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

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

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

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

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

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

also what it went into effect on the ground it fought with islamic jihad conditions on behalf of the palestinian resistance. sections dealing clue to the occupation submission to conditions which is to stop the assassinations protecting the protesters at the march of her turns 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 really nice to respond to any aggression in the future and also the continuation of the egyptian role at the political level let's get an update from harry fox that he's joining us from the israel gaza border what more are we learning about the terms of the cease fire hereon as a holding so far. well guess so far it does appear to be holding there is as you say a relatively uneasy calm at the moment there's been nothing really said a rocket siren alerts in one of the gaza border areas that around 6 am this morning so about 3 hours ago local time and indeed israel has lifted restrictions on schools and businesses all restrictions apart from the areas immediately

gaza early on monday and israeli fighter jet 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 he's lying jihad vowed a quick and unlimited event so that we will make the enemy pay a heavy price and his citizen soldiers will pay a hebrew price for the crime of assessing knighting and destroying the harm of elida. and his wife and assess and how do you know what al of jury and his family at the site on after the firing of the 1st rockets from gaza the israeli military shut all the border crossings into gaza and sirens were head in several towns in central israel israel says i well i was the mastermind of recent attacks against it started 3 because i want to clarify israel is not interested in an escalation but we will do everything necessary to defend ourselves and i'm saying in advance it could take time it takes calm and cool hit in this we must allow the army to do

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 died of their injur

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

jihad the israeli military has been talking very much about targeting islamic jihad there might be a strategy there from the israelis to try to separate these 2 entities certainly islamic jihad's rocket fire has left hamas in a difficult position of the time when it's been trying to secure further easing of the restrictions on gaza from israel so the question is whether hamas really matches its words with actions intent in terms of a big assault of its own and whether that in turn could despite israel's part of stations that it doesn't want to see an escalation whether that could lead to a wider conflict in the coming days. harry for the life worse there on the israel gaza border thanks terry let's talk more about this now with jeremy bob is an intelligence and terrorism legal analyst for the jerusalem post he joins us live via skype now from moore dean in central israel thanks very much for being with us so give us a sense of of the calculations of the israeli security leadership in in this because they targeted assassinations like this we have seen before from from israel but we ha

gaza early 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 he's vowed a quick and unlimited event said that have we will make the enemy pay a heavy price and his simplest and soldiers will pay a heavy price for the crime of assessing knighting and destroying the harm of ellida. and his wife and assess and i don't know what al of jury and his family at the site on after the firing of the 1st rockets from gaza the israeli military shot all the border crossings into gaza and sirens were heard in several towns in central israel israel says of all i was the mastermind of recent attacks against its territory. the action to thwart him was recommended by the chief of staff the head of the ship back and security officials it was discussed in the cabinet in a row of in-depth discussions over the past few months the final decision was unanimou

past 2 days the escalation began after israel killed a senior leader of islamic jihad. firstly we want a stop to all the s.s. nations inside the gaza strip and the west bank generally secondly to cease firing on all the protesters taking part in the great march of return thirdly for israel to abide by agreements discussed in cairo relating to measures that have to be taken to break the siege on the gaza strip. matheson has more now from western muslim. gaza skys filled with smoke for a 2nd day as israel's military continues to target what it says a rocket launch sites of the armed group islamic jihad meanwhile after an overnight low rockets are again fired from gaza into israel gaza city has all but shut down many of its people are hiding. i think the situation is going towards war like in 2014 still it's not clear in the coming hours the situation will become more clear . on tuesday israeli fighter jets killed a senior islamic jihad leader by deliberately targeting his gaza highers israel blames. for dozens of attacks islamic jihad responded by launching more than 200

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

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

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

jihad a very different sort of set of assumptions coming from islamic jihad as you heard in that brief announcement there they say that they have secured concessions from israel in terms of not targeting leaders in the way that they did on the early hours of tuesday morning when. i was killed along with his wife as he slept and in terms of. truck trying to circumvent the kind of israeli live fire tactics that we've seen at the friday brought border protests israeli officials denying that and indeed the foreign minister israel katz was interviewed earlier this morning saying that they would continue to target anybody who may deemed a threat one of the interesting things that has happened in all of this is how mass israel israel has been very much saying it's targeting islamic jihad it's moved away from its policy of holding hamas responsible for everything that comes out of the gaza strip israel has made this about islamic jihad so far although the rhetoric has been very supportive of islamic jihad hamas did not get involved in a big way in terms of rocket firing all right ahead we than

hours later, islamic jihad fighters respond with a barrage of rocket attacks. over 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:

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

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

jihad i think they will do that because they do not want an escalation meaning the islamic jihad has shown that they have the capability to reach tel aviv they've done that they've scared israelis they can do that and now it's time to stop because if they continue to do that then the i.d.f. is going to go israel is going to go in there very strong and very hard and they're going to stop the missile fire they're going to stop the rocket fire and they will decimate hamas and islamic jihad targets the people of gaza will suffer and i'm not convinced that the hamas is ready for that kind of fight or though they do have fire power they do not want to start an escalation like this where israel will absolutely crushed them and especially now when it's and you know has to show that he's the boss this is the wrong time to play with israel and just updated that was actually mitchell brock that we were listening to the c.e.o. of keep on global research and he also advised the former president shimon peres now let's play a little bit of what nuclear site of the professor university had to say. t

islamic jihad or give them free rein do you think. that is that an out there very important question let me say that this kind of job is just the 2nd strongest military organization in gaza off to a mass and they have is a lot of competition between the 2 military groups here in gaza it's not done is it to say that hamas will be able to control or to contain this the mcjob i think the egyptians will also another international media those like the u.n. would probably have to be brought in to try to contain this cycle of violence. but generally speaking of these them gadd is funded and supported minute deadly and politically by iran so maybe iran will. play out 1 on with out with out of this cycle of violence will be extended or will be brought to an end of any time soon so i. thank you very much let's bring in mitchell but he's c.e.o. of key global research and advised formally the israeli president shimon peres he joins us from west jerusalem welcome to the news why is this happening now for you thank you. 1 well i think where we are

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

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

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'

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 bringing as you said t

islamic jihad saying it wanted important concessions. made 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

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 and those concerns aren't over yet as night fell israel said it in the set said another rocket being fired out of gaza israeli communities around the fringes of the gaza strip have decided to close their schools again on friday for fear that this cease fire won't hold very force that al-jazeera gaza. now 7 german citizens suspected of being part of i still have arrived in but then after being deported from turkey 2 men 4 women and a child departed is temple airport in the latest wave of turkish repatriations that started on monday and now the $23.00 european national suspected of ice involvement are expected to be to force it to their home nations in the next few days turkey says just over $1200.00 i still fight as a car anything held in that presence all the repatriations come as foreign ministers from all the nations on meeting in the capital in the u.s. capital washington to discus

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

jihad a political leader took place also in the early hours of the small and according to islamic jihad the son of the commander was killed in a blaming the israeli army as of yet there's been no comment no response from the israel defense forces syrian media is reporting the attack they say that 2 people were killed and 6 people were wounded but at this stage they are not saying who was killed and who is responsible for this assassination indicates a resumption in the israeli policy of targeted assassinations. former i.d.f. colonel great shows we are on the line now good evening to you why was do you think . value target and when was it worth the targeting of knowing that it was going to bring about further conflict as we're seeing. 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

jihad a political leader took place also in the early hours of the small and according to islamic jihad the son of the commander was killed in a blaming the israeli army as of yet there's been no comment no response from the is. defense forces syrian media is reporting the attack they say that 2 people were killed and 6 people were wounded but at this stage they are not saying who was killed and who is responsible for this assassination indicates a resumption in the israeli policy of targeted assassinations. we discussed the heightened tensions with experts who have differing views of the conflict. the ceasefire is very shaky is very far john and it has been violated by israel many times and it seems to me that of we are again in the cycle of violence between israel and the palestinian resistance a groups but up until this moment i think maybe egypt will will be will succeed in bringing a new cease fire into the hold since it's only the islamic jihad who is fighting back it's the only google is retaliating back hammer so far has refrained from any provocation has different from any. for

officials are working to mediate a ceasefire between israel hamas and islamic jihad a fossa joins us live from the israel gaza border so mary what is the latest. well the rocket fire continues of gaza this morning just when we arrived at this location just about 5 kilometers north of the border there were several interceptions of rockets overhead the israeli military is saying some 220 rockets is the latest is the latest approximate number that have come out since the beginning of all this early on tuesday morning and the israeli air force continues to strike inside gaza as well since dawn this morning there being 7 further deaths of palestinians the that brings the toll up to 17 inside gaza since this latest escalation started israeli military is saying that they are into dictating islamic jihad fighters who would otherwise be firing rockets into israel the palace in health ministry is reporting those deaths as they happen what is also interesting about all of this is that so far israel is very much targeting islamic jihad fighters and sites and it is sending that message in its com

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 escalation israel has not targeted leadership in this way for some time and so this strike is i think excepted here to be one with which brings with it significant risks certainly in israel south they have closed schools for the day there have been rockets coming out of gaza already. rockets are mornings have been flashing up and this is a situation which also feeds into an extremely tense and delicate political situation in israel benjamin netanyahu remains in charge of a caretaker administration after a 2nd inconclusive election within the space of a year he's just appointing today is the day that natalee bennett a new defense minister takes over israel says it is prepared for whatever happens that it is prepari

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

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

son and granddaughter were killed islamic jihad says a jury survived mahler's has relented and. the size of the explosion is unacceptable and that i think that many of his execution was so huge and it is unacceptable to hit the civilian area in such way as you know throughout the day the rocket fire and 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 gaza'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. after their senior politi

comes out of the gaza strip saying that this is about punishing and deterring islamic jihad. the course in hong kong is deciding whether a university can stop police entering its campus after fierce clashes with student protesters overnight demonstrators are blocking streets in the city center for a 3rd day the government says all schools will be closed on thursday due to safety concerns typical paula is that. here the students are taking it upon themselves to stop protests to stop the police from entering their campus if you can see right behind me this is the main campus it's a hive of activity with these student protesters alumni and other people who support the students sorting out through supplies that they have received from not just students and alumni but also the wider hong kong population who are angry at police coming into the campus yesterday overnight yesterday and confrontations with students overnight and into the early hours which led to dozens of students being being injured so what you see are students saying that they are setting up barricades are making su

the palestinian group islamic jihad says a ceasefire with israel is in effect of the air strikes killed dozens and gaza. hello i'm daryn jordan this is al jazeera live from doha also coming up diplomats there live a damning evidence against the u.s. president at the start of public hearings in an impeachment inquiry. ready to make more noise protesters gear up for another week day until government rallies in hong kong. and deep trouble in one of the world's top tourist spots water levels in venice are at their highest in a half a century. the palestinian group islamic jihad says a cease fire has been agreed with israel in gaza after 2 days of cross border fighting these are live pictures from gaza where calm appears to have been restored egypt has been mediating between the 2 sides there began after a senior leader of islamic jihad was killed in an israeli airstrike where rob matheson joins us on the phone now from west jerusalem rob so what more details have emerged about this cease fire. well we've had no official confirmation daryn yet for here in israel that this is for a cease fire

in an easy call in gaza the militant islamic jihad group announces a ceasefire after days of heavy fighting israel says it's holding fire for now and will answer quiet with quiet. plus one of europe's cultural jewels underwater the highest tide in top a century in a day's venice the mayor is blaming climate change the prime minister is calling it a blow to the heart of italy. creating a new generation of in motifs we meet the man giving the smartphone symbols a traditional african twist there's one for every day of the eager. fellow i'm terry martin good to have you with us lawmakers in washington have begun public hearings in the impeachment inquiry against president donald trump the 1st in 20. the televised hearings kicked off tuesday with testimony from 2 different wednesday rather from 2 top u.s. diplomats dealing with ukraine has called the process a witch hunt he says he's too busy doing the people's business to tune in a historic day for the united states hours of testimony played out on television screens across the country we will come to order. morning everyone. the inquiry center

jihad political took place also in the early hours of this morning and according to islamic jihad the son of the commander was killed in a blaming the israeli army as of yet this being no comment no response from the israel defense forces syrian media is reporting the attack they say that 2 people were killed and 6 people were wounded but at this stage they are not saying who was killed and who is responsible for this assassination indicates a resumption in the israeli policy of targeted assassinations more global news coming your way after this short break. you know world of big. law and conspiracy it's time to wake up to dig deeper to hit the stories that made stream media refuses to tell more than ever we need to be smart we need to stop slamming the door on the shouting past each other it's time for critical thinking it's time to fight for the middle for the truth the time is now we're watching closely watching the hawks. so what we've got to do is identify the threats that we have it's crazy for and let it be an arms race on all fronts very dramatic developments only really i'm g

according to islamic jihad the east. of the commander was killed in a blaming the israeli army as of yet there's been no comment no response from the israel defense forces syrian media is reporting the attack they say that 2 people were killed and 6 people were wounded but at this stage they are not saying who was killed and who is responsible for this assassination just to mention that the last time israel carried out targeted assassinations was back in 2014 so this certainly indicates a resumption in the israeli policy of targeted assassinations for asli report and there you watching r.t. going to take a quick break now more news must go into this. one almost sure seems wrong why don't we just don't call. me. yet to shape our disdain become educated and in the game equals betrayal. when so many find themselves worlds apart wait she's to look for common ground. the world is driven by dreamers shaped by one person with those words. the day or thinks. we dare to ask. not with the u.k. general election just around the corn

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 trying to delineate a difference between hamas and islamic jihad the public security minister get out a done was on the radio this morning saying that israel's previous policy of holding hamas responsible for every rocket everything that comes out of the gaza strip that has changed and now they are deliberately targeting islamic jihad they're saying that they are agents acting against hamas interests as well as are acting to undermine the relationship between hamas and israel one of the interesting things is how hamas will continue to respond so far it has kept its arca some brigades largely on the sidelines of all of this the rockets have continued to come out through the morning we've seen and heard interceptions around the gaza fringes inside ashkelon as well where we were staying overnight a major town on the southern fringes on the mediterranean