it is not easy for hamas. that simply isn't true because you are not working in cooperation with many of the ngos in gaza. in fact, you are arresting members of important ngos. during these protests, a hamas police force not only arrested journalists, they also arrested two members of the independent commission for human rights, a palestinian watchdog group, and they proceeded to beat them up with dozens of security officers involved. amnesty international said the human rights violations perpetrated by hamas against protesters, against journalists and human rights defenders have become more severe than we have seen in more than a decade. i think if you now have around ——if you go around the jails in gaza, you will not find a political resident here. you will never find a journalist in the detention centre. you will not find anyone who is because of his political opinion now. i give you a chance now to come to gaza, to go everywhere and ask. i don't deny that some mistakes were done in the past with some p

it is not easy for hamas. that simply isn't true ‘cause you're clearly not working in cooperation with many of the ngos in gaza. you're in fact arresting members of important ngos. during these protests, the hamas police force not only arrested journalists, they also arrested two members of the independent commission for human rights, a palestinian watchdog group, and they proceeded to beat them up, with dozens of security officers involved. amnesty international said the human rights violations perpetrated by hamas against protesters, againstjournalists and human rights defenders, have become more severe than we have seen in more than a decade. i think, if you now have a round or a trip in the jails and the detention centres, in gaza, you will never find a political prisoner here. you will never find a journalist in the detention centre. you will not find anyone who is kept because of his political opinion now. i give you a chance now to come to gaza and to go everywhere and to ask. i don't deny that some m

is like isis hamas is like al qaeda hamas is like hezbollah hamas is like boko haram and they are completely not the same things from us it is as much a nationalist movement. as leaders and a religious movement and from the off from those signs priority to its nationalist groans over its religious grounds. this false notion of trauma is part of this all pro don't network is not bought even by militants for the american military in two thousand and ten the united states central command was sent to comb the highest military compound in the u.s. if you testified report the question the current u.s. policy of isolating and marginalizing how mass as well as has played in lebanon the report described the two groups as pragmatic and argued that putting them in now cater in the same sentence as if they're all the same is just stupid and the us military isn't alone in this assessment. isis itself has attacked the mosque again and again because i'm not radical enough there to pragmatic and to compromise and i spent a lot of time on my radio program going over a hamas is charter what it says it wants t

confrontational with with hamas and the palestinian. factions inside gaza that is that it was against the very interest of and right now there is that is their want in fact peace more down before why because they're having this your vision competition they want actually to. present themselves to the wall that they are an ordinary currently that they are living in peace and and also those that it is or should be celebrating the seventy fifth anniversary of the establishment of this theater physically so i think they want very much this fighting not to go beyond certain limits let's just touch on this on these reports that israel carried out a targeted attack on a man that they say was financing hamas from iran does this represent a change of tactics by israel because israel hasn't carried out targeted strikes for a long. time as they through i think this is an important development because that is about the boss actually a couple of years they justify being actually from that the so-called. assassination or talks of assassination against

is like isis hamas is like al qaeda hamas is like hezbollah hamas is like boko haram and they are completely not the same things from us it is as much a nationalist movement. as leaders and a religious movement and for an off from the science priority to its nationalist groans over its religious grounds. this false notion of trauma is part of this all prado network is not bought even by militants for the american military in two thousand and ten the united states central commander of centcom the highest military command in the u.s. issued a testified report the question the current u.s. policy of isolating and marginalizing how mass as well as has played in lebanon the report described the two groups is pragmatic and argued that putting them in now cater in the same sentence as if they're all the same is just stupid and the us military isn't alone in this assessment. isis itself has attacked the mosque again and again because i'm not radical enough to pragmatic and to compromising i spent a lot of time on my radio program going over a hamas is charter what it says it wants to obliterate isra

is like isis hamas is like al qaeda hamas is like hezbollah hamas is like boko haram and they are completely not the same things hamas is as much a nationalist movement. as leaders and a religious movement. and from the from the sons priority to its nationalist drones over its religious grounds. this false notion true most in support of this all pro doing that work is not bought even by moments of the american voter in two thousand and ten the united states central command was sent to comb the highest military compound in the u.s. if you testified report the question the current u.s. policy of isolating and marginalizing houses with has blurred in lebanon the report described the two groups is pragmatic and argued that putting them in the ok during the same sentence as if they're all the same is just stupid and the us military isn't alone in this assessment isis itself was attacked a mosque again and again because i'm not radical enough bit too pragmatic and too compromising i spent a lot of time on my radio program going over a hamas says charter what it says it wants to obliterate israel i

is like isis hamas is like al qaeda hamas is like hezbollah hamas is like boko haram and they are completely not the same things from us it is as much a nationalist movement. as leaders and a religious movement and from the off from those signs priority to its nationalist groans over its religious grounds. this false notion of trauma is part of this all proud of network is not bought even by militants for the american military in two thousand and ten the united states central commander of centcom the highest military command in the u.s. issued a testified report the question the current u.s. policy of isolating and marginalizing how mass as well as has played in lebanon the report described the two groups is pragmatic and argued that putting them in now cater in the same sentence as if they're all the same is just stupid and the us military isn't alone in this assessment. isis itself has attacked the mosque again and again because i'm not radical enough to pragmatic and to compromise i spent a lot of time on my radio program going over a hamas is charter what it says it wants to obliterate i

what hamas is doing strategically, hamas is risking a military confrontation with israel. why now? they could do it at almost any time. presumably there are other factors in play? absolutely. this is like the first round. there was a war in 2008, another in 2012 and a huge conflict in 2014. as long as you have the israeli blockade, as long as you do not have light at the end of the tunnel. as long as you have palestinians suffering, there will be confrontation. the question is not why now? the question is are there any prospects to resolve the palestinian and israeli hostilities? sadly the peace process is really dead. that is why my fear is are we going to witness or light fear in gaza, my fear is in fact the west bank might implode in the next few months because the palestinian authority really is on the verge of ba n kru ptcy authority really is on the verge of bankruptcy and the situation is extremely volatile. and the president abbas is an old man, there is no obvious successor. and there are all the tensions between his organisation and hamas in gaza. you are right. you have

israel says hamas and islamic jihad fired hundreds of rockets from gaza. some were intercepted by the iron dome anti-missile system others though got through israel says one person was killed in a direct hit on this factory in the israeli city of ashkelon another man died when a rocket struck his vehicle close to the gaza border that followed an overnight rocket strike on a house killing a fifty eight year old man the first israeli victim of a rocket fired from gaza since the two thousand and fourteen war. we are not commenting we do trust the army. will take care of us but we are really worried by the rockets. israel's prime minister confirms he told of the buildup of forces and promised further strikes on gaza. this morning and structed the israeli army to continue massive attacks against terrorist elements in the gaza strip. during force meant of the units around the gaza strip are more artillery and infantry how must bear the responsibility not only for its own actions but also for the actions of us . and it is paying a very heavy price for this. but t

representative for the region to climb out in of and figures from hamas is. rail and egypt as well one other thing to note israel has closed the crossings into gaza areas in the north and the cargo crossing kerem shalom. in the south and the fishing zone has been entirely closed off so no option for gaza fisherman to use the waters of gaza at all as things stand and what should we read into the timing of this harry there is no reason why this is happening now. well certainly it's coming at a time just a month after the most recent military escalation which ended early in april with suggestions that a longer term settlement or truce might be in the works the fishing zone have been extended to five nautical miles as the first of those undertakings by israel be implemented but since then hamas says nothing else has been forthcoming from the israelis the talk of extending or increasing the amount of qatari money coming into the strip every month from fifty to forty million u.s. dollars that has yet to take place no first payment yet israel blaming procedural issu

and the other constant, palestinian disunity, hamas in gaza, another side in the west ba n k hamas in gaza, another side in the west bank are still not getting on. the other constant, the situation for people living in gaza, especially, is getting worse and worse, the hardship. israel says thatis worse, the hardship. israel says that is hamas's fault, and then people on the israeli side of the border are suffering as well, living under rocket fire. what are normally the factors that allow this thing to come down? is it possible to say whether it will happen or whether we could see an escalation tomorrow or in the coming days? the egyptians are mediating, which they usually do, and they are often successful in brokering a deal. the truth is, it depends, i think, brokering a deal. the truth is, it depends, ithink, whether these brokering a deal. the truth is, it depends, i think, whether these two sides would benefit from a conflict. the cynics would say that her mass —— hamas and gaza might choose conflict when it will benefit them. when hamas is feeling weak, often it will seek co

it's my honey the political view of hamas pension. in the last hour that. the truce or the cease fire is possible for they are asking days were easy to implement that they're standing where they were reached last month. as the course going into a sort of mention that there are like many afford to enjoy it but not think it has to be checked and fruit or meat anything on the ground. and has been greatly if you can we've heard the israeli prime minister vowed to keep up the strikes what's the response to that declaration been in gaza. well i mean gaza is. like. three factions are always fighting basically if they continue to strike bhargava they would respond to fire rockets from gaza. during the whole day that they were launching rockets from different places and they swayed or responding or fired i mean they greeted up gardening and . but there are so it will it will continue between if if there is a way you could get you to go bark go out the dog park. to make sure it will continue ok. we are on the brink of her new war. has embellished for us in gaza city

the funerals of those killed on sunday began among the dead were hamas and islamic jihad fighters and according to gaza's health ministry a four month old baby a twelve year old boy and a pregnant woman. the floor of the of the heart of the we in the palestinian resistance and islamic jihad can confirm that in about four thirty in the morning a cease fire had been reached in the militant groups as conditions emphasized that israel stopped all forms of aggression on our people and begin to rectally implementing the understanding of calm and breaking the unjust siege on our people . israel says it strikes targeted leaders and terror operatives one of them a hamas member who israel says was in charge of money transfers from iran to fighting groups inside gaza killed in an air strike on his car. in the israeli city of ashdod part of the aftermath of an intense sunday evening bairagi of dozens of rockets fired from gaza and southern israel when israeli civilian was killed here as he ran for a bomb shelter if you look at it like this i think that is see. at this moment is a terrible mistake

on the gaza strip but most notably is that me what was asked by hamas is that. by. previous made during the. war the israeli lack the u.s. is deploying an aircraft carrier group to the middle east to send what it calls a clear message to iran the u.s.s. abraham lincoln and support ships have been dispatched national security advisor john bolton says it's in response to what he calls troubling developments in the region u.s. president donald trump is stepping up pressure on china to resolve the trade dispute trump says the u.s. will raise tariffs on two hundred billion dollars worth of chinese products to twenty five percent on friday his announcement comes two days before representatives from both countries are scheduled to resume trade talks at least fifty five people have died and dozens of been seriously injured after a tanker truck exploded in the capital in the army at least thirty people have been hospitalized. aviation authorities in russia have recovered flight data recorders from a plane that caught fire as it made an emergency landing in moscow on sunday r

as leader had said that hamas is a reaction now is contingent upon the aggression of israel and its quote commitment to the seas fire israeli prime minister benjamin to know who had also responded earlier in the day by saying that he holds hamas fully responsible for all of this violence and that they will pay a heavy price the israeli cabinet had a five hour long meeting that concluded late sunday evening and during that time the army was instructed to continue airstrikes into gaza and to prepare for an escalation citing the security of the state and its residents as the top priority never girding escalation come out you know it's worth noting that this is the largest number of. israelis and palestinians have been killed in violence since two thousand and fourteen and as for netanyahu part he may be facing quite a bit of pressure from his new members far right members of his coalition as he looks possibly to make a deal to end this skirmish with hamas ok thank you for those updates on the sasha cohen i met in ashkelon now we've got high level can you with us so on skype from arling

get hamas and israel seemed eager to deescalate the situation quickly. monday was the start of the a sonic fasting month of ramadan this week israeli celebrate their national day and next week people from around the world will travel to tel aviv to see the euro vision music competition. some israelis living near the gaza fence and opposition leaders criticize prime minister benjamin netanyahu for agreeing to the cease fire if you look at this political scene i think that a cease fire at this moment is a terrible mistake i think that when we have the upper hand we need once and for all finish the terror because this will repeat itself and will not stop. gazans returning to the rubble of their homes hit by israeli airstrikes were relieved there was a pause in the violence however temporary the laskar mission between hamas and israel was an april. one had been killed and we hope the war ends because enough destruction enough people are losing their lives in these wars israelis don't distinguish between the civilians and not civilians in the last several yea

israel says hamas and islamic jihad fired hundreds of rockets from gaza. some were intercepted by the iron dome anti-missile system others though got through israel says one person was killed in a direct hit on this factory in the israeli city of ashkelon another man died when a rocket struck his vehicle close to the gaza border that followed an overnight rocket strike on a house killing a fifty eight year old man the first israeli victim of a rocket fired from gaza since the two thousand and fourteen war. we are not commenting we do trust the army. will take care of us but we are really worried by the rockets. israel's prime minister confirms he told of the buildup of forces and promised further strikes on gaza and. this morning and structed the israeli army to continue massive attacks against terrorist elements in the gaza strip. ordering force mint of the units around the gaza strip with our more artillery and infantry yorn how must bear the responsibility not only for its own attacks on actions but also for the actions of us. and it is paying a very he

they will not keep hamas over the water that want to help hamas solve the dire economic problems of the gaza strip so within a very short period of time we'll see hamas and god in the gaza strip with its back up to the wall again and trying to exact new concessions from israel which israel after the e.s.c. after the your vision song contest will not be willing to give and that's why prime minister that's are now ready said that this this engagement with hamas is not ended it will just it will go on in the future it will be interesting to see how this cease fire holds between now and the european song contest it starts in less than ten days there in israel feel your will in tel aviv with the latest tonight thank you aviation investigators are examining the voice and data recorders of a russian airplane that made an emergency landing in moscow yesterday at least forty one people died when the plane crash landed at moscow's main airport you know the aeroflot plane was flying to the northern city of we're months where when the pilot reported technical problems and then trying to turn ba

after egypt and the un had brokered some sort of understanding so between israel and hamas in the lead up to the israeli elections so that period has been relatively calm but lately tensions have been flaring up in especially this week on friday during friday protests to demonstrators have been killed by israeli sniper fire as well as by sniper fire from gaza to israeli soldiers where wounded and that has led to an airstrike on a military post in gaza by the israeli armor army to hamas people where apparently killed so in addition to that and all the statements that the militant factions put out today that's reference to the elect often from taishan understanding such certainly have also added to devising tensions and how is israel responded to this so far. but israel has said that there have been over two hundred and twenty rockets launched into southern israel into civilian areas and the numbers are rising and israel defense system they aren't him has. shot down dozens of it at the same time the israeli army responded to the way it's over one hundred twenty s. trikes mainly what they

they will not keep hamas over the water the want to help hamas solve the dire economic problems of the gaza strip so within a very short period of time we'll see hamas and god in the gaza strip with its back up to the wall again and trying to exact new concessions from israel which israel after the e.s.c. after the your vision song contest will not be willing to give and that's why prime minister nets are now ready said that this gauge went with hamas is not and it will just it will go on in the future it will be interesting to see how this cease fire holds between now and the european song contest it starts in less than ten days there in israel feel your will in tel aviv with the latest tonight thank you. well in the world's largest democracy voters are going to the polls in the fifth phase of india's marathon six week general election the plight of india's formers is a central issue there are more than two hundred ten million farmers many are deep in debt and that has triggered an epidemic of suicides d.w. correspondence on your phone the card takes us to the state of what their prod

again, hamas has set the tone. don't t like it. i want the state of israel to set the tone and decidide what o do. i don't want a terrorist organization to decide what to do for the state of israel, who has such a strong army. >>n a month, in a month and a half, it will be itself again and we will have achieved nothing. the state of israel needs to strike them hard, so they learn their lesson. >> in new york, the palestinian ambassador to the united nations welcomed the cease-fire and said he hoped it would hold. >> what our people need is not more violence and attacks against them. particularly those in gaza, they have been losing -- living a master -- miserable life as a result of the blockade. what they need is lifting the blockade. what they need is access and movement in and outside of gazza to live as normally as possible, and what they need is protection. >> the rocket attacks and airstrikes over the weekend are the worst recent flareups in violence between the two sides that have been to war three times since 2007. those ar

get hamas and israel seemed eager to deescalate the situation quickly. monday was the start of the a sonic fasting month of ramadan this week israeli celebrate their national day and next week people from around the world will travel to tel aviv to see the euro vision music competition. some israelis living near the gaza fence and opposition leaders criticize prime minister benjamin netanyahu for agreeing to the cease fire if you look at this illegal i think that a cease fire at this moment is a terrible mistake i think that when we have the upper hand we need once and for all finish the terror because this will repeat itself and will not stop. gazans returning to the rubble of their homes hit by israeli airstrikes were relieved there was a pause in the violence however temporary the laskar mission between hamas and israel wasn't a play. on have been killed and will we hope the war ends because enough destruction enough people are losing their lives in these wars israelis don't distinguish between the civilians and not civilians in the last several years

dari who israel says was a senior hamas commander and someone charged with bringing in money from iran to help finance various fighting factions within gaza now in years past we have seen senior leadership targeted and assassinations very specific assassinations being carried out of senior leadership this perhaps isn't quite to that level but it does represent a difference from what we've seen in recent exchanges when israel has largely been limiting its strikes to what it knew would be evacuated bases and training camps and rocket storage depo and the like obviously there were killing was during that time as well but this is a very specific announced killing against what israel says was a senior commander so that could represent a difference in strategy and potentially a dangerous one artery for us at the helm the israel gaza border howry thank you for that well ghazi hamad is a senior hamas official he says palestinians will never surrender until israeli up israeli oppression ends. it's not is it that we can say that c. is for understanding will. resolve the problem now we have the b

is feeling weak, politically, when hamas is feeling wea k, ofte n politically, when hamas is feeling weak, often it will seek conflict. the same probably on the israeli side. the other issue in gaza is hamas controls gaza, but it's not the only militant faction there was the only militant faction there was the you have islamichhad, other smallerfactions and the you have islamichhad, other smaller factions and they are not totally in control of those groups, so totally in control of those groups, so you totally in control of those groups, so you can totally in control of those groups, so you can often get ceasefires broken not by hamas, but by the smaller groups, is really say, some hamas, you sorted out, you've got to keep the calm. jon donnison. the headlines on bbc news: theresa may has stepped up calls on labour leaderjeremy corbyn, to agree a cross—party deal for the uk to leave the european union. former defence secretary gavin williamson claims he's a victim of a ‘witch hunt‘ after police say they won't be investigating a leak from the national security council about the

get hamas and israel seemed eager to deescalate the situation quickly. monday was the start of the a sonic fasting month of ramadan this week israeli celebrate their national day and next week people from around the world will travel to tel aviv to see the euro vision music competition. some israelis living near the gaza fence and opposition leaders criticize prime minister benjamin netanyahu for agreeing to the cease fire if you look at the legal i think that a cease fire at this moment is a terrible mistake i think that when we have the upper hand we need once and for all finish the terror because this will repeat itself and will not stop. gazans returning to the rubble of their homes hit by israeli airstrikes were really there was a pause in the violence however temporary the laskar mission between hamas and israel was an april. moment have been killed and we hope the war and because enough destruction enough people are losing their lives in these wars israelis don't distinguish between the civilians and not civilians in the last several years there h

but hamas join k b. b slimy jihad i mean so what about the timing of this i mean because israel as we were saying earlier to our correspondent israel has seven major has several major events coming up independence day and the euro vision song contest will netanyahu be under pressure not to cancel these despite the security situation. well if push comes to shove the contest will be cancelled because obviously life. dearer than. television shows with all due respect to the medium in which we are now meeting but netanyahu has another problem he's yet to form his cabinet the election is over but coalition talks are ongoing. still difficult and the security cabinet which was mentioned earlier still carries on ministers from be a form of government who are not elected such a sudden a fairly bennett and other check ahead and they are going to precedent for much harsher measures which is one reason why you didn't call them in today saturday but rather put it off until tomorrow obviously hoping that by tomorrow i

what hamas is doing now, to look at it in strategic terms, hamas is risking a military confrontation with israel. why now? presumably they could do it almost at any time. they say this is the immediate cause. presumably there are other factors in play? absolutely. this is not the first round or sadly the last round. there was a war in 2008, another major mini—war in 2012, a huge conflict in 2014. the reality is as long as you have the israeli blockade, as long as you don't have light at the end of the tunnel, as long as you have palestinians who suffer, you will have confrontation. the question is not why this particular round? the question is are there any prospects to resolve the palestinian—israeli hostilities? sadly and tragically in fact the peace process is really dead and that is why my fear is not whether we are going to witness all—out war on gaza... you don't think that is likely? it is not likely at this point. my fear is in fact the west bank might implode or explode in the next few months because the palestinian authority really is on the verge of bankruptcy and th

mediated by egypt with further relaxing of the situation likely to happen from the israeli side hamas says so far all they've seen is the relaxation in the maritime controls allowing fishing out to fifty nautical miles from six that is now being reduced again so that is the backdrop against which this latest escalation is taking place that when these escalations to do happen when they're right there pathway on the passport who are all do we expect to come in and try to mediate this. well a both the united nations and egypt have been taking a very strong role in past such events the the un envoy to this region a nickel enlighted off he's been in qatar again recently talking to the qatari government because of course funding the gaza administration and israel allowing that funding to come in but there had been suggestions from hamas that it wanted to see and see guarantees that the increased amount of funding that was likely to come in would indeed come there was a senior hamas delegation which went to cairo on thursday for further talks with the egyptians is understood the egyptians we

the israeli government insists the strikes are in response to hamas and islamic jihad firing more than six hundred rockets across the border into southern israel many are intercepted while. some land in residential areas destroying homes injuring and killing civilians the violence is escalating raising fears of war. joining me now from jerusalem as our correspondent. tanya you were in southern israel today how are people saying they're feeling about this surge in violence. i think very much concern how the next hours will play out but also i mean people have basically confined this living around the gaza strip and most of the south of israel very close to gaza they have been confined to their safe rooms at home or very close to public shelters because they don't have much time if a rocket comes in to reach shelter and also of course the high number of casualties and also injured people in israel in a very short time has added to to the tension so the people i talked to have said you know they're very worried how this will play out in the coming hours and they said they do trust the arm

well hamas is trying to abide be think this is the way to break. up by dandruff than that they have reached last month before the general israeli election they think and they say israel didn't come show commitment of. their spendings that. to ease the blockade on both in gaza. of easing the weekly but this along the border so the league ation using cairo is was before this wave. to discuss with a gyptian mediators how to bridge the israeli so hamas think this is the way we have to wait and that was very obvious in this state they want israel to ease the blockade that imposing gaza since twelve ok howsomever lucia thank you very much for that update. well as to thailand now with the newly crowned king of the country has been taking part in the seven kilometer procession through the capital bangkok on the second day of his three day crowning ceremony the position comprises more than a thousand soldiers police and government officials and is a chance for the thai people to see their monarch in his royal gob king long corn ascended to the throne two an

almost thirty people were killed during the worst cycle of violence between hamas and israel since the gaza war in two thousand and fourteen. those killed include a four month old baby a man running for cover at a senior hamas commander in london. on the scene was a horrible dust was everywhere it was so dark you couldn't see your own hands i was shocked to see a woman laying on the ground and her limbs were everywhere fighters in gaza launched more than six hundred rockets into israel for its part israel launched air strikes hitting three hundred fifty targets in heavily populated areas of gaza a targeted strike killed a hamas commander in his car. get him us and israel seemed eager to deescalate the situation quickly. monday was the start of the a sonic fasting month of ramadan this week israeli celebrate their national day and next week people from around the world will travel to tel aviv to see the euro vision music competition. some israelis living near the gaza fence and opposition leaders criticize prime minister benjamin netanyahu for agreeing to the cease fire if you look at i

hamas say they want an easing of the. israel says it has no say for security reasons. that has been the context, at what we had on friday afternoon was a palestinian gunman who shot at two israeli soldiers, they were wounded, and response to that the israelis struck at a hamas observation post, and two militants we re observation post, and two militants were killed. palestinians were killed afterwards. a heightening of the tensions because of those casualties on both sides, and as they funerals took place in the gaza strip up to of those militants this morning, there was a barrage of rocket fire from the gaza strip into israel, triggering alarms across powers and cities in southern israel. the is really military says the majority of those dozens were short down, but certainly at least one house was hit and damaged, but no reports of injuries. in response the israeli military has carried out strikes in the gaza strip, killing at least one man, and others injured. at least one home, pictures ofa injured. at least one home, pictures of a home very badly damaged as well in

of israeli warplanes again struck gaza the israeli military said it hit dozens of targets linked to hamas and other factions. throughout the day israeli commanders said scores of rockets were fired from the strip into israel several evading the iron dome anti missile interceptors and striking israeli residential areas around gaza's fringes we already knew that. there was no to react and out there the fight within the toto if they're killed yesterday for where we knew found three and we have been two palestinian demonstrators were killed and fifty one wounded by israeli snipers during border protests on friday which also saw two israeli soldiers shot and injured in israeli strike then killed to hamas fighters their deaths and a subsequent israeli drone strike preceded saturday's barrels of rocket fire out of gaza this is far from the first time in recent months that israel and hamas are found themselves in the midst of a dangerous escalation the last one in early april was ended by u.n. and egyptian mediation and reportedly undertakings given by israel just days ahead of its general electi

of forty million dollars a month have yet to happen the hamas and other palestinian resistance to go pers believe that this is the right timing to put more pressure on not. and israeli government to make israel abide by the previous understanding's timing is very sensitive israel is approaching its. seventh if there's any independence day and also there you want a vision festivities and a video released on saturday the al kids brigades the military wing of the islamic jihad threaten to expand its range of rocket fire to high for in the north ben-gurion airport near tel aviv and israel's an acknowledged nuclear reactor in the south. in recent months attacks from both sides of followed a pattern of casualties have been kept to a minimum avoiding a full scale conflict. israel's prime minister benjamin netanyahu has plenty of reasons to stick to that script before this month's independence day celebrations and the euro vision song contest in tel aviv. but both sides also know they can't rule out the risk of a further escalation towards a wider war how we force it out west jerusalem in ot

the israeli government insists the strikes are in response to hamas and islamic jihad firing more than six hundred rockets across the border into southern israel many are intercepted while airborne some land in residential areas destroying homes injuring and killing civilians the violence is escalating raising fears of war. joining me now from jerusalem is our correspondent tiny tiny you were in southern israel today how are people saying they're feeling about this surge in violence. i think very much concern how the next hours full play out but also i mean people have basically confined this living around the gaza strip and most of the south of israel very close to gaza to have been confined to the safe rooms at home or very close to public shelters because they don't have much time if a rocket comes in to reach shelter and also of course the high number of casualties and also injured people in israel in a very short time has added to the tension so the people i talked to have said you know they're very worried how this will play out in the coming hours and they said there do you trus

the israeli government insists the strikes are in response to hamas and islamic jihad firing more than six hundred rockets across the border into southern israel many a intercepted while airborne some land in residential areas destroying homes injuring and killing civilians the violence is escalating raising fears of war. joining me now from jerusalem is our correspondent tiny tiny you were in southern israel today how are people saying they're feeling about this surge in violence. i think very much concern how the next hours will play out but also i mean people have basically confined this living around the gaza strip and most of the south of israel very close to gaza have been confined to the safe rooms at home or very close to public shelters because they don't have much time if a rocket comes in to reach shelter and also of course the high number of casualties and also injured people in israel in a very short time has added to to the tension so the people i talked to have said you know they're very worried how this will play out in the coming hours and they said they do trust the a

well it's very military also claims a prominent hamas leader was killed as the result of an airstrike his car was reportedly hit by rockets and an attack which also claimed a number of other lives amassed blames the i.d.f. for killing two pregnant women and a toddler of a television denies those claims with the sudden escalation in violence between the two states here's what locals from both sides had to say about the flare up. but there was a lot of bombing in the neighborhood work back to a lot of this street scene was indescribably people were afraid and terrified and run in and everyone was looking for their children nobody was able to see others and after the first truck it hit everyone started screaming children and adults when the building collapsed nobody was able to see one another. and learn to leave it to those big of the meat to the generals that know the situation to do what they know we can do is to cross our fingers and that they will succeed and i hope we're not commenting more we do trust the army we do hope benjamin netanyahu will take care of it but we are really wo

israel and palestinian militant group hamas reportedly called a truce offer a weekend of deadly exchanges with soul of the twenty palestinians and four israelis killed in massive asteroids and this on the tides. russia's foreign minister and his u.s. counterpart will discuss the venezuela crisis nitrile monday after what appears to have been a failed coup attempt by the washington backed opposition in the us an american country. and north korea's missile tests over the weekend go largely under scolded by washington with refraining from lashing out at kim jong. un you want you all to international live from our studio with me nativity to welcome to the program. we start with the tragic. plane crash in russia forty one people have been confirmed died off from emergency landing at the moscow's sheremetyevo airport the. hundred burst into flames when it bounced off the ground during touchdown his crew sent to distress signal here's how they tragedy unfolded and just a warning you may find some scenes upsetting. the kids. when the flames and there are sure a white flash they most of the mornin

claiming it contains some of it was for hamas and other factions. lately there was. an airstrike on. a security both belong to hamas. into things armed in the in the morning there were procedures. but the bodies of at least eleven people were killed and over one hundred were injured they bury the bodies and if you don't know. if you're pretty the threat has people in gaza nervous that this could escalate into a full blown as it did in two thousand and fourteen. definitely this is one of the toughest wave of violence. experienced in the twenty fourteen. on the eve of the holy month of ramadan which is morrow. you could see in the people. i talk to some people in industry and they are they have the fear it will be and you wore a new round of. of. a larger scale operation in gaza strip this is what the people don't want trouble the people are. you know think this is the way to solve the problem but still the majority they are not happy and they are they are horrified by having a few war the new israeli prime minister has found strikes what have mass saying and doing. we

targets throughout the gaza strip both sides to have been casualties as we heard in the report now hamas and islamic jihad the joint command center they have threatened to. expand the range of rockets if israel continues its strikes and also they are prepared for any scenario and have also reinforced brigade that is stationed outside the gaza strip that they had in hostilities what sparked this latest violence. well that's why there has been a period of calm of relative calm in the past couple of weeks after understandings that have been brokered by egypt and the un had been reached between hamas and israel sort of agreement to ease some economic restrictions and to expand the fishing zone for example but in the past couple weeks tensions have been vising and this friday during the friday protests there had been an incident where palestinian gunmen had shot and wounded two israeli soldiers israel has responded retaliated with an airstrike on a hamas post killing those two militants now islamic jihad had said in the statement that basically this is in retaliation for that but there also h

harrowing images there as israel reportedly agrees to a truce with a palestinian militant group hamas after a weekend of deadly exchanges which see more than twenty palestinians and four israelis killed in large scale air strikes and missile attacks. are broadcasting live from our studios in moscow this is our team international i'm sean thomas glad to have you with us. now the remains of all forty one people killed in sunday's plane fire in moscow have now been recovered from the charred wreckage of the aeroflot eric. aft. as you can see the entire rear section of the plane was destroyed by the fire the remains of the jet have now been removed from the scene and taken away for further investigation and just to remind you during its attempted minding the souffle superjet burst into flames after its tail struck the runway only thirty seven of the seventy eight people on board survived the tragedy people have been laying flowers and tributes to the airport which has since returned to a full flight schedule at airport where the plane was flying two candles have been released to honor the

actions can do because hamas seems spiralis to suppress what the slimy jihad has been doing. all right to algeria now where there are reports the youngest brother of the ousted long time president of the lizzie's but a flicker has been arrested celebrity flicka had been on syria's to facto ruler since his brother suffered a stroke in twenty thirteen two of beautifully because former intelligence chiefs have also been detained weeks of protests for the eighty two year old president to resign a month ago after he tried to run for a fifth term but the protests have continued with demands that the entire form up beautifully can be dismantled. let's get some reaction to this from a political activist who joins us from algiers thanks for being with us on the program your reaction to the news today of those arrests is it a move in the right direction are you pleased. but even in every one so. i will probably express what many people think of that in the current situation first people are not the stone age because chief of the army at the gate sala has explicitly mentioned some consp

god and hamas that is what has been very slow in implementing such agreements that have been reached about a month ago that was. in jerusalem turning out of thailand where huge trance of gathered in the thai capital bangkok to witness the newly crowned king. long gone greet the public for the first time after his elaborate coronation ceremonies on saturday the day long kong ascended the throne two and a half years ago when his father king died after a seventy year reign his coronation comes two months after a contentious election in which the opposition try to oust the ruling military junta. correspondent charlatanism bill is in bangkok following the celebrations welcome we shall see today is the second day off festivities what can we expect. hey there marie's or i'm sure you can hear behind me the cannon fire has started knocking the beginning of the procession the king is going to make his way through the streets of bangkok he's traveling seven fellow mrs in an eight golden carriage she's being carried by sixteen people and just to keep you a sense of what that means really is incr

on the gaza strip but most notably is that basically what was asked by hamas. by. previously made during. for the israeli election president donald trump is stepping up pressure on china to resolve the trade dispute says the u.s. will raise tariffs on two hundred billion dollars worth of chinese products to twenty five percent on friday but beijing says it will still attend a meeting on whedon's state with u.s. representatives designed to resolve a trade dispute. russia says it will grounded sukhoi superjet one hundred planes after a crash that killed forty one people and their flight flight caught fire as it made an emergency landing in. the u.s. is deploying an aircraft carrier group to the middle east to send what it calls a clear message to iran the u.s.s. abraham lincoln and its support ships have been dispatched it's in response to what he calls troubling developments in the region. the international criminal court has ruled not to refer to jordan to the un security council for its failure to arrest former sudanese president omar al bashir two years ago is wa

let me say that so let me question what part of this can you get through your thick head i think is hamas a terrorist organization and yes or no the only thing that you're going to say is what we want you to say and if you don't say it we're not going to let you speak our media operations national media is a scandal when it comes to israel i look at the u.k. with all its deficit and there's real debate for example there is this anchor called john snow channel four in the u.k. and he interview with mark greg and he grilled time with questions grilled mark record of how does killing children on a beach contribute to that purpose what was the point of bombing the hell waffle hospital for goodness sake there are grave problems certainties about whether you are acting within the law. oh yes you are deliberately targeting the neighborhoods in which you know there are women and children you've tried everything with guns or you besieged it for seven years the people live in intolerable and ghastly life and you know that better than anybody why don't you try one other thing talking why not talk wh

leader did make a statement and he said that the response of hamas would quote depend on the aggression of israel but he did talk about a cease fire and says that the commitment of israel to that cease fire would be would dictate what happens next there was a five hour long security cabinet meeting among the israeli cabinet on monday evening at that time the cabinet instructed the israeli army to continue its airstrikes and to prepare for an escalation citing the fact that the security of the state and its residents were a top priority but as you mentioned mediation efforts have been under way and there's a real hope that just as in previous instances that an agreement and a cease fire can be reached there does appear to be very little appetite on both sides. it's for an escalation and yet things have already progressed to a point we have not seen since the gaza war the death toll is approaching about thirty at this point on the israeli side four israelis have died and you know critics will say this is a high number for israel and prime minister benjamin netanyahu may be facing pressure

wounded and that has led to an airstrike on a military post in gaza by the israeli army or army to hamas people where apparently killed so in addition to that and all the statements that the militant factions put out today that's reference to the lack of implementation understandings that certainly have also added to devising tensions and how israel responded to this so far. has said that there have been over two hundred and twenty rockets launched into southern israel into civilian areas and the numbers are rising and is well defense system they aren't them has. shut down dozens of it at the same time the israeli army responded to it with over one hundred twenty airstrikes mainly what they call on targets related to hamas or islamic jihad but also getting reports in from gaza of some residential buildings. tensions are really high because those attacks and counterattacks are continuing as we speak and it may be very difficult night for civilians in gaza as well as in the south of this or so where does this leave the recent talks to restore a cease fire. well this is a good question i th

get hamas and israel seemed eager to deescalate the situation quickly. monday was the start of the a sonic fasting month of ramadan this week israeli celebrate their national day and next week people from around the world will travel to tel aviv to see the euro vision music competition some israelis living near the gaza fence and opposition leaders criticize prime minister benjamin netanyahu for agreeing to the cease fire to feel sufficiently good political i think that a cease fire at this moment is a terrible mistake i think that when we have the upper hand we need once and for all finish the terror because this will repeat itself and will not stop. gazans returning to the rubble of their homes hit by israeli airstrikes were relieved there was a pause in the violence however temporary the laskar mission between hamas and israel was an april. newcomb had been killed on the. we hope the war ends because enough destruction enough people are losing their lives in these wars israelis don't distinguish between the civilians and not civilians in the last seve

get hamas and israel seemed eager to deescalate the situation quickly. monday was the start of the a sonic fasting month of ramadan this week israeli celebrate their national day and next week people from around the world will travel to tel aviv to see the euro vision music competition. some israelis living near the gaza fence and opposition leaders criticize prime minister benjamin netanyahu for agreeing to the cease fire if you look at this illegal i think that a cease fire at this moment is a terrible mistake i think that when we have the upper hand we need once and for all finish the terror because this will repeat itself and will not stop. gazans returning to the rubble of their homes hit by israeli airstrikes were relieved there was a pause in the violence however temporary the laskar mission between hamas and israel was an april. we hope the war ends because enough destruction enough people are losing their lives in these wars israelis don't distinguish between the civilians and not civilians in the last several years there has been a periodic cyc

of weeks after understandings that have been brokered by egypt and the un had been reached between hamas and israel sort of agreement to ease some economic restrictions and to expand the fishing zone for example but in the past couple weeks tensions have been rising and this friday during the friday protests there have been an incident where palestinian gunmen shot and wounded two israeli soldiers is what has responded retaliated with an airstrike on a hamas post killing those two militants now islamic jihad had said in the statement that basically this is in retaliation for that but there also has been growing frustration that's also some of the statement mentions from. god and hamas that is or have been very slow in implementing such agreements that have been reached about a month ago that was the deadliest came a speaking to me from jerusalem let me now bring you up to date with some other stories making news around the syrian government forces of bombarded rebel held areas in the country's northwest dozens have been killed and wounded in a province this escalation of violence is the