the coronavirus a. special monday to friday on w. . cases date up any news live from birthday and more deadly conflict between israel and hamas militants tanks fire all targets in gaza or after hamas launches a wave of overnight rockets and israeli airstrike kills at least 10 palestinians including children also coming up demonstrators in colombia say they're willing to shut down the country's most important trade routes until they get answers about

dozens of people shot dead in anti-government protests our reporter has the latest from cali. i'm rebecca ridge has welcome to the program the death toll continues to rise in the conflict between israel and hamas militants overnight a bone from an israeli air raid struck a residential building in gaza killing at least 10 people including children it's the deadliest single strike so far in this most recent conflict. militants launched hundreds of rockets into what is round some hitting residential areas at least 126 people have been killed in gaza since monday while in israel at least 7 people have died the conflict has now also spread to the west bank the largest palestinian territory. in an instant the 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. 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 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 new album lot . 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 exchanged 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. devaney report to resign as has reported extensively on the region and is following this latest conflict for us funny thanks

for coming in things still clearly very tense in the region looked to be getting tense what happened overnight what do we say playing out well as you saying it's still very sensitive tense tense situation we need to watch out when we're talking about we're talking about 3 different scenes of course separate and intertwined at the same time so we have the gaza border israel gaza clashes we've seen areas we've seen bombing this night was extremely deadly with families we've seen in the refugee camp a family of 5 children 6 children sorry and their mothers both of them. got hit by israeli bombs so this is happening on one front we have the internal israeli clashes that are going on there will go on today as well today is not but days the days palestinians mention and commemorate their catastrophe in defending of the state of israel and the 3rd front is what we're seeing you know. connected to the

2nd one is the internal strife and also the one in the west bank you know we see palestinians there led by fatah forces that are also commemorating the not but day and that is also bringing a lot of hypersensitivity today to the region yes seriously a complex issue obviously that can't be overstated one of the chances we'll see a cease fire any time soon well actually not too bad it seems like the arrival of the american envoy and the american and the egyptian. efforts are paying off so far if we were listening tuning in very carefully to some of the statements we're seeing from leadership on both sides realize they want to deescalate they're looking for the way out no. he wants to admit defeat nobody wants to seem to weaken the one interested more in the escalation or in a ceasefire but the next few 24 hours i would say will probably be crucial in getting this breakthrough and we might be seeing things winding down finally calls

for calm and this sort of international diplomacy you talking about was saying the u.n. security council be meeting tomorrow how important is that international diplomacy in terms of this can be it's crucial it's vital we have been the hamas and israel do not have direct talks never had so if we want to get these 2 sides to agree on something we need a 3rd party mediator either they americans or maybe sometimes use of european forces definitely egyptians are very effective in that and we need that international community's pressure in order to bring both sides down from the high you know letter that they're coming into ceasefire into deescalating into no malice e. which is always tense but at least quite peaceful and not as harmful for the civilians is of course isn't the 1st time we're saying conflict in the region it's no doubt not going to be the last can you put it in context for us how serious is this conflict when compared to other ones in recent years it's quite serious we've seen hamas being far more effective more strategically operating than we've seen before

israeli forces were quite surprised by that and we need to keep in mind what we're seeing here also is quite different in the use of civil of the civilians into this war there are always you know in the middle east it's always like that there always unfortunately civilians part of the war but in this war in particular what we've seen israel strategically doing is aiming to the. scrapers of the residential areas of gaza from the beginning trying to put pressure on hamas through civil societies suffering and we've seen gaza rockets for you know going directly into the heart of israeli cities and you know having 7 casualties on the israeli side of course the proportions in numbers is nothing you know it's unbelievable that this proportions of livable but at the same time what we see. is quite big achievements haha must 77 casualties of these were is a lot for hamas and they know that which is partially why they want to finish this to bring this down because they cannot gain much more they know that. thank you

very much an arizona reporter. as this latest conflict rages palestinians and marking an older one as we just mentioned today is now day which commemorates the displacement of hundreds of thousands of palestinian arabs during the 1st arab israeli war which began on this day in 19488 years see is 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 farms by israeli authorities to add more fuel to the fire for those commemorating this day. and meanwhile a vigil against anti semitism has been held in girls in cash and in western germany earlier this week demonstrators shouted anti jewish slogans outside the city synagogue and on friday supporters rallied in solidarity with jewish communities

police estimate around 300 people took part in the spokes person for chancellor angela merkel said germany will not tolerate anti semitic protests while peaceful protests against israel's policies were allowed some of those took place in other german cities such as but. let's turn now to some other stories making headlines around the world 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 is here merge from a gala the police officer was dismissed probes into the shooting are ongoing. india continues to struggle with shortages of medical supplies and oxygen in a 2nd wave of coated 19 the government has warned of a surge in rural areas it says it's mobilizing the military to try and contain the spread on saturday a stray it sent its 1st repatriation flight after

a ban on entry from india expired. in poland. restaurants and bars have opened for the 1st time in 7 months the government has also dropped a requirement to wear masks altos many business owners decided to open at midnight to welcome back custom is covered 19 restrictions had only allowed take away food and drinks since last autumn. colombian authorities are warning that anti-government protests threaten to prolong a devastating 3rd wave of the pandemic on friday confirmed deaths from covenanting past 18000 and hospital wards are full but the protest is undeterred they say little has been done about another death toll that of demonstrators shot by security forces they double as johan ramirez in cali where people have been taken to the streets to demand. 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. deaths 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 the. 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 in. that struggle has cost the lives of almost 50 people in recent weeks according to human rights activists in this county neighborhood people offer evidence of the violence they faced. they claimed that security forces shoot at them with live ammunition and point to these bullet holes as proof. that in another area 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 guy that is their god will they say you don't know. 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. in sport formula one has canceled the turkish grown prey of a covert 19 concerns the rice was only included in the calendar 2 weeks ago as a replacement for the scrapped canadian grand prix and now it too is gone it'll be replaced by a 2nd event in austria you travel restrictions on behind the latest cancellation. and despite calls to cancel the olympics tokyo organizers have held a test event to skate boarding a sport set to make its debut at the summer games only japanese gators took part a no spectators were allowed most athletes do want the olympics to go ahead and these skateboarders and no different covert 9 table cautions included mandatory mask wearing and social distancing. you're watching data news has

a reminder of the top story following for you the death toll continues to rise in the conflict between israel and hamas militants several people were killed when an israeli bomb struck an apartment building in gaza meanwhile hamas militants launched hundreds of rockets towards israel some hitting residential area it's. coming up after a short break in sports life we'll have more news for you at the top of the hour in the meantime as always our web site w dot com. i'm rebecca riches thanks watching. i think is everything challenging 1st off i mean a muslim. much different culture between here and there challenging for

empathy or and. finish honestly i think it was worth it for me to come to.