months a real hotbed of military activity. there was another military army raid this morning. at least one dozen people were injured as the military arrested men, some of whom were wounded with live bullets. dozens more were injured with tear gas. it has been a real surge in violence, since the start of the year. we have had, in the west bank in eastjerusalem, more than 100 palestinians killed. militants and civilians by israeli forces, and a few by israeli settler action, as well. some 20 people on the israeli side, including two foreigners, have been killed in palestinian attacks. this is really a difficult moment, you have domestically, inside israel, a lot of pressure within the
getting worse pretty quickly. just in the last few days, xijinping and the new foreign chinese foreign minister oin gang have made quite damaging statements to the us and china relationship, they ve always accused washington of making damaging statements about the relationship, but these were remarkably negative. so we re sort of going from bad to worse. the relationship was already in a difficult place. i think neither side thinks there will be a breakthrough any time soon, so both sides are perfectly willing to arm themselves to protect themselves against what they see as a more and more competitive and even conflictual relationship. zach cooper. let s get some of the day s other news. israeli forces have killed six palestinian men in a raid on the west bank city ofjenin. israeli military say one of the dead is suspected of killing two israeli settler brothers in huwara last week. israel s prime minister praised the operation
retirement age from 62 to 64. and some are still striking today. and more than a million people nationwide took part in tuesday s protests. the government says that pension reform is necessary to tackle a funding deficit, but legislation has angered workers at a time when living costs are rising. israeli security forces raided a refugee camp in the occupied west bank tuesday targeting the palestinian government who killed two israeli settler brothers. the man killed along with five others. and an official says soldiers surrounded the suspect s house and responded with missiles. and tensions continue. elliott gotkine is live for us. reporter: and this was another raid in the daytime. we ve usually been saying these are quite rare, but this is at least a third one so far this year. so they seem to be becoming increasingly common. what happened, the israeli
after israeli forces left. this crowd is coming down the hill, and they want revenge. reporter: israel says it succeeded in killing a hamas operative responsible for gunning down these two israeli brothers last month. prime minister benjamin netanyahu commending his forces saying our brave warriors operated surgically in the heart of the murderer s den, but the palestinian authority condemning the raid as a massacre, and people here mourning the loss of yet more young lives. in washington, fears of an accelerating cycle of violence. we remain deeply concerned by the sharp rise in violence in the west bank, and we continue to urge the parties to take immediate steps to prevent the further loss of life. reporter: hours before the raid, an israeli settler armed with an ax attacking a palestinian family in their car. sitting terrified inside the vehicle, 27-year-old nurse omar, his wife, elderly parents and
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