Security Council Meeting Tomorrow can international efforts to get this conflict back under control. Well we are now on the 6th day in this conflict and we are really in the middle of it and it seems to have been intensifying again today judging from happened in the past couple of hours so international efforts have been very slow and coming together but we also are seeing more reports now based on anonymous unofficial sources that there are some Mediation Mediation efforts going on thats what they usually see also have seen in other rounds of conflicts tennille so this actually rather stephanus because there have been such hostilities and also wars before its usually egypt or the united nations and other activists that im a behind the scenes to question is whether both parties in this case hamas islamic jihad and is rap feel that they have. Reached. Their targets whatever they are at the moment it doesnt look like theres a letdown you know its something that they want to go for ceasefire and you time soon. Tanya kramer on this dynamic and ever evolving story thank you so much tanya. Earlier Air Raid sirens sounded over tell of even as hamas missiles reached israels central city. People in Tel Aviv Scramble for shelter after dozens of rockets were fired from gaza some struck a residential building in the nearby town not gone killing a 50 year old man blasts were also reported elsewhere at least 9 people have now died in israel since monday while in gaza the Death Toll is at least 139. Earlier we spoke to Lieutenant Colonel Jonathan Cohen ricas international spokesman for the Israel Defense forces the israeli military he joined us from near Tel Aviv where one israeli man was killed in a how last Rocket Attack restarted by asking about the attack. I can tell you that its now the 6th day fighting hamas and other terrorists have fired more than 2300 rockets like the one that impacted here what you can see behind me by the way are the rescue efforts and theyre now taking away the remainder of the bomb but more than 2300 rockets have been fired at our cities our civilians and as you said unfortunately there is an israeli fatality here a man of middle aged man who has nothing to do with Gaza Nothing to do with fighting he was in his home and he is now dead because of it i must rockets up with fire. The i. D. F. Is obviously seeking to distend israelis from these hamas attacks from gaza but hes its response proportionate. Yes it is and we our response is very propulsion that imagine yourself living in your Home City and your Capital City and having your Comfort Zone bombarded by rockets by a terrorist organization that knows no law no boundaries and has total disregard for human life our response is a measured professional and precise response and we are told that thing that terrorists and their infrastructure and we try our best even in these very difficult circumstances when our civilians are targeted we try our best to limits any it accidental casualties to noncombatants. Well 10 people were killed in one of the latest israeli air strikes on gaza 2 women and 8 children those are hardly legitimate targets are they sure. Well theyre targeting that specific event it was a senior Hamas Leader i cannot yet disclose his name but it was a senior Hamas Leader were looking into the details of that specific event what happened who was with him. And the entire situation around him we know from past experience is that it is a usual class of terrorist to have human shields with them and around them at all pines so that if anything happens then the world will focus on Collateral Damage not on the fact that he targeted a terrorist and i can assure you unequivocal that he cannot target anything that is a terrorist and if there are his pilapil accidental damage that is an unfortunate result that its definitely not our intention to kill terrorists to break their infrastructure and try to create a serious situation where they can also tell you rockets our civilians thats the aim of our operation. Are you saying very clearly here that those women and children who were killed women and children who presumably had nothing to do with this conflict as that israeli man who was killed had nothing to do with the conflict or you saying that they were human shields. I am saying very clearly about the hamas has complete disregard for human life hamas embedded itself systematically as a way of practice within the civilian infrastructure they hide behind schools mosques and they also use human shields in order to protect themselves their seniors use human shields specifically about this event it is still unclear and i dont have the final details but i again i want to reiterate and be very clear we do not fall in civilians and we talk about fairies and we try to minimize Collateral Damage as much as possible were not always successful in this but i can assure you that that is our aspiration we contrary to what you see behind me the impact site in the central city as well are not aiming for the civilian that is what the terrorists all doing our job is to stop the terrorists from executing i fax exactly like this one behind one has for appreciate that its an. Extraordinary difficult task to go after these socalled terrorists and also try to minimize. Civilian casualties but doesnt the israeli military need to do more to prevent civilian casualties in such a high Density Area as the Gaza Strip which is pushes you know is one of the most highly populated highly dense areas in the world. Yes youre correct in your fact that its very dense its almost an impossible situation and whats really important to keep in mind is that the responsibility here i dont know if you can hear me if the if the line is ok we can the responsibility here in our eyes and with hamas they are the ones who on Purpose And Bed themselves in significant infrastructure if they were outside of civilian infrastructure then believe me that wouldnt be a single noncombatant even scrubs but the fact that they choice they choose to dig tunnels under their civilians to use a video and such and to fire their rockets from within the civilian population sometimes it leaves us no choice but to attack those targets we do it with the most precise weapons we have we do it when we can we give advance warnings about a certain area that is going to be under attack and we do whatever we can in order to minimize the risk you know on from about them but you have to understand israeli civilians are under fire we are 6 days and 2300. 00 rockets fight the you know 10 israeli city against him by these rockets that kind of aggression cannot and will not go on and so. There has been some confusion about whether israel has already launched ground operations in gaza what can you tell us. There are currently no idea of soldiers inside the gaza. Well one Wall Street Journal reporter says you personally gave her an explicit confirmation that it. Offensive had begun and there were several media reports including from israeli media that this was a deliberate ploy by the i. D. F. To lure hamas fighters into positions how do you respond to those claims. They i issued personally verification. Honest mistakes made in a situation where i have the wrong information available and i improvise undocking from agent as soon as it became apparent that it wasnt the correct information a swift clarification was provided. To the situation it was by no means intentional misleading. Colonel jonathan can wreak as israeli international military spokesman truly prescience your time sir. Thank you. Most of the violence in the current conflict has been spilling out of mixed cities in israel where jews and arabs have been living together for many years cities like were captured by israeli forces in the aftermath of the 1948 war while much of the arab population was displaced as jewish migration flowed in from overseas the cities still have a large arab population most of them israeli citizens despite many of the israeli arab residents complaining about equal access to government services the cities have been mostly free of unrest the violence on the streets of these cities has further complicated the current tensions. In the central city of the running battles between police and is really out of Iraq Today again. This was one of 15 arrested here. Police say they also confiscated an improvised submachine gun. Sales. In haifa in the north there were more. Police searches. And 9 more people arrested on suspicion of rioting and attacking police. Not far away in just. And police faced off across a burning barricade before clashes that led to 2 more arrests. In just a mostly out of district of Tel Aviv the streets lay quiet after a night of violence that saw an arab child seriously wounded when a Fire Bomb was thrown into his home. Some were determined to go about their daily business regardless but many prefer to stay inside fearing the civil war of which israels prime minister has warned. Several 1000 people in sydney have marked the palestinian national day with a protest against israels attacks on gaza demonstrators gathered at the city and marched through the streets carrying palestinian flags and chanting slogans condemning israel not by day commemorates the displacement of hundreds of thousands of palestinian arabs during the 1st israeli war that conflict began on Dish Day more than 7 decades ago. When britain officially withdrew from palestine in may 948 jewish leaders announced the creation of a new state to be known as israel to many palestinians the day is known as nakba also called the palestinian catastrophe what followed was a bloody conflict between arab states and israel and for palestinians the memory of displacement never forgotten for them is a day rooted in historical tragedy but its symbolism is still felt strongly today with the fight for statehood still ongoing. Many palestinians hope by continuing to assert their culture they will keep the collective sense of nationhood alive and potentially undo the naacp. The day is normally marked with demonstrations not just in the palestinian territories but all over the world. At times the events have turned into confrontations with israeli security forces. The recent unrest sparked by the potential conviction of palestinians from their farms by israeli authorities to add more fuel to the fire for those commemorating this day. Palestinians are also marking but here in berlin. One of those demonstrations. 3 Demonstrations Today in berlin. What can you tell us i call im here in noise heard which is that this scene of one of these demonstrations there are far more people than expected here there were between 80 to 250 people expected estimates give up to 2 and a half 1000 people that have come here Tonight Kern which is in central in one of the most populated districts of girl and ive been speaking to a few people and theyre telling me that they here in Solidarity Weve got people in gaza many of them themselves are callous to me and what has relatives in gaza and i started to worry for them as we can see people here are marching by theyre on their way to one of the other places nearby here in north in central but. Only a have a bed half a minute but in germany the situation has been very tense due to the problems of anti semitism in recent days is your any sense of that in. Fact its hard for me to hear you but i think you know you asked me about the tension there are tensions are why. But it is relatively across germany in the last year. And see. Protests like this one and also. Many people worried the german government says its about you have no place in modern germany as far as this protest here guys will have to see. To see exactly how it plays out through the rest of the day much thank you. Here in berlin for. Now for some of the other stories making headlines around the world at this Hour Pope Francis has met the u. S. Climate envoy John Kerry to prepare for a u. N. Summit on the environment. In the vatican as part of a European Tour to meet government officials and business leaders to discuss the climate conference in glasgow. 2 tornadoes have struck central and eastern china at least 10 people were killed and more than 300 injured those winds of more than 100 kilometers through the city of destroying homes and damaging construction sites. Britain has sent public health officials and the army into 2 towns for door to Door Coronavirus Testing bolton and black burn in northwest england have seen an increase in the fast Spreading Strain gripping India England is still planning to ease some lockdown. Right now china has landed spacecraft on mars the latest step in its increasingly ambitious Space Program the chinese rover will stay in and slander for a few days of test before it officially begins exploring the red planet the rover has yet to send back any images from mars but heres the story of how it got there and what the probe hopes to find out. After a treacherous journey through the martian atmosphere the chinese spacecraft a Honey Land safely on the red planet and major triumphant Beijing Space ambitions and the culmination of years of hard work. For example this was not an easy task its our 1st time down this path and we have encountered many difficulties and it was through a lot of hard work that today we were able to make our goals a reality im delighted this is a key event for the China Air Space and Technology Corp this is the chinese peoples 1st River Landing on another planet. Theres a wrong rover on board will explore an Icy Area of mars known as utopia plan. It was formed by the violent impact of an asteroid about 4000000000 years ago past space probes have discovered large amounts of frozen water under the surface here and an enormous layer of ice lies only a few meters below the surface using Radar Jurong can precisely measure the underground i was. There very very is named after the chinese god of fire 8 days after landing when diagnostic tests have finished it will go into action. Nasa is 2 miles robots use similar high Tech Equipment to jurong even though a Nasa Research takes years Drones Mission will be short for 3 months the rover will explore the surface of mars measure its magnetic field and study the properties of weathered martian rock. The purple then for the collective back to earth to a Ground Station in china. Colombian authorities are warning that government Protests Risk prolonging a 3rd wave of the pandemic confirmed deaths from covert 19 have passed 80000 in hospitals are full but protestors are undeterred they say little has been done about another Death Toll that of demonstrators shot by security forces. Is in cali where people are demanding answers. These demonstrators in cali are headed for the panamerican highway. To blockade one of colombias most important trade routes. Their protests have met fierce resistance including being shot at. Organizers say the Justice System has shown no interest in investigating the shooting. So far we have not been informed about any investigation. Also nothing about our people who have gone missing or about the women raped by police officials. The state doesnt listen its a dictatorship thats oppressing the people and. Human rights activists have joined in. Organizers see them as a way to increase visibility for their cause. People ask us to help so that the international community contributes. We need the international community to contribute so that life is respected in this country. During this absolutely dignified struggle for justice. That struggle has cost the lives of almost 50 people in recent weeks according to human rights activists in this cow the neighborhood people offer evidence of the violence they faced. They claim that security forces shoot at them with live Ammunition And Point to these bullet holes as proof. Little hole was caused by these things the Police Shoot at us. They insist that they shoot rubber bullets. What started as a rally against Tax Reform has turned into more than 2 weeks of protests. Its threatening the political order with calls for the president s resignation growing louder. And to come back to our top story the conflict in gaza in israel is ask elating at this hour with hamas missiles reaching israels central City Tel of eve and israeli forces retaliating israeli airstrikes destroyed a tower in Gaza City that it says house assets connected to hamas is Intelligence Service the building was also home to the offices of multiple media organizations including the associated press and Al Jazeera its owner says israel gave Occupants Advance Warning of the strike its not known if there were any casualties im now joined by journalist. In Gaza City thanks for joining us what can you tell us about the Media Building in gaza that has been brought down. Well the building is one of the old buildings in the city it contains the offices of Shit Bro 0 and many others. Press offices the israeli intelligence called the how for the building and ask him to cold the people and trying to fight them to evacuate the house within an hour the owner was talking to the officer asking him to give more 10 minutes for some some some media this is to bring their cameras but the officer refused to give it. To minutes to loose. To bring their cameras down. Within a few minutes the building was was was was flattened by at least 3 besides. Doesnt paint a picture for us what is the situation like on the ground in gaza. It is terrifying there is ongoing airstrikes as well as there are launching rockets from gaza into the israeli cities there is there is a. City Water Supply due to the cut off of that it through a city we are talking about. You know health very weak Health System is exhausted by civil wars and 19 outbreak and now they are at dealing with. Huge number of casualties. So we are talking about a very tough time there is no the only or the lone crossing brings food from israel is sealed and closed up for 4 since the beginning of this confrontation we have less than a minute but i do want to ask you when you talk to people do you get the sense that they continue to support hamas in the face of the heavy price that civilians are paying. Well i mean its not about supporting hamas its about revenge there are many people are asking for revenge asking floor sure maybe they dont know how maybe they think that launching rockets are is the way to revenge from killing would they say that they are mostly civilians where on kids specially the last night a strike that killed at least 10 people in the Shelter Fiji Camp but still in the same time people are looking for and following up the news about the Cease Fire talks which is egypt and other parties are going on so we are talking about the 2 sides people who are out of asking for events in the same time they think this is the its should be over and and the ceasefire should be restored Revenge Husband bellew shot in Gaza City many thanks welcome. Coming up after the break our Europe Lifestyle show youre an x. Well have more news headlines for you at the top of the hour im Michael Okuda from me in the entire News Team here in berlin thank you so much for watching. 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