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to leave during the night but drones and jets kept bombing us at dawn we started moving and ran to the schools our children were screaming they wanted to get away when we woke up we found everything behind us destroyed there's nothing left you know anything about not in the finale. and many israelis 2 are living in fear just north of gaza the city of us alone has been hit repeatedly by hamas rockets. i'm originally from the south so i've heard the sirens a few times in my life and it's always strange and weird and scary. this time it's like you don't know how to react any more. casualties mount on both sides here in gaza hospitals are under severe strain from covert 19 and the fighting and doctors are worried it will only get worse from here. for more on the
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humanitarian situation in gaza let's bring in mathias he's gaza director of the un relief and works agency responsible for the welfare of palestinian refugees and he joins us from gaza city welcome sure give us a sense of the humanitarian situation in gaza right now. good afternoon to you from gaza well there's different aspects to this one talks about which is people on the move we have found out during the course of today that almost 10000 people have sold more safety from the fighting in over 20 overall schools so mom priority now of course is to properly a system but it's already important that they are in a safe place as in in a u.n. building a 2nd element you also touched on which is the rising human cost of this among the $100.00 dead we have 8 children who went to would run schools
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a colleague of mine had her sister and a daughter of the sister killed in an air strike now this of course adds to the layers of mental health problems depression psychological impact that 3 wars the great much as all return the cold crisis and now this is having in general there is really a mood all of being tech now and feeling terrorized and despair at what's happening yesterday was the 1st day of of the month of ramadan and instead of celebrating many people are wondering where's the next bomb going to fly and fall. you know many gazans have sought shelter in un run schools can you tell us about the conditions there in one of the things i can't get out of my mind is this is all happening in one of the most densely populated areas in the world. indeed so we have a number of school sadly prepared after the 2014 experience to have people
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stay there for some time prepared meaning proper sanitary facilities solar energy. water supplies so we're trying to make sure that all of that is in place and activated one big warry because you mentioned overcrowding in these densely populated gaza strip is of course the colbert crisis you know we're having hundreds of people stay in the same place is a serious risk for a further outbreak a 3rd wave of the coral not crisis so we are also looking into. provide some basic care protective material and this kind of stuff so you are absolutely right the overcrowded and there's adds to the problems that are being caused by the war and to that point we have to think about the hospitals there how are hospitals in gaza coping at this point. my understanding is barely the u.n. doesn't run hospitals but i earlier this afternoon met senior officials from the
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ministry of health and they said paul the moment they are coping they are able to absorb somehow the wounded including those that need i.c.u. intensive care unit beds but they were very clear if this continues and if the casualty or the casualty figures the numbers of people severely injured rise if there were a ground invasion that is being speculated about they would see that very soon reach their capacity to limits a further aspect of this is an electricity there's only enough fuel at the moment to run the power up on to the weekend and if that were to stop then of course the hospitals would also suffer. mr small i imagine that there is a very long list to to answer the next question i have for you but what do civilians in gaza need most right now. while this may my 1st part of this answer may seem very obvious it's peace you know it's for the
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killing to stop and i really mean that i think the biggest contribution that can be made is for the international community to get the parties to stop this insanity there will then be needs around of course of those who have lost homes to help them get back home there will be some humanitarian needs but i think the main one will really be shouting or homes the biggest need from my perspective will be twofold one is to support people in dealing with trauma psychosocial support and then i there's no doubt in my mind if this doesn't lead to a serious political process that opens up avenues for a more dignified life for the people here we'll be back in the situation in 3 to 6 months. that is mathias gaza director of the un relief and works agency responsible for the welfare of palestinian refugees i thank you very much sir thank
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you in several israeli cities the 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 loot to reveal the carnage of the night before the streets littered with burnt toad vehicles and debris the fires had raged long into the night. as explosions rang out the firefighters worked the smoke cleared to reveal the charge 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. for days there have been severe clashes 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
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security forces to restore law and order to israel cities we will not tolerate. 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 who are each other such as. this out 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 most of my customers are arabs or jews or 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 that was normal i never felt anything wrong so i don't want to have that enough and. many in these cities are just hoping the unrest will end soon.
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you know on this raid was carried it was me i said it yourself i have and it's just so. heartbreaking what happened and meant that i have to. put an end to the conflict on israel 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 anti sematic demonstrations will not be tolerated the israeli palestinian conflict has sparked protests in vandalism in several german cities some demonstrators shouted anti jewish slogans and burned israeli flags stones thrown at a synagogue in the city of boston. an attempted us an attack at a jewish member really interested off. tensions from the israeli palestinian conflict have spilled over to several german cities this week this video for
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protesting gays and chicken 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 their german government strongly condemned the reason to tax a fantasy semitism he or she 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 all the hatred of jews are 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
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feel that our government just like. from the root like stop where it is and not let it grow it should be something that we are aware that happening and not try to hide under the carpet and this kind of stuff so. 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. 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 more to protect them. and we're joined again by mike samuel l. del berg an activist for germany's jewish community and also a social media manager for germany's conservative c do you party welcome back sir what action do you want to see from german authorities to combat the anti-semitic
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attacks we've seen this week. yeah unfortunately some people do not seem to understand that attacks and synagogues are not an expression of protest against israel so this is simply anti-semitism and i expect more security in front of the synagogues and jewish institutions in germany but also as punishment of those people who act and semitic where. you have many friends no doubt and contacts within germany's jewish community how worried are people about their safety they aren't they are it's the start of the pandemic people still try to go to the synagogue in the jewish life and it's more difficult to live the seuss because some people just don't can separate judaism for resale and this problem we can see this problem on the street even a person like me where sticky part can be threatened by this by this point so it's
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very difficult but there's also another part that also social media has kind of an ally middle east conflict which has broken out supporters from both sides fighting each other all alone and a lot of faith these are spread and this is also a big big problem with jews in germany are facing right now you just mentioned the fact that you were and i'm curious about what goes through your mind before you put it on you do you wonder if it might make you were targeted. it is possible i mean i don't want to live by fear and i don't want to i don't want this fear to. get too to be the main to be to be the main part of my life but i just know when i go i tend to be a little bit more careful than i've been before i mean i'm approach you i'm proud to be jews in germany and also live in germany my whole life i'm not afraid to go out outside of my flat but i'm more careful than before you know as we mentioned you work in the field of social media do you think apps like facebook and twitter
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play a role in fueling anger. absolutely there has to be there have to be more scrutiny more strict rules against anti-semitism in the internet for example numerous posts by supporters post aggressive posts and anticipated comments on pro israeli expressions of solidarity even threats and i mean for example in response of response to one of my posts where i called for peace in the middle east i received hundreds of hate comments hate messages and even death threats against me my family and this just goes to far and has to be stopped. that's mike. burke thank you so much sir 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 worshippers gathered for friday prayers on the 2nd day of the outfit a holiday a ceasefire is in place between taliban insurgents and the afghan government
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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. republicans in the u.s. house of representatives have elected a least stefana to their leadership the 36 year old new york congresswoman seen here in archive footage is an ordinance supporter of donald trump she succeeds liz cheney who was ousted earlier this week after repeatedly criticizing trump's continued false claims of election fraud. to india now where the cove where the number of covert 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
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oxygen and medical supplies hospitals crematoriums and mortuaries are all overwhelmed and the virus is now moving rapidly to rule areas prime minister narendra modi is asking people to cooperate in containing the spread if hunger march i believe this infection is now spreading very rapidly to rural villages. not of god 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. let's speak now to our correspondent mr just while 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 overstate how serious the situation is.
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so you see my question. would be the next. to watch because it's already too short to just 6 show us the drill and yeah it's. 4 times as many cubans as it did getting india as well as we've but this is just you efficient to just takes the frightening part is 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 according to get you to themas and these events and never die because they cannot act as diagnostic tests final twinges have one of the cats and does what i've won scared people often have to walk to the nearest town but she couldn't find one time off because the needs of people in the vicinity at times and this means that the outstretched hand of the they didn't quite cock even imagine the sausage she just explains in the big cities by the time the step message appeasing
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a band is fighting misinformation and i have suggesting vaccine against unsafe is about you but not addressing the head can't trust actual gaps and not much can be done. so 24000000 recorded code 19 infections across india isn't this warning from the government a little late. i'd like to definitely have just as the government because there is a belief that they missed the ban for this massive 2nd surge of cases especially yes as the sentience marched the health minister was saying that as a debt it's engaging and it has fought off the pandemic almost however the government is pushing back the hard on any criticism of going to spend it. on the ground that it has made no mistakes that have been known missteps by the government and in fact just recently the the but beyond that why do you think it will be speech it be treated out
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a list of statements using eating out any criticism if it is a once and out doing the boss thing to blame the state governments that is concerned of course the dogs who do not acknowledge a problem will not be able to solve it which quantities concerns about how they can get into bed beside a house and i don't mean. reporting from thanks so much. well some parts of the world are opening up again as vaccinations increase that's not true everywhere in kenya the vaccine rollout has been slow hampered by a shortage of doses corruption and fear of the job punishing walk downs continue making daily life even harder w.'s reports. from paris where a group is sick with worry for her mother she can't afford to buy her medicine since she lost her job due to call but 19. you know if you say go along. i think
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the government should stop closing out these jobs that we don't know if they were closing up and giving people food that would be good but now they close up without support but it's us poor people who suffer. so. the people who suffer the most under the coronavirus restrictions are residents like paris and her mother they live in the thought of one of their own prison for almost 7 months they depend on their daily work and income and the hardly able to safe any money. now i cry from ensuring that they get an education and they don't fall asleep hungry since the pandemic started they went to bed hungry so many times that out of the night curfews and forced by the police were feared another extrajudicial killings or disappearances by the police happen regularly it has become worse because of covert $19.00 and $1.00 boy says. that the other
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day i was out getting my medicine around coffee time we were running away and i fell the police threatened to beat me i told him don't dare to beat me arrest me he just said do you grandma go home. because you know it's cases like this that make people angry according to local activists 167 people were allegedly killed or disappeared by the police last year despite a ban on political gatherings due to the pandemic social justice groups to. to history their protest against the impact of the covert 19 measures and police brutality so i do not talk much as you want but to hospitals we want better education we want clean water we want better housing. suddenly we have to interrupt the interview because the police fired tear gas canisters targeting us. people yes say that the covert measures like killing them because they are not able to beat food on the table they are not able to go to the hospital and also write
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rape and crime has gone up they say the police was very intolerant towards this protest because of their covert restrictions they just fire tear gas and they actually hit me here on my leg. the challenges of reporting from here one thing i can muster our people feel like they're being choked and one boy doesn't know how to afford a new inhaler she suffers from asthma hypertension and arthritis she is however more worried about her grandchildren. when they end up even now i was just about to borrow $100.00 chilling support so we got lunch. when i speak about these things i cry on the phone this boy was supposed to go back to school today i needed to buy a cemetery papers books and pens and i can only cry to god for help so that the boy can go to school. and. as well off parts of the world slowly had to what normal for millions in kenya at the pen demick just keeps on making
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every day. in other news francis has added to a chorus of alarm over italy's population decline the pope is calling for financial incentives to encourage young people to stay in italy and have family its prime minister mario draghi has warned against the economic impact of the low growth rate . authorities in india are investigating the death of a herd of wild elephants in a north eastern force reserves local officials believe the 18 animals were killed by lightning but conservationists suspect they may have been poisoned. a kid. a cancel the olympics petition has been submitted to the city government leaders are under growing pressure to reconsider staging the games this summer over 350000 people signed the line petition it will also go to the international olympic committee most japanese want the games
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canceled or postponed but organizers insist the event will start on july 23rd. despite calls to cancel the olympics tokyo organizers held a test event for skateboarding a sport set to make its debut at the summer games only japanese skaters took part and no spectators were allowed. want the olympics to go ahead and these borders are no different covert 902 cautions include mandatory wearing and social distancing to skateboarding competitions for the games. a rare find from the outer reaches of the solar system is set to be a star attraction when museums reopen in england next week this 4 and a half 1000000000 year old meteor ride is going on display at london's natural history museum it fell from a fireball and was found on a driveway in southern england scientists say the relic could hold clues to the
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