bases d.w. news live from the air and more deadly conflict between israel and hamas militants tanks opened fire on targets on gaza after hamas launches a wave of overnight rockets and an israeli airstrike kills at least 10 palestinians including children also coming up it's a lesson and be careful what you wish full before the pandemic ran as one of the drastic cuts and the number of tourists coming to visit now the canal city is gong to listen singing a different feel. i'm

rebecca ritter's welcome to the program the death toll continues to rise in the conflict between israel and hamas militants and overnight israeli air strike killed at least 10 palestinians in the deadliest single bombing so far israeli tanks have recently resume firing on targets in gaza city and comes in response to hundreds of rockets fired by hamas towards israel last night hitting residential areas at least $126.00 people have been killed in gaza since monday while in israel at least 7 have died the conflict has now also spread to the west bank the largest palestinian territory. in an instant the 6 story building was reduced to rubble. whole 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. that 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 when our children were screaming that they wanted to get away when we woke up we found everything behind us destroyed there's nothing left you know anything about. 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. gaza 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. d.w. reporter resigned as has reported extensively on the region and is following this latest conflict for us closely charlie thanks for coming in israeli police were expecting clashes last night after friday prayers what happened well in the west

bank which has been the main seen so far we've seen lots of clashes we've seen levon casualties you know in the last 24 hours with you know in the west bank we've seen in israel a lot of the internal strife and seen between arabs and jews go on this this evening some tragic results with children wounded and so on and we've seen gaza the main scene still going on with bombings from both sides palestinian hamas bombing mostly the southern part of israel and israel retaliated. with air strikes that we've seen very deadly tonight including a family and 7 and 7 casualties fortunately tensions still running very high how likely is it do you think that we'll see a cease fire any times actually i think that good chances if we're listening to what's happening on the diplomatic political level seeing more and more hints that the leadership is going there both israel and hamas no they don't have much more to

gain and there is always the fear that a tiny little incident a rocket going off shoot either in israel or in gaza or any you know any any person coming up in the west bank anything can you know this is such a sensitive situation nobody wants to see it getting out of hand ridiculous as it may sound because we are in the midst of a war but this is kind of a known routine this dynamic. fire and you know back and forth retaliation is a hamas both sides are coming used to it they know where they have their dynamics it is quite known around this so they wanted to deescalate they wanted to come to an end now the key is to find the letter to climb down the tree you know how we do that. international pressure international mediators who seen the americans sending their envoy to the region we have the egyptians very active hopefully soon we will see results of that and i you mentioned that diplomacy there were also of course expecting the u.n. security council meeting tomorrow just how katie how important is the role of that

kind of diplomacy in terms of vital in this region very much winter remember hamas and israel officially never have direct talks so unless we have a 3rd party coming in it's not going to happen un's pressure you know it's almost symbolic however very important for israel israel wants to see itself as part of the nation of the international community to be seen as recognizing international law in a way you know in a very limited capacity obviously so they want to keep playing by the rules so this pressure has a lot of meaning and hopefully. also we need to remember if you look at past experiences about we're down to 6 day about a week this is usually the maximum that we're seeing there's also a jewish holiday coming up tomorrow jews will be the israelis we happy to lead their troops coming home you know for the holiday. yeah i think the next 24 hours a very crucial talk about pasta experiences there i mean this is of course

a very volatile region this isn't the 1st time we've seen conflict. not be the last how does this particular conflict compare with the previous ones we've seen in recent years i think israelis were surprised with hamas how determined they were how well equipped and you know are to lara's they have you know the missiles shooting all the way to drizzle and to live even far beyond being very assertive and determined and that i don't think israelis have expected that to go that far so intensively so in that aspect it's somewhat of something new. however and we also need to keep in mind that to now we've managed to others use in office to keep the calm and this is sort of break of routine for him. so in a way we see new features of but the music is the same music we've known we've known this dynamic for too long you know this region thank you very much shannon's back on us thanks for coming in. as this latest conflict

rages palestinians are marking an older one as we just mentioned today is national park day which commemorates the displacement of hundreds of thousands of palestinian arabs during the 1st arab israeli war which began on this day in 1948 each hearsays protests around the globe calling for the recognition of the palestinian nation and when britain officially withdrew from palestine in may 948 jewish leaders announced the creation of a new state to be known as israel. to many palestinians though the day is known as nakba 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 undo the naacp. the day 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 homes by israeli authorities to add more fuel to the fire for those commemorating this day. meanwhile a vigil against anti-semitism has been held in gales incursion 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 took part a spokesperson for chancellor angela merkel said germany will not tolerate and he

semantic protests peaceful protests against israel's policies were allowed some of those took place in other german cities such as berlin. let's turn on some other stories making headlines around the world now in the u.s. 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 dismissed probes into the shooting are ongoing. india continues to struggle with shortages of medical supplies and oxygen during a 2nd wave of covert 90 the government has warned of a surge in rural areas and says it's mobilizing the military to try and contain the spread on saturday a stray sent its 1st repatriation flight after a ban on entry from india. in poland restaurants and bars have opened for the 1st.

time in 7 months the government is also dropped her of climb into a moscow tools many business owners decided to open it midnight to welcome back to customers code 19 restrictions have only allowed take away food and drinks since last time. than before the pandemic venice was overrun with tourists and wanted to restrict the number now though it has a very different problem empty streets and waterways in a city that depends on tourism data really is max and the reports on how venice is looking to strike the right balance as it reopens to business. a gondola ride is probably the most romantic experience you can have here in venice even for veteran motorists you get a little. move up or so when we take someone with a story we try to make them live the dream. he is one of the city's roughly $600.00 s. usually carlotta would do 3 tours a day but the penn demick has practically run them out of business both already

from october to now i've only done one ride this city just came out of a lockdown but said marks we are still eerily quiet the world famous coffee remains closed during the week over the years venice became almost entirely dependent on tourism and the pandemic with its travel restrictions and lock downs for the labor of the issue these cafe's here once popular tourist destinations are now are closed due to a lack of customers but now there seems to be some light at the end of the tunnel though nobody really knows how exactly and when tourism will restart. some have hopes that a new start will bring changes that it was otto is an activist with finesse yet dot com the group installed this counter in the window of a pharmacy to help publicize the declining number of residents 50965 is the actual number of people's. citizens living today here in venice that's 30

people less than a week before over tourism has been driving people out of the city but the problem is more complicated than that it's a very strange situation we don't want too much tori's it because it would suffocate the place but at the same time we can't live without tourism in a place where everyone lives off tourism one way or another it is difficult to find a balance the city's tourism councillor says that the situation is not unique to venice but rather venice is in need of a unique solution. on its venice has not been sold out in a derogatory sense all tourist cities have experienced the last few years in the absence of very well super tech certain segments of the city as a 1st step the city has begun to closely monitor visitor numbers starting next year tourists will have to pay a fee to enter the city but more it's

a kind of local miss is that what some people consider the bad old days of the. i would also go back to what it was like 2 years ago with a few less people maybe but it wasn't a massacre like they were saying it was sustainable. but you know the debate over the future of tourism in venice is far from over but for now most people here cannot wait for visitors to return. data billy news has 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 a at least 12 people were killed overnight in a new wave of israeli air strikes against targets in gaza among them was said to be 7 members of a family and a refugee camp. and that set the.

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