the headlines for this hour, the death toll from the us-israeli genocide in gaza is nearling 31,000 more than 5 months into the war in the palestinian territory. several palestinians have lost their lives. after being hit by eight packages air dropped by the united states and the islamic resistance in iraq says it has targeted an israely of intelligence base in the occupied golen heights.

hello everyone, you're watching press tv live from the studios in tehran. thank you for joining us. more than five months into the israel's genocidal war on gaza and the regimes indiscriminate attacks keep claiming more civilian lives. the latest strikes have hit different locations from northern gaza to a central and southern part. eight people, mostly children were killed in the seventh city of hanjunis. over 12 people. lost their lives in israeli attacks on two houses in the town of alkarara, northeast of hanjunis. dozens more were wounded as a result. the refugee camp in jabalya, the cities of deral balah and raffah as well as gaza city were also targeted. the total death tool is now nearing 30,880. also over 72,400 people have been injured in the war taking place with us complicity. now let's take a listen to

comments by some palestinian parents and medics explaining how mal nutrition is affecting children in gaza. there is no proper food for the mothers, especially in the recent period as we noticed that since december until today there are no babies with normal weights. most of them are from 2 kg to 2 and a/2. if we stopped seeing babies weighing 3 kograms at. in the recent period, the last four months since october until today, there is no nutrition for mothers, there is no meat, milk, eggs, fruits or vegetables. i'm a mom who lost her son due to matnutrition, due to circumstances we're going through in gaza, you can see for yourself where we live in a school inside a 3 meter tent right in front of toilets, what are you expecting from a sick child living in such conditions, how can he get better? yasan

al cafarna who passed away was displaced from the north and he originally had issues with his muscles, but his health was acceptable. he used to receive proper treatment and healthy food, but with the lack of food after the war began, he got worse, the besieg gaza strip continues to take the lives of vulnerable palestinians. three more children have lost their lives as israel blocks eight trucks trying to enter the coastal territory. gaza's health ministry says the children died from lack of water and malnutrition. starvation has taken 23 lives in gaza over the recent days. meanwhile, five palestinians including children have been killed and several have been injured after being hit by aid aid dropped or air dropped by the us. the incident occurred when parachutes attached to the aid packages failed to open, causing the boxes to fall on crowds that had gathered to collect them. israel has blocked the entry of almost all essentials into the gaza strip,

including food stuff, medicine and water since the regime began its onslot on the territory in october. march 8th marks the international women's day, an occasion women across the world celebrate and also use to push for their rights, but the situation is different in gaza, the women along with children make up most of the casualties caused by the israeli war and face a worsening human. situation listen to some of the comments by women in gaza. we face the horrors of bombings indure harsh conditions, intense and suffer from extreme weather that leaves no room to celebrate. women worldwide eagerly await and celebrate this day, whereas gens and are deprived of rights and unable to celebrate it. woman who lost an eye due to

bombardment, we are constantly being relocated from one tent to another, moving from one region to the next. we're displaced and we've experienced the loss of our... homes and our children who are martered, our hope is to one day celebrate women's day in our home town under ordinary circumstances. in beirot, women have gathered in front of the un women's headquarters to slam the us israely genocide and draw attention to the plight of the fellow palestinians. let's take a listen to what some of the demonstrators had to say. we arab women are not. slaves and if these colonial institutions won't do anything, let them leave, it's enough, we can't keep living normal life with what is happening, no free person in the world, no free person in the united states, europe or arab world can tolerate what is happening, palestine is free and will stay free, today

is international women's day and is a celebration for women taking their rights and not being marginalized, but we are here today to support palestiny. women, as they are now living in war, violence and pain, we insist that we won't celebrate if palestinian women do not take their rights, we are here to support palestinian women who are exposed to war, to celebrate women's day and be happy that women are taking their rights and be more empowered, we should defend palestinian women to be able to participate and celebrate international women's day with us. un women's headquarters in beirot because it's international women's day and we can celebrate today and talk about the advancement of women and investment in women around the world when there's a genocide happening in gaza, when the women of gaza are suffering from the worst and greatest forms of torture, physically, mentally and health-wise, they are being subjected to

exploitation, starvation, impoverishment, displacement and genocide. in france and around the world, women and men took the streets to sell celebrate international women's day. gender equality is defined differently in different countries, but most agree that all societies must improve their empowerment of women. ramen mazari reports from paris. on the international day for women's rights, demonstrations and pro- feminism strikes were held around france by women and the men who support their fight for equality. in october 178. the women's march on versailles apprehended king 16th at his luxurious palace and brought him to justice in paris, but much work remains to be done in republican france. only 37% of french parliament is female, two-thirds of france's

working poor are women, in large part because women compose 80% of france's part-time workers. a return to far right economic austerity after the covid lockdown. hurt women more than any other minority. women are more likely to work in the government and to use social services, so cuts to government budgets hurt them more than men. in france, one woman is killed every 3 days by their partner or ex-partner. our government must take more measures to protect the safety of our women. we also need policies which abolish the male female pay gap and which better protect women from rape. israel attempted genocide of gaza has had a disastrous effect on women, from the starvation of 60,00 pregnant women to the forced displacement of 1 million females, to the inhuman and degrading treatment of women by israeli forces, according to the united nations to the murder of nearly 10,00 women.

israel's genocide in gaza is issue for all feminists and for all humanist, anyone who thinks that we are at the wrong marge are obviously... just zin is imperialist, and they also obviously do not understand what it means to support women with equality, respect and justice. globally, 60% of poor people are women, they are paid 23% less than a man, even when doing the same work, and they spend two and a half more hours doing domestic chors than men. we have made some progress pushing women's rights to the forefront, must demand many other advancements. we must also not forget about the rights of girls, many of whom suffer from sexual violence, and he must be better protected and better represented by our government. in france and much of the west, women suffer from widespread objectification and the commodification of

their bodies. france allows the use of naked women in public advertising, which many say undermines its regular claim to be feminist model which... other nations must emulate. press tv, paris. thousands of yemenes have. speak into the streets of san and other cities to reaffirm the continuous support for the palestinian people. the demonstrators also praised the recent operations of the yemani army against the us, uk and israely linked vessels. press tvs abdullatif awashali reports from san. here is from old books of life gathered in the capital sana and other major cities and chatted slogans in the praise of the germany army's naval. operations, they also reaffirmed their fault support for the palestinian people and pledged to continue the protests until the

israeli genocide cases. the yemeny government, all this members, is president and the people have one position, which is to support the palestinian cause. we must thought the american israeli and british project and stop starvation in palestine. our position is an honorable position and our broad movement indicates that the yemenis have great. great awareness and god-willing victories for the nation will be at hand. protesters express support for the yemani army's naval operations against western vessels stating that the palestinian cause help the yemini people overcome the problems created by the western powers in the country. they believe the conspiracy targets the whole region, not just palestine or yemen, and call on all muslims to unite to thort western projects. we went out today as you can. and in the rest of the governorts to announce to the world that our demonstrations and our

position is a religious position that will not change with regimes or rulers. we will continue to insist on our position until our brothers in gaza are victorious, receive food and medicine and the us israeli genocide against them stops. our army will also continue its operations until the aggression against our country stops. our operations are as and upcoming strikes will stun both friends and enemies. our demonstration here in san and other governorts is to send message that we as yemenis have been able to overcome all the differences and problems that the enemy sought to create inside yemen. the other message is that we continue to support the palestinian cause and what is happening in gaza is shameful for all arabs and muslims. the operations of our army in the red sea and mandab are completely linked to what is happening to the people of gaza, and the escalation of naval military

operations is legitimate move to support the palestinian cause. recently, the yemani army intensified its naval attacks against american, british and israeli need vessels in regional waterways, resulting in the sinking for a british vessel in the gulf of aiden, and also attacked an american vessel which the us acclaimed led to loss of lives among the ships crew members. yemanis assert that... success of yemeni naval attacks despite the presence of for sudden warships in the ritzsian demonstrates the capability and the equipe buses by the yemani army. they believe this achievement should inspire other regional forces to join the fight and support the palestinians in face of the common enemies. report tv. ich will noch also mine.

da gab es durchaus konflikte. welcome back, no let up in israely atrocities

in the occupied west bank as the regime pushes head with his genocide in the gaza strip, a palestinian has now died after being injured and abducted by israeli troops in gene. our correspondent monandeal joined us earlier from ramalah for more on this latest israely crime. this time the israeli forces committed get another crime. the palestinians in the israeli forces stormed town with gen and surrounded a home of palestinian muhammad. from sirah, he is a former prisoner and the israel claim that he was wanted by the israels and he is member of the ad movement. for several hours the troops surrounded the human, exchange of fire have taken a place between the palestinians and the israeli forces, but unfortunately

muhammad was shelabi was shot and wounded and the israel had detained him with two more palestinians after several hours the israeli military informed the palestinians and the palestinian commission of prisoners affairs said that muhammad shalabi second to his injuries as the israels informed him that he was shot wounded and then he second his injuries and thus we declaring new murter uh the number of palestinians who had been killed by the israeli force. since the 7th of october, today is 425 palestinians here in the occupied west bank, the majority of course were shot and killed during military rates to palestinian areas at the military checkpoints. israel says seven of h soldiers have been wounded in a palestinian

retaliatory operation in northern occupied west bank. government first open fire on israely troops near the settlement of hommes, they then detonated an explosive device when the regime's troops pursued them. the israely military described the incident as serious and as launched the manhunt for those who carried out the operation. the palestinian resistance movement hamas has hailed the operation as heroic and natural response to the israeli massacres in gaza and the west bank and his violations against al-a. mosk in the occupied al-quds. it vowed that, quote, painful blows to the heart of the israeli entity and settlers will increase in the month of ramadan. the islamic resistance in iraq says it has carried out a fresh attack against israel in support of the palestinian people in the gaza strip. the resistance

group says it has targeted the regime's intelligence base in the occupied goal and heights. the group says it has use drones to attack the israeli site. no further details are available about the attack. in recent months, the islamic resistance in iraq has carried out series of attacks against israel's positions in the occupied territories. it has also attacked us military bases in iraq and neighboring syria in retaliation for washington's support for the israeli genocide in gaza. iran's foreign minister has denounced as illegal and unethical the decision by us social media company meta to suspend the instagram accounts of the leader of iran's islamic revolution. in an interview with the middle east eye hussein amir abdullah hun said the move is in violation of freedom of speech. amir abdullah hian sa's actions are part of a wider campaign by american social media

platforms to censor pro-palestinian voices. iran's leader ayatollah say ali khamenei has condemned israel's genocide in the gaza strip and the us support for the onslot. now the islamic republic of iran has long pursued the policy of deepening tires with neighboring and regional states. russia is one of those countries that iran has boosted his cooperation with in recent years. the two countries have close economic and political ties and are now eyeing the opportunities to further strengthen and broaden their ties. is more. in recent years, iran and russia have significantly enhanced their cooperation in a wide range of fields. a key driving force behind the growth of bilateral relations between the two countries is forging a new geoeconomic reality in one of the world's most strategic regions. both nations have

been pursuing several objectives in this regard. they have been after establishing an independent monetary system, energy. market and parallel supply chains outside the control of western regulatory frameworks to circumvent sanctions imposed in attempt to isolate them, and their efforts have yielded significant success in the field of trade, despite facing severe sanctions, iran has managed to surpass the $2 billion dollar threshhold in exports to russia. iran's exports to russia predominantly consists of fruits, polymer products, vehicles, non-metal... and chemical products, similarly, russian exports to iran valued at the same amount, mainly comprise agricultural products. iranian officials have hailed the economic cooperation with analyzing the export trend, we see acceptable growth in all sectors with iran's exports to russia

witnessing notable increase in both volume and value. this progress not only contributes to the advancement of the two nations, but also lays the foundation for the development of other regional countries. the total value of annual bilateral trade between the two countries reached four. .9 billion dollars in 2023, according to iran's official statistics. a russian economic delegation was in tehran in late february for the 17th round their joint economic commission. both sides then pledged to boost trade 10-fold over the coming years. press tv, tehran. last one least the war between ukraine and russia is continuing into his third year with no end in sight. the latest attack. have claimed casualties on both sides, earlier we discussed the latest developments of the war in our news review program. let's see what our guests have to say. we're watching press

tv's news review where we look deeper into some of the top stories of the day. on this segment of the program, at least two people have been killed in russia's belgrad region after wave of ukrainian drone strike. the governor of the belgrad region which borders ukraine, said another person was also injured after three drones hit a village. belgrad has seen multiple shelling and arial attacks since the start of the war uh in ukraine in february 2022, meanwile the ukrainian region of sumi has come under a missile attack which killed two and injured scores of others. also in ukraine's uh northeast karkiv region a russian strike injured several people. the region uh comes under frequent. artillery, rocket and drone attacks. two years of armed conflict between ukraine and russia has caused human and material losses for both sides. russian forces have captured several

eastern ukrainian regions. joining us on this edition of the news review, we have independent international affairs analyst sgilbert doctor joining us from brussels, also we have independent research and arthur greg simons joining us from ubsala, sweden. let's start off with mr doctor on brussels sir, give us your perspective on the recent events uh in uh with regards to the uh war in ukraine and how this war uh has panned out for both sides? i think the most significant development was the taking of abdfka several weeks ago, event which had enormous strategic importance because it was uh nexus of transport. because it was uh six or eight kilometers from uh from uh donetzk city, it

was base for artillery fire in the civilian portions of donyesk over the last years and the taking of the city was impressive because it was held to be invincible by the americans, nine years had been spent building up a is a unique defense fortress and the russians stormed it and took it, the the the actual maneuvers were of incredible nature, the one the one of the decisive elements in in the days leading up to the capture of diena was a the use of a three kilometer long pipe underground which a brigade of russians used to enter the city and to take by surprise, uh the uh the ukrainian forces, but the point is that this was noted in the west as demonstrating the superior tactics and

equipment of the of the russian side. it can be compared to the victory in bachmut a little under year ago, which was the first major uh russian uh military victory in the ground war, and which was attributed to the... wagner group and to mr. prigojin who was said to be an organizer of unique quality and far superior in capabilities to the regular russian army. mr. progojin is gone, he died. the the wagner group was broken up, we met with some of its members joining the regular russian army, and here the russian army its own achieved a major breakthrough in the war that is recognized as such by western analysts. and has caused enormous despair among the the kiev cheer leaders uh here in here in europe. greg simons, give us your...

perspective as well as mr. doctor just did about uh the most significant events that have taken place recently with regards to the russia ukraine war. well, in addition to what gilwert said, i mean you have other events as well, which uh, i mean, first of all, the rather public fight between zelujin and zelinsky uh, and this is symbolic of the fracturing of the military and the political uh... aspects of the ukrainian front, the fact that newland had to go there and sort things out and well of course sovereinity and determined who should stay and who should go, so that was one point, the second point, every time there is a russian victory on on the another taking of village or whatever, the ukrainians generally have a little bp

terror. like strike against some kind of civilian infrastructure in russia, such as the attacking belgrad region again, i mean this is they're trying to complate this measure of activity with measure of effect, i mean it has no military value, but they still try to prove to the sponsors that they're worth supporting, but i think one of the most very telling things in the current time is the fact that. in newland is gone uh and this is uh we're talking march and of course we know in november the uh us goes to vote for the next president, so this may be signaling an about turn and that the us is about to uh drop their um sponsorship, i suppose you would call it of this uh ukrainian war uh against russia. all right, thanks lot

gentlemen. all the time we have for this segment of the program uh independent international affairs analyst gilbert doctor joining us from brussels and thanks to independent research and arthur greg simons joining us from ubsala sweden with that it brings us to an end here on this edition of the news review but sick around there is plenty more to come here on press tv.

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now uh, of course, ukraine has been shelling donietsk uh for months now, indemitally for the last eight years, when they're not trying to hit military targets, they focus on civilian targets. british filmmaker johnny miller goes to the region to delve into the heart of the conflict between the two neighboring countries. she's known in iran as a top gynaecologist, but actually she's more of a political activist, pius and religious woman, a great wife and mom and inspirational figure. she tells us about her bumpy ride before the revolution when she was a student, and also about the spiritual aspect of

delivering babies. find out more about dr. tah level in this documentary. hello and welcome to spotlight. the genocidal war on palestinians in the gaza strip. is nothing new now, as a western-backed um regime in tel aviv has been turning horrific war crimes into new norms over the past five months after bombing schools, places of warship, medical facilities and residential buildings, now palestinians cueing for food

in gaza have also become regular targets for the israeli forces. there have been meak efforts to establish at least a temporary ceasefire in the besieg territory to alleviate the suffering of palestinians before the... fasting month of ramadan, but israel is vehemently blocking all efforts for even a slight pause in the bloodshed. joining us tonight spotlight. we have journalist and political analyst elijah magneer joining us from brussels and also we have journalist and political commentator keeton mansfield joining us from austin. gentlemen, welcome to the program. let's start off with mr. magnier uh, in brussels, it's 154 days now into the israeli massacre as attacks from airland and see continue on all areas of gaza, including