anti rise buildings in gaza city. the israeli government insists the strikes are in response to hamas and islamic jihad firing more than six hundred rockets across the border into southern israel many are intercepted while. some land in residential areas destroying homes injuring and killing civilians the violence is escalating raising fears of war. joining me now from jerusalem as our correspondent. tanya you were in southern israel today how are people saying they're feeling about this surge in violence. i think very much concern how the next hours will play out but also i mean people have basically confined this living around the gaza strip and most of the south of israel very close to gaza they have been confined to their safe rooms at home or very close to public shelters because they don't have much time if a rocket comes in to reach shelter and also of course the high number of casualties and also injured people in israel in a very short time has added to to the tension so the people i talked to have said you k

the sky above gaza city muddies with smoke as this latest exchange of violence leaves its trace israel says its own child hundreds of s trikes on militants in gaza this weekend in response to over four hundred palestinian rockets. at a cabinet meeting israel's prime minister vowed to keep up the bombings and send more troops to the border. and. this morning i instructed the i.d.f. to continue massive attacks against terrorist elements in the gaza strip and. i also ordered the reinforcement of the units around the gaza strip with armor artillery and infantry. people in the gaza strip once again navigate a landscape of rubble authorities here say several people died and dozens of wounded. because the neighbor called me of two o'clock in the morning and told me the building had been destroyed. that i was surprised so i came here and i saw the destruction well of the fire three missiles at the building which is seven floors high and i was shot before one of the myths about welcome aboard the amal. in southern israel air raid sirens wailed as palestinian rockets continued to be fired at the

he is speaking to us from gaza city. stay with us. ♪ [music break] amy: this is democracy now!, i'm amy goodman. we're j joined by raji sourani, award winning human rights lawyer. he is speaking to us from gaza city. was able to make it to the broadcast studio because a cease-fire has been declared. since friday, the numbers vary but it is believed 25 palestinians have been killed, four is relieved have been killed, and the latest escalation of violence. jehad abusalim is also with us, a scholar and policy analyst from gaza. he is now working in the united states for the american friends service committee's gaza unlocked campaign. he is speaking to us from chicago. i wanted to ask about the comment of jared kushner this past week in a 45 minute conversation, although he really speaks publicly, at the washington institute where he said, if you say two-state, means one thing to israelis, one thing to palestinians. let's just say we said, you know, let's just not saved. let's just say let's work on the details of what this

and i'm joined now on the phone by has them by lucia a journalist in gaza city has them what's the situation like where you are right now in gaza. well i have to say now it's quiet it's one. hour is where the it's quiet but if you ring the day it was one of the toughest day ever . actually since the twenty fourteen war. today was a bloody day the door raced up to twenty two depot three of them were women two babies one boy. yesterday morning the whole day. they experience a huge bombardment targeted military side. belong to the hamas and let me just add that to me factions that are launching rockets into israel from this is until building and i born. today was it was some bodies who were killed yesterday or really morning where buried and they were a few in the funerals for them for them. are people in gaza right now nervous that this could escalate into another war like it did in two thousand and fourteen for example. as i mentioned that today was was one of the toughest days it reminded people of the twenty forty war always there is a fear in every round or. over the collation that want to

government does health ministry saying about was a drone strike on house or next to a house in east gaza city and that three members of her family were also killed so that is the situation inside gaza as far as israeli casualties are concerned these are the authorities are saying that two people have been seriously injured one a woman in carry out go she was hit by shrapnel and taken to hospital in a serious but stable condition another man a civilian hit or rather injured by a rocket strike on the city of ashkelon north of gaza and how the israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu was meeting his security advisers in tel aviv kemet specked anything from that meeting. certainly no announcements so far the sabbath is now over and so it's possible that we might get some more official kind of statement from the israeli government so far the statements have been coming from the israeli military benjamin netanyahu is due to host or of the to lead a security cabinet meeting in israel on sunday a full security cabinet meeting but i think we do get the feeling the the message from the size of the isr

the casualties as violence flares up between israel and the palestinians these explosions are in gaza city as israeli shells hit palestinian targets israel says it's responding to a flurry of rockets being fired from the palestinian enclave across the border into its territory and gaza says it's responding to israeli aggression. for more on this we're joined by our correspondent in jerusalem tanya why is this surge of violence happening now. well we're seeing here another serious flare up after a period of relative calm in gaza and the area surrounding the now that came after. after egypt and the u.n. had brokered some sort of understanding spitter in israel and hamas in the lead up to the israeli elections so that period has been relatively calm but lately tensions have been flaring up in especially this week on friday during friday protests two demonstrators have been killed by israeli sniper fire as well as by sniper fire from gaza two israeli soldiers were wounded and that has led to an airstrike on a military post in gaza by the israeli army or army where two. people where apparently

hit around one hundred twenty palestinian targets turkey says one of the buildings destroyed in gaza city housed its state run news agency among the victims were a palestinian woman and her fourteen month old daughter as the violence escalated israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu convened a security meeting. on friday they'd been clashes during protests at the gaza border two israeli soldiers were wounded by sniper fire four palestinians were killed and over fifty wounded it was in response to those deaths that the barrier of rocket fire into israel began on saturday morning. causing the israelis to hit bank while hostilities flare egypt continues to mediate talks between the militant palestinian organizations hemis and the islamic jihad and israel there aimed it alleviate any hardship in the blockaded gaza strip and bringing peace to the region. to thailand now where elaborate ceremonies have taken place in bangkok to crown the country's new king might have a here a long corn the sixty six year old ascended to the throne in two thousand and sixteen after the death of his father who

claimed lives on both sides of the border and there are reports that casualties arising the sky above gaza city multiswitch smoke as this latest exchange of violence leads it's trace israel says it's launched more than two hundred twenty ass strikes on minute ansen gaza this weekend in response to a four hundred palestinian rockets at a cabinet meeting israel's prime minister valves to keep up the bombings and send more troops to the border. and you could go this morning i instructed the i.d.f. to continue massive attacks against terrorist elements in the gaza strip and could i also ordered the reinforcement of the units around the gaza strip with armor artillery and infantry. people in the gaza strip once again and navigate the landscape of rubble authorities here say several people have died and dozens of wounded. could have been well but a neighbor called me at two o'clock in the morning and told me the building had been destroyed. so i was surprised so i came here and i saw the destruction well of the first three mess halls of the building which is seven floors high and i was shocked becaus

and six palestinians have died in this weekend's flare up of violence in the region the sky above gaza city montes with smoke as this latest exchange of violence leaves its trace israel says it's launched more than two hundred twenty as strikes on militants in gaza this weekend in response to over four hundred palestinian rockets. at a cabinet meeting israel's prime minister vouched to keep up the bombings and send more troops to the border. incredible good morning i instructed the army to continue massive attacks against terrorist elements in the gaza strip and i also wanted the reinforcement of the units around the gaza strip with armor artillery and infantry. people in the gaza strip to once again and navigate a landscape of rubble authorities here say several people have died and dozens are wounded. throughout the world but the neighbor called me at two o'clock in the morning and told me the building had been destroyed and when i was surprised when i came here and saw the destruction they fired three missiles at a building which is seven floors high i'm shocked above all. in southern is

side says it's retaliating for the attacks of the other these explosions are in gaza city as israeli shells hit palestinian targets israel says it's responding to a flurry of rockets being fired from the palestinian enclave across the border into its territory. well for more on this we're joined by correspondent ten-year kramer can you why is this surge of violence happening now. while it has been a relative period a period of relative calm you have to say if i can remind you that just before the israeli elections so on a poll nine there have been some understandings being broke at between israel and the militant group hamas to calm down the situation there have been serious flare ups also by the end of march this has been broken now with tensions kept on rising over the past weeks and some sources in gaza suggest that implementation of this peace understanding has been. slow and you seen on friday doing the use of the gaza protests at the border fence to protest this way killed then israel has responded also to sniper fire. two soldiers on the other side killing then to hamas milita

israeli airstrikes pound gaza city in retaliation for palestinian rocket attacks the military says it hit over one hundred palestinian targets one was a six story commercial and residential building which turkey says housed at state run an adult a news agency the country's foreign ministry condemned the attacks and called on the international community to take action to ease tensions dozens were wounded a pregnant palestinian woman and her young daughter were among the dead. earlier gaza militants launched more than two hundred fifty rockets across the border into southern israel. some rockets struck homes like here in kiryat gut three people wounded dozens of rockets were intercepted by israel's iron dome defense system. as the violence escalated israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu convened a security meeting and as the hostilities flare egypt continues to mediate talks between the militant palestinian organizations hamas and the islamic jihad and israel they're aimed at alleviating hardship in the blockaded gaza strip and bringing peace to the region. to thailand now where ela

targeting fighters and announced the killing of a senior hamas commander in a strike on a car in gaza city how much the israelis say was responsible for transferring iranian money to fighting factions in gaza. israel says hamas and islamic jihad fired hundreds of rockets from gaza. some were intercepted by the iron dome anti-missile system others though got through israel says one person was killed in a direct hit on this factory in the israeli city of ashkelon another man died when a rocket struck his vehicle close to the gaza border that followed an overnight rocket strike on a house killing a fifty eight year old man the first israeli victim of a rocket fired from gaza since the two thousand and fourteen war. we are not commenting we do trust the army. will take care of us but we are really worried by the rockets. israel's prime minister confirms he told of the buildup of forces and promised further strikes on gaza and. this morning and structed the israeli army to continue massive attacks against terrorist elements in the gaza strip. ordering force mint of the units around the gaza str

come out of our top story this hour israeli air strikes of gaza after palestinian fighters fahd rockets into israel the ministry of health in the city says one palestinians been killed twenty minutes of them out of seven hundred fifty rockets were fired from gaza injuring two restraints. u.s. president has taken to social media to say he's confident can eventually get a deal with north korea's leader over pyongyang's nuclear program comes to south korea says it detected. to pull rocket launches from the east coast of the korean peninsula. aside from phony has stormed into these twelve people and forced to seek shelter it's weakened since devastating communities along the east coast of india. sixty. thousand africans will vote on wednesday the general election is the sixth time they had to the polls since the end of apartheid in one thousand nine hundred four the african national congress is what every vote but its popularity has declined many are fed up with the poverty gap and unemployment. report. i went to five years after south africa became a democracy these people are tired of having no jobs no land and poor housing these kind

singled out in a packed gaza city street, this was a targeted strike, killing a palestinian israel saysfor militants. air raid sirens have hardly stopped in southern israel, more than 500 rockets have been fired from gaza since yesterday, the israelis said, one of the worst flare—ups in years between old enemies. israel hasn't seen this number of casualties from rocket strikes since 2014. some hit homes. israeli deaths have prompted talk of fierce response from the country's prime minister. translation: i have instructed our forces to continue with massive strikes against terrorists in the gaza strip and the forces around the gaza strip will be stepped up with tanks, artillery and infantry. powerful explosions hit gaza, warplanes struck, israel said it hit hundreds of militant sites. the escalation had started on friday when one of gaza's smaller militant groups, islamichhad, shot and wounded two israeli soldiers. the death toll has been rising in gaza. militants are among those killed. now, high emotions are adding to the political pressure on both sides. israel and hamas were last in

targeting fighters and announced the killing of a senior hamas commander in a strike on a car in gaza city how much qatari the israelis say was responsible for transferring iranian money to fighting factions in gaza. israel says hamas and islamic jihad fired hundreds of rockets from gaza. some were intercepted by the iron dome anti-missile system others though got through israel says one person was killed in a direct hit on this factory in the israeli city of ashkelon another man died when a rocket struck his vehicle close to the gaza border that followed an overnight rocket strike on a house killing a fifty eight year old man the first israeli victim of a rocket fired from gaza since the two thousand and fourteen war. we are not commenting and we do trust the army we do hope will take care of us but we are really worried by the rockets. israel's prime minister confirms he told of the buildup of forces and promised further strikes on gaza and. this morning and structed the israeli army to continue massive attacks against terrorist elements in the gaza strip and i also ordered during force

and high rise buildings in gaza city. the israeli government insists the strikes are in response to hamas and islamic jihad firing more than six hundred rockets across the border into southern israel this weekend many were intercepted while still airborne but some landed in residential areas destroying homes injuring and killing civilians hastily declared in the early hours of the morning the latest ceasefire has a verted an all out war but with tensions high it won't take much for the violence to flare up again. especially in correspondent tanya kramer who has the latest from jerusalem so we've heard that this cease fire has been in effect for a few hours now how is it holding up so far. well it appears to be holding since the early morning hours there have been no a rockets being fired into southern israel from gaza and also there have been no more israeli airstrikes on gaza palestinian media have reported that as of four thirty am this cease fire has gone into effect a cease fire that has been brokered this time again

subjected to massive technologically advanced firepower by the israelis had no escape route with gaza city bombed and burning palestinians he did israel's warning to get out of the way but found they had nowhere to go with brutal murders devastating this attack was murders if you ask any american why that war started they would say because the palestinians are not firing rockets at israel what are the goals of that operation right now to change totally do behavior. is that. they keep shelling is. what this forget is that for the latter half of two thousand and eight there was a very successful cease fire that curtailed rocket fire into israel dramatically almost to the point in which there was none this was shattered in november of two thousand when israel attacked what they said was a tunnel building project to kill six hamas militants at that point the ceasefire was off when hamas regime rocket attacks off the israel broke the ceasefire israeli officials went on american television and got away with blaming a mosque for breaking the cease fire you know it was come us that you know latera

ghazi hamad in gaza city, welcome to hardtalk. thank you very much. sk you a simple question. when the people of gaza ask you how you and the hamas movement are going to make their lives better, what do you say? i think we are struggling, we are working day and night in order to ease the life of people in gaza here. but i think people there understand very well that the reason of this crisis is occupation, is the policy of the siege, is the policy of the blockade, is the pressure on gaza every day, because you know, gaza — israel looks to gaza as a hostile region, and they try to keep gaza under siege, blockade, sanctions, and striking every day. i think we are trying to stop this. i think we try to do that through two tracks — first of all, reconciliation, in order to have one authority, one political regime, one system, and also to be open to the world and also we are working on the track of the ceasefire agreement. i think we are trying, but i know that the situation in gaza is very critical, very difficult. but i think we have to have a final solut

joe however what i'm come on santa maria and this is the news hour from al-jazeera a live look at gaza city where it has been quiet for the past few hours there are reports that a cease fire agreement has been reached. also in the news the u.s. says it's sending a clear and unmistakable message to iran by deploying a warship to the middle east don't trouble also increasing the pressure on china as hurdles remain between the u.s. and beijing to reach a trade deal and at least forty one people are dead after this russian air a flight passenger plane landed in flames at a moscow airport. just on five am in gaza. and we are getting the reports of a cease fire agreement that may have been reached earlier mediation efforts were underway that was with egypt in contact trying to end the days of rocket attacks between gaza and israel this is a live picture from gaza right now as we say calm for the past few hours we have not seen or heard reports of any reason to end a strike slip start with this from natasha going to him she is in the israeli city of ashkelon the renewed violence between hamas and

singled out in a packed gaza city street, this was a targeted strike, killing a palestinian israel saysey—laundering for militants. air raid sirens have hardly stopped in southern israel, more than 500 rockets have been fired from gaza since yesterday, the israelis said, one of the worst flareups in years between old enemies. israel hasn't seen this number of casualties from rocket strikes since 2014. some hit homes. israeli deaths have prompted talk of fierce response from the country's prime minister. translation: i have instructed our forces to continue with massive strikes against terrorists in the gaza strip and the forces around the gaza strip will be stepped up with tanks, artillery and infantry. powerful explosions hit gaza, warplanes struck, israel said it hit hundreds of militant sites. the escalation had started on friday when one of gaza's smaller militant groups, islamicjihad, shot and wounded two israeli soldiers. the death toll has been rising in gaza. militants are among those killed. now, high emotions are adding to the political pressure on both sides. israel and hamas

israeli airstrikes continue to target buildings in gaza city. palestinian militants fired over 250 rockets. six palestinians including mother and baby were killed while others were wounded. the intense fighting ending a month long lull between the bitter enemies. >>> still to come, an oakland school is celebrating 150 yearings. how the school has been able to the continue educateing the kids. >> we want to encourage them to stay and help build up our community school. we're like a secret gem here. >> closed captioning for the 10:00 news brought to you by mancini's sleep world. ♪ his boy elroy. with instant acceleration,re fe and more affordable than ever. electric cars are here. plug into the present. super saturday! plus - friends & family - take an extra 20% off! save on women's dresses - just $37.59... diamond earrings - only $27.99... and the big one bath towel - just $2.79! plus - get kohl's cash! this super saturday... only at kohl's. . >>> prescott elementary school is celebrating 150 years of educating kids in oakland. as part of today's

israeli airstrikes and palestinian rocket attacks have left seven people dead this is the scene in gaza city after israeli warplanes attacked several areas with more than two hundred airstrikes on saturday evening six palestinians were killed in gaza within twenty four hours including a pregnant mother and her fourteen month old baby israeli attacks coincide with palestinian fighters firing hundreds of rockets into southern israel one israeli man was killed fawcett's joining us now live from the israel gaza border we're hearing some very strong words from benjamin netanyahu. yes this came at the beginning of the weekly cabinet meeting in jerusalem it's going to be succeeded in a couple of hours time by a security cabinet meeting again led by the prime minister b.s. during his opening remarks he said that it instructed his armed forces to carry on the massive attacks against what he called terrorist elements inside gaza he said he was reinforcing the israeli military around the gaza strip with tillery with armored corps and with infantry now we'd already heard from the israeli military that t

health ministry says that at least one person was killed and there were injuries as buildings in gaza city were targeted and destroyed. today's fighting came as leaders from hamas and the faction, islamic jihad, were in egypt for talks aimed at maintaining the cease fire that had begun toun vel in recent days. cyclone fani continued to move across india and bangladesh a today, leavinguge path of destruction, but causing relatively few deaths. although the extent of the cyclone's damage and the total number injured and killed has yet to be determined, the evacuation of more than one million people is likely to have spared the region a devastating death toll. the storm made landfall wither 155-mileour winds equivalent to a category-four hurricane. indian offials say the low number of casualties is due to disaster rdiness planning after a 1999 super cyclone opkilled more than 10,000 le. back here in the u.s., heavy rain is forecast over dae next severa for many midwestern river towns already hard hit by flooding. the mississippi river crested above its 1993 record in davenport, ia, before the

calls terror elements in the gaza strip pinpointing farm buildings cars and high rise buildings in gaza city. the israeli government insists the strikes are in response to hamas and islamic jihad far and more than six hundred rockets across the border into southern israel this weekend many were intercepted while still arab own but some landed in residential areas destroying homes injuring and killing civilians. hastily declared in the early hours of the morning the latest ceasefire has a verted an all out war but with tensions high it won't take much for the violence to flare up again. let's get more now we're joined by correspondent tanya kramer who is in jerusalem and tanya as we've heard there the cease fire has been in effect for a few hours now how is it holding up. well it has been quiet for the past few hours since to early morning hours have been no rockets incoming rockets from the gaza strip and there have been also no more strikes by the israeli assholes so effectively what we're hearing reports from palestinian sources is that a cease fire has gone into effect at four thirty am l

commanders responded by ordering warplanes artillery to attack the palestinian territory including gaza city near khan yunis and. perry fossett is in west jerusalem now so what is the latest harry. well yes that the very latest we're having from the israeli military is that they say no more than one hundred projectiles have been fired out of gaza into israeli territory the other. no what we also heard from gaza itself is that there is a bit of a pause it seems at least in terms of the rocket fire coming out we expected that perhaps to be to do with the funerals which are now underway for people who were killed during the course of friday now on friday there were two protesters who were killed or at least one dying overnight after sniper fire by the israeli side during the border protests there was also was sort of being sniper fire from the gaza side of the fence which injured two israeli soldiers and after event there was an airstrike which killed two members of hamas is military wing the office on brigade so that was the preliminary round there were talks by all the fighting factions durin

singled out in a packed gaza city street, this was a targeted strike, killing a palestinian israel said money—launderer for militants. air raid sirens have hardly stopped in southern israel. more than 500 rockets have been fired from gaza, one of the deadliest flare—ups between old enemies since they last fought a war in 2014. as the rockets claimed israeli lives, there was talk of a fierce response from the country's prime minister. translation: i've instructed our forces to continue with massive strikes against terrorists in the gaza strip, and the forces around the gaza strip will be stepped up, with tank, artillery and infantry. powerful explosions hit gaza as the warplanes struck. israel said it hit hundreds of militant sites. people's homes and lives were lost, too. a tower block was hit. israel said a militant commander was based there. "this was a direct hit on a civilian building, nothing to do with militants orfactions. this is what we get from the israeli occupation", this local man said. but tonight, officials in gaza said residents were among the dead. israel and hamas have

launching activities and now they're saying that they have specifically targeted this car inside gaza city taking out the car and killing this relatively senior commander inside. charged with with these financial transactions from iran as well as that they've been targeting the homes of mid-level commanders as well and so this while it might not yet be a return to the targeted assassinations of very senior leadership figures that we saw several years ago it does represent a step up in the in the israeli tactics and potentially likely to elicit a more heavy response from orisa be calls for that from hamas in turn harry for said thank you. now iran is vying to bypass u.s. sanctions on its major oil customers by using the so-called gray market illegal but unofficial way to export goods iran's deputy oil minister says all resources are being mobilized to keep up the exports after the u.s. lifted sanctions waivers on iranian oil importers including china and india iran is dismissing the american accusations of using oil revenues to destabilize the region on a chair attack in an international oi

singled out in a packed gaza city street, this was a targeted strike, killing a palestinian israel saidor militants. air raid sirens have hardly stopped in southern israel. more than 500 rockets have been fired from gaza, one of the deadliest flare—ups between old enemies since they last fought a war in 2014. as the rockets claimed israeli lives, there was talk of a fierce response from the country's prime minister. translation: i've instructed our forces to continue with massive strikes against terrorists in the gaza strip and the forces around the gaza strip will be stepped up, with tank, artillery and infantry. powerful explosions hit gaza, as the warplanes struck. israel said it hit hundreds of militant sites. people's homes and lives were lost too. a tower block was hit. israel said a militant commander was based there. "this was a direct hit on a civilian building, nothing to do with militants orfactions. this is what we get from the israeli occupation.", this local man said. but tonight, officials in gaza said residents were among the dead. israel and hamas have come close to all

commanders responded by ordering planes an artillery to attack the palestinian territory including gaza city newness and beit hanoun harri force it is in a west jerusalem forest so harry what is the latest that you're hearing there. well yes as you say these are the military has announced that it is carrying out further or has been carrying out further strikes targeting dozens of sites inside gaza belonging to hamas and to other organizations inside the gaza strip to israeli injuries reported so far one a woman injured by shrapnel it's understood in kerry at gol in southern israel taken in a serious condition to hospital and in ashkelon and another man in ashkelon injured moderately by a rocket strike that still called into the gaza health ministry one fatality so far today from israeli strikes that being a fighter if the hamas has some military wing all of this following what took place on friday the border protests during which two israeli put the two palestinian protesters were killed by israeli sniper fire and then there was a shooting of two israeli soldiers who were lightly injured onc

in gaza city many shops were closed for the day as part of a general strike. for the room it's a very sad day for palestinians it's a dark day for all people. seventy one years have passed and god willing we will return to our homeland sooner or later. hundreds also marched in the west bank city of ramallah. where sirens wailed at noon for seventy one seconds? meanwhile palestinian refugees in the lebanese capital beirut marks not about. according to the u. n. some eighteen thousand people live in this camp. was established in nineteen forty eight t due to ththe inflf palestinians during the war that led to israel's creation. yes the the ship the refugees in camps have the right to return to their land to their country and their property. this year knock book comes nearly two weeks after a cease fire was reached between israel and hamas the militant group that rules gaza. this after both sides exchanged rocket fire killing several israeli and more than twenty palestinians in one of the deadliest rounds of fighting in years. he's very mediators urged calm ahead

building in gaza city the other night munching hundreds of rockets into israel earlier in the day.iolence ended the relative peace between the two sides three israelis are injured. now back to "justice with judge jeanine". judge:. >> happy to see back on the front page of "the new york times" about the spying on my campaign it is bigger than watergate as far as i'm concerned. judge: now we have our panel. i will start with you the president is using the word spying. the left has a conniption every time they hear the word any new "new york times" is coming around to recognize what it was that the surveillance by the fbi was actual spying. . >> it's interesting to see that using the word spying. but it is pretty clear that the obama administration was potentially looking into the rival administration and president trump has a lot to be upset about. they have been dragged through the mud for the past two and half years despite what we learned from the mueller report now they go into obstruction xyz and why they felt the need to buy off the campaign and then we need to get to the botto

update on the situation in gaza at the moment coming up at about five forty five almost i am in gaza city in fact there's the live shot as the sun rises over gaza and we. have confirmation of an egyptian mediated ceasefire that has been reached between gaza and israel we believe it came into effect at one thirty g.m.t. so that would have been an hour and a quarter ago and we haven't seen any activity in that live shot probably for about three hours now so relative calm over gaza and we understand the cease fire has been reached between israel and gaza after twenty four people in twenty four palestinians were killed we should add and also four israelis killed in the rocket fire that has left at the strip of course keeping a close eye on that story as it develops this monday morning to pakistan now and muncher which is the country's largest freshwater lake covers more than two hundred fifty square kilometers during the peak on soon season but it's become a dumping ground for industrial waste and that is putting the lives of people who depend on the lake at risk this report from come on. you

in a moment we'll have the weather with rob but still ahead here on the al-jazeera news we're in gaza city to assess the impact of the worst escalation in cross border attacks since twenty fourteen. also the u.s. house of representatives threatened sanctions against the attorney general but there's no sign hill turn over the documents democrats want to see. the hometown hero lift simply into the n.h.l. conference finals will have that story inspired. hello again you get some surprising weather in australia it's a big constantly with us on a big surprise but this is a thing here you wouldn't think represented very much but it's coming in from the bite and it is autumn so if you happen to have been in the time of during the north of victoria they're not little line represented this hold onto your hats this is time lapse come in quickly but that was instant day dark this is not nighttime as a sand storm dropped. the sunshine and that was the result of that little frontal system the nasty it was some rain would be it kept moving across victoria new south wales and to be honest this is the most

subjected to massive technologically advanced firepower by the israelis had no escape route with gaza city bombed and burning palestinians heeded israel's warning to get out of the way but found they had nowhere to go it was a brutal. this time. if you ask any american why war started they would say because the palestinians are not firing rockets at israel what are the goals of that operation right now to change totally the behavior from us is that. they keep shelling is. what this forgets is that for the latter half of two thousand and eight there was a very successful ceasefire that curtailed rocket fire into israel dramatically almost to the point at which there was none this was shattered in november of two thousand when israel attacked what they said was a tunnel building project killed six hamas militants at that point the ceasefire was off when hamas regime rocket attacks after israel broke the cease fire israeli officials went on american television and got away with claiming a mosque breaking the cease fire you know it was that you know laterally tore up the cease fire understandi

palestinians and four israelis were killed in the cross border fighting and show her name has more from gaza city. you can hear the blaring of car horns instead of airstrikes and fire and you can see gazans are here in the markets children are back in school businesses are open life has resumed in gaza on day two of the ceasefire but if you're a relative of one of the twenty five palestinians who were killed or living in one of the one housing units destroyed life is anything but normal in assist people who have lost everything the government is offering households one thousand dollars in emergency funding qatar has pledged four hundred million dollars to gaza and all of us pay. the be able to see all that. they would be able to for all these this election and they will be rebuilding their lives and we will stand by them we are quoting the international community to stand by that be able to because this is one of the apartment buildings destroyed in and israeli airstrike you can see girls pajamas. backpack of bureau pillows sheet strewn throughout the rubble this was the deadliest cycle of violen