thople of gaza. who's drinking undrinkable water? the people of gaza. who's delivering blue babies? our people in gaza. our women are delivering blue babies because of the nitrates in the water. so all people are punishing our people in gaza. reporter: amid all the intransigence, the u.n predictst at this ratet gaza will become uninhabitable by 2020. >> we pump water to these storage tanks. >> reporter: intertional aid agencies are rying to help with the water crisis. oxfam recently opened a pilot desalination plant. it plans to rehabilitate 45 similar facilities that have fallen into disrepair across gaza, says spokesman mohammed ammar. >> in this project we target 1,200 households and more than 6,000 individuals with pla to target half a million people in the coming two years. >> ( translated ): we drank contaminated water for a long time until oxfam came and gave us clean water. reporter: the lubad family is one of the lucky early recipients. once every two weeks, oxfam fills their small rooftop tank with 130 gallons of desalinated water. absent a political solution, it appears,

gaza. one of the world's biggest news stories. but one of the smallest and most claustrophobic strips of land on earth. a virtual prison with no way out and hardly any way in. the years of conflict with israel have left gaza in ruins. a grainy search for fires tears. and blue state. and our crew the other children here from mark to down. today gaza feels like a population living on life support machine there's not enough of anything any money water food or medicine i know what this means i know what love means i know what their what warn me is i'm scared i think we're going to die death is coming. this tiny strip of land is bordered by israel egypt and the mediterranean sea entry to gaza is three checkpoints all of which are controlled by israel. gaza makes up only six percent of the palestinian territory it contains nearly heart of its population around one point two million people fifty percent of children under the age of ten. roughly twice the size of washington d.c. gaza is. of the most densely populated places in the world.

the little hundred fifteen million dollar donation for gaza to the u.n. after the palestinian group hamas rejected the funding the announcement comes two days after israel approved the donation of the guards or but i must says it won't accept the money because of conditions imposed by israel describing it as blackmail the money were set to fund the civil service and support the garzon people. not be harder to come us after we were informed by the leadership of hamas that they would not accept the ground as an attempt to alleviate pressures on them it was decided to channel the money to other humanitarian projects in cooperation with the un and their systems to poor families or the improvement of electricity and sewage facilities trial struck for joins me now from gaza let's just begin with this money and this controversy is the issue of blackmail what are the what is how much talking about. what is talking about is the fact that there is an election in israel scheduled for april the ninth so has the cutter embroil ahmadi that describing it as being politi

gaza and palestine engineer it looks like a prison when you want a goal from here gaza dora muller for example you have to go through that checkpoint and. you have many questions. although it's our land there's no place to go because every good place. israel's and israeli and destroy it. here they know what to do what one means what there were that what this means and they know if they see blood very little everything to politics they is this just live in a full political situation all in the in schools they took it all for they when they play you can see them shooting other vital. i'm an amateur i know i know what this means i know what love means i know what they hear what war means for as little as they know i know and all the children how is the feeling of of not having a mom. or dad or brother the democratically elected government of the palestinian territories is how much but the west regard hamas as a terrorist organization and have frozen aid to both go there on the west bank. the economy has collapsed and civil servants haven't been paid for over a year. it's beyond people's c

gaza. one of the world's biggest news stories.but one of the smallest and most claustrophobic strips of land on earth. a virtual prison with no way out and hardly any way in. the years of conflict with israel have left gaza in ruins. playground is searching fire stairs. and blue stairs. and our crew the other children here for mark to down. today gaza feels like a population living on life support machine there's not enough of anything any money water food or medicine i know what this means i know what love means i know what they're what worries me is i'm scared i think we're going to die death is coming. this tiny strip of land is bordered by israel egypt and the mediterranean sea entry to gaza is through checkpoints all of which are controlled by israel. gaza makes up only six percent of the palestinian territory it contains nearly home of its population around one point two million people fifty percent of children under the age of ten. roughly twice the size of washington d.c. gaza is. of the most densely populated places in th

strip cha stratford has more from gaza. this the forty fourth week of friday protests along gaza's border this one of five locations across the border along the border where protests to happening. we've seen a lot of tear gas fired the ministry of health already saying that a number of people have been treated for what they describe as injuries received from live ammunition being shot by the israeli army now these protests happen already happening only a few hours after an announcement by casa's envoy to gaza saying that the money that was jus to be delivered here as part of an aid package comes as an agreement that was set in november. money at least fifty million dollars that house refused to accept yesterday because what it described is conditions that were being put upon it by israel as anyone else saying that that money will be directed to aid projects here in gaza with the coordination of the u.n. we understand that the first signing of those kind of coordination agreements with the u.n. will happen on monday meanwhil

which has for years withheld money and fuel supplies to hamas controlled gaza before i was handed in today we are calling for a general strike among a workers because of the new palestinian authority and all increasing the taxes it is hurting us a lot we won't stop until the p.a. listens there are protests like this virtually every day in gaza now how must say this that said the palestinian no forty's refusal to allow like the funds to pay for this and you know authority you always hear it. he's upbeat by the palestinian president mahmoud abbas to cause whatever us describes a civil unrest for anybody to remember how much from how. i do believe that the palestinian authority with owned a concession that we've been giving to them from hamas and something like that doesn't sound that out interested to have a gain by what she had in building boats shooting system and toward to get out again. talking about the election talking about different things that we both full to have but unfortunately that is the easy or the template to get us to the kitchen hit and they have to make it more diff

gaza is virtually defeeless. this is s one of the stronongt armies i in the world, lashing out to d devastate gaza. there's always pretexts.s. there are prpretexts for everytything. hitler had a pretext for invading poland. he was protecting germany from the wild terror of the poles. and the israelis, with u.s. backing, have concocted pretexts -- no time to go through it here, there's plenty in print about it. every one of them collapses on inspection. it's just a punching bag. and the effect on the people of gaza is to create utter desperation. the current march is just an attempt to somehow break the e siege, make life possible. the problem could be overcome easily, simply by providing them with the opportunities for survival.. that's it. not trying to block every attempt at political unification of the factions. it's often been a pretext for another attack. some of what has gone on, parts of it we have seen, are just grotesque, like when a highly trained israeli sniper murders a young woman far from the border

daily reality for the children of gaza. in gaza the population is estimated to be about one point four million over hafiz people children just think about what kind of impact passing along the top russian generation it's it's going to be addressed i really do you want to be a journalist because because. because i like it when i get bigger i'll describe the situation here i'll still everybody how we live how. god willing i would love to be a professor of chemistry at university. that if i do not succeed in being a martyr. when you become the first female president of palestine which i'm absolutely sure you're going to be one of the first three things you're going to do and how if. if i'm president and. i would first give children all there are so they don't have to live in discern yours and misery that we live in. seconds i would you move all the sharpish i would not leave it the way it is now i would see that there are municipalities that could clear the mess left behind by the israeli and third. new country. children of co

listens there are protests like this virtually every day in gaza now hamas says that the palestinian authorities refusal to allow vital funds to pay promising you know authority employees here in gaza is a bid by the palestinian president mahmoud abbas to cause whatever must describe the civil unrest or anybody to remove that much so from howard i do believe that the palestinian authority with owned a concession that we've been giving to them from hamas and something like that doesn't sound that out interested to have a gain by what she had been doing but was shooting system and toward to get out again. talking about the election talking about different things that we both full to have but unfortunately that is the baby or the template didn't get us to the kitchen hit and they have to make it to more difficult what each of us to in the division and to distort our unity at least two hundred fifty palestinians have been killed mainly by israeli army sniper fire since we can be friday protests started nichols's border fence almost a year ago. i'm only deaves postponed some lines in an i

doctors here say health care in gaza is overwhelmed.ls it an epidemic of gunshot injuries. >> from my experience, i think -- and some some friends in the united kingdom and france and united states, if they had the same number of injuries, the health system would collapse. no other place can cope with this huge number of injuries. ormishal: even be, this hospital had acute and unmet needs.s thisgaza's biggest emergency department, which sees 500 patients every day. there is a long list of what a hospitals he short of -- nids, drugs, medical supplies. there is also a chshortage of power. there is not enough fuel for the backup generator they don't have enough clean water for the patients to drink, for the staff to wash their hands, or even to sterilize their instruments. for the last few years, staff here have receiv only half their salaries. some are paid by hamas, which controls gaza. others by the palestinian authority in the west bank. the blockade of gaza and its effect on the economy comes n. again and ag israel says it does not re

yes the cash is part of a humanitarian program for gaza being led by carter with u.n. assistance but the donation process is far from straightforward under an informal agreement israel in november allowed concert to begin sending ninety million dollars to gaza over a six months period the money has to pay the salaries of civil servants and to buy power station fuel as well as humanitarian aid but for almost three weeks the israeli government refused to approve the third installment around fifteen million dollars after an escalation of violence along the gaza israel border when israel finally allowed the money transfer hamas refused to accept it saying the israelis had changed the conditions of the cash transfer deal and was politicizing the issue before is radio elections in april many israeli politicians are against the agreement saying the government is paying what they describe as a terrorist organization to keep quiet promises that it cannot raise sufficient taxes because gaza kaname is so deeply affected by israel's more than ten year and single day meanwhile the

refusal to allow vital funds to pay promising you know authority employees here in gaza is a bid by the palestinian president mahmoud abbas to cause whatever must describe the civil unrest or anybody to remove i myself from her. i do believe that the palestinian authority with owned a concession that we've been giving to them from hamas and something like that doesn't sound that out interested to have again by what she had been doing both shooting system and toward to get out again. talking about the election talking about different things that we both full to have but unfortunately that is the baby or the template to get us to the chin hit and they have to make it more difficult for to each of us two in the division and to distort our unity at least two hundred fifty palestinians have been killed mainly by israeli army sniper fire since we can be friday protests started near gaza's border fence almost a year ago. i'm only deeds postponed some lines in an incubator in this hospital is life and sounds like him dependent on whether palestinian and israeli politicians will one day put

gaza. brazil's president has been admitted to hospital in sao paulo where he's due to undergo surgery on monday jobs in our suffered life threatening wounds after he was stabbed in the stomach while campaigning in september the operation will remove a colossal me bag inserted after the attack doctors say he could take up to ten days to recover. thousands of protesters have rallied in the french capital to call for an end to violence and disruption caused by three months of anti-government demonstrations and like the so-called yellow vest protesters they're also using clothing as part of their movement the bottom reports from paris. a new citizens movement in france created online and now on the streets of paris they call themselves the vet scarves and they say they're fighting back against months of finance and disruption by yellow fest protesters thousands marched through the city to demand an end to the yellow vest blockades and demonstrations the unity and respect for fraud says democrac

some are paid by hamas, which controls gaza.ers by the palestinian thority in the west bank the blockade of gaza and its effect on the economy comes up again and again. d israel says s not restrict most medical supplies, but gaza has little money to pay for the health needs of its people. >> our civilians, people died and injured all the time. big question, why? and why are we in the siege r 12 years? mishal: who do you hold responsible fowhat you are experiencing? >> all people, united nations, red cross, israel, palestini authority. all of them responsible. mishal: those at the very start of their lives are among the most vulnerable, dependent on the specialist equipment and in some casesith conditions that cannot be treated here. because the blockade restricts the movement of people, patients need to request permission to leave. this two-day-old baby with a congenital heart defect was waiting for an exit permit when we filmed him. four days later he died. his peission hadn't come through. mishal husain,bc news, gaza. gaza'sth

and frozen to death the impact of gaza's blockade is having on animals. hello time for another bell to snow i think not an immediate future well though we still got the circulation which suggests cold air comes across the water that produces that it's not really much of a breeze so you've got the increasing cloud on sunday disappointing if you look at that west and then a bit of rain on the coast of honshu and mountains in and soon i will see some snow from that of the sea but turkey is quite warm in the shelter of fifteen insofar as minus one is on surprising there's probably going to be a bit of a problem is slowing moving morning fog in north korea possibly around the beijing area where the air is increasing not of high quality jet temperatures are rising here but there is an increasing likelihood of extensive snow in her car and northern honshu drink money and it cools down a bit into down to ten and once again we spot this what's going on in the middle of winter type rain in the middle of southern china which stretches up towards a bit of snow in tha

the funding the announcement comes two days after israel approved the nation for gaza but hamas says it won't accept the money because of conditions imposed by israel to squabbles blackmail the money was set to follow the civil service and support people in gaza. not the other come us after we were informed by the leadership of hamas that they will not accept the ground as an attempt to alleviate pressures on them it was decided to channel the money to other humanitarian projects in cooperation with the un with the systems to poor families or the improvement of electricity and sewage facilities child stratford has more from gaza. this the forty fourth week of friday protests along gaza's border this one of five locations across the border along the border where protests to happening. we've seen a lot of tear gas for the ministry of health already saying that a number of people have been treated for what they described was injuries received from live ammunition being shot by the israeli army now these protests happen already happening only a few hours after an announcement by causes e

only power station strasser before from gaza. refer to sort of the has suffered kidney problems life which in your old needs dialysis treatment times a week. put fuel to power hospital generates as he's fast running out his father says he has applied many times to have refined treated in israel but they have always refused. all for i am really concerned because my son relies on these three things because it is unique to these machines and keep my son alive because we stop him with and that scares me the. ministry of health says at least five hospitals where hundreds of patients need vital lifesaving treatment the various illnesses including cancer all face closure and this fuel is supplied soon. fuel shortages throughout israel's world and ten you. can see blockade but the ministry of health saying the situation of hospitals like this one with respect to the amount of fuel they have for their generators has reached a critical point and there are numerous reasons why the palestinian authority led by president mahmoud abbas based i

but so far no long term political solution for gaza has been found stephanie decker al-jazeera gaza. ameri mexico southern state or what has been shot dead just hours after being sworn into office gunman opened fire on alejandro a powder c.e.o. as he was on his way to a meeting four other people were wounded in the attack a man's we know arrested in connection with the killing. of a child of one of the world's best known drug lords is resuming in new york after the holiday break prosecutors have been outlining the allegations against mexican joaquin el chapo guzman since their vendor but there have also been some rather unexpected moments as gabriel elizondo reports. most of. his life is the world's richest and most feared drug trafficker was dramatized in a hit television series and spondee genre of folk songs back in his native mexico. but inside a brooklyn courtroom the real life bushwalking el chapo guzman is playing out and it's no less an say tional among some of the extraordinary exhibits seen by the jury so far pictures of specially built submarines that prosecutors say carri

well qatar says it will hand over a fifteen million dollars donation from gaza to the united nations after the palestinian group hamas rejected the funding says israel had put new conditions over the mechanic for paying out the money the announcement comes two days after israel approved the donation four thousand but hamas says it won't accept the money because of the conditions imposed by israel describing it as blackmail the money was set to fund the civil service and support the people. of illinois hamas after we were informed by the leadership of hamas that they will not accept the ground as an attempt to alleviate pressures on them it was decided to channel the money to other humanitarian projects in cooperation with the un and the systems to poor families or the improvement of electricity and sewage facilities first has more from gaza. this the forty fourth week of friday protests along gaza's border this one of five locations across the border along the border where protests to happening. we've seen a lot of tear gas for the ministry of health already saying that a number of p

next to the wall that separates gaza froisrael. >> we have a ticking te bomb here in gaza where theelihood of disease breang out is highly likely. >> the united natio has concluded that, at the current rate, the gaza strip willecome uninabout thible by 2020 because to have the lack of water, sanitation and electricity, that's prompted a scramble byna internataid groups to provide emergency assistance. will explore efforts by international aid agencies in tto deal with gaza's water crisis in the next piece. this is fred de sam lazaro, nely the israel-gaza >> nawaz: fred's reporting is a partnership with the under-told stories project at the university of st. thomas in minnesota. >> nawaz: as we mark the end ofr any of us are thinking about resolutions. that might include reading more. if so, youl want to pay close attention as jeffrey brown guides us through the best books of 2018. >> for our look at books, i'm joint by two disnguished literary voices. ann patchette, her last novel "commonwealth" is on man critics "lists for best books of the year in 2016. the latest bok is "nashvill

arrived in gaza after. fifteen million dollars guitar a donation from the civil service fuel shipments it's part of a wider aid program initiated by. was blocked by the israeli government those are the headlines here on news and. it's the stream to stay with us. every week brings a series of breaking stories. as we turn the cameras on the media focus on how they report on the stories that matter. on al-jazeera. and here in the. security crackdown on anti-government protests we explore where the country is headed as it navigates an economic crisis but first have a look at this report by al-jazeera correspondent. last week demonstrated against the fuel price hike which had more than doubled overnight the government responded with force more than six hundred people were arrested. zimbabwe's human rights commission says more people died in last week's protests and during post-election violence president.

the bbc‘s mishal husain visited gaza.old walid is one of those who've been injured at the weekly protest near the perimeter fence with israel. his father says he went along just as other young people have. an israeli bullet went through both of his legs. there've now been months of demonstrations at the boundary. many palestinians say their intentions were peaceful, although some have thrown stones, burned tyres, and sent incendiary kites and balloons over the fence. israel says it's only used live fire when necessary, to protect infrastructure, its soldiers, and israeli civilians living nearby. the vast majority of the gunshot wounds have been to the lower limbs. doctors here say health care in gaza isoverwhetmeos one calls it an epidemic of gunshot injuries. from experience, i think... and, you know, from some friends and colleagues in the united kingdom and france and the united states... if they had the same number of injuries received in the emergency department, the health system would collapse. no other places in t

hamas denies accusations of exaggerating the fuel crisis so its employees get paid gaza's ministry of health says money from international donors to buy generate a few has all but dried up. we have for the last two weeks been in a very complicated situation it is very serious this has become a critical humanitarian issue for thousands of patients and hospitals across gaza amount to thousands of palestinian patients like his son know the difficulties of getting life saving medical treatment under the siege who go on john strafford al jazeera gaza two people have been killed and at least twenty two injured in a fire at a ski resort in the french alps the blaze broke out early on sunday in a workers' accommodation building in the resort town of course of n. several residents had to jump from windows to safety seventy five fighters to bring the blaze under control the course has not yet been confirmed a few has been held in london for six on known jewish victims of the holocaust the reins of the five adults and one child who died at the auschwitz death camp were donated to britain's imper

this road runs through the middle of the gaza strip. during the years that israeli settlers lived here it was closed to the palestinians. the settlers left in two thousand and five and the homes were destroyed by these were. many palestinian homes still bear the scars of the battles surrounding the settlement. battles the basheer family. that all four story house is situated between a form a settlement village and a palestinian village the israeli military tried to take over the house because it wanted to use it as a lookout position but the family refused to leave so the soldiers took the top two floors and the. who have six children stayed on the ground to. the first time i saw the soldiers i was scared but i got used to them and then i wasn't so scared. i asked them if i could go to the toilet but the soldiers said no they would not allow me to go. they did not let me so i wet myself. they forced us not sides and i took my dad and myself and they blindfolded me and this was the most scary thing of all. and how do you feel now it's no

it's very clear that the main issue of suffering in gaza is the siege on gaza if there was free trade there would be jobs there would be money coming in and so forth why has the united nations or the u.n. d.p. not come out and hold for an immediate lifting of the siege. well first of all let me acknowledge that the situation inside gaza is desperate and it is perhaps one of the most painful visits i have on the take in my word and my work around the world to see that situation and it is one that is also getting worse you mentioned some of the factors not only are there more people there are also challenges about the lack of employment access to clean water for instance the collapse of the aquifer there are factors here that are going to make things far worse in the years to come but as we all know i mean the reality of gaza is embedded in a larger conflict that seems to be you know eluding or efforts to resolve them the united nations has repeatedly as you know passed resolutions that has not only drawn attention to this it has condemned. aspects of that reality and i will say it in t

without those demonstrations in gaza.we've seen a lot of gas fired today yet again this is the full week of the four day protests along the gaza border a lot of i've been to she's taking the way now there's a lot of r. and r. here in gaza specifically at the moment over the withholding. of millions of dollars donated by cots a lot of which is going to go towards buying fuel for gaza there is a serious fuel crisis on the strip at the moment hospitals are saying that some of the may have to close down the big issue certainly. the israeli government is that a lot more of this money is going to go to war paying hamas employees in the netanyahu government on the pressure. by of what i described as right we're going to see in that government that accuse him of basically paying hamas to keep the situation cause in the street understand that thousands of people have been protesting in other areas along the border oh and even restates is saying they will continue protesting until israel's twelve year there and see the ok he's ther

in the gaza strip after bad weather damaged cage. the blockade left them unable to get supplies that would have saved the animals. it's a sad day at the only zoo in the gaza strip these children should be playing with these line cubs but instead they are here to bury them the cubs were born on wednesday but they survived less than twenty four hours severe winter weather affects not only gaza's two million people but also its few remaining zoo animals. the cops didn't stand much of a chance. i'm very sad because we lost four cops today and i had to bury them in the same room because it's not only a financial it's emotional because they're important to children and who visit. the zoo says it didn't have the necessary food supplements and medicines to save the cops the twelve year israeli egyptian blockade has made it difficult to get the necessary food and equipment to take care of animals these are african lions some of the few animals left in gaza zoo. most other animals in this private zoo in the southern gaza strip survived the sto

. >> the next day david and i separated so that i could go alone into gaza. along with the west bank, gaza is one of the two areas that have been taken by israel in 1967 and has been an occupied territory ever since. >> when i was in gaza david attended an israeli right wing rally in jerusalem. a large movement of religious israelis believe that rather than returning this land, it should be annexed by the state of israel. these people, called settlers, were creating villages in the occupied territories in order to create this reality. the rally was one of many demonstrations held by the settlers to convince the israeli government not to withdraw from the occupied territory. >> you have not seen an earthquake. >> the devastation of an earthquake. all you have to do is go to -- >> the water here is salty. so the government set up desalination plabts. they cannot just get pressure water. looks like somebody's handy candy. in fact, it's their daily routine. there are hundreds of thousands of people who don't want to get out of gaza. they want to keep them in gaza

which has for years withheld money and fuel supplies to hamas controlled gaza were bought out of the senate and today we are calling for a general strike among he a workers because of the new palestinian authority and all increasing the taxes it is hurting us a lot we won't stop until the p.a. listens there are protests like this virtually every day in gaza now how must say this that the palestinian authority's refusal to allow vital funds to pay for this and you know authority you always hear it. he's appeared by the palestinian president mahmoud abbas to cause whatever state pride to civil unrest in a bid to remove from the power. i do believe that the palestinian authority with only the concession that we are giving to them from hamas and something like that doesn't sound interested to have again follow us here in building both sharing system and toward together again. talking about the election talking about different things that we both feel to have but unfortunately that is that even all the time but didn't get us to the kitchen here and there to make it two more difficult for

but safe from kanu unison southern gaza he was shot in both legs by an israeli sniper during a protest at the border months ago well i don't like to think it is our duty as kind of syrians to support our team and having a sick or injured we have to support them they are our heroes representing us in front of the world and so in their low score in tonight's match but there are many people here that are actually celebrating this result when you bear in mind that the last time the jordan and palestine played in the two thousand and fifteen asian games jordan beat them five one this result means that palestine finished third in their group and they still stand the charts of progressing into the last sixteen for that we're going to have to wait for another couple of days was the other match is a plate trial stop at al-jazeera gaza. malaysia's foreign minister says the country will not host any events in the future involving israel confirming that the country will not change its mind over ban on israeli athletes at a para swimming competition the competition in july is a qualifying event for

but i'll just era on eunice gaza morning all of our stories right here including analysis that takes you behind the headlines the address al jazeera dot com. quick recap of the top stories this hour now the united states has announced major sanctions on venezuela's state owned oil company it's the latest attempt to ratchet up the pressure on that is why the president nicolas maduro the opposition leader proclaimed himself interim president last week and he has the backing of the u.s. . but we have continued to expose the corruption of madeira and his cronies and today's action ensures they can no longer loot the assets of the venezuelan people we expect and secretary minucci will go into this in more detail that today's measure total seven billion dollars in assets walk today plus over eleven billion dollars in lost export proceeds over the next year we also today call on the venezuelan military and security forces to accept the peaceful democratic and constitutional transfer of power in all the developments the u.s. justice department says it's issued two indictments against chinese

have already returned to areas controlled by takesh back gravels some of inge of aid has more from gaza on the turkey syria or death. for the last few months turkey has been trying to close down refugee camps on its soil to try and give people an avenue to go back and rebuild their lives so far it is one and one in three they have a battery a shrine to word syria but now if they ever go on coming today turkish audience saying that he wants to create a safe zone along the border where people would be able to feel free and four million syrians the largest number of syrian refugees in another country can go back now before he gets to this he needs the guarantees from not just the united states but russia as event to try and build this so-called theists on the three hundred thousand people that he's talked about and gone back have gone boxes back to areas which have been under the control of turkish backed forces for a number of years including the city of our freend and other areas surrounding on the western side of the euphrates river on the eastern side of the euphrates river it's a comp

reports from southern gaza.you have the disciplines do their warm up exercises in this cemetery in kommunist in the southern gaza strip. they all call in fusion asked the discipline developed from french military or political calls training. of all seeing your environment in negotiating its obstacles in a freer often dangerously acrobatic way the boys don't deny the irony of practicing among the graves many of the people buried here were killed in wars with israel. so. this gives me a different feeling from other sports park takes us away from israel see all the suffering we experience when we practice we feel emotionally and mentally away from the refugee camp here we are. the group calls itself the hard core gaza many of the walls and buildings they used to practice on scarred by bullets and partially destroyed. palko garza was set up in two thousand and five the guys here say they practice bush lee every day they say that despite the difficulties they face here israel's and land and sea blockade only motivate

only power station but many israelis objected to the government allowing any money into gaza hamas with an election jew in a pool it seems prime minister binyamin netanyahu at first balance of the pressure but now says the transfer of the casa money will be allowed hamas denies accusations of exaggerating the fuel crisis so its employees get paid. garza's ministry of health says money from international donors to buy generator fuel has all but dried up. we have for the last two weeks been in a very complicated situation it is very serious and this has become a critical humanitarian issue for thousands of patients and hospitals across gaza amount to and thousands of palestinian patients like his son know the difficulties of getting life saving medical treatment under the siege will go on trial strafford al jazeera gaza. still ahead here on al-jazeera in sport one of the greatest skaters of all time contemplates an early retirement we'll have that story coming right up. by mainstream every weekly news anchor brings a seemingly simple breaking stories and then of course there's donald trum

gaza's ministry of health says money from international donors to buy generator fuel has all but dried up. we have for the last two weeks in a very complicated situation it is very serious and this has become a critical humanitarian issue for thousands of patients and hospitals across gaza. too and thousands of palestinian patients like his son know the difficulties of getting life saving medical treatment under the siege will go on trial strafford al jazeera gaza israel's missile defense system is reported to have shot down a rocket fired from syria israeli commanders say the missile was fired from the northern part of the occupied golan heights all of this followed reports that syrian government forces had prevented an israeli air strike which targeted an airport in damascus. with us in the studio in kabul on director of policy analysis at the doha institute for graduate studies and it's nice to have you with us as always more i would think it's worth actually explain to our viewers how israel fits into the syria picture because we know all about the other major players turkey iran e

by israel and egypt strafford was those demonstrations in gaza. we've seen a lot of gas fired today yet again this is the pulte third week of the friday protests along the gaza border along with i'm going to she's taking the way now there's a lot of anger here in gaza specifically at the moment over the withholding by israel of millions of dollars donated by qatar a lot of which is going to go towards buying fuel for gaza there is a serious fuel crisis on the strip at the moment hospitals a saying that some of the may have to close down the two big issues certainly will run the israeli government is that a lot more of this money is going to go to will be paying commerce employees in the netanyahu government on the pressure. by of what i described is what we're going to miss in that government that accuse him of basically paying hamas to keep the situation carmen in the street understand it sounds of people to be protesting in other areas along the border city oh it would be very states who say they will continue protesting until israel's twelve da

because of blackouts in gaza's only power station israel has been refusing to allow the delivery of five million dollars in cash to buy fuel charles traffic reports. that he has suffered kidney problems all his life the ten year old needs dialysis treatment four times a week with fuel to power hospital generators is fast running out his father says he has applied many times to have refined treated in israel but they have always refused shortly and even. for four am really concerned because my son relies on this three times because that is unique to these machines and keep my son alive because we stop him with and that scares me the. gaza's ministry of health says at least five hospitals where hundreds of patients need vital lifesaving treatment the various illnesses including cancer all face closure and this fuel is supplied soon . fuel shortages throughout israel's world and ten you can see blockade but the ministry of health is saying the situation of hospitals like this one with respect to the amount of fuel they have for their generators has reached a critical point and there ar

and staying in gaza four lion cubs have died at the zoo in the gaza strip of the bad weather damaged their cage zoo owners says the continuous blockade on the strip meant that necessary supplies which may have saved the animals were not available for jabari as more. it's a sad day at the only zoo in the gaza strip these children should be playing with these line cubs but instead they are here to bury them the cubs were born on wednesday but they survived less than twenty four hours severe winter weather affects not only gaza's two million people but also its few remaining zoo animals the cubs didn't stand much of a chance. i'm very sad because we lost four cubs today and i had to bury them in the same room because it's not only a financial it's emotional because they're important to children under two visitors . the zoos says it didn't have the necessary food supplements and medicines to save the cups the twelve year israeli egyptian blockade has made it difficult to get the necessary food and equipment to take care of animals these are african lions some of the few animals left in g