choose day morning scene at the home of islamic jihad senior commander abu atta. hours later islamic jihad fighters respond with a barrel of rocket attacks from. over the border in israel the warning sirens sound once again. israel's iron dome air defense system into seps many of them but some do get through. damaging peoples' homes and injuring some israelis. many to use to evacuate from the israel gaza border israel's response in gaza more airstrikes killing several palestinians. israel is not interested in escalation but we will do anything to defend ourselves . islamic jihad founds revenge for the death of. bombing shall. we assure our people and our holy fighters that we have no choice but confrontation. israel's strike on a popular anti israel militant came during a period of relative peace but now the deadly to and fro of rockets is back. on. israel is in political turmoil right now perhaps headed for a 3rd general election in less than a year netanyahu is under intense pressure and has recently been criticized for his failure to stop rocket attacks from mi

just over a midnight in the gaza strip and now he is the leader of the islamic jihad militant group abu atta and the strike occurred in the early hours of this morning we understand that an additional person was killed initial reports and. that it was his wife and the 2 other people have been injured after the strike on a house in the east of gaza now dozens of rockets have been fired into israel primarily southern and central israel in a response the israeli army saying that by 9 o'clock this morning some 50 rockets had been fired at the country with its iron dome intercepting some 20 the 1st rockets were fired to tell everybody around 8 o'clock this morning i was out on the streets and this is rush hour all the traffic came to a quick standstill the buses moved over to the side of the highways and people quickly disembarked and lay on the floor so that they would have a protection between the buses and the steel bars of the highway on the other side so the situation here in israel is extremely tense the reserve units have been called up people have been told to open their bomb shelters and

take a look. >> funeral of abu el-atta is underway in gaza city.ed overnight in a targeted as as nation by israel. -- as a assassination by israele demanding a response from the fact shoves inside gaza. we are getting video from the israeli side, showing rocket impacts along a highway near the israel, gaza border. we saw online a direct impact to a small factory in the town, a small town along the border. i received a text from a senior hamas official. hamas is in control of the gaza strip. the official said major escalation is expected. benjamin netanyahu is expected to make an announcement from the israeli side in a few minutes. islamic jihad is pledging what they call a war with israel amid the heightened tension. we expect more rockets here later this morning, into the afternoon a. certainly going to keep an eye on what's happening here in gaza. a building was struck by a misfire from a rocket right next to where we are standing. the building we're inside of did take shrapnel. there were no injuries. rob: trey, you're certainly in the middle of

cars the worst fighting for months triggered by israel's assassination of islamic jihad's bahaa abu el atta and his wife at their home in gaza. israel's prime minister today calling him a ticking time bomb islamic jihad designated by the u.s. as a terrorist organization with close links to iran. in may we went inside gaza to interview another senior leader of the militant palestinian group. >> if they attack us we are going to retaliate. >> reporter: tonight israel saying its operation could take some time. islamic jihad warning of consequences. lester >> keir simmons, thank you. >>> the 2020 race is heating up tonight, just a day after joe biden doubled down on his criticism of elizabeth warren as elitist and blasted her medicare for all plan tonight biden speaks one-on-one with our harry smith and answers one democratic voter's question about how he would keep americans insured in our series "what matters. >> reporter: just ahead of a campaign event in new hampshire, joe biden -- >> just let me play this little clip. >> reporter: -- took a moment to hear a question from sarah boyd, a demo

member of the palestinian group islamic jihad before dawn in gaza today, killing the commander bahaa abu el-atta and his wife asmaa, and injuring their children. followininthe targeteted assassination, over 50 rockets were fired f from gaza intnto israel, injuring at least one civilian. the european union has condemned the rocket attacks, saying "the firing of rockets on civilian populationons is totally unacceptable and must immediately stop." the afghan government and the taliban have agreed on a prisoner exchange, which afghan president ashraf ghani says aims to facilitate direct peace negotiations. the swap will free american professor kevin king and australian professor timothy weeks. both had been professors at the american university of afghanistan before being kidnapped in kabul in 2016. in exchange, the afghan government will free three senior taliban members -- anas haqqani, hafiz rashid, and hajji mali khan. the chilean government has agreed to rewrite its constitution in order to replace the one that was written during chilean dictator augusto pinochet's brutal military regime. the r

baha abu al—atta was killed along with his wife when a missile hit their home. israel from gaza in response, injuring more than a dozen people. more airstrikes are being carried out on sites in gaza too. the hamas—run health ministry says two palestinians have been killed. israel's prime minister, benjamin netanyahu, is warning of prolonged tensions in gaza while the palestinian presidency has called for international pressure to stop israel's attacks. let's speak to our middle east correspondent, barbara plett usher, who's injerusalem. barbara, if i can go back a bit, what can you tell us about this top gaza leader that's been killed, and how this operation, how long it was in the planning? he was the head of palestinian islamicjihad, the command of the northern gaza region, and he has been in the israeli news and he has been in the israeli news and in the israeli defence force's discussion for quite some time as a person who is quite aggressive and operates independently and has been responsible for many of the recent rocket attacks in israel, and they say he

abu el strike killed atta described as the mastermind of several attacks on soldiers and civilians and response rockets were blasted. president carter has fallen three times this year and had hip replacement surgery in the spring. he's 95 years old. global news 24 hours a day on air and tic-tock and twitter powered by more than 2,700 journalists and analysts in over 120 countries. i'm mark crumpton, this is bloomberg. vonnie? vonnie: mark, thank you. coming up, data flashes warning signs and we speak with the executive director about tariffs and the trade war. this is bloomberg. ♪ ♪ vonnie: live from new york, i'm vonnie quinn. guy: from london, i'm guy johnson. this is "bloomberg markets." let's talk about trade. a new study shows tariffs threaten nearly 1.5 million u.s. jobs and more than $186 billion in economic activity nationwide. the potential risks are based on the impacts tariffs have had on cargo handled by the port of los angeles. for more now on that study and the wider picture and what it's going to do to the l.a. port which is critical to the u.s. economy, let's bring in t

leveled in the cross-border violence which began after the death of islamic jihad commander, bahaa abu al atta. down in dallas, sprinkler water on shrubs and chairs. six people were killed in crashes. amazing no one was seriously hurt in this pile up crash, look at that involving at least 50 cars. >>> first-responders can attend president trump's rally in louisiana. the state's attorney general making the ruling after the louisiana examiner called it a prohibited political activity. ag jeff landry disagrees. he says coercing civil servants not attending the rally could violate the law. the president's rally is this thursday ahead of saturday's runoff election for governor. >>> dads are trading in the sneakers for slippers, valet slippers. watch this. >> [inaudible] jillian: philadelphia dance studio host baghdad did i and me dance class combining ballet with yoga. no dance experience is necessary. this video is going viral. adorable. steve: i did that with my daughters dance class. jillian: you did? steve: thankfully no cameras in attendance. brian: i would love to see you in a body suit. that