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

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

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 is a major hard saying it had one important concessions a get the know 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 vita return and to start implementing steps to break the siege but many in gaza are struggling with desperate poverty as well as violence but tiring of such claims. no i'm not satisfied because there is no benefit ceasefires it happened many times before and were useless. i was into the ceasefire 5 rockets were launched from gaza city to them intercepted by israel's air defense system nonetheless israel eased restrictions imposed on its own citizens near gaza and reopened border crossings the israeli government and

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

israel's military says it's killed a commander of the armed group islamic jihad in an airstrike gaza's health minister says a man and a woman died in the attack israel accuses the iranian backed palestinian group of carrying out rocket attacks inside israel let's get more now from our aforesaid he's in west jerusalem how is somewhat more than do we know about these israeli airstrikes and the targets they hit. well yes the main strike was the one that killed but. he is he was a senior figure in palestinian islamic jihad he was in charge century of the military operations in the more than half of the gaza strip he was on and lead the main military council of the military wing of islamic jihad israel says that they targeted that building he was sleeping in and killed him in a strike that took place about 4 30 in the morning local time that's about 2 and a half hours ago now and that they hold him responsible for a spate of rocket attacks that have been taking place from gaza into israeli territory over the course of the last year not just a few days ago israel made a statement saying that

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

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

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

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

across the gaza strip a cease fire is in place after 2 days of violence between israel and the islamic jihad. you're watching al-jazeera live from a headquarters and. also ahead withholding security assistance in exchange for help with a domestic political campaign in the united states would be crazy i believe that and i believe it now. more evidence against u.s. president donald trump by a senior diplomat in the 1st public hearing of the impeachment inquiry. into the. another day of violence in hong kong the schools and universities are closed across the territory costs. in linton north dakota remember the people who protested at standing rock in north dakota over plans to build an oil pipeline unit of american land well they're back this type protesting plans to expand that pipeline. hello a cease fire 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's 34 palestinians have been killed in the air strikes over the past 48 hours the escalation began after the israeli army assass

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

other international officials are working to mediate a ceasefire between israel hamas and islamic jihad joins us live from near the israel gaza border so what is what is the latest right now gary. well the things seem to have come down to a certain extent there was another alert in the area around gaza just 10 minutes or so ago but not the kind of virus that we saw earlier this morning however the israeli airstrikes have been continuing certainly throughout the morning and we heard some of them from here a couple of hours ago and the numbers of deaths have increased quite substantially inside gaza as well in the last hour the health ministry inside gaza has put the number killed so far today up to 12 that makes $22.00 in total since the 1st strike in the early hours of tuesday morning the one that targeted the senior islamic jihad leader whom israel blames for a spate of rocket attacks for the last few months. and so 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

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

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

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

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

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

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

live from doha coming up in the next 60 minutes i a top commander of the palestinian group islamic jihad is killed israel's prime minister says the strike was approved by the security cabinet 10 days ago. police in hong kong warn the city is on the brink of a total breakdown units versity has become the new battleground between protesters and security forces. spain's 2 left wing parties reach a deal to form a government after the socialists fall short of a majority in the election. believe years now former president abel moralez heads to mexico to seek asylum he leaves behind a country in political turmoil and in school one of england's highest profile footballers has been dropped from the national side after physically confronting it say mates sterling said emotions got the better of him during a clash with joe gomez. 5 palestinians including a senior islamic jihad commander had been killed by israeli airstrikes on gaza triggering the worst cross border violence in months funerals have been held for about how. and his wife who died in a targeted strike on their home overnight israeli ai

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'

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

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

at 5 am with islamic jihad conditions on behalf of the palestinian resistance factions dealing clue to the occupation submission 2 conditions which is to stop the assassinations protecting the protesters at the much of pretense 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 ready mr respond to any aggressions in the future and also the continuation of the egyptian role at the political level let's get an update from mary foster joining us from the israel gaza border what more you hearing about the rockets that were fired from gaza and what does this mean for the cease fire. well it happened about 2 hours ago there were alerts in the area around gaza these rockets fired from gaza city there have been reports that it was fired by a smaller faction inside gaza not islamic jihad or hamas but nobody's officially claimed responsibility for it israeli military says that it observed these 5 rockets come out and that 2 of them were intercepted by the anti missile iron dome system now it'

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

israel its military says one of its as strikes has killed the commander of the armed group islamic jihad the group and. was killed in gaza city gaza's health minister says a man and a woman have been killed in the strike israel has accused the iranian backed palestinian group of carrying out recent rocket attacks inside israel israel has now shot all of gaza's border crossings let's go live to how the foresaid in western used them how are you just bring us up to date with these airstrikes what more can you tell us. well we knew what you just said that the israeli military has claimed the strike that has killed. they say is a senior islamic jihad commander in the northern part of the gaza strip and as you say they 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 esc

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

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

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 gaza that that also includes empty fields and a house income units which is to the south of does and as you say the gaza health ministry reporting that 2 palestinians have been killed bring

here in doha coming up in the next 60 minutes an israeli air strike on gaza kills a senior islamic jihad commander the armed group retaliates with rocket fire. more tension on the streets of hong kong as the police again clash with protesters . libya's former president stops in paraguayan on route to mexico which has offered him asylum. also ahead out of control bushfires now threaten australia's largest city. and sport china's national football team looks abroad for how to how the country plans to naturalize more foreign players as they bid to qualify for and even the world cup. at least 4 people have been killed in renewed fighting over the israel gaza border following the assassination of a palestinian islamic jihad commander. and his wife were killed in an israeli airstrike on his home in gaza overnight israeli airstrikes have also hit apartment buildings and a hamas facility in gaza. it's really war planes have fired missiles towards damascus into the mazhar neighborhood to hit a house belonging to a jury another commander of islamic jihad it's unclear what's happened to him but his

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

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

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

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

after fleeing his country last i knew 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 blocked roads in hong kong and battled police to say the city is on the brink of total breakdown. and high winds found the bush fires raging along australia's east coast which are now threatening sydney's suburbs. in s'pore roger federer is back on track of the a.t.p. finals in london a win over senior evolving his hopes of reaching the last for. a living as full of president anwar as 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 rod has resigned on sunday at the minute she is request following weeks of widespread protests over his disputed reelection bolivia's new interim leader is expected to be sworn in in the next few hours more on it says he will remain in politics despite being forced out in wh

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

and islamic jihad commander. 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 a kid and now 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 vita return to start implementing steps to break the siege but many in gaza are struggling with desperate poverty as well as violence the tiring of such claims. because no i'm not satisfied because there is no benefit ceasefires it happened many times before and were useless. hours into the ceasefire 5 rockets were launched from gaza city to them intercepted by israel's air defense system nonetheless israel eased restrictions imposed on its own citizens near gaza and reopened border crossings the government and the idea shou

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

other international officials are working to mediate a ceasefire between israel hamas and islamic jihad harry posset joins us live from the israel gaza border so harry what have you been seeing there at the border and where do things stand with tamping this town. well as for what we're seeing and hearing indeed just in the last couple of minutes just before we came to where there were several loud crunching explosions coming from gaza which is a few kilometers behind me so the israeli airstrikes do continue and as you say there have been a further 7 deaths inside gaza as another strike you can hear in the background for the 7 deaths inside gaza during the course of this morning in 3 at least 3 separate strikes israel says that and indeed the policy health ministry of confirmed that at least one of those killed was a senior field commander for islamic jihad 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

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

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

an islamic jihad commander. go along and 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 airstrikes a given way to attend cease fire islamic jihad saying it had one important concessions a get a no 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 vita return and to start implementing steps to break the siege. i was into the ceasefire 5 rockets were launched from gaza city to them intercepted by israel's air defense system nonetheless israel eased restrictions imposed on its own citizens near gaza and reopened border crossings. the government and the i.d.f. achieved its goal in this mission we eliminated. there always that was in charge of. recent actions against me as well we will do anything necessary in order to avoid any actions since israel assassinated

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