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headlines at press tv gaza's health ministry says a deptoe from 143 days of israeli onslot has risen to nearly 29,800 people, mostly women and children. the international court of justicices. holding its final hearings on israel's occupation of palestinian territories, and an active duty us airman sets himself a blaze outside of the israeli embassy to protest washington's complicity in the israeli genocide of palestinians in gaza.
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hello and welcome live from tehran, you turn to press tv's world news, i'm marsia hashimi, thanks so much for being with us, and again the top story is gaza, 143 days now into this onslot on the gaza strip, the israeli regime has carried out more deadly attacks on civilian targets, the latest attacks have killed 43 more people across the gaza strip, at least six of the victims were targeted by air strikes in the cities of r the others were killed in different incidents of drone strikes and artillery shelling across gaza. the gaza health ministry says the situation in the northern parts of the strip is of extremely catastrophic where hospitals are left without fuel. regime zenoside in gaza has so far killed 29,800 palestinians, most of them women and children. earlier we spoke of to our correspondent in the central gaza city of darabala. he has given us an update on the
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situation on the ground in the ga strip and the targets of the latest israeli strikes here in the central area of gaza strip particularly on nosar refugee camp uh it was under heavy bombardments of the israeli artillery that was maintained against the the western part of the refugee camp knowing that it is now and nowadays and these moments it's overcrowded with the people, with the displaced palestinian people, particularly after the israeli incubation forces and forced them to leave uh city, in the meantime the israeli occubation forces continue their air strikes and relentless bombardments against khanuni city where the western part of khanuni city, particularly amal neighborhood was subjected to heavy bombardment, actually horizontal building was destroyed by the real israel air strikes,
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while in the eastern parts also the israeli occupation forces continue their attacks and the israeli artillary maintained shilling several areas of the western of the eastern part of the city, more palestinian houses and presidental buildings were destroyed and blasted by the israeli uh forces in the center of khan city and the situation rafah is not better than the situation in kanyunis where the israeli war plans ' renew their air strikes against the residential buildings, at least three residential buildings and apartment an apartment actually were destroyed and targeted by the israeli uh war blanes, in the same time the israeli occupation forces intensify their attacks in gaza city, particularly as zeito neighborhood, continuous israeli air strikes were launched against the palestinian people there, and as you know that a zaitun neighborhood is under heavy bombardment and attack of... the israeli occupation forces,
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hundreds of the israeli tanks are beliging the neighborhood, opening their heavy gun fire and shelling the palestinan residental buildings there, amid the relentless and the continuous israeli air strikes reaching the neighborhood and the people there are living apocalyptic alarming humanitarian condition. now the head of the un agency for palestinian refugees calls for humanitarian aid to be allowed into gaza. people are grappling with severe shortage of food, water and medicine. felipeni said the delivery: vital aid can prevent famon in the palestinian territory. he described as a man-made disaster. the dire humanitarian conditions in gaza, the unrad chief added that the agency has been unable to transfer food aid to northern gaza for over a month. in recent weeks, andrra has been facing israeli calls for its abolition. the agency's major donor suspended funding,
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following israel's allegations that someone was staff members were involved in palestinian a flood operation early october regarding food scarcity in gaza, the un itself has voiced concern. that almost everyone is at risk of famon in recent days, number of children have died from starvation in gaza. well, the rights group says the israeli regime has turned a supposedly safe quarter to the gaza strip south into a trap to kill hungry and forcibly displaced palestinians. according to the euromet human rights monitor, israeli troops have killed the very same palestinians they. forsifly from gaza city to area in the south of the coastal sliver. israeli forces killed them a checkpoint in central gaza. regime's troops also targeted civilians waiting for aid trucks near the checkpoint. as documented by the rights organization, israeli forces
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killed 30 palestinians waiting for relief trucks a street southwest of gaza city. the rights group has recorded horrifying testimonies indicating israeli tanks fired artillery. and bullets at the displaced palestinians heading south. now the government of the prime minister of the palestinian authority has stepped down. the premier mohammed shatah says this is in the wake of the developments related to the israeli aggression against the gaza strip and the recent escalations in the occupied west bank and algods. our correspond and remdel brings us more. "there had been rumors that shi has resigned that the palestinian cabinet has resigned, but every time the palestinian prime minister had statements and said that it's not the true, but what happened this morning that palestinian prime minister
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headed the the the meeting of the palestinian government and he said that he had submitted the cabin." its resignation to palestinian president mahmoud abbas, it's in the hands of palestinian president mahmoud abbas and he is the one to decide whether to accept the resignation of the palestinian cabinet or not, however this cabinet and it's the 18th government since his appointment was appointed at 2019, lot of challenges had been seen by this government. himself has said, as you have said, also today revealed that the decision to resour came in the light of of the unprecedented escalation in the occupied west bank and alquds and in addition to the genocidal war on the cause step. hasbullah
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resistance movement and the israeli military have been exchanging fire across southern lebanese border. since the regime began its onslot on the gaza strip on october the 7th. now hasulah says it has down to high-tech israeli drone. our correspondent in beirot mariam sal brings us more. you have the hermes 450. it's not only used for reconnaissance purposes, it is used also to hit targets as well. in lebanon, it has been used by the israelis extensively, and this is one of its most sophisticated. uh larger type of drones, hazbillah of course in order to shoot it down, they used a surface to air, missile has previously done this before, but this time it was perhaps the first time that way we can see it with the naked eye, people saw it fall down, there were even some
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amateur shots of the of that drone basically in flames uh going down in the area of qiimah and that area not clear whether anyone was able to recover any parts of that room, but it is considered significant, especially since hazbullah had in august of 2023, this play that they do have land to air missiles, they have the sam6, it was not clear whether hezballah was displaying it uh in one of their tourist sites as a part as part of a war tactic, psychological tactic, some said it was only to boost morale to show that hezballah can deter the israelis since the israelis have in the past. decades always had supremacy in the air, but it seems that now has actually put it to the test, they are using it, and they have used it more than one instance. now we can see that it is very clear, hizbullah has also said in their statement that they will continue to eye the skise of lebanon. the international court of
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justice is holding it's the final day of hearings on the legality of israel's occupation of the palestinian territories representative. from turkey, the arab league, the organization of islamic cooperation, and the african union, are presenting their arguments. over the past week, the judges of the world court have heard statements from more than 50 states and internet. national organizations, the proceedings follow a request by the un general assembly in 2022 for the court to issue a non-binding opinion on the legal consequences of the israeli occupation. the icj's 15 judge panel has been asked to review israel's occupation, settlement and annexation. these include measures aimed at altering the demographic composition, character and status of alcohols and israel's discriminatory legislation and measures. the judges are: expected to take about six months to issue their opinion,
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either you with us, are you with the enemy? صدام على كل قرارات الامم المتحده وعلى كل ما تريده الولايات المتحده لكان قد اطيح به كان المفروض عندما يسقطون النظام يسلمون الدوله للمعارضه هم اسقطوا النظام. والدوله معا وسلموا المعارضه صراع على السلطه اول من وجه ضربه للامريكان في العراق هي الفصائل الشيعيه المدعومه من ابو مهدي وحجر قاسم یک سؤال بزرگ در مقابل آمریکا ایجاد شد که شما اشغال کردید آمریکا را چی عراق رو چی به دست آوردید الحشد ايضا كان عامل جديد غير المعادله لذلك الامريكان اسقد بيده
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continue with the second half of this world news bulletin right here press tv: a us service member has set himself fire outside the israeli embassy in washington dc in protests against 143 days of the regime's genocide. the gosa strip, fewer discretion is advise on the following images: i am an active duty member of the united states air force, and i will no longer be complicit in genocide. i'm about to engage an extreme active protest, but compared to what people have been experiencing in palestine at the hands of their colonizers, it's not extreme at all. and this is what our ruling class has decided will be normal. now the video of the
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incident was posted on an american video streaming surface. the incident lasted about a minute before law enforcement officers extinguished the flames. the man was an active duty member of the us air force. he's reportedly in critical condition. now this is the second incident of its kind outside an israeli facility in the us since the start. the israeli genocide in gaza. last week, the united states used its veto power for a third time to block a un resolution, calling for immediate ceasefire in the gaza strip. our political commentator, paul foot was earlier with us, he says young americans have started to realize that the us is not a free country as they had been told. i i'm sure
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that he unfortunately believed that uh america is a free country, it's not, it's a zionist occupied government, and so when he realized that, they unfortunately paid the price. the uh, the people who are the... only ones are the ones that voted for genocide joe, i play all the democrats who voted for genocide joe, the they should be punishing themselves in some way, but uh, unfortunately this guy is, this guy did, uh, the american military is having a big problem, getting people to recruit, they'd be way below their goals for good reason, lots and lots of young people now realize that we don't have a free country and we're run by a as he said, these these rulers, and the israeli leaders are the ones who proudly say openly in interviews
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over in israel that we control america, and what's worse is that americans are so stupid that they vote for their rulers. oh, thousands of pro- palestine demonstrators have taken to the streets of the spanish city of barcelona to demand immediate. fire in the gaza strip and call on their government to severties with the israeli regime, today is the second day that protests have been held in more than 100 cities across the country to call for measures to stop complicity in the genocide that has been committed against palestinian people. we demand an end to arms sales to israel. we fully support all those
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doing this demonstration and we should stop all institutional and economic relations with israel while the regime is being. investigated by the international court of justice for genocide, we should stop having an arms trade with israel. the protesters were chanting anti-israel slogans while waving palestinian flags. similar demonstrations were also held in other cities, including in the capital madrid in solidarity with palestinians early, the german city of nurenburg was the scene of pro-palestine rallies as well, well protesters there also demanded and immediate cease fire in gaza and an end to armed supplies to israel, anti-israel demonstrations were also held in austria. all the wave of announcements this week by tel aviv and washington have sparked angry demonstrations worldwide. around the united states, protesters denounced president joe biden's support for israel's latest invasion
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of gaza. riminzary brings us more from chicago. pro-palestine activists marched across the united states following a week of shocking decisions which have israel's attempted genocide in gaza a major tipping point. israeli premier benyamin netanyahu unveiled a shocking plan to control gaza indefinitely. that sparked global condemnation even from washington towards any reoccupation of gaza by israel. also promised to attack 1 and a half million displaced palestinians sheltering in the city of rafa along the egyptian border. i think the israelis have been pretty clear, they're willing to commit any crime, they're willing to commit any massacre, they're willing to continue genocide any level until uh the international community puts an end to it, and so i think directly to your answer, unless the international community stops
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them, israel will go into raffa, yes. israel just announced plans for thousands of new... settlements in the west bank, reminding the world that their armed colonization of palestine is unceasing and ever increasing violation of international law and public opinion. prospects for diplomacy continue to be torpedoed by the united states following their third veto of a united nations security council resolution demanding sease fire in gaza, and despite the recent rejection in congress of a war spending bill. which included $18 billion dollars in weapons for israel, president joe biden is reportedly rushing tens of millions of dollars in bombs and weapons to tel aviv. the united states has a unconditional relationship with israel where we will always give military aid to israel, unless the people continue to pressure our government and our presidents to
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do the same. joe biden is not better than any other us president um and we have seen that and genoside joe he's got to go. aid agencies describe pockets of famon, 700 thousand people at risk of starvation, and a man-made disaster in gaza, while the systematic destruction of gaza's hospitals have left little access to medical care. this week, the death toll in gaza is likely to surpass 30,00 people, although that number does not include thousands of unidentified bodies buried under rubble. romin mazaher, press tv. iran's foreign minister is in geneva for high-level human rights and disarmament meetings in address to the 55th meeting of the international human rights council hussain amir abdul urged the un body to immediately take action against israeli crimes in the occupied palestinian territories. today the
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world is witnessing the maximum support for the israeli atrocities by the united states of america. and canada and the uk and some of its other allies that make them complicit to the ongoing crime of genocide. the human rights council must hold designist regime and its supporters accountable for the atrocity crimes committed in the occupied palestine. mr. president, i must say loud and clear that the human rights record is now a... tained and even tainted due to the atrocity perpetrated against palestinian women and girls in gaza and the west bank and this is still going on, if we are to restore the integrity and credibility of human rights mechanisms, we need to end the palestinian
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genocide by stopping the occupying regime from fair their aerial bombardment and ground and sea offensive against gaza and raffa as well as systematic estarvation of the palestinian people. election campaigning by a record number of hopefuls is underway in iran as the country gears up for two key ballots on friday. voters are due to go to the polls to pick new members of parliament and the assembly of experts. according to the interior ministry, over 15,00 candidates have been approved to stand in the parliamentary vote. up for grabs are 290 seats in the chamber. hundreds of contenders are also vying for 88 seats in the assembly of. experts for eight-year term, the campaigning will continue until wednesday.
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well, going back to the previous storing dealing with the human rights meeting in geneva, we're going to cross over to geneva joined by gisu. misha ahmady, press correspondent on the ground there, gisu, good to see you. well, fill us in. uh about the situation and this meeting and what is hoped to be accomplished? well, as usual, the presence of iran's foreign minister here is the great significance and great importance, the meetings that have been scheduled in which the iranian foreign minister will be giving his address for all very important meetings, the first one that you just mentioned in your news bulletin, it was the 55th session of the human rights council, it was a high-level meeting and of course the points that were... by the iranian foreign minister was of very great significance, considering the fact that as he mentioned, we are witnessing the inaction and the
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meaningful silence of western countries that are the self-prooclaimed advocates of human rights and they always claim to be at the forefront, now we're watching them silently witnessing this the atrocities of the israeli regime in gaza, so other than that, which was of course like i said, very important meeting, after in the afternoon we are expecting the iranian farm minister to take part in two other meetings, one of them once again pertaining to the situation in gaza, we're expecting lot of other high level dignitaries to be attending that session as well, i will be giving you updates on that, and also there are quite a large number of bilateral meetings that have been scheduled, the primer minister has already met five or six. i'm not mistaken uh high-level uh meetings with his counterparts and also with the head of the icrc and the un secretary general antonio guteresh again another very
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important meeting mass because of the fact and of course the stance of the secretary of the un general assembly and uh himself uh clearly supporting the palestinians in gaza so uh there seems to be a shift and this is politically on international scale. very important to see the united nation shifting away from the israeli regime and of course like i said in the afternoon number of other bilateral meetings have been scheduled and all of them like i said are of great importance as countries are coming together in order to form a front demanding for immediate ceasefire and let's hope that they really can do something and bring it in to this genocide thanks so much that's gisu mishaah. he's correspondent there in geneva. moving to other news now, belgian, german and polish farmers hold another day of protest against agricultural policies of the european
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union. in the belgium capital of brussels, formers dumped tires on the streets and set fire set them a blaze. they also parked around 100 tractors around eu headquarters in the city. that's where european ministers are to meet later on monday to discuss the crisis. now, farmers in germany. also took their tractors out again to make their voices heard. in poland, angry farmers blocked the highway into germany in protest to eu policies of farmers across europe have been rallying it for weeks now. they are frustrated with their low income and the eu's restrictive environmental rules as they face competition from cheap imports into the european union. and that brings us to the end of this. world news bulletin right here press tv. thanks so much for staying with us.
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