well we're joined now by our correspondent in jerusalem tanya kramer tony what's the situation there in jerusalem at the ban it. well as you said confrontations have broken out early this morning on what is known on the reef or temple mount with apparently a lot of young palestinians staying overnight on the compound to prevent those hardline. marches israelis to enter the compound now the israeli police are saying they entered the compound to disperse the crowds and that's when the confrontation started with stones and barricades being thrown from the palestinian side and the israeli police firing stun grenades and tear gas now this is of course one of the most sensitive sites and you could say in the city it's a holy site for muslims and jews alike and many palestinians see that you know as an absolute red line that what's going on there and the palestinian red crescent said you know numbers rising over 200 injured over 150 needing medical attention and on the palestinian police side with police is saying 9 officers have been injured. is really a national search through march throug

that's tanya kramer and jerusalem. thank you, tanya. now, as we mentioned earlier, reconstruction in gaza is high on the agenda. the palestinian territory suffered heavy bombardment during the 11 days of conflict. the scene must live militants and a israeli army. their destruction has no thousands of people homeless, traumatized by the fighting. many don't know where to begin to rebuild their lives . the mancy family lives in bate luck here in the northern gaza strip, near the israeli border. they want to show us something. this area was heavily targeted by the israeli military, in its response to the volleys of rockets fired at israel from gaza. come at, muncie and his wife common feared for their lives. they listen to their voices calling to god expecting to die. how do we deserve this? asked simon. then she says to her daughters, come to me, we're all going to die. they were lucky yet the trauma remains. let us know. the israelis say we are terrorists, but we haven't done anything to anyone. we haven't fired any rockets. scenes of de

going straight to jerusalem and join d.w. correspondent tanya kraemer welcome tanya what's happening there now. well i'm standing here right at damascus gate this is one of the areas where the whuffie know not of tensions and also right know there's a lot of israeli police over here just some time ago some stun grenades fired here chasing some of the palestinian youths that are usually gathering here away so what we understand is usually this black march of the true slim they should have passed through damascus gate here from but from what we understand this has now been be routed through one of the other gates apparently i'm what reason has been given the. knowledge the potential for violence. if this is about the. decision actually while it's very well known the tensions on jerusalem day and the flak march this is an annual event and there are always tensions and it always almost always ends in violence of course know what's happening in the. past weeks here this has caused you know security officials to say that it would be better to read. th

and we're joined by our correspondent in jerusalem tanya. tanya that contentious march is expected to take place by israelis today in jerusalem how much potential is there for the violence to escalate. well i said it's it's a very difficult day. israeli celebrate jerusalem day which marks the capture of east jerusalem $967.00 and the reunification. of jerusalem but that is of course from an israeli point of view palestinians want to see is to islamist their future capital and they see this as a provocation it's a very difficult day usually the route goes from east to some to cut it's through palestinian neighborhoods through one of the main gates damascus gate and then through the most important we heard we understand that israeli security officials even have warned that under the current circumstances that the route at least or the route should be. changed but we haven't heard anything to that regard what has been decided is to close the temple mount of the. mosque 2 israeli marches these are usually international religious very rightwing a

as cross straight over to our jerusalem correspondent tanya kramer tanya the situation has quickly escalated from street skirmishes to rocket attacks and airstrikes is there any indication where this is headed. well that's right dick focus has shifted now to go and to the south of this where they've seen continued rocket strikes on gaza militants into southern israel the israeli army said in a briefing this morning about 200 rockets were fired there from gaza. according to the army they attacked what they called military a targets $130.00 sites in the gaza strip there are casualties in gaza their injuries in israel at this hour now from what we understand the army they say this is in the early stages and that they will respond forcefully to this very serious aggression they call it and vote for hearing from the militant groups in gaza and they have been stating that as long as the aggression on the. compound goes on they will also continue. the u.s. and e.u. turn you have called on both sides to deescalate what can the international community do to prevent further violence. well we saw the f

jerusalem corresponded tanya kramer has the latest for us to tell us more about those israeli strikes and. attacks on israel what's happening there now. that's right the scene of the early morning hours and of course overnight to have been there has been an extensive. campaign by the israeli military on gaza on the one hand so very dense and strikes on gaza to high rise buildings. were taken down also we understand a lot of police stations and other. buildings hosting official you know ministry mission where destroyed the israeli army said at least they carried out strikes on at least $500.00 targets across the gaza strip at the same time there have been also in the early morning hours heavy rocket barrages to words israel namely also to the center of israel including just tell of the area the israeli army his says again that about over $850.00 rockets have fired in the last day and a half 2 words israel. has also been growing tension between arab israelis and jews on the ground in israel how serious is the. yes that's right as some commentators in the israeli media have described ben

tanya kramer. she's in jerusalem tonight. good evening to utah and your israel security cabinet is discussing the situation right now as we speak. there are rumors about a truce a ceasefire. what are you hearing? well, that's exactly that. there are a lot of speculation and boomers and reports. the security cabinet is still meeting and we have to wait and see whether they will discuss a possible cease fire or maybe a hold or sensation of hostilities. we understand from different reports that the mediator, they have made some progress between mediating between the 2 sides. and there are some reports saying that within the next 24 hours, they could be maybe a call for sci fi as early as friday. but again, at the moment we don't know yet, and we have to wait and see whether these reports will prove true. we were following the german foreign minister today, he is in the region. he voiced his support today for israel. he also called for a ceasefire. what about the palestinians? what did he say about the situation for them and the

brent: the latest tonight in jerusalem. tanya, thank you.w spoke today with israel's ambassador to germany. we asked him about the israeli military bombing a tower housing media organizations in gaza over the weekend and whether that attack was meant to silence those who report on the situation on the ground. >> to the best of my knowledge, no. everything i can see on television on the other stations, i don't think there's any lack of coverage. we wouldn't do that in order to stop coverage. we have very clear information about the facilities that were serving hamas in terms of their intelligence capabilities, their cyber capabilities and very particular equipment. i'm pretty sure that everyone realizes -- not everyone realizes th extent -- the extent hamas embeds itself in the publishing to have a human shield. -- in the population to have a human shield. what they did was noess of a war crime then fighting and shooting against the israeli civilians in israel. brent: we also asked the ambassador about pro-palestinian demonstrations here over

for a cease fire any time soon if you don't use talking you can do with the latest tonight in jerusalem tanya thank you. earlier today d.w. news spoke to jeremy israel's ambassador to germany and asked about pro palestinian demonstrations that took place here in germany some of which were overshadowed by anti-semitic rhetoric we asked him if you feel that the german government is doing enough to fight these incidents but i think 1st of all i've spoken to the some of the initial incidents of concern where in north rhino it's westphalia i spoke to a man lash it prime minister of the state and he was very concerned about it and we discussed and he showed me that they will do all in their power to prevent it other senior security officials spoke to me and also assured me that they will do all in their power look some of these things of fighting against you know jewish communities confronting them attacking synagogues burning israeli flags these are things that you know it's one thing to have a peaceful demonstration but another thing to have these type of acts which really i mean the jewish commu

what's going on update from our jerusalem correspondent tanya kramer tanya what's the latest on the fighting. while i can tell you that some rocket fire has resumed early this morning and that came after an almost 6 hour pause in rocket fire coming out gaza from within gaza residents ordered another night of intensity by the israeli military the israeli military has said that they're targeted to again residential buildings homing hamas leaders. rocket launches but also they had 62 planes as they say operating within a very short time to target again what they call the metro system this tunnel system inside gaza that is used reportedly. by hamas and other militants to to move around underground in gaza we have not yet and he figures of casualties or injuries among the civilian population in gaza we're talking about the civilian population turn you know the u.n. is warning of an escalating humanitarian crisis in gaza is aid getting through. well absolutely there has been no humanitarian corridors so far this is now week into the hostilities only egypt has opened its border taken in some. peopl

kramer is joining us now from jerusalem tanya what's the situation there right now. while the tensions persist in and around the old city and of course on this holy site they had before the temple mount over the most sensitive side here in jerusalem and according to the palace you read crèche and over 300 palestinians way injured in this confrontations that we have seen here over the course of the day on the police side israeli police also dozens of police officers where injured and now of course those tension could further escalate as the plec marjoe parade is set to take place this afternoon in the old city and what is expected as the day progresses you think i mean you've highlighted a little bit of that there are there is more potential for this to split isn't there. right this flag march of the jerusalem day in itself is an annual event and it's considered to be one of the most tense days in to recent m. it happens every year but of course this year has to be seen a lot of tensions and confrontations over the past 3 weeks there is concern that this could lead t

i'll correspondent in jerusalem tenure kramer. hi tanya. so what are the secretary blinking immediate aims? what this visit to israel? well i think his immediate aim is to secure the ceasefire that was broken by egypt last week between hum us and israel and for this he has a very packed schedule today you will be meeting with can take a prime minister benjamin netanyahu then with the israelis foreign minister and also the defense minister and then heading to ramallah, where he will be meeting with the policy and president mahmoud abbas, and also members of the palestinian civil society. he will obviously not meet with a master. the no contact policy as us is considered a terrorist organization, and then he will head off to egypt and jordan as well. is it realistic, tonya, to expect any steps toward a presumption of the israeli palestinian peace talk at this stage? that's how much we understand here. we don't expect a real push to set a more comprehensive you know, system now for wider peace talks at this point, i think for the moment the fo

with the latest from jerusalem tanya as always thank you. this is the latest escalation as tensions in the region boil over into bloodshed help officials say an earlier round of israeli airstrikes today 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 there say 9 children died in the attack. that we did you kill him they kill and there is no one to make an answer for it the whole world is watching it doesn't matter if it's a child or a woman there is no one to hold them accountable. hours before hamas militants fired a barrage of rockets from the palestinian enclave. the cross border attacks which began on monday mark a major escalation in violence. israel's prime minister warned that the fighting could continue for some time. out of the mouth of auction meatball we are in a fight on several fronts jerusalem gaza and elsewhere in this country this evening on jerusalem day the terrorist organizations in gaza hav

let's bring in our jerusalem correspondent here tanya kramer tanya dramatic developments there in the past 24 hours how are things looking there the sporting. well absolutely overnight there were massive strikes by the israeli f. host a naval and a tillery mainly in the northern part of gaza the army says that 160 planes were involved in those strikes and bombardments and they say the targets were mainly underground tunnels through the tunnel system that is used by hamas and islamic jihad inside gaza now this has of course caused immense devastation hardship for the residents in this area. which have reportedly not being warned of this bombing contained according to the army again 55 rockets were fired from gaza into israel overnight there were no buckets overnight fired into central israel and also in a parallel development there were new violence when you try and and also riots and protests and confrontations between. right to his extremists and people from the arab israeli community in those mixed towns across israel that he's seen overnight. israel is making no secret of the fact

sometime soon to any kind of secession office jealousies tony thank you so much that was our jerusalem correspondent tanya kramer. now let's check on some other news stories making headlines around the world today india's. death toll 250001 wednesday but comparisons of official from front line workers suggests the true number may be several times higher according to the country's health ministry more than 4200 people died from the virus in the past 24 hours a new daily record. hundreds of mourners have been paying tribute to the victims of a school shooting in the russian city of kut a makeshift monument was set up outside the school where a gunman killed 7 children and on tuesday president vladimir putin has ordered a review of the nation's gun control law. the german cabinet is due to agree on more ambitious targets for lowering greenhouse gas emissions this follows a court ruling that said a 2019 climate protection law did not go far enough. ruling conservatives are under pressure to add some muscle to their climate policy they're facing an election year challenge from the green party and the environme

let's bring in our jerusalem correspondent tanya kramer tanya israeli troops are massing at the gallows a border is a ground offensive imminent. but for sure preparations are being made and plans have being trashed so they're preparing themselves but the israeli army says their focus at the moment at this point at least is on s. strikes on strikes by the navy on a tillery strikes and we've seen overnight a very massive campaign of strikes. naval strikes and the artillery from outside gaza. specifically the area in the northern gaza strip the army says they have to put over 11660 planes last night quite a jets and they're targeting there but they call it a tunnel system and that is underneath in this area used by hamas and islamic jihad this is of course very harsh consequences for the residents there and you've seen already the pictures of people. packing their stuff seeking shelter looking for more safety for the insight. what about efforts to end the fighting how much hope is there for diplomacy. well we know that on sunday the u.n. security council will be meeting but the internation

and let's bring in our jerusalem correspondent tanya kramer for more tony we just heard washington has sent a mid-level diplomat to negotiations and that u.s. president joe biden has spoken with israeli prime minister binyamin netanyahu by phone how are prospects for a cease fire looking. well we understand according to the readout by the white house that u.s. president joe biden has expressed his concern of the civilian courts in in the conflict here but he also expresses concern over the safety and security of journalists according to the region but he also reiterated again his strong support for israel's right to self-defense prime minister binyamin netanyahu has said in his statement or just that it's raised doing everything everything to avoid harming civilians in this conflict and the proof of that would be that israel is calling residents in gaza to evacuate buildings before they are being bombed now as to the diplomatic efforts international efforts have been very slow and pushing for a cease fire at least publicly i mean there have been a lot of statements but again the focus

minute by minute there's more news to report many thanks your welcome let's bring in now jerusalem correspondent tanya kramer tanya you've been reporting now from the israeli army on that media building in gaza or brought down this afternoon bring us up to date on what they are saying. well they actually released a statement very shortly after the building was brought down and according to that statement and i really read you parts of it to quote from it it contained that's a quote military assets belonging to the intelligence offices off the hamas terror organization it continues to say the building contains see the media offices which the hamas terror organization hides behind and uses as human shields it also says says hamas and that's a quote again deliberately places military targets at the heart of densely populated civilian areas in the gaza strip and they also stressed in this. statement that they had given warning and sufficient time for residents and the people there for evacuating the building you have to yourself have worked out of that building tanya i was going to ask you whether there w

and some more of this, we're going to cross traits to d, w correspondent, tanya kramer, who is standing by in jerusalem for us, tanya, we understand that there have been no roka, sire. and since 1 am in israel is this possibly assigned the hostilities are decreasing there was no real could fire for several hours been broken for it has resumed in the past hour or so, they have been launched towards the southern part of maybe area surrounding towns surrounding the go to strip at the same time the so that individual would have continued its s strike during denied, especially in the morning hours. so of course, there is some speculation because there was a long period of quiet that this might be a sign of willingness to pricing down and strikes, at least from the side, from the, from the gaza side. but at the moment, you know, it has resumed from both you know, we can only speculate or whether this, you know, whether to lead to any kind of fight at anytime soon. and yet, huh. says that they expect to reach us these fire with israel within a day or 2. they say is that plausible little while they're not conf

or earlier our jerusalem correspondent tanya came out told us how israeli authorities have responded to international criticism over the bombing of the council tower statements came out 1st of all by the israeli military there were actually 2 statements so they were saying i will quote you through a few lines from them they said that the building contained military assets used to be longing to the intelligence office of the hamas terrorist organization and it was in the statement they later said it was an r. and d. office and the 2nd statement that hamas hyatt's according to the statement behind civilian media offices and used them as human shields and that it's hamas actually that place says military targets deliberately at the heart of densely populated areas in the gaza strip so they didn't give any more details so evidence. the offices that they're talking about and this is a bit and line but hearing here officially but we've seen also in the past days happening in gaza high rise buildings a lot of buildings also. which also contain presidents of flats and people living that it b

to have these 10 year cramer reporting in jerusalem for us thank you tanya. and now for some of the news making headlines around the world the weather phenomenon niña has brought heavy rains to brazil's amazon region families have been forced to use canned news to get around and they're heading to a feast that's the become of the worst in a century affecting hundreds of thousands of people. and that the trial is underway in hong kong for 10 pro democracy advocates charged with incitement for taking part in an authorized protest in $2192.00 defendants unfolded a banner that read free political prisoners before going into court jimmy lai a prominent media tycoon is already serving time for 2 protests and a nasa rocket has blossomed all from the u.s. state of virginia off to bed with a captive grounded for several days the black brown 12 carries a scientific payload that scientists hope its mission will help them learn more about how energy and momentum travel in space. now there are signs that india is coronavirus spike may be easing the number of new cases has

minute by minute there's more news to report many thanks your welcome let's bring in now jerusalem correspondent tanya kramer tanya you've been reporting now from the israeli army on that media building in gaza brought down this afternoon bring us up to date on what they are saying. well they actually released a statement very shortly after the building was brought down and according to that statement and i've read it read you parts of it to quote from it it contained that's a quote military assets belonging to the intelligence offices off the hamas terror organization it continues to say the building contains civilian media offices which the hamas terror organization hides behind and uses as human shields it also says says hamas and that's a quote again deliberately places military target at the heart of densely populated civilian areas in the gaza strip and they also stressed in this. statement that they had given warning and sufficient time for residents and the people there for evacuating the building you have yourself have worked out of that building tanya i was going to ask you whether there was

what's going on update from our jerusalem correspondent tanya kramer tanya what's the latest on the fighting. while i can tell you that some rocket fire has resumed early this morning and that came off to an almost 6 hour pause and rocket fire coming out gaza from within gaza residents poured in another night of intensity by the israeli military the israeli military has said that there is targeted to get in residential buildings homing hamas leaders. rocket launches but also they had 62 planes as they say operating within a very short time to target again what they call the metro system this tunnel system inside gaza that is used reportedly. by hamas and other militants to to move around underground in gaza we have not yet anything. casualties or injuries among the civilian population in gaza or talking about the civilian population turn you know the u.n. is warning of an escalating humanitarian crisis in gaza is aid getting through. well absolutely there has been no humanitarian corridors so far this is now week into the hostilities only egypt has opened its border taken in some. people acc

earlier i spoke to d, w 's tanya kramer in jerusalem. i asked her about the likelihood that the sci fi will hold and what would happen if it doesn't? well, if it doesn't, i think we could see another round of violence like the scene many times before. it's not always long around dale, so many assured rounds of hostilities in the past years and gaza has already seen 3 wars know almost the 4th one. so, but you know, that is an internationally push to solidify now this cease fire and maybe the upcoming agreement depending on the conditions that will be maybe set. there is also extensive damage, especially in gaza, that we're the have to be assessed now in gaza and of course a loss of life. so i think there is an interest right now that this will last, at least for the time being and just take us back to how this all started. and i think it's important for an international audience to be reminded as well about the human costs on both sides of this contract. well, the human caster on the palestinian side of figures from the ministry of health

we're earlier our jerusalem correspondent tanya kramer gave us an update on the situation on the israeli saw. incoming rockets in the south of is well and you have seen this over the course of the evening they come in small of barrages but they come in waves as well. on the political left. a lot of strong support there is a lot of strong support at the moment. hearing from the mayors in the southern community said. tax the prostate's and the constant rocket attacks supporting continuing the military campaign against hamas and. gaza that is a 9 also that the political statements that he heard from prime minister binyamin netanyahu and also defense minister. that they think they should continue this operation and also they think they still have to support of the international community despite the fact that this mounting pressure because of what you just heard the humanitarian situation deteriorating in gaza we know that calls for a cease fire international calls they are growing what can you tell us about any diplomatic efforts that are underway i mean is it is it working at all in israel

tony thank you so much that was our jerusalem correspondent tanya kramer. now for some other news headlines making news making headlines around the world today the death toll from 2 weeks of protests in colombia has risen to 42 the country's human rights ombudsman says most deaths are due to excessive use of force by the police colombia's president. as visited the city of kali which is the site for the most violent clashes. a man accused of killing 8 people in the u.s. city of atlanta georgia has been indicted on murder charges 22 year old faces the death penalty if convicted is accused of going on a shooting spree in 3 massage parlors in march of this year 6 of the victims were asian women. a road and rail bridge stretching more than 900 meters over the zombies a river between botswana and zambia has been inaugurated it marks the completion of a multi-million dollar project aimed at easing congestion at border crossings throughout the southern african region. german. targets for lowering greenhouse gas emissions this follows a court ruling that said a 2019

what's going update from our jerusalem correspondent tanya kramer tanya what's the latest on the fighting. well i can tell you that some rocket fire has resumed early this morning and that came after an almost 6 hour pause in rocket fire coming out from gaza from within gaza residents poured in another night of intense it's done by the israeli military the israeli military has said that there is targeted to get in residential buildings homing hamas leaders. rocket launches but also they had 62 planes as they say operating within a very short time to target again what they call the metro system this tunnel system inside gaza that is used reportedly. by hamas and other militants to to move around underground in gaza we have not yet anything. casualties or injuries among the civilian population in gaza we're talking about the civilian population in turn you know the u.n. is warning of an escalating humanitarian crisis in gaza is aid getting through. well absolutely there has been no humanitarian corridors so far this is now week into the hostilities only egypt has opened its border taken in

about what is happening in gaza because of what happened today and now let's bring in jerusalem correspondent tanya kramer for more so i know you have been reporting on it the media building in gaza brought down this afternoon and bring us up to date on what the israeli army is saying. well this early military released a statement shortly after and i think i will quote from it they're saying that it has a quote contained military assets belonging to the intelligence officers off the hamas terror organization it continues saying that the building contained civilian media offices which hamas be a used to hide behind and uses as human shields and that hamas deliberately that's a quote places military targets at the heart of densely populated areas in the gaza strip they're also stressed that they had given advance morning and had given sufficient time for evacuating the building now interestingly enough there was another statement just tonight that came out which was more detailing what exactly was there as it's said that the offices there belong to an r. and d. unit of hamas which was responsible for

boucher we appreciate it for and cared for and let's get more now we're joined from jerusalem where correspondent tanya kramer has been reporting and tanya you have actually been speaking with the israelis you're talking with the military give us a sense of what their campaign is aiming at. well at the moment israel is mostly using the f. holes to launch strikes against targets of hamas and other militant groups in gaza understand that is the strategy for now to take out as many pre-marked targets. as possible and those lists are actually worked and you know in times in between by the israeli intelligence so the next step would be then to deploy ground forces you're talking then about a ground invasion but there is the sense here this is not the time yet so there is certainly a military build up around gaza the country is in a massive operation and you just heard from my colleague in gaza about the consequences in that there's a massive operation going on in gaza from the israeli side but the question now is of course you know whether this will expand further and. or not actually in the coming days or

was very very very hard night for the costs and let's get more now we are joined from jerusalem where correspondent tanya kramer has been reporting in time to you have actually been speaking with the israelis here talking with the military give us a sense of what their campaign is aiming at. well at the moment israel is mostly using the f. holes to launch strikes against targets of hamas and other militant groups in gaza understand that is the strategy for now to take out as many pre-marked targets. as possible and those lists actually worked and you know in times in between by the israeli intelligence so the next step would be then to deploy ground forces talking then about a ground invasion but there is the sense here this is not the time yet so there is certainly a military build up around gaza and the country is in a massive operation and you just heard from my colleague in gaza about the consequences in that there's a massive operation going on in gaza from the israeli side but the question now is of course you know whether this will expand further and. or not actually in the coming days or weeks de

was very very very hard night for the cause and let's get more now we are joined from jerusalem where correspondent tanya kramer has been reporting and tanya you have actually been speaking with the israelis you're talking with the military give us a sense of what their campaign is aiming at. well at the moment israel is mostly using the f. holes to launch strikes against targets of hamas and other militant groups in gaza understand that is the strategy for now to take out as many pre-marked targets. as possible and those lists actually worked and you know in times in between by the israeli intelligence so the next step would be to deploy ground forces you're talking then about a ground invasion but there is the sense here this is not the time yet so there is certainly a military build up around gaza and the country is in a massive operation and you just heard from my colleague in gaza about the consequences in that there's a massive operation going on in gaza from the israeli side but the question now is of course you know whether this will expand further and. or not actually in the coming days or weeks

jerusalem. all these underlying issues also of this conflict that we've been seeing. you know, we have great attentions in the weeks leading up to this conflict between home off and israel. a correspond to tanya kramer in jerusalem. tonight with the latest on this very fluid situation, news that a ceasefire has been agreed to between israel and him os didn't take effect at 2 am local time. tanya, as always, thank you. berlin is due to see a series of demonstrations in the coming days for from groups wanting to show their support for israelis and palestinians. on thursday evening, several 100 people gathered at the brand new brigade and called for solidarity with israel and alliance. various parties had called for that rally. speakers of the event included germany's vice chancellor la schultz. our reporter simon young was also they are concerned about the conflict in the middle east is definitely reach the streets of germany. pro palestinian protests have happened in several cities, sometimes accompanied by anti semitic words in the burning of israeli flags. people at this demonstration of solidarity with israel say that worried about growing anti semitism and they want the government to do mo

and to tanya kramer in jerusalem thank you so much both for your reporting. and let's turn our attention now to some other news that's making headlines around the world so lanes are heading to the polls in a 2nd day of voting to elect lawmakers who will create a new constitution anti-government protests 2 years ago centered on demands for a new legal framework the existing arrangements date back decades to the autocratic rule of general. and in croatia voters are casting their ballots in local elections elections for city mayors are being seen as a major turning major test excuse me for the ruling center right party the croatian democratic union and the capital zagreb the ballot comes 3 months after the death of the long serving mare. and hope francis has held a special masses for nan maher he called for peace and an end to the violence that has left hundreds dead and most military seized power in a coup in february do you railing progress towards democracy. well the spread of the corona virus appears to be slowing in india cases have fallen for the 3rd day i

jerusalem. all these underlying issues also of this conflict that we've been seeing. you know, we have great attentions in the weeks leading up to this conflict between home off and israel, a corresponding tanya cramer in jerusalem. tonight with the latest on this very fluid situation, news that a ceasefire has been agreed to between israel and him os due to take effect at 2 am local time. tanya is always thank you or earlier i spoke to natalie told she she's director of the is to to tow a party internationally in rome. she is also a special advisor to european union foreign policy chief, joseph burrell. of the europe and union is the biggest donor of aid to the palestinians. and i asked mister g about using that leverage and demanding from palestinian president mark my boss. that he finally called fair and free elections in the palestinian territories. well, i think you're absolutely right. but i think that here the real tragedy is that as your opinions, we haven't been full for the not precisely on this points. and the reason why we haven't been for small on it is unfortunate the also because not only our european americans, as in fiji israelis, we quote unquote fear the results of election

well earlier our jerusalem correspondent tanya came out told us how it is raining authorities have responded to international criticism over the bombing of the gaza tower statements came out 1st of all by the israeli military they were actually 2 statements so they were saying i will quote you through a few lines from that. day said that the building contained military assets used to be longing to the intelligence office of the hamas terrorist organization as it was in the statement they later said it was an r. and d. office in the 2nd statement and that hamas hyatt's according to the statement behind civilian media offices and used them as human shields and that it's hamas actually that place says military targets deliberately at the heart of densely populated areas in the gaza strip so they didn't give any more detail so evidence of. the offices that they're talking about and this is a bit and line but hearing here officially but we've seen also in the past days happening in gaza high rise buildings a lot of buildings also. which also contain presidents of flats and people living that it b

as israel marks jerusalem day the anniversary of when israeli troops captured east jerusalem in 1967. correspondent tanya kramer is in jerusalem she joins us now tom what is the situation there at the moment. while tensions persist also on the how or the temple mount it's going confrontations with shorter periods of calm as far as we understand the confrontations this morning started off to a lot of palestinian youth who are staying on the compound apparently overnight trying to prevent israeli nationalists to enter the compound the israeli police and then the compound to disperse the crowds as they say stones and barricades were thrown from the palestinian side stun grenades and tear gas. so you have to understand this is the most. sensitive side and the holiest site for jews and muslims and of course seeing you know this violence also inside the mosque is kind of a red line for many palestinians the question that said that hundreds of people were injured how is this set to develop later today tanya just walk us through because we understand israeli nationalists are set to march through the muslim quart

are let's go straight now to our correspondent tanya kramer she is in jerusalem good evening to you tanya it has been quite a day tell us what is going on on the ground now. well as strikes by the israeli military continue on the gaza strip as well as rockets are being fired from minute in groups of hamas and islamic jihad now as you already mentioned shortly before 9 o'clock local time 9 pm local time the s. hiren's fend off in the tel of if everyone else in the center of the country and the massive truck at us launched from gaza to what's television that's always seen here as a major development also as a red line usually for the israeli government. we understand that one person in this was killed snape was shown its nitze on and several people were injured also for over an hour at the international airport ben gurion of was closed international traffic was rerouted to cyprus. how must said in a statement defiant at least $130.00 rockets to its television and retaliation to this strike on the residential building in gaza which also was home to many a family said that evacuated. before t

buildings so i'm sure the neighboring or next old buildings where damage bring in now jerusalem correspondent tanya kramer tania you've been reporting now from the israeli army on that media building in gaza brought down this afternoon bring us up to date on what they are saying. well they actually released a statement very shortly after the building was brought down and according to that statement and i read it read you part of it to quote from it it contained that's a quote military assets belonging to the intelligence offices off the hamas terror organization it continues to say the building contains civilian media offices which the hamas terror organization hides behind and uses as human shields it also says that hamas and that's a quote again deliberately places military targets at the heart of densely populated civilian areas in the gaza strip and they also stressed in this. statement that they had given warning and sufficient time for residents and the people there for evacuating the building you have yourself have worked out of that building tanya i was going to ask you whether there was an

diplomacy are very limited at this point for the united states you know poll in washington in tanya kramer in jerusalem i think you both the conflict in the middle east has brought people onto the streets in cities worldwide to protest against the violence here in germany thousands have marched in support of the palestinians. campaigners around the world organized rallies to condemn the violence in the middle east and to commemorate not about the displacement of hundreds of thousands of palestinians when the state of israel was created in 1048 most of saturday's events were peaceful although in berlin police broke up at least one pro palestinian gathering and arrested several demonstrators still the people made their voices heard. i just want it to be peace between jews muslims and christians we're all human and a matter of america. my message is that the bombarding and the killing should stop . in a war there are only losers there is no winner. in this case children are dying on both sides. and that's not nice. elsewhere in the city a smaller gathering backing these rallies but most of the rallies aro