shadow band, we are the censored, we are the voice of the voiceless, we are press tv. press tv's news and brief israel continues with its carpet bombing campaign across the bissiege gaza strip, now the overall death till from the regime's war. has passed 24,760, more than 62,00 others have been wounded and thousands are still under the rubble of their homes. israel confirms new military losses and clashes with palestinian resistance fighters in the gaza strip. the military says a trooper died of wounds, he sustained in battle in southern gaza on wednesday. it says 191 soldiers has so far been killed in the ground invasion of gaza.

mexico and chile have referred israel's war on gaza to the international criminal court, they've expressed concern over escalating violence against palestinian civilians, especially children. that comes a week after south africa also presented a case to the international court of justice over israel's genocide in gaza. hundreds of thousands of people have taken to the streets of yemen and jordan to voice support for palestinians. yemeny protesters denounced washington's unequivocal support for israel. demonstrators in jordan ask um their government and other arab states not to normalize their relations with israel, and the iranian military has held the second day of air defense drills conducting a variety of exercises, the maneuvers featured operations using air defense systems to counter electronic and cyber attacks. also drones were used to electronically disrupt radars as well as air reconniscent systems. crisis, devastating

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welcome to spotlight. for more than 100 days every day, hundreds of lives are being taken by israel in the gaza strip. it's more than 100 days at every day. numerous massacres are being committed against palestinians. it's more than 100 days at every day. thousands of people in gaza lose their mothers, fathers, their brothers, their sisters, and lose their children, nearly 25,000. it may just be number to some, but to palestinians. they were loved ones whom they will never see again. what is this uh that humanity cannot of stop this textbook example of genocide? we're going to try to figure that out in tonight's spotlight. attorney, activist and political analyst zakir ahmad is joining us from johannesburg and also radio hosts and journalists. welcome to the program, let's

of start off with mr. ah and now the overall death toll for israel's 105 days of incessant bombing and attacks has passed 24, over 62,ous people have also been injured, schools, churches, hospitals, mosks, ambulances, they've been frequent target of the strikes which have left only a handful of medical facilities partially operational, gazons are literally waiting on the floor for medical staff to intervene and save them, please share with us your perspective on the horrors that gazents have been during during this genocide as the world watches on? i think the south african perspective has been reflected by the application before the icj brought about by the republic of south africa and i think it truly encapsulates what is

happening within the gaza strip at the moment. this is purely a genocide. in the 84 page document that was compiled by the state, what was very clear is that this is a systematic process, a planned destruction of a portion of the palestinian people, everything that has been done by the signist entity, from the destruction of medical facilities to the denial of basic things such as food, water, power, fuel and other sorts of items that are necessary for the basic survival of human beings and should be guaranteed in terms of the laws of armed conflict have been stopped and therefore it can only be viewed as one one thing and that the palestinian people are the target of the zinist entity and that it is subject to the zianist entities rage. the only thing that we can draw from this is that israel has exposed

itself, the mask has fallen and it's exposed itself as a genocidal state that practices a part and is a colonial outpost and it comes as no surprise. that former colonial powers have rushed to their aid to try and protect them, to allow them the card blanch to continue their massacre, and fortunately the access of resistance has created equalizer that has changed the battlefield as we see today. don debar, since the beginning of the israeli un sagt on gaza, the israeli regime has sought to dismantle the resistance groups in gaza, however after 105 days of lethal and deadly attacks by the israelis... palestinian resistance groups are fighting back strong both inside and outside of gaza. according to the israeli military, total of 191 soldiers have been killed in the ground invasion of gaza. palestinian resistance groups. however, they're saying that the death those is much higher as israel is hiding the real number of

its military losses. israel settlements continue to be targeted as well. so that means that the israelis have not achieved their military objectives. even israelis are admitting to that, so other than become. have the israel achieved? they've managed to alienate whatever friends they had on the record holders for murdering children, what ground in most parts of the world, and they've managed to completely dispell the myth of israeli democracy and pluralism. israel is apartied state that israel is expelling and land cleansing the palestinian. from palestine and there is no objective observer that can deny this uh any longer, that's one thing that they've achieved. another thing that they've achieved is that uh, in essence they've been able to isolate the united states among the world um in a way

that even the incompetent mororons in the white house and around president biden have been unable to do and as previous morons like george bush were unable to do uh... "there are now not only the cuba sanctions where the us is you know one of two or three voices against the entire global community at the general assembly, but there are resolutions, including genocidal resolutions uh where the us stands with israel, ukraine and maybe palao or marshall islands depending on what data it is, um, that is also one achievement of israel, it's a remarkable achievement to tell the truth, the united states, the most powerful military on the planet. so at least by dollar spent um and uh with one of the largest economies, if not the largest depending on your measurement stands alone uh in front of the world as siding with genocide and unabashedly. myat, the recent israeli

raids mostly in the south of gaza, which was supposed to be safe zone, were conducted under the cover of near total communications blackout. now, a un rights expert has also said that what israel is doing is the most obvious one and that is to blind the international world's eyes hoping that the massacers would not be documented, the massacers would not be reported and it would not be live streamed. one of the defining characteristics of this particular war is that the massacers, the attacks have been documented, it becomes impossible for israel to distance itself from the large scale force and disproportion force. being utilized against the civilian population and can only be determined that this is means of

terrorizing the population. the second reason is to hamstring aid capabilities, and this has been documented by the united nations, by numerous aid agencies that it becomes impossible to coordinate delivery of aid and other important functions such as medical extractions etc. or to dispatch civilian defense grows. to rescue people from bomb buildings if there is no communication. the final aspect, and this is a feebal attempt by the israeli regime to try and hamstring the resistance capabilities in the hope that because there would be some sort of digital blackout, whether it's electronic warfare or destruction of infrastructure, telecommunications infrastructure, they would be able to disrupt the capabilities of the resistance to conduct the operation. what has been demonstrated is that the resistance works in two to three men crews, they

continue autonomously and they've been incredibly successful on the ground, and israel's plans to in all three phases or rather all three spheres have failed, the world knows what they are doing, the ghazan people remain resilient despite their suffering and the resistance is destroying the zionist entity a daily basis, it's a complete loss for israel despite. their driconian tactics. tondabar, mexico and chile have referred israel's war on gaza to the icc, that's the international criminal court. last week south africa also presented a case at the icj, the international court of justice over the gaza war. that case said israel is committing genocide in gaza. what kind of outcome are you expecting from these international tribunals? in addition to that, benyamin netanyahu in a defiant message recently said that. quote, nobody can stop us, not the hag, and not anybody else, that

sounds just like what a bloodthirsty war criminal would say, doesn't it? yeah, it's exactly what a blood thirsty war criminal did say as matter of fact, his name is george w. bush, when there were grumblings at in the public sphere about going to the icc, about us behavior in afghanistan and iraq, uh, he said in essence that if any of our and the they passed. uh legislation uh certainly executive order remember made it through the congress, but there was law made um or declared that if any enforcement you know arm the icc attempted to mettle with any american military personnel that the united states would defend them, including they call it, i forget the uh bomb the hague act or something, some very aggressive language including military options against the icc, so uh this is... exactly what a blood thirsty world criminal would say because that's what a bloodthirsty world criminal did say, but

between the two, you have the icj, international court of justice, which is a direct construct is part of the un charter uh, which has is charged with dealing with disputes between states, that's why the parties are here bringing the case, particularly south africa, it's a nation state, and so they have the, they have standing to do this, the icc uh, they basically the... looking at criminal activity not by states, although that that can be that, but by individuals, so we're looking at cases that are being brought against israel, and i haven't seen the cases yet at the icc, they just filed yesterday, but i assume netanyahu and other officials are going to be named. now, what happens, at the moment at the icj, they're seeking injunctive relief, in other words, not, we'll settle the case later as we can litigate it, but right now we want you to stop them from blowing up gaza, and that is what's before the court if... "south africa prevails, a judgment comes out the icj, then the question of of that is,

okay, we have to go to the security council to get authority to have military action taken to enforce this, if israel refuses to do it, like netanyahu says, he will, well, the us vetos it, or they have britain or france veto it at the security council, it's a dead end there, if anyone were to actually militarily intervene after that, they would be in violation of the un charter and..." realistically speaking, if the us is standing with israel now, whoever is going to challenge that, no matter what comes out of these courts, is taking a war with the united states, and they're making it clear while they're bombing. and saying this has nothing to do with israel in the midst of this genocide. mr. ahmed, how important has the unified response been from the resistance in the region and retaliation for the war on gaza, there's lebanon's hezbulah, yemen's resistance movement and the armed forces of the country, resistance groups in syria and

iraq, were the israelis in washington not considering the repercussions of a coordinated and unified response. from all resistance fronts in the region? i think they did, i think they did take this into consideration and part of the calculus, because the united states was compelled to send two aircraft carrier battle groups to the region to try and threaten the resistance access into sitting on the sidelines and watching their brother and being slaughted in razza. this did not go according to plan, it was impossible for the united states. to exercise any form of deterrance and what we are seeing now is a complete changing of the table, ansar allah in yemen have imposed the naval blockade on all ships heading towards the zinus port of alat, they have targeted us ships as well, despite the heavy presence of us warships within the region and within

striking distance of yemen, they have shown fearlessness on the northern front, hazballah has achieved its goal, it was twofold, one was to draw some of the best israeli forces up towards the north and keep them occupied there in a war not only of attrition but also keep them in a state of uncertainty, therefore it would be impossible for them to relieve the pressure on the north and going assist the slaughter in gaza, therefore it kept the israeli military force. particularly depleted in the gaza strip, the second part was to impose economic suffering on the zionist entity, by forcing approximately, the figures are fluctuating, but between 90 to 100 thous settlers in the north had to be evacuated out of the reach of hazballah armaments, so when you look at these two

factors combining, hizballah has achieved its goals, we have now new indication that is coming out from the eastern side and that is both through syria as well as the brothers of hashd shabi that they have attacked both naval assets as well as seen ballistic missiles and cruise missiles through to places like hifa they've hit a lot few times and this has been another dimension if this continues escalate it's very clear that the resistance will continue to escalate they have been question. about the resistance access, how are they at the moment, what is the condition, and they are in brilliant state at the moment, they continue to work tandem with each other, and the only party that is losing on the ground today is that of the united states, israel and its colonial backers, it's very clear, the evidence is written on the wall that the resistance

access has succeeded, don debar, do you believe that the israelis are seeking to expand their? on gaza into a wider regional conflict so they can get the us more directly involved, and if so, are these actions producing the results that tel aviv and washington were seeking, or are they in the words of hasan nasrulah further igniting the resistance front? if you recall, hezbollah just recently said it remains fully ready to go to war against israel. well, first of all, their onslot on gaza has always been a wider regional conflict, they've been bombing syria regularly for years and they've done hits uh in iran also and and elsewhere uh and certainly now, i mean netanyahu says that he's making war on iran publicly um and of course we're looking at at the activity that has been taking place across the border from

israel in in a number of other places. the us is already directly involved, they're bombing yemen as we speak, you know that they're all providing a-wax and other support for every bombing raid that israel takes takes part in, are they producing the results that israel and the us seek? first of all, the us seeks, israel does what the us seeks, israel has its own independence of motion regionally, the strategic vision is that of the united states, because without the united states there is no israel, and so uh, the us is pursuing right now, what it thinks may be, especially listening to folk, in europe uh the last couple of days, it's last chance foreign policy-wise to express the neocons desire to take out russia and to establish israel as the dominant power in the middle east. "they're going for it, and we're seeing it, you know, in both battlefields, if you want to consider them separate, um, and so uh, the results that they want uh, are you

know conquest in essence of iran uh, and of saudi arabia, who's been acting up a little bit lately, uh, of egypt, everyone falling into line and being heavy, heavily reliant on israel as proxy for the united states, um, the that is of course an existential threat everyone." in the region, even for even the people in the places like saudi arabia where perhaps the governments may not consider it that way, and so all it does is stoke resistance, people see that the vision that the us has for their area, they've seen it expressed long enough over the past century really, they've had it about enough and their backs are against the wall, particularly watching what's happening to the people in gaza, so of course they're going for it from the west side, and of course the... resistances is amping up to meet that challenge and we're going to see how that plays out. right, zach mat, um, the emmon army says that it's targeted an american ship

in the gulf of aiden in response to the us-uk strikes on the arab country. the pentagon says it was a third attack by the emines this week on u.s. own vessels in and around the red sea. now sano had said that the retaliation for the aggression by the us and the uk was inevitable. tell us more about the defiant message that yemenes are sending to the us and its allies, as they've been clear that these attacks will persist until israel ends its crimes against gazens. i think there are few things that have happened with regards to the brothers ofsar allah in yemen, they've exposed the united states as supporters of genocide, and that has a specific legal implication as well, when you place it in the context of the icj uh case, that's africa has raised, there has been reports within the media that south africa will be pursuing cases against the united states and the united kingdom as well for supporting the genocide against the

palestinian people, so that is significant and sort of actions have exposed the united states as supporters of the genocide and that they are prepared to take military action to ensure that israel's blockade or the blockade that has been imposed on is... israel comes to an end so that it may have the latitude to continue with its massacre of the palestinian people. the second thing that the yemenis have demonstrated is the capabilities to challenge both the united states and israel, there are ships from around the world, the united states, israel's warships are there, the united kingdom, there are french vessels as well, there are indian vessels there, and yet they are capable of hitting targets, that was great. degrees of accuracy and in instances where they have not, they have sent a very clear message, so they have demonstrated the capabilities of the resistance access, and then when we look at

the third point what has transpired is that when yemen was hit by the united states and the united kingdom, the response both from within palestine as well as the resistance axes, we're talking about lebanon, we're talking about syria and iraq, all have sent messages. made public statements that if the aggression continues against their brothers in yemen, they will ramp up the attacks and it will lead to a regional explosion. at the moment we have grades of escalation, we have letter of escalation that is being followed through by the resistance. what the united states is doing is that they are trying to distract the entire international community from the failures in gaza. they are trying to quietly withdraw israely. forces and try and impose new regime to govern in gaza, that is the aim, it's a destruction to move everyone away from the failure of the empire. one last

question for you, mr. don debar, the attacks on yemen, were they even more of a revelation that the us is fully supporting and fully green lighting the israeli massacre in gaza? absolutely, and in fact amplifying that... the statements from, if you want to call them statements from biden when asked if um first of all if this has anything to do with the war in israel and he denied it, and then asked if he thought that the bombings would stop theuh, assaults or interdiction or interference or whatever with ships going to israel, he said no, and then he said, but they're going to continue anyway, so there's no doubt, there's other purpose that these things serve. other than as an integral part the war that israel is conducting, they're denying it because as you rather guess pointed out, in essence if they're

coordinating military. activity and one party is committing genocide, the other side is is also culpable, but it's in essence what you calling contract lard joint and several liability, they're both doing it if one is doing it and they're working together. all right, thanks lot, gentlemen, zakir ah to turny activist and political analys joining us from johannesburg and radio host and journalist at cpr news, don debar joining us from austinning new york, and also thanks to you our viewers for staying with us on tonight spotlight. it's good night for now and see next time.

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the headlines, palestinian officials say the death toll from relendous's ready bombings in the gaza strip is nearing 24,800. mexico and chile refer israel's war on gaza to the icc overescalating violence against palestinian civilians and the yemini army says it is targeted an american ship in the gulf of aiden with appropriate naval missiles in response to us set air strikes on the country.