bases data of any news live from the conflict between israel and hamas militants intensifies after a day of deadly violence. rockets are fired from gaza after israeli warships pound hamas targets and on the grounds tell of lausanne homes a leveled follows some of the fire is fighting seen in the west bank for decades also coming out. demonstrators in

colombia say they're willing to shut down their country's most important trade routes until they get on says about dozens of people shot it in anti-government protests our reporter has the latest from tally. i'm rebecca ritter's welcome to the program the death toll has risen in the escalating conflict between israel and hamas militants palestinian medics say at least 12 people died overnight in a new wave of israeli air strikes against targets in gaza among them was said to be 7 members of a family at a refugee camp near gaza city and the president mahmoud abbas is condemning what he calls brutal and programs killings but israel's prime minister benjamin netanyahu is warning him us it will pay a heavy price for launching the rocket attacks that sparked the conflict $5.00 days ago thousands of israeli reservists and now on standby for

a possible ground invasion of gaza. in an instant a 6 story building is reduced to rubble. all throughout the day and into the night . explosions reverberated through gaza city as israel intensified its onslaught against hamas. as the conflict escalates hour by hour gazans are fleeing their homes with whatever they can carry some have come to this school run by the un in search of a safe place. whenever one of. them we were planning to leave during the night but drones and jets kept bombing us at dawn we started moving and ran to the schools and our children were screaming they wanted to get away when we woke up we found everything behind us destroyed there's nothing left in the end of the album want to know. and many

israelis too are living in fear. just north of gaza the city of ashkelon has been hit repeatedly by hamas rockets. it has been very stressful but we are following the government's instructions we have faith in the army and our creator. god is not israel's only front in an intensifying conflict in the west bank tensions new highs as palestinians exchange rocks and gunfire with israeli soldiers for the 1st time this week palestinians died in numbers on the streets of the territory. the united states has sent a diplomat to try and broker a cease fire between israel and hamas but as flames and fighting spread across the holy land peace seems like a distant prospect. on this i'm joined by shiny

resonance. thanks for coming in. israeli police were expecting clashes with palestinians after last night's friday prayers what happened. it was a it was a night was as we've seen in all the nights of also a very violent night we've seen it inside israel we've seen attacks in the cities where we see arabs and jews living together we've seen an arab kid in java that has been targeted by. basically his house was out in fire and he's now hospitalized but we've also seen in gaza bombings going on we've just heard about the family the 7. victims of the same family in gaza that have been. hit by israeli forces we're expecting a very sensitive very delicate very tense day now because this is not a day this is the day when palestinians commemorate a mention their biggest catastrophe the grounding of the state of israel so we are expecting

a lot of clashes between palestinians and israelis israeli forces not necessarily in the gaza region but in the west bank in jerusalem. hebron where we've also seen a lot of clashes during the night we've seen 12 palestinians from the west bank died this night so this will still keep on today and we see that this conflict that we're seeing between gaza and gaza meaning hamas and israel also has different. platforms where we see also happening sub. categories that are opening up in jerusalem in the west bank this is what hamas exactly is aiming at and is very proud of achieving so tensions running very high with possible escalation how likely is it that will see a cease fire well actually we need to separate we're seeing we're seeing on the ground the sort of momentum definitely encouraged by the not by day that we're seeing but if we listen very carefully to the music to what we're hearing from the leadership and diplomatic channels we actually see there's greater effort than we've heard before to try and get

a ceasefire we've seen the american envoy coming to the region quite. late on the 6th day only but he will be pushing very hard for that we see the egyptians saying there is trying to make more grounds in the discussions with israelis and hamas in gaza so this is what we see 2 levels now on the one hand there's to still a grounds which actually helps the negotiations in a way in getting more upper hand you know this is the fight is who is going to have the upper hand in retreating away from this conflict and sort of not showing that they have surrendered so this is happening on the ground the clashes but on the other hand we've seen we're seeing on the on the diplomatic channels or some progress being made how important is that diplomatic angle of the u.n. security council meeting tomorrow how important is that we've seen that in the past unless we see strong diplomatic pressure we see international community stepping in this is not going to subside. and deescalate for itself i mean israeli and

palestinians they both wanted to be over but they need help no one wants to admit they want to be over and unless they get help which is the pressure of the international community we're probably not going to see the escalating for itself. tough days ahead. thanks very much for coming in. as this life has conflict rages palestinians and older one saturday is now also known as the catastrophe it commemorates the displacement of hundreds of thousands of palestinian arabs during the 1st arab israeli war which began on this day in 48 protests around the globe calling for the recognition of palestinian nation and. when britain officially withdrew from palestine in may 1948 jewish leaders announced to the creation of a new state to be known through to many palestinians the day is no it is not also called the palestinian catastrophe what followed was

a bloody conflict between arab states and israel and for palestinians the memory of displacement never forgotten for them is a day rooted in historical tragedy. but its symbolism is still felt strongly today with the fight for statehood still ongoing. many palestinians hope by continuing to assert their culture they will keep the collective sense of nationhood alive and potentially do the knock. today is normally marked with demonstrations not just in the palestinian territories but all over the world. at times the events have turned into confrontations with israeli security forces. the recent unrest sparked by the potential conviction of palestinians from their farms by israeli authorities to add more fuel to the fire for those commemorating

this day. and a vigil against anti semitism has been held in gales and cash in western germany earlier this week demonstrators shouted anti jewish slogans outside the city's synagogue but on friday supporters rallied in solidarity with jewish communities police estimate around 300 people told caught the spokes person for chancellor angela merkel said germany will not tolerate anti semitic protests although peaceful protests against israel's policies were allowed some of those took place in other german cities such as. well as turn out some other news making headlines around the world india continues to struggle with a shortage of medical supplies and oxygen in a 2nd wave of covert 19 the government has warned of a surge in rural areas and says it's mobilizing the military to contain the spread on saturday a stray or send its 1st repatriation of flight after a ban on entry from india expired. in the us the family of

a black man killed by police in columbus ohio will receive a $10000000.00 settlement from city authorities andre hill was shot dead last december as he emerged from a garage the police officer was. mist probes into the shooting are ongoing. to tornadoes have struck central and eastern china authorities say at least 10 people were killed and more than $300.00 injured winds of more than 100 kilometers per hour ripped through the city of will happen on friday night destroying homes and damaging construction sites just. chill a is gearing up for elections this weekend to choose a special assembly that will draft a new constitution it says existing chanted date back decades to the kind of general it just opened a shit the initiative was spurred on by mass protests back in 29 take the constitutional conventions 155 delegates will have a year to draft a new text. the colombian authorities are warning that anti-government protests

threaten to prolong and devastating 3rd wave of the coronavirus pandemic on friday confirmed deaths from covert 9 tain past 80000 and hospital wards are full but the protesters are undeterred they say little has been done about another death toll that of demonstrate has shown by security forces data was johann ramirez's in cali where people have been taking to the streets to demand on says. these demonstrators in cali are headed for the pan-american highway. to blockade one of colombia's most important trade routes. their protests have met fierce resistance including being shot at i. organizers say the justice system has shown no interest in investigating the shooting. who never ever ever

so far we have not been informed about any investigation. also nothing about our people who have gone missing or about the women raped by. police officials. the state doesn't listen it's a dictatorship that's oppressing the people more and more. human rights activists have joined in. organizers see them as a way to increase visibility for their cause. people ask us to help so that the international community contributes. we need the international community to contribute so that life is respected in this country. during this absolutely dignified struggle for justice. that struggle has cost the lives of almost 50 people in recent weeks according to human rights activists in

this cow the neighborhood people offer evidence of the violence they faced. they claim that security forces shoot at them with live ammunition and point to these bullet holes as proof. that it. is that this little hole was caused by these things the police shoot at us. they insist that they shoot rubber bullets but look at this video to see. what started as a rally against tax reform has turned into more than 2 weeks of protests 'd. it's threatening the political order with calls for the president's resignation growing louder. despite calls to cancel the olympics tokyo organizers have held a test event for skateboarding as sport set to make its debut at the summer games

only japanese skaters took part and no spectators were announced most athletes won't feel in pics to go ahead and these skank orders on no different covert 19 precautions included mandatory mask wearing and social distancing. and while formula one has canceled the turkish grown prey of a covert 19 concerns the race was only included in the calendar 2 weeks ago as a replacement for the scrap canadian grand prix and now it too is gone it will be replaced by a 2nd event in austria you travel restrictions on behind the latest cancellation. and watching data really news here's a reminder of the top story we're following for you the death toll has risen in the escalating conflict between israel and hamas militants palestinian medics say at least 12 people were killed overnight to a new wave of israeli air strikes against targets in gaza among them was said to be 7 members of a family at a refugee camp. some culture is up next after

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