ah ah ah, this is dw news coming to you live from berlin. israel retaliates to rocket fire from gaza, proud air strikes, hit militant targets, amid rising tensions following an israeli rate only occupied westbank that left 9 dead. also coming up, russia unleashes another deadly barrage of missiles and drones on you craned

and germany prepares to commemorate the victims of the nazi era. this year's remembrance ceremony focuses on those persecuted for their sexual orientation and identity. bless olympic ah hello, i'm terry martin. good to have you with us. israel's military says it has carried out air strikes on militant targets in gaza. the strikes come hours after rockets were launched from the palestinian territory. israel says 3 out of 5 rockets were intercepted by the iron dome air defense system. no casualties have been reported on either side. the escalation comes after these really military conducted a deadly raid in the west bank city of jeanine. palestinian authority says 9 people were killed in the operation which is says was intended to thwart an imminent

attack. palestinians blocked the streets of janine to bury their dead. they say one of the victims was a 60 year old woman. this video released by his real shows, troops moving in on a house in the jenin refugee camp in a rare daytime raid. israel said the house was being used by suspected militants plotting an attack against israelis. this is what was left of the home after the military and at detonated explosives being used by the suspects. the 3 hour rate is being described as the deadliest israeli operation in the west bank. into decades. the jeanine refugee camp is considered a stronghold for the militant palestinian organisation islamic jihad islamic jihad is designated as a terrorist organization by the you. one of the groups leaders bout defiance after

the raid or resistance will carry on. we will not back down from confronting the occupier. we will not be intimidated by the raid quickly triggered palestinian protests and clashes with israeli police. israel's by right national security minister praised the mission and reiterated that troops have the government's full backing. it was invalid. i want to congratulate the anti terrorism forces. the shin bet yes. who carried out a successful operation last night that we support a soldiers in the war against terrorists against the militancy. neg them hugley. israel has put its forces on heightened alert during more attacks. palestinian anger has been on the rise since israel's new governing coalition. the most bar right ever took power last month. u. s. secretary of state antony blink and is due to visit both israel and the palestinian territories next week. and a bid to help deescalate tensions for more were joined now by sammy suckle

freelance journalist in jerusalem. sammy, is there any sign that tensions are easing now after this flare up in violence between israel and the palestinian territories? yes. well give you the best sign is maybe the fact that we've seen that the schools around the gaza strip inside israel are open as usual. now we know that if the military is seeing that there will be some more rocket attacks coming in from the gaza strip off. they usually do is that they announce that the home front command announced that all schools will be shut out within a certain range from the gaza strip. not the fact that the kids is or any kids are going back to school in the area surrounding the gaza. strip would kind of give you kind of an indication that we're not expected to see more rockets flying in from the gaza strip. so what we're seeing now is that israel a received

a rockets that were not from garza but there were no casualties than israel striped back into the gaza strip during the night. but again, there were no casualties. on the other side, there was damage to infrastructure belonging to some of the militant organizations . and now we're seeing a kind of a lull. and of course you have to see where it's going to head towards. now the palestinian authority has said that it's halted cooperation with israeli authorities security cooperation. what consequences could that have d. this is a very important component of between israel and the palestinian authority is a little authority to a large extent relies on this kind of security coordination in its combat against some of the militants in the west bank. but again, we'd see the state and in the past,

and we don't know how long this will last and day. i would assume that with the arrival of the secretary of state, anthony blinking in next week in the region meeting both with israeli officials and palestinian fissions. this is also something that could be affixed and we've seen it also happen in the past. these kinds of announcements, it would no doubt, we're in a very tense situation between israel and the palestinian authority, who is very angry with these they kings a yesterday in geneva. indeed, detentions, running very high. there's a lot of anger, what's the situation than in the west bank right now. sammy yeah, i'll that i can tell you i was, i was in jeanine yesterday and this situation over there was very tense, a people there are very angry and they expect that there would be sort of darky

with the g need after the killing of people in geneva, they expect the palestinian authority, they expect the factions, they expect hamas, they strictly islamic jihad to retaliate. and we know that the policy know, sorry he has announced the 3 day morning period. and we know that there is their cause to go and put from israel a soldiers and will be seen yesterday. we've seen growth this. we've seen a one palestinian killed yesterday in these protests and were yet to see what will happen today, which is friday. sammy, thank you very much, journalists semi circled there in jerusalem. russia has pounded ukraine with a barrage of missiles and drones. ukraine says it's shot down most of them, but that the attack has left at least 11 people dead. the strikes came directly after western allies promised to send ukraine more powerful weapons to help repel

russia's invasion. canada is the latest country to promise leopard tanks for ukraine's army. this is all that remains of her lena banassi anne's home on the outskirts of keep the huge crate at the sight of a russian missile hurts. don't like the police says she was at home when the attack happened, but miraculously escaped without injury for you. i was in my bedroom in the house was hit to him cuz you had to crawl out through the destroyed walls. she's now lost her home and everything in it. elsewhere in the capitol, another missile killed one person and wounded 2 others on the plaza. it's not the 1st time this is the 4th or 5th time. we have already lost count with visible the latest attacks had critical infrastructure across the

country. here in odessa, power facilities were damaged, forcing residents to q for emergency water supplies. so this woman slid here from here, san with her children. she says the war is taking its tolerably away with him, the deeds of we hope that all of it will pass me with it. i. colleges will work with the children after today's attack has got kind of scary again with the best in the shelling started today in the power and then water out. the children started to be nervous again, but yet any to the fresh shelling comes just one day after ukraine's waste and allies confirmed. they would seem tanks to help troops repel rushes invasion for ukrainian suffering from russia's aggression like helena, their arrival can come soon enough. we spoke earlier to keith's mayor,

battalion glitch go, we asked him how rushes attacks on infrastructure are affecting morale in ukraine. the russian tried to destroy our infrastructure right now. a small outside is pretty called and the target, the target it's critical infrastructure. the russians forces, threat to breathing care in our hometown, tried to make huge damages and destroy the normal life to be them, and to make your house to dread, to bring the depressive mood to everyone, to everyone, our citizen. instead them the people were angry and read as a 5 listen the i year like great saying the hours better without let to stand what and then with russians. and we're still fighting for how

and dependency for our freedom and that why the russians. that's why we have a lot of cornish and we thank you one more time for support of our friends to android system to no more than defense weapons. it's very helpful to you to our forces and to every reg, it's eric, give you guys. one was shut down tonight say look at some of the other stories making headlines real world today. turkeys foreign minister has accused sweden to being complicit in a hate and racist crime for failing to prevent an anti islam protest in stock or on the weekend. he said, lot of holding talks with sweden or finland about their bids to join. nato was currently meaningless. nordic countries require turkeys approval to join the alliance. us authorities have charged 5 police officers with murder over the death

of a black man. tyrene nichols ah, nichols died in memphis hospital earlier this month after being beaten during a traffic stop. the 5 officers involved have been charged with 2nd degree murder. they were all removed from duty last week. in haiti's capital port a prince, more than a 100 police officers in civilian clothes, blocked streets and protest against the killing of their colon. the caribbean nation has been hurt by violence and political chaos with 18 people. 18 police officers killed by armed gangs in the last month. taliban officials in afghanistan, se extreme cold this winter is killed at least 160 people. the country is in the midst of its worst cold snap and at least a decade with temperature is plunging. below minus 30 degrees celsius. during this month, dwindling humanitarian aid is making the impact of the frigid temperatures, even worse. it's approved. good when done for this. my daughter

shania is grieving the loss of had 2 children who couldn't fight to freezing temperature sister opened fire. the only way for her to keep their children one and safe. oh yeah the, the weather is really cold on 2 months ago i lost 2 of my children because of the code. some of them we didn't have any way of heating inside the rain with when we bake bread, we also will myself by sitting here with another askance with me. could resources have been hit with temperatures as low f minus 34 degrees celsius. hunker is prevalent, and harsh temperatures are making. life harder, though, has been bad news for this through the filler in copy of it. and when i came outside my home, the kids were cheering saying it had snowed, but then i had to tell them that since it snowed to day,

they'd be going hungry. well, they all went quiet and sad and said nothing. because they understood that that mother wouldn't work to day and they would be left without food. oh yeah, that was loveless. availability. if i thought there's another room more than 20000000 people in the war torn country need food assistance, operations of many eat organizations have been suspended due to the ban and women him and it didn't book us by the taliban. this is jeopardizing the life of millions, my message through all the taliban line ministries, all of relevance to all our operations across with holland. skype, you, my direction is if you can't help us rescind the bad give us the exemptions to allow women to operate with no help arriving afghans like shalysea and her children feel they have been left on. they don't want to fight for to survive. it today is

international holocaust remembrance day commemorating the liberation of the nazi concentration and extermination camps at auschwitz. on the stay in 1945 soviet forces entered the outfits camp in nazi occupied. poland. it was the largest in a bast network of nazi run death camps and prison sites. some 6000000 jews were murdered in the holocaust. the nazis also systematically killed other groups including rama homosexuals and the disabled. the german parliament, the bona sagas. holding a solemn sermon each day to remember all the victims of nazi persecution. while joining me now in the studio as dw political correspondent, thomas sparrow. so thomas, this is an international holocaust. remember it's day the german parliament is holding a ceremony of remembrance for the victims of national socialism. this ceremony will have a special focus tell us more about this day has been observed in germany,

actually since 1996. it's officially called the day of remembrance of the victims of national socialism on his part of that day of remembrance. there is usually a ceremony, a special ceremony in the german buddhist star in a german parliament with a special focus. and in this year that special focus according to the bonus that is on those who were persecuted by the nazis as a result of their sexual orientation, or their sexual or their gender identity. so this is the focus specifically this year. but in general, this is a day that has been observed in germany since 1996 well for years or sexual minorities, of course have been fighting for recognition d. w. met with an activist from the queer community who is working for that cause it's the day lutes vandyke has been fighting for in 2018 the historian and teacher petition to the buddhist. doug, for the 1st time, his goal to get the highest political levels to recognize the persecution of queer

people. the reason why we never gave up to have hold this recognition on the highest government liver would happen is not only because it has a big meaning, a strong meaning, important meaning for our minorities. but means also that germany as a country has reached the level of humanity of democracy. well, friend voices are heard in 2022 parliament finally decided to commemorate l g b t q victims of the nazi regime. male homosexuality was banned long before hitler came to power in 1933. but the nazis ramped up persecution. gay men were imprisoned and cent of concentration camps, where they had to where the pink triangle, around $10000.00 gay men were murdered. recent research on other queer people also shows systematic persecution and legislation outlawing homosexuality and germany

was only fully dropped in 1994. if i look back in my own life, when i was 14 um, the paragraph still existed and i grew up in a separate society where was criminal boy. if i were to be honest in berlin van dyke meets for a discussion on why remembrance for sexual minorities has been such a struggle. both audience and panelists agree, research for many types of victims, remain scant. for van dyke, the battle is only getting started. i thought to find the chief men and trickier encouragement to go on and to look in those to those countries with 2 dangers on the life threatening to view sexual minority van dyke will continue to fight argue and build coalitions because the struggle for remembrance and against

persecution goes on. so thomas, tell us exactly what's going to happen during this ceremony in the german bonus talk today, the ceremony of remembrance, terry will be opened by the start president bab bass and that will be followed by other speeches in particular by a holocaust survivor that they cuts and also by a person who will speak to the plenary as a representative of the queer community. it is important to stress that in this very important day will not only be attended by m p. 's and the bonus and other members of other constitutional bodies. here in germany as well, and by a group of young people that are taking part in a so called youth encounter here in germany, which is part of that idea that germany has had to have a dialogue between generations. so certainly a very solemn, very important day in germany today from us. thank you very much. and i just want

to remind our viewers that we will have special coverage of the ceremony of remembrance for the victims of national socialism coming life from the german. when his talk that's in just under 2 hours from now at 90 m u t. c. now tie once president sy, in gwen has officially announced the appointment of the country's new prime minister on friday. the job was given to change in gen who served as tie one's vice president between 20162020 chance appointment comes as part of a cabinet. re shuffle to 2 losses of the ruling democratic progressive party and last year of elections. the rest of the new cabinet is expected to be announced that tamara, this rejoined by dw corresponded shots on yeah. in taipei. so what does this mean for taiwan politically?

right, and just as you said, that high wise person tywon has appointed former vice president change in this new premier to day. and you know, this is a very key step for the ruling party to change. i mean this cap new re shuffle is very important because last november, the ruling democratic progressive party lee. so code d p. p, which is seen as an independent leaning party sapir its biggest average defeat in loco pose. and taiwan is going to have its presidential election in early and 2024. when at a v p p. well, we men empower, could be a, you know, this is a factor in china. next move to words, time one. so learn new premier. and he needs to safely d p. piece, sliding support within a year to make sure it will not lose again to the opposition coming down party, the k m team, which is traditionally seen as a port china one. okay,

what do these changes? i mean for ty, ones, relations with china, or any change is expected there. right, less cavalry shop owes comes amid taiwan squaring tension with china. but you know, so far we see no reaction for in china. it's really hard to say at this moment if it's going to change anything, leave china, but it's worth noting that compared to his predecessor, it's susan tongue, new premier, change the engine is a more soft spoken person with a low key political profile. so has been critical of china last, og is as paging launched large large scale military exercises around ty, one so once condemned. china is an evil neighbor, but it seems difficult for many in tie one to imagine 10 to say similar words. but still we can see anti ones efforts to content china release, new teen last se,

deputy foreign minister timing yet. he has been tapped to become a new hat of lean national security villarreal and timing. and he had previously served ins and an advisor at the ministry of national defense and the man land affairs console. and the government will like to rely on his expertise to assist in interpretation and precise decision making for the situation when china and in the region dw corresponded, charge on the entire pay. thank you very much. now russian and bell russian athletes looked set to compete at next year's paris olympics. the international olympic committee said no athlete should be prevented from taking part because of their nationality, but some ukrainian athletes say it quotes endorses russia's invasion of ukraine. d

w spoke to one of those athletes. ah, the heiress love him or her chick is back to doing what she does best. she's one of the world's top high jumpers, a bronze medalist at the tokyo olympics in 2021. and she'll be hoping for even better in paris next year. but now who jake is adamant? she doesn't want russian and better roosting athletes there with her? they died. will me really? i don't. they don't exist in my life. like before, from trained to froze february because all changed for all ukrainian people, for all the awards for all the ukraine, and we continue fighting for our lives. the international olympic committee sees things differently. last year it recommended russian and belushi and athletes be excluded from international competition. now though, it wants to welcome them back, saying no athletes should be prevented from competing just because of their

passport. in december i oh see president thomas bock said, athletes shouldn't suffer as a result of the war. russians and belushi ins would need to compete and run neutral flag. but some athlete groups insist that still is not the right to you to take saying the i o. c, a strengthening rushes, propaganda machine, empowering the putin regime and undermining peace. that's the message echoed by my, who chic if you so my be in the start mendez l. a beak stadium and to russian sportsman support. joe president and of course ukrainian as listened ukrainian sportsman will do everything. is it possible? said sir miller, lewis and russian estimates and sportsmen didn't come to international because the russia stellar estate, or who chic. describe 2022. as the most difficult year of her life beyond ambitions

of more sporting success. her hopes for this year or more basic my goal was this year, is some not crane really? and of course a big dream. oh and been doing all ukrainians people. is there finish of the ra, hand over in, in an asteroid about the size of a mini bus her safely passed by earth and has sailed back into space. asteroid 2023 . b. u was bodied last week by an amateur star gazer in crimea. scientists tracking the asteroid say it came closest to the southern tip of south america. on friday it nearest point was just 3600 kilometers away from the earth's surface stir monitor or the top story we're following for you here today on dw, there's israel's military says it has carried out air strikes on militant targets in gaza. hours after rockets were launched from the palestinian territory,

the escalation comes after a deadly railey military raid in the west bank city of geneva. up next to the point to is taking a look at the part germany is playing in the ukraine war. that more coming up in just a couple minutes. i'm terry martin. like to watch. ah ah, with

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a long standing taboo. germany has authorized delivery of the leopard battle tanks to a conflict zone. does that mean berlin is ready to lead to militarily or does it remain on my guard? find out on to the point. to the point with d, w. european, a past week of matches as the 1st half of the buddhist, legal even draws to a close. cologne holds its ground against by en wow. chalka and head to berlin suffer heavy losses. mooney on berlin, on the other hand, continues to thor, kick off on dw. oh,

what our sport all about in winning fighting scoring. we say they were about never giving up the most exciting sport stories about people, their passion and their dr. sports life every weekend on d, w. d. o, o is germany finally ready to make good on the turning point declared nearly a year ago by chancellor sholtes breaking with a long standing taboo. he has now authorized the delivery of german tanks to a conflict zone. ukraine will receive leopard to battle tanks not only directly from germany, but also with berlin's approval from.