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 have been confined to the 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 know they're very worried how this will play out in the coming hours and they said they do trust the army to do the right things some people have said you know they want the army to deal with hamas once and for all that there should be no more concessions other have cautioned you know already there have been three wars between israel and hamas and nothing really has changed so people will watch very closely what will happen then next this is definitely a concerning situation could it escalate into yet another state of war well it's very difficult to say it this time i mean there's no indication yet that this is close to to an end at the moment and yo

at a hospital in gaza palestinians move on their daid killed in israel's wave of strikes on the gaza strip. the funerals were held for a pregnant woman and her fourteen month old niece both killed on saturday the goes father since she was an innocent victim. the children were playing and they were struck by an israeli missile shot from a drone. the israel says little about these civilian deaths a spokesman denied that the defense forces the i.d.f. were involved and laid the blame on the palestinians themselves unfortunate deaths of that woman's baby were not a result of i do you feel rather a result of the use of weapons by terrorist organizations in that area in the southern gaza strip israel says it's targeting what it calls terror elements in the gaza strip pinpointing found buildings. and high rise buildings and down the 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 a intercepted while. some land in residential areas destroying homes injuring and killing civili

palestinian officials say that they have reached a ceasefire agreement with israel to end a surge of violence in the gaza strip and southern israel but can it last also coming up at least forty one people are dead after a russian airliner burst into flames during an emergency landing in moscow and u.s. president trying to ratchet up the pressure on china he is threatening new tariffs on two hundred billion dollars worth of chinese goods plus what countries around the world race to roll out five networks many parts of germany don't even have access to three cheap our correspondent visits the german countryside to find out what it is like to live in a networked dead oh. i'm sorry walk into the program after a weekend of violence in gaza that claimed the lives on both sides of the border israel and hamas have reportedly agreed to a cease fire according to palestinian officials it came into effect just a couple of hours ago over the weekend at least nineteen palestinians and four israelis were killed in the most severe escalation of violence between israelis and palestinians since the two thousand and fourteen gaz

palestinian officials say that they have reached a ceasefire agreement with israel to end a surge of violence in the gaza strip and southern israel can it last also coming up at least forty one people die as a russian airliner person so planes during an emergency landing in moscow and farmers in india demand the better financial deal how will their protests influence the results of the country's general election talks in the bundesliga labor cruisin crash frankfurt six one as the race for the last champions league slot for next season heats up. i'm sorry kelly welcome to the program israel and hamas have reportedly agreed to a ceasefire after a weekend of violence in gaza they claimed the lives on both sides house city and officials say that the agreement came into effect just a few hours ago now over the weekend at least nineteen palestinians and four israelis were killed in the most severe escalation of violence between israelis and palestinians since the two thousand and fourteen gaza war. the well that's a hospital in gaza palestinians mourn their dead. the the funerals were held for a pregnant woman and h

palestinian militants began then bombardment from the gaza strip on saturday morning several residential areas were hit the mostly in the south of israel the israeli air force targeted multiple sites in gaza in the town the tree strikes for the latest on the situation on the ground to tell of the all t's pull the pull. how is the truce holding up. well it seems as if it is holding up we have heard an announcement from the israeli army that it is lifting all restrictions for residents of the south of israel who live within a forty kilometer radius of gaza now this does confirm that the truce that was brokered at around four thirty monday morning is held is holding up it was brokered by egypt in the united nations with the you urging both sides for some time to end their hostilities this is been the bloodiest weekend of violence on the israeli side as you mentioned for his release were killed which is the highest fatality israel. has suffered since the last israel gaza war back in two thousand and fourteen but on the palestinian side twenty four palestinians were killed including a pregnant woman and a child now the flare up started on s

the strikes instead saying that the women died in the inches that were being fired from the gaza strip israel has also resumed its policy of targeted assassinations it killed a man in his thirty's while he was traveling in is caught inside gaza who is responsible for distributing the cash that comes from the red to the various factions inside gaza now among the buildings that was hit by the israeli warplanes was your office all turkish state run news agency and all the turkish president the one has publicly criticized israel and take actions between us and televisions have increased on the israeli side for what israelis were killed this is the highest casualty number that israel has suffered in some five years since the last israel gaza war back in two thousand and fourteen now the feeling on the ground both inside gaza and israel is that this is merely allow infighting and that unfortunately the flare up will happen again we have heard from hamas off to the cease fire threatening as well that if it doesn't come up to lift even the cease fire it will resume its rocket attacks and speaking to

protest peacefully against this at the ghetto fence as long as israel think that that's a really great way to treat two million people in the gaza strip then this will keep happening because people in gaza have to get the message out that they are human and that israel cannot continue to terrorize and besiege and kill them this way and have a lovely your official song contest where it falsely presents itself to the world as this lovely peaceful holiday destination which is just being terrorized by these awful people in the gaza strip that's the script that's the reality israel has imposed i. mean that we're even talking about a year a vision song contest in the midst of all of this but there is a suggestion that that is part of that is a factor at least now plus you've got the seventy first anniversary celebrations for israel the fact that it will possibly try to keep a lid on this sort of thing just because of that that outward facing image. well israel can keep a lid on it by lifting the siege of gaza letting the people there live letting them breathe letting in medicines half of the medicines of in gaza i wrote zero stock according

just meters from his house well the past forty eight hours i have been and i can be up in the gaza strip israel have been about it many many in a building that many many have introductory which is not very far away from her. most of some of the farming up to face of the fact that if i want to know about five hundred meters from my apartment building life is known to get a lot of money you know and the gazans cupidity shucked off. my family my wife and kids have been locked inside the apartment old in the world as a result of these my gardening. africa's ruling final rally before wednesday's general election president. ending his campaigning in johannesburg. hoping to retain the power. of the allegations of corruption that's facing a challenge from the democratic alliance as well as the economic freedom. this is the final. south africa's ruling africa. will in one thousand nine hundred forty one every election but it's a. series of corruption scandals. that the liberal. will say. still comes with it he. didn't budge and. some of. the opposition economic freedom fighters doesn't agree he was push

out between the palestinian demonstrators and israeli soldiers along with the border of the gaza strip and israel skirmishes have taken the place of rallies for and not a bad day when palestinians the creation of the state of israel in 1948. 8 migrant children have joined pope francis for a ride around peter's square in his favor spoke with the children who arrived in italy only recently are being hosted at a catholic shelter near rome and forbes if it is an outspoken advocate for solidarity towards migrants and those on society's margins. sedans military leaders have reached a power sharing agreement with opposition groups the deal allows for a fully civilian government after a 3 year transition period the military seized power last month after toppling longtime president obama basheer the protests that led to his downfall have continued with demonstrators demanding that the generals give power to the people. a step toward civilian government yes or the member of the military council announced a power sharing agreement with civil society groups foremost among them the declaration of freedom and

broken out between palestinian demonstrators and israeli soldiers along the border of the gaza strip in israel the skirmishes took place at rallies for not by day that's the arab word for catastrophe it's used by palestinians to refer to the day that the state of israel was founded in 19888 migrant children have joined pope francis for a ride around st peter's square in his famous hope. the children who arrived in italy only recently are being hosted in a catholic shelter near rome the pontiff is an outspoken advocate for solidarity towards migrants and those on the margins of society. we've got breaking news coming in the u.s. president has just signed an executive order barring u.s. companies from using telecommunications equipment made by firms posing a security risk now the move is seen as aimed at keeping the chinese company who way out of the u.s. market who way you may recall wants to provide the infrastructure for those high speed 5 g. networks in that order that state of emergency national emergency trump does not name any specific company who was not named there will have more on tha

between israel and hamas in the gaza strip, what you have is to completely competing perspectives and israel is concerned, hamas is a terrorist organisation that wants to wipe out the existence of its state and harm and kill its civilians. it says it is simply defender gets. inside the gaza strip, conditions are dire, people are jobless, there gaza strip, conditions are dire, people arejobless, there is terrible poverty. endemic problems, disease, health problems. the blockade that is put in place by both israel and egypt, they say for security reasons, is one very significant part of that. you have a dynamic where the two sides, israel says it was calm on the boundary, the military leadership of hamas in gaza says it wants an easing of that blockade at the very least. that is where we have had some attempts at negotiation, but there are political pressures from more hawkish elements on both sides that call for an escalation to try and bring things toa escalation to try and bring things to a head. the efforts at least by the un and egyptian staff are happy to try and prevent that sort

others been a flare up in violence between israel and palestinian groups in the gaza strip the ministry of health in gaza says that one palestinian was killed by israeli artillery east of beit hanoun in the north of the gaza strip israel says at least nine thousand rockets have been fired into the south of the country from the gaza strip perry forsett is live in west jerusalem with more on this sorry once again an escalation of violence in this area what is the latest that you hear. well that's right and as you say of the rates we're getting from the israeli military is that there will be ninety rockets through the course of the day so far fired from gaza territory into israeli territory our own producer in gaza was saying that so there'd been further rockets fired out from there within the last twenty to thirty minutes on top of that as well and as you say one death so far confirmed inside gaza by the gaza health ministry there are reports that a second palestinian has also been killed during the course of these strikes all of this kicking off this morning when an israeli drone targete

these waves of air strikes, attack fire that have hit the gaza strip by israel, israel says it has targetedt seven people have died. included in those deaths are the deaths of a 1a—month—old baby and her mother, who was pregnant. that account has been disputed by the israelis who say that their indications are that those deaths were due to what they call terrorist activity. over the last year, tensions have been ratcheting up around the gaza boundary. what the palestinian militants want in gaza is an easing to the blockade which is imposed by israel, and also supported by egypt, which is said to be necessary to stop weapons and weapons material getting into the gaza strip. but hamas says it has been seeking an easing of the blockade. and in the context of that, there has been weekly protests at the perimeter fence, that have become increasingly militarised over time. palestinians also seeking a right to return to their ancestral homeland in israel. but the israeli troops have shot dead up to 200 palestinians now in the last year in those protests. they have on frequent occasions provided th

palestinian officials say that they have breached a cease fire agreement with israel to end a surge of violence in the gaza strip and southern israel can it last also coming up at least forty one people died as a russian airliner burst into flames during an emergency landing in moscow.

reminder the top stories here on the al-jazeera a cease fire to end the violence in the gaza strip and southern israel appears to be holding a deal followed three days of rocket attacks on gaza and israel strikes on the palestinian territories. said on the military council is expected to unveil a transition plan as protesters continue their demands for civilian rule the military and protest leaders are deadlocked over who will control the government. and democrats in the u.s. say they'll stop contempt proceedings against the attorney general doesn't handle the form of a report on russian meddling william ballance given up on monday to turn over an uncensored version to congress. turkey's allow the imprisoned leader of the kurdistan workers party or p.k. k. to see his lawyer for the first time in eight years. has been jailed since one thousand nine hundred ninety p.k. supporters have been on the strike and some have committed suicide in protest of his treatment. as a terrorist organization. a national authorities in russia have recovered flight data recorders from a plane that caught fire as i made an

quick reminder the top stories here this hour a ceasefire to end the violence in the gaza strip and southern israel appears to be holding the deal following three days of rocket attacks on gaza and israeli strikes in the palestinian territories. turkey selectional thora he has canceled the results of istanbul's my own election following weeks of pressure by the ruling party state media is reporting that election officials have ordered a rerun of the vote which saw the opposition c.h.p. cabinet installed as the city's mayor in the polls at the end of march. and democrats in the us say they'll start contempt seedings against the attorney general if he doesn't hand over the full report on the russian meddling william was given until monday to turn over an uncensored version to congress. the world is facing a global ecological emergency and human activity is to blame that's according to a un report assessing the state of nature on our planet for more than five hundred of the world's biodiversity experts is on vironment and isn't it clogged who's in the foot no way. we are in deep trouble unless we act

palestinian officials say that they have breached a cease fire agreement with israel to end a surge of violence in the gaza strip and southern israel can it last also coming up at least forty one people died as a russian airliner burst into flames during an emergency landing in moscow. i'm sorry kelly welcome to the program palestinian leaders in gaza have agreed to a cease fire with israel ending two days of violence that threatened to turn into all out war israel has not officially commented on that cease fire but its military has allowed schools and roads in southern israel to reopen so that residents can return to their daily lives in the hours since the agreement was reached it appears to be holding with no rockets fires or israeli strikes reported the escalation in violence began on saturday with rocket fire from militants in gaza prompting return strikes by israel at least twenty three palestinians and four israel were killed. let's bring in correspondent tonya kramer who has the latest from jerusalem so tanya we've heard that this cease fire has been in effect for a few hours now how is it holding up so

want, in gaza, is the easing of a blockade which is imposed by israel, and also supported by egypt. that blockade is necessary to stop weapons, and weapons material getting into the gaza stript, have been seeking an easing of that blockade, amidst the context of that, have been weekly protests at the perimeter fence, becoming increasingly militarised over time. palestinians are seeking the right to return to their ancestral homeland in israel. the israeli troops have shot dead up to 200 palestinians now, in the last year, in those protests. they have, on frequent occasions, provided the backed up to one of the military flare—ups, rockets fired, from gaza as well, responding with waves of air strikes. that was tom bateman injerusalem. the headlines on bbc news. let's do a deal. the prime minister appeals to jeremy corbyn to resolve their differences and help her deliver brexit. police forces in england and wales are urged to rethink their policy of asking rape victims for access to messages and photographs on their phones. thailand's king makes a grand procession in front of large crowds in bangkok, in his first public appearance since his coronation on saturday. sport and f

israel will expand gaza's fishing zones to 12 naught call miles. in addition israel will allow for millions of dollars to enter gaza for humanitarian relief. hamas, the group in control of the gaza striprael does not implement the cease-fire, the battlefield will see for escalation. israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu says the battle is not over. >> it' >> translator: it's not the end of the battle. threfer, leave the artillery and forces around the gaza strips. >> this as israel celebrates its independence day this week. seen as a spark point in the conflict. liz? liz: thank you, trey. >>> to aroon, tensions flaring ahead of tomorrow's anniversary. u.s. sanctions hitting hard. now the uss abe haim lincoln carrier strike group deployed thtothe region. joining me now, michael, your take on this story. >> thank for having me. credible intelligence results in a military show of force and a trip to iraq by secretary pompeo to talk to our allies, to talk to iraq, a country that we want to remain pro-u.s. and we want to take them out of the iranian sphere of influence. credible threats a and sanctions working. that regime is under pressure. liz: we're showing a shot of the secretary o

broken out between palestinian demonstrators and israeli soldiers along the border of the gaza strip and israelthe skirmishes took place during the time that palestinians refer to as the founding of the state of israel. children arriving in italy are being hosted at a catholic shelter near rome. the pontiff is an outspoken advocate for migrants on the margins of society. germany has managed to avoid recession. official figures show the term and economy grew by 0.4% in the first quarter. the german government and leading economic institutes recently scaled back their forecasts for the year as a whole. as tensions with iran melt, the u.s. state department has -- mount, the u.s. state department has ordered all nonemergency personnel in iraq to leave the country. this includes the consulate in ai irbil. last week, washington said it had substantive threats from iran and its proxies targeting u.s. interest and germany is also suspending a military training meeting anorak, although the german government says it's not a response to any specific threat. lots of talk about threats. little evidence on w

sides, and as the funerals took place in the gaza strip of two of those militants this morning, there was a barrage of rocket fire from the gaza strip into israelrael. the israeli military says the majority of those, dozens were shot down, but certainly at least one house was hit and damaged, but no reports of injuries. in response, the israeli military has carried out strikes in the gaza strip, killing at least one man, and others injured. at least one home, pictures of a home very badly damaged as well in that. we have seen a ratcheting up once again of these tensions despite an effort to broker a longer—term truce between the two. police are stepping up security at mosques across the uk, in response to fears that they could be targetted during ramadan, which begins this weekend. there's been concern over safety among some in the muslim community, following the new zealand and sri lanka attacks. the bbc asian network's shabnam mahmood has more. stepping up security at the mosque. extra volunteers at the gates. extra cctv cameras put in place. is everything all right? for mosques across the country, the focus on this year's ramadan is on worsh

tensions between israel and turkey at the same time israel has resumed its policy of targeted assassinations killing the person responsible in the gaza strip for distributing elaine in funds that are the native to gaza this comes as israel saw on sunday its deadliest day in terms of casualties since the last israel gaza war back in two thousand and fourteen the south of the country is in a state of high lives businesses and schools will remain closed on monday and ways it is have been ordered to remain inside the bomb shelters here in tel aviv where i am with the some eighty kilometers to the north the municipality has open public bomb shelters and this comes as hamas creighton's that if israel doesn't stop what it says is its aggression it will target tel aviv in the coming hours now we do expect to see some kind of mediation efforts conducted by egypt in the coming hours this comes as israel stops all fuel supplies to the gaza strip now this will have a diary flicked on electricity inside the gaza don't forget that on monday morning the holy month of ramadan begins and for gazans this is reminiscent of the last gaza wall which saw a larg

sides, and as the funerals took place in the gaza strip of two of those militants this morning, there was a barrage of rocket fire from the gaza strip into israels in southern israel. the israeli military says the majority of those, dozens were shot down, but certainly at least one house was hit and damaged, but no reports of injuries. in response, the israeli military has carried out strikes in the gaza strip, killing at least one man, and others injured. at least one home, pictures of a home very badly damaged as well in that. we have seen a ratcheting up once again of these tensions despite an effort to broker a longer—term truce between the two. that was tom bateman. rail passengers are being warned to expect disruption to theirjourneys this weekend, as bank holiday engineering work gets under way. one of the uk's busiest routes, the west coast mainline, will be closed between london euston and milton keynes. there's also a reduced service for east midlands trains services into london st pancras. passengers are being asked to check theirjourneys before setting off and use alternative routes. our correspondent, leigh milner, has been at eust

broken out between palestinian demonstrators and israeli soldiers along the border of the gaza strip and israel the skirmishes have taken place at rallies for not by day when palestinians mark the creation of the state of israel back in 1988 migrant children have joined pope francis for a wide around st peter's square in his famous hope the children who arrived in italy recently are being hosted in a catholic shelter near rome the pontiff is an outspoken advocate for solidarity towards migrants and those societies marge says. tech giants are under pressure to stop the abuse of their platforms to spread hate or broadcast terror attacks the leaders of france and new zealand are holding a special summit in paris to tackle this issue of the meeting comes 2 months after a white supremacist killed $51.00 people in the city of christ church and live streamed the massacre on facebook. when the right wing extremist in new zealand shot and killed 51 people in 2 mosques in christ church he live streamed the act on facebook. the footage went viral. now new zealand's prime minister just in the are done and

have broken up between palestinian demonstrators and israeli soldiers along the border of the gaza strip and israel the skirmishes took place at rallies for not 5 day when palestinians marked the founding of the state of israel in 1988. new zealand's prime minister just joined other world leaders and technology leaders in paris to explore ways to fight the spread of hate speech and violent online content the initiative is called the christ church appeal ahead of the meeting facebook announced it would tighten access to its live streaming feature. san francisco's board of supervisors has banned police and other municipal authorities from using facial recognition technology it's the 1st us city to do to pass such a measure but the ban does not apply to private businesses and federally controlled facilities like the city's airport the technology is used to identify people from video footage or still photos and germany has managed to avoid recession official figures show a commie grew by 0.4 percent in the 1st quarter consumer spending and a boom in the construction sector helped drive fast growth of t

gaza the israeli military said it hit dozens of targets linked to hamas and other factions. throughout the day israeli commanders said scores of rockets were fired from the strip into israel several evading the iron dome anti missile interceptors and striking israeli residential areas around gaza's fringes we already knew that. there was. to react and out there the fight within the terrorist. killed yesterday for where we knew found three and we're hoping to palestinian demonstrators were killed and fifty one wounded by israeli snipers during border protests on friday which also saw two israeli soldiers shot and injured an israeli strike then killed to hamas fighters their deaths and a subsequent israeli drone strike preceded saturday's barrels of rocket fire out of gaza this is far from the first time in recent months that israel and hamas are found themselves in the midst of a dangerous escalation the last one in early april was ended by u.n. and egyptian mediation and reportedly undertakings given by israel just days ahead of its general election to ease the restrictions on gaza it did extend the fishing zone out to fifteen nautical miles from the coast but other reported conc

turned into a haven of terrorists coming from all over the world it's completely untrue that israel left the gaza strip they did withdraw their colonists but at the same time they tie in their control over the gaza strip this is gaza's main freight route into israel and normally this road would be bumper to bumper with heavily laden trucks but it's completely closed as is every other border crossing in the country nothing's coming into gaza and nothing is getting out so the idea that israel less . is one hundred percent guys it remains occupied who can come and go is totally at the israeli discretion in gaza there are constant military attacks by the israeli air force by drones. targeted assassinations go on all the time it wasn't really a withdrawal but the conventional shorthand in the media is that israel was willing to give up an enormous amount to the palestinian side and the palestinians responded with violent israel for since one thousand nine hundred sixty seven controlled gaza they gave it to the palestinians in a gesture of peace and all they got a bunch of rockets are you think that is this

been doing now that is a standard israeli line that it says hamas is control of the gaza strip and therefore it holds israel holds how most responsible for whatever comes out of the gaza strip but there is a clear signal there that israel will continue to target elements both of hamas and islamic jihad these are the military says it has targeted some two hundred twenty sites inside gaza so far since the beginning of this escalation earlier on saturday and they say as well that some four hundred fifty rockets have been fired out from gaza territory during the course that escalation in the last siren alert we heard in the area around here around gaza came about one hour ago however the last time we saw an incident like this an escalation like this was back in april ahead of the israeli elections and at that point both sides were able to kind of rein back going by what benjamin netanyahu is saying it seems less likely that we're going to be able to see efforts to pull back on both sides. well there are there are different ways to read benjamin netanyahu statement i mean obviously he is saying that he wants the

broken out between palestinian demonstrators are destroying soldiers along the border of the gaza strip and israel skirmishes the kind of rallies for i'm not bad day which public opinion should refer to as a catastrophe to mark the founding of the state of israel in 1948. francisco's board of supervisors despond police and other municipal authorities from using facial recognition technology the 1st u.s. city to do so but the bank doesn't apply to private businesses on federally controlled facilities like the city's apple. germany's economy grew by no point 4 percent in the 1st quarter of this year according to official figures growth was driven by consumer spending and the boom in the construction sector the government i'm leading economic institute recently scaled back growth forecast for the year as a whole. now as tensions with iran the u.s. state department has ordered all non-emergency government staff in iraq to leave germany is also suspending a military training mission in iraq the german government says it's not a response to any specific threat the u.s. withdraw cover staff the embassy i

broken out between palestinian demonstrators and israeli soldiers along the border of the gaza strip and israel skirmishes took place of rallies for enough by dave the arab word for catastrophe the palestinians used to refer to the founding of the state of israel in 19488 migrant children have joined pope francis for st peter's square in his famous popemobile the children who arrived recently in italy are being hosted in a catholic shelter near rome the pontiff is an outspoken advocate for solidarity towards migrants and those on the margins of society germany has managed to avoid recession official figures show that the german economy grew by 0.4 percent in the 1st quarter consumer spending and a boom in the construction sector kept that in the positive german governments and leading economic institutes recently scaled back their growth forecast for the year as a whole. as tensions with iran the u.s. state department has ordered all non-emergency government staff in iraq to leave the country the u.s. pullout covers the staff of the embassy in baghdad and the consulate in your bill that's the c

approach without between palestinian demonstrators and israeli soldiers along the border of the gaza strip in israel the skirmishes have been taken have taken place at rallies for not a day when palestinians mark the creation of a state of israel in 1948. and pope francis has given 8 migrant children a joy ride in his popemobile around st peter's square at the start of his weekly general audience the children all arrived recently to italy and are being hosted in a catholic shelter near rome francis is an outspoken advocate for solidarity towards migrants and those on society's margins. turkey and russia have agreed to bring together a working group on the situation in northwestern syria another government offensive in the province has displaced around $200000.00 people as forces loyal to bashar assad pound rebel held positions damascus says the rebels there are g. hottest slinked al qaeda and it has a right to ignore a previously agreed ceasefire. government forces attacked villages west of hama almost daily from the air and on the ground advancing ever deeper into the last rebel held region in syri

israel's prime minister has ordered the military to continue with massive strikes on the gaza strip andtillery and infantry forces around the territory. palestinian officials say 15 people have been killed in gaza over the weekend. israel says it's responding to hundreds of rockets fired into southern israel. three israelis have been killed in the town of ashkelon, and several others wounded by the barrage, according to officials there. tom bateman reports. singled out in a packed gaza city street, this was a targeted strike, killing a palestinian israel says was a money—laundering for militants. air raid silence 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 f

what palestinian groups in the gaza strip wa nt palestinian groups in the gaza strip want is an easing of the blockade israelael has consistently demanded calm at the boundary and an end to rocket fire. there have been a series of escalations over the last year, this one was started when a palestinian sniper shot at israeli soldiers on friday but timing may be everything here. it is the start of the holy month of ramadan. in israel there are two holidays next week so everybody wants a lull. people here believe it's only a matter of time until the next escalation. thank you, tom. the kenyan runner eliud kipchoge has announced he will attempt to break athletics' last great barrier — running a marathon in under two hours. the world—record holder's current best is two hours, one minute and 39 seconds but he has an even faster unofficial time. our sports editor dan roan reports. he is already the fastest marathon runner ever. now, eliud kipchoge is focused on breaking the last great barrier in athletics. running 26 miles in less than two hours is one of sport's mythical targets. but, after his fourth london marat