was damaged but its 3 occupants were in a protected room and not harmed a factory in the port of ashdod was also hit causing a fire there were no casualties in this incident either at least 9 people have died in israel since the conflict escalated least 11 palestinians have been killed during protests or swept across the west bank on friday fighting between israeli police and palestinian demonstrators continued into the night in occupied east jerusalem. funerals have been held for some of those killed during those earlier protests across the occupied west bank more rallies are expected on saturday. and demonstrations in support of palestinians are happening around the world hundreds of people rallied in southern lebanon near the border with israel on friday one person died there being struck by israeli fire. and on the 2nd day of the muslim holiday of thousands of people that prayers in bangladesh protested in solidarity with gasser the demonstrators are calling on the united nations to hold israel accountable. and in other news in india's tourist turbot go the 75 patients have reported

elliott gotkine in ashdod, israel.reciate t thanks so much. >>> i did speak earlier with cnn political commentator and editor at large of jewish currents peter binart. asked him what does lie ahead for the people of gaza and the west bank for that matter now that this latest military showdown with israel appears to be over. >> united nations says that gaza is unlivable for human beings. it's 2 million people under a blockade who are basically in a kind of an open air prison. they can't move, their goods can't go in in and out very easily, there is not enough water, there is not enough electricity. other palestinians in the west bank live under military occupation, they are not citizens of the country that controls their lives. they just don't have basic rights like due process and the right to vote for the government that controls their lives. under those circumstances you don't have real peace. you may have calm for a while, but it's just a matter of time until we have another one of these terrible explosions unless y

6th floor and 3 occupants who were in a protected room were not harmed the factory in the port of ashdod was also hit causing a fire there were no casualties in this incident either. all fighting between israeli police and palestinian demonstrators as continued into the night in occupied east jerusalem but he set fires on the roads as security forces try to clear them out from there are a force of reports. after days of depressing racial violence across israel friday night in jaffa brought a new low throwing fire bombs into homes including that of 12 year old mohammed he and his younger sister burned his father said they'd been sitting in the living room when the molotov cocktail was thrown in he rushed mohammed to the bath the neighbors came to help but across israel neighbors a turning on each other on a scale that few can remember more gun violence in ludd where 2 jewish men was shot the previous night by palestinians the town has seen religious sites desecrated a jewish synagogue a muslim cemetery the prime minister was there again on friday. groups of writers are coming from the ara

from gaza into southern israel injuring 17 people was eventually talers was struck in the cities of ashdod and beersheba sending people running into nearby bomb shelters more than 3000 rockets have been fired towards israel many are intercepted by israel's defense system but hundreds of fall and inside gaza at least 10 israelis have been killed since the conflict began the pressure is building on the u.s. to encourage its ally israel to agree to a cease fire on sunday washington again blocked efforts at the u.n. security council to come up with a joint statement on the violence john hendren reports now from washington. president biden has responded to a number of his democratic party critics by doing exactly what they wanted him to do and that is to call out for a cease fire in a readout written by white house press office after the meeting with netanyahu over the phone the press office there says that biden specifically said although he supports the right of israel to defend itself it ended with a statement with him saying the president supports a cease fire the president had received hea

been silenced also sounding in the south of the country in the border communities of ashkelon and ashdod we've heard from the israeli army that since friday they have fired or they have actually struck some 20 could launches in gaza as you can see this corner shop has been completely destroyed the mannequins are lying down we have been pushed back by the police but they've lost every way this is a residential areas so the only people who would have been here on a saturday afternoon are people who live in the area and a few of the shops were open but most of them have been closed because of the rocket barrages that have been coming in from gaza as you can see another shop on the corner has been completely blown out the whole front of the shop has been destroyed these glasvegas degree there is everything that remains are to a rocket attack it's a saturday afternoon which means that it is the jewish sabbath you should be this is the time that people come out and such a relaxed but no one's really relaxing over the past few days. since the situation has arisen christian rock could see am i r

southern israeli citizens living ashdod comment for attack with israel claiming a barrage of rockets were fired from gaza. thanks so much for joining us here on r.t. international. at least 8 people were reportedly killed in the early hours of saturday morning after analysis strike near the other sharky refugee camp in northern gaza 6 of the dead were children warning you may find the upcoming images disturbing shotty facilities are densely populated county the gaza health ministry initially put the death toll at 7 but said the figure was expected to rise as other victims were believed to be buried under rubble at least 15 others were injured the only survivor is believed to be a baby called omar who's just 2 months old the death toll is expected to increase with the rescue operation still underway meanwhile unrest in the west bank flared after the palestinian territory of garza became the target of continued asterisks. i. friday a building in a palestinian refugee camp in the gaza strip was hit by an israeli airstrike local health officials claim a woman and her 3 children were amon

rockets are still coming out of gaza most of them in the area quite close to gaza as far away as ashdod and as well but the military spokesman for hamas was recently saying that if israel continued to bomb residential buildings then central israel television would come under bombardment from these garza rockets too as for the other violent actions which have been taking place in israel the racial violence we've seen there was another death today that was the death of a jewish man who had been set upon by a group of palestinian israelis the day after a palestinian israeli had been shot dead in the city of la he'd been to the hospital for several days and was pronounced dead today. how he forced at their 1st question. well as the humanitarian situation in gaza gets more die by the day pressure is growing on the united states to ask its ally israel to agree on an immediate cease fire imran khan reports from west to receive them. with neither side backing down israeli and palestinian officials are using tough language that presents a problem for a diplomatic solution on sunday the un securi

gaza into southern israel injuring 17 people that residential towns were struck in the cities of ashdod and better shiva sending people running to nearby bomb shelters more than $3000.00 rockets have been fired towards israel many were intercepted by israel's air defense system and hundreds of foreign inside gaza at least 10 israelis have been killed since the conflict began where u.s. president joe biden has expressed support for a cease fire during his latest call with israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu biden is under growing pressure from members of his own party who accuse him of ignoring the plight of palestinian civilians john hendren reports now from washington d.c. . after continued israeli strikes on gaza and persistent pressure from his fellow democrats president biden is now calling for a cease fire in a phone call with israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu the white house says in his statement the president expressed his support for a cease fire democratic congresswoman ileana omar one of the most persistent critics of the president from within his own party tweet

meanwhile southern israeli cities including ashdod come in for attack with israel by raj of rockets were fired from gaza. by there and thanks for joining us here on r.t. . at least 8 people were killed in the early hours of saturday morning after an airstrike near the al sharpton refugee camp in northern gaza 6 of the dead were children a warning you may find these images coming up now disturbing. well short of a still it is a. refugee camp in gaza the 3rd largest in the region is known as the b. camp for its close proximity to the mediterranean coast the un agency says that the crowded site is among the most densely populated areas on earth israeli defense forces yet to acknowledge the bombing but stress that its operations are directed at rocket launch sites which israel claims often hidden among civilian infrastructure. now the only survivor is believed to be a baby called omar who is just 2 months old the death toll x. is expected to increase as the rescue operation remains under way. and it's all the 1st camp in gaza to have been the target of air strikes i. i. on friday a building

israeli city of ashdod 2 comes in for attack because it faces a barrel of rockets fired from gaza. good morning this is r.t. international thanks for joining us. violence rages in the west bank palestinians have been throwing molotov cocktails and setting fires alight alight i should say in anger and continued israeli airstrikes on the region i.d.f. forces responded to the street protests by foreign rubber bullets killing at least 11 people. disease of violence in east jerusalem of the ninety's palestinian protesters said barricades on fire on the i.d.f. deployed tear gas and water cannon during clashes in a palestinian neighborhood. in the palace the city of hebron protesters clashed with israeli soldiers is burned on the roads demonstrators have seen waving flags in support of gaza israeli police responded with tear gas. the city of geneva seen one protester killed in clashes with israeli soldiers his body was wrapped in the palestinian flag and carried to a large crowd a local journalist in the city of ramallah the also so clashes send this report. this all began last night as i

from gaza into southern israel injuring 17 people residential towers were struck in the cities of ashdod and beersheba sending people wanting to nearby bomb shelters more than 3000 rockets have been fired towards israel many are intercepted by israel's air defense system and hundreds of inside gaza. reports critically desperate and dangerous situation for families. they fled their homes for safety leaving behind all their belongings not knowing if they will ever return to live there or find a pile of rubble instead for some the loss is immense. the narrative got in for. we were sitting at home my wife children and i almost sitting in the same room we have 3 children one is a 9 month old baby all of a sudden the house was hit we couldn't get out then came another strike and the house crumbled over us they were trapped under the rubble i started screaming but couldn't find them the ambulances could not reach the area for power now on but it was too light my wife and 3 children died. his is a story that has become all too common in gaza this video shows people running for their lives after

one leader of islamic jihad was killed and a residential building was hit in ashdod.raelis have been killed in the latest flare-up while the palestinian health ministry says more than 200 palestinians have been killed, all happening one day after gaza saw its deadliest day with 52 killed sunday by israeli air strikes. cnn's ben wedeman now reports. >> reporter: rescuers pull 6-year-old suzy from the rubble of her home in gaza city. she was trapped there for seven hours. suzy's mother, two sisters and two brothers were killed in an israeli air strike early sunday. the last i saw of my wife says her father riyadh, she had thrown herself on the floor and concrete fell on her head. the high-tech meat grinder that is 21st century warfare is gradually turning parts of this crowded strip of land on the mediterranean into a lunar landscape of jagged concrete and twisted metal. the death toll here now exceeds 200 according to the hamas-run gaza ministry of health. three years ago a senior u.n. official said the residents of gaza are in his words caged in a toxic slum from birt

ashdod i'm sorry and even as far away as tel aviv and other parts of southern and central israel 5 civilians and a soldier have been killed in the cost of the conflict so father has been devastating and it is being paid by civilians. my daughter in law and my grandson died and my granddaughter is missing without any trace the jews target women and children my son's wife was 5 months pregnant this is terrorism they bombed them without any warning they didn't warn them the house had nothing but the kids. what should i say this is a crime they were civilians a woman with children a baba and a shopper and these are the people who were at the scene they didn't have the militants nor an official we are civilians sleeping in a harness i would like to see and that will live some kind of positiveness to find a solution between. the palestinian well it was a really scary night. my friends who live in remote places where even more scared but they're used to this reality of missiles being fired from the gaza strip and all of israel's under attack it's a very scary situation to be and updates with the te

6th floor had 3 occupants who were in a protected room or were not harmed a factory in the port of ashdod was also hit causing a fire there were no casualties in this incident either at least the palestinians have been killed during protests that swept across the west bank on friday fighting between israeli police and palestinian demonstrators has continued into the night occupied east jerusalem but he set fires on the roads of security forces tried to clear them now it's. well hundreds of people have been mourning those killed by israeli security forces earlier cities including hebron bethlehem an up close became battlegrounds as palestinian demonstrators for the police were rallies in 200 different locations and more expected on saturday the day for him wasn't one of the demonstrations in ramallah. this is one of several protests that are taking to this reads of the occupied west bank to show support. in the besieged gaza strip and against the israeli measures in occupied east jerusalem protesters here are heading towards the illegal jewish settlement of where there is that israeli mili

closed meanwhile israeli cities again being hit with rocket attacks from gaza 8 people were injured in ashdod and 9 around the city of. in a few moments we'll be talking to harry forsett who's in west jerusalem but 1st let's go to suffer. in gaza for us suffered bring us up to date with the very latest from gaza. you know we can start with a lengthy statement by the murder of the military wing of hamas and other custom brigades he said that we warned the israelis from targeting the civilians on the residential building but as they continue they we will also 'd continue targeting television just a few seconds ago we could hear our longer range rockets fired from gaza into israel and we could hear the explosions also that the israeli. system intercepting the rockets that been fired from gaza on the other hand we could see lots of panic here in gaza in gaza city and all over the gaza strip not only in gaza city 'd we have been receiving calls around 'd and around the clock every minute i receive a call from everywhere from a friend from relatives from neighbors that asking on a chicken checking

meanwhile southern israeli cities including ashdod come in for attack with israel claiming a barrage of rockets were fired from gaza. welcome and thanks for joining us here on r.t. international. at least 8 people were killed in the early hours of saturday morning after it as a strike near the al sharpton refugee camp in northern gaza 6 of those killed were children a warning you may find the following images disturbing shotty facilities the 3rd largest refugee camp in gaza is known as the beach camp its close proximity to the mediterranean coast a un agency says the crowded side is among the most densely populated areas on earth victims were taken to a local hospital where the parents were visibly distraught again please be warned you may find this video coming up now the stress. of the. israeli forces have yet to acknowledge the bombing but have been stressing that it's. aeration is are directed to rocket launch sites israel claims must deliberately embeds its military infrastructure in civilian areas and the i.d.f. says it takes all possible precautions to avoid harming civilians

the city of ashdod to comes in for attack as it faces a barrel of rockets fired from gaza. by their very good morning to you thanks for joining us here on r.t. and tonight. violence continues to rage in the west bank palestinians have been throwing molotov cocktails and setting the light while israeli forces have responded with rubber bullets killing at least 11 people. east jerusalem has also seen violence of a dying to punish the new process to set barricades on fire all the i.d.f. deployed tear gas and water cannon during clashes in a palestinian neighborhood protesters also tools tram stop. the palestinian city of hebron protesters that clash with israeli soldiers as time has burned on the roads demonstrators were seen waving flags in support of gaza israeli police responded to gas. the city of janine as seen one protester killed in clashes with israeli soldiers his body was wrapped in the palestinian flag and carried through large crowds the journalist in the city of ramallah that also saw clashes and has this report. this all began last night as images of the bombings

responded to the latest attack by far in paris rockets towards israel one hit a building in ashdod emergency services say a 6 floor apartment was damage but its 3 occupants were in a protected room in the home a factory in the port of ashdod was also hit causing a fire there were no casualties in this incident either at least 9 people have died in israel since the conflict escalated. the fighting between israeli police and palestinian demonstrators has continued into the 19 occupied east jerusalem there's also been increasing violence between israeli jews and palestinian israelis in what the president has called a senseless civil war a warning you may find some of the images in her forces report disturbing. after days of depressing racial violence across israel friday night in brought a new low throwing fire bombs into homes including that of 12 year old mohammed he and his younger sister burned his father said they'd been sitting in the living room when the molotov cocktail was thrown in he rushed mohammed to the bath the neighbors came to help but across israel neighbors a turning on each

steady stream of rockets some of them make it past israel's iron dome defense system like here in ashdod where a residential building was damaged and several people were injured. there is little sign of the violence slowing. as fogle calls mind for an end to the bloodshed the white house says president biden told netanyahu in a phone call that he supported a cease fire but he stopped short of calling for a one. it's a ceasefire that the families are waiting for sheltering in a un school in gaza waiting for the bombs to stop. what's going on update from our jerusalem correspondent tanya kramer tanya what's the latest on the fighting. while i can tell you that some rocket fire has resumed early this morning and that came after an almost 6 hour pause in rocket fire coming out gaza from within gaza residents ordered another night of intensity by the israeli military the israeli military has said that they're targeted to again residential buildings homing hamas leaders. rocket launches but also they had 62 planes as they say operating within a very short time to target again what they call th

from gaza into southern israel injuring 17 people residential towers were struck in the cities of ashdod and better sheba 7 people running to nearby bomb shelters more than 3000 rockets have been fired towards israel many were intercepted by israel's air defense system and hundreds of foreign inside gaza at least 10 israelis have been killed since the conflict began. and u.s. president joe biden has expressed support for a cease fire during his cool with israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu baden's on the growing pressure from members of his own party accuse him of ignoring the plight of palestinian civilians john hendren as more from washington president biden has responded to a number of his democratic party critics by doing exactly what they wanted him to do and that is to call out for a cease fire in a readout written by white house press office after the meeting with netanyahu over the phone the press office there says that biden specifically said although he supports the right of israel to defend itself it ended with a statement with him saying the president supports a cease f

the decision to bomb tel of the jerusalem dimona ashkelon ashdod. and any cities before or after that from our occupied cities is easier for us than drinking water al jazeera suffered in gaza with the very latest. the military wing of hamas some brigades. announced a while ago don that they have launched a new project 100. 100 rockets to was ashkelon. and the south. they said that this if you bought ours came in response to the latest israeli raids on airstrikes that targeted civilians in the north of gaza strip. going back to that attack before we said that you have the lances were not able to reach the north of gaza after that he was only the big wave of israeli attacks the local media now is reporting that. after reaching a lot i was in the north of gaza strapped they managed to retrieve the body of a woman or a mother and have 3. sons. this is the latest regarding. the last israeli attack raid in the north of the gaza strip still it's back and forth every time we have. air strikes media actually we have a response already in from the on groups i

was hit here in ashdod last night. hamas said their response to the targeting of the media building would be to target tel aviv again. they targeted tel aviv earlier today. the sirens were going off there. they targeted not only tel aviv but the areas around it. and one man, a 50-year-old man, was caught in the street when one of the hamas rockets managed to get through the iron dome defensive system. he was killed in the street there. so right now here it feels relatively quiet, but it did the previous night. i think the bigger picture here at the moment is this, that is the scale and number of rockets that have been fired from gaza has been decreasing over the past few days. the question i think on a lot of people's minds is, what is hamas' threat? are they going to carry through on it to have a big retaliation of striking areas around tel aviv, or are we now seeing a slow ramping down of these rockets coming and strikes on gaza. it's not clear quite yet. this night should be a good indication of how it's going to pl

journalist elliott gotkine joins us live this hour from the southern israeli city of ashdod.lliott, what is the latest on this deadly exchange of fire that continues despite these efforts to find an end to the violence? >> reporter: rosemary, it does continue. actually, as you were speaking in that introduction i heard around about ten kind of dull thuds which suggested those were air strikes taking place in the gaza strip which is about 20, 25 kilometers to the south of where we are right now. so there is no doubt that this is continuing. prime minister benjamin netanyahu seems to be saying that at least for now there is no end in sight. >> translator: hamas and islamic jihad received blows they didn't expect. we have taken hamas years back. we will continue as long as necessary to bring the quiet back to the citizens of israel. >> reporter: and rockets have also -- till being fired at israel as well. as you referred to yesterday, there were mortar rounds or projectiles being fired from the gaza strip, one injured a soldier, that prompted the authorities to close the crossin

it seemed very clear that they were trying to concentrate their fire on this one coastal town of ashdod and you know when it's been swamping so many rockets at once in that way it seemed that they have found a way to try to overcome the iron dome interceptor system how long they can maintain that sort of intensity of fire is of course another question so yes cities are being targeted but beyond that few believe there is any real. targeting system . and indeed i mean these are these are residential civilian cities that are being targeted so it's impossible to know where these things will land in the case of at least one of the women killed it's being reported that she was no the woman who couldn't get to her bomb shelter which was some distance from her actual home and and that was the reason that when her home was struck she was inside it and she died i was there as her aforesaid reporting live from southern israel for the moment harry many thanks indeed let's go to ramallah then. abraham is there for a sunday what's happening there what's the palestinian leadership saying about all of

he were in a protected room were not harmed a factory in the port of ashdod was also hit causing a fire there were no casualties in this incident either at least 11 palestinians have been killed during protests that swept across the west bank on friday clashes between israeli police and palestinian demonstrators continued into the night in occupied east jerusalem funerals have been held for some of those killed during those earlier protests across the occupied west bank more rallies are expected on saturday. and hundreds of people held a rally in southern lebanon near the border with israel or friday one person was killed i've been struck by israeli fire. and others india's prime minister has expressed concern of the rapid spread of covert 19 through rural areas where health care is limited his administration is facing heavy criticism for being poorly prepared and allowing large political rallies more news at half an hour. till one of what he says up next to stay with us. can think the cost of the return of big government trillions in spending in the rich world the way that super charge

in ashdod today a hamas rocket hit a residential building, three people lightly wounded here. where we are here we can still hear the planes going over and occasional impacts in gaza. >> we appreciate the reporting on the ground. >>> also this morning, more than 25 democratic u.s. senators are calling for an immediate ceasefire in israel and the palestinian region. >> in a joint statement first obtained by cnn they wrote, to prevent any further loss of civilian life and to prevent further escalation of conflict in he is real and the palestinian territories we urge an immediate ceasefire. cnn's lauren fox is on capitol hill with more. lauren, what's interesting here is you have democrats criticizing the biden administration for not pushing hard enough for a ceasefire, not putting more pressure on the israeli government. >> reporter: that's right. concerns on capitol hill are growing as this intensifies in the middle east. i think what you're seeing here is some democrats being willing to come out against the administration or at least push the administration on what actions the

to the east in the negev desert one building struck directly in ashdod so far no reports of any injuries or deaths in that strike but obviously you know fire to the surrounding area and also developments on the political side as well the security cabinet has now broken up the israeli security cabinet on the way and we were getting some reports that ministers according to officials were going to discuss the prospects of starting to at least consider the idea of have discussions about a cease fire and an end to all this all of the reporting now indeed from the same source that was originally reporting the other way was saying that in fact no there were no such discussions that israeli security cabinet ministers agreed instead to continue with the military plans as they currently exist although if there were a decision by the prime minister and all the defense minister to start approaching a cease fire then the security cabinet would act on those instructions so at the moment no public at least any admission or confirmation of the various reporting we've been having that both the u.s. effor

israeli cities was easy but a lot of us that the decision to bomb televisa jerusalem dimona ashkelon ashdod. and any cities before or after that from our occupied cities is easier for us than drinking water. and there is growing violence in the makes the cities palestinian israelis and jewish israelis turning on each other on a scale not seen in decades the wave of violence has had dozens of cities and regions across israel the tactics of israeli police have also been questioned they were seen beating a palestinian israeli man inside a family home. all my colleagues in the are going to have more about the developments across israel and gaza in half an hour but coming up next here on al-jazeera it's one awareness thank you for watching by. all concerned simply about raising food prices or is this entirely down to the pandemic we bring you the stories and developments that are rapidly changing the world we live in a prime minister designate an adult. the talk of fixing a war torn economy counting the cost on al-jazeera oh. yeah. yeah. yeah that track that down there the fact that it was its n

into southern israel injuring at least 17 people residential towers were struck in the cities of ashdod and beersheba sending people running to nearby bomb shelters at least 10 israelis have been killed since the conflict began u.s. president joe biden has expressed support for a cease fire during his latest call with israel's prime minister benjamin netanyahu bidens on the growing pressure from members of his own party who accuse him of ignoring the plight of palestinian civilians john hendren reports from washington. the president his changed his approach in that earlier today he was asked about the potential for a cease fire he said he would be talking to netanyahu but he didn't throw his support behind it at that point but apparently in the call that he held with netanyahu the president was explicit according to the white house the president expressed his support for a cease fire and discussed u.s. engagement with egypt and other partners toward that end and other views a fierce cyclers blast of the shore and west of india killing at least 21 people cycling across the coast into goo

meanwhile southern israeli cities including ashdod come in for attack with israel by raj of rockets were fired from gaza.

which i'm just being told so ashdod is at a city. a little distance up the coast what you say 40 kilometers up the coast from here so that's kind of a medium range target for the for the rockets coming out of gaza. so what we've seen from israel again is major targets being. attacked inside gaza or an intelligence unit which the israelis say were was housing active a number of intelligence offices of hamas at the time it was hit apartments belonging to senior military commanders from hamas for anti-tank missile units the head of the drone unit because suicide attack drones had been used again for the 1st time today coming out the other direction there were 100 rockets fired earlier in the afternoon to places like tel a view of central israel to in the south and even in the far south the morning airport very close to this was a new development a 250 kilometer range rocket which are said was a new weapon that its military spokesman said put the entirety of israel within its range within its sights and the significance of that is that i

still, they are terrifying israelis, sending them f ashdod, along the coast between gaza and tel aviv: i was at a nearby street, i heard the insa explosion. my wife called to say the blinds broke and as you can see up there, above the building, all the blinds are broken. just now, wh i came downstairs to return to work, i can see my car is also hit by shr >> yang: some israelis in ashkelon, just north of gaza don't want the military operations to stop until the rockets do. >> ( translated ): we are not ready for a ceasefire, absolutely not. the rockets that hit us every day are enough for us. every several months hamas deciit it fir it wants a ceasefire. >> yang: while outside jerusalem's old city these israeli women protested for peace. opening up: four rockets were fired from southern lebanon into northern israel; the third barrage from lebanese rritory in the past week. for the pbs newshour, i'm john yang. the day's other news, democrats in the u.s. house of representatives moved to create an independent commission to investigate the capitol assault last january. the bill debated t

on a residential complex in the city of ashdod hit by a hamas rocket have masses kept up its bare arjen in southern israel not all missiles are intercepted by israel's defenses as the bombs keep falling the international community is becoming increasingly alarmed more or less the u.s. says it's working to defuse the situation. united states remains greatly concerned by. by the violence by the escalating violence hundreds of people killed or injured including children being told from the rubble we'll continue to conduct intensive diplomacy to bring this current cycle of violence to an end. because the killing continues violence fear and loss remain an every day experience for these children in gaza. will be doubly as all of us solace joins me from washington d.c. so all of a tell us more about what was said in that phone call between biden and netanyahu. and you really need to take a closer look and read between the lines because president biden here reiterated his support for israel's right to defend itself so the position of the united states is that how mouse is a terrorist organizati

hamas said these were revenge for the death of women and children in ashdod south of tel aviv, doreen mchaley, a student, showed me her apartment, hit by a rocket that slipped through israel's missile defense system. it looks like a normal room, but it has a heavy metal door. air raid sirens gave her seconds to run to a reinforced room in her home, a requirement in israeli buildings. >> please, please, please nobody gets hurt. >> reporter: and it's not just rockets. israeli police said a palestinian ran into a checkpoint in jerusalem, injured four the attacker was shot dead in israel, many support the rocket attacks in self-defense. in gaza, many support the rocket attacks for the same reason. a cycle of violence that risks further escalation kate >> richard engel in israel for us thank you. >>> calls to end the bloodshed between israel and palestinians are growing tonight with president biden and the u.n. security council both encouraging dialogue kelly o'donnell is at the white house. >> reporter: a push for diplomacy. the united nations security council called this virtual sunday s

the decision to bomb tel of the jerusalem dimona ashkelon ashdod. and any cities before or after that from our occupied cities is easier for us than drinking water. the u.n. security council will hold emergency talks on the conflict on sunday secretary general antonio terrorists has appealed for an immediate end to hostilities the u.s. centers for disease control says people who are vaccinated against covert 99 are going to wear masks in most places but it still recommends that face coverings be used in crowded settings such as buses planes and hospitals really 59 percent of adults in the u.s. have received at least one vaccine. india has reported more than 343000 new credit virus cases and 4000 deaths over the past 24 hours several states are floating global tenders to 10 vaccines as the country faces an acute shortage the government says it's hopeful more than 2000000000 additional jobs will be available in the country between august and december it's facing criticism for its slow rollout you follow those stories on our website at al-jazeera dot c

of a residential complex in the city of ashdod hit by a hamas rocket have masses kept up its bare arjen southern israel not all missiles are intercepted by israel's defenses as the bombs keep falling the international community is becoming increasingly alarmed more or less the u.s. says it's working to defuse the situation. united states remains greatly concerned by. by the violence by the escalating violence hundreds of people killed or injured including children being told from the rubble we'll continue to conduct intensive diplomacy to bring this current cycle of violence to an end. but as the killing continues violence fear and loss remain an every day experience for these children in gaza will be doubly as all of us salads joins me from washington d.c. so all of a tell us more about what was said in that phone call between biden and netanyahu. and you really need to take a closer look and read between the lines because president biden here reiterated his support for israel's right to defend itself so the position of the united states is that how mouse is a terrorist organization an

past week at least 8 israelis have been injured by a rocket fire from gaza buildings were hit in ashdod and beersheba 10 people in israel have been killed since the escalation began. secretary of state anthony byrne can has reiterated washington stance that israel has a right to defend itself against rocket attacks from hamas but he called on both sides to do more to deescalate the situation and respects international law. further we call all parties to ensure the protection of civilians especially children to respect international humanitarian law to protect medical facilities protect media organizations and protect us facilities where civilians are desperately seeking shelter and we are ready to lend support if the parties seek seek a cease fire. senior indian viral a just shy has resigned from the government's coronavirus advisory group that looks at and says variance it raise concerns the government was not paying enough attention to the more contagious indian strain. much of the united kingdom is taking a major step towards normality this monday coronavirus restrictions are being e

of a residential complex in the city of ashdod hit by a hamas rocket have masses kept up its bare arjen southern israel not all missiles are intercepted by israel's defenses as the bombs keep falling the international community is becoming increasingly alarmed more or less the u.s. says it's working to defuse the situation. united states remains greatly concerned by. by the violence by the escalating violence. hundreds of people killed or injured including children. from the rubble will continue to conduct intensive diplomacy to bring this current cycle of violence to an end. because the killing continues violence fear and loss remain an every day experience for these children in gaza and to find out more about the humanitarian situation i want to bring in. she's the spokeswoman of the international committee of the red cross. should you take the time to talk with this we understand that sunday was the deadliest day since these air strikes began a week ago what can you tell us about the humanitarian situation on the ground there tonight. good evening. this extremely. it is strikes conti

have died since the conflict escalated us the decision to bomb tel of the jerusalem dimona ashkelon ashdod. and any cities before or after that from our occupied cities is easier for us than drinking water. and that the u.n. security council will hold emergency talks on the conflict on sunday secretary general and good terrorists has appealed for an immediate deescalation answer sation of hostilities. the u.n. centers for disease control says people who are vaccinated against covert 19 no longer need to wear masks in most places but it still recommends using face coverings in crowded settings such as buses planes and hospitals. the head of fires and lots of america has told brazilian politician the government repeatedly ignored offers last year to buy tens of millions of vaccine doses. was testifying before a senate commission investigating whether the government was criminally negligent in its handling of the pandemic and you can follow those stories on our website at al-jazeera dot coms updated through the day. next it's fault lines do stay with us here on al-jazeera. capturing a moment

been silenced also sounding in the south of the country in the border communities of ashkelon and ashdod we've heard from the israeli army that since friday they have fired or they have actually struck some 20 could launches in gaza as you can see this corner shop has been completely destroyed the mannequins are lying down we've been pushed back by the police but basically lost every way this is a residential areas so the only people who would have been here on a saturday afternoon are people who live in the area and a few of the shops were open but most of them have been closed because of the rocket barrages that have been coming in from gaza today's the fixed straight day of fighting at this point in time the rockets coming in from gaza and the israeli airstrikes on to gaza don't show any sign of letting up policia katine gotten. several children were among those killed in gaza on saturday morning a warning you may find the following footage disturbing 10 people were killed in the early hours of saturday morning in an israeli airstrike near the al shot he reviewed g. camp in gaza 8 of

gaza into southern israel injuring at least 17 people residential towers were struck in the city of ashdod and beer sheva sending people running to nearby bomb shelters pressure is building on the u.s. to encourage its ally israel to agree to a cease fire on sunday washington again blocked efforts of the un security council to come up with a joint statement on the violence. thousands of giveaways gathered to show their support for the palestinians that of modern israel stop its attacks on gaza are also calling for a boycott of israeli and american goods who the rebels who are allied with hamas called for the demonstration protesters also bundt israeli flags while chanting against the u.s. and israel in other years the head of the world health organization has described the disparity between vaccine rollouts in wealthier countries and poorer nations as a form of the parts 8 director general to address the mom. says the gap is huge he's called on manufacturers to make jobs available to the global vaccine sharing scheme sooner than plant a fish cycler this blast of the shore in western india

this was ashdod. gaza, this was an american—made israeli bomb, has not stopped hamas firing back. that could be an incentive for israel to respond to pressure from its allies for a ceasefire. jeremy bowen, bbc news, jerusalem. one country that plays an important role in any mediation betweeb israel and hamas is egypt. the country's sinai peninsular shares a land border with the gaza strip, the only way into gaza without having to pass israeli checkpoints. in times of war the injured are evacuated through rafah to an egyptian hospital. and underneath the border wall, there are tunnels, through which a lot of things are smuggled. everything from food, to medicines, to arms and rockets. the egyptians have confirmed today they are in direct contact with hamas. they are the only country that has that kinds of direct communication. there is great sympathy in egypt for the palestinian cause, and today shipments of egyptian food and medicine arrived in gaza as part of $500 million pledged by president al sisi

this was ashdod.g of gaza, this was an american—made israeli bomb, has not stopped hamas firing back. that could be an incentive for israel to respond to pressure from its allies for a ceasefire. jeremy bowen, bbc news, jerusalem. here in the uk there is growing concern about the rising number of coronavirus cases of the so—called indian variant. though prime minister borisjohnson says he intends to carry on with plans to end the lockdown in england, which would mean all remaining restrictions on businesses and social contact in england being removed after 21stjune. our health editor hugh pym has the latest. with concerns about the indian variant, the push to vaccinate continues in hotspot areas around the country — like bolton, where there's been a recent surge in cases, and in glasgow, where cases of the variant have been detected in parts of the city, with a mosque among the vaccination centres and a sikh temple promoting the message. the prime minister said today it was too soon to decide whether

so rocket fire coming out from inside gaza again a very sustained one which struck the area around ashdod and ashkelon closer to gaza as well and to the east and brush over there was imagery on online of a direct hit in ashkelon a number of cars destroyed but no reports of any injuries on the political front we're waiting in the next couple of minutes to hear a statement from the prime minister benjamin netanyahu the defense minister benny gantz and the chief of the army chief harvey they are due to speak from the military h.q. in tel aviv as a so in the next couple of minutes we've already had the security cabinet meeting earlier on sunday and that was reported on the way in from a number of serious israeli journalists as potentially discussing the idea of approaching a cease fire they broke up that recently and then there were widespread reports that no in fact there's been no discussion whatsoever of a ceasefire during that security cabinet meeting that there had been instead an agreement to carry on with the military plans as they stood unless there was an intervention and a different

of a residential complex in the city of ashdod hit by a hamas rocket have masses kept up its bare arjan something in israel not all missiles are intercepted by israel's defenses as the bombs keep falling the international community is becoming increasingly alarmed more for less the u.s. says it's working to diffuse the situation. united states remains greatly concerned by. by the violence by the escalating violence hundreds of people killed or injured including children being told from the rubble we'll continue to conduct intensive diplomacy to bring this current cycle of violence to an end. but as the killing continues violence fear and loss remain an every day experience for these children in gaza. today of mr cramer is covering the story for us she joins us now from jerusalem tania we understand that gaza has come under heavy bombardment again what's the latest information you have for us from the enclave. well on the one hand as you speak they've been had some rocket alerts so incoming fire from the gaza strip to about southern communities and cities in israel but there have also be

6th floor had 3 occupants who were in a protected dreamer were not harmed a factory in the port of ashdod also was hit causing a fire there are no casualties in this is that it either funerals have been held for some of those killed during those earlier protests across the occupied west bank more rallies are expected on saturday in india's tourist hub of go or at least 75 patients have reportedly died due to a lack of oxygen at the top state run hospital over the past 4 days the high court has slammed the government and top hospital officials for saying that just tickle issues while connecting oxygen cylinders may have caused some casualties goes covert 19 positive the rate is the highest in the country at nearly 50 percent which means one out of every 2 people tested have the virus those were the headlines are back with more news here on al-jazeera in just under half an hour's time next it's talk to al-jazeera. teaching you around just the way english streaming landed on the channel. last thousands of our programs award winning documentary. did these reforms. subscribe to the g forward s