islamic jihad founds revenge for the death of. bombing shall. we assure our people and our holy fighters that we have no choice but confrontation. israel's strike on a popular anti israel militant came during a period of relative peace but now the deadly to and fro of rockets is back. on. israel is in political turmoil right now perhaps headed for a 3rd general election in less than a year netanyahu is under intense pressure and has recently been criticized for his failure to stop rocket attacks from militants in gaza now he's responsible for a targeted assassination but consequently more rockets. for more let's bring in miriam died and she's in tel aviv force a miriam we saw those those rocket attacks i mean this is being called the worst violence in the area in years can you just give us a sense of what the situation is like right now. yes well and there has been a slight decrease in the frequency and range of rockets coming into israel from the gaza strip in the past couple of hours but residents in the south of israel are still running to th

and it's been pointed out that islamic jihad is seen as. iranian backed entity so can we see this as well as israel trying to to to get to iran in some way and send a message. i think this is what you call exporting the problem to gaza israel and its prime minister have some major issues to deal with and this is basically exporting their own problems projecting their own problems on gaza and the whole bit about iranian supported whether it's true or not and i think iran does support have a mouse whether rhetorical or politically or militarily remains to be seen because of course as we all know gaza is under total c h but be that as a may the ones who are initiated this this is this is collations israel and it's not because if there is iranian supported that's been going on for decades it did this time around for 3 possible reasons one person oh this israeli prime minister is is charged with corruption he's under eminent indictment and people who could probably go to prison to he was unable to form a government and i think the escalation of

an islamic jihad commander. cohen they gave no warning usually they do but this time they killed a whole family it's not right. a mass funeral followed 8 buried and thousands on the streets by this time the rockets and air strikes a given way to attend cease fire islamic jihad saying it had one important concessions. the deal was made by islamic jihad on behalf of all the palestinians the conditions are to stop assassination operations protect protesters during border protests for the vital return to start implementing steps to break the siege . but many in gaza are struggling with desperate poverty as well as violence a tiring of such claims. no i'm not satisfied because there is no benefit ceasefires it happened many times before and were useless. hours into the cease fire 5 rockets were launched from gaza city 2 of them intercepted by israel's air defense system nonetheless israel eased restrictions imposed on its own citizens near gaza and reopened border crossings. and the i.d.f. achieved its goal in this m

since israel assassinated the senior islamic jihad commander. on tuesday morning it's shifted its longstanding policy of holding hamas responsible for all rocket fire out of gaza instead striking islamic jihad targets and fighters almost exclusively amassed said it stood with islamic jihad in the battle but held back from launching its own rockets a possible sign of its concerns about a wider escalation. there was further rocket fire that came out of the gaza strip as night fell on thursday evening at around sunset there was a rocket that the israeli military said was intercepted by the iron dome anti-missile system a few hours later around. pm local time there was another rocket that was fired and fell inside gaza territory shortly after israel launched this new round of strikes the israeli military tweeted saying it was targeting islamic jihad and was doing so in response to breaches of the cease fire in terms of this rocket firing throughout the course of the day on thursday islamic jihad also released a new statement saying it was on standby

islamic jihad val's revenge for the death of. siobhan we assure our people and our holy fighters i know that we have no choice but confrontation. israel's strike on a popular anti israel militant came during a period of relative peace but now the deadly to and fro of rockets is back. israel is in political turmoil right now perhaps headed for a 3rd general election in less than a year netanyahu is under intense pressure and has recently been criticized for his failure to stop rocket attacks from militants in gaza now he's responsible for a targeted assassination but consequently more rockets. oh i'm joined now by journalist lucia in gaza city good evening to you. tell us what is the situation right now there in gaza. well as the report mentioned. more record moral kits from gaza and more strikes and continued. the latest strike that killed 2 militants affiliated with islamic jihad directly they were trying to launch rockets and so in total 5 full stadiums at least 2 of them affiliated with islamic jihad which killed after the est

instead israel is making a point of blaming only islamic jihad fighters for the rocket attacks. on we are responding to every attack against us with a very sharp attack and response i think the islamic jihad best understand that now rather than when it's too late for the united nations in egypt trying to negotiate an end to the shelling gaza's border crossings have been closed a number of dead has been rising and the misery of people who can't escape is growing. rob matheson al-jazeera jerusalem. time for a short break here in al-jazeera when we come back the u.s. reveals its position on bolivia's new government supporters of a former leader intensified demonstrations plus. the. fighting for development we'll tell you why tempers are flaring at a major economic summit in brazil more on that stay with us. how it's not february but you'd be forgiven for thinking if you're in chicago for example or the highest temperature on wednesday about minus 3 this is all cold and i and that's the cold front that brought it on us hard way half way through far at least out of it miami's got 27

islamic jihad val's revenge for the death of. siobhan we assure our people and our holy fighters i know that we have no choice but confrontation. israel's strike on a popular and to israel militant came during a period of relative peace but now the deadly to and fro of rockets is back. israel is in political turmoil right now perhaps headed for a 3rd general election in less than a year netanyahu is under intense pressure and has recently been criticized for his failure to stop rocket attacks from militants in gaza now he's responsible for a targeted assassination but consequently more rockets. fired for more now we want to bring in journalist saw me sokol in jerusalem good evening to you saw me so what's the situation there in southern israel at the moment it's. well i can tell you we've just got new if fresh air reports about more sirens in some of the cube root syrian along the border with the gaza strip. earlier there were some rockets that were launched towards the city of ashkelon and it was we understand that this last. ro

top commander of the palestinian group islamic jihad is killed in gaza israel's prime minister says the strike was approved by the security cabinet 10 days ago. and hasn't seek it this is live from doha also coming up police in hong kong warn the city is on the brink of a total breakdown universities become the new battleground between protesters and security forces. but libya's now former president abel morales heads to mexico to seek asylum he leaves behind a country in political turmoil. spain's 2 left wing parties reach a deal to form a government after the socialists for short term a majority in the election. follow israeli airstrikes on gaza have killed 5 palestinians including a senior islamic jihad commander triggering the worst cross border violence in months funerals have been held for a lot though and his wife who died in the targeted strike on their home overnight israeli airstrikes have also hit apartment buildings and how much facility in the territory of fighters in gaza have retaliated firing more than 50 rockets into israel one exploded on a busy highway now really miss

well were now getting unconfirmed reports that potentially a political leader of the piracy and islamic jihad was living in that area to the policies that make jihad has issued a statement that the son of. 9 the who is this political leader has been killed it is not clear 6 whether these 2 are related to syrian state news agency is saying that there's been 2 killed in that building but certainly the reports coming out at the moment seem to indicate that this could potentially have been targeted killing 9 the political membership of palestinian islamic jihad do of course have a presence 9 inside syria so people were questioning as to the timing of these 22 attacks one in gaza one in damascus. i think if you should tell exact confirmation as to whether they're linked but certainly did issue reports are getting seems to be that this explosion happened in a residential building that was housing the palestinian islamic jihad leader political wing and again to residents in the area said it was a very loud explosion that was information coming out at the moment but certainly these are now bit of a c

military wing of islamic jihad of many months now they say that. they targeted the building in which he was sleeping the prime minister's office here has confirmed that he has been neutralized the israeli military calling him a ticking bomb saying that he was planning for the imminent attacks and that this is not a return to the kind of targeted assassinations that the israeli leadership carried out in the past against senior hamas and islamic jihad figures nonetheless it has already had assisted a very strong response there have been numerous power outages of rockets coming out of gaza targeting israeli territory we've seen images of at least one rocket in a street in an israeli town schools have been shut both in israel and in gaza for the day government buildings and ministries inside gaza have been closed as well apart from the health ministry so far the. airstrikes from israel we're hearing from gaza have largely been targeting tea areas areas that have been evacuated already that is a signal perhaps that israel does not want this to escalate

well at a special cabinet meeting he delivered that message again saying that that islamic jihad was coming to recognize the seriousness it is in essence of israel's response he said that very shortly after there was an interview on israeli radio as well with one of his ministers in which he said that israel was officially changing its policy from blaming hamas for everything to targeting islamic jihad i think there's a clear effort underway to try to separate out these 2 major factions within gaza so far how moss has not really joined in this rocket fire although we wait to see if this extends for several days whether that maintains as a tenable position for hamas and as far as the domestic politics are concerned as well both that's and yahoo and his ministers and other senior members of the israeli political establishment are saying that this was not a political decision despite the political pressure that netanyahu is under but one that was recommended to him by the military and intelligence top brass ok her thoughts about the latest at the israel gaza border carry thank you a cou

an israeli airstrike on gaza kills a senior islamic jihad commander rockets are fired in retaliation. michelle kerry this is al jazeera life and also coming up after 13 years in power bolivia's president evo morales goes into exile seeking asylum and mexico. more anti-government protests in hong kong again and parts of the city to a standstill. and stargazers around the world witnessed the rare sight of mercury soon between the sun and earth. have been exchanges of gunfire over the israel gaza border following this ass nation of a palestinian islamic jihad commander. wife were killed in an israeli airstrike on his home in gaza overnight the israeli military says around 50 rockets have been fired in retaliation from gaza popping the closure of schools and some transportation services as earlier strikes have also hit apartment buildings and a hamas facility and gaza and israeli warplanes fired missiles towards damascus and the mess a neighborhood 2 of them hit a house belonging to. another commander of islamic jihad it's unclear what his fate is but his son and granddaughter have been k

funerals held in the us are after israeli airstrikes killed several palestinians including a senior islamic jihad commander. will all come in peace adobe you're watching al-jazeera live from doha also coming up more chaos in hong kong as demonstrators bring the city to a stop. spain's prime minister says a deal's been agreed to form a new government after the socialists fell short of an election majority. bolivia's now former president evo morales heads for mexico to seek asylum. substory at least 4 people have been killed and at least 20 were injured in israeli airstrikes on gaza funerals have been held for palestinian islamic jihad commander and his wife killed in a targeted israeli airstrike on their home in gaza overnight israeli airstrikes have also hit apartment buildings and a hamas facility in gaza syria says israel fired missiles towards damascus targeting another commander of islamic jihad it's unclear what happened to him but his son and granddaughter work killed fighters in gaza have retaliated firing more than 50 rockets into israel one exploded on a busy highway narrowly missing car

fighting and israeli airstrikes egypt has been mediating between israel and the palestinian group islamic jihad's 34 palestinians have been killed in the air strikes over the past 48 hours the escalation began after the israeli army assassinated a senior leader of a slum of jihad on tuesday. israel's foreign minister says it will observe the truce as long as the group does the same an islamic jihad spokesman confirmed the ceasefire and other than the also led winton to effect on the ground at 5 am with islamic jihad conditions on behalf of the palestinian resistance factions dealing clue to the occupation submission to conditions which is to stop the assess the nation's protecting the protesters at the much of britain's demonstrations and to begin practically the procedures to break the siege of gaza this is guaranteed by the presence of resistance in the field and it's really nice to respond to any agreements in the future and also the continuation of the egyptian role at the political level. very fossett is joining us now for an update from the israel gaza border what more are we learning about

the gaza strip a cease fire is brokered after 2 days of violence between israel and the group islamic jihad. you're watching al-jazeera life from a headquarters and. also a heads withholding security assistance in exchange for help with a domestic political campaign in the united states would be crazy i believe and i believe it's no. more damning evidence against the u.s. president donald trump by a senior diplomat in the 1st public hearing of the impeachment inquiry. another day of violence in hong kong the schools and universities are closed the cross the territory. issued its lack of. funding for the community needs. how years of conflict has devastated sudan healthcare system. follow a ceasefire has been agreed in gaza after 2 days of cross border fighting and israeli airstrikes egypt has been mediating between israel and the palestinian group islamic jihad $34.00 palestinians have been killed in the airstrikes since tuesday the escalation began after the targeted killing of a senior leader of islamic jihad by israel's military and israel's foreign minister says they'll observe the truc

the israeli military has been talking very much about targeting islamic jihad there might be a strategy there from the israelis to try to separate these 2 entities certainly islamic jihad's rocket fire has left hamas in a difficult position of the time when it's been trying to secure further easing of the restrictions on gaza from israel so the question is whether hamas really matches its words with actions intent in terms of a big assault of its own and whether that in turn could despite israel's part of stations that it doesn't want to see an escalation whether that could lead to a wider conflict in the coming days. harry for the life worse there on the israel gaza border thanks terry let's talk more about this now with jeremy bob is an intelligence and terrorism legal analyst for the jerusalem post he joins us live via skype now from moore dean in central israel thanks very much for being with us so give us a sense of of the calculations of the israeli security leadership in in this because they targeted assassinations like this we have seen before from from israel but we ha

and israeli airstrike on gaza kills a senior islamic jihad commander the group that was to retaliate. i'm richelle carey this is al jazeera live from doha also coming up after 13 years in power oblivious president morales goes into exile seeking asylum in mexico. government protests in hong kong again bring parts of the city to a standstill. and stargazers around the world witnessed the rare sight of mercury zooming between the sun and. on the palestinian armed group islamic jihad says there will be no limit to its retaliation following the killing of one of its commanders. and his wife were killed an israeli airstrike on his home and gaza overnight rockets have been fired into southern israel prompting the closure of schools and some transportation services israeli military has now shut all border crossings into gaza and syrian state media are also reporting an attack near the lebanese embassy in damascus the group islamic jihad says the attack targeted the home of another of its leaders at least 2 people were killed and 6 injured let's go live to harry fawcett and west jerusalem so

being shot in the face israel's military build up on the border with gaza after the killing of an islamic jihad commander and his wife. and a mammoth problem the increasing desperation of animals like elephants during the worst drought in. the opposition leader in bolivia senates has declared him herself interim president after weeks of political turmoil in a 9 years was sworn in despite lacking a majority in the country's congress she takes over from the ousted former leader evo morales who as you say is now in mexico after being granted asylum or alice resigned after weeks of protests over his disputed reelection. such as in the past. well tensions are growing here in the center of the capital where the presidential palace and the national assembly is here at the plus somebody york an area that is completely surrounded and sealed by police riot police and another ring of protection by the army this. i'm is has been named interim president of bolivia after a long debate about whether they would be legislators would be able to swear her in with or without the members of the mass party the party

targets and fighters almost exclusively amassed said it stood with islamic jihad in the battle but held back from launching its own rockets a possible sign of its concerns about a wider escalation and those concerns aren't over yet as night fell israel said it in the set said another rocket being fired out of gaza israeli communities around the fringes of the gaza strip have decided to close their schools again on friday for fear that this cease fire won't hold very force that al-jazeera gaza. now 7 german citizens suspected of being part of i still have arrived in but then after being deported from turkey 2 men 4 women and a child departed is temple airport in the latest wave of turkish repatriations that started on monday and now the $23.00 european national suspected of ice involvement are expected to be to force it to their home nations in the next few days turkey says just over $1200.00 i still fight as a car anything held in that presence all the repatriations come as foreign ministers from all the nations on meeting in the capital in the u.s. capital washington to discus

spoke spears some of the islamic jihad. that is that we heard or resistance will now in it in your home to you is this s.s. a nation for his political goals and here through the thin skin regime. response of the assassination of both going to do in the mosque us or. far in gaza. thank you for that update from gaza thank you. hong kong police to fire tear gas and engaged in running battles with protesters in several parts of the city anti-government protesters had set up barricades paralyzing streets and public transport leader kerry alam has called the protest a very selfish act it follows some of the most violent demonstration seen in months on monday with the protester being shot and a pro-government supporter being set on fire hugo pollin joins us now from hong kong city what's happening where you are. ever shall 7 i am right in hong kong's financial center this is the central business district and as you can see it's been brought to a standstill behind me are the riot police are trying to clear up barricades set up by p

a new spiral of violence after an israeli airstrike kills an islamic jihad commander and his wife in gaza prompting rocket fire into israel and the deaths of 8 other palestinians. protesters block roads in hong kong and battle police who say the city is on the brink of total breakdown. and spain's 2 main left wing parties make a significant move towards ending the nation's political deadlock. bolivia's former president ever moralities has landed in mexico where he's been given asylum 2 days after stepping down touching down in mexico city he was greeted by the country's foreign minister and he thanked along with mexico's president for saving his life or others resigned on sunday at the military's request following weeks of widespread protests over his disputed reelection believe years new interim leader is expected to be sworn in soon or other says he will remain in politics despite being forced out in what he describes as a coup your overview live where we are if you i want to tell you that i'm very frank full to the president of mexico my life. who go to ya. i want to say but his i

i think they will do that because they do not want an escalation meaning islamic jihad has shown that they have the capability to reach tel aviv they've done that they've scared israelis they can do that and now it's time to stop because if they continue to do that then the i.d.f. is going to go israel is going to go in there very strong and very hard and they're going to stop the missile fire they're going to stop the rocket fire and they will decimate hamas and islamic jihad targets the people of gaza will suffer and i'm not convinced that the hamas is ready for that kind of fight although they do have fire power they do not want to start an escalation like this where israel will absolutely crush them and especially now when it's and you know has to show that he's the boss this is the wrong time to play with israel ok and also intriguingly given you know the election results of the inconclusive election result we've got netanyahu and benny gantz on exactly the same page and if israel is tilting back towards perhaps pure speculation granted perhaps back towards targeted operatio

lead palestinian islamic jihad's northern military operation a very senior figure and one israel blamed for a series of rocket attacks in recent months and. these actions have started this morning after the crime was committed by israel markets were fired towards televisions and islamic jihad with all of the resistance groups will continue targeting all safe places of the occupation. islamic jihad said israel had crossed all red lines and promised a bigger response than usual one rocket exploded on a busy highway in your gaza and the a miss for those in passing cars and for those in a bus waiting at the intersection. in the southern town of stare at a factory suffered a direct hit and rockets also targeted central israel restricting businesses and leading to blanket school closures from the gaza border areas to television israel's prime minister who is leading a 2nd straight caretaker government after a 2nd inconclusive election said his country was not seeking an escalation and he was careful to indicate politics hadn't entered into the decision to strike when he said it was recommende

hours later, islamic jihad fighters respond with a barrage of rocket attacks.ver the b border in israel, the warning sirens sound once again. israel's iron dome defense system intercepts many of them, but some get t through. damaging people's homes and injuring some israelis. many choose to evacuate, israel's response in gaza, more airstrikes, killing several palestinians. israel is not -- >> israel is not interested in escalation but we will do anything to defend ourselves. >> islamic jihad vows revenge for the death. >> we ensure our people and holy fighters that we have no choice but confrontation. >> israel's strike on a popular israeli militant came on a. of relative peace. but now the deadly to-and-fro of rockets is back. israel is in political turmoil right now. perhaps headed for a third general election n in less thana year. but it's under intense pressure and has been criticized for its failure to stop rocket attacks were militants in gaza. now he is responsiblele for targeted assassination, but consummate -- with consequently, more rockets. brent: i'

generals in gaza after a senior islamic jihad commander is assassinated and it's really airstrike. i'm richelle carey this is al jazeera live from doha also coming up. more tensions on the streets of hong kong as police again clash with protesters. libya's former president evo morales stops in paraguay the way to mexico which has offered him asylum. out of control bushfires now threaten australia's largest city. at least 4 people have been killed in exchanges of fire over the israel gaza border following the assassination of a palestinian islamic jihad commander baha. his wife were killed in an israeli air strike on his home in gaza overnight it's really are strikes have also hit apartment buildings and a hamas facility in gaza and israeli warplanes have fired missiles towards damascus targeting another commander of islamic jihad it is unclear what's happened to him but his son and granddaughter had been killed by others in gaza have retaliated firing more than 50 rockets into israel unexploded she can see there on a busy highway narrowly missed narrowly that is missing cars and bu

islamic jihad says he survived. >> it affected many buildings. the explosion was so huge it is on except bull to hit a civilian area in -- unacceptable to hit a civilian area. correspondent: israel's military says it was targeting islamic jihad, perhaps a message it was not seeking direct confrontation amas, whose military wing represents gaza's biggest fighting force. benjamin netanyahu said israel did not seek wider escalation, but he must've known with a targeted assassination and the inevitable rocket fire in response, risks were high. much depends on how a mosque decides-- on how hamas to respond. if it matches words with a big escalation in rocket fire, risks of wider conflict only rise. al jazeera, southern israel. >> protesters in hong kong have fought with police as violence broke out at two universities. tensions have been high after a police officer shot one demonstrator at close range on monday. a senior police officer says the city is on the brink of total breakdown. correspondent: university campus turned into a battleground between

by incest delayed scepter an israeli airstrike kills an islamic jihad commander in gaza sparking retaliatory rocket fire into israel protesters block roads in hong kong and the battle police say the city is on the brink of a total breakdown and we travel to ground 0 of that the r.c.c. bola crisis where doctors are hoping to have no cases by the end of the year. thank you for joining us bolivia's former president there on what alice is landed in mexico where he's been given asylum 2 days after stepping down touching down in mexico city he was greeted by the country's foreign minister who thanked along with mexico's president for saving his life but alice resigned on sunday at the military's request following weeks of widespread protests over his disputed reelection but livia's new interim leader is expected to be sworn in in the next few hours but alice says that he will remain in politics this fight before spouting what he describes as a coup it will be lived. i want to tell you i'm very frank full to the president of mexico who saved my life. i want to say brothers and sisters the while i h

have been blaming islamic jihad for the recent rounds of rocket attacks that have come out of gaza in recent months the kinds of escalations that we've seen which have led to israeli retaliatory strikes in the lead israel and gaza towards more and more difficult and dangerous territory in terms of those escalations however this in itself is potentially an extremely dangerous escalation israel has not targeted leadership in this way for some time and so this strike is i think excepted here to be one with which brings with it significant risks certainly in israel south they have closed schools for the day there have been rockets coming out of gaza already. rockets are mornings have been flashing up and this is a situation which also feeds into an extremely tense and delicate political situation in israel benjamin netanyahu remains in charge of a caretaker administration after a 2nd inconclusive election within the space of a year he's just appointing today is the day that natalee bennett a new defense minister takes over israel says it is prepared for whatever happens that it is prepari

rhetorically saying that hamas is very much with islamic jihad that this is a crossing of all red lines by israel and there will be unified response so much how. very much state on the sidelines question is will they be able to continue in that vein the longer all of this goes on. lists inside gaza are talking about i know it's not wanting to give israel a pretext to expand its own operations inside gaza there analysts in israel are saying that hamas has an interest in maintaining the situation to try to continue its efforts to have a longer lasting truce with israel but the interesting thing so far is that imus doesn't seem to be joining to the same extent as other fighting groups notably islamic jihad ok faucet at the israel gaza border thank you harry at least 7 people have been killed in an explosion in afghanistan's capital a car bomb went off during rush hour in kabul the interior ministry says another 7 people were injured there's been no claim of responsibility so far and there's been it's a suspected suicide bombing outside a police station in the indonesian city of my don only

palestinians have died since tuesday when israel killed a senior commander of the armed group islamic jihad biters in gaza have responded by sending almost 200 rockets towards israel egypt and other international officials are working to mediate a ceasefire between israel hamas and islamic jihad matheson is live in west jerusalem covering all of this for us so what is the latest. well as of about 6 o'clock this morning local time that's right about 4 g.m.t. we understand the rockets started to be fired from gaza into areas in israel which run along the border with gaza but 2 of those areas were also in the general direction of jerusalem up towards the north of though they're not particularly close to jerusalem we also understand that islamic jihad is saying that it's attempted to fire an anti-tank rocket at an israeli tank to the east of gaza as well all of this is happening as the israeli military has been carrying on what it's describing as a 4th wave of air strikes targeting it says islamic jihad rocket launch sites and undercut underground facilities but we've heard from sources inside

in the hands of islamic jihad even have as was pushing islam jihad to accept the ceasefire there were helping the aged boys were talking. over us leave his booking islamic jihad to accept the so i think come out of this little well will will remain. i mean away from its collation. pollution in gaza thank you very much for this is this moment. if we now bring you up to date but some other stories making news around the band germany has now really avoided entering a recession that's according to data which is just come out experts had expected growth to grind to a halt in the 3rd quarter the u.s. china taleb disputes has had drive manufacturing sector into a shop downturn. students from mainland china are leaving hong kong universities as violent protests affect campuses many classes have already been canceled and protesters have been barricades decline has been disrupted as they pressed him on for more autonomy from beijing. australia's raging bushfires of claimed another life bringing the death toll to 4 firefighters are struggling to contain dozens of blazes burning across the countr

instead israel is making a point of blaming only islamic jihad fighters for the rocket attacks. on we are responding to every attack against us with a very sharp attack and response i think the islamic jihad best understand that now rather than when it's too late well the united nations and egypt trying to negotiate an end to the shelling gaza's border crossings have been closed a number of dead has been rising and the misery of people who can't escape is growing. right matheson all dizzy jerusalem. plenty more ahead for you on al-jazeera supporters of the former polygamist president evo morales riata for a new leader is still an hour and a big scene in one of the world's top tourist spots the water levels and venice are at their highest office centuries. how the smell of winter is definitely in the air and now it's getting slowly cooler but any very slowly by day it's mostly clear skies apart from this cloud that streams out of the plateau the picture on thursday is one of 70 degrees in shanghai and $26.00 in hong kong as to examples with lotion it's cold at night particularly

islamic jihad saying it wanted important concessions.e by islamic jihad on behalf of all the palestinians. the conditions are to stop assassination operations, protect protesters, and to start implementing steps to break the siege. correspondent: many in gaza struggling with desperate poverty as well as violence, tiring of such claims. >> i'm not satisfied. there is no benefit. cease-fires have happened many times before and were useless. >> rockets were launched from gaza city. two intercepted by israel's air defense system. israel reopened border crossings. >> the government and the idf achieved its goal in this mission. we illuminated the terrorist that was -- eliminated the terrorist in charge of recent actions against israel. we will do anything necessary in order to avoid. correspondent: since israel onassinated a commander tuesday morning, it has shifted its long-standing policy that responsible for all rocket fire out of gaza, instead stricking islamic jihad targets almost exclusively. said it stood with islamic jihad in the batt

israel kills a top commander of islamic jihad in gaza the attack prompted the palestinian militant group to return fire with rockets. joining us this evening this is r.t. international. russia's foreign minister is in the french capital this tuesday attending the paris peace for. for voting better global governance was drawn on the subject of global responsibilities. the west is pretty much playing to be blamed for everything. no. just mistakes well very strong speech by the russian foreign minister outlining his a vision of what's happening in the at the moment and talking about some of the issues of what he sees as the way that the west is viewed itself in the past and how 'd we views itself in the presence in terms of its global domination he said that the west needs to take responsibility for its actions it needs to understand its domination of world affairs has been melting away it said that it needs to accept that the world of the feature is a centric world in fact he even went as far as accusing the west of preventing this from taking place of course. because for more than $500.00

here is a command the organization palestinian islamic jihad. executed. only last week he was behind because that would launch of the israel that he planned to do war and as the prime minister benjamin as we all said was. the idea of the government of israel did what they had to do to stop from dive bomb to explore on all civilians later on. naftali bennett spin appointed the new defense minister for israeli he's known for want to get tougher stance on palestinian militants is this a signal of tell of it becoming more more aggressive in its policies. well i don't know who is going to be more aggressive or not we as citizens in israel we are dealing with a terror entity in the gaza strip though disturbing to see hamas there are controlling another 49 terror organizations in the gaza strip. on one hand there are a lot of problems there and they need to deal with those problems they are responsible on 2100000 palestinians in gaza and on the other hand launching an attack in israel so there is a certain reality of the catch 22 when it comes to gaza saw maybe

separating it from hamas hamas which controls the strip and was speaking in support of islamic jihad saying that it stood with them in the fight appears not to have actually fired any rockets itself so it was on the fringes the fact that it's only lasted a couple of days perhaps allowed them to carry on with that tactic without losing potentially too much face with the gaza public and so for now the cease fire is holding it is worth though emphasizing that the death toll has gone up substantially even from what we were reporting fairly a late yesterday going up to 34 and the most deadly incident was this one strike on a house in central gaza killing a man and his wife his sister and 5 of his children israeli military says he him selfe was a senior hamas islamic jihad commander ok harry thank you for that update well at least 2 people have now been killed in iraq's capital during antigovernment protests there 35 others were injured many of those hurt had choked on tear gas or they were hit by rubber bullets more than 300 people have been killed since the beginning of october protester

the message from israel is that the targets that they are concentrating on are islamic jihad sites and personnel and we are we're getting that message both in what they're targeting and indeed what the israeli military is saying it is trying to delineate a difference between hamas and islamic jihad the public security minister get out a done was on the radio this morning saying that israel's previous policy of holding hamas responsible for every rocket everything that comes out of the gaza strip that has changed and now they are deliberately targeting islamic jihad they're saying that they are agents acting against hamas interests as well as are acting to undermine the relationship between hamas and israel one of the interesting things is how hamas will continue to respond so far it has kept its arca some brigades largely on the sidelines of all of this the rockets have continued to come out through the morning we've seen and heard interceptions around the gaza fringes inside ashkelon as well where we were staying overnight a major town on the southern fringes on the mediterranean

in the hands of islamic jihad even have as was pushing islam jihad to accept the ceasefire there were helping big gyptian variable which we're talking really. all be asleep how much is pushing islamic jihad to accept a cease fire so i think come out at this level well will will remain. i mean away from its collation house in pollution in gaza thank you very much for this is cessna and. me in yesterday's and some of the stories making news around the want students from maine then china and leaving hong kong university says volunteer to test the fact campuses many classes have already been canceled the test as have these barricades public life has been disrupted as defense team wants one more autonomy from beijing. trade is raising to size again another live being the death toll to 4 firefighters are struggling to contain dozens of blazes dunning across the country's east coast a separate emergency warning has been issued for a fire threatening a city in western australia. new zealand lawmakers have voted in favor of legalizing euthanasia the final decision will not be put to the public

responsible for a group of fighters in the center of the gaza strip islamic jihad the palestinian authority and also confirmed that and there have been a large number of rockets being fired out every few minutes really over the last 2 or 3 hours and earlier in the day as well there was a big bear raj so there is no sign yet that this is coming down there are efforts underway as you say both through the united nations and egypt to try to mediate the big unanswered question so far is the exact extent to which hamas is going to get involved there was a statement from our saying that efforts to try to separate islamic jihad from hamas by israel would not be successful that they were standing together and fighting together however our sources indicate that so far and us has not been taking part its military big brigades not taking part in the rocket fire so far if there is a much bigger response if hamas feels that it has to to join in in a much bigger way than it has so far they're not could lead the way towards a further escalation everything pretty delicately balanced as always in these in th

news agency said his son and granddaughter were killed islamic jihad says a jury survived. the size of the explosion is unacceptable that i think that many of his execution was so huge and it is unacceptable to hit the civilian area in such way as throughout the day the rocket fire and air strikes continued israel's military said it was targeting islamic jihad perhaps a message that it wasn't seeking a direct confrontation with hamas which controls the gaza strip and whose military wing represents garza's biggest fighting force in a statement on tuesday benjamin netanyahu said that israel did not seek a wider escalation yet he must have known that with a targeted assassination such as this and the inevitable rocket fire that would come in response the risks were very high much now depends on how hamas decides to respond it has spoken out very strongly in solidarity with islamic jihad if it matches those words with a big escalation in rocket fire as well and the risks of a wider conflict only rise are a force that al-jazeera southern israel. emergency services say it will be

on monday and israeli fighter jets targeted senior islamic jihad leader. at his home he was killed along with his wife some of his children were also injured the part of the building where he was lodging has been entirely destroyed extensive damage was also caused in the immediate area his line of jihad followed a quick and unlimited event said that have in the end only heavy of price. and his settlers and soldiers will pay a heavy price. for the car. of a certain age thing and destroy the whole of folly that behold i'll find his wife and i certainly think i'll judy and his family at the same time and after the firing of the 1st rockets from gaza the israeli military shut all the border crossings into gaza and sirens were heard in several towns in central israel israel says when i was the mastermind of recent attacks against its territory and look is going to i want to clarify israel is not interested in a school ation but we will do everything necessary to defend ourselves and i'm saying in advance it could take time it takes calm and cool hiddenness we m

son and granddaughter were killed islamic jihad says a jury survived mahler's has relented and. the size of the explosion is unacceptable and that i think that many of his execution was so huge and it is unacceptable to hit the civilian area in such way as you know throughout the day the rocket fire and strikes continued israel's military said it was targeting islamic jihad perhaps a message that it wasn't seeking a direct confrontation with hamas which controls the gaza strip and whose military wing represents gaza's biggest fighting force in a statement on tuesday benjamin netanyahu said that israel did not seek a wider escalation yet he must have known that with a targeted assassination such as this and the inevitable rocket fire that would come in response the risks were very high much now depends on how hamas decides to respond it has spoken out very strongly in solidarity with islamic jihad if it matches those words with a big escalation in rocket fire as well and the risks of a wider conflict only rise are a force that al-jazeera southern israel. after their senior politi

a ceasefire in gaza has broken down less than 24 hours after it began israeli forces and islamic jihad fighters exchanged cross border fire overnight violence began on tuesday after israeli forces assassinated a senior leader of the islamic jihad in gaza 34 palestinians have been killed since then matheson joins us live from less true slim so where do things stand with maybe getting this ceasefire back on track. well richelle i was talking working to our team in gaza this morning this saying that the last few hours there have been quiet since those israeli military airstrikes that were carried out on what the israeli military was calling islamic jihad training grounds we understand that in practical terms that meant open and agricultural land in gaza and the israeli military saying that that operation has no ended and this followed rockets that were fired from gaza into israel around about 10 pm local time on thursday night now we don't know exactly how many rockets were fired but we do get the the impression that this was a smaller number than the rocket launches that we've seen over

palestinians have died since tuesday when israel killed a senior commander of the armed group islamic jihad fighters in gaza have responded by firing around $220.00 rockets towards israel or a force that has more from the israel gaza border we've seen several separate strikes carried out against what israel says have been islamic jihad fighters and targets and the latest casualties we understand of people who died of injuries in hospital and we have as i say also seen and numerous rockets emanating from gaza throughout the course of the day islamic jihad promising to expand the circle of its response from what we've seen in recent months and indeed there have been rocket alerts in communities quite close to jerusalem which is not typical of what we've seen over the last months and years and israel is very much saying that this is an operation targeted at islamic jihad changing its policy hitherto which has always been to hold hamas responsible for anything that comes out of the gaza strip saying that this is about punishing and deterring islamic jihad. the course in hong kong is deciding wh