strikes right material schneider thank you for joining us and to such follow a from the united nations relief and works agency for palestinian refugees in gaza thank you. palestinians and arab israelis have gone on strike in east jerusalem and several times within israel and the west bank the strike was called to protest the conflict in gaza and other israeli policies that rights groups say the arms disadvantage compared to jewish citizens of the arab community inside israel makes up 20 percent of the country's population protests are also expected later. will turn out or some other news making headlines around the world at least 14 people have been killed after a powerful cycler brought heavy rains on storm surges to india's west coast some 200000 people have been evacuated the country's navy searching for schools of people missing after one ship sank and another lost power. or than 40000 people in china sadly are winning the province i've been placed in home quarantine because of a surge in covert 1000 cases well thought use of the measures will help prevent launch ground outbreaks of providing supplies to

and these damaged buildings are very dangerous now because of the work recently flowing deep inside the rubble many international relief organizations mainly the united nations relief and works agency. and the gaza strip warns against. what a terms the shortest sharp shortish of power supply and water supply for the population of gaza specially in areas like this one that have been damaged by the israeli ever strikes or were planes the strikes against them and the past a few days and this comes under the situation the bad economic situation and the territory with about more than 50 per cent of the people live under above or to line and their employment records have recorded so high in the territory of the over the past years and that's the situation for the moment palestinians here in gaza have been badly affected or impacted by the ongoing israeli attacks on the territory of the past week. or meanwhile the palestinian prime minister's call on the international community to step in to help stop the bloodshed. what's a water lot farm the goring images and pictures of those children whose clothes are dripping in blood and of died so soon one of the biggest crimes punished by the inte

the united nations relief and works agency has opened 50 schools across the gaza strip for palestinians seeking refuge. tens of thousands of people are already sheltered there, crammed in the classrooms. >> it's not only the war, we have to protect ourselves from the coronavirus, how can we protect ours and our children. >> the agency is expecting more people to come. >> it's the blue color and the blue select makes it more secure than their own home. i think at the moment, nowhere in gaza is secure, butopefully all actors involved in the fighting will respect the blue color of the united nations. >> but safety here is not guaranteed. during the 2014 war, several u.n. facilities were shelled, 44 people were killed including 10 staff. al jazeera in west jerusalem. >> on monday, israeli attacks destroyed a high-rise building that housed gaza's religious affairs ministry. a senior commander was also killed and more than 15 kilometers of hamas tunnels were targeted. the health minute at this says a clinic hosting the only laboratory testing covid was bombed and another was severely damaged.

and these damaged buildings are very dangerous now because he looked recently from when deep inside the rubble many international relief organizations mainly the united nations relief and works agency. and ago. as a strip warns against what it terms the shortest sharp shortages of power supply and water supply for the population of gaza specially in areas like this one that have been damaged by the israeli ever strikes or were planes or strikes against them in the past a few days and this comes under the situation the bad economic situation and the territory with about more than 50 per cent of the people live under above or to line and their employment records have recorded so why in the territory of the over the past years and that's the situation for the moment palestinians year in gaza have been badly affected or impacted by the ongoing israeli attacks on the territory of of the past week. we while the other side of the sirens have been sounding the south of israel as hamas fired back some 90 rockets overnight according to the israeli defense forces palestinian militants have shot more than 3000 missiles into the country since the start of this new confrontation forcing locals t

that the fighting will continue in full force and it will take time and russia the united nations relief and works agency has opened 50 schools across the gaza strip for palestinians seeking refuge tens of thousands of people already sheltered there crammed in the classrooms. and other motivations than it's not only the war we have to be careful of the coronavirus how can we protect ourselves and our children. the u.n. agency is expecting more people to come if the blue or blue from makes it more secure. i think at the moment no. gaza is secure but hopefully all actors involved in the fighting will respect the blue collar over united. but safety here is not guaranteed during the 2014 war several u.n. facilities was shelled 44 people were killed including 10 staff but the army urges us in west jerusalem. on monday israeli attacks the stored a high rise building that housed the guard religious affairs ministry. senior commander of islamic jihad was also killed and more than 15 kilometers of hamas tunnels were targeted the health ministry says a clinic housing the only central laboratory for cova testing in

that the fighting will continue in full force and it will take time and russia the united nations relief and works agency has opened 50 schools across the gaza strip for palestinians seeking refuge tens of thousands of people already sheltered there crammed in the classrooms and other motives. it's not only the war we have to be careful of the coronavirus how can we protect ourselves and our children. the u.n. agency is expecting more people to come. from leg makes it more secure. i think at the moment nowhere in gaza is secure but hopefully all actors involved in the fighting will respect the blue color of the united nations but safety here is not guaranteed during the 2014 war several un facilities was shelled 44 people were killed including 10 staff. in west jerusalem. a father in gaza who filmed his efforts to calm his children has been killed by the strike on lancy recorded this video just days before his death the recording has been widely shared on social media he could be seen comforting his distressed daughters during bombardments telling them not to worry and to keep playing. xanana could i fan

and these damaged buildings are very dangerous now because of the work recently flowing deep inside the rubble many international relief organizations mainly the united nations relief and works agency policy. and the gaza strip warns against what it terms the shorties the sharp shortages of power supply and water supply for the population of gaza especially in areas like this one that. have been damaged by the israeli airstrikes over planes the strikes against them and the past a few days and this comes under the situation that bad economic situation and the territory with about more than 50 per cent of the people live under above or d. line and that employment records have recorded saw in the territory of the over the past years and that's the situation for the moment palestinians year in gaza have been badly affected or impacted by the ongoing israeli attacks on their territory of the past week. where families in gaza can be desperate search for loved ones in the aftermath of the strikes after hours of scrambling 3 dead one father was finally reunited with his injured child the infants are vive a strike on a residential building in which his mother and 4 siblings died we spoke to

is the director again as a director for the united nations relief and works agency it provides aid for the palestinians talking about a number of issues putting out a flash appeal as well and saying we need any put a number on it i believe $37000000.00 for immediate assistance but talking about the fact that for the 8 or 9 days of this conflict so far they have not been able to get any aid or food in it is completely dependent on what israel will allow and so far it hasn't the situation getting worse for people in gaza as infrastructure is damaged people going to the schools for shelter and trying to look after them in those places. so let's look at some more of this and other events with attains on the ground how to build homemade in occupied east jerusalem imran khan in southern israel near the border with gaza starting go. ahead and what we just heard from there are no direct it underlines that in amongst all the destruction and the injuries and the loss of life there are people who still need all this support because they don't have food they don't have a they don't have supplies.

warned that the fighting will continue in full force and it will take time unrwa the united nations relief and works agency has opened 50 schools across the gaza strip for palestinians seeking refuge tens of thousands of people already sheltered there crammed in the classrooms. i know the money doesn't come when it's not only the war we have to be careful of the coronavirus how can we protect ourselves and our children. the u.n. agency is expecting more people to come if i learned a little from leg makes it more secure than. i think at the moment norway and gaza is secure but hopefully all actors involved in the fighting will respect the blue collar of the united nations but safety here is not guaranteed doing to do 1014 war several u.n. facilities was shelled $44.00 people were killed including 10 staff and the edges us in west jerusalem. as you see in that report it really does seem that children are paying the heaviest price in gaza $61.00 have been killed and a generation is being traumatized has cut it up as a young reports. for 7 hours 6 year old suzy was trapped under piles of rubble. her home was h

he's the director of the united nations relief and worked agency for palestinian refugees in gaza. and we asked him where the thousands of goblins, who have been displaced by the israeli offensive, have gone as of this morning, have 48000 people in 58 of the united nations or schools here. clearly the population, not least based on the experiences in 2014 and still see un installations painted in blue and with a blue un flag on top of it as relatively more safe and secure than their own homes . so that's basically one place they can go to. and then we also know that many have gone to friends, friends and relatives in areas they perceive as left as of a target, you know, and that's away from border areas and so on. so there's also significant numbers with friends and relatives, and we should not overlook them either un installations or not targets. and we rarely know the coordinates of all our installation. we've shared them with them, including recently. unfortunately, this time around, some of the strikes are just too close to our installation. so this morning you know, we had a ma

meanwhile, the united nations relief and works agency has accused israel of blocking humanitarian aidentering parts of gaza. on the diplomatic front, every member of the european union -- with the exception of hungary -- has called for an immediate cease-fire. but the biden administration has yet to demand a ceasefire. on tuesday, president biden visited an electric vehicle plant in michigan. he refused to answer a question about israel from a reporter. >> mr. president, can i ask you a quick question on israel? pres. biden: no, you can't. not unless you get in front of the car and i step on it. amy: during the same trip, rashida tlaib, the first palestinian-american congresswoman, confronted biden on the airport tarmac in detroit. tlaib has been a vocal critic of u.s. military support for israel. meanwhile, on capitol hill, democrat gregory meeks, the chair of the house foreign affairs committee, has backed down on his plan to push for delay of a new $735 million u.s. weapons sale to israel. this comes as protests continue across the globe to condemn israel's bombing of gaza. these r

next up, we talked to the director of operations in gaza for the united nations relief and works agency stay with us. ♪♪ [music break] amy: this is democracy now!, democracynow.org, the quarantine report. i'm amy goodman. you can sign up for our daily news digest email by texting democracynow -- one word, no space -- to 66866. we will send you our news headlines and stories every day as well as news alerts. at least 10 palestinians from the same extended family died saturday when israel bombed the gaza refugee camp. eight of the victims were children. 15-month-old baby named omar was pulled from the rubble alive. his mother and four of his siblings were killed. this is omar's father. >> they targeted the house they were in. there were no rockets, just women and children. no rockets, just peaceful celebration of eid. a rocket hit their house over their heads without warning or communication. three whole floors fell over them and we had toecover the body parts. i call on the international community of those who support human rights and children's rights and democracy, those who penalize a

in other news from gaza, the head of unrwa, the united nations relief and works agency in gaza, has expressed regret after saying the israeli airstrikes were carried out with sophistication and precision. a number of palestinian groups criticized matthias schmale saying his remarks "completely ignored the crimes committed during the latest israeli offensive against palestinian civilians in the gaza strip." the united states has joined mounting calls for further investigation into the origins of covid-19. a world health organization mission earlier this year found it was extremely unlikely that it emerged from a laboratory and more likely originated from an animal source. but some top health experts are questioning whether it accidentally escaped from a lab. this is health and human services secretary xavier becerra addressing a who meeting tuesday. >> phase two of the origin covid study must be lunch with terms of reference that are transparent, science-based, and give international experts the independence to fully assess the source of the virus and the early days of the outbreak. amy: moder

speak to tamara the director of strategic communications and a spokeswoman with the united nations relief and works agency chief joins us by skype from karl rove it's good to have you with us 1st of all can i ask your reaction to the bombing over your shop the refugee. we're extremely shocked to extremely that the state that we give our condolences to the families who have lost loved ones one family the family lost 10 family members so we're extremely the stressed about that development just like you are distressed about the entire situation in gaza and actually the entire situation of the occupied palestinian territory because what's happening in gaza cannot be the social there where the what's happening in the west bank the protests and the in this criminate use of force by the israeli security forces that were the trigger for the events in gaza and for what is now a humanitarian catastrophe in gaza and israel says they're not targeting civilians they say that hamas fighters are hiding among them so can you confirm are hamas sheltering in un refugee camps and facilities. i cannot confirm in any way some

tamara alrifai is a spokesperson for the united nations�* relief and works agency for palestinian refugeesn you speak to your colleagues on the ground, give us an indication as to what they're experiencing. the collea . ues to what they're experiencing. tue: colleagues from to what they're experiencing. tte: colleagues from gaza say that this is, gaza is experiencing the most intense air strikes and violence since 201a. in terms of loss of life, damage to infrastructure but also, massive psychological impact. everybody is distressed, desperate. reminder this is the fourth round of hostilities in 13 years, and every round ends up leaving the basic infrastructure in gaza weekend. gaza has been under blockade for now 1a years, which has completely weakened the economy and has completely weakened even the perspectives, close to the perspectives on young people. unemployment is high and this last year, because i has been severely impacted by covid. altogether, this takes the crisis to another level. t altogether, this takes the crisis to another level.— altogether, this takes the crisis to anot

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though this could only last for a matter of days, the united nations relief and works agency said theys after their property was either destroyed or heavily damaged. >> people are terrified. they experience this as terror, as bombs falling from the sky, terror from the sky, and you know, allow me to say that of course i appreciate that in israel, it will be the same sentiment. reporter: the israeli security cabinet is meeting right now to discuss a possible cease-fire agreement that be unilateral and could go into effect as early as tomorrow morning. jackie? jackie: trey yingst, thank you so much for that. we now have retired big a deer general and chasing the author anthony tata with us now joining me for reaction. you see those pictures of the palestinian women and children civilians on the ground and they are essentially being used as pawns by a terror organization, hamas, in its fight with israel right now. your thoughts on what we're see ing? >> yeah, jackie, thank you. that's exactly right. the children are pawns, and this is all about iran, and this administration signaling to i

he was previously a spokesperson for the united nations relief and works agency for palestine refugeesments from the israeli prime minister, saying we have gone to great lengths to civilian casualties.— to great lengths to civilian casualties. ., , �* casualties. one of the things i'd like to see _ casualties. one of the things i'd like to see after _ casualties. one of the things i'd like to see after the _ casualties. one of the things i'd like to see after the ceasefire, i like to see after the ceasefire, which i hope will be soon because enough civilian life has been lost, there must be an international criminal investigation in which israel will be given the chance to put its case. if it is the case that civilian life is being spared, that is excellent, but there must be an independent criminal investigation that includes hamas as well as the israeli army. it needs to be balance. i hope all this will come out because they have been previous conflicts and this has resulted in more conflict later on, because there hasn't been a proper resolution. so the international criminal court

fighting is very good and this week there will be more rounds of fighting because a mosque will remain in power supported by european donations to the united nations relief works agency which is largely staffed by hamas operatives by foreign by foreign money they're not going to go out of business and the people in gaza are only going to suffer more and the people of israel are on going to suffer more this i mean it's very hard isn't it to pinpoint exactly where these tensions came from for this particular conflict that many people said look it was events in east jerusalem many of it should've of palestinians that it knew of u.g. think that there won't be any pace then in this region of the world until land disputes as so often it sounds a lot about it's going to be very unlikely it's very easy to pinpoint where the start of 1st love palestinians have been evicted what is being discussed is a support case that has been going on for 40 years where israeli property owners are attempting to. exercise property rights against palestinians who do not own the property who are squatters and who refuse to pay rent after 40 years there has not still been an addiction order but

mortar fire from hamas and 08,000 palestinians are relying on international aid organizations for support during this round of violence. the united nations relief in works agency in gaza city said they have around 10 days left of food supplies for the thousands of civilians now sheltering in their schools. >> people are terrified, you know, they experience this as terror as bombs falling from the sky. terror from the sky. you know, allow me to say that, of course, i appreciate that on in israel it will be the same sentiment. >> the question now is whether or not this cease-fire will hold. as we speak there are israeli airstrikes across the gaza strip as rocket fire into southern israel continues. for israeli and palestinian civilians, once again, there is peace on the horizon and everyone is holding their breath. shannon? >> shannon: so, trey, we are standing by. the president is going to make remarks in a minute or so. as for news of the cease-fire interest in the region are people confident or hopeful it will actually go into effect and hold? how much is there a sense of skepticism about that? >> both sides are extremely skeptical right now and making threat