to headlines on press tv, palestinian officials said the death told from the relentless israeli bombings in the gaza strip. is nearing 24,800. the united nations says thousands of palestinians have probably been detained by israeli forces in the gaza strip facing humiliation and torture in detention. and the hezbollah resistance movement says it has conducted new retalitory strikes on israely positions south of the lebanese border.

hello everyone, you're watching press tv live from the studios in tegan, thank you for joining guys, now 105 days into the israeli war on the gaza strip and the regime continues with this carpet bombing campaign across the beseeged palestinian territory, the overall death sold 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 keeps bombing residential buildings and refugee camps in areas it had said that would be safe. hospitals are overwhelmed across the besieg territory with people literally waiting on the floor for medical staff to intervene and save them. the deadly raids are being conducted while the coastal territory is under near total communication. the united

nations says israel may have detained thousands of palestinians in gaza since early october when the regime launched this unslot on the besieged gaza's rave. during my time here i managed to meet a number of released detainees, these are men we were detained by the israeli security forces in unknown locations. for between. between 30 to 55 days, they describe being beaten, humiliated, subjected ill treatment and to what may amount to torture, they reported being blindfolded for long periods, some of them for several consecutive days. i don't see any, some guys said the palestinians are detained in horrific conditions, he said he personally heard the counts of release detinies who said they were beaten up. and

humiliated, the commissioner also ed the release of those held without charge and called for a transparent investigation into all instances of torture by israel. multiple released palestinian detainees say they were of transferred in trucks to open air prisons where they suffered different forms of mistreatment. they took me to the truck and the truck was crowded with detail needs. they practiced the worst types of torture on us it was rainy night, so they took us to northern area and put us on the asphalt. it was raining hard and it was cold. we stayed in the rain for more than an hour and they beat us while we were tied up. defeat prisoners also said they were threatened to be shot and forced to insult palestinian groups and political figures. such accounts are backed by footage released by israel, troopers on

social media that show their mistreatment of prisoners, the videos often show blindfolded palestinians amongst them, women and children. israel continues to target hospitals in the gaza strip destroying the few healthcare facilities still open in the territory. the palestinian red cross said the regime attacked al-amal hospital in the seven in city of han unis with drones. it added that displaced people were injured, as israel drones targeted citizens with intense gunfire at the facility, the world health organization says most of the coastal slivers 36 hospitals have stopped working. the organization says israel has attacked hospitals and other vital medical infrastructure nearly 600 times. the united nations office for humanitarian affairs says israel is blocking most. the much needed

humanitarian aid into northern gaza. the bodies branch in palestine says israel denied almost 70% of the aid that was about to be delivered to northern gaza during the first half of january. the group added that the israely military also blocked 95% of shipments of fuel and medicine in the same period. now the un said this week that israel is destroying gaza's food system and using food as a weapon against the palestinian people. south african politician and youth activist muhammad khalid saiad has talked to us about the israeli genocide in gaza. he also explains why the regime is imposing communications black out in the area buse, this is genocide, the pictures are here, the death toll speaks to it, but even within that context, the people of gaza and the resistance and hamas in particular have put

up a brave fight and they continue to resist, and we want to commend them for that, without iran, this particular axis giving support to the... people of gaza, the resistance in gaza will not be possible. the aim of the israeli regime in carrying out this particular blackout is so that they can suppress the information coming out of gaza, so that their crimes, their atrocities, their genocide cannot be sent out to the rest of the world, but still the information is at our disposal, so that's their objective, but also you know um... "crazy regimes like the israeli regime, especially the one led by benjamin netanyahu does not always even think rationally, even in terms of their own interests, yes the interest is to obliterate, to flatten gaza, to kill each and every palestinian living in gaza, but the blocking out of communication,

they see it as part of that, but they do not understand that this is simply backfiring, it's making the israeli'. regime yet again look um like a regime that wants to close out each and every communication. israel and hezbollah resistance movement continue to exchange fire along lebanon's southern border and the latest clashes, israel occupation forces have conducted new strikes on several southern lebanese towns. in response, hezbulah has fire a barrage of missiles at upper galilea in the northern occupied territories. israely media say a drone was also launched from lebanon and reached haifa bay. the two sides have been engaged in intense fighting since israel launched its genocidal war on gaza early october. the lebanese movement says attacks on israel will stop only if the regime ends its onslot on palestinians. press tv's correspondent mariam

sal earlier joined us with more details about the latest developments along the southern lebanese border. let's see what she had to say. well we do know that the resistance has declared in a statement that they targeted uh movement of the israeli soldiers between two the israeli posts in the occupied shabah farms. it's between ramtha and sumaka that area it seemed there was movement for soldiers. hasbullah said they attacked them with the use of a burkan rocket. they also used the burkan rocket in. this is another post for the israeli. but not in occupied lebanese territory, it's in occupied palestinian territory, and it's they also use burkan in that instance as well, it seems has been using the burcon rocket more often in the latest round of confrontations, but we also have other operations where they

conducted also other resistance operations in certain areas, we do know from the israeli media that they have shot down as they say a drone which flew from lebanese territory, hazballah has not denied or claimed any responsibility on that, but they said that it was flying close to an area which was in ha, it could have been a huzballah, it could be, it could have been from hizballah to towards a strategic area, and hifa could have also been something from the iraqia resistance, since we know that they are quite active in that arena as well, we know that there was an explosion recently and near the oil refinery. and in haifa. i am edward said. i was born in 1935 into a christian family. most of my family left jerusalem because they had to, and it was an area that fell to the hagana in

i think february of 1948. the idea of being a fugitive is just like being affected by leprosy. all palestinians feel the same sense of exile. the charge which created outrage when it was first raised, i think they tried to doub design as racist thing, but you see unfortunately, i think there is something in it. so for him, the writing of orientalism was actually shaped by his engagement with the question of power of time. our homeland was lost in history and right in front of people's eyes. welcome back, yemines from all walks of life have gathered in the capital. and other cities to condemn the move by the united states to redesignate the ansara

movement as a terrorist group. they also reaffirmed their full support for palestinians in gaza facing israely genocide. press tv's abdul latif awashali has more in this report. thousands of yemanies have filled the streets of the capital sanna and other major cities to slam the us black listing of the ansarullah movement. the protesters also expressed their. was support for the yemani army's operations in the red sea and gulf of eden. we came here today and 17 square to send a big message to the sahoni, israelian, american and british. we have a good weapon to make you under the sea, not under the ground, under the sea. the yemen people and the whole world know who america is. entire history is full of terrorism, murder, crime, corruption, support for criminals and the production of weapons

for more killing. there is nothing clearer than the crimes committed by israel and america in the gaza strip with no less than 240 marters every day, not to mention the wounded and the missing. therefore, for america to classify any group in the world as terrorist is very silly and it cannot be believed by rational person. officials say the recent us move is in line with washington support for the israeli regime and its atrocities in gaza. they say the us is endangering the region to protect the israeli regime which clearly exemplifies terrorism. it's a great honor for us that the sponsor and the founder of terrorism which has killed countless people around the world and use its atomic bombs in hiroshima and nakazaki and kill hundreds of thousands there is the one that classified us as terrorists. but we represent the most honorable position from moral and humanitarian standpoint. america's

recent designation is in line with its support for the israeli genocidal war against palestinians in gaza. we stand with palestine and will not back down from this position. in response to the yemeni army's relentless attacks against israeli linked vessels in the red sea, the u.s. has announced the redesignation of the ansarullah movement as a terrorist group. the group has been stippen up its military operation. against american and the british ships and the red sea and the gulf of aden, the us and uk launched attacks on yemen following its move to target israely link ships in retaliation for the regime's genocide in gaza. despite the strikes by the us and the uk, people have gathered here to prove their point. they say they are not afraid of new war and are ready for all options. they also believe that the us is the godfather of terrorism and has no right to designate any of the resistance movements as a terrorist group. the islamic resistance in

iraq claims responsibility for downing a us military drone in a northern iraqi area on thursday, the group said in a statement that is shot down the mq9 reaper drone in diala province. according to the statements, the aircraft was coming from the us airbase in kuwait. the development comes amid height and tension and simmering anti- american sentiment across the region. over the past months, iraqi resistance forces have carried out attacks on american basis both in iraq and neighboring syria on an almost daily basis. this is in response to the us support for the israeli genocide in gaza. anti israel initiatives have begun in italy's northern city of vichenza as the seventh. edition of the city's prestigious gold and diamond industry fair kicks off. protests have been

staged in response to a high number of israely jewelry dealers being present at the fair. placed in italy's wealthy northeast, vichensa is known for being the country's capital of gold and for an international gold and jewelry industry fair which has been running for 70 years. this year's addition has seen a number of anti-israel initiative. is organized across the city. on friday, a protest was held in the vicinity of the trade fair premises and protest to tel aviv's massacres against the civilians in gaza, israel, one of the diamond. world's leading centers occupied an entire pavillion for its dealers at the jewelry boutique showcase. israel's diamond exports have increased even in the past months, even when the regime is committing a genocide against the palestinians. israel's diamonds are drinched in blood. tel aviv steals the precious jams

from african countries such as congo, sudan and iwary coast using children at is the easiest source of cheap labor, protesters outside vicenza's jewelry industry fair are saying that most people don't know that the diamond industry is a main source of funding for the israeli military, they argue that israeli blood diamonds have bankrawled the mass murder of over 24,00 gazons since early october, most of whom were women and children. vicenza has been hosting rallys in response to israeli. we are against having the israelis at the vichensa gold fair, it's immoral for everybody and mostly for our city, doing business with a country that is standing before the international court of justice is dishonerable, a country that is

committing genocide now as we speak, what's the difference between our deaths? and the ukrainian de also on friday a public assembly was held in central vicenza, the initiative was attended among the others by italian healthcare workers who were in gaza during the bombing carried out by israeli regime in the past months. on saturday, vicenza will also host a rell in solidarity with the besieged palestinians, max chivili press tv, vicenza. the pro-palestinian demonstration has been held in the... in capital vienna amit the ongoing israeli genocide in gaza, our correspondent rinish has asked the participants what they think of the ongoing israeli bloodshed and the us strikes on yemen, here's what they have to say. i think the us's stand and involvement is a disgrace,

and um, not only are they happy to support israel uh, both vocal. and materially with with weapons and money and arms, but they're actually now uh preventing yemen or and those countries that are are actively supporting uh palestine or actively trying to preventuh the genocide and i'm very very disappointed in the western politics right now and what they're doing including austria and america and germany and so on and how no matter how many times they uh condone genocide um just... for nothing and like on blank papers and as many times as they say that all equal all lives matter equally, they show their true thoughts and their intentions when they start bombing gamen and when they ship bombs to palestine and when mike pance uh science bombs that are going to be deployed and like exploded in gaza and that children are killed

with and the recent developments in the middle east and american involvement and american in imperialism in the middle east is very concerning uh, particularly the bombing of yemen, um, this sort of military strategy of bombing indiscriminately, um, is a respy for disaster, i don't see anything happening um, that will benefit anyone apart from the exacerbation of um, more conflict, more deaths, um, and continuation of what we're seeing in in gaza at the moment, which is um, "the us acting completely irresponsibly in terms of um protecting lives, the safety of civilians. a group of 60 democrats and the us house of representatives have erged the government to reject in their words the forced and permanent displacement of palestinians in gaza. the group made the call

a letter to secretary of state anthony blincan. the comments are a reaction to the recent figures that show..." nearly 2 million people are internally displaced in the gaza strip due to the israeli onslot. that's over 80% of the territories population and far right israeli ministers want many of them to be permanently removed from their homes. the us law-makers also asked the government to make clar clarification on a request to provide $14 billion dollars in new security and other aid to israel. the request is despite pressures on the government including from inside the congress to halt arm sales to israel over his brutal campaign in the gaza strip. in the united states, the election season is is already here, but with far more dread than hope, many believe there will be even more term this november than in 2020 with wide spread concerns about election

related violence. ramen mazary has more on this story. the united states election campaign has just officially begun 10 months before going to the voting booth. in iowa, ex-president donald trump easily won the republican party's kick. off to primary season, but he's still as controversial as ever. many openly claim that his return to the white house would produce civil war, retribution tribunals, dictatorship, and even worse. in new hampshire, a revolt against the democratic national committee means local democrats will soon hold a primary which has been stripped of its delegates. that helps reflect the deep dissatisfaction within the party. towards president joe biden, many wonder if the previous elections unprecedented political activism and months of chaos will return? yeah, 2020 was crazy,

hope it's not as intense as that. i think 2024 is going to look like 1968. the parallels are uncanning, chicago convention etc. etc. i think very good chance biden will pull out in the first quarter of this year and not be the nominees. so i think anything, anything and everything will happen. with both candidates having such high disapproval ratings and amid such economic, political and military disaster, it's widely expected that both candidates will run extremely negative campaigns. i'm expecting a brutal campaign, they they're all garbage in in some way or another, and uh hope for the best uh for the country. i mean, how i end up voting, i guess is my own. particular decision when the time comes, but uh, certainly don't like where the country's at today. biden support for israel's latest war on gaza has deeply

angered his critical base of young voters. many muslim and arab americans have vowed to not cast vote for biden. either group could dip the balance in what poles expect to be the fourth consecutive presidential election to be decided by less than four and a half points. i think that. that's that's the crypt tonight for joe biden, he's he's screwed up that that uh situation so badly that you know the younger generations turned against him, and i don't see, if he continues with his stance on on gaza, i don't see like the younger generation uh coming back for his his support. the war against gaza will also drastically shape congressional elections. a recent nationwide poll found that voters prefer candidates who support a ceasefire in gaza to those who don't by a whopping... two to one margin ramin masahari, press tv, chicago. the iranian military has launched day two of air defense drills marked by a

variety of exercises. the maneuvers featured operations using air defense systems to counter electronic. and cyber attacks, the units involved in the drills also used drones to electronically disrupt radars as well as air reconnaissance systems. participating troops practice shooting down targets at low altitude, using for the first time domestically developed short range air defense system called the 9th of day. are using nohed system in bulk that is new anti-cruise missile system, of course it has passed its operational tests for more than year, the maneuvers also involved intelligence satellites on mandeal vehicles

and air defense radars. intelligence gathering systems were used as well to spot and take out mock enemy targets. the drills are carried out jointly by the iranian army and iran's islamic revolution gards core, the irgc. and with that we come to the end of this bulletin. thank you for being with us, i'll be back with the recap of the top stories on press tv in around four minutes time. take care for now.

news in brief for this hour, 17 palestinians have been killed in the latest israely air strikes on gaza, five lost their lives in a strike a residential building in han unis, the other two... were killed in an air raid near shifa hospital in gaza city. the overall death toll in gaza tops 24,760. the united nations says thousands of palestinians have probably been detained by israeli forces in the gaza strip facing humiliation and torture in detention. a un commissioner says palestinians are kept in horrific conditions urging the release of those held without charge.