>> this is dw news live from berlin. israel is indicating they're ending military operations in the city of jenin. the is really army confirming it has begun withdrawing from the occupied west bank after carrying out what it calls a counterterrorism crackdown. palestinian authorities say thousands have been forced to flee the violence. also coming up, hong kong's most

wanted. territories beijing back leader -- backed leader says they will pursue the pro-democracy activists for life. we will speak to one of the dissidents in exile who has a bounty on his head getting to europe no matter the cost. >> we are so tired and ready to cross the sea as soon as we can. it does not matter if we die here or there. >> tunisian coast guard officials are intercepting increasing numbers of people fleeing war, hunger and hardship. to our viewers watching on pbs in the united states and all of you around the world, welcome. israeli troops are beginning to withdraw from the occupied west bank city of janine as the

israeli military confirmed that carried out an airstrike on a cemetery in the east of the city. after two days of roads in -- raids and drone strikes palestinians have been killed, dozens are injured and thousands of others have at their homes the israeli military says the military sites in the refugee camp in the city itself. prime minister benjamin netanyahu said the massive raid would have been a one-off event. >> gunfire and smoke filled the morning air in jenin. streets virtually empty as israel's army pressed on with its operation. some so billions ventured outside to find a way out.

i came here yesterday to save my sister but then we got stuck inside her house. bulldozers in military tanks came. we still cannot leave. >> the night before, thousands of palestinian refugees in the camp were able to flee after the israeli army warned of more violence. their escape not without trauma. >> it is difficult to describe it to you. i was standing in the kitchen when a bomb exploded. it felt like the world caught on fire as if the house exploded. even now i cannot stand because of the fear. >> tensions between the two sides have been escalating for more than one year. the rates were launched in the camp to root out what israel calls terrorist infrastructure. >> in recent months, janine has

become a safe haven for terrorists. from the safe haven terrorists perpetrated savage attacks, murdering israeli civilians, men, will in -- women and children. as many children as they could find. as i speak of our troops are battling the terrorists with unyielding resolve and fortitude while doing everything, everything to avoid civilian casualties. >> the palestinian authority of the president has called the operation a warm crime -- war crime. the united nations is alarmed at the scale of air and ground operations taking place. >> israeli police say eight people were injured when a car drove into a crowd of people. the driver got out and began stabbing people. it happened in tel aviv. authorities say the attacker is

believed to be a palestinian from the occupied west bank. that he was shot dead by a bystander at the scene. emergency personnel say several of the injured are in critical condition. the palestinian militant group hamas says the attack is revenge for israel's raid in the occupied west bank. from a conflict zone in the middle east 21 in europe at least 43 people have been injured in russian shelling of a residential area in the ukrainian town. among them, a dozen children. the town is situated about 100 kilometers from the front line and the north. it's the latest attack by russia on civilian infrastructure in ukraine. >> in the early afternoon russian missiles hit this neighborhood in northeast ukraine. thus shelling damaged at least

eight buildings. >> as a consequence, more than half of the neighborhood is not fit for habitation anymore. many people were injured by shrapnel. some seriously. but there are no casualties. >> some elderly residents were among the injured. >> well, i was lying on the couch when it hit my balcony was blown off. everything was torn. the door was knocked out. i stutter because i am scared and i was hurt a little. >> this woman was in a nearby park with her granddaughter when the attack happened. >> i remember that when we heard the explosion we were thrown

into the air. then we continued walking was blown out windows everywhere. i saw cars on fire, i cannot get a grip of myself. my legs are still shaking. >> there was no immediate comment from russian in moscow has denied deliberately targeting civilians but rocket and drone strikes have had residential areas and cities and towns across ukraine. >> does russia have enough weapons to keep up this level of attacks in ukraine? i put that question to douglas, a senior fellow for military and aerospace at the international institute for strategic studies. >> two things to consider. the impact of western sanctions in access to these subsystems that the russians had relied on. and basically the russians in terms of the cruise missile in particular, it was inadequate

from a russian perspective at the start of the war and that obviously has only lessened as the ust systems. i think sometimes some of the attacks appear sporadic because the russians are having to build up stock that they have launched an airstrike using cruise missiles. >> that was douglas barr speaking with us. it lets look at other stories making headlines around the world. stoltenberg will remain at nato secretary-general for another year until october 2020. he made the announcement today in a post on twitter. nato countries extended the norwegians term after failing to agree on his successor. stilton berg has been in office, head of nato, since 2014. a prominent journalist and human rights lawyer were severely injured by masked men in the russian region of chechnya.

ellena of the newspaper suffered brain damage and broken bones in her hands. they were observing the trial of an antigovernment activist. the un's nuclear watchdog has approved the release of wastewater from the disabled fukushima nuclear power plant into the ocean. one million tons of treated radioactive water are being stored in hundreds of tanks at the site. several of japan's neighbors including south korea and china oppose these plans. the plant was heavily damaged in an earthquake back in 2011. the u.s. secret service is investigating a substance found at the white house. initial tests indicated the white powder was cocaine. it has been said to dashers and sent to a lab for testing. it prompted a short evacuation

on sunday. a judicial official in the tunisian coastal city said a local man has been stabbed to death in overnight clashes between residents and sub-saharan african migrants. police have detained three migrants in connection with the killing. the incident follows days of violent incidents between locals and migrants. officials in the city of tunisia say the area is crowded with thousands of african migrants and refugees aiming to set off for europe on boats. many want to make it to the italian island that is 100 50 kilometers from the coast of tunisia. italy says almost 54,000 migrants have arrived from 10-year this year, twice as many as in all of last year. the international organization for migration says 1000 people died or went missing, making the

journey in the first four months of the year. >> it is night off the coast of tunisia, time for him and his team to get to work. they're taking us along. a mission the coast guard is familiar with. the interception of migrants headed to europe full of hope. >> we find them using radar, we look to see if something shows up on the echo and then we go there. if we see migrants we stop them. >> it does not take long before they locate a small fishing boat. 12 people are on board. they tried to escape but it is no use. the mood is tense. the officers take out batons and threaten anyone who stands up >> sit back down, sit down.

>> recently accusations have been mounting against the coast guard with claims that officers have intentionally capsized hydrant notes putting their lives in danger we do not see evidence of that during our excursion about what we do witness is an extremely charged atmosphere. >> it is not that they don't want to be rescued when they are in a dangerous situation. they call for help but then when we try to take them back to shore, they resist and say they would rather die. >> things are getting worse they tell us. over the 30 years he has been doing this job the factors causing people to flee have intensified. conflict, persecution, economic hardship. this tunisian man does not want to show his face. >> i want a better life. in tunisia there is not enough

grain or bread. but you never hear of such problems in italy. >> and italy is not far away. more than 50,000 migrants have arrived there since the beginning of the year many more have made the attempt. migrants have to fork out around 1000 euros to secure a place on a boat. many vessels are not seaworthy. once they arrived too late. people were already in the water. >> i struggled with that experience for a long time. i was upset that i could not save them all. we were able to help 22 people but six or seven drown. >> it's not just tunisians trying to get to europe. many migrants come from west africa and more recently from conflict zones in sudan. tunisia is a transit country. people wait in wretched

conditions, hoping to get a place on a boat. >> we live here sleeping on cardboard boxes. when it rains we sleep under a tree. >> just as you take in ukrainians who are fleeing, you should take us in. we are all human beings and we have the right to live. we are so tired and ready to cross the sea as soon as we can. it does not matter if we die here or there. >> as the desperation grows they and their colleagues are intercepting evermore migrants also on behalf of the european union. the european commission has boosted financial support for efforts like this by more than 100 million euros. the night is over, men, women and children crowd onto the coast guard's main ship and are brought back to shore. they are sure they will see some of them again. >> earlier i spoke with lauren,

she is a researcher in the refugee and migrant rights division at human rights watch. she told me beginning with the current situation in tunisia. >> across the country we have seen a crackdown on irregular migration since the president's inflammatory speech in february. that triggered xenophobic and racist attacks by civilians and security forces which we have documented and will be coming out in an upcoming report. tensions are high and continuing to build but what we are seeing is it instead of applying the law and ensuring that peoples -- people in a regular situation that their legal statuses are assessed, the processes are followed, now you are seeing as tensions are higher, master rest and actually just today in the past couple of days we have seen over 100 african migrants and

asylum seekers expelled to the border with libya, some of whom were rounded up and arrested. so you are just seeing this come to a head right now and migrants and asylum seekers are being treated inhumanely during this process. >> the official word from tunisia is it is not a country of immigrants. that is what was told to the german interior minister recently. when you consider the fact that the eu is proposing giving tunisia one billion euros, you've got italy talking about italy should help tunisia secure and imf loan. what with this money -- what is it supposed to do in tunisia, do we know? >> on the economic side i cannot comment but when it comes to the new proposed one billion deal that includes a proposed 100 million euros specifically for migration, management things including border control, that

is what we have a serious concern about as this can go to directly supporting security forces which have been implicated in abuses and that will be part of what the coming report will discuss. that aspect is concerning because in tunisia you are not seeing security forces and police nationwide implementing the law, you're seeing people being abused, beaten, mistreated, expelled just now without any legal examination of their status. this is not what the european union should be putting money into. >> it's a situation that is going from bad to worse. lorinda, from human rights watch in washington. we appreciate your time. thank you. we want to return to our top stories. israeli troops beginning to occupy from the occupied west bank city of janine.

israel's military confirming it carried out airstrike on the cemetery in the east of the city. going to go to our correspondent, rebecca, she is on the road back to jerusalem. she spent the entire day covering the story for us. rebecca, it has been quite a day. update us on things, what is the latest? >> it has been quite a day and there were moments where -- it sounded like the operation may be coming to an end. but we did not have that feeling and when i left the area and hour and a half ago it did not have the feeling it was going to be wrapping up. even though the israeli military were making sounds that they were feeling confident that they had achieved their goals, they were pulling out numbers, there were targets they were looking

to go after, they have achieved whatever their particular goal is for the raid and they are not pulling out. we've heard about the airstrike. that was because some gunmen were posing a threat to the retreating military, retreating army. the military did say they are hearing conflicting reports about death tolls. palestinian reports were saying -- i'm reading and most media that there was one casualty confirmed and that would make the new death toll from the 45 hour siege to 12. >> we are looking at live pictures of janine, it is night tear. if the official message that we are getting from the israeli military basically is that it is mission accomplished, can we

expect tensions to decrease from here on out? >> it is mission accomplished for now, that is the main message. certainly the message that netanyahu was putting out, saying that they want to make sure that janine is not a hotbed of terrorism or a safe place for terrorists to hide out. i do not believe that the raid was a one-off. i should say these have been on a regular occurrence, but it won't really stop the violence. if history is anything to go by we've seen a heightened or potentially increased violence because of the events of the last 45 hours. today i'm sure you reported on it but i lost my line unfortunately, the ramming attack in tel aviv. the militant group hamas's

claimed responsibility they said it was the first part of revenge for the events taking place. while the military is seeing success, success story, i don't think you will see necessarily less violence and they now continue the raids on janine camps so we are likely to see more. >> dw's rebecca ritter on the road to jerusalem from janine. thank you. hong kong is increasing its crackdown on political dissent. it is offering a reward of 110 thousand euros each for information leading to the arrest of eight exiled pro-democracy activists. hong kong's chief executive john lee warning the activists on tuesday that they would live in fear unless they hand themselves

in and that they will be pursued even into foreign countries where they have found refuge. the chinese government accuses the men and one woman of anti-china activities and seeking to destabilize hong kong. i'm joined by the entrepreneur elmer, one of the eighth pro-democracy activists being targeted by hong kong authorities. he joins me from vancouver in canada where he has faced threats from china for announcing plans to set up a hong kong parliament in exile. it is good to have you with us tonight. i want to ask you -- are you safe where you are? do you feel that your life, your safety, is in danger based on what you have heard from hong kong? >> i feel not safe because as you know the communists have

infiltrated all the major western cities. they even have their own police station and most western nations have not decided to get them out of their country, so they are really exercising their police power in foreign countries. though a special leave the ccp, it is a transnational criminal organization. the west needs to be alert. >> considering these claims have been reported about china infiltrating into these western countries, how safe or how confident are you in canadian authorities to protect you? i'm not going to ask for details about what they're doing to help you, but are you confident that enough is being done? >> no, they have done nothing and we have to fend for ourselves. and really traveling have to be careful and look around and make sure, you never know.

make sure that the chinese are very well trained, so we have agents everywhere. and even as you know there are many chinese from mainland china in we do not know whether they are working for the ccp or not, especially with the u.s. southern border being open, at least a few hundred coming in on a daily basis. >> if you are not getting a lot of help then from the local authorities and adding to the fact that you have announced that you want to set up a hong kong parliament in exile, with all respect, aren't you making yourself you know a walking target for hong kong authorities? >> we have devised a way to do everything on the internet. including electing.

we have a very innovative way to do a self registration. using the chip in your passport. then using blockchain technology to -- and a vpn for voting. later on, the campaigning for votes and also even after the parliament is formed, all meetings can be conducted online. this is what we intend to do of course. the communists are going to use cyberattacks on our system, but that is the way it is. we have to keep on because right now people have no representation. the legislative council and the chief executive are picked by beijing. eventually we want to regain the sovereignty of hong kong by the people of hong kong, not beijing.

>> are you in contact with the other seven activists in exile and is that contact, if it exists, how secure is it? >> i travel all the time where hong kong people congregate. i was in san francisco. lots of hong kong people stay outside hong kong, about 2 million hong kong people. our voting system for the parliament would include all the residents of hong kong and we have a secure way for them to vote without trace. >> ok p hong kong pro-democracy activist elmer, we appreciate you taking the time to talk to us tonight from canada and we wish you all the best. thank you. >> thank you for having me, thank you again. goodbye. >> here is a reminder of our top

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mark: welcome to "live from paris," world news and analysis from france 24. these are the main world news headlines. in ukraine, 38 people injured in a missile strike on a military funeral that was taking place in kharkiv in the north east of the country. reports say at least 12 children were injured in this incident. we will be crossing live to our correspondent in ukraine. she will have the latest on that and all the day in ukraine. a driver ramzi crowd and tries to stabbed bystanders in tel aviv.