have to look at who is. doing such so you know we're talking here about some. jewish israeli individuals that are taking part in such riots and you know in israel and all that comes throughout all the communities and people i talk to people are very shocked by this violence what is happening there prime minister binyamin netanyahu has even said you know fighting the war on 2 fronts and i think a lot of people for them this takes release and to stage at least for those who are not under constant rocket barrage because this is really shocking what's happening and there are groups now and organizations that are calling for gatherings on saturday nights to so that there is togetherness in this country and calling on
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people to for peaceful protests and demonstrations to diffuse tanya kramer many many thanks thank you and several israeli cities a conflict is fueling mob violence in neighborhoods where arab and jewish residents normally live peacefully side by side the police presence has been stepped up more than 400 people have been arrested. dawn broke in lowered to reveal the carnage of the night before the streets littered with burned vehicles and debris. the fires had raged long into the night. as explosions rang out the firefighters worked the smoke cleared to reveal the charred husk of a synagogue another victim of the city's tit for tat reprisals earlier surveillance footage showed a mob of palestinian youths attacking an orthodox jew. there
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was more brutality as a group of far right israelis killed an arab man from his car and beat him with live. elsewhere clashes erupted between arabs and israeli police the prime minister says it has to stop. we give 100 percent backing to the police to the border forces and other security forces to restore law and order to israel cities we will not tolerate panicking but some fear that israel is heading for civil war. it was never like this at this scale never used to be small crowds small fires. we need to live here together coexistence we need to be partners to each other to help us in. this hour of ice cream store in but yum was vandalized by a right wing jewish mold its owner says she was shocked by the violence. shot up
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most of my customers are arabs or jews we've been mixed together this whole time i never felt like there was something wrong and they used to come up and try to talk to me in arabic that was normal i never felt anything wrong so i don't want to have that information. many in these cities are just hoping the unrest will end soon. no one has raised its terror is what i said he seldom have and if you just saw her here on the right she would have loved and meant that i have to. put an end to the conflict on israel's streets appears a long way off prime minister netanyahu has warned that violence is likely to increase in the coming days. here in germany chancellor angela merkel has warned that medic demonstrations will not be tolerated the israeli palestinian conflict has sparked protests and vandalism in several german cities some demonstrators
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shouted anti jewish slogans and burned israeli flags. stones thrown at a synagogue in the city ofp on. an attempted us an attack at a jewish men morrill in dysart off. tensions from the israeli palestinian conflict have spilled over to several german cities this week this video for protesting gays in care and shared by the central council of jews in germany went viral. chanting dirty jews has nothing to do with any criticism of the state of israel or its government this is just pure anti semitism to. write the german government strongly condemned the reason to tax a fantasy semitism. here in germany and people have taken to the streets to protest against israeli politics and they can do this peacefully is granted under our democracy but those who use such protests to shout out their hatred of jews are
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abusing their right to demonstrate anti semitic rallies will not be tolerated in our democracy. in the wake of these recent incidents there are growing calls for more decisive actions against the rising levels of anti semitism also in berlin i feel that our government should just like. from the root like stop where it is and not let it grow it should be something that we are aware that's happening and not try to hide under the carpet and this kind of stuff. i have to say that is scares me a lot i thought we were already past all this we have a history and we must not forget it and. are the result we should try to make it normal again for jews to live in germany but as long as the conflict in the middle east continues jewish communities in germany fear that they will be the target of further anti-semitic incidents they're calling for german health or at least to do
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more to protect them. we're joined now by mike del berg an activist for germany's jewish community he's also the social media manager for germany's conservative c.d.u. party thanks for making some time for us or what action do you want to see from the german authorities to combat the anti-semitic attacks we've seen this week we apologize to our viewers and to delbert we're having transmission problems are a bit will certainly try to get back to him if we can regroup on that now for some other news making headlines around the world at this hour at least 12 people have been killed in an explosion at a mosque in the afghan capital kabul worshipers gathered for friday prayers on the 2nd day of the holiday
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a cease fire is in place between taliban insurgents and the afghan government. protests against racism and police violence have been held across brazil after 28 people were killed in a raid on a fellow in rio de janeiro authorities say they were targeting a drug gang that was recruiting children rights groups accuse police of carrying out illegal killings. ireland's health authority has shut down its computer systems following a cyber attack officials blame international criminals but say patient safety is not at risk a similar attack hit the biggest u.s. fuel pipeline network last week. to india now where the number of covered 1000 infections has topped 24000000 more than 4000 deaths have been recorded for the 3rd consecutive day the government is facing harsh criticism of its handling of the crisis there are widespread shortages of oxygen and medical
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supplies hospitals crematoriums and mortuaries are all over well and the virus is now moving rapidly to rule area prime minister narendra modi is asking people to cooperate in containing the spread. i believe this infection is now spreading very rapidly to rural villages. state governments are trying everything they can to stop this awareness among village residents and the cooperation of the village leaders. is just as important. in controlling the spread. well maybe. that's because now to our correspondent in delhi following that warning from the indian prime minister and consistent dire news we've been hearing from india it appears one can't
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overstate how serious the situation. it's actually. as a did do it in india ask us to leave but this is just you efficient to just takes the fighting back in that many of these cases must actually be getting the risks because the illegality of diagnostic tests is where you need to be actually many villages reporting deaths due to feeling was and these events and never dying because they cannot act as diagnostic tests final twinges have probably kent centers but i've won scared often at work that nudists down things.
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