gazan people have 2 methods in dealing with such. such jurf ignites. they either but they're the whole members of the families in one room. so that either of the of the bumping happens the israeli warplanes strike the house they all go together. or are they use another method that they want every individual member in the front room so that if the massacre happened on thing the house one member would survive it's heartbreaking that the gazans of all even if 2 choices while they don't actually have more shelters or sometimes when we are houses bond and that the palestinian families want gazan families in that with no holes they go out on or with schools. because they think it is saved. and you can hear me actually while we were speaking there is that sounds a little being done. well solidarity rallies are being held across the world including here in the country capital doha that scene that you're looking at right now that's from the the grand mosque looking towards the west bay area on the other side of the cornish in the main form's to the big easy sha

maryam: and that cycle of violence left many young gazans feeling trapped and desperate. a youth activist and human rights defender joins me now by skype from hebron in the occupied west bank. there are growing calls for tackling the humanitarian and human rights situation inside gaza. does the end of the war mean that people are safe? >>, firs you are using-- first, you are using the term "conflict." is not conflict. it is occupation and apartheid and oppression against palestinians. for short, israel ended its offensive operation against the palestinian, its war against the palestinians in gaza, but the occupation is there, the impression is there, the siege of gaza is there. the people of gaza live in a big jail without the feeling of security. they don't have clean water to drink, they don't have enough electricity, they are jobless. all the infrastructure for the gaza economy to have any possible job inside gaza because of the occupation and the siege of gaza is more than 80%. the occupation is there and the gazans still feel its influence and in suppression on them

. miles away that most gazans have nevervisited.isited. israel forbids it. we sacrificed everything forjerusalem, he is saying. and injerusalem, palestinians were up late, delighted that hamas declared they were fighting for palestinian rights in the city. israel says fighting for palestinian rights in the city. israel sasterusalem is the city. israel sasterusalem is the eternal capital of the jewish people and will not be divided again. first light in gaza, was not again. first light in gaza, was not a new start, the conflict with israel runs deep. but no air strikes and time to reflect. men from islamicjihad which fought alongside hamas have no regrets. they paraded in one of gaza's town is to bury nine men from their unit. they were killed in a strike on a tunnel on the fourth day of bombing. hamas thought the tunnels were safe, locating and hitting them from the air was a significant achievement for israel. thousands came to honour the dead men. here in gaza, as well as in israel, there is no sense they have come to the end of t

gazan people have 2 methods in dealing with such. such turf ignites. they either pull their the whole members of the families in one room. so that either of the of the bombing happens on the israeli warplane strike perhaps they all died together. or are they you know there's another method that. every individual member in the front room so that if a massacre happened or they bought the house one member would survive it's heartbreaking that the gazans. do choices while they don't actually have war shelters to predict them. well there's something. so to cut you off though that's something i wanted to ask you about just while we're speaking we're actually showing our viewers pictures of there were films by a gazan family showing all the families together reacting to the sounds of bombs outside i mean it's quite distressing watch for people who are not used to this if you don't live with this daily reality any israeli is really going to but they have safe rooms that they can shelter and it's not a facility available to families like yours in gaza when the

a price gazans are already paying. brent: for more, i'm joined by a journalist from gaza city.ood to have you with us. palestinians in the west bank along with arab israelis in israel today went on strike. were we witnessing an attempt to speak with one palestinian voice today? >> well, this is the hope for palestinians. at least for the palestinian people. i'm not sure it is oneoice. at least during conflicts, palestinians are having sympathy and solidarity with each other. what happened in gaza, hamas, other factions are saying this is violations -- these are violations. today, the strike in the west bank and inside israel, arab israelis there. but still, there's political disputes among palestinian factions, but among palestinian people, they are willing and hoping to have one palestinian voice. brent: let's talk about the situation in gaza. the united nations has 48,000 people have been displaced, flee their homes and gaza -- have had to flee their homes in gaza. where are these people being sheltered? >> those people moved from mainly rom border areas. a few days ago, ther

gazans have seen that in 2014, 2012, 2009. it is not much different. everybody is going to be very happy for the fact there will not be anymore airstrikes or rocket fire from gaza into israel. the day after comes, there are a lot of problems in gaza. they have been compounded by these 11 days of continuous bombings. life is going to be very difficult there. all the problems that were there before this war are very much there after the war. gazans remain isolated from the rest of the planet. they are limited in their movement. they are still not allowed to bring into the gaza strip whatever they want. everything is monitored by israel. all the other issues still exist. tensions in jerusalem will not go away. gaza might placate them for a little bit but the problems that have been in jerusalem, that -- >> sorry to interrupt. we are going to go straight to president biden and listen to his remarks. >> earlier today, i spoke with the president of egypt. prime minister netanyahu informed me israel has agreed to a mutual and unconditional cease-fire to begin

continued fueling a humanitarian crisis most of the dead here are civilians and now thousands of gazans are cut off from clean water and have no access to medicines. hospitals already struggling with the coven 1000 pandemic are stretched to their limits israel says it is targeting leaders of the militant hamas movement that governs gaza and a system of tunnels israel says are used to move weapons. as global calls mount for an end to the bloodshed the white house says president 5 told israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu that he supported a cease fire but stopped short of calling for one meanwhile netanyahu has said israel will not stop airstrikes until hamas pays a price a price gazans are already paying. my 1st guest tonight is able to connect the dots between europe and the middle east hugh love it is with the european council on foreign relations he focuses on the e.u. policy towards the middle east peace process he joins me tonight from brussels mr leavitt it's good to have you on the program every foreign minister today in the e.u. voted to call for a truce between the israeli

continued fueling a humanitarian crisis most of the dead here are civilians and now thousands of gazans are cut off from clean water and have no access to medicines. hospitals already struggling with the cove in 1000 pandemic are stretched to their limits israel says it is targeting leaders of the militant hamas movement that governs gaza and a system of tunnels israel says are used to move weapons. as global calls mount for an end to the bloodshed the white house says president biden told israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu that he supported a cease fire but stopped short of calling for one meanwhile netanyahu has said israel will not stop airstrikes and tell how must pays a price a price gazans are already paying. my 1st guest tonight is able to connect the dots between europe and the middle east hugh love it is with the european council on foreign relations he focuses on the e.u. policy towards the middle east peace process he joins me tonight from brussels mr leavitt it's good to have you on the program every foreign minister today in the e.u. voted to call for a truce between

continued fueling a humanitarian crisis most of the dead here are civilians and now thousands of gazans are cut off from clean water and have no access to medicines. hospitals already struggling with a covert 1000 pandemic are stretched to their limits israel says it is targeting leaders of the militant hamas movement that governs gaza and a system of tunnels israel says are used to move weapons. as global calls mount for an end to the bloodshed the white house says president biden told israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu that he supported a cease fire but stopped short of calling for war meanwhile netanyahu has said israel will not stop airstrikes and so hamas pays a price a price gazans are already paid. well i'm joined now by michael fruits and he's a journalist covering the middle east and executive editor of the media line news agency thank you very much indeed for being with us here on news now calling for a cease fire u.s. president joe biden says he supports one and did take a tough line with netanyahu in a phone call the day before and the u.n. security council held discu

sky bombardment so they are gazans and they live in the palestinian side of the gaza over the border because of the intensifier across the border as they had over there were forced to leave evacuate their homes and stay in you and schools ok thanks for that particular issue stuff once. joining us live from gaza let's go back to the united nations in new york a correspondent there is kristen salumi so kristin this open session is still ongoing who will be listening for now. well we just heard from the mexican ambassador and we're waiting to hear from the u.k. ambassador. kenya is speaking right now this is the 1st chance that all of these countries have had to weigh in on the escalating violence in the region and many are taking the opportunity many have sent foreign ministers here so they are participating virtually but in some cases high levels of government a sign of just how concerned many council members have been about the situation and i don't know if you can see in the screen behind me which shows the outside of the united nations building you see it's a sunday a weekend here

have mass offices have buildings sometimes without providing any conclusive proof of that and many gazans asking well in that case why aren't you doing pinpointing strikes israel is very good at that it has done that in the previous wars why demolishing an entire building and making innocent civilians into homeless people just to target maybe one flat stored there isn't it. clearly no sign of a cease fire anywhere at the moment but you were saying to us earlier that there is at least 20. there's a lot of talk about the ceasefire especially in the israeli media there's also a lot of reports going around saying that that ceasefire would come. at 6 am local time that would be for g.m.t. yeah. but there is no confirmation about that so far actually what we hear publicly from both sides is that this operation will continue the military operations will continue in israel say that it will continue until it is satisfied that it had weakened enough how must have us say that is over asians will continue also and there is no talk about a truce from for its part. something in return you know there's

14 year long siege israel controls everything that goes in and out of the country even before this gazans were getting about 8 to 12 hours a day of electricity now with israel's aerial bombardment their counsel sorry 12 hours they're down to one to 3 hours now let's also not forget that before all of this started the hospitals in gaza were already crowded because of the cold and 19 pandemic out there currently putting patients in the hallways because they have nowhere to put them and that's after the search under the rubble for in hopes of finding survivors john i want to get in there it sounds like you know. i want to respond. well 1st of all 1st of all the 1st of all the hamas has as a rich history of embedding their operations in and around civilian areas hamas that is used basically employed the human shield tactic for a long time so what hamas will do is they will launch these rockets launches attacks against israeli civilians and then they will embed their leadership their command and control and oftentimes their weapons storage in areas which are difficult to get to so that there a

says more than 70,000 gazans have been forced to flee their homes since the conflict began.any have found shelter in u.n.-run schools. israeli airstrikes destroyed water pipes serving more than 800,000 people. and 600,000 students are missing class after israeli airstrikes damaged their schools. refaat aljareer is a professor of english literature in gaza city, where he lives with his wife and six children. he spoke to "the newshour" by phone after his building lost power. >> as a father, and an educator in gaza, i fear for everything, for the repeated aggression to come from israel. i can't provide safety and security for my kids. we don't like to go out to the shops, even downstairs, because you don't know what's going to happen next. we decided five, six days ago to try to ration, to eat as little as possible, two meals instead of three. so, if it goes even crazier than this, we can stalonger with what little food we have. john: president biden has publicly supported israel's right to defend itself from hamas rockets. yesterday, though, the white house said that in a phon

another day of terror for gazans as israel unleashes a wave of airstrikes on tunnels roads clinics and holds more than $200.00 killed so far $61.00 of them children. thousands of lost their homes have taken shelter in schools around gaza but even these are now at risk of being bombed 7000 people injured after rockets fired from gaza hit these really cities over stalled and bush . and president biden under fire from his own party is the u.s. blocks u.n. statement calling for an end to to the violence. i'm jemma naturist sports a new poll in japan shows that 80 percent of people in the country opposed to me lympics that's organizers still insisted the take a games will take place as planned despite a surge in cave in 1000 cases. there is been no letup in israel's onslaught on gaza which is now into its 2nd week the military has carried out a heavy a wave of heavy airstrikes even as diplomatic efforts aimed at ending the fighting are stepped up to government schools in gaza currently sheltering people made homeless by israeli airstrikes have been threatened by attack with attack by israel

and other 2000000 gazans are hoping that this is going to finish as much soon as they can.several countries including china and norway have asked for an open un security council meeting to discuss the israel palestine conflict but the u.s. is pushing back on that president joe biden's book short time ago he wants to see a significant reduction in the rocket attacks one of the things that. i have seen thus far is that. there has not been a significant overreaction the question is how how we get to a point where they get to a point where there is a significant reduction in the attacks particularly the rocket attacks that are indiscriminately fired into population centers can really help it is a white house correspondent reporting live for the news this hour kimberly hi there so what's the what's the white house calculation here kimberly when it comes to pushing back on this diplomacy. well the reasoning that we are hearing is that the feeling of the white house right now is that a meeting at the united nations level would not be productive and here's why there are a number of

another day of terror for gazans as israel unleashes a wave of air strikes on tunnels roads clinics and homes israel's also warned it will attack 2 government schools which are housing thousands who've lost their homes. hello i'm barbara starr you're watching al-jazeera live from london also coming up 17 people injured after rockets fired from gaza hit the israeli cities of a start and bush. and president biden under fire from his own party as the u.s. blocks of 30 u.n. statement calling for an end to the violence. as the israel palestine conflict enters its 2nd week airstrikes and rocket attacks continue even as diplomatic efforts aimed at ending the fighting are stepped up to government schools in gaza currently sheltering people made homeless by israeli airstrikes are now under threat of attack by israel the military gave the warning to the united nations well the israeli onslaught on gaza goes on destroying homes roads and clinics at least $212.00 palestinians have been killed including 61 children hospitals in gaza are over well. just some injured people are being sent to egypt for

fortunately of course the conditions in gaza at the moment probably not very festive at the moment however gazans marking out a 5. well the as you said is the holiest. in the us we muslims have to be true to. the 2 fisted rule and today's is. the year the tables are clear usually they don't like students clubs or groups of the koran and then they make. the beginning of ramadan and the last only the last week of ramadan that is open and i'm giving the low down and people are expecting that they have a normal eat from despite the spread there not a great culture of growing a virus. over there and they hope that they have. a poor poor widow for board traders goodness now to have more business in the previous days before the day to day to have good business and to cover from the loss that they lost during a look down. today. to have people go to visit their relatives and families with kids go to the public bar and to play and to dress their own new clothes that they buy for each book unfortunately nothing will happen if you stayed at home christians are close calls in the street and nobody you go to

continued fueling a humanitarian crisis most of the dead here are civilians and now thousands of gazans are cut off from clean water and have no access to medicines. hospitals already struggling with a coven 1000 pandemic are stretched to their limits israel says it is targeting leaders of the militant hamas movement that governs gaza and a system of tunnels israel says are used to move weapons. as global calls mount for an end to the bloodshed the white house says president biden told israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu that he supported a cease fire but stopped short of calling for war meanwhile netanyahu has said israel will not stop airstrikes until hamas pays a price a price gazans are already paying. well you know we spoke to journalist hasn't been lucia who is currently in gaza and i asked him about the situation there and the hospitals according to the officials from the ministry of health the system the health system in gaza is exhausted with many things is the 15 years of look a 2nd is the scale ations wrong time to time with israel and recent most recently is that a yea

. only one in his family to survive an air strike in gazan.hat it might be permanent. it's a strikini that it might be permanent. it's a striking picture — that it might be permanent. it's a striking picture and _ that it might be permanent. it's a striking picture and it _ that it might be permanent. it�*s —. striking picture and it draws attention to one of the most important facts, which is that the israeli claims to be doing pinpoint accurate targeted strikes on terrorist targets in gaza has obviously not been as totally accurate as they would want. innocent families have been killed. innocent families have been killed. in this case, this distinguished doctor was lost. he is dead, 12 of his extended family are all killed. only this teenage son survived. absolutely terrible human story. and it illustrates how futile the conflict is on both sides. you know, you can get into the blame game of who started it and the fact that hamas have been firing rockets indiscriminately, but thank goodness the ceasefire as happened and let's hope that some

as the conflict escalates hour by hour gazans are fleeing their homes with whatever they can carry some have come to this school run by the un in search of a safe place. whenever one of. them we were planning to leave during the night but drones and jets kept bombing us at dawn we started moving and ran to the schools and our children were screaming they wanted to get away when we woke up we found everything behind us destroyed there's nothing left in the end of the album want to know. and many israelis too are living in fear. just north of gaza the city of ashkelon has been hit repeatedly by hamas rockets. it has been very stressful but we are following the government's instructions we have faith in the army and our creator. god is not israel's only front in an intensifying conflict in the west bank tensions new highs as palestinians exchange rocks and gunfire with israeli soldiers for the 1st time this week palestinians died in numbers on the streets of the territory. the united states has sent a diplomat to try and broker a cease fire between israel and hamas but as flames and fighti

there aren't any questions or israel targeted an apartment building with many civilians inside, 42 gazans were killed since yesterday evening a general for the southern commanded israel says they will continue to target hamas leadership including the leader of hamas' military wing. the united nation is calling for a de-escalation this is unicef told fox news there are nine children missing inside the gaza strip amidst the rubble. eric: thank you so much. arthel: dozens of alarms have been sounding in tel aviv all weekend as hamas continues to launch a barrage of rockets towards israel's heartland, amy kellogg is in tel aviv with more. >> israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu says operations will continue for some time and he says israeli city and are going to have to stay home or stay close to home and close to the shelters, he said during covid-19 people want to change your lives in similarly now people have to change the way they live. in jerusalem where the latest by contention that led to the hostility started a palestinian man rammed his car into a group of police officers woundi

the prime minister said that gazan militant s will pay a heavy price this round of violence started weeks ago when israel restricted gathering and stinns fr thr s now starting in arab cities in israel and the west bank. with a potential full scale war brewing united states officials are urging calm. >> our message continues to be one of priority to deescalation. >> neither side looks ready to back down as rockets keep flying, and israel's military mobilizes along the gaza border. >>> breaking news now, the cdc has approved the pfizer vaccine for children 12 to 15. shots can start going to children as soon as tomorrow. >>> the average price for a gallon of gas is now the highest its been in nearly seven years. this has we enter day 6 of a pipeline shut down due to a hack attack. the average price for a calon of regular is now $3. about 1800 stations are out of fuel. experts say the shortages are mainly because of panic buying. >>> taking a live local the big board. the dow is down quite a bit. more than 570 points. >>> new, the city of copertino has a new mobile food pantry. and a redone w

i spoke with a representative of unicef today who told fox news there are nine gazan children amid theble. arthel. arthel: it's extraordinary to see the iron dome in action, live here on television as you report this story from the israel/gaza border. what really struck me is that -- because i know you -- you're doing your job, this is what you do. because i know you and i'm friends with you, it made me really realize the human perils that's happening there. of course, you didn't get hurt but i was still concerned for you. so talk to me more now, trey, if you will, about the people there on the ground who you've spoken to who are living this nightmare right now. >> reporter: arthel, so often these stories are about weapons and rockets and interception rounds. but the people on the ground are the real story. not only here in israel but also inside gaza. we spent days and days during other conflicts and even during times of peace inside gaza, talking with the gazans and most people you spoke to have a lot in common, it's their militaries and governments that disagree on what the world sh

as the conflict intensifies hour-by-hour, gazans are fleeing their homes with whatever they can carry. >> we were planning to leave during the night, but drones and jets kept palming us -- bombing us. our children were screaming. they wanted to get away. when we woke up, we found everything behind us destroyed. there's hardly anything left. >> many israelis, too, are living in here. just north of gaza, the city has been hit repeatedly by hamas rockets. >> it has been very stressful, but we are following the government's instructions. we have faith in the army and our creator. >> casualties mount on both sides. here in gaza, hospitals are under severe strain from covid-19 and the fighting. doctors worry it will only get worse from here. laila: i would like to turn to our correspondent, tania kramer. we understand israeli forces have conducted air and ground attacks. what me can you tells? tonya: we have seen a military buildup for the past days, but for now, the foc of the military seems to be on concertestrikes fromhe air. the navy and artillery. we see tha particularly last night, th

or such conditions such as collections the only thing that out there the gazans or people in gaza can do is just staying home and following the news looking for are waiting for 'd any positive news regarding calming down the situation or are getting positive mediation by either egypt or the international community the people in gaza 2 thirds of the population are under the bottom line and they depend on most of the population depend on food aid programs and food international aid organizations have been supplying and providing for the population now since 'd in the last 3 or 4 days gaza crossings has been all closed the seas closed the main and the only commercial closing that crossing that provide gaza with the main elements including cooking gods and other a daily life element husband called saddam has been closed for the 2nd or 3rd day 'd so even the international organizations if the israelis are not open that such crossings also that it will increase the humanitarian crisis of the gaza strip who as you said as you said depend mainly most of the people who depend only on charity a

to all of the reporting that we've seen that this convoy today is going to satisfy the needs of the gazan people but it's a start ok thank you very much indeed imran khan joining us there from the israel board so well let's find out if those convoys will indeed be enough we can speak now it's very he's the media advisor for the middle east with the norwegian refugee council and he joins us now by skype from amman in jordan good to have you with is on the news. we do understand us we've been hearing from. iran can there that some major getting in. gaza do you think that the aid which is trickling in will be enough to help organizations such as your own. well you are right in court in saying it is trickling in because it is but a trickle it is essential of course fuel is running dowd's medical supplies are desperately needed we heard it's about 45 to 50 trucks going in but we also need to take a step back this is all immediately needed right and this is this is urgently required to help save people's lives 2000000 trapped inside the gaza strip but they are under siege they've been like this

hamas may not be in the best long-term interests of the gazans but peace hasn't really worked out form. faced with an israeli government which pins them into what has been called the world's largest open air prison, they have chosen a government most of us wouldn't prefer, one not given to negotiation and moderation and respect for its neighbor. israel needs a new approach to the palestinians and america needs a new approach to israel. after more than seven decades of not just being deprived from land which they were evicted, palestinian frustration runs deep. it may be worth going deeper than what you may hear inside your bubble and understanding the depth to which the palestinian people are subject to apartheid in their own land, deprived of basic necessities and subject to relentless civil rights violations. this is not a secret. it is out there for you to see. you just have to look for it. rf from the world's #1 selling nerve care company. nervive contains alpha lipoic acid to relieve occasional nerve aches, weakness and discomfort. try nervivenerve relief. ok everyone, our missio

, being intercepted by the iron dome and morestefforts by the it's railly israelis and punish the gazans i think that's the precise point to understand. we're living this groundhog day of cycles over and over and over again. i'm speaking to you now from my apartment in tel aviv. any second now i could have to rush off to a bomb shelter, something that just happened literally less than an hour ago. i think part of what i keep trying to remind myself is this reality that's taking place just a few kilometers south from mere in gaza is a man made crisis, one that i as an israeli, i see myself as an israeli patriot feel responsibility to speak out against in order to change the reality on the ground. >> avner, we know many people in the united states whose kids willingly go over to israel to join the armed forces in standing in solidarity with the country they rightly believe deserves to live in peace and free of harassment. but there are some things that you know, that you and i saw together. we saw israeli soldiers doing that parents of these american kids don't know is going on. that this

julia: lastly, what do you make of the international response to the plight of gazans and assisting in the getting enough aid to gaza? wael: i mean, as the previous speaker said, there is a need for a lasting peace and a just peace for people to thrive. there iso alternative to people economically building their livelihood and being able to enjoy life as it should. humanitarian aid is only a temporary solution. i think you probably heard we are seeking to provide assistance for 180,000 people. we estimate our immediate need for 2 million for six months, and then 10 million over three years, but that is a drop in the bucket. there is a need for systemic building of the capacity, building the infrastructure, and providing people with opportunity to travel and to earn income. julia: wael ibrahim, we will have to leave it there, but thank you for joining us tonight on france 24. he is from the humanitarian organization care. moving on now, spain has sent back most of the 8000 migrants who entered its north african enclave earlier this week. the country's foreign minister said over 6500 peo

there are some reports in the gazan media saying israel wanted to target more of the high-rise buildingsresidential buildings in gaza, hamas and islamic jihad have already said if that happens, they will continue to strike areas like tel aviv, and even further north. so this would be a further escalation of what is already a tense situation. it seems there is not much room for maneuvering right now. nobody is actually capable of breaking this cycle at the moment. >> tania kramer with the latest from jerusalem. thank you very much. this is the latest escalation as tensions in the region boil over into bloodshed. an earlier round of israeli airstrikes killed dozens of people, including several children. >> a father kisses his son one last time. the 11-year-old boy was killed after israel launched retaliatory strikes on gaza. officials say nine children died in the attack. >> why did you kill him? they kill and there is no one to make them answer for it. the whole world is watching. it doesn't matter if it is a child or a woman, there is no one to hold them accountable. >> hours before, ham

this this current or the current escalation means that it will add more humanitarian crisis to the gazans or the to the population of gaza so 4 more 4 buildings are expected to be destroyed as we understood from our sources which means more families will be found themselves in the city's homeless of course they have to manage because gaza government or. in gaza are not topical to find solutions for those who lost a lot of the will who will lose their homes so in addition to. 'd the strikes that are started there is a day strikes are still growing the palestinian fighting groups are still firing their shoulder trained rockets into southern israel earlier we had said that they fired. towards. we are expecting another more escalation since the israeli bank of targets. promoted. reach a higher level of escalation which could but each according to what we heard from israeli sources which could reach. any. military groups or even figures or officials. 'd of other political factions we are still in the beginning and we are expecting more. serious escalation since the mediation that egypt and oth

israeli missiles killed at least 20 people in the gaza strip, including nine children according to gazan health officials. israel's attack retaliation for these rockets. as many as 150 of them launched at jerusalem by the palestinian militant group hamas sparking alerts that sent jerusalem residents scrambling this city has been boiling for weeks. violent protests against israeli threats to evict palestinian families in east jerusalem. >> deeply concerned about the rocket attacks that we are seeing now that need to stop and need to stop immediately >> reporter: but some palestinian officials are demanding u.s. president joe biden take a side. >> let him look at our system and see how palestinians live under this brutal occupation we want to be free people >> reporter: america's new president hasn't said much about the conflict but he may have to israel's prime minister benjamin netanyahu vowing tonight "those who attack us will pay a heavy price. a pledge that might push biden's white house to get involved. matt bradley, nbc news country's women and ht >> reporter: boys and girls in kabu

i know many gazans have sought shelter in un run schools can you tell us about the conditions there and one of the things i can't get out of my mind is this is all happening in one of the most densely populated areas in the world. indeed so we have a number of school sadly prepared after the 2014 experience to have people stay there for some time prepared meaning proper sanitary facilities solar energy. water supplies so we're trying to make sure that all of that is in place and activated one big warry because you mentioned overcrowding in this densely populated gaza strip is of course the colbert crisis you know having hundreds of people stay in the same place is a serious risk for a further outbreak a 3rd wave of the coral my crisis so we are also looking into how can we at least provide some basic care protected material hand and this kind of stuff so you are absolutely right the overcrowded and this adds to the problems that are being caused by the war and to that point we have to think about the hospitals there how are hospitals coping at this point. my understanding is barely the

pressure to end the conflict built today, with 227 gazans and a dozen israelis killed so far.ang begins our coverage. >> yang: in a teleone call before leaving the white house this morning, president biden stepped up pressure on israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu to ease the fight with hamas in gaza. the white house said mr. biden told his israeli counterpart that he “expected significant de-escalation today on the path to a ceasefire”-- the administration's most assertive public language yet. later, netanyahu seemed to rebuff the president, saying he is “determined to continue this operation until its aim is met.”eign ambassadors to israel, he said the aim is to return calm for israelis and blunt attacks from the militant group. >> and we are engaged right now in forceful deterrence, but i have to say, we don't rule out anything. we hope we can restore quiet; we hope we can restore it quickly. y, israel said 52 warplanes bombarded more tunnels under gaza that they say are used to hide fig ve weapons. the attack lasted 25 minutes. e israeli military says it tries to lim

kind of a hold me back moment because i don't think israelis are too eager to go in and i'm sure gazans palestinians are not too happy to think about the prospect of israeli troops on the ground so i think we're not yet there you know in a place and actually going in but the demands meant of the soldiers and forces on the border it's more of a threat and it plays again to this part of the psychological warfare that we're seeing of both sides trying to say we have feel it's we've got time we have patience we're going to go on and on sort of each side trying to show an upper hand or trying to show more more perseverance when the other one who's going to blame 1st and both sides are still we're just starting basically this is that their day so there's still a lot of similar this is a lot of energy going on unfortunately before we start seeing things winding down one of the possible dates would be maybe toward sunday or the weekend as israelis are expecting to celebrate shove what is that it's things than it's been pentecost and the jewish calendar of it that would be a great moment for isr

fired from gaza into the israeli cities as well as a in terms of it can you give us a sense of what gazans feel in terms of you know why do these militant groups sure rockets to israel you know this is like a cyclical thing you can predict what's going to happen next you know are they happy with what hamas and the other groups are doing. well i mean this this what hamas saying that because it's a revenge for what they called an israeli aggression aggression against palestinians or is it some people of course they are happy some people are not we are in a daze is to or one or 2 days ahead of the main holiday for muslims in the islamic war it markets usually are busy in the swallow days today i was bitter old in in the city across the city and i talk to some people and there and it's almost empty in the city is is sad there is no movements nobody cares motions are there there is stuff in the stores without customers but still some some people are supporting that the criticism might happen after wars not joran yet still some people are criticizing it's not the right way to do it but still som

reached their house, where a surviving brother told us he doesn't want the world to think of killed gazans as just numbers but victims of a conflict many in gaza just like in israel do not believe will end with the ceasefire. egypt played a key role in moderating the deal and says it will send monitors to both israel and gaza to oversee its implementation lester >> richard engel, thank you. chief foreign affairs correspondent andrea mitchell joins us now. andrea, this comes after president biden spent several days calling for a cease-fire >> lester, the president significantly escalated his pressure on prime minister netanyahu yesterday after some fellow democrats said he should be more forceful in a statement now netanyahu is pointedly calling the cease-fire an egyptian initiative, not crediting u.s. diplomacy. so what to watch for now. the two sides that were already arguing over whether the cease-fire comes with promises of more palestinian rights in jerusalem, that could set the stage for conflict to erupt all over again at some point, just as it has before >> all right andrea mitchell

as the conflict escalates hour by hour gazans are fleeing their homes with whatever they can carry some have come to this school run by the un in search of a safe place. that we were planning to leave during the night but drones and jets kept bombing us at dawn we started moving and ran to the schools our children were screaming they wanted to get away when we woke up we found everything behind us destroyed there's nothing left. and many israelis too are living in fear. just north of gaza the city of ashkelon has been hit repeatedly by hamas rockets. it has been very stressful but we are following the government's instructions we have faith in the army and our creator. gaza is not israel's only front in an intensifying conflict in the west bank tensions new highs as palestinians exchange rocks and gunfire with israeli soldiers for the 1st time this week palestinians died in numbers on the streets of the territory. the united states has sent a diplomat to try and broker a cease fire between israel and hamas but as flames and fighting spread across the holy land peace seems like a distant

moment it is very difficult on the ground we've heard so many reports about many gazans seeking refuge in a un run school can you tell us more about the conditions there. ok we're interested to remember that energy future with electricity and water and sanitation whether it be a problem he's got a current situation so we need to make sure that. where we called it is you need to make she said. service he said but what is needed now is really to ensure that it eases a good hour provision of humanitarian aid supplies including the so much needed if you will to hand it to the city today and it would tear the selling nation plant it what it treatment plant into issued id those shelters that they're safe and they provide to the average for children and their families in the community that's when what i'm hearing you say is that conditions were were not so great before this latest conflict and they're even worse now so what children need the most at this point. what is most needed on their moment is for all parties to escalate into stop the violence petition in safety in need to be able to fi

reached their house where a surviving brother told us he doesn't want the world to think of killed gazans as victims, but conflicts many in gaza just like in israel do not believe will end with the cease-fire. egypt played a key role in bringing this about. >> richard, thank you. >>> a very rare moment of border patrolship bipartisanship in d.c. president biden signed an anti-asian hate bill nbc's kristin welker has more from the white house >> reporter: there are few bipartisan moments in washington, but this was one of them president biden signing legislation that aims to combat the recent rise in hate crimes, particularly against asian-americans. the bill inproves hate crime tracking and bolsters support for state and local officials. the president called hatred and racism the ugly poisont indoor gatherings of the biden administration, almost everyone without a mask. >> rare in many ways thanks. >>> breaking news. fast moving brush fire spread your night in santa barbara, california it reached the doors of an nbc news affiliate the employees there, they were able to make it out safely

content moderators to easily triggered have since been overtaken by events and footage filmed by gazans under attack has mobilized palestinians in a way that has not been seen in years within the occupied territories and israel itself our starting point this week is gaza city. the last thing that the 2000000 palestinians living in gaza want to see on their social media feeds is that gaza is a trend. because when gaza is trending it usually means the israelis are bombed. and civilians are getting killed. even if it's the last week of ramadan during a pandemic when gaza is trying in the israeli army says it's out to destroy military targets only residential tower spur reduced to rubble. schools and media organizations get to meet. and palestinians find themselves telling their story on social media. the global media don't seem. to understand. the video a little boy. with another video was. farming on the residential building i knew. you just saw it last week we flat i think what it does is it showcases the brutality. in. the future. and it. was social media that allows us to cross our own

conversation with our reporter in gaza he was telling us there are reports on the ground that the gazan political leadership has been talking to the egyptians and the egyptians want some sort of tolls in what's going on your political leaders in gaza saying ok we will post this but israel's got to pose as well or israel has got to pause what it's doing before we will pause what is going on from our end of this conflict does that does that represent any kind of any hope for you or toll that there might be a stepping back from this. ok 1st of all i'm having a tear in and i work with many international going to the show and usually our work is in him you're clearly in so i'm not really involved in political scene in general but as you will see if as geysers also i can see that we are hoping that this is going to show patience well as it can be the only personally i'm wearing that's the only teacher that i haven't fallen short that i have this is the 1st day of this is my outfit were made and it's off and other 2000000 gazans are hoping that this is going to finish as much soon as they can