your news in brief for this hour israel launches fresh air strikes on gaza killing 687 palestinians se saturday. iran stands the west support for israel and his aggression on the gaza strip as unacceptable. the leader of the gaza based

resistance movement, the islamic jihad says the only way for israel to cut is losses is to admit defeat and give into palestinian's demands. ziad al-nakhali said the israeli army is weaker than many belief and palestinian resistance fighters humiliated it during operation al-axa flood. thousands of people across the world have thrown the streets in a display of solidarity with palestinians as israel's attacks on the gaza strip claims more life. people call for the liberation of palestinian lands in the us, australia, pakistan, turkey and germany amongst many other countries. major international airlines cancelled dozens of flights to tel aviv as palestinian resistance factions anti israeli operation rages on. germany's flag carrier loftanza says it has canceled all flights to and from tel aviv, citing the current situation. air france says it has halted tel aviv from. lights until

further notice. hello, i'm mubarak kenya and a warm welcome to africa today, a program that takes you a journey through africa. we give you an alternative view of a wide ranging current affairs in the continent and also highlight some aspects of the continent's rich history, culture and civilization. in the first part of our program today we are focusing on how terrorism has devastated the sahel region in sub sahararan africa. amid reports that western powers are in involved in formenting