it's almost like there's a big blue and then you see the big sound it's like ablaze. israeli troops attack rocket launch sites in garza sparking fears of a full blown ground invasion meanwhile in mosques and houses a bomb in the enclave with the total number of palestinians killed climbing to at least one hundred fifty nine. relations between berlin and washington reaching new lows germany kicks out a top cia official in retaliation to the latest spy scandal. and another week of deadly tit for tat between the army and resistance fighters wraps up with in east ukraine with we talk to those forced to flee their homes to survive.

hello there the latest developments and a look back at the last seven days you're watching the weekly here on our take. israeli soldiers have entered garza to take out several missile launch sites ending in arms clashes with there are now fears the move will spark a ground invasion into the enclave for a slayer reports from tel aviv twenty soldiers briefly entered northern gaza the i.d.f. says that the purpose of the mission was to destroy rocket launching sites we understand that there was a brief exchange of fire during which four israeli soldiers were likely wounded but the army has since returned to israel of course the question being asked is whether or not this is a precursor for a ground offensive certainly the sense on the ground and from me witnessing the

massing of tanks and armored personnel vehicles and troops along the border it does seem as if a ground offensive could be imminent and certainly the israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu has indicated that this is an option. the word from the israeli army however is that they are ready for a ground offensive but that ultimately this is a political decision. meanwhile israel says its air raids are aimed at reducing at hamas in gaza but they also kill innocent people along the way the total number of palestinians who have died in the offensive has reached at least one hundred fifty nine and most of them are civilians and to give you an idea of what has been going on we have some more pictures here of the air raids on gaza. yet and what. israel launched the offensive on tuesday and his claim you'd only target hamas

militants meanwhile the united nations is calling for a ceasefire saying that most of the casualties are civilians but israel is vowing to press on with its campaign until hamas stops its rocket attacks how we feel the ports now from gaza. on a visit to gaza's main hospital we met four year old shame mastery she was injured in her abdomen she became collateral damage in a drone strike but i have. to go went to visit her sister with her parents on the road they came under fire when she tried to avoid one she was hit by a second her mother and brother were killed she and her sister were left in a critical condition in the system. and the girl is still under good care. no one knows if she's going to make it. doctors tell me they've been dealing with the biting shortage of medical supplies in gaza for the last three weeks as a result of the ongoing siege but even civilians that survive the violence suffer

the mental effects of living in a war zone our bed lives in a neighborhood of shaikh road one that was targeted last night. when the first missile hit the house of the second one soon followed on and we carried the sleeping children out and run away the children began screaming through fear. it's been a traumatizing couple of days for the civilians of high newness in the south of the gaza strip to during its operation israel says that it's going after hamas militants those that alleges are hamas militants however it's willing to go as far as targeting their home and in this case israel killed six children and two adults when it struck this family home the family didn't have time to heed the warning drone missile which arrived four minutes before the main strike. we were

shocked when the missile hit my brother's house after we hurried out our house was hit by the house was a children's playground where most of the heat again that israel has made clear that it's not interested in restraining its operation on gaza so long as hamas rocket fire continues it's a recipe for further conflict and inevitable suffering for gaza's civilian population carry fia parts of gaza. but israel is facing its share of attacks to its retaliated this week after being hit by rockets from lebanon there's also been a barrage from gaza overnight oh wow ah i was shocked earlier rocket fire from gaza struck a petrol station in the southern israeli town of ashdod and all in all five israelis were wounded this week two of them seriously i.d.f. spokeswoman libby feist told r.t. why they are pursuing the offensive. this is not an operation in any capacity

against the people of gaza this is an operation against some us against an organization that purposely and specifically uses the civilian population of gaza as human shields so the point is is that your day. ending your people but thankfully no israelis have been killed by hamas rockets in the last number of days but let's just get some more figures because in gaza since two thousand and eight over a thought and civilians were killed and twenty times more than the israeli civilian death toll is israel's reaction to rockets fired by hamas measured unjustified there are four point five million men women and children living in shelters that is something with which we cannot continue and which no other country would accept we make unbounded efforts to protect the civilian population in the gaza strip before any attack is taken against hamas we take measures that no other military or no other country takes in the world which include text messages to people in civilian

areas phone calls to their homes to do this because of the end of the day and why because i don't as you say yes margaret but why then is the un security general urging israel to show restraint but prime minister netanyahu is vowing to step off the offensive so international calls are simply being ignored aren't they. again i and he calls about international claims really should be directed towards the prime minister at the end of the day as a military big been given a very clear mission that mission is to restore quiet to the people that are living in israel and to teach hamas that there is a very very heavy price to pay to committing acts of terror and questions that were guarding these civilian casualties in the gaza strip i believe should also be directed towards the leadership within gaza that actively and purposefully puts its own civilians in in danger. well over the past six years of military operations in gaza the number of israelis killed doesn't come anywhere near the number of palestinian deaths and the most vulnerable are also coming under fire reports say

as many as thirty children have been killed so far from two thousand to twenty thirteen the alarming data puts the total number of deaths of minors more than one thousand talk to offer to see from the communist party of israel says it's not the security of israelis that force the country on the offensive the israeli government is guilty and responsible for some war especially in the last few days and we must understand that the main reason for this a talk by israeli forces government is it going to cynical right it has nothing to do with the security of israelis already so what's the real reason the real incentive is a cynical. kind of domestic issue in that light that they mean some issues regarding the coalition the main thing that the mr netanyahu is eager to please there is not the security of israeli civilians but the security of his own

coalition. we are keeping a close watch on all the latest coming out of gaza and israel on air and online at r.t. dot com we'll bring you the latest as we get it. another story we've been following this week relations between germany and america have suffered another blow germany kicked out the cia chief in berlin after officials are nasty to allege u.s. spies working for state security anger over the snooping is widespread the german interior minister dismissed the information obtained by the alleged spies as laughable but said the political damage is serious a left party member expressed outrage saying there is no longer blind trust in in the u.s. and the justice minister has demanded u.s. spying in germany be stopped once and for all artes peter all of a has more on the story now from berlin. sent packing a with a flea in his ear and. i just want to say it if you see it was human common sense

in my opinion spying on allies and friends is a waste of energy and germany has now told the cia contact at the us embassy in berlin to get his things and leave. for the first time after a series of spy scandals this is a strong message from the germans that they've had enough of washington's behavior . or foreign intelligence services isn't something we're taking lightly but it took a whole string of an embarrassing snooping slip ups to get to the stage that paints a picture of an abusive relationship in june of last year it emerged that the u.s. had spied on its european allies prompting this response from the chancellor spying on friends is not acceptable then it was revealed that mrs merkel's private cell phone was bugged by the n.s.a. washington promised not to do it again but refused to sign a no spy deal bilin still wanted to talk trade and rebuilding of trust between the

transatlantic partners flash forward to april of this year when germany's request to see the chancellor's n.s.a. file was turned down and even then for the next angler merkel was content to stand side by side with the u.s. president as he again spoke of their close friendship but the discovery of two potential double agents in germany and as many weeks and a lack of cooperation from the u.s. with the investigations looks like the final straw and it will be interesting to see what effect the expulsion of the cia official will have on an already strained u.s. german relationship now that berlin has shown its willingness to act peter all of a r.t. germany and this isn't the first time american intelligence has been caught snooping on its ally. more examples for you over here. it was revealed half a billion germans a month were having their private messages monitored chancellor angela merkel as

you heard fell victim to her phone was tapped and in february it was reported girls schroeder's phone calls were snooped on in the run up to the u.s. led invasion of iraq freedom of information activists better he says berlin's actions are sending a strong message to washington and of measures are actually only done for a pariah states like north korea and so forth this is a political earthquake you could call it there's going to be serious ramifications i mean. maybe the treaty ip trade agreement might be at risk i think that the political climate here is at a very critical. point in time and people want solutions they want answers they want their elected officials. holding them to account and to protect their rights their constitutional rights and i would suggest that that. that in the coming months i think we're going to see more of this sentiment yes indeed. still

to come here are not so you missed expansion we tracked the self-proclaimed islamic state running parts of syria and iraq is the jihadist sees more weapons and attractive fresh recruits also to come president putin has made new friends in south america and we report on. his maiden trip to argentina and where he's heading next we've got the story shortly. street is never really dead as long as it's with us the start of the first world war one hundred years ago is a case in point in numerous ways the beginning and conclusion of that conflict shapes our world today. please please a little hard to make out a little once again

a little longer here the one that had sex with her right there no. one wanted. to. look. like. one of the people. hello again we've got some breaking news here on r.t. international a russian citizen has been killed after your training shell landed in the yard of a private house in russia's rostov region near the border with ukraine four more

people have reportedly been injured in the blast russia's foreign ministry says the incident signals a dangerous escalation at the russian ukrainian border investigators are working at the scene of the attack we'll bring you more details as we get them. or despite renewed assurances from kiev that it's ready for a ceasefire with the self-proclaimed republics of didn't yet and against there's been little relief for the people in ukraine's east according to anti-government forces more than thirty five civilians have been killed in shelling in the last twenty four hours playing this smoke over the skyline in the city of lugansk after another round of deadly government air raids people have been fleeing the outskirts of another resistance to the nets which has been shelled since friday adding to the tens of thousands who've already fled the region rif an ocean of follows one family's journey to safety. they have packed only the basics mostly warm

clothes to keep the children more than you were forced to leave their hometown of climatologists in. wheeling children and entire families it wasn't an easy decision. no i don't. and you post this in the studio because they know if you don't use it for good anymore you're supposed to feel stupid to believe that they do just what it would. feel impulsive to best in the business as well as feel right it's hard to say how many people had fled kramatorsk the city that's been the target of kiev's miniature gratian for months even when the army raised the ukrainian flag over the town the refugees kept telling me is. that. this is really about the war you.

the daughter then you don't think. but it. was a. local that again is the wife. you want to come back to. the club many of those who have fled were forced to leave their relatives behind. lisa's husband is still unclear what is the watershed all. the time was russia is the closest safe haven for many ukrainian refugees the u.n. says a hundred thousand have crossed the border into russia this figure the country's

federal migration says could be full times higher let's cross in the border could be dangerous fighting for numerous checkpoints as fears and there are reports of civilians been cool to in the crossfire or even targeted themselves here a car drives up to a border post is forced to turn around on a heavy fire. the family we spoke to had to change their plans after seeing just how hard it was even to get close to the checkpoint they decided to try their luck at another crossing but asked aspinall to join them worried with attract unnecessary attention. would continue the journey alone it used to be recruiting and checkpoint but as you can see now it's abandoned there is absolutely nobody here because crawls freely as you can see the ukrainian border guards left the russian side of the checkpoint seventy or northern part of the ukrainian russian border people here crossed day and night security there are many

of them running strong. violence in their motherland this is one of the few places along this front here where there are no clashes but people are jittery already defied team could break out here is well at any moment with the global budget but. the minute you get the most abortion. the border and the safety beyond it is now just steps away with just one or even if these people will be able to go home far from clear. roof notion r t in eastern ukraine. isis jihadist made significant gains this week to expand their so-called islamic state in parts of syria and iraq they capture the oil fields and several sites with chemical or nuclear materials that could potentially be used to make weapons they've also received fresh recruits from a rival rebel faction but the united states which is helping the so-called moderate

syrian opposition maintains it will not end up aiding the enemy camp as more the extremist group now controls a vast part of iraq and syria and has announced the caliphate one report says a thousand strong syrian rebel brigade arrived at the headquarters of the islamic state in a convoy of over one hundred vehicles including ten tanks ceased from syrian government forces for several years now u.s. officials have been trying to create this image of the syrian opposition as former teachers farmers and dentists fighting against bashar assad the speedy advance of the isis showed just how much more complicated the situation is the obama administration began to stumble when answering questions about the contradiction between u.s. efforts in syria and now in iraq. oftentimes the challenge is if you have former farmers or teachers. or pharmacists.

who now are taking up. opposition against a battle hardened regime. with support from external actors that have a lot at stake how quickly can you get them trained washington is still determined to continue arming the syrian opposition the white house has asked congress for half a billion dollars in eight for the syrian opposition and you have many hawkish lawmakers here who want just that the white house says the forces there are now providing weapons to our moderate but what does moderate mean in that part of the world where everything came change overnight we get into this conflict between who is a radical and who's a moderate and who we're going to arm and then people change sides look what happened in iraq in recent years and it gets so confusing that even the experts

don't understand it and get all tongue tied when they try to describe it in light of the onslaught of the islamic state you can often hear the criticism that in its exists to remove assad washington may have overlooked the threat of this radical group in washington i'm going to check on our team. now for when we can this speed limits that side the kremlin in moscow mean nothing. a head of russia's first formula one grand prix in sochi fans in the heart of the capital can get their rush of racing excitement we've got more pictures of this for you at r.t. dot com also that investigation sheds light on a deadly plane crash in the congo four years ago it turns out it was all in the brain of a runaway crocodile but she apparently survived. the crash the stories for you at r.t. dot com. right to see.

first rick. and i think that you're. the. thought of my page and set off on a grand tour of latin america this week while in buenos aires things like to stop off the russian president cemented future ties with his arch in time counterparts. they've agreed moscow will expand its foothold in argentina as energy sector. over twenty percent of argentina's hydroelectric power is produced by russian equipment we really hope to take an active part in the modernization program and

the construction of new power plants one of our companies is planning to take a role in a hydro power station project worth two billion dollars. before argentina vladimir putin was in have an eye where he met keep his current leader raul castro and his legendary brother fidel the russian president officially confirmed moscow's decision to write off ninety percent of the country's debt to the soviet union that in return secured rights for russian companies to drill for oil off the islands coast. well putin's next stop is brazil where he's expected to show up at tonight's football world cup final but that won't be the end of it he will stay around for the annual brics five nations summit that's also being held there. developing nations can help drive the global economy and it's an issue we discuss with political analyst william doris the so many order reserve economic life in the world since the end of world war two and especially since the end of the cold war has been controlled by

a handful of wall street banks either directly or indirectly for regency like the international monetary fund and world bank and they have used their power their power to force privatization shut down of industry. as a progressive. programs on countries around the world and it'll be a wonderful thing of the very good thing for humanity if the brics countries whatever their differences are among them are able to create some kind of alternative when they're also talking to about maybe creating a new internet to help hide data third to keep data safe from foreign prying eyes whether tell us about these countries desire to go it alone in more and more areas where i think that what the united states is doing as far as spying on its own so-called allies in germany. shows very much the need for that i think that would also be a very welcome alternative anything that could weaken the. monopoly

power exercised by u.s. corporations in the u.s. military industrial complex in the world i think is a good thing for people let me just give you a reminder of our breaking news a russian citizen has been killed after ukrainian shell landed in the yard of a private house in russia's rostov region near the border with ukraine four more people have reportedly been injured in the blast russia's foreign ministry says the incident signals a dangerous escalation the russian ukrainian border investigators are working at the scene of the attack we'll bring you more details as we get them and also get a live update on the incident from our correspondent there. to the right get a look behind the scenes on high knees is made here and for u.k. view it's a special report on the fight for gay rights in the u.s. .

from time to time i get emotional e-mails and broken english from quote nationalists of various sort who support the current government in kiev and it makes me wonder if young people today even know what the word nationalist means for example just last week a bill was passed in ukraine that will open up forty nine percent of the country's gas pipelines and storage facilities to european and american companies let's also not forget the joe biden son was put on the board of ukraine's largest gas producer we should also remember all the way back to the first days of the coup against you know covert what did the nationalists do first sign up big time for i am loans wow putting your country into massive debt with foreign entities now that's nationalistic and would you think ukrainian nationalists would put ukrainians into power all over the regions of ukraine well think again because money sure trumps ethnicity what it comes to the two thousand and fourteen governors lined up and most importantly of all how can nationalists want to join the e.u.

which is lefty liberal paradise where patriotic movements are the black sheep of the continent so my dear detractors who write me letters just what sort of nationalist revolution are you so proud of i'm sorry but i'm not seeing your triumph but that's just my opinion. of economic ups and downs in the final. day of the deal. sang i and the rest. the case you believe it briefly on to. the knees today amid signs of more trade for a worse a serious pastry problem. many many places nobody else has red square demonstrators

refuse to release an arcade of putting it away have a scenario see the gloom so. we are in a sort of. bits with. the fears of a third intifada because of the growing violence between israelis and palestinians statism palestinian politics and i would say the residents of the west bank. the situation is escalating palestinians are not only demonstrating that playing style they are sure not the situation is escalating into violent it's going on both sides all the link is that the palestinians are not to be carrying out demonstrations they also for instance in giving them an indignity want.