overnight we were expecting more of a response from hamas certainly old indications suggest that like israel hamas does not want another war in now we understand that hamas did respond with three rockets before that cease fire was cooled two of which at least were intercepted by the iron dome we also understand that there were around full to be fooled at that call for calm was announced at midnight in the north of got sort of the south of gaza. so things are a lot better than they were this time yesterday the build up to that escalation but we were at the protests yesterday and this is our report. these men say it's their duty as palestinians to protest against israel's occupation. they put together their kite clipping its tail which they say will keep it balance as it carries the burning pall over guns as build a fence they soak the sackcloth in petrol and oil because they say it helps it slowly. if we are here to prove to the whole world that we will never leave and we're going to do with burning kites will that occupied land and i'm not afraid of these rains and only afraid of gone. chemists le

israel says the target was hamas in response to rocket attacks and israel has warned repeatedly of a harsh military response if hamas which runs gaza did not stop protestors from sending burning kites and balloons into israel and setting fire to crops all they can do just send balloons sent flying fight and we've seen that no israelis were killed no one while on the palestinian side one hundred more than one hundred thirty five people killed where you have. a response to it. got sides and killed people killing children so i don't think that's up of equation . does not equal. life. after twenty four hours of israeli airstrikes and hamas approved rocket fire egyptian mediators managed to broker a cease fire the u.n. special envoy to the region says all out war was narrowly averted the frustration that people here in gaza feel. is completely understandable it is boiling over put it has been boiling over for months before the protests started i think people felt that they had lost hope in any other alternative on the ground but i worry very much that it is not just a humanitarian crisis i

after a day of violent protest in gaza a cease fire appears to be holding between israel and hamas. the destruction of derive a ghost town that remains after rebel fighters were bussed away from their former syrian stronghold also this hour patrolling the streets to militias using violence to suppress santai government protests in nicaragua and thousands of square kilometers burned as wildfires take hold in sweden. i am. thank you for joining us what's being called a restoration of calm seems to be holding so far between israel and hamas in gaza it follows the killing of an israeli soldier along the border and israeli as strikes that killed four palestinians at least one hundred twenty gazans were wounded in the seventeen successive week of friday protests israel had warned protesters of retaliation if they continued to set crops on fire by sending burning balloons and kites over the fence several hamas positions were attacked in iran gaza city how mosques argues the balloons are a peaceful form of protest at the brocade of gaza it says a truce brokered by egypt and the u.n. started

we are six hours into what's being called a restoration of calm between israel and gaza hamas says agreement was reached for a deal from midnight local time after a day of more protests and rising tension at least four people were killed inside gaza israel launched airstrikes and tank rounds and the israeli military says one of its soldiers was killed by gunfire. masses up to a from less true self. after hours of escalation in gaza has a ceasefire been reached well that very much depends on who you ask according to hamas a cessation of hostilities has actually been achieved hamas spokesman fozia but whom issuing a statement saying that with egyptian and united nations efforts it has been agreed to return to the era of calm between israel and palestinian factions that all being said however israel israel's army has not commented on if a cease fire has actually been reached we've been reaching out to them repeatedly since the announcement by hamas that that ceasefire has been reached there has been no comment from israel's army the last several hours we have heard from israel's army that opera

in gaza a cease fire between israel and hamas militants appears to be holding hamas announced reaching the truce with israel overnight following one of the most serious upticks in violence since the war between gaza and israel in two thousand and fourteen. the most extensive asked strikes on gaza in four years. they included hits in the hot of gaza city. israel says it was targeting hamas positions in response to a rocket. from the palestinian own place. its iron dome defense system intercepted some rockets such warning sirens sent people running for shelter as. several israelis were injured. after consultations with the defense minister the chief of staff and israel's top security officials we decided on powerful action against hamas terrorism the israeli armed forces delivered the most powerful blow against hamas since two thousand and fourteen and we will increase the intensity of our attacks as necessary as. the escalation comes off the back of months of clashes along gaza's border with israel over one hundred thirty palestinian demonstrators have been killed by israeli fire in me

hamas positions despite the truce. there are no reports of attacks overnight by either israel or hamas it seems as if this relative calm that is being called full it's a bit too early to call it a ceasefire goes on however in the last hour or so the swarming we understand certainly the i.d.f. the israeli military saying that a tank is ready tank targeted hemis position and north of gaza on the border there off to what the israeli military say were infiltrators from gaza trying to get into israel the israeli army saying that after that attack the so-called infiltrators returned to gaza no reports of casualties meanwhile the protesters say that they will continue to launch their kites their balloons carrying these a century devices across the border fence how mousy yesterday off to guess today's protests announced that next week's protest would be held under the banner of our motto children reference to the many hundreds of children that have been killed in this conflict over the years so as i say there may well be relative calm at the moment today seems all indications would suggest that neither israel or hamas want an

a fragile truce between israel and hamas appears to be holding up to one of the bloodiest days of protests in gaza in four years. and i want to dream for again this is al jazeera live from doha also coming up rebels and the families of the southwest of syria head north after striking a surrender deal with the assoc of. wasting away tons of plastic daybreak cause an environmental disaster in the dominican republic. and the scorching heat wave in sweden the worst drought in seventy is blamed for helping to spread wildfires and cause farm animals to starve. what's being called a restoration of calm seems to be holding so far between israel and hamas in gaza following the killing of an israeli soldier along the border and is israeli airstrikes that killed four palestinians at least one hundred twenty gazans were wounded in the seventeenth successive week of friday protests israel had warned protestors of retaliation if they continue to set crops alight by sending burning balloons and kites over the fence several hamas positions were attacked in around gaza city a mass argues that the balloons

unconscionable but it's clearly not true israel is actually piping into the to the gaza everything which could help. all the other hospitals and clinics by the way we should the hamas is using them as a base to launch you know that since we left since we left gaza eleven thousand eight hundred bombs were launched on israel i asked a question about forty four cancer patients world health organization that's all made up according to. you know what i don't even know you know about i can tell you there was a policy right there was a policy to help anyone in need and we have proven it why don't you go to hamas and ask them why don't they stop their terror and then gaza would be open to the world when we left in two thousand and five we invested there you know millions of dollars they burnt everything why why ok let's go to the judgment in the militia thank you the great march of return protests were a stand simply organized in support of the notion of a right of return mike my question is as to what extent does the propagation of the notion of palestinian rights of return by the international community to perpetuate and prolong rather than create a solution to the israe

israel accuses hamas militants of using the protests as cover for attacks against israel it says its use of force is necessary to defend its borders . now to some of the other stories making news around the world. heavy rain and thunderstorms are causing chaos across china state media reported that hundreds of rivers around the country have flooded blocking roads and railways destroying bridges and forcing thousands of residents to evacuate several deaths have been attributed to the flooding authorities say more downpours are expected over the weekend. the twelve young boys and their soccer coach were rescued from a flood a thai cave system will be released from the hospital on thursday health officials say they are recovering well the team appeared on time television chatting about what they would like to eat once they leave the hospital but mental health experts have warned they may suffer a long term trauma from their ordeal. france has celebrated its national day busty day with a military parade down the shelves in paris but one piece of choreography did not go completely to plan

a restoration of calm seems to be holding between israel and gaza hamas says the ceasefire brokered by egypt and the u.n. was made at midnight local time it followed another bloody day along the border which saw one israeli soldier shot and killed and four palestinians die in retaliatory asterix and tank fire let's go live now to gaza city charles stratford is the chance what's happened since this cease fire agreement came into effect at midnight local time. it seems once again that we've been brought back from the brink of a full scale conflict in gaza but interestingly in the last how the i.d.f. the israeli military announced that one of their tanks targeted a hammer specific ssion in the northern area of the gaza strip off what it says suspects trying to infiltrate into israel the the army saying that off to that tank attack the so-called infiltrators went back into gaza shows you that although there is calm head calm is always a relative term when speaking about gaza there is this constant risk all of an escalation happening again but certainly with respect to how much his response

palestinian demonstrators were killed by israeli fire in near weekly protests since late march israel accused hamas militants of using the protests as cover for attacks against israel it said its use of force was necessary to defend its borders. ok on sunday palestinians mourn two teenagers killed in an israeli use of force witnesses said they were playing in a half built high rise hit by an israeli airstrike. so it's an open space where he likes to play with his friends. but he wasn't carrying a rocket it was just an innocent kid israel said the building where fifteen year old amir on the mara and sixteen year old were killed was used by hamas for military training although. it has now novak djokovic has kept a fine two weeks on the grass in london by claiming his fourth wimbledon title the serb beat kevin anderson of south africa in straight sets to end a more than two year when le streak at grand slams eased through the first two sets and saved five set points in the third before rounding out his victory on a tie break. and the women's final on saturday angele kerry became the first german to wi

palestinian demonstrators were killed by israeli fire in near weekly protests since late march israel accused hamas militants of using the protests as cover for attacks against israel it said its use of force was necessary to defend its borders. ok on sunday palestinians mourn two teenagers killed in an israeli use of force witnesses said they were playing in a half built high rise hit by an israeli airstrike. it's an open space where he likes to play with his friends. but he wasn't carrying a rocket it was just an innocent kid israel said the building where fifteen year old amir on the mara and sixteen year old were killed was used by hamas for military training. angele khabar has become the first german to win wimbledon in more than twenty years she beat serena williams in a one sided final to add to the australian and us open titles she won in two thousand and sixteen. one has never won here the other has seven wimbledon titles to her name but she found. by serina williams on the occasion on center court she didn't show it the germans tactic of forcing her opponent to make errors paid dividends

being said however israel israel's army has not commented on if a cease fire has actually been reached we've been reaching out to them repeatedly since the announcement by hamas that that ceasefire has been reached there has been no comment from israel's army the last several hours we have heard from israel's army that operations have been ongoing in the gaza strip that israel's army had targeted upwards of sixty five targets also there had been reports through israeli media outlets that for the last several hours israel security cabinet have been meeting to discuss the ongoing operations in the gaza strip we've also reached out to israeli officials and israel's army trying to find out what if anything was being discussed and when that meeting might end but no details have been forthcoming all of this of course happening at a time when tensions were already escalating now the question i have has a ceasefire actually been reached is it going to remain calm or will tension once again flare up syrian rebels and they southwestern province of can a child have started leaving that area or giving up their fight against government forces president bashar al assad's g

israel accuses hamas militants of fusing the protests as cover for attacks against israel it says its use. force is necessary to defend its prudence. and that is some of the other stories making news around the world italy says france and malta role now take in one hundred of the four hundred fifty migrants who were rescued from an overcrowded ship in the mediterranean on saturday italy had refused to let the rescue vessel dock the new italian government has taken a hard line against migrants arriving on its shores and is demanding that other e.u. countries do more to share the burden. haiti's prime minister. has resigned the abrupt move comes as the move comes as the whole town faced a no confidence vote that could have forced him out of office after a wave of deadly protests at least seven people died during three days of demonstrations triggered by the government's failed attempts to raise fuel prices. dozens of student protesters in nicaragua have returned home after spending the night trapped in a church under gunfire from pro-government supporters port say two people were killed

israel accuses hamas militants of fusing the protests as cover for attacks against israel it says its use of force is necessary to defend its borders. now to some of the other stories making news around the world. two more migrant rescue ships have been refused entry into italy hundreds of migrants are stranded on board near this is silly import of foot salo is the latest move by the country's hardline interior minister much salvini has caused controversy just one month into the job with his and team immigration policies. dozens of student protesters in nicaragua have returned home after spending a night trapped in a church under gunfire from pro-government supporters reports say two people were killed university students have been at the forefront of anti-government protests since they began three months ago authorities have launched a violent crackdown in response. heavy rain and thunderstorms are causing chaos across china state media reported that hundreds of rivers around the country have flooded blocking roads and railways destroying bridges and forcing thousands of residents to

israel says the target was hamas in. response to rocket attacks and israel has warned repeatedly of a hotshot military response if hamas which runs gaza did not stop protestors from sending burning kites and balloons into israel and setting fire to crops all they can do just send balloons send flying kites and we've seen that no israelis were killed no one was into a wall in the palestinian side one hundred more than one hundred thirty five people killed where you have barely and below and that responds to it you'll. guard sites and kill people kill their children so i don't think it's up of equation beilin land does not equal to. life. after twenty four hours of israeli airstrikes and hamas approved rocket fire egyptian mediators managed to broker a cease fire the u.n. special envoy to the region says all out war was narrowly averted the frustration that people here in gaza feel is completely understandable it is boiling over but it has been boiling over for months before the protests started. i think people felt that th

a few have been intercepted by israel's iron dome system and usually hamas has claimed sole responsibility for some of the rockets fired by israel's air strikes follow friday's protests which are now in there for a fifteen year old palestinian was shot dead when israel says he tried to climb the fence the mainly peaceful protests began as an attempt to persuade israel to lift its twelve year long blockade of gaza but israel has not made any concessions and that's led to enormous frustration amongst garza's almost two million people. without a zero garza. well i'm joined now in the studio by a sea medical bag head of international relations at regents university thank you very much for coming in to speak with us we have seen now the most violent flare up in intention since two thousand and fourteen amasses reporting that there has been a ceasefire if it's confirmed by the israeli government is the truce likely to hold . the do some of the but they're all. the one class unless the situation on the gold is changing because the relation between new zealand is al

as were killed on friday afternoon israel struck various hamas monitoring posts along the border soon after an israeli soldier was shot from gaza he later died of his wounds sixty sites belonging to ham ass were attacked by israeli forces late into the night a few rockets were fired from gaza in response to a cease fire was announced hours later it's the second ceasefire in a week by the sink. would last for a long time i think it's better for us. unfortunately we will have. to throw this or story after that. because many problems over the. people in. the pattern of escalation ceasefire as elation ceasefire between israel and hamas will only continue unless there is a long term plan to leave a situation for the people here almost two million people are living under this blockade and everyone says the same thing how impossible life has become here. i can't afford anything to work as a tailor in israel before the blockade i made around a thousand three hundred dollars a month of the moment i can't even make three hundred dollars a month exchanging money i work two shifts a day morning a

a few have been intercepted by israel's iron dome system and usually hamas is claimed sole responsibility for some of the rockets fired by israel's air strikes follow friday's protests which are now in their fourth month a fifteen year old palestinian was shot dead when israel says he tried to climb the fence the mainly peaceful protests began as an attempt to persuade israel to lift its twelve year long blockade of gaza but israel has not made any concessions and that's led to enormous frustration amongst garza's almost two million people. all in a moment we'll hear from our correspondent stephanie decker in jerusalem first though and speak method and gaza and so bernard as we're hearing in your report there this is one of the most serious flare ups of tension since two thousand and fourteen what is the latest now on the ass strikes. there were big coming perilously close to a much wider confrontation between israel and the groups here in gaza it's been quiet in the last hour but no indication of any formal cease fire we know the talks have been taking plac

just weeks later hamas responded with two suicide bombings inside israel killing fifteen survives. suicide attacks were to become a trademark tactic of. the mosque massacre and the suicide attacks did not preclude the signing of the gaza jirga agreement may nine hundred ninety four in which israel agreed to undertake group withdrawals from those areas . in july nine hundred ninety four at a fat return to gaza. he received a hero's welcome. it was the first time in twenty seven years that the p.l.o. leader returned to the homeland he had devoted his life to reading. the return heralded the establishment of the palestinian national authority for p n a set up to fulfill the terms of the oslo accords and administered the palestinians are. other artifacts found it difficult to make the transition from the. the liberation . chairman had a fan built his authority on a totally teria bases the criteria for admission to the instruments of state was contention upon being a member of his fed the movement and recommendation of one of his security apparatus it was single party old with no accoun

things arguably one that assad of syria is part of an axis of evil and two israel is being dragged into a campaign against hamas what happened to the un brokered cease fire. ok i think israel is getting crazy they're trying to resolve all its a problems either in tin or experience through the military operation and aggression against the palestinians against the syrians against the only pennies they think that they are above the low so they think that they are strong country they can target they can kill they can strike everywhere but i don't know about because i think that is why they try many times to target gaza to try to impose to kill more people more victims but they did not succeed to achieve their goals to break a mass down all to break the police you know people in gaza or to push him to. realize the way to fly i think we are struggling for our freedom to put into for the cure patient to put in for the blockade and to get already ignaty we will not suffer and and we will not equate and we will continue to fight against occupation no we want to defend ourselves because every two days three days israel t

to return to come with israel after a day of violence along the border fence between gaza and israel a hamas spokesman says egypt and the un mediated that truce remember for palestinians at an israeli soldier were killed on friday on what was the seventeenth week in a row of protesters gathered along israel's along the border i should say against israel's occupation of the gaza strip we're off to gaza now to talk to child stretford about this hi charles talk us through then what court in court a truce looks like in this saturday. but it's fair to say that has been calm throughout the day there was an incident this morning according to the israeli military that is ready tank talkative day hamas position in the north of the gaza strip off to what israel says were palestinian suspects trying to cross the border it's also true that we have seen old a lot less balloons will just from gaza today there were reports in these radio media citing a single israeli official that was saying that ham ass had agreed to put a stop to these attacks by the balut by the balloonists the people launching these ba

israel and hamas have agreed to restore calm in the gaza strip after a day of unrest in the palestinian territory earlier palestinian militants shot dead an israeli soldier on the gaza border israel responded with air strikes on targets throughout the gaza strip killing four palestinians hamas the armed islamist movement which controls gaza said three of the dead were its fighters. a knife attack has left ten people injured in the northern german city of liebeck a german man allegedly started stabbing people.

israel. there is worry on both sides this could escalate into full blown complex. what is hamasbreak out of isolation imposed by israel and egypt and palestinian authorities. there have been sanctions from mahmoud abbas dating back to an assassination attempt against a palestinian minister. it seems they are using kites and rocket and mortar fire to get out of the isolation. just getting back to the point you made earlier about gaza being a powder keg, that is basically to avoid full—blown conflict between hamas and israel once again. we have had a 3.5 year lull since the last major conflict. neither side wants open confrontation. both sides want to avoid that if they can be it is difficult to avoid when you have a back and forth exchange of violent. there is going to need to be some new approach to gaza. people are working on it. the white house itself, i believe, is working on a new approach to gaza, because there is wide recognition ofjust how dangerous the situation is. what might the new approach in tail? the focus is less on the big—ticket projects in gaza which are the fo

with russia and china supported the resolution britain of state well israel says it is merely responding drawn provocation from hamas israel just how to wound or kill sixteen thousand palestinians since march the thirtieth those are palestinian health ministry figures well joining me now to discuss the atrocities taking place at the so-called gonzo border a senior hamas official and former deputy foreign minister of gaza ghazi hamad thanks so much for being on going underground ghazi so on thursday israeli security minister. said two important things arguably one that assad of syria is part of an axis of evil and two israel is being dragged into a campaign against hamas what happened to the un brokered cease fire. ok i think israel is getting crazy they're trying to resolve all it's a problems either in tin or experience through the military operation and aggression against the palestinians against the syrians against the litani is they think that they are both they are low so they think that they are strong country they can target they can tell they can strike everywhere but i don't know about because i think that

forces are continuing to exchange fire, despite an earlier announcement by hamas that the two sides had reached a truce. israeld on saturday it had carried out its biggest attack against hamas targets in the gaza strip since in 2014. lebo diseko reports — and just a warning, there are some distressing images. this is what israel is calling the hardest blow it has dealt hamas in gaza since their large—scale air strikes in 2014. the idf says its fighterjets hit dozens of targets, including a weapons manufacturing site, storage facilities, and a training camp. israel says the raids were in response to rockets fired on its territory. three people were wounded in a rocket attack on a house. translation: in consultation with the ministry of defence, the chief of staff, and the top security command of the state of israel, we have decided on strong action against hamas terrorism. the idf struck them with the hardest blows since 2014 and will increase the strength of attacks as necessary. but palestinian health officials say two teenagers who'd been passing by a building were killed in the strikes. 12 people are said t

a few have been intercepted by israel's iron dome system unusually hamas has claimed sole responsibility for some of the rockets fired by israel's air strikes follow friday's protests which are now in the fourth month a fifteen year old palestinian was shot dead when israel says he tried to climb the fence the mainly peaceful protests began as an attempt to persuade israel to lift its twelve year long blockade of gaza but israel has not made any concessions and that's led to enormous frustration amongst garza's almost two million people burn it's made out to zero gaza. well eritrea's president is saying history has been made on his first visit to neighboring ethiopia in more than two decades isaiah's of working received a warm welcome to the capital by the ethiopian prime minister and this is the latest step towards reconciliation and peace between the long time rivals last weekend the leaders signed a pact to restore diplomatic and trade ties and this brought to an end a twenty year military standoff we're going to bring you more on that story a little bi

several neighborhoods in the gaza strip it follows dozens of rockets being fired into southern israel by hamas israel's ministry says most of those rockets were intercepted by its system. eritrea's president assayas of work he says that history is being made during his first visit so they bring ethiopia in more than two decades it's the latest step towards reconciliation and peace between the longtime rivals last weekend the leaders signed a pact to restore diplomatic and trade ties ending a twenty year military standoff. attackers in somalia have detonated two car bombs near the presidential palace in the capital mogadishu witnesses say they heard gunfire blasts and saw a large plume of smoke rising in the area police say the devices were detonated after a gunfight between police and armed men it comes just after a week just over a week rather after an attack on the interior ministry compound in the city killed at least nine people. u.s. president donald trump expected to face more protests in scotland this time where he's on the final leg of his u.k. visit tens of thousands of people turned

hamas but the key is an. economic or two to one use bombs or. israel violence against israel will be met by armed forces don't you know considering it if there is no violence that we know you spoil him for service will and will be happy to be open trade it's a business interest to have trade going on it is israel's interest to see a prosperous gaza society the choice is that gaza hamas authorities so if we see if we see these incident very balloons and kites being launch awards this well if that continues are you saying that will swill see more disproportionate use of force by israel or do not produce proportional but if they continue to send incendiary devices and explosive devices is no will react without force the palestinians protesting been protesting their living conditions in gaza and they have been doing so with these incendiary kites and balloons one hundred forty of them killed since the end of march. and it would seem that and unless the humanitarian situation improves in gaza these protests are going to continue so is israel willing to make

for joining as what's being called a restoration of calm seems to be holding so far between israel and hamas following the killing of four palestinians and one israeli soldier along the gaza israel border on friday that was during demonstrations where the seventeen successive week at least one hundred twenty gazans were wounded israel had warned protesters of retaliation if they continued to send burning balloons and kites over the fence several hamas positions were attacked in iran gaza city hamas argues a balloon is carrying burning right. into israel on a peaceful form of protest at the blockade of gaza both sides struck at truths from midnight local time while we have two correspondents on this story mama john john is standing by in western with them to bring us the israeli perspective us first let's speak to town stratford in gaza charlie so this truth seems to be holding but it's a very fragile one yes indeed foley has made very obvious this morning a couple of hours ago the i.d.f. the israeli army released a statement that they had targeted a hamas lookout position we believe to be th

a few have been intercepted by israel's iron dome system and usually hamas has claimed sole responsibility for some of the rockets fired her israel's air strikes follow friday's protests which are now in their fourth month a fifteen year old palestinian was shot dead when israel says he tried to climb the fence the mainly peaceful protests began as an attempt to persuade israel to lift its twelve year long blockade of gaza but israel has not made any concessions and that's.

scenes playing out every friday what is different now however is the escalating tensions between israel and hamas and there been intensive diplomatic efforts underway by egypt and the united nations to try to find a solution everyone we speak to says the same thing the only solution is to improve life for the people here israel's demanded that hamas put an end to the burning quite some balloons that were born out of these protests they've burned thousands of acres of land on the other side of the fence amasses they are a legitimate form of resistance against a suffocating seach there's been less however over the past few weeks now as these fridays come and go a political solution that benefits the people of gaza remains elusive stephanie decker al-jazeera gaza. meanwhile the gates of the compound in occupied east jerusalem of been reopened they were closed for three hours following clashes with palestinian. stun grenades and tear gas we used to disperse crowds gathered for friday pres all entry into the mosque which is one of his sites was prevented anderson and has this update from outside the a

scenes playing out every friday what is different now however is the escalating tensions between israel and hamas and there been intensive diplomatic efforts underway by egypt and the united nations to try to find a solution everyone we speak to says the same thing the only solution is to improve life for the people here israel's demanded that hamas put an end to the burning quite some balloons that were born out of these protests they've burned thousands of acres of land on the other side of the fence a mass says they are a legitimate form of resistance against a suffocating seach they have been less however over the past few weeks now as these fridays come and go a political solution that benefits the people of gaza remains elusive stephanie decker al jazeera gaza last two years of silence and uncertainty thousands of syrian families are now being given official death certificates for their missing relatives but the government hasn't released the bodies or provided any evidence of what caused their deaths many of them have been detained or forcibly removed by bashar al assad's forces so in a he

hit a target so close to the densely populated gaza city israel says this building was a hamas urban warfare training facility with a tunnel underneath there were also civilians nearby israel says they were warned in advance of the strike i mean the smaller rocket was fired first at the roof a knock it's called but the people there said they didn't understand this warning instead some rushed to help thinking someone had been injured these two teenagers were among that group they were killed when israel second a much more powerful strike came in since friday evening israel's military has hit more than forty targets across gaza the total to move some of it in consultations with the defense minister the military chief of staff and top security forces we decided on a powerful action against hamas terrorism the israeli army delivered its most painful strike against a mass since the twenty fourteen war it also released a video of what it says was the destruction of a tunnel near the border with egypt. israel has been frustrated for weeks now by century burning balloons and burning ki

after a recent spike in violence on the garson border islamist militant group hamas to its hers agreed to a cease fire with israel violence escalated after an israeli soldier was killed that prompted a series of her strikes on hamas positions leading to fears of all confrontation as artie's policy or explains there is an easy calm that has descended along the israel gaza border that ceasefire went into effect at midnight and we have heard from the israeli army that civilians who live along the israel gaza border can return to normal routine hearing the same message from the hamas photocell he says that they have agreed to return to the era of calm between israel and the palestinian factions it follows a night of heavy air strikes conducted by the israeli air force over gaza they say they hit some sixty targets while at the same time three projectiles were fired at israel by palestinian militants and a friday deadline given by israel to her months in which it said that all awesome kites that were flown into israel had to cease came and wind with those kites israel says that its actions would merely and it holds he

and fourteen war on gaza israel targeted hamas' military bases after an israeli soldier was shot dead by a palestinian sniper on july the twentieth. abbas responded by firing rockets towards israel most of which were intercepted by israel's iron dome defense system . another three palestinians including a twelve year old boy who shot dead on friday during protests at the gaza border fence. the u.n. special coordinator for middle east peace nicole i'm ludden office seen here in gaza earlier this month is leading efforts along with the egyptian government for a last thing ceasefire. hamas says it doesn't want war i mean if the holic rules of . efforts are ongoing and we haven't reached a dead end yet the palestinians have a right to protest the israelis are the aggressors and the resistance has a right to defend and recently ate to calm the situation the siege should be completely lifted without delay. there are thirteen different groups in gaza islamic jihad is the second most powerful they disagree with hamas about any future reconciliation with the palestinian authority dominated by