the blockade of the gaza strip is still firmly in place. in the until the political situation changes. these patients will be waiting in struggling. for one of the most basic rights. you would hope the situation would have improved for those facing serious medical issues in gaza that is a question for robin toll but at medical aid foot palestinians an organization working to ensure equitable access to health care in gaza roman thank you for joining us as we look to update this film and find out what's happened since then are you aware of any efforts 5 israelis to make it a bit easier have there been any developments now the situation actually worse than it was that so i think we can say that it's clearly been a slide right down to the point that i think 7 years ago we might have been talking about roughly 20 percent of its being either tonight or delight now i mean last year the average right was that of tonight or tonight actually reaching a point in december where the majority. so i think it was about 60 percent of the denied or delayed a

launched by hamas or islamic jihad from the gaza strip on the israeli civilian centers which is which is a nice. a nice differentiation from from the very recent past. will be and again you know the future will be that the those who are more pessimistic say the death toll may be high much higher from covering 1000 than any rockets fired from that can i just ask you given that you said there's a shortage of respirators do you blame the netanyahu administrations and what has happened to netanyahu is a corruption trial in the midst of this crisis. you know there's always a question of of. prioritizing the prioritizing issues that that are pending on the governments table and i don't think that this is affected by by the china just against yeah but i do think that i always i think the health care. the public and scaring israel was not at its best during the last decade. despite the fact that we are still one of the best public systems worldwide in terms of health care and hospitals etc one of our hospitals sheba. is ranked 9th in the world in terms of the best hospitals in the world but a

hasn't so far there are at least 9 confirmed infections in the gaza strip how would you describe the situation there right now. well i mean when when the new cases where where where announced the shock. the people in gaza they didn't expect that gaza would have such a virus as it's under but kate and and seized from all sides the good things that look at the festool cases where it came from abroad and it came from back to stand on the 7th where from policemen and policemen who were wearing contact with the with the faster. there was white fear people who once they announced about the cases winced in the market and so that my kids to buy as much as they can specially those people who can afford for people schools they couldn't do that there was less movement in the streets people were commanded to stay at home if you but if the body is committed to there are still some shops open but i mean. very very little. can you just remind us because some of those you know challenges are what people in germany let's say are facing what is every day life before the coronavirus struck like in the

in factions in the gaza strip how would you describe the situation there right now. good afternoon to you i would describe this situation as one of a mixture of panic since the 1st 2 cases where announced a couple of days ago and very warry to walk which happened if there is an indigenous infection and a serious outbreak as was evidence and your report just now in the hospital sector here is woefully unprepared in many ways what i've been told is for every 100 patients what good deal you would need at least 5 intensive care unit beds a 60 in the whole of the gaza strip so you can do the math as soon as they are more than $1500.00 people also the hospitals would simply not cope so that's one big concern the other concern is that in these crowded conditions you know with 812 people often sharing a 2 bedroom apartment let's say it's extremely challenging. the measures being advised by the world health organization like social distancing and of course proper hygiene it conditions in terms of hand washing and so on has a challenge at the best of times. for mathias gaza ha

welcome back on the other side of the gaza strip british armed israel is going into lockdown as a diagnosis thousands of cases are coping one team i mean political deadlock into spode corruption trial against its prime minister binyamin netanyahu chairs the chief of staff to form israeli prime minister ehud barak joins me now via skype from tel aviv thanks for coming on to a part of the best we have appears to be an epicenter in that region what's actually happening in tel aviv i mean tel aviv wreck now i'm looking through the window there's no way of us no movement cars or people. this is an almost all of the closure was severe restrictions on movements on business etc we have 2500 people already diagnosed with the virus 5 dead people. 40 very. seriously. patients with severe conditions unemployment went up over 20 percent we have now we are waiting for a possible. even even more serious condition. in mexico for a complete lockdown depending of course on the trends in the coming days and the main problem as. i can analyze here now is that is that we have a shortage of. of spirit or the sys

strip say that it would be kind of an end of the world scenario when it comes to the gaza strip dealing with it and out break we are now lucky according to authorities there the 2 people that have tested positive for the virus stayed in quarantine after they arrived the guards there and it's a palestinian city near the edge of the border with egypt and the experience fair extols far those stories are saying that people who were just that fall that they did not go inside the enclave itself and this seems to be the feeling among people however as you said old schools and markets and the holes were asked to stop working it's a kind of control the spread of the virus and abraham with that update on the situation and the palestinian territories thank you. as our coverage continues we will look at a stray away the government towards the closure of venues pubs restaurants after many people ignored health warnings. i know that other to find a good time which is across much of japan but but a cold off in the next couple of days we've got plenty of clouds streaming from west to east is also bring

this news from gaza is remarkably alarming because as you know the gaza strip is one of the most densely populated places on the face of the earth with very limited medical services as a result of a blockade around them. so that could become a whole new center for this disease. >> yeah, that could become a real nightmare. there is also no airport in the gaza strip. as you said it has been under a blockade for some time. at least two cases according to the palestinian health ministry in gaza worrying for exactly the reasons you're saying. these are very inclosed spaces in gaza. this is the most densely populated place in the world. here in the unieted kingdom as around the world people are looking in italy and spain and france and looking at the dates and lock down as an indication hopefully what to is to come in the rest of the countries. we have that death toll in italy now over 4,800. in spain today we saw an up tick, a 30% of deaths in spain over one day in just 24 hour. and france has also seen its icus being overwhelmed. some patients in france are actually being transferred into ge

bank where the number of cases now stands at 39000000 people on the gaza strip already under an israeli blockade and sara reports they're preparing for the worst. cutoff from the world for years under strict israeli military control people in gaza are used to being isolated and their movements restricted south korean teen many say won't be too difficult if there's a coronavirus outbreak and. more than 11 years of blockade by land sea and sky we have no tourists to bring the virus here maybe something good came from the bad. the gaza strip is reported to be coronavirus free but the health ministry isn't taking any chances encouraging people to stay indoors and avoid crowds. gaza is one of the most densely populated places in the world adding to fears that if the corona virus is detected here it will spread quickly. border crossings with israel and egypt are closed only emergency travel is allowed. to hasn't registered any cases thank god i'm here to leave gaza for 4 months i need a liver transplant coronavirus are not death is death and the health ministry and aid organizations are runni

cal, i want to start with the gaza strip, it is the most populace place on earth by density. it's a small place with a very high population and has a number of problems specific to it, which should make this very, very worrisome. >> reporter: the united nations tells you that the gaza strip borders on a humanitarian crisis on a daily basis. this is a place that does not have adequate medical care and the vast majority of people live underneath the poverty line. it has been under a blockade for the past 14 years by both the israelis and the egyptians. it is completely locked down there to begin with. it's an incredibly difficult situation, a very scary situation for the humanitarian workers who are already hampered by travel restrictions getting in and out of there. everybody around the world, certainly, is concerned with what we're seeing out of italy. i want to show you some of the video of what we're seeing out of the italian hospitals. and this is what people in augusta are going to be terrified of. it is frankly what people in london are afraid of. we've seen this massive

strip so you can do the math as soon as they are more than 1500 people also feel the hospitals would simply not cope so that's one big concern the other concern is that in these crowded conditions you know with 812 people often sharing a 2 bedroom apartment let's say it's extremely challenging. the usual measures being advised by the world health organization like social distancing and of course proper hygiene it conditions in terms of hand washing and so on has also a challenge at the best of times. iran has seen a further jump in corona virus related fatalities the health ministry confirms 120 through 3 new deaths raising the country's official death toll to more than 2600 as of sunday has a total of more than $38000.00 infections with travel bans in place and the country's airport shutdown president hassan rouhani defended the country's response to the virus saying he had to consider the economy while tackling the pandemic has been struggling under u.s. sanctions which prevent the country from selling oil on the international market. earlier spoke with a journalist in tehran and a

in 2010 out you 0 again exclusive access to a young family in the gaza strip. fighting forecast for this sick child born with a medical condition curable by routine surgery but caught in the red tape of the healthcare the iraq received. rewind born in gaza on al-jazeera. every year 50000000 tons of electronic waste is thrown away the majority is a legally done in developing countries right now electronic waste is the most traded as of this with retracing the tech through the criminal organizations making big profits and asking why the west is turning a blind eye. manmade on the waste trail on al-jazeera. we know what is happening in our region we know how to get to places that others cannot and fires are stonewalling on the way they can you tell the story is what can make a difference. hundreds more coronavirus deaths in spain with hospitals overwhelmed the army asking nato partners extra medical equipment. this is out jazeera live from doha also coming up russia's president perspectives an upcoming vote on constitutional reforms as the country tries to stem th

strip raising the number of infections set to 9 in the evening reports. in one of the world's most populated areas and an outbreak of the guna virus could pose in list challenges social distancing is nearly impossible for palestinians in the besieged gaza strip. 2 quarantine centers are being built in the south a northern areas that could house a 1000 people in a worst case scenario you all those returning from abroad have been put in isolation and how many as authorities have turned hotels into quarantine centers 13 years of the israeli egyptian located in the woods with israel officials say the health system here is in shambles they warn the region will not be able to survive an outbreak was of the hover that have a lot of the other women for the most even without a pandemic the ministry of health was already unable to provide people with all the services due to the scene it would be catastrophic if the spread we started transferring some of the medical quitman from hospitals inside gaza to the new hospitals dealing with patients with. the new field hos

so far at least 9 confirmed infections in the gaza strip how would you describe the situation there right now. well there are. 2 things 11 good and bad the good thing that the 1st 2 were infected they came from abroad and in isolation once they arrived at the. world they were in in contact with the infected so we are talking about 2 who are isolated and not coming from the local so the bad things. in this number might not be limited to this and it would be a catastrophe i mean now 'd since the end of the month no schools no universities. now is it closed. under story are limited still people there's no curfew. the local authority is advising people in commending them to stay at home there is no a complete commitment as people still go out. but i mean. obviously we'd see that people have the fear of this virus to be spread. and even as we see in those pictures of the lord is doing what they can but this is really an uphill battle to control the spread in gaza walk us through daily living conditions there. well there this is this is ongoing problem goes like suffering from 14 years old look

strip so you can do the math as soon as they are more than 1500 people also feel the hospitals would simply not cope so that's one big concern the other concern is that in these crowded conditions you know with 812 people often sharing a 2 bedroom apartment let's say it's extremely challenging to implement the usual measures being advised by the world health organization like social distancing and of course proper hygiene it conditions in terms of hand washing and so on has a challenge at the best of times. the coronavirus spreading across the globe is just starting to take hold in africa with more than a 1000 registered infections south africa is officially the worst hit nation on the continent the country has just begun a 3 week national lockdown and local authorities are taking a hardline approach to enforce it or no no mother not the army is out on the streets here in one of johannesburg's poor neighborhoods it's trying to enforce what seems difficult for many staying at home. for the lead waba family locked down mean 6 people sharing 12 square meters that normally only happens a

in the whole of the gaza strip so you can do the math as soon as they are more than 1500 people also the hospitals would simply not cope so that's one big concern the other concern is that in these crowded conditions you know with 812 people often sharing a 2 bedroom apartment let's say it's extremely challenging. the measures being advised by the world health organization like social distancing and of course proper hygiene it conditions in terms of hand washing and so on has a challenge at the best of times. gaza has been blockaded for years by israel in egypt of course how might those countries respond for example is there any talk of temporarily lifting restrictions for humanitarian reasons. well there's a couple of things to say about this number one that there has been over these last 2 or 3 weeks since the koran that reached the region let's say a relatively pragmatic cooperation with the israeli authorities so the goods we have needed to bring in for hospitals and so on as united nations they've been out through and they have also not curtailed the movement of other goods we r

strip so you can do the math as soon as they are more than $1500.00 people also the hospitals would simply not cope so that's one big concern the other concern is that in these crowded conditions you know with 812 people often sharing a 2 bedroom apartment let's say it's extremely challenging to implement the usual measures being advised by the world health organization by social distancing and of course proper hygienic conditions in terms of hand washing and so on has also a challenge at the best of times. that was mathias a director of the united nations relief and works agency for palestinian refugees in gaza talking today now to some of the other stories making news around the world . the spanish coast guard has rescued of a 700 migrants. at sea near the canary islands the migrants were brought to port in grand canaria antenna where they underwent medical checks since the outbreak of the corona crosses the influx of migrants into europe has slowed some of. the 20 reward for the u.s. state of arkansas on saturday injuring 6 people and causing damage to a shopping mall and a local

an explosion and fire at a refugee camp in the gaza strip have killed at least 10 palestinians and injured some 60 others officials say the blaze broke out at a bakery before and golf in a crowded market initial investigation suggest a leak from gas cylinders may have caused the explosion. let's now turn to the latest on the coronavirus saudi arabia is reopening the holy sites in mecca and medina after they were closed for sterilization the plenary session of the european parliament was reshipped will be rescheduled from strasburg to brussels next week meanwhile australia has banned travel from south korea the country with the highest number of cases outside china and the un calculated that almost 300000000 students globally have been affected by school closures because of the virus. a new poll shows that people here in germany are not panicking about the spread of the virus but all growing more concerned only 6 percent of germans say they have very afraid of contracting the virus while another 17 percent a somewhat worried those figures are up more than 10 percent from last month however

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virus at the gaza strip however egypt has close instead of the crossing which is the only exit to the gazans to the outer world that doesn't include israel so that crossing remains closed at the moment and we are waiting to see as per post again official they were expecting the numbers at least in the occupied west bank to increase so it's really only see at the moment our need to appreciate that thanks very much they need abraham reporting that well u.s. president donald trump is expected to announce steps that will reduce the impact of credit hours on the economy on monday he said he will discuss a payroll tax cut with congressional republicans this comes as global stock markets plunge to have a great friends in the crash and oil prices and more than 600 americans have been affected by the virus and that's across 34 states. we are going to take care of and have been taking care of the american public and the american economy we are going to be asking tomorrow we're seeing the senate right to be meeting with house republicans which mcconnell everybody and discussing a possible payrol

an explosion and fire at a refugee camp in the gaza strip have killed at least 9 palestinians and injured more than 50 officials say the blaze broke out at a bakery before engulfing a crowded market initial investigations to just a leak from gas cylinders may have calls the explosion. the climate campaigner great in-tune bag and other activists from across europe demonstrated outside the european commission in brussels today the protest comes a day after the e.u. unveiled a new climate will they propose making the european union carbon neutral by the year 2050 the activists are calling for swift or. for the crisis on the border between greece and turkey is getting worse turkey is sending a 1000 riot police to the border their job is to block any return of refugees who have been pushed back by greek authorities after trying to cross into the european union migrants and refugees headed to the border about a week ago after turkey said that it would no longer stop them from trying to enter your. faces of dispatch thousands of refugees have gathered on the border the focus on the turkish town

an explosion and fire at a refugee camp in the gaza strip have killed at least 10 palestinians and injured some 60 others officials say the blaze broke out at a bakery before engulfing a crowded market initial investigations suggest a leak from gas cylinders may have caused the explosion. turning now to the latest on the coronavirus the plenary session of the european parliament will be told from strasburg to brussels next week in the u.s. california joins washington state and florida in declaring a state of emergency as the number of new infections rises meanwhile australia has banned travel from south korea the country with the highest number of cases outside china and the u.n. calculated that almost 300000000 students globally have been affected by school closures because of the virus. south korea is reporting another spike in new coronavirus cases as a battle's the biggest outbreak of the disease outside china beijing offered south korea all necessary assistance to fight the epidemic china points to its expertise treating tens of thousands of patients in the city of which is the global

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the 967 arab israeli war ended with israel occupying the egyptian sinai peninsula the gaza strip the syrian golan heights and the west bank. the israeli army entered jerusalem and the city came under israeli control. it was a turning point in the life of archbishop. what he can do with the whole world by the some most of the. just as we would think ilesha for bad and morality to us. come ahead definitely to some house it didn't and americana sure had that for show our well as a tough one how often. definite they hear out of by me a shade with what kind of i would move either like bob. usually on the aisle or a shade i was sure that my about him what we had here the. bad. for the semi was from our city some our city let me just. deferred it or you lead slightly you want to be there. at the end is the man i'll ask in the vision he did in libya. the one horny shot at an elongated made any ask anybody in the theater. looking. at a live. road in his memoirs 3 days after the occupation of jerusalem i was driving my car on the streets of the city wearing my clerical clothes. an israeli sold

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our medical capabilities for the 14th year and a row it's meant the gaza strip has lost all its basic facilities which provide health and human interest care and that's the condition and which today we're facing this virus and we won't be able to find this problem if we don't receive significant need for the health sector especially medical supplies and i.c.u. things to ease the world health organization which visited gaza this week also gave its verdict the strips failing health care system will not be able to deal with a pandemic all along rather even superpowers couldn't control these fires not to mention the high density of population here which can lead to a severe escalation of the pandemic so. the situation here now is harder than during any war we had before we've witnessed 3 of them but this scenario is definitely worse. we ask all concerned countries to show a bit of humanity can stand with us we don't have enough money to buy those masks we buy only one per day and even this not everybody can afford most people can only buy food and most of the youth are unemployed despite

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we've done a lot of reporting in the gaza strip over the past two years, and you see people living in very close quarters with limited access to medical care. hamas is trying to work with egyptian authorities to bring and what supplies they can to the southern crossing that connects with egypt, and the israelis have allowed a number of test kits to go into the gaza strip, but again, the concern is, with 2 million people around a 27-mile long strip of land, if there were to be a widespread outbreak with limited medical care, this could be a new hotbed for the entire middle east of potential cases coming out of gaza. trace? >> trace: very true. trey yingst on the ground in jerusalem. actually in tel aviv. trey, thank you. with millions out of work because of coronavirus, many worry about the possibility of being evicted if they are unable to pay rent. some states have issued executive orders allowing local governments to pause evictions, and others have taken it a step further, saying that no landlord can evict a tenant during the pandemic. >> so i'm just really trying to get a message

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the world health organization which visited gaza this week also gave its verdict the strips failing health care system will not be able to deal with the pandemic all along rather even superpowers couldn't control these forests not to mention the high density of population here which can lead to a severe escalation of the pandemic. and the situation here now is harder than during any war we had before and we've witnessed 3 of them that this scenario is definitely worse. we are concerned countries to show a bit of humanity and stand with us we don't have enough money to buy those masks we buy only $1.00 per day and even this not everybody can afford $100.00 most people can only buy food and most of the youths are unemployed despite this so far as he's in gaza are trying to be prepared for whatever is coming they are building a common team saying. to host up to 500 people while a shoe factory in the west bank has now switched to making medical masks it's reportedly the only place in the area that produces the vital protection israel also apparently understands the severity of the problem is t

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