the headlines this hour: the u.s. israely genocide in gaza interes 156 day with the death doll approaching 31,000, most of them women and children. over two dozen palestinians die of hunger and malnutrition in gaza as israel prevents entry of humanitarian aid and food into the blockaded territory and israelly forces use tear gas and water cannon to disperse thousands of protesters demanding the resignation of the regime's prime minister.

9:30 am in europe's capital tehran, this is press tv news, thanks for joining us. it's over five months into israel's genocidal onslot on gaza, and the regime's attacks keep claiming lives of innocent gazons. 10 palestinians were massacred and several others wounded after israel bombed the house in a sarath refugee camp in the central gaza strip. separately, two sibilians were killed. dozens injured, some critically, when israely forces hit the al-shati refugee camp west of gaza city. three palestinians were killed and others sustained injuries after another attack a house in the town of alkarara in the south of the strep and five others were killed in an israeli air strike on durabala and central gaza. earlier an israeli strike hit a 12 floor residential tower in the southern city of raffa, making dozens of families homeless. the israel onslot has so far killed nearly 31,00 palestinians. mostly

women and children, thousands of others are also missing and are feared to be dead. starvation in the besieg gaza strip continues to take the lives of palestinians to discuss that further. we were joined by our guest earlier in our news review program. let's see what they had to say. now to talk more in this, we are joined by mr. paul. the former us government advisor from birkaly and also mr. bruce cats, co-president of palestinian and jewish unity from montreal. gentlemen, welcome to press tv. now paul, uh, mr. larudi, beginning with you, uh, you've seen the stats, why hasn't anything been done? we've seen many reports uh by experts that newborn babies, pregnant women, all in all, women and children, who are the most vulnerable and the weak, will die from malnutrition and diseases. this catastrophe

was highlighted a long time ago, i mean uh, there were many warnings in advance by experts saying that this will soon happen, so of people will die from starvation, and yet they let it happen. the uh the reason it has been playing for a long time as well, not only have we seen it, but we've known why, and the israelies have not kept it a secret, the israeli official officials. at every level have said that they this is their intention, that uh they intend to destroy them through creating this catastrophe, for them it's a way to um to create death of the palestinian population, to rid themselves of the palestinian population, without having to fire a bullet, all they have to do is to block the food, medicine etc. uh from getting

there create a a place where no one can survive and just wait and they're they don't want to wait long, but now it's starting to happen and they might be patient until until the entire population is wiped out, we don't know what's going to happen, but the that's that's why it's happening, because it's it's of designed to happen, it's a form of genocide and that is what they're practicing, "and the world has essentially done nothing to stop it, especially the united states, which gives uh israel the means to implement the genocide, so it's very simple, they want it, and they they have the means to do it, and they're doing it. that's right, mr. c talking about a many supply trucks, hundreds of them are waiting outside the rafat border to go into gaza, not only does the zanas regime, the military..." uh not give the drivers the

okay to enter gaza, but also less designers settlers to also block the trucks too. your thoughts on that sir? well, as as just stated. it's a calculated policy of uh genocide, the uh the goal of which is to uh kill as many palestines as possible by way of bombing and a starvation policy, which is exactly what the nazis did in the wars of ghetto and gaza 2024 is the warsa ghetto of the this this 21st century. and the uh the the netanyahu messianic judeo nazi regime plays the role visas the the palestinians that the nazis played visas jews and in that respect president lula de silva of brazil was

absolutely right on when he drew the parallel between this regime and the nazism. the second world war, it's very clear, something i would like to add by the way, i think that everybody noted uh uh president biden's uh state of the union address where he made a reference to uh the creation of a floating port uh in gaza which would also have floating hospitals to um uh to tend to the wounded palestinians and it seems to be a great humanitarian gesture, but there is a jordanian military and strategic affair expert by the name of hisham kretsat, who an article just yesterday and i i i would i

would tell people to if they can get a get hold of that article by hisham krsat to to read it, but he made a reference. to hidden objectives in this whole proposed floating port, two basically, one is to cancel the rafa border crossing as the means of bringing aid into gas, that's what the israelis are doing actually, and the second is there would be a connection between gaza, this floating port and cyprus and what uh... sat has said is that the real objective of this so-called disguised humanitarian aid is to force the the palestinians to voluntarily migrate to europe, thereby evacuating the entire

palestinian population out of gaza, so in other words, the the game that israel, the united states and the united kingdom are playing here is that... "you have a choice, you palestinians, die or migrate to europe, and that's what the floating floating port is all about, so i would say to to all think that this is a humanitarian gesture on the aid of the united states, aided by the united kingdom, the the two protagonists and dividing palestine, and and keeping the palestinians a subjugated people since 1917, imposing something that really is a is a disguised means of evacuating the entire population of of of of gaza and forcing them to migrate to europe. so gentlemen, on that note, i would like to thank mr. pauludi, former us government advisor from berkeley and also mr. booskats, co-president of

palestinian and jewish unity from montreal. gentlemen, thank you for your time, sir. and with that we come to the end of this news review section. thank you for being with us. take care. israely warplays have launched fresh strike on southern lebanon, killing five civilians and wounding nine others. all but one of the victims are from the same family. the attack completely destroyed their house and caused heavy damage to dozens of nearby homes. our correspondent mariam sah earlier joined us from beirut from more details about the regime's attack, the entire family has been killed as a result of this israeli strike, and this is another massacre that you can add to the israeli crimes, in addition to the previous massacre that we had in and we have a man, his wife and their two

sons, and the wife we learn was also pregnant, and so that it was considered huge crime that committed in of lebanon, we uh, we haven't seen so far any retaliation from hazbullah, although we usually see that there is a direct response, but we saw for example what after the massacre of... hazballah launched a very heavy operation against mirun and other bases that were also new places that were targeted by hazballah and so hazbullah seems to be basically planning out perhaps how the retaliation is going to be conducted and you can see from the members of this family, you have son, he's 30 years old, his old teacher in south lebanon, but he was considered by hazballah a murder of the... movement and so this basically brings us to the fact that closer and knowledgeable that

when it comes to hezbollah it's more of a grassroots movement, there's no separation between the people of south lebanon and hazballah, it's not a separate militant group as the us and mainstream media have tried to portray it. now this is on one hand, the other hand is the experts are saying that all this pressure by the israelis trying to focus more on targeting. bilians as they are doing in gaza is attempt to put pressure on hazballah to succum to the dictates and the conditions that are being put forth by the us and envoys into lebanon, they have been trying from since the beginning of the confrontation trying to get something from hazballah trying to separate the front as we said before making sure that perhaps they can get concessions from hazballah using the charact in the stick.

let me start with the us economy, um, we have very strong outlook, the us econ. for the united states, i think he has this right, israel is kind of permanent, permanently anchored um aircraft carrier uh and his purposes to uh ensure that us foreign policies in the in the middle east are carried out, fall uh in the palestinian economic activity of something like 80%.

welcome back to the news here on press tv. thousands of israeli protesters have once again rallied in tel aviv, demanding the resignation of prime minister benjamin netanyahu. at least 10 protesters were detained after clashing with the regime's forces who used tear gas and water cannon to disperse the demonstrators. protesters called for immediate ceasefire in israel's ongoing onslot on gaza. and the return of the captives being held by palestinian resistance groups, they criticized netanyahu's handling the war in gaza and demanded new elections. they also called on us president joe biden to stop supporting netanyahu. thousands of demonstrators have rallied across the world to show support for the palestinians and to condemn the israeli genocide in gaza. protests were held in london, paris, rome and other cities. more than five months of major demonstrations and they're as energized as

ever. hundreds of thousands of pro- palestinian protesters from across the uk marching to the american embassy to deliver message. shame on you, joe biden, shame on you. that message as much for the us president as for the uk government. the majority of people want to cease fire now, and it's not, it's not even a big ask. what are the ask? for humanity and stop killing innocent children and people, on the stage, near the american embassy, welsh singer charlotte church combines welsh and arabic words for a song of solidarity, followed by an all-women cast of speakers marking the international women's day and the resilience of palestinian women, as ever, it's an eclectic mix. of groups and organizations out in great numbers in defiance of attempts by

the government to criminalize these overwhelmingly peaceful demonstrations. we're here to say to the government that we aren't going to be stopped, these aren't hate marches, and we have jewish blocks, we have jewish people who march with us in solidarity and who march with us and say not in their name. the war on gaza and the uk's support for it has deeply polarized british society, and that's already... manifesting itself in the way people are voting, case in point, the by-elections in rochedale greater manchester in late february, which handed veteran pro-palestine campaigner george gallaway of... the workers party of britain a landslide victory against the major party candidates, but we know there's a whole body of people for whomm it issues of international justice and rights and britain's position in the world and whether it shows respect for human rights and international law matter and there certain constituencies where the issue of does britain support and protect the rights of the

palestinian people is of particular residence. this was the fifth national demonstration of the year. and organizers say there will be more, while the civilians in gaza say they feel that their plight is being ignored, the millions of people here and around the world are saying that they are making sure through their protests that the palestinians know that their cries are being heard. cipura press tv, london. if there was any concern that pro-palestinians in france were starting to lose. interest in the five month long attempted genocide of gaza by israel, one of the nation's largest demonstrations since the start of the invasion put that idea to rest. many thousands converged in the capital for passionate denunciation of president emmanuel macron, the leaders of the pan-european project, and all of israel's war supporters

across the west. if france must stay in europe, then europe must. respect our demands and we demand that they stop protecting the terrorist state of israel. hamas is not a terrorist group, they are a resistance group, and the united nations refuse to label them terrorists. palestinians have the right to resist, to exist, and to be free. in what many say is illustration of the west's deadly hypocrisy, at least five children were killed by air-dropped food aid from western nations and their allies. this week, more than... 200 members of european union parliament called for an arms embargo on israel. they said that by remaining silent on gaza, europe has no credibility to speak on russia's actions in ukraine. germany now provides 28% of israel's military imports. israeli settler attacks in the west bank have almost tripled since october to nine per day. israeli troops

continue to open fire on starving palestinians seeking food aid. and also on united nations troops in lebanon. some 31,000 gazans have been killed and over 72,00 gazans wounded, all leaving marchers in disbelief that the west continues to support israel without conditions or consequences. it's scandalous. france is charged with defending international law, and it even has a united nations council veto to do so, but it only defends israel instead. i am not asking. france to bomb tel aviv, i am asking them to uphold humanity's laws with very simple sanctions that could be put in place on tel aviv immediately. even with the holy month of ramadan starting next week, israel has rejected yet another plan for a cease fire. many say it's a new law for tel aviv. normalement, one must respect the humanity of

others, and normally during ramadan there's a ceasefire to allow people to live their religion in peace, and yet israel. wants to keep murdering babies by starvation during ramadan, it's scandalous and unacceptable, there must be a cease fire. paris claimed that their forces have destroyed four yemeny drones in the gulf of aiden that were heading towards a european union naval operation as israel's invasion edges closer to a larger regional conflict. ramin masahari, press tv, paris. a genocide is taking place in gaza amed international silence. 15 italian lawmakers who have recently visited the rafa border in southern gaza say an international reaction to avoid the aggravation of humanitarian catastrophe in raffa is desperately needed. they had left italy for egypt earlier this week with a goal to provide the italian government with testimony

the tragedy the palestinians are experiencing as a result of israel's crimes. here is what they. have to say about their experience, israel's cruel actions in gaza based on a clear genocidal intent, refusing to allow water, food, medicine and humanitarian supplies is equivalent to exterminating an entire population, palestine must be immediately recognized as a state, and the reconstruction plan is urgently needed. we saw thousands of tracks. waiting at the border with rafa as farming is ravaging gaza, trucks are not allowed to go through because israel is stopping them, we are certain that humanitarian catastrophe is unfolding, "we have met palestinian kids with their legs amputated in an italian hospital in cairo, as israel continues to commit crimes against

humanity in gaza. there is only one person should be held accountable for the situation there, netanyahu and his regime. so far the italian government has unrelentingly sided with the israeli regime, this despite hundreds of pro- palestine demonstrations having been held across italy over the..." meanwhile, on saturday, new demonstration was organized here in rome by a string of humanitarian organizations, charitiess and unions calling for immediate end to israel's genocide in gaza. the initiative is also calling on italian institutions to protect the rights to freedom of assembly and freedom of expression and opinion in italy. it is essential to protect and promote. descenting voices, the use of force by our authorities will not stop the course of history. upholding the rule of law is the only way to ensure peace. on saturday, rome was once

again flooded by tens of thousands of people from across the country, calling on the international community to hold israel accountable for its systematic violations under international law, and to continue supporting the united nations agency aiding palestinian refugees on. a demonstration and solidarity with palestinians was also held in milan. max chivili, press tv, rome. supporters of palestine gathered outside south korea sol central mosque to demand a change in policy toward israel following news of another massacre of innocent civilians in wartorn gaza. the unconditional support of israel should stop and that... "we need to start refunding ara and letting age trucks um come into ghazza. palestinians are now starving as the us continues sending israel

ammunition despite the protests of many americans. it's really immoral to be sending weapons to a state or country that is killing people in cold blood and is committing a genocide. "not enough aid is reaching gaza with deliveries chaotic and even deadly, opening the rather crossing and relief supplies into gaza is simply the bare minimum the egyptian government can do. south korea expressed only deep concern. even though informations going all over the world showing that countless women and children are being massacred in the gaza strip and palestine, they remain silent, and we also condemn the silence of these governments. many suggest both israeli and us. leaders share responsibility as the bloodshed in gaza ever mounts. south korea's alliance with the united states and its reliance on oil states,

saudi arabia, and the uae, impact soul's policies. south korea and israel have engaged in millions of dollars of arms trade. soul also abstained from a un vote, condemning israel over its gaza genocide, seeking some. kind of middle ground, this one of dozens of protests here since israel's genocide began focused on the desperate need to get aid to palestinians sheltering in rafa and to open the egyptian border. frank smith, press tv. soul. pro-palestinian activists in south korea have expressed their anger with israel as they rallied and mars from the soul central mosque. south koreans joined people from various countries around the world. condemn israel, following the massacer of more than 100 palestinians sound to collect food assistance in gaza. president correspondent frank smith has more from the south korean capital soul. 255. the election

of asif ali zardari as pakistan's president was a foregone conclusion. saturday's election was just a formality. zardari had the backing of not just his own pakistan people's party, but pakistan muslim league navas and others. he managed to... comfortably defeat mahmoud khan achak zai, candidate of pakistan tahike insaaf, the party of jailed former prime minister imran khan. zardari is viduer of former prime minister benazir bhutto who was assassinated in december 2007. he spent many years in jail in the past over corruption charges, though was never formally convicted. the ruling coalition says the victory of zardari would bring political stability. we have unity and harmony. successfully rain a coalition government in the past, the coalition partners have also played their part, this time also we will move together, however

questioned their mandate. sort the postponement of presidential elections, the party insisted that electoral college was not complete since seats allocated to women and minorities are yet to be failed, people have rejected these parties, people have not voted for them, they have openly stolen our mandate, this government cannot run for a long time, the president is elected through a stolen vote, so as the prime minister, with the election of zardari, the ruling coalition has stre its position as it now controls both the office of president and the prime minister. in the pakistani parliamentary system, the president only has a ceremonial role as the executive authority rests with a prime minister, but the president does have certain powers where he can delay legislations passed by the parliament, hence the ruling coalition is happy that they have their man at the presidency. kamran yusuf, press tv, islamabad and that. of this

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as the us is really genocidal war completes is fifth month, economic indicators on the west bank show dismal performance, strangled by palestinian worker restrictions and the israeli regime holding to palestinian authority tax revenues, or the future looks dumb, especially since the violence continues in the occupied west bank. hi, i'm welcome to economic divide. coming up in this program, we will take a look at the warning that was issued by world bank when it came to the west bank economy. now one of them is cross border wages of $5.5 billion that's been affected by what's going on in the west bank, that is obviously a big worry for the palestinian economy. next.