and a hamas rocket struck his house others narrowly escaped death. 2 more meters and it would have been my house. coming out. israel's destruction of this gaza building hosting several media outlets has raised international concern israel says it was also used by a hamas intelligence operation associated press has demanded evidence and says the world will now know less about what is happening in gaza. on saturday she held for 10 family members killed in an earlier israeli airstrike only a baby survived desperate diplomatic efforts are underway to broker a cease fire and avoid more such tragedies. i'm joined now from tel aviv by paul hirsh on a spokesperson for the israeli foreign ministry i really appreciate your joining us

a d.j. sure and i want to start by asking why the israeli military is bombing the offices of foreign press organizations in gaza. well thank you for inviting me it's nice to be with you we don't look bombing the offices. chris for 'd al-jazeera or any other media what we're doing is military to all gets in. the case you're talking about its business building up to get which house. its offices the military intelligence it how's come us off this is the research and development for military equipment development and installed on the building in or on the building. at the same time it will also separate to become us and didn't is that. they were offices yes they were in crates and this is precisely the problem with the behavior of us he

said they all did look at the thought that the aging themselves in civilian populations civilian institutions in mosques in hospitals. and in this particular case in a building which also june of this be taught the goal is the road the military infrastructure. their organization while minimizing as far as possible civilian costs i think that the point that you didn't mention which which really needs to. he emphasized is that. the reason is because we. wanted to make sure. we would be. protected. if i can just follow up we certainly appreciate the word we're hearing from you but

as you well know the israeli military has so far provided no evidence of hamas activity in the building associated press says it was in this building for 15 years and had no indication a mosque was operating there they also say they actively check because they would never knowingly put their journalists at risk and they're calling on your government to provide evidence for the justification for attacking the building will you provide that evidence rather than providing the sound bites we hear from you which we do appreciate. well i think you you can imagine that might be a lot easier if i could provide evidence to you right now. during this this brawl cost and i really wish i could do that the truth of the matter is that we are in the midst of a military campaign and i think you can understand that there's a lot of intelligence which is not something that we can at this point i

hope the soonest possible and as much as possible that we will i think that there are 2 things that should be also that could be done at the moment in the one he also. says what they think of the credibility of our intelligence services and i think that you will get a consistent message from almost any intelligence service around the world will tell you that leaks a. pretty good. i'm just sort of interrupt you we just have a limited time there's so many questions i want to get from you the a.p. statement on the attack on the building also says and i quote here the world will know less about what is happening in gaza because of what happened there was that the real purpose of the airstrike to prevent international reporting to intimidate the foreign press and certainly something as a. journalist circles. under no circumstances whatsoever

israel is a country which has a free press and facilitates brace. what happened here. between ourselves and the the meat yeah it was. not at all easy for you as soon as you can imagine ok we've been very good relationship with them but we're talking about engaging the militia. defense forces and the hamas and palestinian islamic jihad. so let me stay with the. the u.s. president joe biden has spoken to your prime minister benjamin netanyahu by phone in expression of strong support for israel strikes in gaza as a response to hamas missile missile attacks but he also raised concerns about the protection of journalists and perhaps more importantly civilian casualties and is really airstrike yesterday killed 8 young children from 2 families the latest strikes in gaza city have reportedly killed at least 23 people do you know how many

of those were hamas fighters and how many were regular everyday civilians. you know this train. and that. conversation and i'll tell you this too many civilians have been killed on both sides of this conflict and if you're single civilian. we're in a situation where we are doing what we can and we're doing a lot to minimize and to avoid civilian casualties. is doing the opposite they've sent 2800 missiles into israel that 2800 war crimes. have been told that's located from civilian locations such as the building which houses. media offices ok so it's not an easy situation and i will say

this to you and that is that history shows us and the numbers we have asked for points in this direction as well it's the same with all of. these. comments and. all the counters in modern military history now that still we still try and even. so what i can't let me let me i'm going to have to interrupt walter and i feel so badly doing it. but the united nations security council will meet later today to discuss this latest conflict between israel and hamas is really accept any decision the council makes to try and stop this fighting. i think that what we will probably do is call on the security council and the international community to join us come us i think you would agree with me any source from countries. whose capital is

attacked on the national holiday celebrating the existence of that capital. cannot sit back and say in such a situation i think we're at the point that we all sort of in the process of ensuring that when the scene of the. if and when they move from hiding underground they will understand that this is been a mistake terrible mistake that they made that they shouldn't make again if i may i i would like to just to complete the point from from the previous question all of the 2800 rockets. into israel 430 you have blended in short lending inside the court strip we know of at least 20 civilian casualties civilian deaths amongst the palestinians killed by. rockets i'm not saying that is the total number we know that's not going to be the total

number i'm not saying it's the new casualties since that have been caused by hamas rockets but we do know of at least 20 so here's what we see in the gaza strip as a result of that 160 usually high number by the way which would indicate the issues with their rockets no gender so there has been no solution or their career has been again on both sides there's no question about that but i do want to ask you this other question i mean there are critical voices in israel. suggesting that this crisis has come at a very opportune moment for your embattled prime minister benjamin netanyahu distracting israelis from corruption allegations against him and his failure to form a government has netanyahu done enough to prevent tension from rising to the point where we are now which is open conflict in the streets in towers of gaza and in your own country. you know we're all aware of the conspiracy theories that.

everybody knows what's going on in the internal issues and to get into. the facts of the matter is that we were celebrating the reunification of jerusalem in jerusalem. and then continued. almost everywhere in israel it will understand exactly what people. see how we go to the point that we are in a conflict that we didn't want to be in we don't want to be in. so i don't want to speak to into the israeli politics but i think that if you go and you speak the the opposition politicians and you will find that they are standing firm the government and the military i think will have to leave it there are so many more questions for you sir in this ongoing situation but we do appreciate your making time for assess the israeli foreign ministry spokesman paul. thank you.

i'm joined now by me unicef special representative to the state of palestine really appreciate your joining us here on d w in this latest round of fighting at least 52 children are reported killed in gaza and 2 in israel scores of other children were injured how is unicef operating there to try to protect children. new research is mandated by the commission of that or to challenge it to birth day. in particular in difficult situation we need to remember that. being a child. it was very difficult before even before it is in it is condition and it just to give an example of one man out of preaching before does this collision with the media of. pork and talking about the 230000 cheating

worker to continue to. we had before. this collision and everything make sure that the protective they find shelter safety and then they can have access to media. moment it is very difficult on the ground we've heard so many reports about many gazans seeking refuge in a un run school can you tell us more about the conditions there. ok we're interested to remember that energy future with electricity and water and sanitation whether it be a problem he's got a current situation so we need to make sure that. where we called it is you need to make she said. service he said but what is needed now is really to ensure that it eases a good hour provision of humanitarian aid supplies including the so much needed if

you will to hand it to the city today and it would tear the selling nation plant it what it treatment plant into issued id those shelters that they're safe and they provide to the average for children and their families in the community that's when what i'm hearing you say is that conditions were were not so great before this latest conflict and they're even worse now so what children need the most at this point. what is most needed on their moment is for all parties to escalate into stop the violence petition in safety in need to be able to find. protection from that from the kind of situation and find a way to be united with their families as well and in access to services the situation was very difficult before where gas a's nowhere safe to go

and it is one of the most highly densely populated areas in the world it in half of the population is children so we're talking about one young children in gaza at the moment we know where to go you know we have less than a minute in less than half a minute but i do want to ask you on friday we spoke to mathias mala the gaza director of the un relief and works agency and he told us that he's worried about the cult collective mental health of people in gaza specially children this is also one of your main concerns my own. children raising. fears of coffee and a man that has torn the disease having originations very heavy and well out of 3 children before this commission was are in the need of these social support and mental health services and these numbers are undoubtedly going up in the last few days. that is me unicef special representative to the state of

palestine really appreciate your time thank you. the conflict in the middle east has brought people onto the streets in cities worldwide to protest against the violence here in germany thousands have marched in support of the palestinians. campaigners around the world organized rallies to condemn the violence in the middle east and to commemorate not by the displacement of hundreds of thousands of palestinians when the state of israel was created in 1048 most of saturday's events were peaceful although in berlin police broke up at least one pro palestinian gathering and arrested several demonstrators still the people made their voices heard. i just want it to be peace between jews muslims and christians we're all human human imagination and there. my message is that the bombarding and

the killing should stop. in a war there are only losers there is no winner. in this case children are dying on both sides. and that's not nice. elsewhere in the city a smaller gathering backing these rallies but most of the rallies around the world have been in support of the palestinians. in france police fired tear gas in an attempt to break up a rally in the north of paris crowds gathered even though city authorities had banned the march fearing an outbreak of anti semitic violence. there was also solidarity down under with a pro palestinian gathering in sydney. as the renewed violence deepens the rift in the middle east many are around the world are uniting in protest.

some other stories now making headlines around the world at this hour thousands of people have been productive. casting in haiti's capital port au prince calling for an end to the island's kidnapping crisis criminals industry imminently take women children locals and foreigners for ransom the united nations says 234 people were abducted last year that's 3 times as many as the year before. pope francis has celebrated mass in honor of mir and more he repeated his calls for peace and end to the violence there that has left hundreds dead in nearly 4 months military seized power in a coup do railing the country's tentative progress towards full democracy. researchers looking to bring high speed internet access to users worldwide are taking their mission to space space x. launched another batch of store broadband satellites from cape canaveral in the

u.s. state of florida on saturday the reusable falcon 9 rocket carried $52.00 satellites on board this marks the aerospace companies 15th falcon flight this year. to colombia now where demonstrations against the government are intensifying in one city protesters set fire to a police facility after 17 year old detainee who claimed she'd been groped and harassed by officers committed suicide authorities say more than 40 people have died in 3 weeks of clashes between protesters and police. the office of the so-called immediate reaction units police force in the city of kopi are set ablaze after allegations of abuse of a detainee who later took her own life. the alleged incident of abuse up the ante for activists in cities like bogota the protests actually started april 28th to oppose suggested tax increases on fuel

wages and pensions. those proposals were withdrawn but they helped pull young people onto the streets as reports emerged of police brutality deaths and disappearances. yet the violence the excessive use of the police and the armed forces in general have touched my emotions so it was obvious that i would come and speak our. animals in a hand up and. we have a clear agenda police reform and the scrapping of the health law and how does this government respond assaulting our sisters killing us this is a clear example of social discontent this is no longer about political parties people are tired of the killings that's why we're here colombia's deputy attorney general says a task force has been formed to look into allegations of police abuse the government has shown interest in meeting with protesters as well but tear gas death

and disappearances have kept opposition leaders on the streets trying to dodge whatever security forces are throwing their way. well the spread of the krona virus appears to be slowing in india cases there have been fallen for the 3rd day in a row raising hope that the worst could soon be over but deaths from over 1000 are still rising more than 4000 people have died in the past 24 hours alone as the death toll mounts disposing of the dead is becoming increasingly difficult. bodies strewn along the river bank victims of india's coronavirus catastrophe. ha ha the ganges meanders through a village and the water flows very slowly here so the bloated corpses get caught on the river bank it's turned the whole area into

a pile of bodies. as desperation takes hold in the scramble for coated 19 vaccines and treatment india's 2nd wave is also affecting the disposal of the dead state officials believe some families are unable to afford the costs of commission as demand skyrockets according to official numbers india has suffered nearly $4000.00 deaths per day for over a week but the true death toll may be even higher. wherever they can people are taking advantage of other people's misery i saw it at a commission site where they were charging exorbitant fees relatives a hopeless as they have no other choice they have to pay whatever is demanded no matter how unreasonable. there are small signs of improvement the rapid spread of the virus seems to be slowing sparking hope that social distancing measures may be starting to have an effect. more

vaccines are also on their way a 2nd batch of russia's. landed on sunday but getting enough vaccine to protect india's 1300000000 population will take time for now indians are left picking up the pieces of the devastation left behind. here are some other major developments in the pandemic britain has warned that a fast spreading grown a virus variant 1st identified in india is likely to become the dominant strain of the virus in the u.k. that could be. up the country's reopening plans authorities in taiwan have appealed to people to avoid panic buying earlier the government imposed new restrictions on gatherings and movement to stop a spike in infections and 2 months before the tokyo olympics 60 percent of japanese favor the cancellation of the games that's according to a new opinion poll the country is battling a 4th wave of corona virus infections and only one percent of the population has

been fully vaccinated sport now and face bremen in the bonus legal with both teams barely above the drop zone out came away from the encounter victorious securing another season in top flight the loss left bremen in deep trouble and with a new coach. the message was simple and. the fans believe anything less than a win for their team could mean having to prepare for the 2nd division even with one more game to play. their coach marcus find it too and so did very braman coach florian cole felt his team was an even worse shape trailing 2 points behind. but things swung in his team's favor in the 13th minute when outscored midfielder ruben vargas was given his walking papers for attempting to kick an opponent which took v.a.r. to confirm it man advantage better braman.

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or however can breathe easy now they get to remain in the top flight next season oh and its final league game coming up it's against byron munich and a very hungry robert levin dosti on the hunt for the all time bundesliga goal scoring title a match of housework will be glad not to have to win. well you heard that right rob 11 desk has tied the record for the most been his leading goals in a season for you to be exact in byron's draw with freiburg on saturday the polish striker scored from the penalty spot in the 1st half equaling legend gird mula the record has stood for almost 50 years and live in dusty could even break it in byron's last game of the season. coming up after the break arts $21.00 will focus on postcolonial europe and the significance of memory through watching the.

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