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ALJAZAM News June 22, 2024

Hold mass in bolivia. We will go live to santa cruz. Israel says two of its citizens are being held in the gaza strip, at least one of them by hamas. One of the missing men disappeared last year, the details are only come out now, because a judge has lifted a gag order. This is what we know. He is believed to have crossed the border fence into the gaza strip in september of last year. He is described of being of ethiopian dissent. This information is coming from the Israeli Ministry of defense. According to israeli sources he is being held against his will by hamas. Hamas says it doesnt know anything about it. Benjamin netenyahu says on twitter that his government is working to return him from gaza and his brother has called on the International Community to find him. Translator my brother has been missing for the last ten months. It looks like he crossed the border into gaza and then disappeared. Were talking about a humanitarian case because my brother is not well. On our familys behalf i ask the government of israel to do its utmost to bring my brother back safely. And i ask the International Community to put pressure on the government. Pall brennan is where the family stillies. Reporter this is just a few miles from the frontier of gaza if you look over my shoulder thats gaza. Its barely four or five miles away, and with easy reaching distance. What appears to have happened is two weeks after the end of the gaza war in 2015. He took it upon himself to leave his apartment block and go those few miles in that direction, down towards the gaza border. Now quite why he did that we dont know . His brother said that his brother was not well. They appealed for hamas or whoever might be in contact with his brother in gaza to allow him to return safely to israel. But the other thing to importantly remember about this is that abraham appears to have done this of his own free will. Witnesses talk of him leaving his bag on the sand and climbing through the fence and then disappearing into the tented areas, and into the population. What this has the potential to do, though is quite serious. First of all, the Israeli Government treats the prospect of any israeli citizen being held in gaza very seriously. Remember the man for five years that was held by hamas. But were entering a period where both hamas and the Israeli Government are trying to secure a fiveyear ceasefire between the two parties, and any escalation in tension that this might cause, these two missing people doesnt bode well for the prospects of those bigger peace talks. Israel is saying that the second missing citizen in gaza is arab but thats all its saying because that case is still under a legal gag order. Reporter a very situation here in gaza but one with very few answers. Al jazeera reached out to a senior hamas spokesman and asked him whether hamas was holding either one or both of these israeli citizens. The answer to that was, and i quote, no comment. Still in the background of all of that is one year since israel began its 50day bombardment of the gaza strip. In that of course has been marked here in gaza by a ceremony including the unveiling of a monument in the center of gaza city. This mon mument is of a fairly large replica of a tank with a clenched fist rising out of it. Now in the hand of that fist are hanging three dog tags or military id tags. One of them bears the name of an israeli soldier believed to have been killed during that conflict, but whos remains are believe to still be here in gaza but the other two dog tags or military id tags they are only question marks, leading many here to speculate that they represent those two missing israeli citizens. South sudan is marking four years since it gained independence. It became the worlds youngest nation after it voted to split from sudan in 2011. The president has addressed crowds in the capitol. But many people outside of the capitol feel they have very little to celebrate. South sudan has been racked by a civil war which began in 2013. And the severity of the violence means many people are just trying to survive. This is catherine sois exclusive report. Reporter this man was fetching firewood northeast of here. She said she was ambushed by government soldierings. They allegedly shot her several times before she was rescued and air lifted here. Her brother says the security situation is not what he expected when he celebrated independence from sudan four years ago. Translator you get independence but you are still dying. You cant be happy. The conflict was not happening i wouldnt be here. So how can i celebrate. Reporter at another health center, not too far away this woman has her first medical checkup. She is days old. Her mother says she just wants her child to grow up in peace. Translator i want the two sides to come together. Its only the leadership that can bring peace so that our children can have a good future. Reporter theres relative call income this part of the oil rich upper nile state, but many are poor and displaced. They receive humanitarian help but a few aid agencies often have trouble getting supplies from the capitol city juba. All of these people will go home with nothing. Some walked for hours to get to this distribution center. Most have been displaced from areas where fighting is still going on. Opposition leaders have been traveling across the continent before talks aimed at ending the conflict end. Rebel leader says he is still committed to the peace process. Well im always hopeful that peace will come. Salva kiir if he quits if he resigns, this is peace. You know normally if you look into history of wars the president that causes a war is never the president who brings about peace. Reporter as in government governmentcontrolled areas, life is tough for everyone here. Food prices have more than doubled. Tough restrictions imposed by the Ethiopian Government on the Border Crossing has made it more difficult to import basic supplies. Many are cautiously hoping that this time around the talks will bring them lasting peace. A south sudanese president ial Spokesman Says former Vice President turned rebel leader has no interest in peace. The answer is very obvious. He is responsible for the ongoing war because the president of republic has shown he wanted peace, and he might ask, you know, [ inaudible ] is life. This is peace of south sudan is his life. The number of Syrian Refugees has exceeded 4 million making it the worlds single largest refugee crisis in more than 25 years. 7. 5 million more are displaced inside syria. Our correspondent traveled to this refugee camp. Reporter 4 million and counting, refer gees here didnt think the conflict in syria would last this long or force this many people out of their country. This is one of the camps oldest residents, he says two and a half years later, he has finally adjusted to life as a refugee, but had this reaction when we told him the number of refugees in the region had reached 4 million. Translator this is a disaster. It means the entire population will be displaced. This makes me think the conflict will drug on for years. And a return to syria soon isnt possible. Reporter from the oldest to the newest arrivals this person had lived in a camp before deciding to survive on his own in the jordanian border town but returned to the camp two months ago. Translator i left the camp because my children couldnt survive the scorching heat in a tent. Refugees have to pay for a lot of services outside of the camp so i was forced to return. Reporter when asked what they want from the International Community many of the refugees say they want an end to the carnage in syria. The United Nations has called the syrian refugee crisis the worst humanitarian disaster in recent history. Almost half of all of the people in syria have been displaced including 4 million who have been forced to leave for neighboring countries, and according to aid agencies there is no sign of when these refugees will be able to return home. The u. N. Says the International Community has been generous but the scale of the Syrian Crisis is so big that donors are thinking about how funding can be sustained as the conflict continues. Already this year people have less access to services. There are already agencies having to cut back. Its pushing them back to the camps which are funded entirely by the International Community or pushing them even to return to syria, and when you have families telling you im going back because i cant earn a living here and they would prefer to live in a war zone you know just how desperate they are. Reporter around 80 of Syrian Refugees are living below the poverty line. Another 70 are sending their children out to beg and are engaging in illegal work. Lets go to greece now where a deadline is looming for the government. It has until the end of thursday to submit a detailed reform plan to e. U. Ministers. Its a part of a laststitch effort to secure a bailout. The country is on the edge of financial collapse. John psaropoulos is in athens. Reporter the prolonged greek banking crisis which has now been extended to monday are now beginning to hurt the Greek Economy in visible and palpable ways. The Athens Chamber of commerce earlier today told us that particularly imported meat and grains like flour, are being now sold into the greek wholesale market on a rationed basis. You can no longer buy as great of supply as you want. Secondly were hearing that medicines are beginning to run out. Certain types in particular. The greek wholesalers association, the people who buy from the multinational drug makers and sell onward into the greek market to pharmacies that association now is saying that three major multinational drug makers are refusing to sell them the quantity of medicines that they require. And this despite the fact that greek wholesalers pay in cash up front for all of their orders. So those drugs are beginning to slow down their supply is slowing down into the greek market. And we have heard from various people that some medicines really are becoming difficult to find. And we have heard that the National Health system is no longer providing them for free it is asking patients to go out and find them. And finally, were beginning to hear that the banking crisis is preventing socially sensitive institutions from accessing their money. A foster care home for 365 abandoned children is telling us that they cannot make their july payroll, they will therefore not necessarily be able to care as they would wish for the children in their homes as of july because they can no longer pay their 400 employees to staff those homes on a regular basis, they simply cannot access their money. As the greek government struggles to avoid bankruptcy, another sign that the economy is seizing up. Some Major Airlines have stopped selling tickets through agencies in the country. Ticket sales worth about 100 Million Euros a month have been affected. Banks in the country have been shut for eight days now. As we mentioned Bank Closures have been extended up to and including monday. Greeks cant take out more than 60 euros per day, and they need special permission to send money abroad. Stay with us here much more to come on al jazeera. Ill tell you why the sun isnt always shining on people in hawaii who want to get off of the grid. Back in a moment. Get excited for the 1989 world tour with exclusive behind the scenes footage all of taylor swifts music videos interviews, and more. Xfinity is the destination for all things taylor swift. With xfinity from comcast you can manage your account anytime, anywhere on any device. Just sign into my account to pay bills manage Service Appointments and find answers to your questions. You can even check your connection status on your phone. Now its easier than ever to manage your account. Get started at xfinity. Com myaccount welcome back. Lets take a look at the top stories here on al jazeera. The family of an israeli citizen being held in gaza is calling on the International Community to help secure his release. He is of ethiopian dissent, and disappeared ten months ago. Israel says he is being held by hamas. South sudan is marking four years since it gained independence. But it has been racked by civil war since 2013, forcing more than 2 Million People from their homes. The u. N. Says the number of Syrian Refugees now exceeds 4 million, making it the biggest syrian refugee crisis in the world. A further 7. 5 million are displaced inside syria. Head of the Catholic Church is preparing to give mass in latin americas poorest country. Lets take you there. Live pictures of santa cruz where there are massive crowds there to see the pope. Obviously that is not the pope but they are preparing for the pontiff to come to the podium. He is trying to highlight the issue of poverty on this trip to bolivia there chinas stock market has bounced back slightly after the government stepped in to ban large sales. Over the past three weeks more than 3 trillion have been wiped off of the market. Many who lost money are small investors who saw their savings wiped out. Reporter early in his career this man worked in americas silicon valley. Ten years ago he moved home to china. He invested in the stock market. In the recent sharp downturn in the markets he has lost over 100,000, but he is not ready to cash in his remaining stock. Where else can i put it . I dont want it to sit in the bank, and, well buying house, it might not be a good idea either. So ill just leave it there. Reporter a stagnating house market is only one part of the reason there has been such a surge in stock buying in china. The growing middle class has few options where they can grow their money. So with the surging bull market earlier in the year many jumps in. The bull market is encouraged by the propaganda. We all want a bull market. Because everybody is happy, right . Raise money to selling shares people making money from the market, the government can sort of do a lot more with a bull market. All of this is actually sort of accelerated the market on the way up and then you know, accelerate it on the way down as well. Reporter unlike other developed stock market around the world, chinas main pool of investors are not professionals. Some 80 of those trading are individual investors with little experience. Those are the ones the government is worried about, saying their panicked selling added to the market slide. Over the last several days chinas Central Government has put mechanisms in place to help stabilize the market. It is also planning to invest as much as 30 of the countrys Pension System in stocks. Now the china market is much more mature stronger. Youll find theres no no [ inaudible ] can really [ inaudible ] can control its market because the market has its own power, its own logic. So thats a lesson i think the government can learn. Reporter he characterized the last few weeks as market growing pains. When i make money, okay i dont give it to anybody else right . I take all of the glory and credit, so i think its only fair if i lose money, or i i cannot make as much i shouldnt blame the the the government or or the system. Reporter theres no way to know where the current market volatility will end. So its unclear how much more john and his 90 million fellow individual investors might stand to lose. Thailand has interviewed new fishing laws to make it illegal for unregistered trollers to fish in open waters. Overfishing and International Pressure have forced the government to react. Reporter they are lined up and theres no sign they will be moving, unregistered fishing boats and those who own them are shore bound. All these men can do for the moment is mend their nets. Docks here that would have received tons of fish stocks are now abandoned. Many fishermen havent worked for weeks. The authorities are cracking down after pressure from the European Union over illegal and unregulated fishing. The e. U. Had threatened to ban exports if thailand didnt take action. The naval police is in charge of making sure the rules are followed. Here they register fishing trollers they have to seek clearance before going out to sea. Translator most are abiding by the new registration. Were patrolling, and at the moment we have information that some fishermen are breaking the rules. When they return from sea, we will arrest them. Reporter many are unable to catch fish and those that do go out are bringing back smaller hauls. The knockon effect is the rise in fish prices in the domestic market. For businesses like this one the price increase is inevitable, but its effect on the public will be gradual. This woman has been a manager at this restaurant for over a year. She noticed that the cost of seafood is increasing. And is reluctant to pass it on to her customers. Translator i dont know how long we can keep prices down. If it gets higher we eventually have to increase the price. Reporter customers are more aware that prices are about to change. Translator i have already seen the increase in spending within my own family. We might have to choose other options, such as vegetables pork or chicken. Reporter at the local wholesale market this person told us there has been a steady but slow increase in prices on some varieties of fish like mackerel are barely making it to shore. Many here say for the industry to survive these measures have to be in place, or scenes like this may soon become this. And thailands staple food may not be around for much longer. Foreign ministers from western powers are locked in talks to finalize a deal over Irans Nuclear program. They are trying to iron out remaining issues and secure an agreement by friday so a document can be presented to the u. S. Congress. The Confederate Flag is coming down in the u. S. State of South Carolina. Lawmake

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