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tv   World News in Full  PRESSTV  February 15, 2024 7:30am-8:03am IRST

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in this documentary, the headlines, the red cross warns that israel's invasion of the southern gaza city of rafa would pose a disastrous risk to civilian lives and inf. structure. pro-palestine activists stage protest actions outside two uk-based firms over their role in fueling the israeli regime's genocide in the gaza strim. spain and ireland demand the european union to conduct an urgent probe into israel's compliance with its human rights commitments during the onslot on gaza.
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of hello and welcome everybody, it's 7:30 am here in the iranian capital techraning watching press tv's world news, our top story for this half hour, the israeli regime keeps pounding the besieg gaza strip with air strikes and artillery fire more than 130 days into the... suicidal campaign, at least five palestinians were killed after israeli war planes targeted residential buildings in alzeetun area in gaza city. in the north of uh gaza city, two women and one child were killed by an israeli air strike a civilian car earlier on wednesday, eight palestinians were killed and nearly two dozen others injured in israeli attacks on the alafsa marters hospital and the nosiet refugee camp in central gaza. the health ministry in gaza says 103 palestinians have been killed in the past. stay pushing the overall death tool to
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almost 28,600. the looming israeli invasion of gaza's southern city of rafa has triggered global alarms over potential civilian casualties. the international committee of the red cross says the regime's military aggression would pose a quote disastrous risk to civilian lives and infrastructure in the city. the red cross is the middle east directors called on israel to take, necessary measures to protect civilians in rafa, fabrizio carboni demanded that the fundamental principles of humanity be upheld in any military operation. he also cautioned against forced displacement of palestinians and the regimes in discriminate attacks on civilian areas, stressing that they are banned under international humanitarian law. meanwhile, germany's foreign minister has also expressed concern over the planned israeli military incursion into rafa, saying that it would lead to humanitarian catastrophe. more than half of gaza's
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population is currently seeking shelter in rafa. 1.3 million people are waiting there in a very small space. they don't really have anywhere else to go right now. many of them have followed israely evacuation orders and fled the fighting areas in northern gaza, often with nothing more than their small children in their arms and the last of their clothes on. these people cannot simply vanish into thin air. if the israeli army. to launch an offensive on rafa under these conditions, it would be humanitarian catastrophe in the making. annalena bierback emphasized a need for providing safe places and secure corridors to prevent mass civilian casualties in gaza. she also called for more border crossings to be opened for the delivery of humanitarian aid and medical supplies to the people of gaza. bearbox stress that a ceasefires urgently needed in the besieg territory. rafa was once safe haven for
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palestinians fleeing northern gaza strip in the earlier stages of the israel. that's when the regime forced the palestinians to evacuate their homes ahead of heavy bombardments. this is the status co in raffa now. the whole city has turned into a large overcrow. refugee camp. aerial images show how the population in raffa, more than quadropoled in a matter of few months, most residents are living in temporary structures such as tents, and eight organizations have warned of a dire humanitarian situation. food and water are scarce and the city's overburdened health infrastructure is on the brink. life in raffa has grown unbearable for people who have been traumatized by the loss of their loves. once, destruction of their
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homes, repeated displacements and the uncertainty of their life in what has become the world's largest refugee camp, but could it get any worse? this area was supposed to be safe zone, but there is no safety across the entire gaza strip. they said ref is safe, so we came here, what else could have brought us here, and now they are bombarding ref, where could we possibly go? just in one instance, around 100 palestinians were killed in israeli air strikes in raffa on february 12th. the city is located in the southern most part of the gaza strip. it's trapped between egypt and the south, the mediterranean sea. in the west, israeli occupied territories in the east and israeli troops in the north. egypt has blocked the border crossing as it doesn't want refugees from gaza. all this emit israel's push for a ground invasion into raffa under the pretext of arresting hamas leaders. prime minister
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benjamin netanyahu has ordered the israely army to evacuate civilians from the city, but where should the palestinians were struck between the devil and the deep blue sea? to say they should get out of the way, but you have also admitted in this interview, there is nowhere safe for them to go, because there is nowhere where you can say they will not be air strikes, so and the international community must insist that civilians can be vacated away from areas where hamas is trying to use them as human shields, we have already destroyed, we have already destroyed, it's calls groers. told back its planned assault on rafa, criticism of tel aviv's staunches supporter, the us has also been mounting, international human rights organizations have warned that any further escalation in rafa would have unfathumable ramifications, so far there's been no signal of an end to the onslot, the latest round of truth talks under
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win egypt have also been inconclusive. the united nations has warned that an israeli ground invasion of... which it says is crammed with almost half of the gaza population could lead to slaughter as millions have taken shelter there, yet news headlines indicate that there is no silver lining for palestinians, especially for those in raffa. the latest round of truth talks among the united states, egypt, israel and qatar in cairo, have not born fruit yet. the looming threat of israel's ground invasion of raffa has even esparked criticism from. european allies, and uh, it really, we think is impossible to to see how you can can fight a war amongst these people, there's nowhere for them to go, uh, they can't go south into egypt, they can't go north in back to their homes, because many have been destroyed, so we are very concerned about the situation,
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and we want israel to stop and think very seriously before it takes any further action. however, the european allies of israel have not a stopped there and even blamed the main supporter of telavi. for the unfolding crisis in gaza, how many times have you heard the most prominent leaders in fraign minister around the world saying too many people are being killed? president said this is too much on the top, it's not proportional. well, if you believe that too many people are being killed, maybe you should provide less arms. this is not the first time washington has been censured for its involved. ment in the killing of innocent palestinians. the us is key military backer of israel and has repeatedly vetoed security council resolutions calling for sease fire in gaza. on tuesday, senate passed another foreign aid package that includes $14.1 billion dollars
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for israel's genocidal onslot on the gaza strip. this comment by president joe biden during a joint press conference at the white house with jordan's king abdullah has a spark. controversies regarding the us complicity in the galz onslot. the king and i also discuss the situation in raffa, as i said yesterday, our military operation in rafa, the the major military operation arapha. while this was later described as slip of tongue, recent protests in front of the white house clearly show if this is an israel slot or us is really a slot in gaza. and these war criminals, this biden genocidal administration will not have second, second of peace.
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this is the story. of nation that lived here for centuries until an obscure foreign regime emerged and began farming on their lands and brought in new people to replace the old nation. they picked the focal point of attention of different religions in the region, a highly regarded place at the heart of this arabic islamic setting. what would have happened if hizbullah had been vanquished? that's perhaps the most significant and upsetting question about the 2006 war. much has been said about the 2006 war, about its motives, the behind the scenes and the circumstances. chances around it.
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welcome back, a group of pro- palestine activists has staged protest actions outside two uk-based firms over their role in feeling the israeli onslot. on the besieged, gaza stripped the first protest target of the manchester offices of bank of new york, melon, which were drenched in red paint to symbolize the bank's. and genocide of palestinians by israel, the second protest saw activist blockating the bristol headquarters of elbit systems, which is israel's largest weapons firm. they attached themselves each other to prevent access into the central hub of what activists described as elbit's lethal business, activists condemned bank of new york melon for investing over 10 million pounds in albet systems. albit provides 85% of israel's military drone fleet, landbase. military equipment, missiles, bullets, and other weaponry as well. the events marked the latest series of pro- palestine protests held
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to force israel's western allies to stop supplying the regime with weapons amid the genocidal war on gaza. spain and ireland have demanded the european union launch and urgent probe into israel's actions in the besieged gaza strip. they say the eu must assertain. if the regime is complying with its human rights obligations under an accord with the block. the request came in a letter to the eu commission by spanish prime minister pedro sanchez and his irish counterpart leo varadkar. they asked the eu to take appropriate measures if israel is found to be violating its agreement with the block. the accord demands israel respect the principles of human rights and democracy as an essential element of the block's trade ties with the regime. the unprecedented move raises the possible. the eu imposing economic sanctions against the tel aviv regime, spain's foreign
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minister, jose manuel alvarez also said no license to export weapons to israel has been approved by his country since october the 7th, and none would be as long, as the on gaza continued. truce talks in cairo have not achieved any breakthroughs, as calls continue for israel to avoid a full-fledged attack on the gazan city of r. we had two guests on our news review program, shedding light on the issue. let's take listen to parts of it. it's time now for the news review of this bulleton. in the egyptian capital cairo, negotiations are underway to bring more than four months of the u.s. isrely genocide in gaza to a halt. the palestinian resistance moment hamas says it has sent a delegation to cairo to meet with the egyptian. qatari mediators. the turkish president has also arrived in kairo for talks with president
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abdultah assisi. the heads of israel's spy agencies, musad and shinbet, sat down with us, egyptian and qatari representatives on tuesday to secure a cease fire deal. no significant breakthrough has been achieved in negotiations that are said to take another three days. israely media has revealed the prime minister benjamin netanyahu is opposed to proposal put forward by spy chiefs a deal. hamas has accused. of trying to buy time to pursue his own agenda while proposing a seizfire. hamas wants a full halt to israeli strikes, troop withdrawal and prisoner swap among other conditions. jim kavana is a political analyst and blogger joining us from new york. we also have sandas alasad is a journalist and commentator joining us from beirut. sand alasad, there was this uh first proposal just a couple weeks back, i believe, a three-stage one of which hamas had. given an initial green light so to speak, but there were some terms that it revised and sent was
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sent to israel of which the prime minister netanyahu rejected. now we don't about what has happened in the past 48 hours in terms of what was on the table, but there must have been some kind of reason for this to want to be continued. what do you think about the whole thing anyways when you have such divergent views? for example, hamas has said we want all the regime for. is out of the gaza strip, that's just one of them. okay, first of all, we have all to mention that the the aggression is led uh... currently against the people of gaza is led and launched by by the us and the decision of the war and stopping the war or continuing the war is is the decision is decision of the american administration, so as we are reaching the point of the presidential elections in the
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united states, the united states, especially biden is trying to... netanyahu and the zionist regime into stopping this genocide uh in order because we know that the uh this is attempt to burnish the the bloody image of the us after they have committed uh they have killed more than roughly 28 palestinian civilians in the gaza's trip and after the clear failure of the zionist appartite regime to to achieve any of its aims or goals of this aggression, they have failed to free any theirs of their, they have failed to free their their prisoners from the uh from the palestinian resistance and they have failed
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to weaken the the the palestinian resistance we have. seen how the people of gaza stand side by side with their resistance and have rejected the the american and designist decision to to replace them and to expel them to sanai. we're looking at these talks uh, it's i'm going to call it round two, because round one netanyahu came and flat out rejected it, he's still rejecting it uh, but we're not sure what he's rejecting this time around exactly. because when there are such differences in the core issues - we can name we can name number of them it's still wonder why it is that they're even having these talks in the first place what's your view on this uh what you i think it's kabuki theater i think this is being done for the benefit of the arab states for the benefit of the american public and the european public and
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and you they have to pretend the something is possible here that side steps, all as you say, all the fundamental issues that are there, but israel is saying very clearly, we're going for a complete victory in in in gaza, they're not going to get complete victory, look everybody knows and everybody should know, and not be fooled, this is not about the the struggle between the fight between hamas and israel, whether israel's after italians of hamas fighters in in rafa, they are after killing and expelling as many palestinians as they want, okay, the fight with hamas and that's all going on. that's important, but it doesn't determine what whether or not the palestinian where the palestinians are going to be in gaza are going to be in six months or three months or year, and israel wants to invade gaza in order to to force the palestinians to flee, to force egypt to open its border, to force other countries to take them, they're sitting there saying, watch us, we're killing everybody in gaza until you let them go, until you take them away, we're not going to
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stop, so yeah, and hamas is saying, we want israel to get out of gaza to israel. army not to control gaza anymore and israel is saying that's not going to happen, we are going to continue as we have, have vedo power over everything that happens in gaza, and the americans are completely behind israel, and this will not stop until some military force challenges israel, says, egypt can open his border saying, we're bringing humanitarian aid in, and we're not allowing you to stop us, want to have an armed conflict, we'll have an armed conflict, somebody else can do that, but until that happens, israel is going to continue killing gazons until they trying to create a situation, the world is forced to take them out, hello resistance movement has strongly condemned israel's latest strikes on civilians in southern lebanon saying they will not go unanswered. the head of hezballah's executive counsel, hashim safiat
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deen vowed, the movement will undoubtedly respond to the regime's incursions at an appropriate level, head. that israel will never achieve the goals that it failed to attain during previous acts of aggression against lebanon, his comments came after on wednesday war plane struck several villages in southern lebanon killing four civilians, including mother and her two children, later strike on the city of nabatia killed four civilians from the same family, including two women, the regime claimed its attack was in response to earlier as well as strike that targeted several israeli military sites killing one soldier and injuring eight others as well as says it strikes on israeli sites will only end when the regime's genocide in gaza stops. yemen has doubled down on it. in supporting the innocent people of palestine who are under israel's genocidal attacks, the minister of information is stressed yemen's naval operations in the red sea will continue unabated until the gaza genocide ends. press
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tv's abdulhali reports from sono. in a press conference in the yemen capitals shami spokes person for the yemani government and minister of information, once again reiterated yemen stands that the us presence in the red sea and gulf of eden poses a real threat to international maritime navigation by militarizing international waters, ashami stated that washington's presence under the predicts of protecting israeli vessels provokes the yemani army to continue its naval operations. america is the source of real threats to navigation in the red sea and the gulf of aden and the presence of its forces that came from a distance of 9,000 miles to launch aggression against yemen under false and bolatant justifications, they are to protect the ships of the israeli entity and support it economically and militarily and have nothing to do with
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securing international navigation. ashami added that the us and uk have launched over 400 air strikes against the eminy territories resulting in the deaths of more than 40 soldiers. he asserted that neither western aggression nor the us designation of ansarullah as a terrorist group. naval operations in support of palestinians. the american designation of the ancerolla movement as a terrorist group is ironic. how can a terrorist classify those who defend themselves and their causes as terrorists? this designation shows us no longer has any steps to take to stop yemini operations in support of palestine. this classification will not affect yemen's military operations but may be a provocation for greater escalation. earlier. the leader of the ansarullah movement abdul malik al hothi said that no israeli linked vessel has sailed through the red sea in the past weeks describing this as major victory, he accused
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the us and uk of being the real terrorists for assisting the israeli regime in committing war crimes against the innocent people of the gaza strap. yemen's official stance is clear the yemani army rifle operations will continue until the israeli war against gazaps. officials say the united states designation of the move. council meeting, the un aid operations director, edim wasarnu said washington's decision would have huge impact on imports of essential goods that yemenese now rely on,
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more than ever. he stressed that humanitarian aid cannot make up for a shortage of goods and supplies that would ensue us decision. wasernu said transport costs to hidan imports of significantly increase due to the ongoing tensions in the red sea and yemen's economy cannot handle further shocks. us announced its decision in january saying that it would take effect in 30 days, which falls on uh february 17th, it added that the designation could be reversed only if yemen ceases attacks on israeli linked ships in the red sea in support of the palestinian people in gaza. that's a rap for now, but stick around there was playing more to come here on press tv, see you in a bit.
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the matters pertaining the current situation, shareek balochistan ke bharpore gulam nabi.
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why do you think little boys are throwing stones at tanks and we'll never really know how many people are dead? they drop bombs on innocent girls while they sleep in their bed. israel is a terror state the terrorists that terrorize i'll testify my television televise i'm telling live how many more resolutions have to be violated how many more children have to be annihilated this is not a war it is systematic genocide but whatever they try palestine will never die free palestine free palestine free palestine free. hello, i'm chris williamson and you're watching palestine declassified. we're the only weekly tv show that's dedicated to investigating.