Gravitas: Israel & Hamas exchange rocket fire
there are always two ways to look at
something
always two sides to every story and you
need to hear
both before arriving at a conclusion but
when each side claims to be right
when each side claims to be the victim
who does one really believe
this is a question the world faces today
as the streets of jerusalem and gaza
echo with sounds of gunfire and warning
sirens
the clashes which began weeks ago are
showing no signs of abating
on one side are the palestinians who
claim to be fighting for their land
on the other side is israel which claims
to be only protecting itself from
palestinian aggression
the story is more complex than what
meets the eye
this is not just a clash between a few
protesters and a few troops
over a few blocks of land this has
become a clash of civilizations
of two people who've always been at odds
with each other
and this clash could soon engulf the
entire region if both sides do not reach
a consensus
let me begin with the latest the
exchange of fire between palestinian
militants and the israeli military
continues
on monday night more than 300 rockets
were fired from gaza towards
israel most of them were intercepted by
israel's iron dome system
the iron dome is an all-weather air
defense system it is designed to counter
short-range rockets
and artillery shells and it operates day
and night even in bad
weather it can reportedly respond to
multiple threats simultaneously
so this iron dome intercepted most of
the rockets that flew from gaza
but not all of them two israelis are
said to have died in the attacks
according to reuters both victims are
women
the images have emerged now they show
paramedics rushing bodies of those
injured in the attack
to a nearby hospital several other
israeli
locals most of them old were also
injured in the attack
we're standing in azkalon a city in
southern israel
the house behind me was hit by a rocket
overnight fired from gaza
by terrorists it is one of more than 300
rockets fired
from gaza at israel fortunately more
than 90 percent of rockets have been
intercepted by the iron dome but
unfortunately
one got through and caused life injuries
in israel
now in response israeli forces launched
air strikes on gaza
a total of 150 rockets are said to have
been fired the hamas and palestinian
health ministry says
25 people including nine children died
in the strikes
108 others were reportedly wounded
the suffering is the same on both sides
similar visuals have emerged from gaza
they show women and children crying and
running for cover
they show people rushing for medical
supplies
among the children who died was an 11
year old boy
hundreds of mourners attended his
funeral
why did you kill him they kill and there
is no one to make them answer for it
the whole world is watching it doesn't
matter if they kill a child
or a woman there is no one to hold them
accountable for it therefore
it doesn't matter if they kill a child
as the violence continues anti-israel
protests have erupted in several
countries
in turkey protesters set israeli flags
on fire thousands demonstrated outside
israel's diplomatic missions
in ankara and istanbul not too far away
in morocco
there were protests in casablanca
thousands came out to express their
solidarity with palestinians in
jerusalem
same in jordan at least 1500 people from
all kinds of political backgrounds and
ideologies rallied in oman
demanding the expulsion of the israeli
ambassador to their country
arab leaders have responded to the
foreign ministry of saudi arabia has
condemned the violence
the statement says and i'm quoting the
kingdom calls upon the international
community to hold the israeli occupier
responsible
and to halt immediately this escalation
that goes against every international
norm
and convention the foreign ministry of
syria has reiterated these sentiments it
has said and i'm quoting again the
authorities of israeli occupation
and their flocks of settlers continue
their unjust
and shared aggression against the
palestinian people
under a usurping occupation
that does not respect the international
law nor the geneva accords of 1949
jordan's monarchy has condemned israel's
actions
and this is what their statement says
his highness king abdullah ii ensured
in a phone call with palestinian
president mahmoud abbas
his rejection of the israeli authorities
attempts
to change the demographic situation in
east jerusalem
the islamic world has united against
israel even countries that very recently
normalized ties with israel they're
speaking against it
back in jerusalem the prime minister of
israel benjamin netanyahu
remains undeterred he has vowed to
increase the frequency of the attacks
he says hamas will be getting blows it
cannot predict
we are the height of a campaign since
yesterday the idf executed hundreds of
attacks on hamas
and islamic jihad in gaza we targeted
commanders
we hit many of their quality targets at
the conclusion of a situational
assessment
it was decided that both the might of
the attacks and the frequency of the
attacks
will be increased hamas will be getting
blows it didn't expect
yesterday we told you this conflict has
all the makings of a third intifada
as both sides use indiscriminate force
and inflict casualties
the question of who is right and who
isn't is already going up in smoke
what remains is a festering conflict a
decades-old war that
five peace deals could not end
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Gravitas: Israel & Hamas exchange rocket fire
Israel & Hamas continue to exchange rocket fire as civilians suffer. The question of who is right & who isn't has gone up the smoke. Palki Sharma tells you why.
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