tensions rose throughout the weeks and especially over the last 4 or 5 days the scenes inside the luxor mosque compound on friday and then the demonstrations and skirmishes that we saw throughout the weekend and then on monday were known to israeli jews as jerusalem day when they were set to commemorate the what they call the reunification of jerusalem what international law and palestinians view as the illegal occupation beginning in 1967 there were concerns that moment monday could be the defining day that this all boiled over and indeed that is what we saw we saw it happen in the compound with those dreadful scenes of extremely large scale israeli. large numbers of israeli security forces entering the compound using rubber bullets stun grenades tear gas batons against palestinians who had stones and other objects that were being thrown that was seen as a major tipping point especially by hamas inside gaza the later attempts to try to deescalate the situation did not do so and hamas issued its ultimatum that if by 6 pm on monday israel did not withdraw itself entirely from the luxor m

israeli government does not by 6 pm local time so in less than an hour pull its forces out of the luxor compound out of shape. let go all the people that it is arrested so far it says it will pay the consequences and already we've seen israeli government reinforcing its military in the gaza area their road closures very security alerts a major military exercise has been canceled so there is obviously real attention and real concern about what could happen on the gaza front as well ok we're up to date then with harry forsett in occupied east jerusalem thank you ok about the israeli government's reaction there we've heard from prime minister benjamin netanyahu he has praised the police for supporting what he called a just struggle and for upholding law and order and. really bush allusion our struggle is taking place in the heart of jerusalem this is not a new struggle this is a struggle between intolerance and tolerance between law breaking and violence and law and order the struggle is not new because it has transpired over jerusalem and the heart of jerusalem for centuries since the ris

media outlets including those run by him as a luxor t.v. radio t.v. and other channels also other independent a charles and bindon media outlets are there and they've been aware there in the building before it was hit by the israelis the situation now is. actually it's getting war centaurs with both sides are authority involve more attacks on each other as israel began today by attacking several buildings run by the have mass government and those so they assist in ated 4 have mass influential local resistance leader and their territory in this situation is is this. a parentally escalating towards a larger risk. a round of fighting in it and mutual attacks between israel and. hamas and other resistance factions and that they're not only hamas is a. gaged and the rocket fire against israeli areas but also other. actually other resistance factions who belong to. affiliate had with various various to groups and various political platforms the situation in terms of the health conditions and the injuries or casualties they are more than 50 now reach more th

there was a warning from hamas as military wing that if israel did not withdraw its forces from the luxor mosque compound known as the temple mount to jews if it didn't withdraw from the shakes tour of the neighborhood in east jerusalem at the center of this eviction dispute if it didn't release the people it has detained during the course of the day then come 6 o'clock local time there would be a price to pay that price came in the form of $7.00 rockets that were fired towards the jerusalem area one of them was intercepted 6 fell in open areas now this is a very rare event for all of the escalations and rockets we've seen out of gaza in recent years it's not thoughts of it happens in this part of israel or it rather in the area to the west of here which is around the jerusalem area there haven't been rockets targeting not for several years so that's a major escalatory step as far as the israelis are concerned there will be a response to that the israeli military is saying that there will be several days of fighting in and around gaza they are ruling nothing out including targeted assassi

jewish driver appearing to ram a palestinian protester outside the walls of the old city very close to luxor mosque other reports that he was being attacked with stones in the immediate moments before and so on a day like this when we are expecting tens of thousands of potentially right wing far right jewish nationalists jewish religious nationalists as well to be here in the muslim sect of occupied east jerusalem we wait to hear exactly how the security forces intend to handle that when they intend to restrict any of the traditional route this is an extremely dangerous day it is an extremely dangerous day and it's only 11 o'clock in the morning at where you are hiring i pads can this get it's because this these marches that are going on or are seen as a real problem provocation a particularly for people who are marking ramadan and we've just seen their mosque storms. indeed and you know even outside of all these events jerusalem day which is the day that israel recognizes and more particularly religious nationalists here in who come here to sue the old city they mark the day in 1967 accordi

month of the year for muslims in engine assim where thousands tens of thousands bill and trade at the luxor mosque one of the holiest shrines in islam in the history of this time a quota and they try to impose new restrictions on people going into lots of mosque and praying and then they were trying to impose a demonstration and what they call jerusalem day by bringing thousands of settlers inside a house inside the the holiest shrine why people of pray and when people resisted that and they refuse and rejected these assaults then they came in force fully equipped in military style invasions and they bombed you know using using tear gas and use in clumps and using rubber bullets hundreds of palestinians in a way to intimidate them and in the words of the police chief in order to us to to a city who is dominant who is in charge here so it was all intimidations and with the attempt to judea as a dice jerusalem in the uk effective if there is interest of insight if it but it's in the end there was of course an outrage and a response and that response escalated to what we are seeing today in ga

israeli police cysteine beating palestinian protesters in the latest on rice the luxor most compound. hello there i'm on my heels in and this is al jazeera live from doha also coming out the death toll from a bombing as an afghan girl school climbs to at least 15 most all of the v. .

holiest month of the year for muslims in jerusalem where thousands tens of thousands go and trade at the luxor mosque one of the holiest shrines in islam in the history of this time a question and they try to impose new restrictions on people going into locks a mosque and pray and then they were trying to impose a demonstration and what they call jerusalem day by bringing thousands of settlers inside a house inside the the holiest shrine why people of pray and when people resisted that and they refuse and rejected these assaults then they came in force fully equipped in military style invasions and they bombed you know using using tear gas and using clubs and using rubber bullets hundreds of palestinians in a way to intimidate them and in the words of the police chief in order to us to to assert who is dominant who is in charge here so it was all intimidations and with the attempt to judea as a dice jerusalem in the occupied territories interested in tight if it but his demands there was of course an outrage and a response and that response escalated to what we are seeing today in gaza includi

coated steel bullets tear gas and stun grenades at more than $300.00 palestinian worshippers in the luxor mosque for a 2nd time this week has been anger over the planned eviction of palestinian families in the neighborhood of chefs in occupy east jerusalem. now a force that has this report. the israeli government is saying that it will deal a forceful response to hamas for what hamas has threatened to do and has done in sending 7 rockets long range rockets from gaza swards jerusalem one of them was intercepted the 6 others they fell in open areas and the israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu has said that this will be a response lasting several days and for some time that that is necessitated by the fact that hamas crossed a red line in firing on jerusalem now in gaza the israeli military response has already been under way for some time there have been wave after wave of rockets coming out of gaza towards the israeli areas near the strip itself and strikes from the air from israeli aircraft into gaza 2 and in one blast alone in beit hanoun at the beginning of that israeli response th

towards jerusalem are saying that in turn was because of the israeli crossing of the lines over the luxor mosque compound and the issue of the shakes terror but the fact that as far as the israelis are concerned that was a major attack a long range rare attack on the areas around jerusalem it was beyond what we've seen in the kinds of escalations pretty frequent over the last few years where there have been fairly low numbers at any one time of rockets fired into the immediate surrounds of gaza there is criticism from the israelis who do live around gaza saying that their lives and their communities aren't given due weight and then it's only when a target such as jerusalem and tel aviv in and central israel where there are more votes they would put it lie that the israeli government responds in this kind of a way but there are political pressures on benjamin netanyahu and the israeli government to continue this and to show both hamas and show israelis themselves that they are paying back what they see as a crossing of a red line of course the problem is that once that begins. it will alwa

document better on local law enforcement to see that the state level nationally and had very poor luxor having national statistics to demonstrate how severe an issue this is, will be a huge step in the right direction. give the part is talk, giving us state funding to do a hotline. we definitely need a holly, where people can call get help get resource is not just to report it to law enforcement, but to really get help with actually victim support in terms of victims who are our recipients of hate? unfortunately yeah. i've spoken with a number of community leaders and they all call this bill a very important first step. but there are other measures that they would like to see taking here. what would you like to see next happen to try to ensure the safety in particular of asian americans? well, we have a $200 million proposal from the governor from our a p i legislative caucus about 100 million of that is for victims support we have about 20 million of that for economic development of cultural support, because, as you might recall heather in march last year, we saw many people boycotting

foreign office website there was a quick condemnation about what happened at the luxor and a call for calm on all sides but i'm not saying anything about gallus that there do you and your position as a palestinian representative in the u.k. do you contact the u.k. government do you ask them where's the condemnation of what's happening now. of course the head of the bank office and the size of the you'll get government for rather quickly condemning. rockets but failing to condemn the brooklyn exemption of our people who are all part of the last few weeks and in the long term and also failing to condemn those are really aggression like some last minute. injuring congress or of the peaceful remote worshippers and that we are working with the government we're working with the power just before starting with the other a so who is by the members of parliament from our side we are moving the pressure but the mob that would be many there was dishes going by the so who the society the spirit of the movement sort of the yes and they by us is money in clear the double standard of the internation

than 200 people were injured in violence between palestinian worshipers and israeli police at the luxor most. erect dance from corona virus in india in several states go into lockdown. wreckage from a border conflict between. we look at russia's influence. and the wait to see where the debris from a space rocket lands on earth china says we shouldn't be worried. and support a senior official says nothing can stop the tokyo games going ahead that's despite a state of emergency being extended in the city due to the pandemic. so there's a threat of retaliation after more than $200.00 palestinians were injured in a night of violence at the mosque compound in occupied east jerusalem the democratic front for the liberation of palestine is warning israel that its rifles and rockets are on standby this comes after a call for restraint from the united nations the united states and from european leaders for tor again this is from. chaos and confrontation inside the compound as israeli police try a stun grenades to disperse muslim worshipping. i don't know how many people. and you would believe. t

jerusalem day march plays itself out in the light of those very violent scenes that we saw from the luxor mosque compound itself earlier on monday. ok harry for that sit tight for now be back with you i'm sure later in the hour the israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu spoke a little bit earlier this is about the events that i like so he was praising police for supporting what he called i just struggled and for up holding law and order haven't. really bush allusion our struggle this taking place in the heart of jerusalem this is not a new struggle this is a struggle between intolerance and tolerance between law breaking and violence and law and order the struggle is not new because it has transpired over jerusalem and the heart of jerusalem for centuries since the rise of the monotheistic religions for years one side ruled and excluded the 2 others and sometimes they changed them and the same thing happened you can say that in the long history of jerusalem only under israeli sovereignty since 1967 we are witnessing and continuous stable secure period in which we are working to ensure